without me

The little maid poked the servant, and the servants gave way to the people one after another.

Pairs and pairs of eyes watched Ruan Chenji approaching with elegant steps, and then nervously stared at me who looked like a female ghost with disheveled hair.

Both the master and Wei Lianzhi thought that I didn't have the guts, but Jiang Yushan was the most sober at this moment.

You crazy woman is going to sue the old lunatic!

However, no one moved around, and it was difficult for him to step forward to stop him.

"Xu'er," Ruan Chenji looked at me with a slightly surprised look, and took out the hair tie from my hand with her slender fingers, "How did you look like this? Come, mother will tie it for you."

Her long black hair covered her palm, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

Just as the master closed his eyes happily, I lightly touched the other's arm, turned a corner, and fell down.

"mother."

Ruan Chenji's ears moved, and she froze on the spot, her eyes were at a loss - I imitated those Zhangtai people pinching their throats, everyone could hear that there was a girl standing in front of her.

"Xu..." She took a few steps back, "Are you...?"

I held each other's hand tightly, and felt an uncontrollable trembling after a while, "Mother, I am your daughter."

Just now, he was still calm and calm, his whole body was shocked, and he looked at each other in horror.

Mrs. Ruan has already started to feel confused. Anyone who has served in the mansion for a long time knows that this is a sign of an illness!

"Quick, pull the young master away!"

A large group of people crowded beside me, Ruan Chenji looked back at the master, as if waking up from a dream and seemed to be in a boundless turbidity, "Master?"

Yingxiu and Jiang An were on my left and right, wanting to pull me away. Hearing this question in my ear made me even more frightened, and kept saying "Master, let's go".And I didn't struggle too much, let them fiddle with it, but laughed like a lady from a big family, and said loudly: "You want the young master, you caught the wrong person. I am Jiang Xue, you go to the field to find The buried one."

"shut up!"

After saying that, the master was about to whip someone, so he turned around and found the familiar stick.

The messy scene was really, really funny, and I laughed so hard I didn't even have to put on a face to turn around and wave at my mother.

"Mother, I'm Jiang Xue, mother!"

"My younger brother sleeps soundly at the back mountain, so don't worry about disturbing his stability."

"Xu'er has been in her infancy and hasn't woken up yet!"

It was too late to say it, and then it was too late, there was a loud "clang" sound among the dark crowd, and the people fled and jumped from there to other places.Ruan Chenji's eyes were full of ferocity, her usual dignified demeanor was nowhere to be seen, and the hair that the maid had spent a lot of time combing for her was scratched and messed up on her head.She just smashed the big pottery pot for growing flowers, and the pottery shards all over the ground splashed and scratched her jade-like hands.

"Youwei? Youwei."

Ruan Chenji turned to look helpless, looked around, and cast her eyes on the master, "Youwei, where is my son? Where is our son?"

"He..." Jiang Youwei faltered and sorted out his words, and then he went to hug her and pointed to the chaos on my side, "Isn't Xu'er there? Don't be too blinded by people, we Let's go back."

The other party nodded obediently, and just then raised his foot to go back to the house, he suddenly looked back and shouted: "Xu'er?"

Jiang Youwei glared at me fiercely from behind her—don't cause trouble, this is a warning.

Normally, I would listen to this dissuasion keenly, but this time is different, as long as I can make the other party let go of the matter of the sixth child first, I will have to make a fuss.

"Mother," I replied with a smile, "I'm Jiang Xue, shall we go to the back mountain to visit Xu'er? He must be very lonely underground now."

"you--!"

Before the words fell, Jiang Youwei hurriedly controlled the situation, but Ruan Chenji didn't seem to understand - she couldn't hear any sound, her mouth stained with red fat remained open for a long time, and her eyes showed the same madness as always.

Some of the maids packed up and some fled. While Jiang An was terrified, he managed the bewildered servants methodically.When I heard a scream suddenly, I knew it was irreversible.With her eyes wide open, Ruan Chenji spoke hoarsely and asked one after another about her son in her native dialect, as if she didn't care that her daughter was being dragged outside by her arms.

Jiang Youwei staggered away from the other party with a few steps, and ordered in a tone that was a hundred times more flustered than when he was facing me, "Press her away!"

"Come on, push her away!"

Several tall servants made a gesture to take Ruan Chenji away, but the latter squatted down as if he didn't see it, and missed the convenience.She picked up the broken porcelain on the ground, holding it with both hands as if she didn't know the pain, her eyes frighteningly glanced around, breaking through the crowd and rushing towards me.

"My son... I only have one child alive."

"I remembered, I only had one child alive."

The little maids screamed and hid to the side, but no one stood in front of me after three or four cycles, Yingxiu was squeezed away, Jiang An also went to take care of the other servants, Ruan Chenji was holding a white towel with faint lines visible in both hands. The pieces came to me.

"...my son?"

I looked at my mother like a wanderer who had been away from home for a long time.

"Mother, Xueer is here."

These words seemed to have ignited the last straw. Her eyes, which still had hope and expectation, were filled with shocking loss and malice, and she waved the fragment and roared over.

Yingxiu squeezed forward and rushed out, saw me smiling brightly and did not hide or dodge, and rushed towards Ruan Chenji with all her strength, and both of them fell to the ground after hearing the "boom".The broken piece of porcelain came off my hand, and it cut my side face impartially, and a stream of blood flowed down like a curtain.I raised my hand to touch that place, let out a "hiss" in pain, looked at the redness on my fingertips, and smiled in a perverted way.

"Young master, young master, let's go!"

Another maid took control of Ruan Chenji and handed it over to the servant, Yingxiu stood up regardless of the dust on her back, this time I did not refuse, and walked to my house with her, when I turned around on the way, I saw Jiang Ci’s dull eyes—just stunned But Jiang Yushan looked completely like he was looking at a lunatic. I would not refuse these sights, so I accepted them all, and went back to the house with a lot of rewards.

Against those people, Jiang Youwei locked that lunatic Ruan Chenji in a room with bare walls, and let Jiang An drag his tired body to leave.

After brewing a pot of tea, he tremblingly took two sips and put it in his mouth, then sprayed it on the ground fiercely, and ordered with a gloomy face.

"Tomorrow, drag that traitor over to me for punishment."

……

Unknowingly, the farce lasted until the afternoon, and the servants did not finish cleaning until the evening, and even the dying flowers and plants were cleaned up.

Touching the mark on my face, the injury was not deep enough and there was no pain anymore. I sat on the bed and thought about what happened today, and I always felt that the master was too impatient.

Maybe the court is about to take action?That's right, how can there be anything under the emperor's feet that can't be hidden from the Holy Majesty. Two days ago, outside the master's house, I heard scolding "dead eunuch, you deserve to have no roots!" Probably it was because of this matter.

Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh deeply, even if I don't talk about the long-term, right now I already foresee that I will definitely go to the family law.

Then came the voice of Chasing Yan outside the door, "Brother?"

"……come in."

The door creaked and was gently opened, Chasing Yan looked in, saw the marks on my face and couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice, and moved into the room.

She raised her eyes to look at me, then lowered her head again. It took her a long time to repeat this before she said, "...I'm sorry."

"you're not wrong."

I told the other party very firmly: "It's not your fault, there is no need to apologize."

Speaking of this matter, Zhui Yan frowned and bit her lower lip tightly, biting off a piece of her mouth before speaking, her tone seemed to have made up her mind before coming.

"Brother, I still don't want to marry that kid from the Shen family."

Knowing that I won't just say this, I will quietly wait for the next article.

"I want to run away from home."

Then you shouldn't ask me, Jiang Wenru is the "master" in this regard.

Zhuiyan was mentally prepared, and stopped dodging my eyes, "I heard that the last time I went to Yuanshan Temple, the old monk gave my brother a wooden sign to enter."

As soon as I heard that it was Jiang Ci who said it, I guess I only told Zhuiyan, and I didn't want to hide it, so I nodded slightly.

"You want to go there?"

The other party nodded, "If possible, I would like to set off tomorrow...Father led someone to chase after him, and threatened him with 'monk'."

Seeing that Zhuiyan was talking, he agreed with his own words and nodded affirmatively. I pressed my temples on both sides and laughed out loud.

Do you want to stop it?

……

and many more.

If, if the rebels fail, all the families will be executed, and the chasing Yan will be in the temple...?

I woke up suddenly, thinking of Master Ci Hai's wrinkled face, goose bumps couldn't be controlled from toe to toe, trying to deny my thoughts.

Maybe, maybe?

What's more, there is nothing to stop it. To put it more seriously, even if Zhui Yan wanted to become a monk, he followed his own wishes, and it was dozens of times better than marrying a playboy he didn't know or like.

"Leave tomorrow?"

When I got the answer, I rummaged under the pillow for a while, took out the wooden sign and handed it to Zhuiyan.

"Do you know how to get there? Can you do it by yourself?"

"worry about what?"

The other party took the things with both hands, always felt that the fluffy wooden sign was heavy, and suddenly smiled brightly.

"Zhuiyan is a big girl now, brother, don't worry, watch out for wrinkles."

I only had a relaxed smile on the nonsense, and I asked instead: "Where's your brother? Does Jiang Ci know?"

"I didn't tell my brother... I'm afraid I won't let it go, my father is so stubborn, he won't give up anytime soon."

It will take some time...Compared to the fact that Yuanshan Temple and his party didn't stop there, they stayed overnight at most. The two brothers and sisters have never been separated for a long time.

Jiang Ci probably won't mind... Well, but he will be worried, after all, the big girl's brother is also a young man.

Watching her close the door and leave, I also felt a little bit reluctant.

After staying by my side for so many years, the girl's temperament can be figured out just by walking in her mind, not to mention they still don't know what the master is planning to decide and what means, I boast that I won't live long.

The sun hadn't crossed the hill yet, so I went to the back door to wait for Jiang Zhuiyan's parting, but in my sight Jiang Ci said something to the other party early and stayed in front of the carriage.

Those are not the horses and coachmen in the mansion, don't let the master know about this, so as to prevent problems before they happen.He vaguely heard orders to eat enough and wear warm clothes, and was wary of whether someone would harm her, but Jiang Ci couldn't stop talking at this time.

Until Zhuiyan got into the carriage with her brother in her hand to add a few packages, and the other party was still wondering if she needed to hire someone to take care of him on the way, she put away her things and said with a smile: "Hello! Nun!"

The two still put all their attention on each other, stepped on the steps to catch up with Yan, and saw me standing at the back door, waving happily to this place.

It was not easy to make a sound at this time. In order not to be noticed by the servant, she put her palm on the side of her face and made an exaggerated mouth shape - that was saying goodbye, Jiang Ci also raised her hand, her eyes were fixed on the back of the carriage without moving .

"Ugh……"

The carriage drove as far as he could see, he lowered his head and let out a long sigh through his nose, and only saw someone in front of him when he walked to the wall.

"Who!" Jiang Ci subconsciously thought that he was not vigilant enough and someone found Chasing Yan's escape, and only when he looked up did he realize it was me.

I crossed my arms and asked nonchalantly, "...Did she tell you?"

The other party puffed up his cheeks unconsciously.

"I saw that it was wrong, so I asked."

"Girl has such a temper, I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable if you find out." I pulled out my hand and patted his shoulder lightly, "This might be a solution."

I would rather let my cabbage be arched than let it listen to the monk's chanting; if the pig chases it, ask the master to enlighten it.

I had no choice but to think silently while comforting him, knowing that it would not be so simple, a fusion of reason and selfishness.

"Well--"

Stretched for a long time, yawned and didn't think about it, went back to the room, lay on the bed and took the time to get back to sleep.

After all, I don't know when the master will let me receive the punishment. If I faint in the middle of the fight because I didn't get enough sleep, I won't lose face.

When the sun came up from the top of the hill, I was woken up by a hasty knock on the door.

"Who..." I straightened my messy hair and woke up from the trance, "This is finally here, uh-!"

I couldn't hold back and yawned again. There was impatience and irritability in the sound of knocking on the door. It seemed that the door would be smashed and collapsed in the next moment, and I would be dragged out.

"I'm coming."

I lazily opened the door and muttered, "It's not the first time I've been beaten... I won't run away, so why rush?"

Then Jiang An put a worried and aggrieved face on his face, and behind him there were a few strong men who took Ruan Chenji away yesterday and appeared in front of him.As expected, he said: "Hey, young master, the master called us to take you there." The movements were waving hands around, bending and straightening the air cover again and again, exaggerated reality.

"...Are you trying to pick me up too?" I shook my hands annoyedly, and walked out, "Don't bother you, I'm not crippled."

These servants didn't move, staring at me from left to right until the front of the hall, the master was sitting on the chair in the very front and middle, his anger was blazing with naked eyes.

I looked left and right, and finally got rid of the cover of those big guys, only to find that the house was a mess.The maids and servants were all looking for something inside and outside the courtyard and in some corners, and some of them even ran outside the mansion to search.I suddenly realized that Zhuiyan was gone, the master was in a hurry!

The person sitting on the chair was blowing on the contents of the teacup to keep it cool, and his eyes were not looking at me.Maybe he just took a sip when it was warm, rinsed his mouth indiscriminately, and finally spit it back into the cup, and fell to the ground with a "clang"!

But I just experienced the chaos of my mother's illness yesterday, and I have no waves on the surface or in my heart. The splashed debris can't even scratch my knees, let alone my face.

I touched the marks on my face, and there were already signs of scarring.

"Father, punish me."

The other party realized that he didn't intimidate me, and his anger was clearly visible on his face, "Talk first, where is Jiang Zhuiyan?"

"How does the child know?" I said pretending to be regretful, "You might as well ask the fourth child, he has more experience than me in this matter."

When I came in, I saw from the corner of my eye that Jiang Wenru was standing at the door, the sadness on his face was so complicated that I couldn't understand.

The master ordered coldly and sharply.

"Kneel down for me."

Before the people around me moved, I knelt down with a plop, probably because the fabric of the clothes was a little slippery, and I used a lot of strength just now, and I slipped in front of the other party.

He poured a pot of tea on my head, and I reached out to catch the lid of the teapot, and let the other party put it back safely.

"You say it now, it's still too late."

No, it's too late.

While wiping the tea in my hand on the floor, I pretended to be stupid: "Xu'er really doesn't know."

"Xu'er? Heh," the master looked down high, "Didn't you still say yesterday that your name is Jiang Xue?"

Then there was no response, I only had sarcasm in my heart but didn't speak.

"Don't tell me, I don't believe you don't know."

"Come on! Push him outside, you know how to do it."

He waved his sleeves and shouted thirty big boards.

……

In the busyness of everyone, I saw Jiang Ciquilt from the corner of my eye while lying on the bench, and took him to the direction I came from.

"hiss--"

At this time, I didn't care about others, and I persisted in the familiar blows for a long time.Maybe it was really because I was used to it since I was a child, and after the end, I still had the energy to touch my swollen back, and then pulled my hand back in pain, and finally lost consciousness.

Opening my eyes, I was lying on my bed, unable to see who was holding something in both hands to rub the medicine on me.

If it wasn't for the servant's mercy, he would have died there.

"Master woke up?"

Hearing Yingxiu's voice coming from behind, I nodded wearily and imperceptibly.

Yingxiu seemed to be relieved, and then began to mutter and complain, without stopping her hands, "Young master, don't provoke Mrs. Ruan like yesterday, if Mrs. Ruan didn't let go yesterday, the porcelain will go straight to you." If you stop in a daze, Yingxiu won't be able to serve you with the medicine for the young master today."

I haven't said a word since the master asked me, and I still do.

Yingxiu was afraid that the person in front of her would dislike her speech, so she carefully changed from complaining to trivial matters—she was also looking for Miss Six, who was missing. .

After talking for a long time, I finally regained some strength and asked hoarsely.

"... How is the third child now?"

"It's still the same as before. I lost control of my temper yesterday for some reason. Don't blame the young master..." She paused, probably because she remembered that I had already "blamed" yesterday, and said instead, "Fifth young master was called by the master. I went to ask questions, but when I came out, I was confinement and locked in my own room; but the third young master went to the place you went to before."

I asked: "Where did you go before?"

"It's that...that..."

Yingxiu recalled something, and explained with a blushing face: "That place called Hongxinglou."

"Where did he go and what did he do?"

"Yingxiu doesn't know." She puffed up her cheeks slightly, very mindful of Huajie Liuxiang.

Where can Jiang Yushan go and what can he do?

Although he would usually go for a stroll, he only went to the few places where the business was very good, and the rich sons often visited, but he would find the little-known Hongxinglou.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. I just finished the board and I didn't have the energy to think about it, so I asked Yingxiu to move herself to the yard.

As the days approached the other side of the mountainside, Zhangtai's business slowly recovered from the desertion.

Basically, those who walked in surrounded by painted handkerchiefs and scents all had the same face, or covered themselves up.

It is rare, no matter where there is no water peach, the madam points here and there by herself, busy collecting the bags of money from the guests, her face is full of joy.

"The food for next month is settled, what else can I buy."

She went around and weighed it, and hurried to say hello.

In the backyard, the flowers and plants were taken care of adequately but not excessively. Wen Liu stayed in front of the tree to enjoy the cool, playing with paper kites in his hands.

The back curtain of Hongxing Building was lifted, and a girl with a blue sachet on her waist trotted to the tree.

"Liu'er, get me some peach seeds for my sister." She moved a stool and sat under the shade of the tree. The round fan was still in the room, and she used this big cattail fan to serve the back of her neck that was slightly wet with sweat. Someone will come in, and no one will come to see me today."

It feels really good to steal leisurely, this scorching sun is the most tormented, and the buns in the steamer are still in the house, and the dog is not too hot to take them away.

Wen Liu came out of the house with an extra square box in his hand.

"Thanks," the other party fished out some and started to nibble on his own, watching Wen Liu remake Maza and grunted, "Since Shuitao locked himself up, I can't eat such a good food."

"There is not much time left, and it will come out soon."

She didn't watch the man eating melon seeds, but looked at the tall old tree outside the wall, and said.

"Sister, is there anything interesting today?"

"Hey, it's boring, boring." The girl lifted up her long sleeves to reveal her big white arms, and her movements of shaking the cattail fan gradually slowed down due to the comfort of her body temperature. "But that Mr. Shen, whom I always complained about before, is here again today."

Wen Liu tilted her head and listened, but the other party continued to complain, "Where can I get money for going to the flower street without any future? Hehehe, you are still pestering a dirty woman like us, sooner or later you have to put bring the disease."

The viciousness of the sun also moved her mouth, and she didn't intend to stop here.

"I also brought someone with me, Jiang Yushan."

"Oh... I didn't pay attention to it, but I seem to have heard the name somewhere."

"After thinking about it for a while, I realized that it was Jiang Ci's third brother, who was said by the neighbors to be spineless. When I saw him today, he was really a dog."

"Ah, I didn't pay attention because of Jiang Ci," she patted herself on the head with a cattail fan, as if punishing herself, and ate a few more mouthfuls of melon seeds.

"It's just what they are talking about. No matter how you listen to it, it sounds a bit low-key, but their tone is light."

"Tsk, I still have to say, real mother's dog leg."

Wen Liu knew that the other party didn't usually utter vulgar words, but her expression was extremely disgusting, as if she could spit it out by turning her head.

"Stupid, although Jiang Ci is also stupid, but it is far from making people look so disgusted," she continued regretfully, "Oh, I took a look at that young master of the Jiang family in the attic, and he was very serious. Yes, how can there be such a big difference under the same roof."

Wen Liu was listening in a daze beside him, when he was asked a question out of the blue.

"Huh? Liu'er, how did I hear that you are very familiar with the young master of the National People's Congress?"

Elbow rubbing his thin arm, Wen Liu saw that the other party was smiling curiously, and also smiled emotionally, but did not reply.

The one I know is the eldest lady of the Jiang Mansion.

Thinking of this, an unexplained sense of pride welled up in my heart.