Nine-fold lotus of the famous family

Chapter 567 Lagerstroemia fled, the clan was removed (1)
All the matters of worshiping the ancestors and worshiping the sky went smoothly.

Ji's family has Ji Chongyu, the number one scholar, and his daughter-in-law is the princess of Fanbang, and Ji Chonglian, the second-rank general's wife, is there. The gentry and officials in Danyang are eager to curry favor. Whoever dares to neglect them is afraid that they will not serve them thoughtfully.

The Lu family is now the clan's wife. She received a letter from her daughter Ji Yue'e a few days ago, knowing that her son-in-law got a ninth-rank official position because of Ji Chonglian's relationship. So this time when they met face to face, they also abandoned the airs of elders and became courteous to Ji Chonglian.

After paying homage to the ancestors and the aunt Shen, Ji Chonglian and the others were planning to go back, but Lu kept trying to persuade her to stay, saying that the banquet had already been prepared, and there were many elders from the clan sitting together, so she couldn't refuse. So he agreed.

It's just that just halfway through the meal, a woman rushed into the room and whispered in Lu's ear for a while, her face was a little bad, and her eyes kept looking towards Ji Chonglian.

Princess Minfu touched the corner of her mouth with silk, and leaned close to Ji Chonglian and said in a low voice: "Seeing Mrs. Ji's expression of embarrassment, could something have happened?"

"Don't worry," Ji Chonglian nodded slightly, and said calmly: "If this matter is related to us, she will come over and say, if it is irrelevant...then leave it alone."

Princess Minfu nodded. The Hu clan accompanied them today to worship their ancestors. Ji Mingxuan accompanied Ji Chongyu in the front yard. I heard that Ji Chongyu had a younger brother, Ji Chongtian, but she had never met him. .

Mrs. Hu smiled and talked with the wives next door, but didn't notice the abnormality on Mrs. Lu's side.

After hearing the woman's report, Lu's complexion changed, he got up and walked towards Ji Chonglian, bowed slightly and whispered in her ear: "Mrs. Pei, can you take a step to speak?"

Ji Chonglian looked at Lu Shi in surprise, could it be related to her?
Princess Minfu's gaze also turned, and Ji Chonglian nodded slightly at her, "I'll go back with Mrs. Ji, and when Mrs. Fourth asks you, just say it." She said, sweeping her eyes towards Mrs. Hu.

Princess Minfu nodded and smiled, "Sister, I'm going," looking at Mrs. Lu again, with a half-smile, "If I don't come back for a long time, I'm going to ask Mrs. Ji for someone!"

Lu quickly nodded and said respectfully: "Don't worry, Princess, it will only take a while."

Only then did Ji Chonglian get up and went to the tea room next to the flower hall with Mrs. Lu, separated by the closet, the voices in the hall seemed to be much quieter.

Liuli stood guard at the door of the tea room, and she knew at a glance if anyone came and went.

Only then did Ji Chonglian turn her head to look at Mrs. Lu, and slowly sat down at the table, "Mrs. Ji, what happened?"

Mrs. Lu looked at Ji Chonglian solemnly, and then tentatively said: "Mrs. Pei, it was the aunt from the mountain temple who came here just now and said that your sixth aunt is missing!"

"Grandma Liugu..." Ji Chonglian didn't react for a while, but after chewing on these words, her face suddenly changed, her gaze was as cold as moonlight, "You mean Ji Ziwei is gone?"

"That's her!"

Mrs. Lu took a cautious look at Ji Chonglian, and stroked her forehead pretending to have a headache, "Isn't it Madam Pei's intention to send your sixth aunt to the mountain temple at that time? Yue'e made it clear to me in the letter, Madam's wishes we Of course I dare not disobey it, and it is true that Ji Ziwei is too immoral, that's why..."

Ji Chonglian stopped Lu's conversation with a wave of her hand, and said bluntly: "What else did the person who came to report say? Has the aunt left?"

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "The person who reported it said that the sixth aunt of the Ji family was missing. I also know that this matter is a bit serious and dare not make decisions on my own. It happens that Mrs. Pei is also here, so I asked someone to keep that aunt. Madam wants to ask her something, I'll have someone bring her in right now!"

Ji Chonglian frowned and thought deeply, then nodded and said: "Mrs. Ji, please arrange a quiet place, I have something to ask that aunt."

Mrs. Lu responded, then turned around and went to arrange the matter.

Ji Chonglian frowned deeply, and lightly tapped the table with her index finger, thousands of thoughts swirled in her mind.

Why did Ji Ziwei suddenly disappear?
Is this an accident, or was it deliberately arranged?

When she escorted Ji Ziwei to the mountain temple, she wrote a letter to the Hu family, asking the Hu family to send two reliable wives to guard Ji Ziwei. Don't do anything wrong with your virtue.

It's been a long time since I heard that Ji Ziwei is safe and sound, and the two women are also very responsible... Could it be that something happened?
In fact, Ji Chonglian never thought of locking Ji Ziwei in the mountain temple for the rest of her life, after all, she is still young, if she can figure it out and truly repent, she will come out, but she...

After a while, a maid came to invite Ji Chonglian and brought her to a secluded small courtyard.

Ji Chonglian was a little worried, and asked the girl to turn around and tell Princess Minfu to avoid her worry.

As soon as she sat down in the yard, she saw Mrs. Lu approaching gracefully on the bluestone path. Behind her was a woman in a gray cotton robe, with a round cap on her head, and a black strand of hair on one ear. .

Ji Chonglian knew that the family temples in the mountains were the places where women who violated the rules or lacked virtue in the Ji clan stayed. They were not forced to shave them, and those who didn’t want to take their hair to practice. .

"Mrs. Pei, that's her."

The Lu family stood in front of Ji Chonglian, moved slightly to let the aunt's face go, and said: "This is Ji Yuanying from the Seventh Uncle's family, now he is called Duying."

Ji Chonglian nodded, and then looked at Ji Yuanying carefully, but at the age of twenties, she was very thin and wrapped in a large gray cotton robe, her mandible was very sharp, and her eyes wandered around with a few Very restless and tense.

"Master Duying," Ji Chonglian said softly, "I'm Ji Ziwei's older sister, and I want to know when she left the mountain temple, did she just leave for a while, or has she been gone for a few days, please tell the truth! "

Ji Yuanying glanced at Ji Chonglian carefully, and saw that although she didn't wear any accessories all over her body, the dark blue and silver-lined silk jacket was very luxurious, and the silver-blue long skirt under her body reflected the light of stars. , showing a low-key luxury, and remembering that when Lu came here, he confessed that the woman in front of him was the wife of a general of the second rank, and his attitude became a little more respectful, and he said: "Duwei... oh, that's Madam. Ji Ziwei, her younger sister, disappeared two days ago. We thought she had lost her way while gathering firewood in the mountains. At that time, the presiding teacher sent many people to look for her, but none of them were found until after she returned. When I found that everything in the Duwei cabinet was gone, and even the shoes and socks were taken away, I knew she had run away!"

(End of this chapter)