Chapter 162: Luo An's Strange Appearance
When Wen Yi got into the carriage, took all her luggage and family, and left the Shilang Mansion, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. She finally took the right risk today, when she left, Mrs. Yu's face was ugly, but she obviously didn't want to show her abnormality in front of the Li family, and "kindly" told her to pay attention to the etiquette when she went to other people's homes, so as not to lose the face of the Gu family. That's a warning, right?
It can be seen that the old lady still knows the seriousness of the matter, if she continues to let Wen Yi and Liu Dongxing's family affairs change, Wen Yi is really going to make trouble, the reputation of the Liu family's treachery is not good, but the attitude of the Gu family's room is also criticized, especially the Liu family is the son-in-law of the Gu family's room, Wen Yi is the daughter of the Gu family's sixth room, and the long house helps the son-in-law's family to oppress the same clan, which is a big sin among the clans. In addition, Liu Dongxing, the other party to the marriage contract, is actually the concubine of the Liu family, and if the matter is big, someone will be aware of his life experience, and Uncle Liu's origin and identity will be questioned.
However, Wen Yi knew in her heart that if she really achieved this step, she would not be able to do well, that is, the marriage with Liu Dongxing was successfully decided, and if she returned to her hometown Pingyang in the future, or married into the Liu family, she would also be looked down upon. The world pays attention to family ugliness and does not spread it, and even if the person who spreads it is reasonable, it will be regarded as a family rebellion.
Therefore, Wen Yi knew that it was not enough to just leave, she also had to come up with enough chips in order to fight for a chance for herself without disclosing this "family scandal", an opportunity for the Gu family's room to come forward to negotiate with the Liu family for herself, or in other words, an opportunity for the uncle of the Liu family to willingly give in to her and Liu Dongxing.
Wen Yi thought silently, and Dong Kui on the side saw that her face was not good, and she was only angry because of the attitude of the long house, so she deliberately opened the topic and said to Xiuzhu: "In the past, we saw the style of the Shilang Mansion, but we only saw the world, and we praised the rules of his family, but I didn't expect to see the Li family's style today, and I knew what it means to prohibit the order to be a military general, and the action is to be neat, how long has it been since Mama Zhao went out?" His family has already arrived."
Xiuzhu was also amazed: "I still think that his family will not send someone until at least lunch."
Wen Yi's heart moved when she heard this, and she also felt that the Li family had come too quickly, and the He family, who had been sitting quietly at the door of the carriage, turned around and said, "Miss, it's a little self-determination, in fact, these people are not sent by the Li family, they are hired by Luo An." ”
Wen Yi's master and servant were all taken aback, and Wen Yi hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”
The He family was about to speak, and Luo An's voice came from outside the car curtain: "Miss, this is the villain's idea." Because the sister-in-law heard that Mrs. and Mrs. Fuli had gone to Miss's side, and she was worried that Miss would suffer, so she said that she simply looked for a few people to come, pretending to be the Li family and picking up Miss, so that the Li family would come late and Miss was angry. These brothers, as well as the female dependents of their families, are all old handlebar type, there are the most large and small officials in the capital, not everyone can afford to raise carriages and coachmen, they do this business, from the carriage and horses to the mother-in-law and horse-riding companions are all ready, the business is very good, but the Shilang's family has a big business, and has never patronized. Miss rest assured, they are wearing specially made clothes, and the servants of the official eunuchs in Beijing are almost all dressed like this, not because they are old enough to be familiar with the situation of each family, so they will never be able to see it."
Wen Yi was dumbfounded when she heard this, thinking that Pingyang and Pingyin were not hired to drive cars, but they had never dressed as official servants, and they didn't know who came up with the idea. But when she thought about it, she felt that this method was clever. There are the most officials in Beijing, and many of them are low-grade, if there is no rich family wealth to support, how many families can live a surplus with that little money? And it is not like the local officials who can collect the people's fat and ointment. But whoever is an official, who wants to admit that he is poor? When you go out as a guest, looking for relatives and friends, you must not slap your swollen face and become fat, and put on a false show. Instead of spending money to raise carriages and coachmen who don't need them a few times a year, it is better to hire them temporarily, like these people Luo An found, who are decent and money-saving, and who don't know the inside story, when their family can really afford to support so many retinues.
Thinking of this, Wen Yi smiled slightly, and said to the outside of the car: "It's hard work, if it weren't for the method you thought, I would still have to worry about how to deal with my uncle and grandmother." ”
Luo An laughed twice outside, but slowly stopped the carriage, and even the mother-in-law and the attendant on horseback who followed the carriage also stopped. Wen Yi was vigilant in her heart, and quietly raised her hand to pull out a silver hairpin from her head, held it in her hand, and pulled down her sleeve to cover it. Dong Que was shocked, quietly lifted the curtain and looked outside, and saw that it was a strange alley, no one passed by, his face turned pale, and the He family saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked: "Xiao Luo, why did you stop?" ”
"It's fine." Luo An said lightly, "The villain just wants to ask the young lady to show me, where are you going now?" Do you really want to go to Deputy Commander Li's house? If the young lady regrets it, it will be too late to return to the Shilang Mansion. ”
Wen Yi asked quietly, "What if I really want to go to the Li family?" ”
Outside the carriage, Luo An seemed to sigh: "That villain has no choice but to accompany you." But speaking of which, what happened in the house? After all, the young lady is still a girl who has not left the cabinet, and there must be a reason why she wants to leave her clan and join her distant relatives. The villain is only worried that the young lady is young, and he is confused on impulse, and it is too late to regret it in the future. Therefore, please give the villain a word of accuracy, why did you leave the Shilang Mansion? ”
Wen Yi's heart moved slightly, listening to Luo An's tone, it didn't seem to have any bad intentions, but it seemed to be probing. Is it necessary to tell him frankly about this kind of thing?
Wen Yi was still hesitating, and the He family had already leaned over and whispered: "Miss, it's okay to tell him, his mouth is quite tight, and even his household registration and family are clear in the house, and the Luo family has used him again, so it should be quite reliable." Wen Yi thought about it and nodded slightly.
The He family then said to Luo An: "This matter is a long story, when the third aunt returned to her hometown to save her relatives more than half a year ago, she invited the eldest old lady as a matchmaker, and the two wives in the other room testified that they mentioned the family matter to the old lady in our sixth room, and it was determined that it was a nephew of our young lady and Aunt Liu. The young lady followed the old lady into Beijing for this purpose. Unexpectedly, the third aunt and Mrs. suddenly said that Aunt Liu had found another good family for his nephew, but she denied that she had an appointment with our young lady. The eldest lady didn't speak for the young lady, but helped the third aunt to force our young lady to back down, and said that she would find another person for the young lady. We young ladies have grandmothers in the hall, how can we be at their mercy? It's just that I'm worried about their methods, so I want to find the cousin and wife of the Li family. ”
The He family's words simply told what had happened, but it faintly implied that Wen Yi's marriage contract was clearly settled, and he put all the blame on the Liu family, and even implicitly accused the Liu family of being greedy for wealth and treachery, and the Shilang Mansion bullied the orphans in other rooms for their own interests. Wen Yi secretly applauded when she heard it, and was immediately impressed by the He family, she only thought that this daughter-in-law was honest and capable, but she didn't expect that her eloquence and scheming were so good.
There was silence outside the carriage, and after a long while, Luo An said in a somewhat strange tone: "I see, that's really a big deal, the villain will send the young lady to Deputy Commander Li's mansion" After that, the carriage set off again, and the entourage, who had been silent since stopping before, as if they hadn't heard anything, also turned over on their horses and followed.
Wen Yi noticed something unusual, are these coachmen, companions, and mothers-in-law really just ordinary people in the market? Although they are pretending to be official servants, their words and deeds are even stronger than the male and female servants of ordinary official eunuchs, and there is no shortage of etiquette, and they also know how to pretend to be wooden when they should pretend to be wooden people, even if they are well-trained domestic servants in the Shilang Mansion, they may not be able to match them, no wonder they pretend to be servants of the Li family, and no one in the Shilang Mansion is suspicious
Wen Yi couldn't help but remember the first time she saw Luo An, when she thought that he was talking extraordinary, not like a coachman, but now she became more and more suspicious. Those male and female servants who followed the car all cooperated with him tacitly, if it was a new acquaintance, she would never believe it, but if it was an acquaintance, she remembered that Luo An was from Dongping Mansion. In any case, a character like him, with such talents, and being able to cooperate so well with so many well-trained people, it really didn't seem like he would succumb to the role of a servant, why did he come to the Servant Mansion? Will she ...... Inadvertently provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked?
Just when Wen Yi was worried about Luo An's origin, the carriage had already arrived at the gate of the Li family. A retinue on horseback went to knock on the door, and the porter immediately reported in, and after a while, Mrs. Li had already strode out the door, and Mama Zhao followed her tremblingly. Wen Yi saw their faces from behind the curtain, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and inserted the silver hairpin under her sleeve back into her head. It seems that she didn't believe the wrong person.
Mama Zhao hurriedly pounced on her and asked, "Why did Miss come here by herself?" Mama just told my cousin's wife, and my cousin was about to send someone to pick up the young lady, but I didn't expect to hear the porter report that the young lady had arrived."
I couldn't say a word or two about the matter, Wen Yi could only smile at her and said, "It's okay, it's just that the people in Nafu came to stop me, I was afraid that something would happen after a long time, so I simply came out by myself." She turned to Mrs. Li and bowed down: "It's Wen Yi's sin to disturb my cousin." ”
"What stupid things are you talking about?" Mrs. Li hurriedly helped her up and said lovingly, "You have been wronged, and you can think of your cousin, so it can be seen that you don't treat me as an outsider." It's too late for me to be happy, what are you talking about? I wanted to pick you up for a few days, but now it's easier. As for your family, don't worry, it's on your cousin."
Wen Yi smiled slightly, just as she was polite, her family had only returned to the capital not long ago, and she was a military general, and she had no relationship with the civil officials, so what could she do to help? But it's rare for her to have this heart. So Wen Yi thanked him again.
Mrs. Li walked in with Wen Yi in her arms, asking her if she was warm enough to dress, and ordered someone to gather a few more braziers, complaining that she didn't know how to wear more clothes when she went out in winter, and her hands were as cold as ice......
Mama Zhao lagged behind, and asked the people of the He family about leaving the house, and after listening to their words, she couldn't help but gasp, and looked at Luo An, who was standing on the side with her head down, and said: "I usually look at you as an honest person, but I didn't expect to have such a big boldness, but I can't make my own decisions next time." She lowered her voice, "The people hired outside are not as reliable as those at home, what if you encounter a bad person?" Miss's safety is of paramount importance."
Luo An said a few words casually to appease her, asked the He family to ask for money, only said that he would stay to pay for the car, and sent them in. After arriving at the door, only he and the hired coachmen and companions were left, and then approached an ordinary-looking coachman and whispered: "Quickly send a secret letter to Dongping Mansion, Miss Gu Jiajiu's marriage has changed......"
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