Chapter 12: Sisters Meet
Zhang Xun went out early in the morning, bought a few cakes at the stall, and ate them while walking on the road, and walked to the door of Murong Villa after eating the cakes. Zhang Xun knocked on the door knocker a few times, the door opened, and when he saw that it was a family member, he said: "I am Zhang Xun, I have something to ask to see Miss Guifushuang, please go and report it." The housekeeper said, "My young lady has already commanded, you can come with me!" came to a small courtyard, and the housekeeper pointed to a room on the steps and said, "My young lady is in the house, you can go in!" After saying that, the housekeeper left. Zhang Xun walked up the steps, and just as he was about to knock on the door, Murong Shuang's voice came from inside the house: "Come in!" After Zhang Xun entered, Murong Shuang asked, "What did my sister say?" Zhang Xun replied: "She asked me to take you to meet her, let's talk after you meet!" Murong Shuang nodded and said, "Don't go back first, my father will test your martial arts later." I'll wait and find my sister myself. Zhang Xun thought to himself, "This father-in-law is small enough, what kind of test of my martial arts, obviously just to find a reason to beat me up." Zhang Xun said: "I know, you and your sister have a good talk." And he left. The family at the gate of the small courtyard said: "The master is waiting for you in the martial arts hall, come with me." ”
Zhang Xun will talk about it later, let's talk about the sisters meeting first. Murong Shuang changed into a beautiful dress and took a carriage to the dock, and took her own boat to the door of Zhang Xun's house. Xin Lan heard the movement outside the door, opened the door, and when she saw that it was a strange woman, she asked, "Are you?" Murong Shuang said: "Miss Zhong Wenxin is actually my long-lost sister, and she asked Zhang to find me to meet her. As soon as Xin Lan heard this, she said, "Come with me!" Wen Xin has been in a low mood these days, you can persuade her well. Coming to the door of Wen Xin's room, Xin Lan said loudly: "This is your sister's room, I won't disturb your sisters' gathering." Wen Xin said in the room: "Sister Xinlan, go slowly, Murong Shuang, come in!"
Murong Shuang entered Wen Xin's room, and Wen Xin said, "Don't call me sister first, tell me how I lost it at that time!" Murong Shuang said: "I was less than three years old that winter, and you are two months short of being seven years old. It was also what my mother told me, that afternoon, you took me to play in the courtyard, and my father's enemies took advantage of the recruitment of masked masters to kill my father at the critical moment of retreat. After you hid me in the gap between the two rocks on the rockery, the men came in a short time, and you met me to attract their attention and protect me. When my mother knew that the enemy was coming, because she didn't have any martial arts, she could only go to the secret room to call her father out of retreat. When the thieves saw Daddy appear, they knew that they couldn't do anything, so they rushed for you to run for their lives. In the chaos, your head hurts, and you lose that memory. Although Dad is very skilled, there are many thieves, and in the end you were robbed. Wen Xin said: "You didn't look for me later, and let me stay in the Qinglou for nearly ten years." Murong Shuang said: "Why didn't my father and mother go to you, it's just that the world is too big, and there are no clues in the vast sea of people, so it's just in vain." If it weren't for Zhang Xun's famous painting "Four Beauties of Peony" in Luoyang, I'm afraid we wouldn't know where you are now. Wen Xin asked, "Was my husband arrested by you that day?" Murong Shuang replied: "Yes, I was angry that he only accepted you as a concubine, so I stunned him and whipped him hard." As soon as Murong Shuang finished speaking, Wen Xin received two heavy slaps in the face. Wen Xin said: "My husband is the support of my life, and I will never allow anyone to hurt her." These two slaps are to make you remember that even if I become Murong Xue, it will not be your turn to take care of my affairs. Murong Shuang was extremely aggrieved, she just hugged her sister for her, so she rectified Zhang Xun. Wen Xin calmed down after venting her emotions, looked at the red slap marks on Murong Shuang's cheeks and the appearance of aggrieved tears, after all, she was her own sister, and she blamed herself in her heart, so she stepped forward and gently stroked the palm print with her hand and said softly: "Sister, it's all because my sister is not good, and I can't control my emotions to shoot so hard." Murong Shuang was suddenly aggrieved, and although the tears were still flowing, she was indeed happy. said: "Sister, you finally call me sister again, I have been waiting for this "sister" for 20 years since I was five years old. ”
Zhang Xun came to the martial arts hall, and Murong said ruthlessly: "Boy, the old man told you that my Murong family's son-in-law is not so easy. If you want the old man to recognize you and use the entire Murong family to help your kid complete the great cause, you kid must let the old man's feet step out of this brick within a hundred moves. Come on, show your strength. You only get one chance. Zhang Xun knew that his martial arts were far from those of the Murong family master, so he could only use his skill. Thinking that he was still the most proficient in yin and yang and the way of Tai Chi, he used Tai Chi to attack the main master of the Murong family. It took Zhang Xun fifty moves to control the rhythm, but there were still fifty moves left, and there was no problem in passing the test. Finally, in the last move, Zhang Xun took advantage of his strength to knock the head of the Murong family back three steps, and Zhang Xun was indeed bounced out by the strength and flew out and slammed into the wall and spit out a mouthful of blood. Although he was injured, Zhang Xun smiled, because he passed the test, and there was strong reinforcement for the next road to find seeds. The head of the Murong family also smiled and asked, "Your boxing method is quite extraordinary, who did you learn it from?" Zhang Xun got up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, and then replied: "This boxing method is called Taijiquan, which is a set of boxing techniques created by my son-in-law when I was sixteen or seventeen years old. Seeing that Zhang Xun was injured internally, the head of the Murong family pointed to the porcelain vase on the table and said, "This is the special healing pill "Dispelling Stasis Pill" made by Murong Villa, you take it. After Zhang Xun thanked him, he took a pill, which melted in his mouth, and his body was much more comfortable, and he sighed in his heart, "The background of a famous family is really profound! Zhang Xun knew that now was not the time to talk to this father-in-law, and he had to wait for Wen Xin to return to Murong Villa to become the eldest lady of Murong. Bowed goodbye to the head of the Murong family and went home.
Back at Zhang's house, I saw Wen Xin and Murong Xue sitting together and talking cordially, Zhang Xun breathed a sigh of relief, his second wife finally came out of the shadows. When Murong Shuang saw Zhang Xun coming back, she shouted, "Brother-in-law, you're back." My little sister was too willful a few days ago, and I ask you to forgive me for the offense. Zhang Xun saw Murong Shuang covering his face with a veil again, and said a little strangely: "Little sister doesn't need to worry about it, brother-in-law has never blamed you." It's just that why did you put the veil on again, and there are no outsiders here!" Wen Xin stomped his feet and said, "It's not because of you! Zhang Xun was afraid that the two sisters would be embarrassed, so he asked Wen Xin: "Have you thought about when you will go back to Murong Villa to recognize your long-lost relatives?" Wen Xin said: "There are ten days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's just do that day! Zhang Xun said: "It's okay, it's not a trivial matter for you to return to the Murong family, and Murong Villa also has to make some preparations." The Mid-Autumn Festival is reunited!"
With Murong Shuang as her company, Wen Xin was obviously a lot happier, and Zhang Xun and Xin Lan could also play with peace of mind. On a rainy day, Murong Shuang gave Zhang Xing and them as a sparring partner, with her many years of experience in walking the rivers and lakes, she was closer to actual combat than Zhang Xun. The top and bottom of Murong Villa are carefully preparing for the ceremony of the return of the eldest lady on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and with the status of the Murong family, there will definitely be a lot of guests at that time. In particular, Murong ruthless wife Ouyang Qin felt deeply guilty about the snatching of her eldest daughter back then, and it had been her heart disease for many years. Now that I've finally waited for Xue'er to return, I haven't done it myself, especially Xue'er's room is carefully decorated by myself.
In the early morning of August 15, Murong Shuang came to Zhang's house to pick up Murong Xue and return to Murong Villa, while Zhang Xun and Xin Lan went over to the banquet at noon. When the Murong sisters arrived at Murong Villa, Ouyang Qin, who had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, stepped forward and hugged Murong Xue and said, "Mother finally waited for you to come back." Mother has been looking forward to it all these years, thank you Bodhisattva for blessing!" Murong Xue said: "Mother, let Xue'er and Shuang'er help you in together!" Ouyang Qin said with relief: "Okay! Entering the main courtyard of the villa, Murong greeted him ruthlessly and said, "Xue'er is back, Shuang'er, you take your sister to her room to prepare, and the ceremony will be carried out on time at nine o'clock." After the Murong sisters returned to the room, Murong Shuang personally dressed her sister, and asked her sister to change into clothes made by her mother herself and made of good fabrics before going to the ancestral hall together. Murong Xue knelt down to offer incense to the tablets of the ancestors and ancestors, and got up to give a cup of tea to her father, aunts, uncles and aunts and other elders. After the ceremony, it was still early before the luncheon, so Ouyang Qin took Murong Xue's hand and went to his room to chat about their past over the years.
Near noon, Zhang Xun took the three ladies Xinlan, Bihe, and Yuchan and the four children Zhang Xing, Zhang Qianwen, Zhang Xiuya, and Zhang Ming to Murong Villa. At this time, Murong Villa was full of lights, full of friends, laughter, and celebration. Xinlan knew that Zhang Xun was going to take Sister Xue's two children, Qianwen and Ming'er, to see her grandparents, so she said to Zhang Xun: "This husband will be handed over to me, and you take Qianwen Ming'er to meet her grandfather and grandmother." Seeing his grandson and granddaughter, Ouyang Qin happily gave a big red envelope, and Zhang Qianwen and Zhang Ming sat next to Murong Xue.
After the head of the Murong family and Murong Xue's father and daughter successively delivered speeches to welcome the guests, the luncheon began. Murong ruthlessly took Zhang Xun to each table to toast, and at the same time introduced these distinguished guests to Zhang Xun. After sending off all the guests an hour later, Zhang Xun thought to himself, "This is the connection of Murong Villa, and I should talk to my father-in-law about the search for seeds." ”