Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Clan Assembly



Old Mrs. Yu took her daughter-in-law Duan to the front yard, and as soon as they left, Liu Gu's back foot got the news, and hurriedly chased after her son, and she didn't even care about Wen Xian and the others asking her to salute, only Liu Dongning glanced at Wen Hui with a broken face in a hurry. Then, the latter was sent back to the room by a group of powerful mothers-in-law, and only a few sisters Wen Yi and Wen Xian were left at the scene, plus a guest Kerou and each of their maids-in-law, staring at each other.

Wen Juan couldn't help but speak first, she leaned into Wen Xian's ear and said, "Fifth sister, the old lady and the lady didn't ask us to go back to the house, or ...... Let's go ahead and take a look? ”

Wen Xian glanced at her: "You are naughty again, just now you spoke so recklessly, although your grandmother and wife didn't blame you, you think about it later, how can you not be punished?" Now that the sky is boiling in front of you, what are you going to do with the excitement as a girl?! ”

Wen Juan pursed her lips and muttered: "It's obvious that the sixth sister is at fault first...... her eyes rolled, and she simply sprinkled her coquettishness: "Let's talk about it after the punishment is not punished, my sister is really worried about my father!" I was afraid that those uncles and uncles would not pay attention to their words and make my grandmother angry. Her old man's face is ugly! I am also a filial ......"

Wen Xian bit her lip and hesitated: "But if you let the elders see it, let alone say that there are no rules in our family......"

"Then don't let them see it!" As soon as Wen Juan saw that there was a door, she hurriedly opened her big eyes and agitated, "There is a small door behind the hall in the front yard to enter, and there is a small tea room there, which cannot be seen outside." Let's go in through the back door and hide in the little tea room to listen to what they have to say. If the elders have a case, we can also help hand over some medicine, tea, and fans...... Sister, we are also worried about our grandmother, father and wife, maybe they will not blame us for scolding the sixth sister when they see that we are well-behaved! ”

Wen Xian looked hesitant, but Ke Rou had already moved: "Tenth sister's words are right, let's go because we are worried about the elders, why don't we go and invite another sister in the old lady's house, and let her bring the medicine, tea, fan, or something that the old lady has to use on weekdays, just in case!" ”

Wen Juan glanced at her disdainfully: "I will learn to speak!" Kerou was unmoved, just staring at Wen Xian. Wen Xian was a little unsure.

Wen Yi's eyes flashed, and she smiled: "It's not too early, now that your family is making trouble like this, it's a little inappropriate for me to stay any longer, so just go back." Please also sisters, please don't be surprised. After saying that, he bowed and turned around and left.

Seeing this, Wen Xian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Good sister, you can stay with us for a while!" She pleaded a little with a little pleading on her face, "It's like that in front of you, and it's not easy for my sister to go out, so it's better to stay and drink a cup of tea, and it's not too late to leave when the people outside are gone." She smiled wryly, "I'm out of ideas, I really don't know what to do now." The tenth sister is still young, Sister Duan is a guest, and the ninth sister, you have always been stronger than me, so you can strengthen my courage for me! ”

Wen Yi asked herself that she was not much older than Wen Juan, and although she was not a guest, she was not the owner of this place, but Wen Xian had always treated her well, and when it came to this, she naturally didn't want to leave people and walk away, so she could only respond hard, but turned around and quietly gave Dong Kui a look, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the people, and whispered: "Go through the back door, tell your grandmother about the matter here, and ask her to have an idea." Hollyhock nodded knowingly, looked for a void, and slipped away.

Wen Yi was slightly relieved. She made up her mind that no matter what happened to her later, unless she really couldn't hear it, she wouldn't open her mouth if she could. If today's incident breaks out, neither room will be able to win, but from the standpoint of the sixth room, I am afraid that there will still be a decision, but it is not easy for both sides to help. If you forgive the long house, you will be sorry for the fifteenth uncle who died in the ninth room, and there are other clansmen in the family who have lost their lives and property, but if the long house is forced too tight, you will become the enemy of the long house. But if you want to put it out of the way, it is also not pleasing to both parties. Although she has lived two lifetimes, she is too young after all, and she has experienced too little, so she really can't make up her mind. This kind of major matter should be left to my grandmother to decide.

Just when Kerou stepped forward again to persuade Wen Xian to go ahead to "observe" what happened, Ruyi hurriedly walked over, and saw several young ladies present, a little surprised, but more surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen Miss Five, Miss Nine, Miss Ten and Miss Duan." ”

Wen Juan hurriedly asked, "Sister Ruyi, where did this come from?" How did you rush it? ”

Ruyi smiled bitterly: "The slave maid was working in the house, and the mother-in-law in the courtyard of the seventh young master came to report that the seventeenth wife and the fifth aunt came in through the back door to visit the seventh young master." Except for a few girls in front of the seventh young master, there is no female dependent to accompany him, it is really difficult to speak, and the slave maid has to go to the old lady and the second wife to reply, please show the two. When she saw that everyone was here, she changed her smile: "Since several young ladies are here, they have helped a lot!" Miss Five, Miss Ten, why don't you two go and accompany you? ”

The seventeenth master was looking for the second master to ask for an explanation, but his wife and sister ran in through the back door to visit the patient, and the situation was really weird. Wen Yi opened her mouth, but closed her mouth again, but the expression on her face leaked a little. If he had an opinion, he smiled bitterly and said, "Slave maid...... I heard about the previous events, so I was wonderful. The mother-in-law who came to report the news said that it was Mrs. Seventeen herself, and the seventeenth master was too sad for a while, so he was impulsive, but in fact, he didn't mean to get along with the long house......

Wen Juan's eyes widened: "Isn't Uncle Seventeen going to say anything?!" Also, isn't the fifth aunt the fifteenth uncle's sister-in-law?! "My brother is making a fuss about being uneven, but my sister is coming to please, what's going on in these nine rooms?!

Kerou smiled and stepped forward to take Ruyi's hand and said, "Sister Ruyi, this is an important matter, I'm afraid even the fifth sister can't make up her mind." Shall we go with you and report to the old lady and aunt?" Otherwise, wouldn't it be beautiful for several elders to know the truth and make a fuss? Then he took her and walked forward. Wen Xian wanted to speak, but was stopped by her sister Wen Juan, seeing the latter's enthusiastic appearance, she had to sigh helplessly, and turned her head to invite Wen Yi to follow along.

Wen Yi glanced back at the direction of the back house, Dong Kui's figure had disappeared, thinking that with her cleverness, there should be a way to pass the word to her grandmother, so she was no longer stubborn, and slowly walked at the end of the sisters, and walked in the direction of the front yard.

The eighth and ninth rooms came to make trouble, which attracted the attention of many people, and although the master had an explicit order, there were still many servants who gathered around the back of the hall in the front yard to peek out. When Wen Xian came over, she immediately called the people in charge to drive everyone away, and the people below saw that Ruyi was on the side, so they had to disperse in a huff.

Wen Juan walked in front first, turned in from the small door at the back of the house, immediately stopped the little girl who was about to salute, waved her hand to send people away, and tiptoed into the tea room. Kerou let go of Ruyi, smiled and asked her to reply, Wen Xian blushed, looked left and right, and then entered the tea room. Wen Yi Shi Ran walked behind, bowed his head slightly to Ruyi, and watched her leave, but he was very calm.

On the way here, she had already thought about it. This antechamber was a place to entertain visitors, and even if it was discovered by the elders, she could say that she was about to go home, but she was blocked, so she had to sit there for a while, and when the people were gone, she went out to call her servant's carriage.

The small tea room is separated from the front hall by a blue gauze cupboard, but because there are screens and curtains separating it, you can't see the outside at all, but the sound is very clear.

The one who was talking at the moment was Gu Yizheng, the fourth master of the second room: "...... As my aunt said, my Gu clan has just suffered a catastrophe, and if any more children die, it will be too ruthless. Moreover, it is not known whether what the bandits said is true or false. Now that there is no proof of death, it is indeed biased to dispose of the daughter of the patriarch based on rumors, and the patriarch is still in Beijing, and the parents of the six nieces are not around, I am afraid that the two of them do not know the truth, and they misunderstood the clansmen afterwards, which is not beautiful. But the six nieces left home without permission and were taken captive by thieves, but everyone saw it. Even if he kept his innocence, after all, it caused rumors from the outside world, which hindered my Gu family's reputation. I wonder what my aunt and second brother have planned? ”

Gu Yiyong, the second old man, said weakly: "What else do you have to plan?" In the past two days, we have been worried enough just for Xiao Qi's injury, where can we take care of the six girls? What's more, the child was frightened and hadn't recovered yet. At the moment, the big things in the clan are important, and it's not too late to discuss them when they're done. ”

The seventeenth old man sneered: "This is not agreed, when my brother is in the ground, who knows where you will send people?!" If the six girls return to Beijing, do we still have to catch up with Beijing and ask the patriarch to dispose of his daughter?! ”

At this time, the front hall was quiet, and I could vaguely hear the old lady Yu whispering: "What's the matter?" After a moment of silence, he said, "Got it." After a while, Wen Yi caught a glimpse of Ruyi turning from behind the screen into the small tea room, and knew that Fang was talking back to Old Madam Yu. Her heart moved, guessing that Uncle Seventeen would probably not last long, Aunt Seventeen and Aunt Five...... It's from the demolition of his platform!

There was a lot of discussion in front of me, and listening to the voice, it seemed that not only the eighth and ninth rooms, but also the people from the second room, the seventh room and other side branches also came, and even the uncles of several branches of the fourth and fifth rooms were also present. In this way, ten of the members of the Gu clan who settled in Guzhuang were present, which can be regarded as a disguised clan meeting, right? When did so many people come? It was a surprise.

Wen Yi secretly thought in her heart, although there are many clansmen who have been robbed in the village, but if only a few people in the eighth and ninth rooms are used, it is impossible to attract so many clansmen to come, which is already a bit of a "forced palace" meaning, behind this, who is secretly exerting force? I'm afraid that Changfang won't be able to please today, I'm afraid that they will force it too hard, and there will be endless disasters in the future. She silently prayed in her heart that her grandmother would come soon. At the clan conference, the six rooms should have participated in it.

There was an exclamation from the seventeenth master in the front hall: "Li Sanduo? What are you going to do?! Didn't I tell you to help the sixth young master take care of the funeral?! Someone seemed to whisper a few words next to him, and he exclaimed again: "What did you say?!" There was a commotion in the crowd, and it seemed that someone heard Li Sanduo's words, and couldn't help but ask: "Old Seventeen, what the hell are you doing?!" Immediately the people were in an uproar.

Wen Yi guessed that it was Mrs. Seventeen and Mrs. Fifth Aunt that were exposed.

Wen Juan whispered in Wen Xian's ear: "Fifth sister, they shouldn't force the sixth sister to die anymore, right?" Wen Xian replied softly: "You fool, with your grandmother here, how could you let the sixth sister lose her life?" Wen Juan breathed a sigh of relief slightly, but muttered again: "That's it, but I have to teach her a lesson after all......"

Wen Yi also muttered in her heart: "The lesson is secondary, Wen Hui's affairs are just trivial matters, so it is better to discuss the future affairs of the fifteenth uncle with the future livelihood of the ninth house!" ”

Gu Si Ye coughed heavily, quieting everyone down, and then said lightly: "Now that there are many things in the clan, and the seventh nephew is injured, it is normal for the aunt and the second brother and sister-in-law to take care of anything else for a while. But the reputation of the Gu clan cannot be damaged because of this......"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Dongning's voice suddenly came out: "That day, it was the seventh cousin who ran away from the house first, and the sixth cousin wanted to persuade people to come back because he was worried about the safety of the seventh cousin. Everyone present at the time could testify that the sixth cousin had never lost the face of the Gu family! If anyone doubts, ask them to be asked! ”

There was an uproar in the front hall, and someone shouted, "What is this?!" The fifth sister is just that, although she is a foreign daughter, she is also the bloodline of the Gu family, the patriarch's own sister, and now even people with foreign surnames are going to meddle in the affairs of my Gu clan?! Many echoed the words.

A loud slap came, and Liu Gu roared angrily: "Which one told you to talk too much?!" Why don't you let me go back to the house?! ”

"Mother!"

"Shut up! Give me back! ”

There was a sound of footsteps moving away heavily. Wen Yi turned her head to look at Duan Kerou, and when she saw that her face was full of tears, she turned away in despair, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The goddess is intentional, and King Xiang is ruthless, I just hope that she can see it. To this day, Liu Dongning still has the same affection for Wen Hui, which is also admirable, but the method is wrong. His fate is somewhat similar to Kerou.

Master Gu Si coughed a few more times, and then said: "The heart of the people is long, our Pingyang Gu family is in the same line, and after the catastrophe, we don't want to have any brothers and nephews who are sad about the separation of flesh and blood." This is good, the sixth nephew and daughter are frightened, it is better to send them to the family nunnery to read a few days, and it is better to be quiet. In this robbery, I Gu Zhuang lost his life, and I should also recite more scriptures for the deceased and go over. ”

That's a euphemism. If Wen Hui is really sent to Qinglian Nunnery, I am afraid it will be difficult to leave again.

Presumably, the old lady Yu also understood this, so she said: "It's okay to let the child be quiet for a few days, but the place of Qinglian Nunnery is too small, and the house is damaged, so let the six girls go over, and it will cause trouble to the nunnery." Let the child chant at home, she is a person who knows etiquette and will never run out indiscriminately! ”

These words are clearly a disguised promise to let Wen Hui practice at home, but in reality, no one knows. The seventeenth old man sneered again: "The eldest aunt is so calculating!" The house is dilapidated, and you have wronged your children - why don't you see others wronged?! ”

Second Master Gu hurriedly said: "This is just an expedient measure, there are so many clansmen's houses in the village that have been damaged, and our Changfang is planning to find someone to repair the house." When the time comes, even Qinglian Nunnery will be repaired together, and then the six girls will be sent to it! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Xian and Wen Juan's eyes widened as they looked at each other, and Liu Gu and Duan's unison called outside: "Mother! "Mother-in-law!" It seems that the old lady Yu is unwell. Wen Yi hurriedly gave Ruyi a look, and the latter flashed and went to the front.

After a commotion, Mrs. Yu finally relieved herself: "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired, and I......'m dizzy for a while," she sighed, and there was endless loneliness in her voice.

At this time, someone in the front yard shouted: "The sixth old lady is here!" ”

Wen Yi's eyes lit up immediately.

(Ask for a pink ticket again...... The next chapter may be a little bit of a surprise...... )