The steward's eyes flickered a little, and he lowered his head and replied vaguely, "It's the master of our house, and the little one must send the letter to Mr. Zhao." ”

Rui Xue stared at the few lotus flowers on the envelope, and then remembered the strange face of the eldest lady of the Tian family when she saw her that day, and she had some realization in her heart, and sneered, "Spring is fine, and the lotus flowers bloom early." After speaking, he turned around and returned to the courtyard.

Zhao Fengnian is not a fool, almost immediately guessed that this letter was sent by Miss Tian, he was bored and angry, and he flicked his sleeves and was about to leave, the steward received a reward of ten taels of silver in the hands of his eldest lady, for fear that the errand would not be done, the reward silver grew wings and flew away, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, begging, "Mr. Zhao, the small one has been on the road for most of the day to the front of your mansion, Mr. is pitiful and pitiful, take the letter, otherwise after going back, the small one may lose the errand." ”

Zhao Fengnian still ignored him, bypassed him and continued to walk inside, but the steward knelt down, "Sir, you just accept it, the small one doesn't ask Mr. to reply, just ask Mr. to accept it, and the small one can go back to pay the errand, sir, please..."

His voice shouted a little louder, provoking the helpers who were eating in the courtyard of the Zhang family next door to look around, Lei Zi and Qian Heitan were originally sitting on the table inside, and when they saw that everyone was pointing out the courtyard, they immediately trotted out, and when they saw that the man was entangled, they asked, "The shopkeeper, do you want to take him away?" ”

When the steward heard this, he shouted again, "Sir, our eldest lady..."

"Shut up!" Zhao Fengnian was afraid that what he shouted would be distorted into gossip by others, so he interrupted him sharply and instructed Lei Zi and Qian Heitan, "Shut his mouth and tie it firmly." This kind of malicious slave who touches the master's family can't be spared! ”

The steward's eyes widened in shock, and he was about to shout again, Lei Zi had already pulled a rag on the drying rod and stuffed it in his mouth, so choked that he almost lost his breath, and Qian Heitan also found a rope in the corner of the wall, and tied the person firmly in three or two.

Zhao Fengnian pinched the envelope with two fingers and put it behind his back, went into the house to spread paper and pen and wrote a few lines, put it in a big envelope together, and handed it to Lei Zi when he went out, "You send this evil slave to Tianfu and hand over this envelope to Master Tian with your own hands." ”

"Yes, shopkeeper." Lei Zi and Qian Heitan responded, and there was no need to set up a carriage anymore, so he lifted the man and threw it into the car he had rushed to, and went straight to Lingfeng City like a gust of wind.

Besides, Tian Fu, I waited for most of the month, and I didn't hear the rumors that the second lady of Tian Fu was innocent in the city, so I was relieved, and several sons of the Tian family said that their mothers were clever, and even Master Tian praised his wife for handling it properly. After dinner, the family put snacks and fruits in the garden, and enjoyed the grass-colored spring scenery in the garden with the hazy light reflected by the yarn lantern.

The three sons of the Tian family smiled on their faces, but they were all worried in their hearts, guessing that their father must want them to compose poems again, and sure enough, just after sitting down for a while, Master Tian stroked his beard and said, "Spring is getting stronger, it's really a rare good scene, the three of you all give a poem, let your father listen to it, can you grow in knowledge in the past few months?" ”

The three brothers immediately made bitter faces, and humbled each other, refusing to be the first to recite it, thinking that they would strive for a while and a half, and make up a better poem, so as not to be reprimanded by their father in front of many subordinates.

It's a pity that the three brothers gave in for a long time, but there was still no result, Mr. Tian's face became darker and darker, Mrs. Tian watched it on the side, and wanted to intercede for her sons, but as a result, before the words came out, a little servant came to report, "Mrs. Tian, there are two people outside the gate who ask to see the master, saying that Mr. Zhao of Yunjia Village sent a letter." However, the little one watched them return to the custody of a person. ”

"Mr. Zhao? Is it asking me for a spring outing? Old Man Tian's face changed significantly, but he didn't care about the last sentence, "Bring people in." ”

The little guy answered, and after a while, Lei Zi and Qian Heitan half-dragged the steward into the garden, both of them were peasant families, and it was rare to see such a rich family, not to mention the carved and painted houses, the spacious and atmospheric garden, and only the two columns of maids waiting outside the pavilion, they were so shocked that their eyes straightened, and their steps slowed down.

Lei Zi quietly gasped a few times and pulled Qian Heitan's sleeve, "Brother Qian, we can't lose the face of the shopkeeper." ”

Qian Heitan came back to his senses, nodded violently, and the two of them went to the people of the Detian family, first saluted, then took out the envelope, and said, "Master Tian, the shopkeeper of my family sent the little ones to come and send a letter to the master." ”

A maid had already stepped forward to take it and handed it to Master Tian, but he was not in a hurry to open the letter, but pointed to the steward and asked, "What does this person mean?" ”

Lei Zi replied, "The little ones don't know, the shopkeeper only ordered to bring this person with him, and wait for Master Tian to leave." ”

Mrs. Tian frowned slightly, "What kind of dumb riddle is this Zhao family playing, how can there be any random kidnapping and sending to other families, there are no rules." ”

Master Tian waved his hand, from what he knew from his relationship with Zhao Fengnian that day, Zhao Fengnian was definitely not a reckless person, and there must be a reason for doing so.

He opened the envelope with his own hands, and saw a slightly smaller light green envelope and a folded letter paper falling out of it, and became more and more puzzled.

Tian Sangongzi was the closest, stretched his head and swept the light green envelope, his eyes immediately widened, this envelope is not often placed on the eldest sister's bookcase, why did it come from the Zhao family? Could it be that the eldest sister has nothing to do with the Zhao family?

Sure enough, Master Tian unfolded the letter and glanced at it a few times, his face sank, and then began to darken gradually, "Go back and tell your husband, thank him for catching this evil slave for our house." Come on, and take two big rewards. ”

His two words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth, and the Tian family members present vaguely felt that they were not good.

Lei Zi and Qian Heitan took the red reward envelope handed over by the little maid, saluted and thanked them together, and then quickly withdrew from the garden.

Master Tian beckoned Steward Hu to step forward, pointed to the steward lying on the ground, and said, "Go and recognize, this person is from Kyushu Zhuangzi?" ”

Kyushu Zhuangzi? Steward Hu was puzzled, stepped forward and broke the person's face under the turn signal, carefully identified it for a long time, got up and responded, "Back to the master, it is indeed from the Zhuangzi of Kyushu, this person's name is Liu Chun'er, during the autumn harvest last year, the little one went to collect rent, and he followed Zhang Luo." ”

After hearing this, Master Tian's chest rose and fell violently more than a dozen times before he said, "Take him down, put on twenty boards and close it." ”

"Yes, sir." Steward Hu is such a shrewd person, the two young ladies in the house are now living in Kyushu, and this person is from Kyushu, there must be some connection between them, as for the specific matter, it is not for him to ask.

He immediately summoned the servant to come forward and take the man, and by the way, dismissed all the maids.

The garden immediately fell silent, and the evening breeze seemed to feel the oppression in this place, and quietly walked around, Mrs. Tian moved uneasily, and asked, "Master, what happened?" ”

As a result, as soon as the words fell, Master Tian raised his hand and slapped her back, crisp and loud, so that everyone was stunned, and several sons of the Tian family rushed forward in surprise, protected their mother, and pleaded, "Father has something to say, don't beat your mother." ”

Master Tian was so angry that he trembled, pointed at Mrs. Tian and said angrily, "You... You... It's really a good daughter to teach, a shameless drugging to seduce a man, a secret promise, private teaching, our Tian family's face has been lost by your mother and daughter, tomorrow will arrest her back and lock it up, until the time of marriage, you are not allowed to go out of the house half a step! ”

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and strode away, leaving the mother and son with doubts and annoyance, Mrs. Tian couldn't care about the numbness on her face, grabbed the letter and looked at it, as if she didn't want to believe it after reading it, and tore the envelope again, waiting to see the familiar handwriting, telling how to admire, how to emulate Empress E, how...

She couldn't take it anymore and rolled her eyes and fainted.

The three sons were in a mess of shock, Tian Da and Tian Er ran out while shouting to find a doctor while carrying their mother, completely forgetting that their Tian family itself was an apricot forest family.

Tian San grabbed the two pieces of letter paper on the table, glanced at them twice, and was shocked, he couldn't understand how the eldest sister, who had always been well-behaved and weak, could she do such an unruly thing, could it be that she was suffering from madness?

If Rui Xue is in front of him at this time, he will definitely explain to him, what is rebellious psychology, what is conjecture, long-term suppression of what he thinks in his heart, to meet the expectations of his parents and family, after a long time, the psychological pressure is too heavy, depressed, and he will turn to fantasize about another completely different day in his heart, in order to relieve the dissatisfaction in his heart, but he will gradually fall into it, unable to extricate himself, and suddenly one day, when she meets a person who completely matches what she thinks, her temperament will change greatly, and everything will be left behind. only hopes to get that person, imagines that that person also loves him, and even does whatever it takes to remove the "barrier" between the two.

There are many such examples in modern society, a month before Ruixue's accident, I heard that a girl in the same class in high school, usually very gentle and quiet, actually killed a female colleague in the unit with a knife, the police interrogated, but she said that the female colleague prevented her from being with the person she loved, and after the husband of the female colleague was caught and confronted, she figured out that people had only seen her twice, and she didn't say ten words, there was no intersection at all, everything was her own fantasy, and finally, the female classmate was sent to a mental hospital.

Of course, after all, Tian He has been deeply influenced by the rules of etiquette since he was a child, and he can't do something as crazy as killing people, but he can't suppress the love in his heart, and he still has the courage to write a little love letter.

Tian San had a headache when he thought about it, but he still couldn't think of a reason, so in the end he just hid the letter in his arms and hurried to the main courtyard, leaving the pale green envelope torn in half to lie quietly on the stone table, occasionally trembling gently with the evening breeze...