Bastards

Cui Yu opened his eyes wide and looked at the scene in front of him seriously.

He is a foreigner, and he has never met a few wives and girls in the boudoir. Except for his family's concubines and sisters, Mrs. Zheng, the eldest wife of Xie's family, who often visits Xie's house, and there is a certain age for Wang's wife who does not need to avoid suspicion. He basically doesn't know him.

But this does not affect his observation and memory.

Standing among this group of girls, they are very popular and friendly. The one who spoke first just now is very good-looking, with delicate features, the corners of his eyes are slightly drooping, and there is a trace of sadness between his brows. He looks quite a bit The temperament of 'I see you still pity'.She has always been stable, and when she heard Mrs. Wang call out the name of Shiba Niang, she was like everyone else, with worried eyes and very sincere.

But when Mrs. Zheng's words came out, what she said was that Shiba Niang was lazy and looking for a place to rest. There was no surprise screaming, no strange noises, and when there was no outsider in the room... The girl's eyes froze, and she quickly looked at his wife. A woman in the regiment.

The woman looked to be in her thirties, she was dressed in a high bun, she was dignified and bright, she was a little tall, and she was even more imposing, she was obviously the wife who came to have a banquet.The lady frowned, and her eyes slanted, meeting the girl's eyes.

The two people, one big and one small, looked at each other in the air, as if they were communicating silently.Of course, this process is very fast, so fast that it would be impossible to find out if someone was not just waiting to observe.

Finally, the woman squinted her eyes and shook her head slightly at the girl. The girl looked back and lowered her head. When she looked up again, she was already worried about Wang Shibaniang like the girl next to her.

Among the wives, there is another person whose expression is worth pondering.This man was dressed richly, and his clothes were all flashy, but his figure was a little fat, and his momentum was lost.Hearing that there was only Wang Shibaniang and no one else, she seemed very satisfied, took a long breath, and quietly reached out to stroke her chest...

There was obviously something wrong with these three people, and Cui Yu didn't know any of them, so he wrote down the appearance of the three people, and would only ask them later.

……

In the room, Mrs. Xie Mrs. Zheng had ordered the servant girl to push Wang Shibaniang to wake her up.

Perhaps it was stimulated by cold water, and the chaos disappeared, and Wang Shibaniang finally woke up, trembling and waking up.

Mrs. Wang's family watched Shiba Niang grow up. Although she was not her own child, Shiba Niang was cute, caring and sensible. Mrs. Wang's family was in so much pain that she couldn't help hugging her when she finally woke up. Pat to comfort: "Eighteen Niang...it's okay, it's okay..."

Xie Wang's two families are closely related by in-laws. Shiba Niang's biological mother is Zheng's sister-in-law. Before they got married, the relationship between the two was good. Of course, Wang Shiba Niang also treated Wang Shi Ba Niang as her own. There was nothing that didn't hurt, so I touched her. She stretched out her hand over her clothes and touched her back to see if there was any sweat, but when she saw nothing, she whispered: "My dear child, you have suffered."

Wang Shibaniang is about to be fourteen, and the elders are a little embarrassed to be so close, so they hide their faces according to Mrs. Wang's family: "Auntie..."

Time was limited, and seeing someone coming in from outside the house soon, the wives of Xie Wang and his wife met each other's eyes, and they looked affirmative to each other. They secretly pinched Wang Shibaniang's hand as a reminder, and when they spoke again, their voices were much louder: "Why? So playful, leaving the servants and running alone?"

"You know how worried the elders are when they see the servants come to tell the time?"

Even if the two elders didn't remind her, Wang Shibaniang knew that something was wrong from the sound outside the window when she was asleep, and she was in danger today!Up to now, although the villain's treachery has not succeeded, if her words are wrong and her expression is different, she will still attract criticism!

So even though the shock was still lingering in her heart, she still obediently admitted her mistake: "It was my mistake..." She stood up and bowed to Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Wang, "Auntie, auntie, I just played I got tired after a long time, but the sisters were having fun. I didn't want to disturb their interest, so I wanted to find a place where no one was around to rest for a while, because just after I came out of the official room, the maids stood far away, and I Self-willed, I ran away alone..."

While she was talking, the lady outside walked in, and when she finished speaking, everyone was already in the room.

Wang Shibaniang never mentioned the matter of being calculated by others, nor the grievances and fears she suffered. Apart from her extremely pale face, she was like a little girl in ordinary times, acting coquettishly and mischievously, and even courteously rushed to the wives. Greetings.

"It's wrong for Shiba Niang to be lazy and play tricks, and she will ask mother for punishment later... It's just that the place is remote, how did the aunt and aunt find it? And it alarmed so many wives?"

Of course, it is also appropriate to strike back and warn.

Mrs. Zheng glanced around without a trace: "It's because everyone cares about you. When they heard the news of your disappearance from the servants, they immediately came out to look for it. It was a coincidence that they came here."

The women in the back house, especially the clan women, are the most scheming, obedient and listen to the sound, the bells and drums listen to the sound, from the clues, they have already figured out a lot, but before the evidence is conclusive, they don't act easily.

"Poor thing, it's when you're growing up, you'll feel sleepy. You've had enough sleep just now? Do you want to go to your aunt's and sleep again?" The most important thing is to deal with the problem smoothly, Mrs. Zheng Don't allow others to care about and ask questions, just pat Wang Shibaniang's head directly, seemingly asking, but actually suggesting.

Wang Shibaniang had long seen the caring and curious eyes of the girls standing beside her, and dealt with them lazily, leaning delicately in Zheng's arms: "Thank you, auntie, Shibaniang still wants to sleep."

Mrs. Wang saw Shiba Niang like this, and poked her forehead with a 'hate that iron can't make steel': "The Xie family's autumn banquet is so lively, you are lucky, you came to sleep!"

Zheng Shi smiled: "It's like this in children's homes, so don't be too harsh..."

……

Just a few words between you and me, you can take the scene lightly, and you can also take Wang Shibaniang away without a trace.

As for the rest of the wives and ladies, they couldn't see a good show, so they had to return to the banquet venue and continue the feast.

Cui Yan squatted in a corner of the eaves, sighing that Mrs. Zheng was very smart, and the matter was resolved, but I don’t know if this Wang Shibaniang remembers who plotted against her... But this is not too important, and it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t remember , there is Xie's family on the left and right, and he and Yang Xuan are there.

After thinking about it for a while, reminding himself not to miss any details, Cui Yu finally felt relieved and decided to return to the banquet place.But after making a decision, he realized it was wrong.

Bear boy Yang Xuan put him so high, how on earth is he going to get down!

He can't fly over the wall!

It's not impossible if there is support...

Cui Yu carefully turned around in a circle, he even climbed over the entire roof, and found sadly that both the roof and the walls of this room were extremely smooth, especially in the downward direction, there was no bulge that could be relied upon. Not rough at all!

Trees...not to mention.There are trees on the front, back, left, and right sides of the house, even the trees are tall and knotty, and there is no tree near the wall!No matter how many trees there are, he can't even reach the corners, so how can he use it?

Just slide it down...a little too high.

Cui Yu is not afraid of heights, but he is worried that the angle of slipping is wrong, if his face hits the ground... He has been calculating all the time since his rebirth, and he has already aimed at this opportunity. die!

Now the timing is critical, he can't get hurt a little bit, and he doesn't dare to gamble.

After thinking about it, Cui Yu didn't dare to slip down. He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. Yang Xuan, if you dare to forget me, I will delay the matter...

Obviously, Yang Xuan will not forget him.

Cui Yu squatted in the corner of the room with a moody expression, and after a while, Yang Xuan came back.

"I'll take you down." He seemed unaware of Cui Yu's embarrassment.

Cui Yu: ... Well, since you came here not too late, I will forgive you today.

"Did anyone catch it?"

"I caught it and handed it over to the butler."

The butler directly listened to Mr. Cong Xie's orders, held the power of the outer court, and assisted in all matters of the inner court.Being at the housekeeper's place means that the important members of the Xie family know about it, and even if they don't know about it now, they will know about it immediately.

Cui Yu landed and straightened his clothes: "Do you know what's going on?"

"The person rushing over is called Li Ji, Li Shun's younger brother. Li Shun is—"

"I know, the one with the high nose, who still disliked me in every possible way when welcoming guests, tried to provoke Xie's family through me. It is the Li family that Xie Wen has always said to beware of."

Yang Xuan narrowed his eyes, he didn't know this happened.

"The Li family wanted to defeat the Xie family, and they didn't want to offend all the families, so they wanted to get close to the Wang family, but the Wang family didn't like them, so they wanted to marry the Wang family by force. Li Ji knew that Wang Shibaniang and all the boudoir girls today Knowing how to paint somewhere, he lurked in the past, took away Wang Shibaniang's paintings, and tried to make them into a token of love. Today he was lucky, and got a handkerchief that Wang Shibaniang lost. I'm happy, thinking of coming to the door to say kiss soon after the autumn banquet."

Yang Xuan's voice faltered: "He asked for directions and said Songtao Courtyard. It was also because he felt that it was not safe to keep the things in his hands after he got them. He was worried that he would lose his husband at the banquet. He wanted to find a caring servant to take them away. He didn't know other people's things. If the direction is wrong, Wang Shibaniang will appear in this wing."

Cui Yu's eyes turned slightly: "So... there are other people intervening here."

"The boy who ran away clutching his stomach was not a servant of Xie's family, but one of the guests surnamed Ma. He said that he got some money from others and showed Li Ji the way."

"Whose silver tael did you get?"

"We have to find this one."

"What about the things found on Li Ji's body?"

"Now it must have been handed over to the inner house, and the eldest wife will handle it."

Cui Yu nodded, but—"The timing is not good for us, can they supply it so quickly?" If it was him, he would definitely not say, make trouble, procrastinate, and make a big noise, worrying about Xie's family, the autumn banquet is still going on Woolen cloth.

Yang Xuan raised the corners of his lips, and there was a trickle in his eyes: "I used a little trick."

At first Li Ji didn’t tell the truth, he only said that he lost his way by accident and went to a place to pick up the paintings and handkerchiefs. At that time, he didn’t know that the things belonged to Wang Shibaniang, and he didn’t think about keeping them privately. He said that he would hand them over to Xie Shi. Housekeeper.As for why he went to Songtao Courtyard, he said that he forgot something and had to fetch it from his servants.

He felt a little regretful that this kind of person with wandering eyes and stern attitude was recruited without any serious means.

Small means...

Cui Yu thought about how cruel Yang Xuan was in his previous life, and silently lit a candle for the two of them.

"I saw something from the top just now, but I don't know a bunch of ladies and ladies who came here... I can only be free later, so I ask the eldest lady for help."

Yang Xuan nodded: "The banquet table outside has already set up, you need to use something quickly, and you will be busy later." As he spoke, he stood in front of Cui Yu, looked around Cui Yu up and down, and stretched out his hand to help Cui Yu. Matata squeezed the corners of the lapels and straightened his arms, "Fortunately, I didn't move around just now, and the clothes are still clean, which saves time for changing."

Yang Xuan's palms are wider than boys of the same age, not delicate, with calluses on the palms of the tiger's mouth, and there is a rough man's breath at a young age.But these hands are actually very stable and fast when they move, and when they accidentally rub the skin, they won't feel uncomfortable or uncomfortable. The rough feeling of a man's strength has always been a sign of strength.

Cui Yu felt that this feeling was too aggressive, so he took a step back silently, lowered his head to straighten his clothes, and even forgot to fight back at the other party's teasing of "fortunately he didn't move around just now".

Yang Xuan's eyebrows frowned slightly, and his fingers paused slightly, but he didn't do much, and slowly let it go.

After tidying up, Cui Mata raised his foot first: "Let's go."

Afterwards, the battlefields of the two were still inconsistent, so they still walked separately.

At the intersection, Cui Yu said goodbye gracefully, and waved to Yang Xuan with a smile: "Be good for a while, don't let the old men down."

Yang Xuan took a deep look at him, turned around and left without saying yes or no.

Cui Mata: ...This brat!

……

Cui Yu didn't go looking for something to eat right away, but walked around again, seeing that everything was fine, he found Fan Lingxiu, and then went to eat together.

At this time, Cui Jiazhen was being surrounded by little girls to embarrass her.

"Didn't you say that your concubine brother is also here? Just go and call him to ask if it's okay?"

"That's right, we don't have any other intentions. No one has given an accurate answer on what happened to Shiba Niang. We don't know what to do, so we worry about it."

"You don't want to move, could it be that...you can't even order a concubine brother to move?"

Cui Jiazhen's face turned red from being squeezed by them, she had no choice but to ask Cui Miaomiao to ask Xie's maidservant to send a message, saying that the sister-in-law had something to ask about him.

Cui Mata...of course it is impossible to come here.Thinking with his toes, he knew that his sister-in-law had no good intentions.He asked the maidservant to help pay attention to Cui Jiazhen and ensure her safety and not to cause trouble. He didn't care about other things, such as what Cui Jiazhen was thinking.

Cui Jiazhen couldn't call her brother-in-law, and the girls didn't laugh, but there was inevitably a bit of contempt in their eyes and words.

Avoiding the crowd, Cui Jiazhen clenched her fists, with hatred in her eyes, and murmured: "Cui Yu... Cui Yu! How dare he!"

The place where she was staying was slightly off, just as Li Shun was passing by with someone, and when he heard the voice, he turned around curiously: "You mean...Cui Yu?"

Suddenly seeing the outsider, Cui Jiazhen blushed and was about to retreat, but was stopped by Li Shunheng who walked a few steps, and was about to call out in panic, but the other party smiled and said: "Don't worry, I am the son of the Li family, it is impossible to disregard my status It hurts people, but this Cui Yu has some problems with me, but I don't know his origin, just now I heard what you said, you seem to know him?"

When Cui Jia heard that this was the reason, Cui Jia was terrified again: "He is my concubine brother. He is the most timid and useless person on weekdays. You...my family may not be able to charge him to make amends to you."

"Bastard?" Li Shun laughed fiercely, "A cowardly and worthless bastard!"

……

Xie Wen Xie Cong had dinner, and started the second round of wandering to accompany the guests.But in this round, they don't need them to be showy and show off. They have successfully made their debut in the morning and convinced a lot of their peers.The tacit understanding that occasionally appears on weekdays, the intimate exchanges of old friends, the closeness and temptation of nodding acquaintances... information exchange, friendship upgrade, most of them are at this time.

Of course, these intimacy is also accompanied by various small games, not a very serious discussion, the more relaxed the atmosphere, the easier it is for people to get close.

Anyone who is more mature in the banquet will understand all kinds of unspoken rules.

For those who are knowledgeable and interesting, there are those who pretend to be ignorant and want to make trouble, such as Li Shun, who has long been provocative, and if he wants to let the Xie family's autumn banquet pass smoothly, he will come in vain!

Cui Yu looked at the time and felt that it was almost the same time. He looked at Fan Lingxiu with a smile: "Are you ready?"

Fan Lingxiu flicked his arms to shake his clothes, stretched out his hands to stroke his glossy hair, and smiled like a flower of wealth, his confidence was overflowing: "Master, do you need to prepare? You are so handsome anytime, anywhere!"

Cui Mata: ...Okay.

When the two walked to the meeting place, Li Shun couldn't wait any longer. Before Cui Yu and Fan Lingxiu found a place to sit down, Li Shun threw the cup over and threw it at their feet.

The cup fell to the ground, and there was a clear and shattering sound, and everyone was suddenly quiet, and everyone looked here.

The main venue outside the Xie Family Autumn Banquet is quite large, with different areas for playing different games. It seems to be loose, but in fact the view is very good, and you can see it everywhere.The older generation is even more so, sitting in the shade under the trees, the younger generation can't see them, but they can see the younger generation when they lower their heads at any time.If the surroundings are quiet and only one person is making a sound, let alone that everyone can hear them all.

Xie Wen, Xie Cong, who was talking to someone in the small booth in the distance, immediately squinted his eyes, this Li Shun is going to make trouble!

Yang Xuan who was playing chess with Mr. Xie Jiayan's younger brother Xie Jia under the orders of Mr. Wang Fu also suffered a meal with his hand.

Wang Fu, Xie Yan and a group of old men were all smiling and stroked their beards at the moment when the cup was smashed, held the teacup, sat on the outside and stretched their necks to watch the play, but Xie Jia played chess very seriously, not surprised at all. Seeing Yang Xuan paused, he frowned unhappy: "You are young and have no certainties. If things go on like this, it's hard to make a big deal!"

Yang Xuan's long and narrow eyes reflected Xie Jia's reflection, and said sharply with a 'snap': "Old man, if you talk like this again, you may offend others."

"The old man is still afraid of offending people?" Xie Jia didn't even lift his eyelids, "...you are not bad, you are not stupid."

Yang Xuan looked at the chess game in front of him, except for the meal just now, he had no emotion at all, as if he didn't care about Cui Yu at all.In fact, he understands in his heart that this good-looking rabbit in fox fur is not easy to provoke, if he dares to provoke you without a wink, he will take care of you as an elder—teach you to be a man!

Of course Cui Yu was not afraid at all, he even wanted to give Li Shun a thumbs-up, that was too good to waste time, and he didn't need to think of ways to provoke him!Seeing Fan Lingxiu's eyelids rounded as if he was facing an enemy, Cui Yu quietly squeezed his arm to comfort him.Then... looked at Li Shun quietly.

Li Shun held back his words, of course he didn't just drop the cup.He originally wanted to use this move to pre-empt the attack, scaring Cui Yu into panic and jumping to make him lose his appearance, so he took a more stance, but Cui Yu didn't even say a word!He also pretended to be a real gentleman!

He was extremely dissatisfied, but the show had already started, so it didn't matter if he missed the 01:30 response.

His eyes slowly passed Brother Xie Wen in the pavilion not far away, and he sneered: "Everyone in the world admires the Xie family's autumn feast, everyone is a family when they come and go, and they are gentlemen when they talk and laugh. Entering the house? None of the ancestors can be named, and the status is humble, and the little bastard is not ashamed to be with you!" He pointed to Cui Yu with his fingers, "This person is not worthy to sit with me!"

It was obvious who the bastard he was going to scold.Dissatisfaction with the Xie family's autumn banquet is also obvious.

Cui Yu's eyebrows were slightly drawn, and the corners of his eyes showed a cold look: "What the young master of the Li family said is that the concubine is not worthy to sit with you."

"Exactly!"

"The descendants of poor people and the descendants of common people are not qualified."

"That's right!"

Cui Yu smiled: "Young Master Li counted the generations back to make sure that he has always been a direct descendant? If so—" he continued, "I have never heard of it. Is there any family with the Li surname that has been passed down for thousands of years? Confused?"

Li Shun held back all of a sudden.

Not to mention himself, everyone here, unless it is the eldest son Zongzhi, who would dare to say that the ancestor has always been the descendant?Even if the first lineage is the eldest, there are male heirs cut off, and the second lineage is adopted, how can it be possible that everyone is a lineage?

Moreover, his family has only made a fortune in recent years, and he does not know how many gifts he pays to the Li family of Longxi every year, so that he can be warm and ambiguous outside and get the title of Yuanzhi of the Li family of Longxi. He has never been an aristocratic family.The longest inheritance of the major families is only a few hundred years, and counting forward, they are all poor families!

Cui Yu's words caught everyone!

But he didn't mean it at all!

"Cunning villain! Talking nonsense!" Li Shun jumped his feet, almost bursting out of his head with anger, "Where are the rules? Where do you put the rules and etiquette of the aristocratic family!"