"Father? Why did you come here, Grandma, has Father eaten? ”

"Hey, it's Da Lang, how do you know that your father caught another twenty-pound fish today!? It's a smell of gluttony, right? It's still my nose spirit. ”

Su Fu: ......

He just came out of class to breathe and touch the fish......

Su Xian took out his free hand and waved it in the air, waving a thousand heroic spirits:

"It's okay, I'm blessed, my son reads every day, it's really hard, I have to make up for it, and I'll let the kitchen stew a fish head for you later."

Unstable, the old man of the Su family quickly withdrew his hand, re-carried the fish with both hands, kept his balance, and said with a serious face:

"By the way, I will send another one to Merlot Garden next door, the fish soup is delicious, it is good for recuperation, it's okay, this time the fish is big enough!

"You, you, if you have nothing to do, go and see Ouyang Xian's nephew, people's articles have everyone's style, and they are honest and honest, and they have great talents in water control, even your sister is full of praise, condescending to you, looking for a chance to make friends, you can't hold it."

"Got it."

Su Fu replied a little helplessly, although the words of these elders had been heard countless times and answered countless times, but this Su family elder did not have the slightest impatient look on his face, and said respectfully:

"Father, rest assured, the child and Lianghan have been friends for a long time, and they have visited once a day in the morning and evening recently, but they have gone too much, and the child is afraid of disturbing Miss Weilai to take care of Brother Lianghan, so they have gone to prepare refreshments for the child."

"Well, it's good if you're measured." Su gossiped and said, "Remember to come over and eat fish heads at noon." ”

At the gate of Juxian Garden, the father and son of the Su family, who "met together", gathered for a while, turned their heads and separated.

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Su's mouth as he walked away.

Su Dalang held the scroll in his hand, stood in place, and looked at the chic back of the father holding a big fish with half his height in both hands in the corner in front of him, and "getting lost" everywhere.

The hem of the clothes seems to be windy when walking.

But depending on the direction he left...... Father, who is smart and walks like a fly, seems to be "lost" to Ah Mei's yard this time.

Su Fu couldn't help but shout:

"Father, be careful, don't let your mother know that you secretly ran to fish again, otherwise you will have to ......"

His words fell, and a faint echo of a certain Master Su was heard in the distance:

"I know for my father, but it's just a trivial matter, a woman can take care of the house, why is it so lenient......"

Su Fu opened his mouth, shook his head, didn't pay any more attention, turned around and returned to the study.

In other words, Su Fu hasn't seen his father catch such a big fish for a long time, every time he met his father before, he was empty-handed, and in the bucket carried by the people behind him, he didn't have a good face when he met Su Fu.

The last time I returned with a full load like this, I held a sea bass banquet to invite Brother Lianghan...... It's not easy.

This time, I don't know where I caught a big fish again, and it's normal for my father to speak hard......

In the distance, on the garden path.

Su Xian hummed a little song, took a leisurely walk behind his back, and walked towards his daughter's Mei Yingzhai.

Behind him, a strong servant helped him carry the fish in a bucket.

The old man of the Su family looked in a good mood, and from time to time he glanced back at the big fish in the servant's arms, stroking his beard proudly.

"Do you want to stop having a sea bass feast and invite some neighbors to visit the streets?"

Su Xian muttered to himself.

In the distance, a corner of the eaves of Meiyingzhai where Su Bao'er lived leaned out from among the plum forests.

Su Xian saw it.

"Here comes the fish! Stand down. ”

"Yes, sir."

Su Xian took the big fish with great interest, carried it in both hands, and prepared to walk forward.

"Look, sir, it seems to be a lady! Walked out of the yard of the young lady. ”

The strong servant in Tsing Yi seemed to see something, and immediately pointed out.

Su Xian's face changed.

Around the corner in front, a woman in a long skirt with a half-aged came with a group of maids, and happened to meet Su Xian and the two from afar.

The woman in the long skirt and her group seemed to pause.

"Hello sir, ma'am... Looks like they saw us. ”

The strong servant in Tsing Yi couldn't help but say, but as soon as he turned his face, he found that there was no one around him, and the figure disappeared, no, to be exact, it was the people and the fish that disappeared together.

"Sir? You ......"

The strong servant was stunned for a moment, and then there was a "plop" sound, as if something had fallen into the pond next to him.

Su Xian reappeared beside the strong servant, smiling, and walked forward, his hands were already empty.

The strong servants who watched were dumbfounded.

"Shichiro!" Not far away, there was a sharp sound of Wei Mei's eyebrows raised.

"Madam, why are you ...... here" Su Xianqiang smiled and flattered.

The husband and wife are only ten steps together.

"Stop!" Wei Mei glanced at the pond next to Su Xian and stepped forward quickly.

Su Xian didn't say a word, turned his head and ran.

"Madam, it's wrong for your husband!" Only one sentence begged for mercy.

"......" Wei Mei and everyone.

……

Su Mansion, a flower hall with few people at the southern end, Su Xian was looking outside with his head probed and observed for a while.

There was silence all around, as if they hadn't been found.

Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief:

"It seems to be fine, I have to wait for the eyebrows to disappear."

With a sad face, he raised his hand to support the crooked outer hat.

"Sir, sir!"

At this moment, an old servant hurriedly walked in outside the door, his face serious.

The old servant has followed Su Xian's family for many years, and he is also the chief housekeeper of Su Mansion, loyal, and his surname is very unknown.

Uncle Shun has no beard, although he looks old, he is quite fair, meticulous in his work, strict and polite, and has rarely made mistakes over the years.

But right now, the old butler who was calm in everyone's eyes hurriedly came to Su Xian's side, and his eyes were a little nervous:

"Master, there is a letter from Jiangzhou, it seems that there is some news from the north."

When Su Xian heard this, his face turned pale.

"Take me there!"

He immediately left the flower hall where he was hiding, and followed the old servant to a living room, where he met a messenger who was in the dust.

The messenger was a middle-aged man, and he didn't say anything, looked at Su Xian, checked the token, confirmed his identity, saluted with his fists, and then solemnly handed over a letter, and left in a hurry.

Su Xian held the yellow envelope in his hand, his brows furrowed.

"What is the news in Luoyang, it comes in such a hurry, and I am not afraid of being discovered by someone with a heart, I am running in broad daylight, and I am really getting more and more imprudent to do things......"

He frowned and shook his head, wandering around the living room, no longer hesitating.

Open the wax seal, pull out the letter paper, shake in the air, unfold the four corners,

Su Xian looked down.

The next second.

Shun Bo, who was standing on the side, saw that his master's face had changed greatly, and he was horrified, as if he had found something terrible on the letter.

Su Xian took a few steps back, and the letter paper broke away from his stiff fingers and fell lightly.

"Master, what's going on, what's going on in Luoyang......"

Shun Bo seemed to know something inside, and asked worriedly, while bending down to pick up the letter.

"It's over!"

Su Xian shouted suddenly.

"It's all over this time! It's finally here! After so many years, the time is finally coming! ”

The old man of the Su family, who was still leisurely fishing in the morning and going home to show off, collapsed at this moment, danced with both hands, stepped over the old servant who was picking up paper on the ground, and rushed out of the living room.

"Master, master!"

Shun Bo chased out the door in a panic.

On the southeast side of Su Mansion, there is a pavilion built among the flowers, and the surrounding flowers are purple and red, which is very beautiful.

At this moment, under the sun, there are women in long skirts in the pavilion with a few maids to arrange flowers and vases.

The woman in the long skirt seemed to be angry, and under the coaxing of the maid, she snorted coldly from time to time, and was dissatisfied.

At this time, on the flower path not far from the flower pavilion, Su Xian's running figure suddenly appeared, and his shouts came from afar:

"Mei Niang! Mei Niang! ”

"Okay, Shichiro still dares to come to me! You run, why don't you run, you have the ability to go fishing with fox friends and dog friends, you don't have the ability to admit it, I won't let you quit this fishing thing today, and the concubine has your surname! ”

Wei Mei raised his eyebrows and stood up suddenly.

There was a sound of "crackling" in the pavilion, the vases smashed to the ground, and the maids who were still coaxing around were suddenly silent.

Wei Mei didn't know where to pull out a thick stick, and rushed out of the pavilion with a fierce momentum.

"It's useless for you to cry and beg for mercy! Still not a manly man! ”

Wei Mei made a cold face and raised his stick.

But soon, she found out that her husband was wrong today, and she cried extremely fiercely, and she didn't even care about the maids watching in the back pavilion.

The husband and wife gathered their heads, threw themselves into their arms, and looked at each other with arms.

Su Xian burst into tears and panicked:

"Mei Niang, it's over, we're done! The people from Luoyang are coming! A villain complained to his mother, saying that he had a birthday ceremony, and his mother ...... Grandma, she sent someone over, and she will arrive in Dragon City in a few days, and we are finished! ”

Wei Mei, who was originally roaring as a lion in Hedong, suddenly restrained his expression, dropped the stick, took out a handkerchief after hearing the words, and wiped his tears for his husband without saying a word.

"Mei Niang! It's useless for me, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you, Da Lang, and Bao'er! It's useless for me to hurt you! ”

Su Xian hugged the woman in the long skirt with great guilt.

"It's not Qilang's fault, the concubine, Dalang, and Bao'er never blame you. Don't be sad, where is the letter, take a look at the concubine. ”

Wei Mei was extremely calm, and looked directly into her husband's eyes.

"Letter...... Letter ......" Su muttered and looked around.

Wei Mei turned his head, and his face seemed to be impermanent, and he dismissed the curious maids around him.

In the garden, only Wei Mei and Su Xian, who was sad and silently mourned.

"Madam, believe in the slave and maid...... Madame, please. ”

Shun Bo ran out of breath, and finally caught up with Su Xian and presented the letter to Wei Mei.

Wei Mei comforted her husband for a while, turned her head and rolled up her sleeves, took the letter directly, bowed her head and ordered:

"Uncle Shun, go to Meiyingzhai nearby to call Bao'er and gather in the Peony Hall. And Da Lang. ”

She rolled her eyes slightly, looked at the sky, and made a decision:

"Now at the second quarter of Shen Chu, today is Mr. Yuan's class, if Mr. Yuan is here, he will also call together. There is also Xie Xiaoniang, go to Yilanxuan to call people, and half an hour later, gather in the Peony Hall. ”

"Yes, ma'am!" Shun Bo was in good spirits.

The old servant's panicked heart, which was originally affected by his master, suddenly eased up, hurriedly retreated, and called people around.

Half an hour later.

Yilanxuan, a study in the West Wing that Xie Lingjiang didn't use much, everyone gathered.

Su Xian, Wei Mei, Su Dalang, Su Bao'er and Xie Lingjiang, who returned in a hurry, and that old Mr. Yuan.

In the end, everyone did not meet in the Peony Hall, where they often deliberated in secret.

Because Xie Lingjiang was the last to come, at first he couldn't find anyone, Xie Lingjiang was a qi practitioner who came and went silently, and in the end, it was Su Bao'er's maid Caishou who had an idea, and went to the Meilin courtyard next door and found Xie Lingjiang.

Xie Lingjiang came last, and everyone who couldn't wait had already left the Peony Hall and waited near Yilanxuan.

The group was nearby, and in Yilanxuan's study, they gathered for a secret discussion.

Inside the house, Su Xian looked down at the shadow on the floor under his feet, stunned, Wei Mei on the side got up, took a crumpled letter from Su Dalang and Su Bao'er brothers and sisters, and silently handed it to the other two:

"Miss Xie, Mr. Yuan, take a look at it too."

Just when Xie and Yuan, who were similar to the staff members, looked at the letter with serious faces.

Su Xian suddenly raised his head and said with a miserable smile:

"This time it was Prince Wei's heir who sued in front of his mother, slandering me for the birthday ceremony I held for Bao'er, using the gifts from the Li's clan, Jingzhao Wei, and the ministers of the court to make friends with the party, which is restless and breeds ambition."

His eyes were red, and his tone was full of unwilling grievances:

"But Bao'er is obviously still on the genealogy of Zongzheng Temple, she is her granddaughter, a member of the clan, and she has held a birthday ceremony for her every year before, not to mention that compared with the princess of the dynasty, which of those county lords and county lords with lower status is not as lively as Bao'er? There is nothing wrong with the noble clan relatives giving gifts......"

As if he suddenly remembered some unbearable encounters, Su Xian said this, his words were stuck, and his face suddenly appeared a withered color:

"Erchen doesn't want any status and title, can't you just want to give your child a little wealth, Queen Mother, you are so ruthless!

With despair in his eyes, he said to his quiet family and staff:

"Brother...... His Royal Highness the Prime Minister sent someone from Luoyang to report secretly, saying that after the queen mother heard about the incident, she sent a female official to leave the palace overnight and rushed to Jiangnan Road...... It seems to be a gift, but I heard that the queen mother also prepared an extra gift, not only for her granddaughter, but also for her son...... Give it to Erchen, huh......

"Now it is on the way, and it will arrive in Longcheng County in a few days, and this letter from His Royal Highness King Xiang has been sent urgently, only a little faster than the people sent by the Queen Mother. Come...... It's too late. ”

Got a gift from the empress for no reason...... Everyone was silent for a moment, remembering the empress's fancy death-giving methods over the years.

For example, if the gift box sent to Jiangnan from Luoyang, Guanzhong, is empty, you have to return some gifts, a head?

Su Xian smiled suddenly, his face full of misery:

"The mother wants her son to die, and the son has to die, not to mention that she is still the son of today, and she is a monarch! Why don't I hang myself with dignity first, and then you cut off my head, maybe you can save your lives. ”

As if grasping at the last straw, he was ready to draw his knife.

Su Bao'er suddenly got up: "Why did Father die?" If the father dies, how can the daughter live alone? ”

Su Fu knelt on the ground: "The child hanged himself for his father, praying for his grandmother to calm his anger." ”

Wei Mei said to her husband: "Fortune and misfortune are impermanent, the two are not immutable, at most one death, what is Qilang afraid of?" Besides, how can people not die, just die, just die, the family will accompany you, there is nothing to cry about! ”

"Meiniang, Bao'er, Fusu!" Su Xian closed his eyes and trembled.

Wei pursed his lips, stubbornly raised his head, and looked north outside the house...... There was a mother-in-law there who she respected and hated, and she had just passed it back then.

If this cold-blooded mother-in-law gives a gift to death, Wei Mei will never beg for mercy and just remain decent.

Wei Mei turned his head:

"Miss Xie, Mr. Yuan, what do you think about this matter?"

Looking at the family in front of him who was like a family of ordinary people, Xie Lingjiang and Yuan Xiangshan glanced at each other and did not speak immediately.

(or the fifth day of abstinence)

(End of chapter)