When the sky was dark, the scraps of paper all over the ground, and the kite that had been repeatedly trampled on and deformed, flew up with the wind.

Whether it is Majie, West Street, East Street or Tianjie Royal Road, there is no trace of it, only the crisp sound of gongs can be heard from afar, accompanied by a loud but slightly hoarse man's voice: "The sky is dark, and there is rain for five minutes......"

At this time, more than a dozen ragtered beggars knelt in front of the steps at the gate of the Minglou and wept bitterly, looking like a mourner. On the steps, a young female envoy dressed in plain clothes also wiped her tears while spilling the copper coins in her hand on the beggars.

But these beggars, who usually fight for a copper, only know how to cry blindly at this time, and don't care about the copper coins sprinkled on them.

"Big girl...... Big girl, why is she in the sky! An old beggar asked the envoy while weeping, looking up.

The envoy also choked up and sobbed, and said intermittently: "The eldest girl is overboard...... Then he suffered a wind chill. ”

When the beggars heard this, they were even more sad, crying and shouting.

"Good people don't have good rewards......"

"Heaven didn't have mercy on him, so he accepted such a good man...... Woo woo woo ...... "It was very noisy for a while.

The envoy was even more sad in her ears, so she had to cover her head and face with a handkerchief and cry faintly.

She only cried for a while, and her shoulders were gently shaken, and a familiar voice sounded in her ears: "Cuckoo! Cuckoo ......"

The female envoy was excited, and hurriedly raised her head. Although his eyes were full of tears, the people in front of him still saw it clearly. She bit her lower lip lightly and shouted, "Brother Song family! Then he plunged into Song Mingxuan's arms.

Song Mingxuan's body trembled slightly, and he rubbed Du Juan's shoulder while saying: "It's really impermanent, yesterday Helu came to ask me about the guilt of Xingshi, who thought of a stick of incense, she would ...... Alas. ”

"What's the use of saying such sad things?" A woman's voice sounded behind Song Mingxuan, with a bit of reproach in her tone.

The cuckoo looked sideways and saw a young woman with fair skin and well-rounded facial features standing behind Song Mingxuan.

said that she was young, but the corners of her eyes were a little wrinkled, and she looked about thirty years old, perhaps because her face was not coated with grease powder, and her face was slightly tired.

The cuckoo hurriedly took a step back, got out of Song Mingxuan's arms, and then respectfully curtsied the woman, saying, "Sister-in-law Song, the little one is out of shape for a while, and she is presumptuous. ”

This woman is the fifth sister-in-law of Song Wu, the shopkeeper of Fan Lou, who is as famous as Minglou. She makes a good vinegar fish, and there is no one in Tokyo who doesn't know.

At this time, she smiled and said, "It's not an outsider, what are you afraid of." She glanced up at Song Mingxuan slightly, and continued: "What's more, Jiaxing also has a load exposure. We are here today, one is to mourn, the other is to apologize, just hope to think of a comprehensive way, so that the family can atone for their sins. ”

As she spoke, she turned slightly and bowed to the cuckoo. The cuckoo hurriedly held her up and said, "Sister-in-law Song is a character like a dragon and a phoenix, and the little one can't stand your worship." ”

Then, Du Juan wiped his hands on the rough skirt, and said, "The little one should bring the Song family's brother and sister-in-law in." ”

The door slowly opened, and the magnificence of the tea building appeared in front of you. From the doorway, there are exquisite tables and chairs, hollow carved stair railings, exquisite screens and flowers and birds calligraphy and paintings all over the wall. There is a screen between the tables and chairs, which divides the whole hall into several small rooms.

On the table are teapots, tea bowls, small pots for making tea, and spice packets. These things are neatly arranged on each table, and there is not the slightest deviation.

But at this time, white candles were burning on the candlesticks everywhere, and although the sky was bright, the gloomy sunlight could not penetrate the windows, and the warm and colorful atmosphere of the usual days was gone, replaced by this depressed and gloomy appearance.

Du Juan led the Song family sisters and brothers to walk through the corridor between the screens, and said: "The matter is urgent, Da Lang is not here, and the family is busy with the funeral. The things in the tea building haven't been cleaned up yet. ”

Song Wu's sister-in-law wiped her tears and said, "Yes, it's just like this, it's uncomfortable to clean up." ”

As they spoke, they had walked through the hall and into the courtyard. The courtyard was small, and it was a place for men and low-class servants, with only a few rows of houses of varying heights, and a tall willow in the middle.

There is a gate at the end of the courtyard, and after passing the door, you will arrive at the courtyard where the Mo family's dependents live. Before they arrived, the cry was heard.

Compared to the previous courtyard, this courtyard is much larger. A long corridor leads to the central hall, flanked by the residences of the family's senior envoys, maids, and some elderly mothers. Behind the atrium is a larger courtyard, with winding paths, mirror lakes, rockeries, pavilions, well-ordered houses, and poor traffic.

Whether it is mountains or water, or pavilions and pavilions, they are all built according to the style of Suzhou and Hangzhou, which is very exquisite.

The Mo family lives here.

Behind it is a racetrack. There are targets for sword training and archery targets piled up on haystacks. This is exclusively for Mo Yunxiao to practice martial arts.

On one side of the martial arts arena is a stable, where more than twenty solid colored horses are resting. On weekdays, the little maid takes good care of it, so that the whole stable has no smell at all.

However, at this time, the martial arts arena was empty, the courtyard was inhabited, and the female envoys, maids, and mothers were all dressed in plain clothes, gathered in front and back of the central hall. There are those who greet guests outside, and there are those who wait and take care of them in the house, although they are busy but orderly.

Although the two elderly mothers at the door had not slept all night, they were still in good spirits. At a glance, they saw the Song family sisters and brothers in the fog, and hurriedly greeted them.

"Isn't this Brother Xuan and the fifth sister-in-law?" An old mother hurriedly smiled and said: "Thanks to the hearts of the two nobles, the genius just came tomorrow." My eldest girl has knowledge and should be happy. ”

She choked up again as she spoke.

Song Mingxuan was about to speak, but Song Wu's sister-in-law hurriedly said, "What kind of noble person is it?" Alas, Jiaxing is ignorant, and his impulse hurt the harmony of our Mo and Song families. I thought that after the Shangyuan Festival had passed, I would bring Jiaxing to take the blame again, but I didn't expect it...... Didn't expect ......"

The more Song Wu's sister-in-law spoke, the more choked she became, until she finally couldn't speak, so she had to cover her mouth with a handkerchief and sobbed faintly.

The old mother also sighed heavily, and said, "God is pitiful, that big girl is also an old woman, and I watched her grow up." Suddenly, such a thing happened, who can be better off with? Okay, the old woman can't trip you, you and Brother Xuan should go into the house quickly to warm up. ”

Song Wu's sister-in-law nodded again and again while sobbing, and naturally took Song Mingxuan's hand into the middle hall together.

When the heavy curtain was lifted, a wave of warmth greeted me, and the cries and the comforting voices of the female envoys were intertwined, and they were heard more vividly.

The house is full of plain clothes. In the middle of the coffin was parked that had not yet been covered with a board, and Mo Yunze, the only male member of the Mo family, knelt next to the coffin, bowing his head and sobbing.

Mo Yunxiang and Mo Yunxi sat on the left side, with different expressions. Mo Yunxiang looked sad, his eyes were full of panic; And Mo Yunxi only cared about wiping his tears on his chin, and he couldn't see it really. Standing behind them were their personal envoys, Green Jade and Danzhu.

Sitting on the right are Zhang Yun'er and Li Xian'e. Behind them were also young envoys and elderly mothers.

When Song Wu's sister-in-law saw this coffin at a glance, she was extremely sad and indignant in her heart, and she ran away in three steps and two steps, threw herself down in front of the coffin, and cried: "Helu! My Lotus girl! ”

When she cried, everyone was shocked, and everyone who was sitting stood up one after another. Mo Yunze raised his head and choked up, "Sister-in-law of the Song family......"

Fifth sister-in-law Song nodded again and again, crying: "Shi Yu, you are so good to kneel and send your sister on her last journey." ”

Mo Yunze let out a "hmm" and didn't say anything more.

The two old mothers quickly followed up and picked up Song Wu's sister-in-law, and comforted her repeatedly: "Sister-in-law can't suffer herself, she hurts her body." ”

Song Mingxuan also came up, knelt in front of the coffin and kowtowed three times. Zhang Yun'er and Li Xian'e glanced at each other, both showing puzzled expressions.

Fifth sister-in-law Song stood up and tidied up her hair, then came to Zhang Yun'er and Li Xian'e and gave a salute, saying, "Hello two grandmothers, the clumsy woman Song has come to see Helu." Our family is getting out of marriage...... I, as a sister, was really uneasy in my heart, and I didn't talk much about him. Alas, all the mistakes in this matter are my fault as a sister. Our father and mother went early, and my man didn't live long. I raised this child single-handedly. In the end, he was not blessed. ”

"Oh." Zhang Yun'er squeezed out of her nostrils and said, "It turned out to be Jiaxing and his sister?" Alas, if you want to say that it is blessed, it belongs to our family, and there is no blessing. Who doesn't know that our Brother Xuan has the nickname of 'Little Pan'an'. As for our Helu, she has been nicknamed 'Yama'. Hehe, the two children are not worthy. ”

"The second grandmother said this, but the family is happy." Fifth sister-in-law Song glanced back at Song Mingxuan, and continued: "What 'Little Pan An' and 'Female Yama' are all sour words of the children in the market, and we can't take it seriously. Helu, this child, has a stronger temperament, but there are many martyrs since ancient times, although I haven't read a book, but I have read some of the romances. Like what kind of Red Whisk Girl, Nie Yinniang, I'm afraid it's still a little worse than our Helu. I like this kid very much. ”

"Oh, where did the words go?" Li Xian'e hurriedly stepped forward, held Song Wu's elbow and wiped her tears and said, "Our own family don't say those scenes. Now that Helu is gone, the matter of the divorce will be revealed. Jiaxing is a good boy, handsome and has a good character. It depends on whether Sister-in-law Song thinks that we are concubines, and I don't know if my family Yunxi has this blessing. ”

"Huh? This ......" Li Xian'e's words were abrupt, which surprised Song Wu'e, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, so she had to look sideways at Zhang Yun'er.

Zhang Yun'er's face also changed, and she said to Li Xian'e: "Okay, my sister, it turns out that you have taken a fancy to Brother Xuan?" This is about concubines, Xiang'er and Yunxi are both concubines, and they are good at reading the two families, and they should be older in front of each other. ”

Fifth sister-in-law Song listened to her words hidden in her words, and hurriedly played a round: "It is his blessing that the two grandmothers can afford to see my family's prosperity." But today is not the day. There's nothing wrong with talking about marriage later. ”

Li Xian'e nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Yes, we are presumptuous." ”

At this time, another servant came running briskly and said, "Mrs. Wei has arrived." ”

Zhang Yun'er swallowed this anger for the time being, and immediately changed to a flattering smile to greet Mrs. Wei.