Wang Chengde came in and saw his daughter sitting still, so he walked up to her and sat down cross-legged.

"Dad, go to the wing room to rest, my daughter is guarding here."

Wang Chengde shook his head, took a stack of dark paper and lit it, looking at the leisurely firelight and falling into deep thought.

Lan Yi wanted to know what he thought at this time, but regretted that he had matched Wang Mingzhe and Yao Yirou at that time.

"Dad, where is that Mother Lian next to the eldest lady?"

Hearing his daughter ask about Mrs. Lian, Wang Chengde knew that the Zheng family had told her everything that had happened, so he said, "It's dead." ”

Dead, how did you die? Lan Yi looked back at the mother-in-law who was dozing at the door, and knew that now was not the time to speak, so she lowered her head and burned.

"Peach, go to sleep, Daddy is here to watch."

After Lan Yi returned to the house, Wang Chengde kept sitting in the mourning hall, thinking about the past.

Early the next morning, Duopingtang was lively. Straw mats were spread on the ground on the east and west sides of the altar of the hall, with men sitting on straw mats in the east and women in the west.

Wen Xuan knelt in the first row in Qi mourning clothes, he was carried by Lan Yi, Lan Yi should not have appeared on the east side of the Lingtai, but Wen Xuan was too young for others to take him; Behind him is Wang Wenting, the five-year-old son of the second master Wang Mingli, the two-year-old son Wang Wendeng of the third master Wang Mingshen, and the fourth master Wang Mingzhao got married at the beginning of this year and has no children yet; The three Wang Mingli brothers sat on the stools next to them. Yu'er was taken by Wang Chunrong to find Zhou Weiji, who was not in the mourning hall.

On the west side are Tian's, Wang Mingshen's wife Ye's, Wang Mingzhao's wife Wei's three, Tian's two-year-old daughter was supposed to be guarding on the west side of the Lingtai, but Tian's distressed daughter, so he only let the nurse take her to show her face and returned.

Because Wen Xuan, Wen Ting, and Wen Deng are still young, and Yi Rou has passed away for a long time, there is not much sadness in the mourning platform, and only a few wails will be heard when the guests come. The first to pay their respects were the relatives of the Wang family, and it was almost noon before foreign relatives and friends came.

The guests first send condolences and sacrifice tea and wine, and then kneel down to read the sacrificial text, the host answers, and the guests worship Fang Cheng. The Great Zhou Hanging Ceremony Lan Yi had already experienced it once when Wang Linshan died, and the Wang family was a big family, and the rules and ceremonies were more complete. Even if Lan Yi's writing is already good, the sacrifice of the person who hangs can only understand three or four points.

Xia Wan sent the nurse Xia to Duoping Hall to pay her respects, and Tian stepped forward to greet her, but Xia only responded politely, but was very polite to Lan Yi.

"Miss Chun Tao, my wife was supposed to come in person, but there were many things in the house that I couldn't get out of so I asked me to come over on her behalf, if you are too busy here, just give orders." Xia is Xia Wan's nurse, and she is also the right-hand man by her side, she respects Lan Yi so much that Tian and the others are very surprised, and they all observe the movements of the two.

Now that Lan Yi's identity has changed, she naturally can't be called "Mrs. Wang" anymore. Lan Yi politely returned the salute, asked her to go back and thank Xia Wan, and said that she would bring her two children to the house for a gathering in a few days.

After Xia left, Tian asked Lan Yi curiously: "Chun Tao, you are really good at it, you can be so familiar with the celebrities around Mrs. Mi?" ”

Lan Yi saw her gossipy look, and only replied lightly: "It's just that there are some personal relationships." ”

It is said that Tian is the main mourner among the female dependents, and it is necessary to take off the gorgeous clothes and take off the hairpins, rings and jewelry to show grief and respect for the deceased. But although she changed into plain clothes, she wore a pearl hairpin ring on her head, and when she raised her sleeves, she revealed a bright gold bracelet, which was particularly conspicuous in this group of plain clothes.

As the old Chinese saying goes, people die and grievances disappear. Lan Yi didn't know how much she hated Yao Yirou, and she still expressed her joy so blatantly after her death, in short, her approach made Lan Yi very disdainful, and naturally she would not be polite.

Wang Mingli already knew about the relationship between Lan Yi and Mrs. Mi on the day of his ascension, which was not surprising at this time. But he didn't tell his wife about it, and Tian still didn't know about it. In front of everyone, Lan Yi's perfunctory attitude made Tian displeased, and he was about to say a few words, but he heard a report from the door that Zhang Pingyu had come to pay his respects.

Wang Mingli's face is obviously not good-looking, the Zhang family has not taken away the Wang family's business since Wang Mingzhe's death, and the person who handled it was Zhang Pingyu. Zhang Pingyu is good friends with Wang Mingzhe and is familiar with Wang Mingli, but he is not relentless in grabbing the Wang family's business.

After Zhang Pingyu hanged himself, Lan Yi took Wenxuan and everyone in the house to return the salute.

"Second Brother Zhang, I didn't expect you to come in person." The third master, Wang Mingshen, stepped forward and beckoned Zhang Pingyu to sit next to him.

Zhang Pingyu has always had a stern face and few words, he was polite to Wang Mingshen, nodded slightly and asked, "Is this Wenxuan?" ”

Wen Xuan's great filial piety dress is very recognizable, and Wang Mingshen nodded.

"Exactly, Wen Xuan, come to the third uncle, this is Uncle Zhang."

Wen Xuan looked up at his mother, Lan Yi nodded, and led him to Zhang Pingyu. Lan Yi recognized him as the young owner who had crossed over to sell cakes and houses at the Four Seas Inn in Qingshan Town when Zhang Pingyu came in, but Zhang Pingyu's whole mind was on Wen Xuan and he didn't pay attention to her.

Wen Xuan's appearance seemed to be soft, and Zhang Pingyu took his hand and looked at it carefully, revealing a sincere smile.

"Wen Xuan, I didn't expect you to grow so big and live so well. Uncle is a friend of your father, come, you can accept this jade pendant, and go to your uncle's house more often in the future. ”

Seeing the jade pendant that Zhang Pingyu took out, Wang Mingli's eyes shone sharply, revealing a look of surprise. He could see that the jade pendant was a jade pendant that symbolized the identity of the Zhang family's children, and Zhang Pingyu taught it to Wen Xuan, which meant that he had decided to recognize Wen Xuan as his righteous son. It is quite a formal thing for their families to recognize Yizi, and the meaning of Zhang Pingyu's move is very clear, he is looking at Wen Xuan's young age and wants to support him.

"Second Brother Zhang, such a valuable thing, Wen Xuan is still a child, it's better to wait for him to be a few years older before giving it to him." Wang Mingli said with a smile.

Zhang Pingyu gave Wen Xuan a jade pendant to wear on his belt: "It's just a jade pendant, what's the difference between a few years earlier and a few years later." ”

Wen Xuan looked down at the plain white jade pendant hanging on his body, raised his head and asked Lan Yi, "Mother?" ”

Zhang Pingyu and Wang Mingzhe are close friends, what is the meaning of the jade pendant he gave away at this time, Lan Yi saw the smile on Wang Chengde's face with the corner of his eye, so he nodded and said: "You can ask for the jade pendant sent by Uncle Zhang, what should Wenxuan say?" ”

Hearing his mother's words, Wen Xuan turned his head and showed a big smile, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang." ”

Zhang Pingyu smiled and nodded, turning his gaze to Lan Yi, he knew that this woman was Wang Chuntao who came back with Wen Xuan, but he looked very familiar, and quickly thought of the little woman who sold ancestral cake recipes that the two of them saw in the Four Seas Inn in Qingshan Town.

"Are you the daughter of Steward Wang?"

Lan Yi curtsied: "Exactly, little queen Chun Tao." ”

"Yes, that's good." He has always rarely praised people, this is a good sentence to say sincerely, on the other hand, he also lamented that luck makes people, he turned the jade wrench on the thumb of his right hand, recalling the situation of that meeting.

Although Zhang Pingyu is familiar with Steward Wang and Wang Chunrong, he has not seen Xiaochuntao a few times. When Yao Yirou took Chun Tao and Lian Pozi to live outside the Wang family's mansion, he rarely went to the inner house to look for Wang Mingzhe, Yirou was a quiet character, and rarely went out of the back house, Chun Tao, as her personal maid, naturally rarely appeared outside, because Zhang Pingyu was not familiar with her.

When they met at the Four Seas Inn, Lan Yi was dressed as a peasant woman, and it was even more difficult to recognize. Although Zhang Pingyu had seen Xiao Wenxuan many times, Lan Yi entrusted Wenxuan to Xia Wan to take care of him at that time and did not take him to see Zhang Pingyu, so there was this meeting by accident.

Soon after Zhang Pingyu left, Lan Junchen, the fourth young master of the Lan family, came to pay his respects.

His sacrificial text Lan Yi understood clearly, more straightforward and profound than others, the writer was quite sorry for Yirou's death, and after reading a large number of articles, Lan Yi couldn't help but have a sour nose.

Lan Yi looked up at Lan Junchen, compared to Zhang Pingyu's seemingly peaceful but cold face, Lan Junchen has handsome facial features, and he can be called a good son. But his face was stern at this time, and his eyes looked calm and calm, but Lan Yi found that his eyes staring at the wooden coffin could not hide his sadness and disbelief, and wanted to step forward and open the lid of the coffin to confirm with his own eyes whether it was Yirou lying inside.

Lan Junchen finished hanging and turned his gaze to Wenxuan. He walked up to Wen Xuan and bent down to pick him up, staring at him deeply, his eyes flashed with all kinds of inexplicable affection, and finally turned to love.

"Wen Xuan, do you remember Uncle Lan?"

Lan Yi twitched the corners of her mouth, it was strange to remember! Wen Xuan really showed a confused expression.

Wang Mingli stepped forward and said politely: "Fourth Brother Lan, Wenxuan was too young when he left the mansion to recognize people." ”

Lan Junchen rolled his eyes and smiled: "That's right, Wenxuan was less than a year old at that time. I remember when Ziyuan was alive, he said that when Wen Xuan grew up, he would find the best master for him to teach him his knowledge, so that he would be better than the three of us. ”

After speaking, he was a little sad, but he was very good at recovering his feelings: "Wenxuan has resolved the disaster star this time, and he will definitely have a smooth future in the future." ”

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, the Lan family never took it lightly for outsiders, Lan Junchen said that he took the initiative to open a hexagram for Wen Xuan, and he was lucky and evil.

Whether it is Zhang Pingyu or Lan Junchen, their attention to Wenxuan is enough to alert the masters and subordinates of the Wang family, and let them know that Wenxuan also has backers.

Lan Yi saw that Lan Junchen shifted his gaze to her, and wanted to ask some questions, but in the end he only smiled and nodded.

Back then, he divined the hexagram for Wen Xuan and calculated that his auspicious star was in the north, and if he could meet nobles in the north, he would turn the danger into a disaster. At that time, Lan Junchen had speculated that since Wenxuan could turn danger into a disaster, then Yirou should also be safe.

The reason why he didn't directly open a hexagram to Yirou was because Lan Junchen didn't know Yirou's birth date and couldn't directly estimate the good luck for her.

He didn't expect that Yirou had already died in an accident, and Wen Xuan's noble person was actually Chun Tao, the personal maid beside her.

This result is not the same as his divination, Wenxuan's nobles should be from thousands of miles away, and the spring peach is close at hand, how can it be from thousands of miles away? R1152