Chapter 13

Gave slowly let out a long breath. It is expected that he would not take the initiative to mention that he had been to the Ci'en Temple in front of the old lady. He also thought that his mother had gone there this morning. By this time, he should be almost back. He was eager to know the result, so he turned around and hurriedly went to the front hall to pick it up. Way to go.

Zhen Yaoting was dangling there, looking left and right, when he saw Jiafu returning with sandalwood, his eyes lit up and greeted him: "What, you can see the old lady? But let me go and see you?"

Jiafu shook her head: "The old lady is sleeping. It's inconvenient to disturb me, and I didn't see it either. Mother thinks she needs to go back. Let's go back soon."

Zhen Yaoting was greatly disappointed, and really didn't want to leave like this, and said, "Sister, are you hungry? I told the monk to prepare vegetarian food. After we finish eating, it's not too late to leave..."

Jiafu has gone out: "Brother, eat it yourself, I'll go back first."

Zhen Yaoting looked at her sister's back towards the mountain gate, looked behind her, paused, but followed helplessly. The brother and sister entered the city and returned home. When asked, Mrs. Meng had returned long ago. in the room. Jiafu didn't care about changing her clothes, so she hurriedly looked for it. Before she arrived, she happened to see Mama Liu coming from the veranda, her face was not very good, and she stopped.

Madam Liu raised her eyes, saw her brother and sister returning, and hurriedly walked over.

"Mommy, how about the marriage? When will you get married and when will you go through?"

Madam Liu passed by with Madam Meng this morning, so Zhen Yaoting asked.

Madam Liu hesitated and sighed.

Jiafu guessed it, suppressed a burst of excitement in her heart, and hurriedly dragged her into her house, interrogated her, and quickly learned what happened.

It turns out that this morning, Mrs. Meng arrived at the Guogong's mansion and found that Mrs. Song was also there. She didn't talk about her relatives, but after Jiafu came, the coincidence that Brother Quan fell ill was to talk about the matter. The implication was that Jiafu's life was hard. , I am afraid that in the future, there will be suspicion of Kezi, his daughter is gone, and only such a little blood is left, how can he be relieved. No matter how good-tempered Mrs. Meng was, how could she endure it when she heard Mrs. Song say such words in front of her? He just replied, saying that his daughter Bazi had been visited by the Pei family before, and they were very good. Mrs. Song said casually, I heard that some people used to take advantage of marriage to climb up high branches and give fake horoscopes out to others, and this kind of thing is not uncommon.

When she spoke, Mrs. Xin remained silent.

Mrs. Meng held back her anger and asked Mrs. Xin what she meant, and asked her to give a sentence. Mrs. Xin said that she was also embarrassed. Because of Brother Quan's illness, she really came here without any thought. It had always been fine before. Please don't worry Mrs. Meng, go back first, and then take Jiafu's eight characters and ask an expert to take a look. Look, everything else, we'll talk about it later. Madam Meng got up on the spot and left the palace.

After Mama Liu finished speaking, she said indignantly, "It's too bullying! Whose children don't have a headache? Just their family's Jin Gui, it's your head, little lady! I saw Madam's face turned white with anger. , I went into the room when I came back, and I didn't eat a single bite of rice in the afternoon."

Jiafu went over, pushed the door and entered, seeing her mother sitting in front of the dressing table, in the same clothes she had put on before going out in the morning, holding the handkerchief in one hand, resting her forehead in the other, her back motionless, thinking that her mother was always weak , originally full of hope, but came back like this, with mixed feelings in my heart, walked over, hugged my mother's shoulder from the back, and said, "Mother, it's all my fault, I'm making you angry."

When Mrs. Meng just came back from the Duke's Mansion, her hands were shaking with anger, but she came back now, wiped the corners of her eyes, turned her voice, and saw her daughter's beautiful eyes looking at her, her eyes filled with guilt. , my heart was blocked again, and I hugged Jiafu and said, "It's okay for me to be angry. I heard them slander you like this, but I can't help it. As a mother, I really feel..."

Her eyes turned red again.

Jaffe raised her hand to wipe her eyes.

"Mother, I'm not sad at all, so don't be sad. I didn't know it before, but the more I interact with there, the less I want to marry into their house. Whatever they say, I don't care. Just don't be angry. body."

Madam Meng only felt that her daughter was sensible and considerate of herself, and felt even more sad, and said, "Forget it, it's just that our luck is not good. Just when we came here, we encountered an accident with Brother Quan. I'll ask someone to send a letter to your grandmother, we'll pack up in two days, and we're going back to Quanzhou..."

"Madam! The eldest son of the Pei family is here! He asked to see Madam."

Suddenly, Mama Liu's voice came from outside the door.

Madam Meng was taken aback, looked at her daughter, and muttered, "What is he doing now?" She quickly wiped the corners of her eyes and asked Madam Liu to invite people in first, then she went to the mirror and threw herself on the face. After getting some powder, I couldn't see anything different, and turned around and said, "Afu, go back to your room. Mother, go and see what he's doing." Then he went out.

One wave has not settled, and another has risen. Pei You'an, who had just been killed halfway through, went home and comforted his mother, and Pei Xiuzhi came again.

Jiafu's heart just got down, and it was overwhelmed again. How could she really go back to her room and wait? After a while, she quietly came to the living room, hid outside the window, glanced in, and saw Pei Xiuzhi sitting on a chair diagonally opposite her mother. Shang, was talking, and said, "Aunt, as soon as I heard this, I rushed over immediately. I know that you are angry today, aunt, please don't take it to heart. Brother Quan's matter, How could it have anything to do with Fu Mei? My mother didn't have such an idea at all. You know, she loves Fu Mei very much, and all she wants is for her to pass the house as soon as possible. I wish I didn't marry a wife again, that's why I'm making trouble, auntie, if you're cold-hearted, wouldn't you fall into her arms?"

Madam Meng was also somewhat dissatisfied with Pei Xiuzhi because of what happened today, and reluctantly said, "Sir, it's not that I'm going to be cold, it's that you're doing things first. When it comes to marriage, it's important to be in the right place. It is consensual. Our two families were discussing marriage, and it was originally wrong. It was my Zhen family who climbed high, and now I have even said such a thing. Such a daughter has been treated like an eyeball since she was a child. With such an attitude from your mother, what you say to me is useless. "

Pei Xiuzhi had been thinking about Jiafu day and night since that day, and he loved her very much. Seeing that the Song family was arguing, and his mother listened to her, Mrs. Meng also wanted to retreat. After a few steps to Mrs. Meng, she knelt down on one knee and said, "Auntie, please look at me and wait! I am sincere to Sister Fu, and the sun and the moon can learn from it! As long as I marry her, I will definitely treat her for the rest of my life! Auntie, please understand me, give me a few days, and when I go back and talk to my mother, my mother will listen to me. If you leave in such a cold heart, what should I do? ?"

Madam Meng didn't think that Pei Xiuzhi would kneel down and beg her, she was startled, and hurriedly helped him up, but Pei Xiuzhi refused to get up, and still knelt there, only said, "Auntie, if you don't pity me, I can't afford it."

Jiafu clenched her hands tightly. Seeing that her mother seemed to be in a dilemma, she seemed to be moved by him. Too many people! When my Zhen family is all dead?" Before he finished speaking, the door was kicked open, Jiafu looked and saw her brother Zhen Yaoting broke in, and rushed to the door. In front of Pei Xiuzhi, he said angrily, "My sister is not getting married! No one wants her. I will keep her for the rest of my life, and I don't want her to go to your house to be so angry! You go!"

Seeing that her son's eyes were round, and the veins on her forehead jumped, Mrs. Meng hurriedly scolded, "What are you doing? Get out! It's none of your business here!"

Pei Xiuzhi got up from the ground, annoyed at his rudeness, but for Jiafu's sake, he reluctantly held back, maintained his usual demeanor, and smiled: "It's the second brother, the second brother calms down, it's really my side that's not good, I'll come here. , was originally intended to make amends to my aunt."

Zhen's family is one of the richest in Quanzhou, and they have a good relationship with the state government. Zhen Yaoting is an uncle when he goes out. , How could he hold back, he just broke in. Seeing the smile on Pei Xiuzhi's face, he didn't buy it. He raised his eyebrows and said, "My sister is a good girl. She was so slandered by you and splashed with dirty water. Would you give her an explanation?"

Pei Xiuzhi's face gradually became ugly, and she stopped talking. Madam Meng called Zhang Da to come in and forcibly dragged her confused son out. After a while, she suppressed the confusion in her heart and turned to Pei Xiuzhi, saying, "I am in a mess today, yours I know what it means, you go back first, let me think about it."

Pei Xiuzhi knew that it would be useless for him to stay any longer. Before leaving, he reassured Mrs. Meng that he would talk to his mother and was sent out of the Zhen family gate. , I learned that my grandmother came back from the Ci'en Temple, walked back and forth in the house for a few times, and then went to the north house.

...

Pei You'an sent her grandmother back, settled properly, and went back to the old house where she temporarily stayed. After a while, a girl came over and said that the old lady invited him over, and Pei You'an went again. Seeing that Pei Xiuzhi was also inside, she called out to her eldest brother, Then he nodded, called "Second Brother", turned to the old lady and said, "Grandma called me, but something?"

Mrs. Pei said: "Your nephew's two illnesses have come from a little mindless, but fortunately, it's not a serious problem, and it's already alive and kicking today. But the Song family blames the head of the Zhen family girl. Go on, say something was wrong, and when she came, the whole brother was not well. Your mother was confused, and she believed it, and the trouble was very boring. Although I don't know how to look at pictures, I looked at the girl with a bright face. Feng, Luoluo is generous and doesn't seem to be able to overcome people. The Song family is talking nonsense, they should be trying to take the opportunity to break up the marriage between her and your second brother. Since you have treated Brother Quan, you can know what the disease is. Why did it arise? How can it be cured?"

Pei You'an glanced at Pei Xiuzhi and hesitated when he saw that he cast two eager eyes at him.

He got the blue eyes of his uncle Tianxi Emperor in the name of talent since he was a child. Unfortunately, he was born weak. Therefore, in addition to practicing martial arts and fitness, he also began to study medicine. The efficacy and taboo of this kind of medicinal material, there is one taste in it, that is, frozen borneol, which is classified as a spice. At that time, he was very interested, and he specially brought in frozen borneol for verification, so he not only knew its color, fragrance, but also the properties of the drug, and it was not suitable for very few people. Symptoms, if swallowed by mistake, light palpitations, fainting, severe and even death by suffocation.

What God robs, he gives. Although he was born with many illnesses, his father gave up the word "Xiu" and named him "You'an", meaning "You'an", but he is not only talented, but also has a strong sense of knowledge and a strong sense of smell. They are different from ordinary people and are extremely sensitive. On the night of Mrs. Pei's birthday, he rushed back overnight. After entering the house, when he passed by the cousin of Zhen's family, he smelled the incense smell of frozen borneol emanating from her body. When Brother Quan became ill, saw his symptoms, and smelled the residual aroma on Brother Quan's clothes, he immediately knew the reason.

The reason why the cause was not directly explained at that time was because he passed by this cousin of Zhen's family and was stopped by her sudden "big cousin", and when he turned his head and looked at her briefly, she impressed him deeply. .

He really didn't recognize who she was at first, but when he saw her blushing blushing, obviously embarrassed by his indifference, he remembered that the girl in front of him was the one who had come to the duke's mansion several times many years ago. The niece of the second aunt Meng Shi who was walking around.

At that time, he was already a teenager, Zizhi was romantic and famous for Jinghua, and all she gave him was a radish diced radish that had not lost all the baby fat, with milky white skin, round and big eyes, and two pupils like a child. Ice crystal grapes in the water, watery, neatly cut with bangs, black hair hanging down on two small shoulders, hiding away from him when they see him, that's all. Unexpectedly, many years have passed, and see her again here. She has grown into a maiden, and her appearance is naturally good, but what impressed him was not the face she looked up at him, but her eyes.

At that time, she opened her eyes wide and stared at him without blinking. Her eyes were full of gratitude and trust. This feeling...

It's like he and she had a long-term relationship before, but now it's just a reunion after a long absence.

Her unusual enthusiasm made him feel a little uncomfortable, but it was not disgusting, just impressive. After inferring that Brother Quan's condition was related to the incense on her body, out of his usual caution, he did not reveal it on the spot, but concealed it.

Obviously, the grandmother suddenly called him here and asked about Brother Quan's illness. It should be Pei Xiuzhi who asked her to come forward.

Originally, he would naturally explain it truthfully. But thinking of the scene in the Ci'en Temple, I pondered for a while, and finally said: "Brother Quan's cause, I still don't know."

Pei Xiuzhi looked disappointed, and Madam Pei frowned slightly. Suddenly, there was a mess of footsteps in the courtyard, and a quarrel was faintly heard. It seemed that someone wanted to come in, but was stopped by the old woman.

Yuzhu was outside the old lady's room, when she heard the noise coming from the courtyard door, she went out and said, "What's going on? The noise? The old lady is talking in the room!"

A woman ran over and said, "Girl, that son of Zhen's family is here, shouting that he wants to see the old lady. He's fierce, you go and have a look."

Yuzhu was startled, and hurried to the gate of the courtyard. Sure enough, seeing Zhen Yaoting being blocked by several old ladies, she went up and said, "Master Zhen, what are you doing? Can't you make a mess in the Heavenly Palace? Old lady here, It's not Lingxiao Palace either!"

Zhen Yaoting raised his eyes, recognized the big girl he had seen that day, and said loudly, "My sister has been wronged, I want to see the old lady!"

Yuzhu heard about what happened after Mrs. Meng came over this morning. Because she had a good relationship with Mrs. Meng in the past, she felt a little uneasy in her heart. She was originally annoyed at his reckless behavior, so she spoke a little sarcastically. She wanted to stand up for her sister, so she hurriedly said, "Wait a moment, don't make a fuss, I'll send you a message first." After he finished speaking, he hurried in and came out after a while, saying, "Come with me."

Zhen Yaoting immediately followed Yuzhu in. When he got to the door, Yuzhu glanced at him and whispered: "When you see the old lady, if you have something to say, the old lady is not unreasonable, don't rush into her recklessly." After exhorting, she stepped forward and said: " Old Madam, Young Master Zhen is here."

Zhen Yaoting entered and saw Mrs. Pei sitting next to Pei Xiuzhi and the uncle of the Pei family.

He was at home just now. Although he was kicked out by Madam Meng, he couldn't swallow a sigh of relief. He was an acquaintance and relative, so he naturally put it in, so he went straight to here, but was stopped by his mother-in-law. He was furious, but now he was really in front of Mrs. Pei, and after all, he still didn't dare to make trouble, he first knelt down and behaved He bowed his head politely, heard the old lady calling him to get up, asked him something, got up and said: "Back to the old lady's words, I must know how my mother was treated when she was in the house today, and I won't say anything. Whether my sister's marriage will be successful or not is a second issue, but she was originally a good person and only came here for a few days. Don't you! Don't your family say that my sister is not good at character, so you have killed brother Quan? Would you dare to hug my sister to my sister again? This time I will keep my eyes wide open. Go back the same way, you don't need to talk to your family. Our Zhen family will roll back to Quanzhou tonight, and then we will not face to enter your palace! If so, don't say a single word of my sister is bad!"

There was silence in the room, only Zhen Yaoting stood there, panting for breath.

"Yao Ting! I think you're crazy. You came here to run wild with the old lady! What nonsense are you talking about?"

With the sound of hurried footsteps, the door curtain was opened, Zhen Yaoting turned his head and saw his mother and Mrs. Xin came in together.

Mrs. Xin's face was gloomy, and Mrs. Meng's face was ugly. When she came up, she slapped her son on the head, and immediately pulled him, asking him to join her, kneeling before Mrs. Pei, and said with tears: "Really It's because I didn't teach my son well, and I ran over like this without telling myself, full of nonsense." As he spoke, he asked him to kowtow and admit his mistake.

Zhen Yaoting's face flushed and he said, "Where did I say wrong? I just can't see my sister being wronged!"

"Shut up for me!"

Mrs. Meng pressed his head, Zhen Yaoting straightened his neck, motionless.

"Forget it!" Madam Pei suddenly said, "It's nothing, this child is also out of love for his sister, hurry up, get up."

Mrs. Meng let go of her son, but Zhen Yaoting couldn't get up again. She kowtowed to the old lady and said, "I beg the old lady to call the shots! Let my sister be with Brother Quan again! Whether it's good or bad, I recognize it!"

Madam Xin finally couldn't bear it any longer and said unhappily, "You child, what are you talking about? Well, why did you curse my whole brother again?"

"Shut up!"

Mrs. Pei stopped, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Zhen's child sounds absurd, if you think about it, it may not be unreasonable. Just follow his words and let both of them come over, in front of me, and then Once you've dealt with it, it'll be clear what's going on!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised. Mrs. Xin hurriedly said: "Mother, it's not right! If brother Quan falls ill again, wouldn't it be hard?"

The old lady said: "Brother Quan is my great-grandson. I naturally feel sorry for him. He is important, but if I wronged the girl of the Zhen family, I can't bear it. That's it, go and bring brother Quan!"

The house was quiet again. Madam Meng's heart skipped a beat, she was suddenly happy, she felt that her daughter's grievances could get Zhao Xue, and then she was very nervous, her palms were sweating, and finally she calmed down and said to Zhen Yaoting in a trembling voice: "Old Madam, did you hear what you said? Go get your sister!"

Zhen Yaoting snorted, jumped up from the ground, turned around and ran out. In less than a quarter of an hour, Yuzhu, who was outside, came in and said softly, "Old Madam, Lady Zhen is here."

Madam Pei nodded and ordered everyone in the room to go out. Pei Xiuzhi wanted to stay, but was also invited out.

"You'an, you stay."

Madam Pei gave an order.

The Jiafu people stood outside the door, still a little out of shape, and never dreamed that things would turn into this after twists and turns. Seeing that the people inside came out one after another, he just lowered his head, waited for Yuzhu to cry, and walked in slowly, looking up to see Mrs. Xin sitting there, hugging Brother Quan tightly to her lap, staring at her with alert and disgusting eyes , Pei You'an stood by the window, glanced at her with two eyes, then turned his back and looked out the window.

"You sit. Don't be afraid."

Madam Pei smiled at her.

Jaffe thanked her in a low voice and sat down on a stool.

...

This afternoon, finally made it through.

For Mrs. Meng, there will never be another afternoon in this life that will be as long and torturous as today.

The sky was getting dark, and the lanterns in the residence of the duke started. Yuzhu walked over quickly, with a smile on her face, leaned into her ear, and whispered, "Auntie, brother Quan is not bad at all! I'm already asleep now. Go! The old lady said, just let the little lady stay tonight and sleep in her house for one night, and you can pick her up again tomorrow."

Madam Meng burst into tears, clutching Yuzhu tightly, she was slowly transported by Yuzhu outside the gate of the Duke's Mansion, and went home without sleep all night. The next morning, I came back early again, and saw that my daughter had stood up and was waiting for me at Baoxiakou. The rising sun shines on her body, and she stands pretty, as delicate as a new willow in spring.

Mrs. Meng picked up Jiafu and walked to the second gate of the Guogong Mansion. A trusted old woman next to Mrs. Xin hurried up and said with a smile: "Madam, we have a request from my wife, ask you to go back, and discuss with you again. The original matter. Madam said, don't worry about the Song family, it's our family's business."

Mrs. Meng made sure of her footsteps, looked at her daughter who was looking at her with wide eyes, raised her hand and stroked her hair lovingly, turned her head slowly, and said, "Please tell me a word from my mother, my Afu will also It’s not too big, I suddenly realized in the past two days, I don’t want to marry her so early, and I didn’t have a marriage contract with the prince, so I didn’t dare to delay the prince. already."