Wang Pofang sighed and said: "It's been twelve years, I have never mentioned it to others, at this time, Lan'er was robbed, and the old body really felt that their family of three seemed to be destined......"

Lin Longqing said in a trembling voice: "The eldest lady just said that they are a 'family of three'?"

Wang Po nodded, and continued: "First Lan'er's father disappeared and there was no news, then his mother also disappeared without a trace, and now Lan'er ......" Two cloudy tears have rolled out of Wang Po's eyes.

Lin Longqing was stunned: "But, the eldest mother said that Lan'er's parents are dead, what?"

Wang Po wiped her eyes and said, "I don't know if they have died, but in the past ten years, they have not heard from each other, and they have not come back to this small courtyard." Wang Po spoke eloquently, as if she had returned to twelve years ago.

At that time, the spring breeze was warm, and the pear blossoms of this tree were still in full bloom like snow, and the husband and wife held the pen and the first thrush in the mirror every day, and the red sleeves added fragrance to read at night, although Lan'er's father was a talented man who read poetry and books, but he did not want to seek fame, but only wanted to live peacefully with his wife and mother-in-law. At this time, Lan'er's mother was already pregnant, and the family was even more happy, and her son-in-law cared for her very much, and she didn't even let her out of the courtyard gate on weekdays, for fear of any accidents.

"One day, my daughter suddenly wanted to go out to pick flowers, and my son-in-law went out with her to play, but the flowers did not come back, but invited a stranger to come home, saying that he was one enemy ten, and his martial arts were very good.

"The stranger, with three locks of long hair, a face like a crown of jade, and a white robe, went into the courtyard, but did not enter the house, and looked up at the pear tree in the courtyard, and suddenly he jumped on his tiptoes and jumped to the branch of the pear tree like a swallow, and the branch trembled, and he trembled and trembled, and I was afraid that he would fall. He plucked a pear blossom, flew down the tree, fluttered down, smiled and walked up to his son-in-law, and said, 'This pear blossom should be a thank you for drinking your good wine!' Lan'er's father smiled but didn't answer, took the pear blossom and put it in my daughter's hair.

"My son-in-law is well-read and quite conceited, and ordinary people don't put it in their eyes, but he admires this person very much, and takes out a good self-brewed wine that is not easy to show people on weekdays, and the two of them talk about candles and nights, while drinking and chatting, for a while talking about martial arts and the art of war, and for a while talking about what harsh government hurts people, my daughter and I are too tired to accompany each other, so we went to rest by ourselves, but the two of them talked until the east turned white.

The son-in-law wanted to keep him for a few more days, but the man still had important business to rush to the Jiangnan area, and insisted that he would go on the road as soon as it was dawn, so the son-in-law went out to see him off. After coming back, I somehow moved my heart to seek official employment, and I wanted to go to Kyoto to catch the exam.

Speaking of this, the princess sighed: "It's not a secret, my ancestors and my son-in-law's family are world friends, all of them are scholarly families, and they have also been slaughtered by officials. There is only one point, the children are only allowed to study, but they are not allowed to be officials, and there was a child of my great-grandfather's generation who secretly went to take the township examination and was broken when he came back! Therefore, although my daughter and I tried hard to persuade each other, my son-in-law did not listen, and said with a rhetorical smile: "With my talents, I will not be drowned in Kyoto, and I will definitely become famous in one fell swoop, and then I will take leave to return to my hometown to accompany you, and when the child is born, we can go to Kyoto together."

"How can my daughter insist on not allowing, he had to give up temporarily, I don't want to be more than a month later, someone sent him a letter from Kyoto, it was a stranger who came to my house that day, the tone of the letter was extremely polite and euphemistic, saying that he had been waiting for Lin Xianggong in Kyoto, and said that if he was not worried that the little lady and the old man could go to Beijing together, a small house had been prepared to wait there.

My son-in-law sighed at Nobunaga every day, often saying how the living beings are suffering, and my daughter is pregnant with Rokka, and it is really inconvenient to travel long distances.

"Alas, I still remember when my son-in-law was leaving, the two were inseparable. The two have never been separated since they tied the knot, and at this time separated my daughter only cried so that her eyes were red and swollen, and she told him to send letters to his family frequently when he went to Beijing, and after the big exam, he had to return to his hometown regardless of whether he passed the exam or not.

Lin Longqing said: "Could it be that he has not been heard from again since he left?"

Wang Po said: "At the beginning, I also sent two letters to my family, saying that the man in white was very good to him, and everything was arranged very thoughtfully, oh, the man in white was surnamed Zhang, and the letter said that the two had married Jinlan, and he called the man in white, Brother Zhang. ”

Lin Longqing asked anxiously, "What about later?"

Wang Po sighed: "There was no news after that. Whenever someone in the village and town went to the direction of the capital, my daughter and I asked others to help find out the news, alas, it was also fruitless, and there was no son-in-law's name in the list of examinees that year...... "It's already old tears."

Lin Longqing said: "This matter is really weird and inexplicable, why is Lan'er's mother gone?"

When it came to Lin Jianlan's mother, Mrs. Wang was even more sad, she exchanged tears, and she was almost speechless: "My son-in-law has no news when he is gone, and I can't find any clues at all." My daughter washed her face with tears almost every day, hated her son-in-law, and blamed herself for not keeping him that day, and I kept persuading her every day, for fear that her excessive grief would not be good for the child in her belly. Alas, it's easy to say, when it finally came to the delivery period, Lan'er fell to the ground, and she seemed to have a little energy. ”

Lin Longqing said: "In that case, why did you run away from home by yourself?"

Wang Po cried: "My daughter is really miserable, she has Lan'er, she often holds Lan'er, sometimes she can talk to herself to Lan'er for a day, and sometimes she looks outside in a daze for a whole day." When I saw her like this, I was afraid that she would seek death, and I really hated Lan'er's father in my heart, and often persuaded: 'Just if he is dead, our mother and son will also bring Lan'er up, so it is the blood and blood of the two of you, such a big child, you can't ignore it.' ’”

Lin Longqing smiled bitterly: "It's better not to persuade Lan'er's mother than not to persuade ......."

Wang Po said: "I really thought he was dead at the time, and the mother and son were connected, and the daughter would never ignore Lan'er." Unexpectedly, when my daughter heard me say this, she just shook her head and said, 'He's not dead, we'll meet.' Alas, I didn't hear the meaning of this at the time, and as a result, when Lan'er was weaned at nine months, her mother left a note one night saying that she was going out to find Lan'er's father, and ran away from home, and this time it was more than eleven years, and like her husband, she was never heard from again. ”

Lin Longqing knew at this moment why Wang Poping persuaded him to be indifferent to fame and fortune every day, and he was unwilling to let Lan'er seek fame in the world, it turned out that it was only because her family was separated because Lan'er's father moved the idea of seeking fame.

"Lan'er has no mother, crying all day long, I have to take Lan'er with all my heart, and also ask people to inquire about my daughter's whereabouts everywhere, just like that, slowly Lan'er grew up, we are old, young, like this day after day. ”

Lin Longqing said: "I can't imagine that the benefactor's family has suffered such a great misfortune, alas, does Lan'er know?"

Wang Po said: "I have never talked to Lan'er, rather than seeing that I can't find my biological parents, it is better to tell him that he is dead and break this thought." ”

Lin Longqing said: "The root of this matter lies in the man in white, I will definitely try my best to find out the whereabouts of Lan'er's parents." ”

Wang Po shook her head and said, "I'm not begging you to find the two of them. You go to the Kuangyi Gang to look for Lan'er, even if you find it, you also know that the Kuangyi Gang is a master, how can you let you, who is no longer the leader of the gang, come and go, even if it goes well, you rescue Lan'er, and then go back here, it will take a year or two of hard work. ”

Lin Longqing said: "No matter what, I tried my best, why did my aunt say some frustrating words?

Wang Po said sadly: "The world is vast, and finding the two of them is like looking for a needle in a haystack." I'm old, and I don't know if I'll be able to make it back and call me 'grandma' again, let alone hear my daughter call me 'mommy'. I'll tell you what happened to Lan'er's parents, just for you to find Lan'er and tell him about this past. If their family still has the fate to see each other again......" has been unable to cry at this point, and it is very desolate.

Lin Longqing was also sour in his heart, and said with a forced smile: "Why did the eldest mother say this, I see that you have no problem living until Lan'er marries a daughter-in-law, and then add a great-grandson to you......" At this time, he was also choked in his throat, and said: "Don't be sad anymore, Lan'er's parents can leave one or two things, and it's good that he will look for certification in the future." ”

Wang Po said: "You are still careful, alas, almost all the things in the house are sold, only these cabinets of books, I put away the books that my daughter read before leaving, you can take them!" turned around and found a wooden box from the cabinet and handed it to Lin Longqing.

Lin Longqing opened the wooden box and saw that it was carefully wrapped in a piece of flower cloth, obviously the princess cherished it very much. Lin Longqing opened it carefully, it was a collection of anonymous poems, but there was a small poem neatly written on the inside of the book cover, and the handwriting was elegant and heroic:

The transverse waves condense the green, and the hairpin flowers roll the twilight clouds. And like to hide the delicate place, not as deep as the cold and cold.

The following withdrawal changed in style, and it was written in a line: "Lin Xiaoyu plays a small order to give his beloved wife." "The handwriting is staggered and uninhibited.

Lin Longqing only read silently, but heard Wang Po sigh gloomily beside her: "This is a gift from him to my daughter on the second day of marriage, alas, my daughter's maiden name is Cuiyun." ”

Lin Longqing said in his heart: "This little poem is written beautifully, and it conceals his wife's maiden name, reading this poem, the love scene between the two seems to be right in front of them, and Lin Xiaoyu's talent can be seen." I was sighing, but I saw an object falling from the book on the placket, and when I looked down and picked it up, it was a pear blossom that had dried up and yellowed.

Peach and plum for a few days, Huai Yulan, laughing spring breeze, around the short pavilion. Thousands of miles of sunset drunk, swallows crying warblers. Why do you need to promote the throwing of the gold cup, and be merciful.

The scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is good since ancient times, and it is the most lively time of the year when spring arrives, and the pink peach blossoms of a tree, the snow-white magnolia, the fiery camellia, and the golden spring flowers are actually blooming and delicate. Mo on the row of willows at this time like a cyan mist, covering pedestrians two, two, three, three, three, there are many eunuchs at this time with their relatives to travel, fragrant cars and BMWs, clothes and sideburns, noisy and abnormal, painting the boat is also a staggered, silk and bamboo orchestral sound.

At this time, the guests on the Qiyun floor in Yangzhou are like clouds, a shouting and chanting, a shopkeeper is at the door of the restaurant Zhang chattering and laughing: "Officials, I'm really sorry, it's full today!" It turns out that this Qiyun Building is the most famous restaurant in Yangzhou, not to mention the master's craftsmanship and good dishes, it is the century-old wine "Qiyun Cellar" that is brewed by the family in this restaurant is also a local must, that is, the number of years is a little less than a dozen taels of silver a jar. Fireworks in March down to Yangzhou, at this time is the spring season, tired of playing have to find a good restaurant to play a dozen tooth sacrifices, many guests Mu Qiyun Lou name came, a hearing that the guests were full, couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh and go.

When the shopkeeper saw everyone shaking their heads and leaving, he turned around and took a rag and wiped it around. When I looked up, I saw three horses as white as snow training standing in front of me, and a young girl was sitting on the horse in the middle, about eighteen or nine years old, dressed in red like fire, and the pear vortex smiled lightly, probably because of the horse running just now, her face was slightly red. There is a peach blossom diagonally inserted on the sideburns, which makes her face look like a peach blossom. The shopkeeper had never seen such a beautiful woman, but he felt that the girl looked at him with a pair of bright eyes, and he was stunned for a while.

The man on the two horses next to him flew off the horse, and when he saw that the shopkeeper was just stunned, he said angrily: "Hey, don't you do business?" The shopkeeper came back to his senses violently, and saw that the girl had dismounted, but one of the ugly pockmarked men had already tied the horse. The man who reprimanded him just now smiled and said, "Senior sister, why do you want to practice on this guy? If you are looking for a target, I would like to be your practice target......" The girl reprimanded lightly: "Nonsense, who is struggling with him?" The man said again: "Heh, it turns out that he was stunned by himself." Hehe!" The shopkeeper turned his head to look at the man who was angry at him, his face was like a crown of jade, but his face was slightly pale, and the corners of his mouth were raised, with an indescribable frivolity and evil spirit.

The pock-faced man walked over and said in a muffled voice, "Senior sister, the horse has been tied." When the girl saw him coming, she deliberately grabbed his arm affectionately and said, "Senior brother, let's go up! Don't pay attention to the second senior brother, he doesn't say good things!" The pock-faced man's face suddenly flushed, but it looked even more ugly, and the young man bit his mouth, his face deliberately tilted to the side, and said in a low voice: "Hmph, don't be complacent, the little junior sister is just using you to get angry with me, and I don't look at your virtue." ”