The east courtyard of the General's Mansion is naturally very lively, the guests come and go, the birthday celebrations, the gifts of gifts, and the opening of the banquet is already a happy appearance...... しw0。

Old Madam Shen has always pretended to be arrogant in front of outsiders, but whenever a girl and young lady come forward to celebrate her birthday, she always gives some valuable meeting gifts. Seeing this scene, the smiles on the faces of those ladies were more real, but Ren Wanyun secretly gritted her teeth.

Ren Wanyun is in charge of the money in the public school, and she has to deal with the affairs of the three rooms on weekdays. The more the old lady squandered, the less she could fill her pocket. What's more, Shen Gui still has to work in the officialdom on weekdays, so I am afraid that in the next few days, the money will be stretched thin again.

It's a lot of fun, but it's not the other side. The ancestral hall in the southwest corner of the Shen Mansion was deserted at the moment, and then outside the courtyard gate, there were also some people dressed as guards, an ancestral hall, naturally unable to make such a formation. The reason why this is so is because these people are responsible for keeping Shen Miao in check, lest she escape from it.

The ancestral hall is in a cold place, and I can't see the sun for many years, and it's winter, and I feel the pain of the cold wind as soon as I walk in. There was a smell of incense ash everywhere, and the incense burning in front of the incense niche was still rising, lining the cold tablets with a bit of a misty smell.

"Girl," Gu Yu rubbed his hands: "Today is the old lady's birthday, but they deliberately locked the girl here, it's really too bullying!"

Not to mention inviting Shen Miao out, even if he came to greet him personally, he didn't say a word. simply treats Shen Miao as a subordinate who has made a mistake.

"What's the hurry. Shen Miao stood in front of the window, outside the window were trees with withered leaves, and in winter, the bare branches looked very depressed.

"How can the girl not be in a hurry?" Gu Yu held back for so many days, and finally couldn't help but say: "They locked the girl here, it is obviously forced to marry, and when the old lady comes back, the girl has already married into the Huang family, even if the old lady will protect the girl, the girl's life will be ruined!"

The sting has been fiddling with the charcoal brazier on the ground, and in the cold ancestral hall, only this charcoal brazier can emit some warm breath. A small pile was placed in the inner room, and Shen Miao shook her head: "You take a few quilts in this room and go outside to dry them for an hour." ”

"Girl!" Gu Yu stomped his feet, a little anxious Shen Miao's casual attitude. But he was swept away by Shen Miao's gaze, and he couldn't speak anymore, so he had to hold back the anger and take the quilt out of the house, and dry the quilt outside according to Shen Miao's words.

"It's a rare day of good weather. Shen Miao looked out the window, the sunlight could not reach the ancestral hall, but could only reach the courtyard. And she can't leave the courtyard of this ancestral hall, but she doesn't want to go out of the ancestral hall.

"The girl said," the stunned finally stopped playing with the charcoal in the basin, "Will the master and the lady really rush back today?"

Shen Miao told Jing Zhen that there was naturally no need to worry about everything, because on the birthday of Old Lady Shen, Shen Xin and his wife would return to Dingjing City. Although this is too ridiculous, because no messenger came to inform Shen Xin that he would return to Beijing today, which is still some time before the end of the year. Shen Miao is locked up in the ancestral hall every day, where did he get such news. But in the face of Shen Miao, the questions in his heart have not been asked. In her own girl, she found something that she didn't have before. One thing is that what she says is always convincing without any conditions.

Shen Miao said: "Wait a while, you will want to entangle those guards outside and let them stay away from this courtyard, after all, they will not leave directly, but it is better to be farther away." ”

"Slaves and maids can be saved. He was stunned. Although she didn't know why Shen Miao did this, she had been in the ancestral hall with Shen Miao these days, and she found that Shen Miao was not panicked about the scene in front of her. People don't panic about bad situations, first, they are stupid and don't know it, and second, they already have a strategy to deal with it. And Shen Miao, Stunned didn't think she was stupid. So even if he was as worried as Gu Yu in his heart, he was shocked and unconditionally trusted that Shen Miao would be able to deal with the situation in front of him.

Shen Miao noticed her gaze and sighed slightly in her heart.

Among her four maids, Gu Yu is the most intelligent, Bai Lu is the most calm, Frost is the most loyal, and Shocking is the most daring.

In order to help Fu Xiuyi win over the minister, the sting used his beauty to directly become the concubine of the minister, the minister was greedy for beauty, and the sting also had the means, although he was finally scolded to death by the living rod of the main room, but before he died, he sent out the handle of the minister, so that Fu Xiuyi successfully won over the other party.

As a servant girl, she has the courage to do so. Surprise is an unusual girl. So in this matter, Gu Yu Bailu and Frost are not suitable, only the sting can be slightly better, but after the sting knows what she is going to do, whether she will continue to help, Shen Miao does not know.

After all, what she has to do is really shocking.

"Actually," he endured it and said softly: "If the girl wants to, it's not impossible to let Mo Qing think of taking the girl out." ”

Mo Qing's skills are above the guards of the General's Mansion, although it is said that two fists are invincible to four hands, but it is not impossible to seize the gap and lead someone to escape.

"And then?" Shen Miao asked rhetorically: "The world is big, will the world be peaceful if you escape?" The deed of sale of the four of you is in the hands of the old lady, and I am gone, what about you?"

Shocked, he knelt on the ground and said, "The slave knows that the girl is willing to stay here for the sake of the slaves and maids' lives, but if the girl is unfortunate because of the slaves and maids, the slave and the maid are really to blame." At the beginning, the master and the lady chose four slaves and maids to be by the girl's side, so that the slaves and maids would take care of the girl, how could the master take care of the slaves and maids in turn?"

Shen Miao's eyes flashed with a hint of emotion, Shen Xin is indeed very good at picking people, these four maids, even in her most difficult life in her previous life, she never had a trace of betrayal. However, people are not goods, things in this world are so simple, there is kindness to repay kindness, there is revenge, to win people's hearts, you can't even give up the maids around you.

"Don't worry. Shen Miao said: "You and I will be fine." Today, on the birthday of the old lady, I heard that my second sister repaired a picture of Guanyin for my grandmother, and since they have forgotten me here, I can't let it go. She smiled slightly: "I also have a big gift to give to the old lady, but I don't know if she has this blessing gone." ”

......

Dozens of miles away from the capital city, there are horses drinking water at the edge of the frozen stream. The withered grasslands look a little yellow and decayed, and the soldiers take a rest here.

Sitting at the far end of the group of soldiers was a middle-aged man, his skin was bronzed, about the same as that of the sun and rain on the battlefield, but he looked very powerful. The body shape is like a small mountain, and the eyebrows are even more righteous and awe-inspiring, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a beard, which is extremely bold at a glance.

The woman sitting beside him was stroking the head of a horse with its head down and gnawing on the grassroots. The woman was also middle-aged, wearing a blue jacket, a pair of embroidered gorse breeches, her hair tied in a simple snail bun, a pair of wonderful eyes were very spirited, and she was also delicate, but what attracted people was her heroic temperament, a pair of double-ring silver bracelets between her wrists, and when she stroked the horses, she made a tinkling sound.

"Madam, we will be able to reach Dingjing in about an hour. The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Staying in the northwest all day long, returning to Beijing, this breath is sweet." ”

"What's wrong in the northwest?" the woman was stunned and asked a little pungently: "I grew up in the bitter cold land of the northwest, if you like sweet, why do you come to marry me?"

The man hurriedly said with a bitter face: "What Madame said is that this capital is sweet and silky, not suitable for us rough old men, it is better to go to the northwest, you can go to the mountains to hunt in winter, the silver fox runs around, and you can make robes for Madame when you hunt." ”

When the woman heard this, she raised the corners of her mouth and scolded with a smile: "Seeing the official speaks!"

These two people are none other than the mighty general Shen Xin and his wife Luo Xueyan. Today, they hurried back to participate in Mrs. Shen's birthday. And before that, they had never ventilated to Dingjing City, because they had obtained the enemy's surrender letter in advance, so early victory, probably to give everyone in the capital a surprise.

"We haven't seen my mother's birthday once. Luo Xueyan said: "In the past, I came back from the New Year to hand over His Majesty's reward to my mother, which was counted as a birthday gift, and I was in a hurry to go back today, but I don't know if the fire mouse cat cloak can get the eyes of the old lady." ”

"Why can't you win the eyes of the old lady?" When Shen Xin heard this, he immediately asked: "That's a good thing, even if it's on the battlefield, it's a treasure." With it, it is invulnerable, in order to hunt the fire rat, I was on the mountain for seven days and seven nights, if you didn't insist on giving it to my mother, I would ...... Here you go. In the end, Shen Xin's voice gradually lowered, obviously, this was a bit disobedient, but people's hearts are not a scale, they will have eccentric parts. Although Mrs. Shen treats Shen Xin very well, she is not her own mother after all, and her blood relationship cannot be faked, so Shen Xin naturally still loves his wife a little more. Besides, Luo Xueyan also followed him to fight on the battlefield on weekdays, and this fire rat hair cloak was much more effective to her than to Old Madam Shen, if it weren't for Luo Xueyan insisting on giving Old Madam Shen, Shen Xin would have made a cloak for Luo Xueyan first.

"What do you know," Luo Xueyan glared at him: "You miss the old lady's birthday every year, even if you give the old lady all the rewards given by His Majesty after returning from the New Year, who will really know." Last time we went back to Beijing, I heard that there were still people in the capital who said that you deliberately didn't kiss your stepmother. I'm not doing this for you. If you don't worry about this reputation, Jiaojiao can't be an unfilial father. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Xin was also silent for a long time, indeed, although the conditions in Dingjing City are not more difficult than the bitter cold land in the northwest, and there are no enemy swords and gun traps, but where is the real peace. The two of them were not in Dingjing, and the rumors were very loud, which was really annoying.

Luo Xueyan said again: "You know I don't understand the twists and turns in the house, our Luo family doesn't have so many rules." I can only use the simplest way, this fire rat hair cloak is precious, if it gets the old lady's blue eyes, the old lady is happy, everyone sees it, and the rumors will naturally be self-defeating. ”

After a while, Shen Xincai said, "It's still Mrs. thoughtful." ”

"I'm not here for you, I'm here for Jiaojiao. Luo Xueyan snorted, and her face suddenly became a little melancholy: "You and I are not in Dingjing all the year round, although the northwest is too dangerous, Jiaojiao is still young, and I can't bring it over." But for so many years, we have not personally taught and accompanied, and we can't stand her. ”

When Shen Xin heard this, he also sighed, lowered his head, and a touch of pain flashed in his eyes.

There are no cruel parents in the world, and there are no parents who do not love their children. However, he and Luo Xueyan were destined to fight on the battlefield, but Shen Miao couldn't go together. The two armies are fighting, the means are dazzling, and there are not a few cases of kidnapping each other's relatives and friends to kill, and they can only endure the pain of being separated from their daughters, at least in Dingjing City, Shen Miao's safety does not have to worry.

Luo Xueyan seemed to be more and more sad the more she thought about it, and continued: "I often wonder if it is really safe to put Jiaojiao in the capital. Without her parents by her side, is she really happy? When we meet her every year, she always treats us coldly, but the reason for this is our fault. So, whatever she does, we can't blame her. ”

Shen Miao and Shen Xin are not close to each other or even Shen Qiu, because these so-called relatives have not accompanied her since childhood. She is close to Ren Wanyun, Chen Ruoqiu, and even Mrs. Shen, because these people get along with her day and night, this is the "relative" in her eyes. And Shen Xin and his wife treated their daughter obediently, no matter how famous Shen Miao's stupidity was in the capital, they never got angry with their daughter, because this was the cause they planted.

Shen Xin patted Luo Xueyan on the shoulder: "One day, Jiaojiao will understand our hardships." ”

"Will she really understand," Luo Xueyan smiled bitterly: "Sometimes, I even wonder who caused Jiaojiao to be so stubborn now, Shen Fu ......." She stopped suddenly, and glanced at Shen Xin with some annoyance.

Shen Xin naturally understood what she meant, and his face changed slightly, and after a while, he sighed and held his beloved wife's hand: "Madame is too worried." Mother and younger siblings will teach Jiaojiao well, if it is not right, Jiaojiao will not be so close to them. ”

Shen Miao's attitude towards the two aunts is really good and jealous, so some ideas seem nondescript.

"It's that I'm thinking too much. Luo Xueyan said. She is the precious daughter of the Luo family in the northwest, and she is also a military general family, although she is a third-grade military attaché, her family is also an iron-blooded man. Luo Xueyan is the youngest sister, and there are three older brothers above, so since she was born, there are only parents and brothers in the family, and there are not so many pickled things.

If he knew about it, he would rather let Shen Miao take the risk with him than leave Shen Miao alone in the terrible Shen Mansion.

As he was talking, he heard someone behind him shouting, "Dad, mother." ”

Shen Xin's face sank, and he said angrily: "When there are people outside, call me ......." ”

"General Shen!" the person hurriedly said.

"Don't pay attention to your father," Luo Xueyan glanced at Shen Xin: "Pretend." ”

The man who came was a young man in his twenties, who was also well-looking, with wheat-colored skin and two dimples when he smiled, which added a rare childishness to him. This young man looks quite similar to Luo Xueyan, and it is Shen Xin's sister-in-law Shen Qiu.

Shen Qiu is twenty-two this year, and he was brought to the battlefield by Shen Xin as early as when he was ten years old, saying that he was a strict master and a high apprentice. Shen Qiu is also brave, over the years, he has earned several meritorious deeds, and now he is a fourth-grade general.

"Dad, mother, your birthday gift has been given, what should I give?" Shen Qiu scratched his head, a little dazed.

"This bastard boy, what kind of gift do you give, ask us what we are doing, manly man, he can't even make up his mind about this little thing, what kind of battlefield do you go to!" Shen Xin seized the opportunity to count his son.

"It's been a long time since I've been to my grandmother's birthday. Shen Qiu said awkwardly: "I don't know what to send, I can't report the merits of killing many enemy soldiers." Birthday days are unlucky. ”

Luo Xueyan was amused by Shen Qiu's words: "It's okay, didn't Your Majesty reward you with a Tencel brocade before, you took that to the old lady." I heard that there is a great shortage of silk brocade in Dingjing City now, and the ladies in the palace may not have it, and the old lady can get one, so she is naturally happy. ”

"But that's for my sister!" Shen Qiu said hurriedly.

"That's it. Shen Xin waved his hand: "Have you ever seen your sister like that kind of brocade." ”

Even if Shen Xin doesn't know the vulgar things of a woman's family, he also knows that his daughter doesn't like those elegant materials, but likes to wear gold and silver, the more tacky the better, although he is helpless, he can only be happy by Shen Miao. Although the Tencel brocade is beautiful, it may not be appreciated by Shen Miao.

When Shen Qiu heard this, he felt that what his father said was reasonable, so he squatted down with his head drooped and whispered: "I came back in a hurry this time, but I didn't bring any gifts to my sister, and I feel guilty when I think about it." ”

In fact, Shen Qiu and Shen Miao had a very good relationship in the past, and the brother and sister supported each other and lived a happy life. But later, Shen Qiu followed Shen Xin to fight every year, and he and Shen Miao also met once a year, and then Shen Miao's temperament became worse and worse year by year, and the brothers and sisters almost reached the point where they had nothing to say. No matter how Shen Qiu got close to this sister, Shen Miao treated him lukewarmly.

Shen Qiu didn't know the reason, but Shen Miao knew. In fact, it was Shen Yue and Shen Qing, as well as Mama Gui, who reminded Shen Xin and his wife that they only took Shen Qiu by their side, and they were clearly patriarchal, and their sons could pass on the lineage, so they valued it, and their daughters didn't pay so much attention to it. Shen Miao is young, and it is easy to be affected by a few words, and looking at this brother again, he naturally feels that he has robbed all the love of his parents, which is very hateful, so he is unwilling to be close to him.

"That's it. Shen Xin patted the dust on his body and stood up: "Tell those brothers to get up, continue to hurry, and after an hour, be sure to return to Dingjing City!"

......

Time has passed, and the birthday banquet of the Shen Mansion is about to start. All the ladies and ladies have already taken their seats, there are more than a dozen tables, and the name of Old Madam Shen is also big enough, this pomp, the officials and ladies of Dingjing who are a little bit of grade are here. Of course, when everyone came to this banquet, they naturally saw not the face of Old Madam Shen, but the name of Shen Xin of the Shen family. Even so, the birthday party was lively, as in previous years.

Shen Yue was wearing a pleated Ruyi moon skirt, the color of the moon white lined her with a gentle and quiet appearance, she was already delicate and lovely, and she deliberately dressed up today, so naturally there is a kind of calculation that my family has a female beginning. Now that Shen Qing and Shen Miao have families, the ladies present also have their own thoughts when they look at Shen Yue, and naturally plan to benefit if they can marry the second lady of the third room of the Shen Mansion to the mansion.

After the male dependents gave birthday gifts, they were all on the other side, accompanied by two brothers, Shen Gui and Shen Wan. Shen Gui and Shen Wan naturally will not give up this opportunity to win people's hearts, talking and laughing, so lively.

Master Su held the wine glass, but he had a headache in his heart. His family has a good relationship with the Lin'an Hou Mansion, and the Shen family and the Xie family have never dealt with each other, but the Shen family sent him a post. Master Su is a good man, and since people have come to post, he can't just refuse, so he has to participate in it. In my heart, I was a little envious of my eldest son who was "sick in bed", at least I didn't have to look at this group of old oilers with ghosts pushing cups and changing lamps, and they were trying to do their best.

"Daddy. Su Minglang blinked, today he was also dressed up by his own mother, even so, it looked like a very well-dressed group. He tugged at Master Su's sleeve: "I want to go out for a walk." ”

"Don't run around. Master Su warned. Although the eldest son did not participate, the younger son, who had never been interested in these, clamored to participate, and Master Su didn't know why. However, Su Minglang made a big fuss, Mrs. Su agreed, and Master Su had no choice but to take this small oil bottle.

Su Minglang put down his hand aggrievedly, he heard that this was Mrs. Shen's birthday banquet, and it was Shen Miao's grandmother's birthday banquet. Thinking that he hadn't seen Shen Miao in Guangwentang for so long, he was also very concerned. originally wanted to take this opportunity to meet Shen Miao, but who knew that Shen Miao hadn't shown up at all today. I heard that Shen Miao had a rash and couldn't talk to people casually, but Su Minglang was still itchy and wanted to meet Shen Miao. He has very few friends, others dislike him for being stupid, only Shen Miao treats him gently, in his heart, Shen Miao has long been his only friend.

At the women's banquet outside, Mrs. Jiang smiled and coaxed: "Speaking of which, Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Wei, should you also deliberately respect the old lady with a glass of wine, after all, ......"

After all, it will be the family of children in the future.

These words were not spoken, but the ladies at the feast knew it. Mrs. Huang is a noble lady with exquisite makeup, and she just smiled when she heard this, and she couldn't tell what it was like. I probably know that this family affair is just to take what they need, and it is not a good marriage. If the Shen family really felt sorry for their daughter, they would be as righteous as they seemed on the surface, and they would not agree to this family affair at all. The so-called light wind and moon are just superficial posturing. Therefore, the gaze is somewhat mocking.

However, Mrs. Wei seemed a little uncomfortable. The Shen family is indeed a good family, and climbing the Shen family is also considered to be climbing a high branch, but Shen Miao in the past was too stupid and stupid, and she really didn't deserve to be the housewife. Later, since the inspection field, I heard everywhere that Shen Miao now seems to have opened her mind, and her temperament is much calmer. That's why he came to propose marriage for his son.

But who knew that I didn't see Shen Miao today, and I heard that Shen Miao had a rash. Mrs. Wei was a little worried, if she had a serious disease, wouldn't it ruin her son's life, thinking of this, she showed some reluctant expressions on her face.

These expressions fell in Chen Ruoqiu's eyes, and Chen Ruoqiu sneered a few times in his heart. She is not a fool, where can she not see that Ren Wanyun is fighting the idea of sisters easy to marry. Old Madam Shen and Ren Wanyun hid it from others, but they couldn't hide it from her Chen Ruoqiu. However, these are even good things for her, Ren Wanyun cares about it, but she doesn't know how Shen Xin will be angry when he comes back. When the two rooms of the big house competed, each of them hurt their vitality, and her Yue'er could stand out.

Ren Wanyun got up with a smile and said, "Since that's the case, then I should also toast the two ladies first." ”

Everyone's laughter was louder, Feng Anning frowned, and his face was a little displeased.

In the ancestral hall at the other end, all the girls were opened, Shen Miao knelt in front of the tablet in front of the ancestral hall, and looked at the hourglass in her hand, the sand was about to leak out, and the time arranged with her was almost up.

She inserted the three sticks of incense in her hand into the incense niche and bowed gently.

But at this moment, a slight noise was heard.

The few years in the Qin State in her previous life had made her develop the habit of being extremely vigilant at all times, Shen Miao stood up all of a sudden and said, "Who?"

"The little girl feels very keen. A familiar voice sounded, Shen Miao turned her head, and saw the purple-clothed young man leaning against the window, looking at her with a smile. Seeing her turn her gaze, he jumped into the ancestral hall.

Rao is Shen Miao no matter how calm he is, he can't help but be a little stunned. Xie Jingxing was actually swaying around in someone else's house in the blue sky and daylight, he naturally couldn't have been invited over, the relationship between the Shen family and the Xie family was walking on thin ice, unless Shen Gui and Shen Wan went crazy.

Now there are guard handles in the courtyard outside the ancestral hall, how did he get in, Shen Miao was careless, and asked the question in his heart.

"The guards of the Shen Mansion are really useless. Xie Jingxing said: "I came over." ”

Shen Miao frowned: "What are you doing here?"

Xie Jingxing smiled, didn't pay attention to her, but seemed to be rummaging through something in the house, but with a stick of incense, he finished looking for it. However, the results were clearly unsatisfactory, and he did not find anything.

Shen Miao stared at his every move, and doubts gradually arose in his heart, Xie Jingxing's appearance seemed to be looking for something in the Shen Mansion. But what is there in the General's Mansion that is worthy of him to be a gentleman on the beam, and he took such a big risk to search for it himself, what else did she not know?

"What are you looking for, say it, and I can help you find it. Shen Miao said.

Xie Jingcheng paused, turned his head to look at her inquiringly, and said with interest: "Shen family girl, I know that among the Shen family, you are the smartest, but don't hit me with your ideas." ”

"Then you came to my house to steal things in the daytime, is it considered to hit the Shen family with the idea?" Shen Miao was unmoved. There was some annoyance in her heart Xie Jingxing's dripping water, she softened, but she wanted to know what it was. As a result, this person was so vigilant that he didn't give her a chance at all.

"Steal?" Xie Jingxing seemed to have heard something funny, and his beautiful peach blossom eyes shone dangerously: "That is Benhou's thing, it can only be regarded as taking." ”

Shen Miao's heart moved, as if she had caught something, but the idea disappeared so quickly that she couldn't catch it.

"However," Xie Jingxing glanced at the ancestral hall: "There are so many people guarding here, I thought it was to protect things, but it turned out to be watching you." He looked at Shen Miao, hugged his chest and said, "What mistake did you make, so many people are about you, the ancestral hall is not a place where the eldest lady should live." ”

"What does it have to do with you?" Shen Miao looked at the hourglass, the last bit of sand had already flowed from above to below, and the time was almost up. But Xie Jingxing hasn't left yet. Her patience had run out, so she said: "Since the little marquis has not found 'your things', then please leave, the ancestors of the Shen family do not want to see the heroic appearance of the gentleman on the beam." ”

The sarcasm of her words, I'm afraid that Xie Jingxing has grown so big, no one has ever dared to speak to him like this, and he is still a little girl. However, he didn't get angry, he just teased: "Indeed, the ancestors of the Shen family don't want to see Benhou, but they are willing to see their descendants forced to marry, which is also hilarious." ”

"You don't want to marry Wei Qian?" he asked.

"What if you are willing, what if you are unwilling?" Shen Miao asked rhetorically.

"Wei Qian can be a good person, you are not a good wife, you picked it up, such a person who doesn't know what to do, it's the first time I've seen it. He narrowed his eyes, and the evil smile on the corner of his lips was so handsome that it was dizzying for a moment, and he said lightly: "You won't be the one who likes Benhou, so you don't want to marry Wei Qian?"

Shen Miao was almost laughed at angrily, she turned her head and glared at Xie Jingxing: "If you think so, I have nothing to blame, I just advise the little marquis, there are some things, don't get involved, otherwise, when you regret it, it will be too late." ”

Her face was a little pale, probably because she had eaten and slept well in the ancestral hall these days, and she had lost some weight, but the outline of the girl was more distinct, her chin had become pointed, and her eyes that could speak were extremely clear, but Xie Jingxing saw that there was a fire burning.

"Girl!" Startled ran in, and when she saw Xie Jingxing, she was also startled, she suddenly protected Shen Miao behind her, pointed at Xie Jingxing and said, "How did you come in?"

Xie Jingxing shrugged his shoulders and did not answer.

"When he's gone, it's fine. Shen Miao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and asked the stunned: "How are you doing?"

"I asked the ginkgo biloba in the yard to buy wine and food, saying that it was sent from the end of the birthday banquet, and they were happy to eat at the moment, but they were also a little slack. But it is impossible to leave. The stunned was still a little jealous of Xie Jingxing, and looked at Xie Jingxing's face as he spoke.

"Good. Shen Miao glanced at the stunned sting: "Stunned, can you make me trust?"

As soon as he heard this, he couldn't even worry about Xie Jingxing, so he immediately lowered his head and said: "The slave maid is loyal to the girl, and the slave and maid will never give up what the girl commands." ”

"Then listen, whether it's you or Gu Yu, or Bailu and frost, don't come in when anything happens, don't look for me, and don't stop me. She shoved the hourglass into the stun's hand: "When this sand ball flows here—" She pointed to a small mark on the glass: "You go out to call people, and you have to rush out while there is chaos, and rush directly to the birthday banquet in the east courtyard, and shout loudly in front of all the guests." I think you're bold and bold, and you know what to do best, whether I tell you or not. ”

"This ......" was a little dazed, not understanding what Shen Miao meant by saying this. But when she saw Shen Miao's expression, all the questions swallowed again, and said solemnly to Shen Miao: "The slave can save it." ”

"Okay, then you go out now. Shen Miao ordered with a solemn face: "Remember, no matter what you see or what happens, you are not allowed to come in." ”

Stunned gritted his teeth, glanced at Xie Jingxing, and then at Shen Miao, before nodding and turning to leave the ancestral hall.

After the stunned left, Xie Jingxing looked at Shen Miao and said lazily: "So mysterious, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?" Shen Miao stared at him. Xie Jingxing's posture is leisurely, a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes are as sharp as a knife, and when he is looked at by those eyes, it seems that there is nothing to hide from what he thinks in his heart.

"If the little marquis doesn't want to be affected by me, let's go first. She said coldly.

"No one in the world can affect me. He was arrogant, but he seemed to be able to do what he said.

"Since you want to follow the funeral, I have nothing to say. Shen Miao turned around.

Xie Jingxing frowned, and before he could understand the meaning of Shen Miao's words, he saw Shen Miao suddenly walk in front of the incense shrine and pause in front of the tablets of the ancestors of the Shen family, and the next moment, Rao is also stunned and froze in place.

Shen Miao suddenly picked up those neatly arranged tablets, picked them up and threw them into the charcoal brazier on the ground without saying a word. Wood is easy to ignite, and in an instant, the flame that was originally burning a little wilted "boomed" and scurried, and the tongue of fire devoured those wooden spirit tablets, and the names on them loomed in the firelight.

"Are you crazy?" Xie Jingxing looked at Shen Miao, his eyes full of surprise.

Destroying the ancestral tablet is a great rebellion, and it can even be expelled from the clan. After a hundred years of such behavior, Xia Huangquan will not be let go by his ancestors. And Shen Miao's sudden move is really incomprehensible, is this venting her dissatisfaction with being locked up? But if she does this, she will only be punished even more in the future.

Shen Miao looked at the scorched tablet in the flames with a cold gaze, it was not her disobedience, the heroic spirits of the ancestors could not be ruined at will. But the most important thing in the world is the present, her future, Shen Xin's future, and Shen Fu's future are obviously more important. If the Ancestor knew that her move could relieve the crisis of the Shen family, the Heavenly Spirit would also be pleased.

"It's too late for the little marquis to leave now. Shen Miao ignored Xie Jingxing's accident, and threw a large handful of tablets into the charcoal brazier with a "bang". In an instant, the flames flew even harder.

But she didn't seem to be satisfied, thought about it, and walked inside, and took out a few quilts that Gu Yu took out to dry, the quilts were all quilts, just sunburned, dry and soft.

"Shen Miao!" Xie Jingxing snorted: "You don't want to die!"

Shen Miao spread out all the quilts on the ground, most of the structure of the ancestral hall was wooden, and it was very easy to catch fire, and she picked up a spirit card that was half stained by the flames and lit the corner of the quilt.

The flames rose into the sky, and thick smoke gradually rose from the ancestral hall. The stunned gritted his teeth and stood outside, his eyes were red for most of the time, until the sand ball in his hand flowed to the place arranged by Shen Miao, and it wasn't until the guards in the courtyard outside were alarmed by the flames and all ran to put out the fire, that the stunned sting took advantage of the lack of attention and ran out violently.

She ran to the birthday banquet in the east courtyard in one breath, and the guests in the garden were all happy with the guests, and no one seemed to notice that she was a little embarrassed little girl, and the corners of her mouth pulled out a vicious smile, and suddenly shouted loudly: "It's not good, it's not good, the ancestral hall is in the water, and the five girls are trapped in the fire——"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the garden.

Shen Miao wasn't recuperating in her own yard, why was she in the ancestral hall again?

Ren Wanyun was also startled, she stood up suddenly, not knowing how the ancestral hall caught fire. She was about to order someone to hurry to put out the fire, when she saw the panting appearance of the stunned sting, and she didn't know why, and suddenly her heart moved.

If Shen Miao died in this fire, would she be able to justifiably let Shen Qing marry instead, as for the Huang family, as long as she came to apologize. And Shen Miao's death can only be attributed to an accident, who made her not recuperate well, and wanted to "run" to the ancestral hall by herself, which also caused the fire in the ancestral hall?

So Ren Wanyun stood up and pretended to say: "You guys are eating and drinking first, I think the fire is not too big, it's about a child playing with fire and accidentally taking the water, I'll go and see first, a few of you," she scolded Xianglan: "Go find a guard to put out the fire!"

The atmosphere of the entire birthday banquet suddenly fell into a strange atmosphere, and Old Madam Shen was unhappy in her heart, hating Shen Miao for letting her be disappointed even at this time. However, she still had to be a mother on her face, and nervously instructed Ren Wanyun: "Go and see what the situation of the fifth sister is!"

However, what is pretended to be different from the real thing. If he really loved Shen Miao, Shen Miao would never be so calm when he fell into such a scene. Chen Ruoqiu and Shen Yue didn't even leave their seats, which shows Shen Miao's status in the Shen Mansion. The ladies and ladies present are not fools, and they can see what kind of attitude everyone in the Shen Mansion has towards Shen Miao, and they have some sympathy for Shen Miao in their hearts.

But at this moment, a high-pitched and loud laughter suddenly sounded outside: "General Shen, Mrs. Shen, Young Master Shen, return to the house-open the door to welcome the general-"

"What?" Not only the female dependents, but even the male relatives on the other end were stunned. Shen Gui and Shen Wan glanced at each other, and Shen Xin returned home, this is a joke. There are still a few days left before the end of the year.

The ancestral hall, which was surrounded by flames, was surrounded by a circle of Shen Mansion guards outside at this moment. He said he was fighting fires, but he didn't go inside. People cherish their own lives, and this fire is so fierce that who dares to go in and die.

"Shen family girl, do you want to die?" Xie Jingxing frowned as he saw that the beams began to burn.

"Little Hou Ye, let's go quickly. Shen Miao didn't move: "Treat more and more people, even if you want to leave, you can't go." ”

"Less nonsense," Xie Jingxing grabbed her arm: "Let's go!"

"Let go. Shen Miao broke away from his hand, his eyes were resolute and almost stubborn: "Can't you see it? I'm gambling with my life on a future." ”

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