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"An Guohou Mansion was completely killed by Young Master An five years ago, and now Young Master An has moved out of the An Guohou Mansion. There is no one living there, and even the servants are unwilling to guard there. Listen Said, there are more fox demons and ghosts than people in that mansion. Young Master An couldn't bear it anymore, so he moved out." Du Hengshuang's eldest maid, Zhi Hua, brought a copper basin of washing water and put it behind the screen On the narrow table, he said.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Du Hengshuang casually tied her long hair on her shoulders into a bun, hanging loosely behind her ears, thinking to herself, if she took people to bury the white fox in this way, would it be a bit strange? unexpected?After all, she and An Guohou's mansion are inseparable.

For Du Hengshuang, she never regarded the relatives of her stepfather Xu Shao as her own.Although An Zichang was Xu Shao's nephew, Du Hengshuang was determined not to call him cousin.

Zhihua arranged the face wash and served Du Hengshuang to cleanse his face.

Seeing her sister getting up, Du Hengxue stopped talking in a low voice, and followed Du Hengshuang like a little tail, "The Zhishu also heard about it. He also said that five years ago, Young Master An was only 15 years old and could kill the king." Killing your father is truly extraordinary."

Du Hengshuang put down the fine kudzu towel for wiping his face, poked his head out from behind the screen, and said with reproach: "Xue'er, don't join in the fun with this kind of thing."

Killing the king and killing the father sounds majestic, but in fact, many people secretly scolded him as "unfaithful and unfilial, disorderly officials and thieves".

But who made today's troubled times?

The so-called times create heroes, and of course the troubled times create "troubled ministers and thieves".

The only difference is.One emperor and one courtier.The rebellious officials and thieves of the old dynasty may be the loyal ministers and good generals of the new dynasty.It cannot be generalized.

But girls, they still need to know how to measure.What should be said, what should not be said, must know what to say.

Knowing that her sister was upset, Du Hengxue hurriedly said: "Got it. I won't learn these words anymore." After speaking, she moved to Du Hengshuang's side, raised a beautiful and refined face and smiled flatteringly: "Sister, let me comb your hair for you." ah."

Du Hengxue is dexterous and likes to play with Du Hengshuang's hair the most.

Du Hengshuang agreed.Sitting in front of his dressing table, he handed the white jade comb to Du Hengxue.

But seeing the mirror in front of her, Du Hengshuang felt glaring again, so she reached out to close the mirror case and let Du Hengxue do her makeup.

As soon as Du Hengxue picked up the comb, she completely forgot about herself.Put your heart and soul into it.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Ou Yangniang took the maid out to make breakfast.

After Du Hengxue finished combing her hair and Du Hengshuang had breakfast with her, she sent her back to the house. He took a pen and wrote a letter to Qian Bo, sealed it with wax and sent it out.

Chamberlain still lives in the Du family's old house in Luoyang.

When Fang Wuniang remarried, the Du clan had another quarrel.Especially the sons of Du Xiancheng's two eldest brothers, they wished they could directly take the property of their younger uncle as their own.

Even if Xu Shao is the great Sima of Luoyang.It can't resist the deep-rooted clan concept of ordinary people.

Before remarrying, Xu Shao was able to protect Fang Wuniang and Du Xiancheng's family wealth from being taken away because Fang Wuniang was still from the Du family.Now that Fang Wuniang has remarried, if she clings to the Du family's wealth, even irrelevant people will not be able to see it.

When the quarrel became serious, it was Du Hengshuang, who was only ten years old at the time, who stood up and said that they would not change their surnames.It's still the Du family.In this way, before she and her sister get married.The property of the Du family is still in the hands of the Du family.

This kind of practice has precedents in several big clans in Luoyang.There are even some families who prefer to have children at home and recruit husbands in order not to divide their property.

Of course, the door-to-door son-in-law is not so easy to recruit.

Da Zhou's son-in-law is a person of the same social status as a beggar or a criminal.A good-looking son-in-law would not be willing to be a son-in-law for someone else.It is self-evident what kind of son-in-law can be recruited by taking a childbirth to recruit a husband.For families without sons, it is actually a dilemma. Either all the family wealth will be surnamed by someone else, or the daughter's life will be ruined.

Everyone knows the situation of the Du family.

The eldest daughter, Du Hengshuang, had betrothed a baby girl since she was a child. Although Xiao's family was in Chang'an, her fiancé would come here every year, and they had a very close relationship.

The youngest daughter, Du Hengxue, is not engaged yet, and many people are spreading rumors that Fang Wuniang is going to give birth to the youngest daughter and find a husband, leaving the family wealth in the hands of the two sisters.

Only Fang Wuniang and Du Hengshuang knew that they would never let Du Hengxue give birth and recruit a husband.It would have been more satisfying to have stabbed her with a knife in that way.

Like Du Hengshuang, Qian Bo only thought of Du Xiancheng's kindness, so he automatically stayed to help them look after the house and watch the business in the shop by the way.

The shopkeeper and manager left behind by Du Xiancheng are still relatively capable, and now relying on the Sima Mansion, knowing that the orphans and widows are backed by the big tree, they are more conscientious than before, taking care of the business left by Du Xiancheng. , Actually expanded several businesses.

Since two years ago, Du Hengshuang took over most of the shops from Fang Wuniang, and began to learn to read the books.Now that she has gradually started to get used to it, if she doesn't understand something, she invites the shopkeeper to Sima Mansion to inquire.She is delicate, can work hard, and learns well.

When Xu Shao met, he once secretly reminded Fang Wuniang that the art of merchants is low-end, don't let Du Hengshuang fall into evil ways, it's not good to always show your face, and the Xiao family may not be happy to see him marrying back a mistress full of money.

Fang Wuniang once disagreed, saying that the Xiao family was originally a merchant family. Although a lot of the family's business had been robbed before, but I don't know what kind of noble person I met in Xiao Shiji. Many new shops were opened.For such a family, the mistress will read the account books, isn't it the icing on the cake?

But Xu Shao knew that Xiao Shiji was able to revive his family business at such a young age, and it definitely did not rely on his own strength.He ran to Luoyang every year these years, and would turn to Taizhou on the way.Taizhou is the lair of King Qi Boshi.Xu Shao is the great Sima of Luoyang, and he secretly joined King Qi long ago, and is now a master with Xiao Shiji.

With Xiao Shiji's ability.How could the Xiao family have always been a businessman?

But Xu Shao would not say any more.

After listening to Xu Shao's words, Fang Wuniang discussed with Ou Yangniang, telling Du Hengshuang not to put all his energy on the books.

The man dominates the outside, and the woman dominates the inside.What she needs to do is to take good care of the inner house.It is a man's business to support a family.

Only then did Du Hengshuang restrain himself a little, even if he looked at the ledger, he did so secretly.Only Yangniang Ou knew.

In my spare time, apart from studying painting, I also practice calligraphy. I have mastered small script with hairpin flowers, and I often communicate with Xiao Shi and letters.

As soon as Du Hengshuang's letter was delivered to Uncle Qian in Du's house, Uncle Qian sneaked into the mansion of An Guohou immediately.Look for the body of the white fox.

An Guohou's mansion was indeed desolate, even in broad daylight it was cold.

An Zichang moved out without even locking the door, and no one dared to enter when the door was opened.

There are quite a few idlers outside the gate, but they only dare to point and point outside, at most picking a stone and throwing it in.

Qian Boyi is a bold man.After sneaking in, it didn't take much effort.The body of the white fox was found on a big tree.

According to the instructions in Du Hengshuang's letter, Qian Bo brought out the body of the white fox. After cremation, he put the ashes in a small porcelain jar and sent them to Du Hengshuang.

At night, Du Hengshuang put the small porcelain altar on the window sill, and secretly opened the window a crack.Another stick of incense was lit in front of the altar, and a plate of fresh fruits was offered.

In the dead of night.Sure enough, the window creaked halfway open.The little white fox got in and circled around the small porcelain altar on the window sill a few times, making a whining sound from its throat, like the sound of a baby crying.

Du Hengshuang dozed off beside the table with his head propped up. He saw the little white fox coming in, and hurriedly held his breath for fear of disturbing the little white fox.

The little white fox raised his head, looked at Du Hengshuang, walked over slowly, and arched Du Hengshuang's hand with his small nose.

Du Hengshuang spread out his palm, and the little white fox climbed up and curled up in a small ball on her palm, only the size of a palm, Du Hengshuang's heart almost melted.

"Is that your mother?" Du Hengshuang asked quietly.

The little white fox nodded, and big tears fell from its round black eyes, dripping on Du Hengshuang's palm.

Warm tears dripped down on Du Hengshuang's palm, causing her to sit up shiveringly.

Du Hengshuang woke up completely, and looked down at her palm again. Except for some moistness, where is there a little white fox the size of a palm?Looking at the window sill again, the small porcelain altar containing the ashes of the big white fox has disappeared without a trace.

Du Hengshuang quickly stood up, looked out the window, but saw a white light flashing between the branches of the maple tree, and when he looked carefully, he couldn't see anything, only the wind blowing the treetops, and a chilly air biting.

Du Hengshuang sighed, waved towards the window, then closed the window and went back to sleep.

At this time, Xu Yanhui and Xu Yanbang, the young masters of the Sima Mansion, were not asleep yet and were talking together.

Xu Yanbang relayed the news about An Zichang's inquiries to Xu Yanhui.

Xu Yanhui sat behind the desk with a gloomy face, not saying a word for a while.

"Brother, this is the case. Mother's death was indeed not caused by others. If you don't believe others, don't you believe Cousin An?" Xu Yanbang took a sip from his teacup, his expression already calm.

Xu Yanhui sneered, and slapped the table, "You think I don't know? You fell in love with that little slut, so naturally you'll excuse them both inside and out! —Hmph! Could it be that our Xu family owes them the Du family women? One Both of them are covered in lard, worrying about them..."

Xu Yanbang's face turned red suddenly, and he said firmly: "Brother, don't talk nonsense. Since when did I get interested in that little... girl? I scold that little oil bottle every time I see it. I cringe and cringe, like a little mouse The same, she will only hide behind her sister. When her sister gets married in the future, I don’t know if she will follow her as a dowry, and the sisters will serve her husband together..."

Xu Yanhui was even more annoyed, and with a flick of his sleeve, he swept all the cups, bowls and saucers on the table on the ground, and said sharply: "You little bitch, you will be crushed to death! Still want to get married?!—Don't dream! "

Hearing that this was wrong, Xu Yanbang couldn't help asking: "Brother, mother's death has been proven to have nothing to do with their mother. If you continue to do this, it will be too difficult for father. Also, you will get married at the end of the year, but Don't be so gloomy every day, it will be embarrassing for your sister-in-law to see."

Xu Yanhui knew that he had lost his composure, took a deep breath, retracted his fists into his sleeves, closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair back, and said flatly: "You think mother's death has nothing to do with that bitch, but I know, mother I was mad at her! —— Without her, my mother can live a few more years. With her, my mother only wants to die quickly. Do you understand? She doesn’t kill Boren, Boren died because of her. Their mother Son, someone has to pay for it."

Xu Yanbang frowned, "Brother, I think you've got into a dead end. Although I also don't like those two oil bottles, but it's not to the point of asking them to die. Brother, I warn you, don't go too far. The world is in chaos now , Brother should think about how to honor our Xu family, instead of having trouble with a few women in the back house every day."

Xu Yanhui still closed his eyes and waved his hand. "You go. I have my own measure."

Xu Yanbang had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

After Xu Yanbang left, Xu Yanhui stretched out his right hand from his sleeve, staring at the wound on the back of his hand in a daze.

Xu Yanhui's housemaid, Liuli, walked in quietly, and silently cleaned up all the porcelain pieces on the floor, replaced them with a new set of tea sets, and placed them on the table.

"Liu Li. Go ask Lan Shuang to come and serve me." Xu Yanhui stood up and went to the back room to take a bath.

Lan Shuang is Xu Yanhui's other maid.At the age of fourteen, he was not at the age of Pogua.But a few days ago in Xu Yanhui's yard pinching impatiens flowers to dye his nails, Xu Yanhui saw them, the two exchanged a few words under the impatiens flowers, Xu Yanhui took Lanshuang's house that night.

Lan Shuang became the first maid of Tongfang, and her monthly rate increased tenfold, making all the maids in the Xu Mansion envious.

Fang Wuniang didn't dare to control Xu Yanhui.He turned a blind eye to this matter and just mentioned a few words to Xu Shao.He said that at the end of the year, he was going to marry the young mistress. If the young master did this, would it make the young mistress look bad?

Xu Shao didn't care.Anyway, after getting married, most of the maids in the room will be dismissed, and it's not worth arguing with their son over a lowly maid.

Seeing that Xu Yanhui wanted Lan Shuang to serve her again, Liu Li hurriedly said: "Young Master, Lan Shuang is not feeling well, so she went to bed early today. Do you want my slaves to serve you?"

Xu Yanhui sneered and said, "Uncomfortable? It's only been a few days and you're not feeling well? ——Fine, you can tell her that if you don't come to take care of her today, you'll just pack up and leave tomorrow. In my yard, there has never been a lack of people to take care of her." !"

Liuli sighed.Ever since his wife passed away, the eldest and young master has been acting like a different person, always acting weirdly.Four years ago when the new wife came in, the young master seemed to have found a new target, so he cheered up and fought against his stepmother with all his might.

If it wasn't for the master who couldn't bear to see it anymore, he had talked with the young master several times, but the young master still didn't know what he was going to do.

Now that the young master lost his temper again, Liuli of course didn't dare to shirk, she hurriedly went to Lan Shuang's small anteroom, pushed her awake, and said in a low voice, "The young master asked you to serve her."

Lan Shuang rubbed her eyes, and said a little timidly: "Sister Liuli, I don't feel well, and I'm falling heavily. Can I not go to serve you today?"

Lan Shuang was quite happy when the house was first confiscated.

But how many of the big maids in Xu's mansion don't want to be confiscated by the young master?

But the young master... is too fierce.

"Eldest Young Master said, if you don't go, you will pack up and leave tomorrow." Liu Li spread the words, pulled off her quilt, and fell asleep.

Lan Shuang was startled, hurriedly put on a robe, and rushed to Xu Yanhui's room.

Xu Yanhui has already gone to bed.

Lan Shuang took off her clothes, climbed up from the foot of the bed, and was pulled into her arms by Xu Yanhui.

The big rosewood bed soon creaked, and occasionally the man's heavy panting and the woman's soft moaning could be heard.

"... Shuang'er, you little slut, you still have today. Move me like a dead fish! If you don't take care of your uncle comfortably, you will be sold to the teaching workshop sooner or later..." Xu Yanhui gritted his teeth Resounding in Lan Shuang's ear, a pair of dick-headed nipples were pinched by his big hands, and soon they were blotched with red marks.

Lan Shuang knew that Xu Yanhui was a little weird on the bed, but luckily she wouldn't really hurt her.Every time after the work is done, he will treat her tenderly, carefully, and take good care of her, and he will follow his words and try his best to please her. He only hopes that after the eldest young mistress enters the door, he can open himself up and be an aunt.

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The next day, the second young master Xu Yanbang came over early in the morning and saw that Xu Yanhui hadn't woken up yet, and Lan Shuang, the housemaid, was sitting in Xu Yanhui's room dressing up.

"Go out." Xu Yanhui sat up from the bed and asked Lan Shuang to go out.

Xu Yanbang frowned and said, "Brother, let's change this maid's name."

Generally speaking, the servant's name.It cannot be the same as the owner's name. If there are overlapping words, you need to change it.

Of course, some people don't care.

But for Xu Yanhui, doing this was to deliberately humiliate Du Hengshuang.

"What name to change? Isn't it just right for a bitch to use a humble name?" Xu Yanhui got up and went to wash up behind the screen.

Xu Yanbang didn't bother to persuade him anymore, so he said, "Brother, Cousin An is not in the mansion. He has gone back to An Guohou's mansion."

"Didn't he move here?" Xu Yanhui's voice came from behind the screen.

"It's a little thing to go back to An Guohou's mansion. It's about the white fox that was killed by lightning that day. Didn't he just die yesterday? Cousin An also said that he would go back to take care of it when he was free in a few days, but he sent it back this morning. The servants found that the body of the white fox had disappeared. Do you think it is a strange thing? This incident spread early in the morning, and the whole city of Luoyang was full of uproar. Do you think the white fox succeeded or failed? gone?"

Xu Yanhui came out from behind the screen, "Can this be passed on? Most likely it was stolen by some idler and sold. It's a good white fox skin."

Xu Yanbang laughed, "Brother can think of going on the white fox fur, admiration!" After speaking, he stopped mentioning the matter, "Brother, dad asked me to come over and ask you to go there together. King Qi has something to order."

This is business.

Xu Yanhui hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of breakfast, and then went to meet Xu Shao with Xu Yanbang.

There was a lot of news about the white fox in Luoyang City.It also spread to Mu Houye's mansion who had just moved to Luoyang.

When Mu Ye came to have breakfast, he was also very surprised when he heard about this.

In the last life.Luoyang city did not have any demon moths of white foxes.

People nowadays are really not old-fashioned, and a wild animal can make them understand.

Mu Yelai curled her lips, asked the servant girl to clean up for her, and then went to the outer study to see her father, Lord Muhou.

"What? You want to go to Chang'an now?!" Lord Mu Hou slapped the table angrily, "No way!"

"Father!" Mu Yelai tried his best, pretending to be an idiot and a rascal.After trying everything, Lord Muhou still refused.

Mu Yelai was very surprised.Based on her experience as a human being in two lifetimes.As long as she uses all these tricks, Lord Mu Hou will agree to anything.

Back then, she wanted to be Xiao Shiji's concubine, which made Lord Mu Hou so angry that he almost severed his father-daughter relationship with her, but in the end he agreed under the persuasion of his aunt, and accompanied her with countless dowries. Life and death are compared...

"Ye Lai, don't make trouble. Now the road from Luoyang to Chang'an is in full swing, and even the bodyguards can't pass through. Why do you want to join in the fun?" Mrs. Mu Hou came in with two maids.

Stand up?

Mu Ye looked at his father.

Lord Mu Hou said in a low voice: "Madam is still very knowledgeable. The last battle will be fought soon. —— This day will soon change."

Mu Yelai was startled.These days, she has been immersed in the joy of seeing Xiao Shiji soon, and she forgot all about it!

That's right, King Qi's last battle is to fight Chang'an!

And this battle also established Xiao Shiji's great achievements.

It was he who cooperated with the outside and opened the gate of Chang'an City, allowing King Qi's army to enter.

For this day, Shiji didn't know how much effort he had spent and how much he had suffered...

Thinking of this, Mu Yelai felt bitter.

At such a glorious moment, she could not stand with him.

But think about it again, I am only ten years old, even if I go to Chang'an, what can I do?Can Xiao Shiji look at her differently?

Mu Yelai went back to his room sullenly, sat at the table with his chin in his hands and pondered.

From outside the house came the murmuring voices of two maidservants.

"The Second Young Mistress is going back to her natal home again. It's not the end of the year yet, and the Second Young Mistress has already returned to her natal home several times."

"Who said it wasn't? But it's no wonder Second Young Mistress. Her cousin is now Second Young Master's concubine, Aunt Zhu. How can she bear this anger?"

"If you ask me, the Second Young Mistress made a wrong idea back then. She shouldn't have let her cousin get acquainted with her fiancé. They all came from rich families. Didn't she know that a wife is worse than a concubine, a concubine is worse than a concubine, and what can be stolen is worse than stealing?" Can't you?"

Mu Yelai's heart skipped a beat.

Got it!Why can't she think about it so much!

Now at this time she went to Chang'an by herself, Xiao Shiji would not pay attention to her at all.

In order to get to know Xiao Shiji back then, she really spent a lot of effort to get acquainted with him gradually, but for a long time, the other party never looked at her directly.

This time, she must not be like the previous life, chasing after him foolishly from the beginning.

She should get to know Du Hengshuang, be friends with her, and then through Du Hengshuang, get to know Xiao Shiji in a fair and honest way!

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