Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 3: Escape from the Wolf Den (1)

"There must be an explanation for this fire!" Seeing that Yan Chengzhi ignored him, Yan Chengqing yelled again, Yan Chengzhi turned around sharply, raised his hand and pointed Yan Chengqing angrily: "Who sneaked into the fire the night before yesterday?" From Rongxuan Hall? A thief shouts, "Stop a thief..."

"Fart! You didn't sneak in, how did you see me? You locked the door, and you have the key!" Yan Chengqing yelled red-faced and exasperated, jumping to his feet, Yan Chengzhi was furious, and was about to continue cursing , I saw a woman rushing towards the front yard, and before she could stand still, she panted and reported: "Master Hou, the government official Guo Tui came and said he wanted to ask about the water at night. Madam came to express her condolences, and she has already entered the mourning hall." Yan Chengzhi's face changed slightly, he stared at Yan Chengqing ruthlessly, and said with suppressed anger: "That girl... the Li family's niece turned into ashes in Ruiyun Pavilion last night, and that's why I don't know why." It's an urgent matter! Why did the Qingjiang Hou Mansion come to express condolence so early? Didn't you come here once? Don't cry! Hurry up and go to the mourning hall!"

Yan Chengzhi's last sentence was yelling at Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun trembled, and hurriedly helped her mother-in-law to cry in the mourning hall. The second wife, Mrs. Zheng, waved her handkerchief and followed Mrs. Sun leisurely.

"Don't worry, this is a big deal." Yan Chengqing cleared his throat, patted the skirt of his shirt with his sleeve, and unnaturally gave way to Yan Chengzhi, Yan Chengzhi let out a 'hmm', strode forward with his hands behind his back, and Yan Chengqing also had his hands behind his back Follow closely.

The mother-in-law who came to report the letter lowered her head, looked up from the corner of her eyes and glanced contemptuously at the backs of Yan Chengzhi and the two of them. When the two of them walked away, she gave a soft 'pooh' and trotted back towards the mourning hall to watch the excitement went.

On both sides of the mourning hall, there is a small hall for guests separated by curtains. There are chairs and chairs against the wall. Mrs. Xu, the wife of Qingjiang Hou Shizi, is sitting on the chair in plain clothes, and she is lovingly pulling Li Tian who is sitting next to her, saying in a soft voice. talking.

Mrs. Xu is 34 and five years old. She is gentle and elegant. She is a girl from the Xu family in Le Ning. The Xu family in Le Ning is both family friends and in-laws with Mrs. Lin’s natal family and the Lin family of the Prince’s Mansion of Nanning County. The Hou Mansion, however, likes Mrs. Xu very much, and often invites her to play and talk with his only daughter Yu Yaofang. Li Tian is a frequent visitor to the Prince's Mansion of Nanning County, so he also met Yu Yaofang and became a close friend.

Yu Yaofang is 14 years old this year. She has willow eyebrows and almond eyes. She has a slender figure and is dressed in a moon-white plain satin dress. Looking at the door, Mrs. Xu turned her head gently and called her: "Come back and sit down, it's still early."

"If Ah Ke dares to be late this time, I'll forgive her... I'll ignore her again!" Yu Yaofang didn't answer her mother's words, turned around and came back in two steps, stamping her feet at Li Tian anxiously.A Ke's name is Lin Ke, and she is the old daughter of Princess Jiang Jun who was nearly forty years old. She was pretty, bright, lively and lovely. Convincing Li Tian, ​​obeying Li Tian's words, the three of them are best friends since childhood.

"Sister, don't worry." Li Tian stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Yu Yaofang, sent her to Mrs. Xu's right, pushed her to sit down, and comforted her calmly: "She needs to prepare at the other end, it's still early , sister and drink tea."

Mrs. Xu looked at Li Tian who looked haggard but calm and calm like a deep valley orchid with admiration, and praised: "Sister Tian is indeed taught by Mrs. Lin. This kind of demeanor makes people love it. Yaoyao wants you Just half of it..." Before he could finish his sentence, he heard urgent and chaotic footsteps at the door, interspersed with bursts of sobbing.

"It's the aunts who are here." Li Tian said in a low voice, with a trace of fear on his face, subconsciously leaning towards Mrs. Xu, Yu Yaofang jumped up and took Li Tian's hand to protect her.

Mrs. Sun burst into tears before entering the door. She was the head of the mourning, and she was too speechless according to the rules. The second wife, Mrs. Zheng, was in charge of mourning. She knelt down to thank Mrs. Xu while sobbing: "The Yan family has suffered a lot. This catastrophe, Meng..." Just after half a sentence of reply, he raised his eyes and saw Li Tian standing next to Mrs. Xu, the words behind him disappeared, and he stared straight at Li Tian, ​​as if he had been immobilized. Law.

Mrs. Sun also forgot to cry, and stared at Li Tian roundly, her eyes widening, she suddenly raised her arms and put her head in her arms, and screamed shrillly: "Ghost! There is a ghost! It's not me!" There was a 'cluck' sound, and he took several steps back.

Mrs. Xu looked at the two in disbelief. After a while, she turned her head with a stiff neck and looked at Li Tian who was trembling and holding Yu Yaofang tightly. Li Tian thought too much, how can this be done by humans?But being entangled by Yaoyao was helpless, so I had to bring Yaoyao over early in the morning, it turned out...it was true!
Mrs. Xu stood up suddenly, hugged Li Tian in her arms and cried, "My son! I still... this is... how vicious!"

"Ma'am." Li Tian lay in Mrs. Xu's arms, thinking of grandma, felt sad, and cried bitterly. The second Mrs. Zheng lost consciousness first, and her body limply collapsed to the ground, clapping her hands on the ground and crying loudly. Mrs. Sun is real this time. Sad, crying and pushing the woman beside him, said: "Go and tell the master, Mrs. Li is not dead, she is not dead, she is not dead!"

In the reception flower hall of the outer courtyard, Yan Chengzhi squeezed out a tear from each corner of his eyes, and was saddened by Guo Tuiguan, who was in charge of fire prevention and robbery in the capital's government office: "... How can I explain this to the Yongguo government? Pity my niece Son……"

"Master, master!" The woman rushed in and shouted: "My cousin, Mrs. Li, is not dead! She is still alive, Mrs. Li is not dead!"

"Impossible!" The second master Yan Chengqing jumped up and screamed. Yan Chengzhi's face turned pale in an instant, and he stared straight at Guo Tuiguan, his fingers trembling uncontrollably. Guo Tuiguan's eyes shrank. In [-], I saw too many such ghosts and monsters. Like a mirror in my heart, I stood up and cupped my hands and said, "It's not that I'm not inflexible. It's because the court's laws are strict. Fortunately, the fire in your house didn't hurt you." Others, it’s just a reprimand, and a few more years of salary fines, such a big fire..." Guo Tuiguan drew his voice, laughed a few times, and continued with something in his words: "I can't hide it from anyone! I still invite Lord Hou these two days If I have time to go to the government office, I won’t bother you, so farewell!”

Guo Tuiguan turned around and left. Yan Chengzhi's face was blushing, and he hurriedly followed. He took out a few banknotes from his arms and forced them into Guo Tuiguan's hand with a forced smile. Guo Tuiguan pushed and shook: "What do you mean, Lord Hou? Never, never!" Yan Chengzhi couldn't push Guo Tuiguan, who was a military commander, and was pushed back several steps by Guo Tuiguan, before he could catch up again. Guo Tuiguan has already strode out the door.

Officer Guo Tui got on his horse, and within a few steps, he saw the car of Nanning County Prince's Mansion turn into the alley. Guo Tui rubbed his shaved blue chin for a while, then beckoned to a confidant and said in a low voice, "I see that there is no car in Nanning County Prince's Mansion, let's go and see the excitement." The police nodded knowingly, Guo Tui The official reined in his horse and turned around, looking at the still majestic Ningyuanhou Mansion, he sighed secretly, once Mrs. Lin died, the Ningyuanhou Mansion would be considered defeated.

"A Ke!" Seeing Lin Ke coming in, Yu Yaofang hurriedly called out to greet her. Lin Ke heard Yu Yaofang's call, and hurriedly shook off the hand of her mother, Princess Jiangjun, and ran over with her skirt in her hand. Helpless, seeing her daughter shook her head, she went straight to burn incense in front of Mrs. Lin's spirit, stepped back half a step, knelt down and respectfully kowtowed three times. Mrs. Lin is the aunt of the Nanning County Prince's direct relative. Not one of the elders of the Lin family left.

Mrs. Xu watched her salute, and then stepped forward to speak. Mrs. Sun shrank her neck timidly, instead of moving forward, she backed away. Second Mrs. Zheng also shrank aside and did not dare to say a word. Except for Mrs. Lin, the last of them What I'm afraid of is this noble princess of the county. Princess Jiang has never looked at them directly.

Princess Jiangjun is about 50 years old, with a slightly plump figure, graceful and generous. After receiving Mrs. Xu's gift, she pulled her to sit on a chair next to her and said with concern: "Isn't it that you are not feeling well these days, why did you come so early?"

"Yaoyao is very anxious." Mrs. Xu glanced at the three Li Tian who were huddled together and muttering, sighed, turned back to look at Princess Jiang and said in a low voice: "This child is pitiful. It's so vicious, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it." Princess Jiang's complexion was as usual, and she only gave a soft 'hmm'.These two useless people from the Yan family wanted to harm Sister Tian. This matter has not happened in a day or two. Since the day Mrs. Lin moved her daughter's dowry and granddaughter back to Yan's mansion, these two useless people have been trying to harm her. For Sister Tian, ​​it's good to get the countless silver, but they can only have a dream.

Concubine Jiang glanced contemptuously at Brother Yan Chengzhi who shrank in. Sister Tian followed Yue Niang, who could hurt her?Princess Jiang moved her eyes to Mrs. Lin's coffin, and stared at it for a moment in a very complicated manner. This aunt, pressing down in front of her like a mountain, made her look up until she died. How did she invite Yue Niang? Such a world expert?Or to be a bodyguard for a little girl...

"...This child is also crying stupidly. How did he get through these few days? What a fate." Mrs. Xu continued to sigh with emotion. She patted Mrs. Xu's hand. Xu's pure heart is her favorite, but she is too sincere. This mansion was held in the hands of Sister Tian and her grandmother until four days ago. After a few days of work, how many people can be subdued by those two pairs of trash?

"Don't worry, this mansion is full of old people in the hands of the old lady." Princess Jiang Jun couldn't help but mention something, and before Madam Xu could answer, she raised her hand to greet Li Tian and said, "Sister Tian, ​​come here and let my aunt have a look, Did you get scared by the water running over the house yesterday?"

(End of this chapter)