Chapter Seventy-Four: Old Dreams
Ye Qiong knew that she was dreaming.
The body is light and fluttering, as long as a light wind blows, you can blow yourself into the sky.
She saw her twelve-year-old self dressed in linen and filial piety, kneeling in front of her father's coffin, burning paper money one by one with red eyes.
Hey, that's weird. Daddy has just come out of the prison in Dali Temple, although he was demoted, but he has a good future, how could he lie in a coffin again?
Ye Qiong, who was floating in the air, tilted his head and thought.
In the distance, I heard the noise of the inner courtyard, which rushed towards the mourning hall like a tide. Mother Feng walked into the mourning hall with a vague face, and the maid said: "Second Miss Ye, the slave maid was sent by the Xie family in the capital to deliver something to Mrs. Xie, but no one answered for a long time, the slave and maid dared to peek at it, and saw a pair of feet hanging in the air, Mrs. Xie is afraid that she hanged herself!" ”
That "Ye Qiong" ran up, and Ye Qiong, who was floating in the air, seemed to be unable to leave her too far, and was dragged behind by that "Ye Qiong" like a short-line kite.
That "Ye Qiong" pushed open the door of the Magnolia Courtyard, only to see a pair of feet swinging in front of him, and a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with two-color mandarin ducks and pearls on his feet.
Ye Qiong watched the "Ye Qiong" holding Xie's leg and crying, and then moved the ladder with her own hands under the persuasion of Feng's mother, and moved Xie's body down with great difficulty.
Ye Qiong floated over and looked at the marks on Xie's neck, which were in the middle of the neck, and there were no scratches behind the ears.
But the "Ye Qiong" in the dream only took a few closer looks, and couldn't bear to look away.
Ye Qiong wanted to tell her something, but the words were blocked in her throat like cotton soaked in Coptis chinensis.
She saw the "Ye Qiong" in the dream again, climbed up the beam again, only glanced at the traces on the beam, couldn't bear to look away, and carefully untied the white silk that had hanged people.
The two marks on the beams are very clean and there is no sign of struggle, and one of the marks on one side of the beam is deeper, which is only a trace that can only be found when lifting heavy objects.
Ye Qiong was finally able to speak, she said: "Come and see, look at this trace, A-Niang was hanged, not hanged!" ”
The whole courtyard was in mourning, and no one paid attention to Ye Qiong's words, including "Ye Qiong" in the dream.
Mother Feng persuaded "Ye Qiong", she wiped her tears, and instructed the maids to clean the room again.
A maid held two cups of half-drunk tea and whispered, "Hey, how come there are two cups of tea?" In the cup, it is still the Xinyang hair tip that the lady has been reluctant to drink. ”
"Ye Qiong" in the dream only glanced at it and ordered: "That set of teacups is A-Niang's favorite, remember to wash it and put it in the warehouse." ”
Ye Qiong, who was floating in the air, wanted to call out to the maid who had changed the tea, and stretched out her hand, but her hand passed through the middle of the teacup.
Ye Qiong was anxious, she shouted: "Look at that Xinyang Maojian, it's Xie Maoshi's tea, and A-Niang is drinking Longjing!" And the first one to report was the maid of the Xie family in the capital, maybe she killed the person! Take a look, Ye Qiong, take a look at the marks on A-Niang's neck, A-Niang was killed by someone, she was killed by someone! ”
The "Ye Qiong" in the dream only cared about crying, everyone was immersed in grief, and no one noticed that Xie's self-hanging was quite strange.
The surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and it turned back to pitch black, Ye Qiong walked forward in a daze, there was a light in front of him, and Xie Shi sat under the lamp, looking at a little baby in swaddling clothes with Ye Qishu. Xie smiled softly, and she said, "I miss the Qionghua in my mother's yard, and the Qionghua should bloom just right at this time." Joan, Meiyu also, it's better to name it Joan. ”
Walking further, it was on a snowy day, Xie crossed his waist and counted Ye Qiong, whose cheeks were red from the cold: "Mr. Lu is a guest, and he still has a fever, you naughty ghost took advantage of the nurse's inattention, dug up the snow and threw it on people's foreheads, how can you do this." As he spoke, Xie himself laughed, smiled and took Ye Qiong's hand and put it in his arms to warm her hands.
In the end, after his father's body was returned, Xie Shi pulled Ye Qiong to count her dowry, locked one of the full boxes, and said, "This box is all the dowry left by A-Niang for you." The rest is our family's chewing, no father, you still have Auntie, Auntie protects you! ”
Ye Qiong suddenly realized, tears welled up: "It's me who misunderstood A-Niang, it's my fault, it's all my fault......"
In her previous life, before Ah Niang died, she had obviously ordered her share of the dowry together, at that time, Ah Niang's eyes were full of hope and firmness, how could she not stand the blow and hang herself?
"It's your fault, the evidence is right in front of you, why don't you see anything? Why don't you avenge me, why! In the darkness, Ye Qishu's headless corpse, and Xie Shi, who had a white silk hanging around his neck, stretched out their hands and rushed towards Ye Qiong.
Ye Qiong woke up from the dream crying, wiped her face, found that her palms were wet, and looked around vigilantly, until she heard the reprimand of the wandering warblers from outside the door who made the maids who got up early to sweep lightly, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and there were some Zhuang Zhou Mengdie's feelings, I don't know if I am still Ye Qiong.
At this time, Ye Qiong's nose faintly smelled the fragrance of plums, and she looked at the head of the bed, where there was a box of potpourri cream, a note and a plum blossom.
Like a lonely ghost floating in the air for many years, finally stepping on the ground with a physical body, Ye Qiong finally had a sense of truth, breathed a long sigh of relief, picked up the plum blossom and put it under her nose, and let the fragrance of the plum blossom slowly recede with all the grief and guilt.
After being silent for a long time, Ye Qiong gradually calmed down, leaving only a dazed and tired heart.
Ye Qiong turned his head and looked at the box of potpourri ointment, the potpourri paste and the queen rewarded the same one, it should be the tribute of the Ruyang palace in Yunnan.
Ye Qiong was sure that Lu Shaodan should not know that he already had a box of potpourri paste here, otherwise he would not give himself something that would reveal his identity. What's more, the box that Lu Shaodan gave himself was whiter and more delicate than that used by the queen, which clearly showed that he had a good relationship with the Ruyang Palace.
Ye Qiong sighed. The relationship is naturally not shallow, Mrs. Lu's true identity is the county lord of Ruyang Palace, and a box of potpourri paste is not precious to her.
Ye Qiong took out the note pressed under the potpourri paste again, the usage of the potpourri paste was written on the front of the note, and there seemed to be some words written on the back. Ye Qiong turned over and looked at it, and couldn't help laughing.
On the back of the note is a small comic strip in which Lu Shaodan draws a little Ye Qiong and a little himself. Xiao Yeqiong in the painting was wiping her tears, Xiao Shaodan circled around Xiao Yeqiong distressedly, and then gave Xiao Yeqiong a flower, Xiao Yeqiong burst into tears and laughed. At the end of the painting, there is also a small angry pointing at Lu Shaodan, who is looking at the painter, and writing with a fine brush next to him: "Remember that you owe me two sets of clothes!" ”
The first set refers to the equestrian outfit that Ye Qiong promised him before, which was delayed because the ready-to-wear shop was rushing to make Ye Yao's wedding dress, as for the second set......
It refers to the one that wet her shoulders by Ye Qiong's crying yesterday.
Ye Qiong shook her head helplessly, and giggled again, her mood was like the beginning of the rain, and she was much better.
got up and inserted the plum blossoms in the bottle, Ye Qiong propped up the window, and the courtyard was covered in silver, bright and bright, which made people feel refreshed.
Seeing that Ye Qiong was in a good mood, Liuying said with a smile: "Girl, you haven't dressed up yet, be careful of freezing." How about wearing red today, you have to wear red in the snow to look good. ”
Ye Qiong smiled: "It's good if you decide." ”
The warbler immediately became excited, rubbed her hands and said, "Okay", and was scolded by the cuckoo on the side with a smile: "Look at her, when I heard that the girl was willing to dress up according to her heart, I was as excited as a monkey." ”
Ye Qiong laughed.
It's good to be happy for such a small thing.
Yes, now that my mother is still there, my sister has also found a lover, my father and uncle have a good future, and my little maids will be happy for their outfits today. Everything is still there, the past cannot be traced, but you can still recover the blood debt in this life.
Ye Qiong looked at the snow scene, and a trace of fierceness flashed in her eyes.
The Xie family in the capital, the unavenged revenge in the previous life, you will be repaid with blood in this life!
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In the living room of the Ye family, Ye Qiong was sitting in the circle chair, listening to Ye Er's reply.
Ye Er said respectfully: "The girl asked the little one to check the affairs of the Hua family, and the little one has already found out." The Hua family has been farming for generations, and they are so poor that they are so poor, only this generation has a talent. After the Hua family showed off their talents, they publicized it, and even those few acres of land were not cultivated, until Hua Xiu failed repeatedly, and the Hua family pondered taking a daughter-in-law with a rich dowry to support the family's expenses. Su Mei's dowry was saved by herself when she was on an errand in the Ye family, and it was also rich for the Hua family, so she was targeted. Su Mei entered the door only to know that the Hua family was so poor that they couldn't stop the pot, and they lost all their dowry to barely enough for the family, but the Hua family did not hesitate to be blessed, and they still spoiled people like this! ”
Ye Qiong put the teacup on the table and said coldly: "It seems that not only do you have to leave the book, but you also have to get the dowry back." The Hua family also seems to be restless, taking Su Mei's dowry, I'm afraid it's not satisfied, right? ”
Ye Er's chin said: "I was guessed by the girl." The Hua family wrote a letter of resignation to Su Mei on the front foot, and married the daughter of a butcher in the north of the city on the back foot, but the butcher's daughter was spicy, and the butcher's family also spoiled their daughter, but it made the Hua family make a lot of trouble, and they were making trouble and leaving. ”
"It's not enough to make a fuss so that chickens fly and dogs jump, Su Meike has gone to half a life." Ye Qiong said coldly, "The resignation book uses the 'disobedience to parents' in the seven outs, but Su Mei's situation is in line with the 'former poor and then rich' in the three non-go, and this resignation book is uncountable." The resignation cannot be counted, and the behavior of the Hua family is to stop his wife and remarry. According to the law of Da Liang, if the male family stops his wife and remarries, he will be imprisoned for one and a half years, and the female family will not sit and leave her. Give the butcher's family a reminder and let them sue, and after the lawsuit, the yamen will issue a letter of reconciliation and leave, and part of the dowry will be folded from the Hua family's property to compensate Su Mei. ”
Speaking of this, Ye Qiong sneered and said, "Hua Xiu was sentenced to prison, and Su Mei barely got out of this evil breath." ”
Ye Er responded and quietly wiped the sweat from his palms.
The momentum of the second girl is getting stronger day by day, and the ending of Hua Xiucai is determined between talking and laughing, and she will be more focused on doing things in the future.
Ye Er said again: "Girl, there is another news." The girl asked me to check the matter of Xie Wanlan, and I already have an eyebrow. Xie Wanlan really had an ambiguous relationship with a coachman of the Xie family, and asked him to follow him every time he went out. The coachman's name is Lu Yi, and he is also a homeless person who left his hometown during the autumn flood, and because of his good looks, he was introduced to Xie Fu by Yazi because of his good looks. They acted very carefully, and the person I arranged followed them for several days before they found Xie Wanlan's embroidered purse from Lu Yi's cuffs. If the girl hadn't pointed out someone in advance, I'm afraid she would have missed the clue. ”
Ye Qiong nodded, rejoicing in her heart. Fortunately, she still remembered that it was the coachman of Xie Mansion who eloped with Xie Wanlan in her previous life, otherwise, I am afraid that she really won't be able to find any clues.
Ye Er glanced at Ye Qiong's expression, and continued: "Girl, the little one also found out a piece of news. That Lu Yi seems to have something to do with the Lu Chunwang that the girl treated before. ”
Ye Qiong suddenly became interested, and the lover who eloped with Xie Wanlan actually got in touch with Lu Chunwang, so she asked, "Oh? Tell me how you found out. ”
Ye Er said: "When Lord Xie came to visit before, the third master happened to call Lu Chunwang over to ask him about his knowledge. Someone saw Lu Chunwang and Lu Yi talking at the door of the Ye Mansion, and they seemed to be talking happily. It is said that Lu Yi was once seen in the small courtyard rented by Lu Chunwang, and the two have been in contact from time to time since then. ”
Ye Qiong's fingers tapped on the table.
It's really a coincidence that there is no book, they are both refugees who went north during the autumn flood, and they have the same surname Lu, maybe there is really a relationship between the two.
What a great opportunity from heaven!
With Lu Chunwang as a bridge, it will be much easier to gain the trust of Lu Yi and Xie Wanlan. With Lu Yi and Xie Wanlan, even in a deep mansion like the Xie family in the capital, Ye Qiong can tear out a hole.
Ye Qiongwan smiled, and gradually had a plan in her heart.