Chapter 383: Relatives are estranged and close
Liu Dongxing's face was a little heavy: "Did the daughter-in-law say so?" Hmph, a group of things that don't know whether to live or die have ambitions and have to see their own situation clearly" He said to Wen Yi: "The affairs of King Kang's Mansion are in charge of Lao Hu, and I didn't ask much, if those people are really thieves and want to get some demon moths out, we are not vegetarians." Don't worry, I'll tell Lao Hu and let him send someone to investigate. ”
Wen Yi nodded and sighed: "I really don't understand, what are they thinking?" If it is said that in the past, they hid in the shadows, had money, and colluded with Zheng Wangfu to revive Kang Wangfu, but now Zheng Wangfu has robbed them of their money and killed their people, and the court has already noticed and interrogated them. ”
Liu Dongxing frowned slightly, didn't say anything, only explained a few words, and hurriedly left. Wen Yi hurriedly grabbed him: "Even if you are in a hurry, it is not at this time, you finally went home, did you leave without even eating a hot meal?" ”
Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "It's okay, these things are done earlier, and I can go home with you as soon as possible." That's just a few days. ”
Wen Yi had no choice but to take him back to the room, personally wait for him to wipe his face and hands with a hot cloth, and change into a winter coat. Originally, because he stayed in the field for a long time, and Cannes was located by the river, the water vapor was heavy, and the hems of his clothes, trouser legs, boots and socks, and cloak edges were all stained with a lot of muddy water, and the cold wind blew in winter, not to mention how uncomfortable it was. Wen Yi specially changed him into dry clothes that had just been baked, Liu Dongxing only felt that his whole body was warm, even if he hadn't eaten yet, the cold on his body had gone.
At this time when she was changing clothes, Wen Yi had already ordered Tomhock to take a plate of dim sum, and with the hot soup that had just been made in the kitchen, she had to eat it before Liu Dongxing left. Liu Dongxing only felt that his heart was comfortable, so he smiled and obediently obeyed, and when he finally finished eating and went out, it was already dark.
Wen Yi leaned against the door and watched his back disappear into the night, and sighed softly. She knew that now was the critical time, and if she could do this errand well, Liu Dongxing would have a worry-free future in the future, as he said, just these days. As soon as he got married, he went to Northern Xinjiang, and he died nine times, and she waited for a few months, what did these days count? Anyway, he and she were still in the same city, at most dozens of miles apart.
She ate dinner with Jiang and Wenhui. The smile on Jiang's face never stopped, and he kept asking Wen Hui about her experience after arriving in Cannes, and heard Wen Hui say which place had a good view, which store had rich clothes and good texture, so she said in a loud voice: "Catch Ming'er, you take your mother to take a look" But if Wen Hui mentioned which temple's food was delicious, or which nunnery's presiding officer had deep Buddhist attainments, her smile would become very reluctant: "Is it?" That's a rarity. I remembered that when I was in the capital, which temple had the best food? Your favorite eater. We ...... that year" and then talked about the situation when he used to play with Wen Hui in the past, which was a very interesting experience, and Wen Hui listened to it, and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.
Wen Yi listened quietly on the side, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She didn't think that Wen Hui really had a heart for Buddhism, but because she was discouraged about her family and future, she learned Buddhism and wanted to forget the pain in reality. But after all, Wen Hui is a daughter who grew up in brocade clothes and jade food, even if she recites Buddhist scriptures and wears Buddhist beads, she is still very particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation, if you can't even put these things aside, how can you really cut off three thousand troubles and die, and take refuge in Buddhism? It's just that the eldest aunt Jiang Shi can't see this, and she is blindly worried that her beloved daughter will really become a monk, so she tries her best to lead her to miss the beautiful things in the world, and I have to say that it is really hard work.
Does Wen Hui understand her mother's painstaking efforts? Wen Yi feels that she has such a good mother and her brother's support, and her father has not yet reached the point of being ruthless and unrighteous to her, as long as she can put aside her impetuousness and calm down, she may not have a good future in the future. She is in such a situation, I don't know how many times stronger than herself in her previous life, I just hope that she will stop being willful, and always take out the words of the family as a nun to make her mother sad.
After dinner, Wen Hui went back to her room to do her "evening class", Jiang Shi intended to lure her to talk to her for a while, but she said: "I sleep with my mother at night, how many words can I not talk at that time?" If you are idle, it is better to take a bath, and it is more comfortable to take a bath. I have never missed the morning and evening classes every day, but if I miss it for a trivial matter, wouldn't it make the Buddha mistakenly think that I am not sincere to the Buddha? ”
Jiang's eyes were slightly red, and she had no choice but to go, but she sat in place for a long time, and then choked up and said to Wen Yi: "When I was still outside before, I thought that as long as she had a safe life, she would burn incense and worship Buddha for the rest of her life, and I also admitted it." But when I returned to my hometown, as the days went by, I would inevitably give birth to some delusions. My son is both good-looking, talented and well-educated, born in a big family, known as a good reputation, but because of the framing of others, plus because of the inadvertent mistakes made, he ended up at this point, if he buried his life, wouldn't it be a pity? ”
Wen Yi didn't know how to comfort her, so she had to say: "The eldest aunt is a motherly heart, and she doesn't want to see the sixth sister suffer in the future. And the previous incident was a bit big, she felt that she couldn't find a good family, rather than being allowed to be indiscriminately, it was better to knock on the scriptures and recite the Buddha's day to be pure. I think she is still very close to the eldest aunt, you persuade her well, after a year and a half, and then find a proper home for her, she will understand your painstaking efforts. ”
Jiang's face was still sad: "I think so too, but she seems to be iron-hearted now, although she doesn't say anything, but every day she knocks scriptures and recites Buddha like a monk, which really makes me frightened." I just look forward to finding a family for her to marry as soon as possible, and it saves her from thinking all day long. You also know that the old lady in the family may be coming back in the spring, and with her, I may not be able to be the master at home, I am afraid that her old man will be confused again, and she will take a filial piety word to press it down, and let your sister be allowed at will, what should I do at that time? ”
Wen Yi pursed her lips and said lightly: "Marriage has always been the order of the parents, although the eldest uncle and grandmother are grandmothers, but the sixth sister and both parents are in the hall, it is always difficult for her to cross her son and daughter-in-law to set up family affairs for her granddaughter." If the family she fancies is really unbearable, she invited the patriarch to come forward and make peace, that is. The fourth uncle is a square man, and he will not allow the daughter of the clan to be married to a person with a bad character, which will damage the reputation of the Gu family. ”
Jiang turned sorrow into joy: "I almost forgot what I said, and there are four old people" It's not that she really forgot, but she hasn't gotten used to it yet, at this time, the patriarch of the Gu family is no longer a person from the long house, and the old lady Yu is naturally not the highest status elder in the whole clan, in terms of identity, she is just an old lady in one of the Gu family's rooms, and in terms of fate, the old lady Lu in the sixth room can be regarded as equal to her. In addition, her second son, Gu Er, lost his reputation as a jinshi because of unseemly crimes, and lost a big face in the clan, and her reputation has long been much worse than before.
Wen Yi looked at the joy on Jiang's face, and couldn't help but remind: "If the eldest uncle and grandmother insist on being the master and marrying the sixth sister, and even send a letter to Beijing to ask the eldest uncle to be the master, I am afraid that the eldest aunt will have to think of convincing the eldest uncle." But I think my uncle should know a lot more now than before, right? ”
Jiang Shi was stunned for a while, and after a long while, he sighed a long time: "Naturally, I understand a lot, he originally did a safe and steady job in the position of the waiter in the Ministry of Rites, but if something happened to Aunt Liu, he did not lose his official position, but because the old lady connived at the second uncle's nonsense, he lost face in the court, and was scolded by Shangfeng in public several times for his improper family style and inflammation...... He is trembling now, he really doesn't dare to say a word, and he doesn't dare to go a single step. As for Hui'er's family affairs, he was also nonsense at that time, and he didn't know what kind of soup he was poured by the second uncle, so he was relieved. Brother Xian said in the letter that the old man regrets it now, and Aunt Yu took Hui'er as an example to teach eleven girls benevolence, filial piety, etiquette and righteousness, but he was scolded by him and kicked out of the house. I think...... Hui'er will discuss marriage again in the future, and he should not be confused again. ”
Wen Yi was noncommittal about this, but ordered Dong Kui: "It's hot and cold, go change the heat." "Hollyhock took the order.
Jiang didn't pay attention, and continued to talk to himself there: "Hui'er's family affairs are really difficult. Now I don't want her to marry into a wealthy family, I just hope to find a kind and courteous lover, so that she will not be lonely for the rest of her life. The clansmen and relatives have also told me about a few families, I asked someone to inquire carefully, although there are some deficiencies, but there are also candidates with good temperament and good character, it doesn't matter if you are a little older, but Hui'er insists on refusing, and I don't want to force her, and I don't know when she will change her mind, I'm afraid that she will recite the Buddhist scriptures for a long time and change her temperament, which is not good. ”
Dong Que brought new tea up, Wen Yi poured a cup for Jiang's family, poured it for herself, and bowed her head to eat tea silently.
Jiang Shi sighed again: "It's a pity, the old lady understood before she went to Beijing, at that time she took a fancy to the old 2 of the Luo family, I disliked being a businessman's child, and I had no merit on my body, so I refused to agree." But now that I think about it, if it is really the Luo family, it is not bad, it seems to be a good boy with an open-minded and funny personality, filial piety, and etiquette, watching him speak and act, he is also quite good, and the son-in-law of the imperial merchant family, his identity is not low. If it weren't for Yao Yatou and her father to order this family affair for her, I would really like to be cheeky to talk to the second wife of the Luo family. With his family's background, he doesn't dare to dislike our Hui'er. ”
Wen Yi straightened up and said, "Auntie, don't blame me for speaking too politely. The second son of the Luo family has already made a marriage agreement with the sister of the Jiang family, so what's the point of saying this now? What's more, King Zheng rebelled, Qingzhou Jinnan fell, and the Jiang family's uncle is now the governor of Jinnan, and he doesn't know how his safety is, what do you do to envy his son-in-law regardless of your brotherhood? ”
Jiang's face turned red all of a sudden, and he squeaked for a long time before he said, "That's what I just said, and I don't mean anything special." As for the safety of Yao Yatou's father and daughter...... Didn't King Zheng have officials in Qingzhou and Jinnan? My brother has always been slippery, as long as King Zheng is not indiscriminately killing, he will naturally not seek death by himself. I don't know his character? It's just that I don't worry about knowing that he's going to be fine......"
Wen Yi pursed her lips and didn't speak. Jiang is naturally a loving mother to Wen Hui, but he may not really care about other relatives. She was not interested in taking care of other people's family affairs, so she found an excuse and went back to the room, leaving Jiang Shi with a sneering face and didn't know whether to give it away with a smile.
Wen Yi went back to the room and sat down, and suddenly had an epiphany. People in the world are partial, and they will naturally be partial to their family members and relatives and friends, and among family members and relatives and friends, there are also relatives and relatives. Not to mention that the eldest aunt Jiang is close to her children, but she is alienated and treats her brother's family coldly, it is herself, and she will be closer to her grandmother Mrs. Lu than other clansmen and uncle's family, after getting married, she is the closest to her husband Liu Dongxing, as for Liu Dongxing's family and friends, whether it is the Liu Fu family who has a bad relationship, Princess Dongping, or Mrs. Su and his wife, who are close to each other, they are much behind. She couldn't bear Liu Dongxing to go out in wet and cold clothes, but she could turn a cold eye to the possibility that Princess Dongping might be abolished due to her crimes, and she could even find a way to calculate Liu Fu and his wife, isn't this the truth?
Although the Buddha said that all beings are equal, how can all beings ever be equal? Although she is a believer in Buddhism and has good thoughts, she can't help the world, and all she can do is to have a good heart and do what she can. Now that she is just one of the sentient beings, it is inevitable that she will be partial, and the most important thing is just to protect the people she cares about.
Thinking so, she remembered what she had said to Liu Dongxing before. For the sake of her husband's future, she has to put more effort into it. She couldn't do anything else, but the group of people in King Kang's Mansion, she was not completely helpless to deal with.
Probably blessed by God, within two days, Liu Dongxing and Hu Jinquan heard what was going on in a private gathering of the people in King Kang's Mansion.
It turned out that these stewards and shopkeepers who had relied on the power of King Kang's Mansion to call for wind and rain in Kangcheng, although they lost a lot of money and encountered difficulties in business operation, and were successively interrogated by the prefect's yamen and the general administration department, but the unwillingness in their hearts became more and more prosperous. Their unwillingness was not directed at the imperial court, but at King Zheng. Although they are servants, they are also rich people, after the prince of Kang went to Beijing, they are in charge of the secret industries that stayed in Kangcheng, whether it is the government or peers, who does not respect them? And they have been in charge for too long, so they are naturally unwilling to be abused again. Zheng Wangfu didn't regard them as allies when he did it, and he didn't even miss the matter, so he unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, who would dare to expect that after King Zheng won the country, he would really give them a reward?
The people of King Kang's Mansion risked killing their heads to help King Zheng rebel, but they didn't gain any benefits, they lost millions of property, not counting the dead and the burned goods, and more importantly, the government had already noticed them, and without the protection of force, wouldn't they be a dead end? The crime of rebellion is to punish the nine clans, which were all killed by King Zheng, even if they die, they will retaliate against King Zheng and let him know that there are several eyes on the head of King Ma
The revenge of the old people of King Kang's Mansion soon began.
More to, address (to be continued)