Lian's purpose in doing this is obvious, Old Lady Nie killed her husband, and Old Lady Nie smoked five stone powder. No matter which one is spread in front www.biquge.info of people, it will attract criticism to the Nie family. Not to mention the damage to Nie Baijun's official career, even Brother An and Brother Nian'er will be affected in the imperial examination.

Therefore, the Lian family naturally wanted to cover these two ugly things in the garden at this time, so as not to let it leak out at all.

The mourning hall was located in the main hall of Heyuan, and it was more than enough for the Lian family to deal with this matter. There is a wall in Heyuan that was built after the old lady Nie returned home to live, and the Lian family sent someone to knock it down overnight. In this way, the people who came to mourn entered the main gate and turned left to come to the garden. The female dependents of the Nie family enter and exit with another small corner door, and the two do not collide.

After everything was arranged, Nie Xiao'e, Nie Xuan, and Nie Hua also arrived. Several children in Xifu were also led over by Aunt Yu. The grandchildren knelt in the mourning hall, and the aunts knelt outside the mourning hall. All of them are filial piety. It was white, and the cry resounded through Nie's mansion.

After the sky turned white, Nie Xiaoan and Nie Xiaonian rushed back. I didn't mention it.

At this time, Nie Xiaofan had already returned to Zhuxiang Courtyard to rest because of his physical exhaustion. By the time she woke up, it was already three days old. There was a lot of noise in the house, and it should be the guests who were mourning.

Nie Xiaonian was sitting on the tea table outside and napping. As soon as Nie Xiaofan came out, he woke up.

"Sister," Nie Xiaonian shouted, his eyebrows and eyes full of indescribable exhaustion.

"Why don't you go back to sleep?" Nie Xiaofan was a little top-heavy, she slowly sat down and asked.

Nie Xiaonian poured tea for Nie Xiaofan and said, "I heard that my sister is sick, I can't rest assured." Come and have a look. ”

Nie Xiaofan was moved, picked up the teacup and drank it all. I only feel that the tea is warm, and my heart is also warm. "I'm not like that, but I just got a little cold last night. You came back overnight and you haven't rested, have you?"

Nie Xiaonian nodded, his eyes gloomy: "Auntie asked me and my eldest brother to interrogate Huang Xing." ”

Nie Xiaofan was stunned and asked them to interrogate Huang Xing, just to let them know the truth. Maybe Lian's purpose is to temper the two boys, but will this be too cruel to Nie Xiaonian, who is only eleven or twelve years old?

Nie Xiaonian touched his nose and endured the sourness in his heart. And he said, "I know it all." ”

It turned out that my grandfather had been smoking Wushisan since then. Although he ignored everything over the years, he repeatedly sold his property. for his expenses. and forced her grandmother to collect money for her, so her grandmother would... Repeated mistakes. And Huang Xing, a slave, not only has he been buying five stone powder for the old lady, but he has also been taking advantage of the fact that the old lady Nie has been embezzling silver without leaving home to fill his pockets.

"Huang Xing, a slave, has sold the Nie family's property with the old lady over the years, and he himself has lost tens of thousands of taels of silver. The aunt had ordered him to be put to death. Nie Xiaonian said very calmly. But his heart was still turbulent.

Nie Xiaofan looked at Nie Xiaonian's somewhat gloomy but still firm eyes, and finally felt that this kind of experience was beneficial. In any case, Nie Xiaonian is the eldest son of the Nie family, and the burden on him is heavier than she expected. Just like now, Nie Baijun doesn't care about anything, if Nie Xiaonian doesn't stand up again, Nie's family room will be finished.

Just thinking about it, Xiaohong came to report again: "Girl, the old lady is looking for Ziyu again." ”

This was to be expected, Ziyu still didn't say anything. Nie Xiaofan simply kept her all the time. There are other uses.

Nie Xiaofan took another sip of tea and said slowly, "What did the second wife say over there?"

"The second wife sent four mothers-in-law to guard Fu'an Hall, and the old lady couldn't make trouble. It's just that the slave maid thinks she should come and tell the girl. Xiaohong replied.

Nie Xiaofan said, "Tell the old lady that Ziyu has gone home to visit relatives." Tell her to wait patiently for a few days. Xiaohong hesitated slightly, but nodded as well. looked at Nie Xiaonian again, wanting to say something to him, but he didn't know what to say.

Nie Xiaonian asked, "Xiaohong, when the old lady died, were you there?"

At the mention of this, Xiaohong still had palpitations, and she looked at Nie Xiaofan. Seeing Nie Xiaofan nodding, he spoke eloquently.

Yesterday, Mrs. Nie suddenly wanted to eat fried chestnuts in the east of the city, and only Mama Jiang knew where the shop was in the entire Fu'an Hall. So Mama Jiang went to buy it. Not long after Mama Jiang left, Mrs. Nie said that she wanted to see Mrs. Nie. Xiaohong and the others accompanied them, and sent a mother-in-law to Zhuxiangyuan to report the news.

Ziyu naturally stayed in Fu'an Hall, and when she arrived in Heyuan, Old Lady Nie scolded Old Lady Nie, saying that she didn't see him in her score, and the silver was about to run out. Old Lady Nie drove out the servants who were waiting. Huang Xing was left alone in the house. Xiaohong was afraid that they would discuss something unfavorable to the girl, so she took advantage of her small size to hide by the door and eavesdrop. I vaguely heard that Mrs. Nie had brought something for Mrs. Nie to eat.

That's how it happened, Huang Xing kept claiming that the poison that Mrs. Nie took poisoned Mrs. Nie. By the time they rushed in to look, the old lady was out of breath. Xiaohong was so young that she was frightened.

Although the old lady Nie was flustered, she barely calmed down and ordered them all to kneel outside the courtyard, and she was not allowed to make a noise, so she specially called a little maid to invite the eldest man to come. The old lady's courtyard is all born in the family, and they all understand the truth that this kind of ugly thing can only be covered up, so naturally they don't dare to jump more. Just wait for the big master to decide. Huang Xing was crying and making trouble, and Mrs. Nie didn't care about him, so everyone went with him.

"For some reason, the slave always feels that this matter has nothing to do with Ziyu. Otherwise, how could the old lady have such a mind, and poison or something. The slave was always suspicious of her. "Xiaohong is used to playing with Nie Xiaonian, so she is a little bold when she talks to Nie Xiaonian. At this time, when it comes to analyzing things, I dare to think and speak.

Nie Xiaonian didn't accept her and said, "The old lady has a sudden illness, and you will rot in your stomach if you say this." Xiaohong had never seen Nie Xiaonian so serious, and she felt that she had just been frightened last night, and her eyes were suddenly red with grievance.

Nie Xiaofan just sighed, this is probably growth. Nie Xiaonian knows how to maintain his family, but he has to face the difference between his and Xiaohong's identities. Nie Xiaofan said: "It's a good thing that Xiaohong is smart, that purple jade is the job of replacing the mother-in-law, so that she can have the opportunity to come to Zhuxiang Courtyard." It's just something that the elders don't let you say, so let's not talk about it, right?"

Xiaohong nodded, and Nie Xiaofan said to Nie Xiaonian again: "You take a rest." The second sister is still busy with her aunt, so I'll go and take care of her. Nie Xiaofan got up after saying that, Nie Xiaonian also felt sleepy, and said, "It's okay, the eldest brother also said that he wanted me to go for him at night." Nie Xiaofan smiled and took Xiaohong away

There were quite a lot of people in the garden who came to mourn, which was beyond Nie Xiaofan's expectations.

Lian was surrounded by a bunch of wives, and whispered with the ladies. All the wives are considerate of Lian's hard work. I can't stop praising her for being virtuous.

Nie Xiaofan was a little surprised, this didn't seem to make sense.

(To be continued)