Passing through the Hanging Flower Gate, Li Yuan stepped into the courtyard of the Sheng family's old house. The courtyard was full of carved beams and painted buildings, emerald green and flowing red, which was more shocking to him than the two big stone lions at the entrance of the house.

If Sheng Purin's manor-style villa is already considered luxurious, then this magnificent courtyard house is beyond the category of luxury.

This is a cultural relic, no matter how much money you have, you may not be able to live here.

When Li Yuan was taken away by the Sheng family in the shopping mall, he was not very afraid, and he was quite calm without making noise. Now he is surrounded by the historical heritage of the old house, but he feels a little nervous.

There are strict rules and regulations in the deep house compound, so it is not possible to use family law to deal with him.

Li Yuan couldn't help but clenched his palms tightly, his eyes drooped, somewhat timid as a daughter-in-law seeing her in-laws.

The middle-aged woman who was leading the way next to him gave him a sideways glance, her acrimonious face showed two points of disgust, and when she walked through the courtyard corridor to the front of the main hall, she pushed Li Yuan's shoulders unceremoniously, with a very bad tone: " go in."

A servant grandmother dared to treat the current owner's wife like this, which shows the attitude of the owner of the house.

Li Yuan stepped over the threshold, staggered a bit before standing still, even though he was very upset, but now he can only admit cowardice temporarily in someone else's territory.

The quaint bluestone floor with carved patterns came into view, perhaps because of the floor, the temperature inside the hall was suddenly a few degrees lower than the outside, chilling to the bone.

Li Yuan shrank his neck subconsciously, showing his timidity. At the same time, he could feel a few piercing gazes on him, and he didn't dare to move even more, and even lowered his breath involuntarily.

There was no sound around, and the atmosphere was weird and depressing.

Finally, accompanied by the sound of two crutches hitting the floor heavily, an old and mid-spirited voice spoke.

"Hmph, this is Sheng Ling's woman? There are no rules and no manners, it's immoral."

Li Yuan: "..."

Ah hello, where is the immorality?

Seeing that no one answered, the old man continued to look at Li Yuan, as if he was talking to the person next to him.

"Look, what are you wearing here? The Sheng family can't afford it or can't afford it. They are as thin as a bamboo pole, and their pants are full of holes. Are they going to beg for food?"

Hearing this, Li Yuan looked down at his ripped jeans, one, two, just two holes, okay? As for being too skinny, it's not his fault, it's only been two days and he hasn't had time to gain weight.

"Forget it, raise your head, let me see your face." The old man spoke again.

Li Yuan, who had been bowing his head like a little daughter-in-law, had a very bad premonition. The old man was more rigid than Sheng Ling, and seeing his panda makeup was even worse.

He unconsciously buried his head lower.

This appearance fell in the eyes of the old man, but it made him even more dissatisfied, and he scolded: "I'm timid, why don't you see such a timid look when you go to the company to make trouble, raise your head!"

Well, it's up to you to see.

Li Yuan suddenly raised his head.

"Pfft—" The old man was drinking tea, and the tea sprayed out one meter away.

"What the hell is painted on this face, it looks like a life-threatening ghost." The frightened old man took a deep breath, wiped the tea from his mouth, and then glared at the middle-aged woman who was also frowning at Li Yuan .

"Is this what you mean by being elegant and quiet? Okay, okay, your family united to fool my old man! Loving mother is a loser, look at what woman Sheng Lin is looking for, you, a mother, don't let him guard you!"

The middle-aged woman was dressed in a dark embroidered cheongsam, with a dignified temperament and a kind face, but no matter how good-tempered she was, she couldn't stand such a slap in the face.

The woman withdrew her indifferent gaze from Li Yuan, looked at the ink and wash landscape painting on the opposite wall, and said indifferently: "Father, it is his freedom to choose whoever Sheng Lin likes, I am not good at being a mother." Interference. It's just that if it wasn't for the agreement you made when you were young, he wouldn't be forced to marry a woman from the wrong family."

Li Yuan: Huh?

It turned out that he married Sheng Lin because of the marriage contract of his ancestors?

Hearing this, Mr. Sheng rolled his eyes guiltyly, quickly waved his hands, and said firmly: "Didn't I be deceived by the cunning and treacherous Li Laosan? The way, now people are dead and don’t pursue it.”

He stroked his beard, "Well, since they are married, our Sheng family has fulfilled the agreement with Li Laosan back then, and we will let Sheng Xuan rest in a few days... Cough cough, the divorce is just that."

Let Sheng Jin divorce his wife?

You are ruthless!

Li Yuan controlled the urge to roll his eyes, twisted his fingers, wishing to tear off a few strands of old man Sheng's gray beard to vent his anger.

The lady didn't say a word, her expression was cold, she didn't know if she heard it or not.

The old man didn't care to continue giving orders: "Hurry up and find a few famous ladies for Sheng Jin. They should be virtuous and gentle in character, dignified in appearance, and Wangfu looks better. By the way, remember to find someone to match your horoscope first. I think the Wu family The second young lady is pretty good, with a scholarly family, good temperament and moral character, you can contact the Wu family."

The lady's gaze was still on the painting, and her voice was light: "The second Miss Wu family just remarried last month."

"Puff—" Li Yuan stopped his twisted fingers and couldn't hold back.

The old man was choking on his daughter-in-law's words, and when he heard the laughter, he just let out his suffocation on Li Yuan: "What are you laughing at! It's something that has no rules! It's an eyesore, Zhang Ma, quickly take him to the ancestral hall to learn the rules, so as not to worry about it." Then go out and disgrace my Sheng family!"

Didn't Sheng Purin divorce his wife? Why should he learn the rules?

Just wanting to teach him a lesson, Li Yuan moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything, so he just went.

The Sheng family is quite civilized. The old man has old ideas, but he didn't practice the insane and horrible family law of big families in the old society.

Listening to the conversation between Sheng Purin's mother and Mr. Sheng, Li Yuan's previous fear has long since disappeared.

For Sheng Lin's sake, these people will not do anything to him, at most scare him.

The problem is that he has nothing to fear.

Before walking out of the hall, Li Yuan smiled softly at Sheng Ling's mother, who was slightly taken aback, and soon returned a half-hearted smile.

It's true to write unhappiness on your face.

In fact, this mother-in-law is not bad, Li Yuan can see that she doesn't want to see him at all, but at least she doesn't add fuel to the flames, and her words of teasing the old man secretly are also very interesting.

Zhang Ma is the woman who brought Li Yuan into the house just now, she is very arrogant, seeing that the old man doesn't like Li Yuan, her attitude towards him is even worse than before.On the way to the ancestral hall, he directly looked at Li Yuan's makeup, and after walking a few steps, he gave a cold snort of contempt.

On the way, a young man hurriedly caught up with the two of them with a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Mother Zhang, this is what the Grandpa ordered to the young lady to copy the family tree, and she was not allowed to leave if she couldn't finish the copy."

Zhang Ma took over the wooden tray, and now she had a chance to sneer, and said eccentrically, "Grandpa is really, this is not embarrassing, how can the young lady know how to use a writing brush, the family tree is so thick, I am afraid it will take a few days." I can't finish copying it all night."

"This..." The young man carefully glanced at someone in the conversation between the two.

I saw that he didn't show any embarrassment at all, he was standing leisurely under a peach blossom tree, holding the peach branch with his hand, raising his head and sniffing lightly.

The spring is in full bloom, and the beauty under the flowers is such a seductive picture.

The young man opened his eyes, quickly looked away, lowered his head and stumbled and said, "Then...then I'll go back first."

He turned and left quickly, his footsteps were more eager than when he came, and his heart was beating non-stop.

The young lady is really beautiful.

Regarding Li Yuan's laziness and his desire to appreciate the flowers, Mama Zhang snorted heavily through her nostrils, like a buffalo snorting.

Li Yuan heard the sound, looked back and smiled, "Mother Zhang, do you have a respiratory disease? I heard you humming all the way. If you are sick, go and get treated as soon as possible. It's not good if it takes too long. There is a relative in my family. This is your case..."

Facing Mama Zhang's increasingly dark complexion, Li Yuan smiled brighter than pink peach blossoms, "Guess what, I went to the hospital for an examination and it turned out to be in the late stage. Alas... what a pity."

Zhang Ma has been working in the mansion for many years, how could she not hear Li Yuan's insinuations and curses, she cast her eyebrows and eyes coldly on him, wishing to poke a few big holes.

Being angry, he couldn't help snorting again.

Li Yuan clapped his hands together, and smiled even wider: "Look, look, humming again, go and have a look!"

Zhang Ma was so angry that her face twisted and her nostrils were about to burst into flames. This time, she tried her best not to snort, turned around and strode towards the ancestral hall, "Please trouble your wife, you'd better think about how to complete the task that the old man gave you."

Li Yuan followed behind, looking at the flowers and trees, "Isn't this just thinking about it?"

The light inside the Sheng Family Ancestral Hall was dim and the wind was miserable, in stark contrast to the bright and sunny scene outside.

Li Yuan stood in front of the rows of ancestral tablets, and was stared at by the ancestors. An inexplicable chill eroded his thin body from all directions.

Feeling cold, he stroked his arms instinctively, his legs trembled slightly, looking weak and timid.

Seeing this, Zhang's mother thought he was afraid, and comforted him pretendingly: "These are the ancestors of the Sheng family, and they have protected the descendants of the Sheng family for generations. , Young Madam, don't be afraid."

"..."

Is it a bad thing for a man to dress up as a woman?

Li Yuan was cold at first, but he felt a little frightened when Mama Zhang said it, so he turned his face and squinted to see Mama Zhang's smiling face under the candlelight.

It's even more terrifying!

"Hehe..." His thoughts of slandering people are gone.

In front of the ancestors of the Sheng family, Zhang Ma's sharp face was much more serious, she lit a stick of incense and handed it to Li Yuan, and made him kneel down and kowtow.

Li Yuanpi returned to skin, but he didn't dare to do anything wrong with the rows of ancestors, so he kowtowed three times respectfully.

Just when he was about to get up, a heavy hand grabbed his shoulders, "Young Madam, it's better to kneel down, what Grandpa means is for you to think about it, and think about whether what you say and do when you marry into the Sheng family is virtuous or not." You have to think clearly and copy the family tree before you get up."

Zhang Ma kicked the tray containing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone towards Li Yuan's feet, "Young Madam, call me after copying."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left, and after a while there was the sound of the door being locked.

Li Yuan didn't move, maintaining the posture of kneeling on the futon.

Suddenly, a gust of dark wind came from nowhere, blowing the dimly yellow candlelight to sway, Li Yuan's body trembled, then he straightened his waist, raised his face, his bright eyes reflected the light of the candle.

His eyes flickered, he thought for a long time, then lowered his voice and said: "Hello, ancestors... To be honest, I am actually a man."

"Pa——" the wind was a bit strong, and a memorial tablet fell down with a bang.

Li Yuan's heart trembled and his scalp became numb.

Could it be, there really are ghosts!

He looked around with wide and panicked eyes, but fortunately there were no other supernatural events happening, so he calmed down a bit, got up and rearranged the fallen tablets, and knelt down obediently.

"Everyone, don't get excited, don't get excited... This matter is a bit complicated..."

It took a full 2 ​​minutes for Li Yuan to explain to the ancestors who he was, how he got dressed, and why he didn't tell Sheng Purlin. Of course, he didn't say anything about his personal thoughts.

"Anyway, that's the way it is. I have absolutely no intention of harming Sheng Ling. On the contrary, Sheng Mingyu is very ambitious. Don't let him go!"

This time, the ancestors seemed to be very calm, and there was no such radical behavior as turning down the cards.

Li Yuan looked at the candle flame with little smoke, and let out a breath slowly.

He didn't believe in ghosts and gods in the past, but now after encountering such a wonderful thing as wearing a book, he naturally has awe of ghosts and gods, and it's better to confess earlier than to be struck by lightning later.

After confessing, Li Yuan completely relieved his psychological burden and began to study the family tree of the Sheng family.

He lay down on the futon, first placed the vertically typesetting family tree on the left hand side, and then slowly spread the plain white rice paper on the bluestone floor, pressed the top with a paperweight, picked up the Langhao pen with two fingers and single-hooked it, and stroked it carelessly With thick ink.

I don't know if Sheng Purn has heard the news that he was taken back to the Sheng family.

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The author has something to say:

Li Yuan: Huh~ They bully me, they have no food to eat, they are so cold and hungry, I want to hug and kiss~

Sheng Purlin: …… Let’s put down the tribute first.

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