"I heard that the eldest brother of the Lin family is determined to separate the family this time." Heng Wu brought some snacks to Li Qingyi and said.
"It's not surprising. Lin Shengyuan and his wife have long been disgusted with the second and third bedrooms. This incident happened just like the firecracker hidden in their hearts, and it exploded."
"Mr. Lin is also unlucky. It is rare to have such an unreasonable old lady, because her daughter-in-law has no children, she would give her son a meal and force him to do so because of his title! Didn't the old marquis do anything to win back his son's heart?"
"My mother has broken my heart. I'm afraid it won't be very effective if my father tries to save her. He's also a man of character. He doesn't want this title, but now he's finally made a name for himself on his own, and he's proud of himself."
When Li Qingyi said this, he told Heng Wu, "Have someone prepare the car. I want to go home."
Going home, of course, is to the Xuandehou Mansion.
Even after Mrs. Lin died, the matter was not over yet. She had to go back and discuss it with her second aunt.
*****
Arriving at Xuandehou Mansion at noon, Li Qingyi was hugged by Li Miaoran as soon as he entered the door, "I'm waiting for my sister to have lunch with me!"
Li Qingyi took off the clingy essence from his body and asked, "Why don't you see Brother Yuan?"
Normally, if she returns home, as long as she greets her in advance, the two siblings will wait for her return at the concierge.
Li Miaoran said: "Brother Yuan has been running to the Chen family these days, and now he is also looking for the third young master of the Chen family."
"The third young master of the Chen family? I remember the three sons of the Chen family. The youngest is fourteen or five years old, right? How old is Brother Yuan that people are willing to play with him?"
The Chen family of the Minister of Rites and the Xuande Hou family lived in the same alley and were considered neighbors.
The eldest son of his family is well-read, and is highly appreciated by his second uncle. A few days ago, he mentioned it to Li Qingyi, and hearing what he meant, he seemed to want to choose his niece as his son-in-law, which made Li Qingyi dumbfounded.
Chen Yan, the second son of the Chen family, is considered an acquaintance of Li Qingyi in his previous life.
Although he is the son of a minister, he has not loved studying since he was a child. His lifelong ambition is to be a majestic Jin Yiwei. Now he has climbed to the position of commander of the Jin Yiwei. He is Qin Zeng's direct subordinate and bad friend.
As for the third son of his family, Li Qingyi didn't know.
But he can play with brother Yuan, who is like a little Taoist priest, and he is probably also weird.
Li Miaoran obviously had the same idea as her, and said, "I think that the third young master of the Chen family seems to be missing something!"
Li Qingyi said amusedly: "How do you say that?"
Li Miaoran had obviously been warned by her parents not to speak ill of the Chen family. She looked around furtively and whispered: "That Chen San doesn't like reading like his eldest brother, nor does he like martial arts like his second brother. , he just likes to touch corpses..."
"???" Li Qingyi looked shocked, "Touch the corpse?"
"Sister, do you know where these two people met! Yizhuang! They met in Yizhuang! That Chen San wants to be a gangster. It is said that he was beaten by his father eight hundred times!"
Li Qingyi was speechless, "It's really shameful for a dignified young master from the palace to do a low-level job. It would be strange if he didn't get beaten. So what did Brother Yuan do in Yizhuang?"
Li Miaoran's eyes changed, "He...he is even weirder than Chen San! He is going to save the corpse!!!"
Li Qingyi was a big head and two big ones, "Isn't salvation something that monks do? Taoist priests also deliver salvation? Does my second uncle know?"
Li Miaoran shook her head: "I didn't dare to tell dad because I was afraid that dad would go with him!"
Li Qingyi chuckled and said, "What did the second aunt say?"
"My mother said, let's just pretend we don't know and wait and see what's going on. If he's just caught on a whim and beaten, he might be rebellious. Watch first!"
Li Qingyi couldn't help but nod, "It makes sense, but Chen San and Yuan Ge'er, one studying corpses and the other transcending corpses, work well together!"
Li Miaoran clapped her hands and said, "Isn't it? I've seen them running to the same place in two directions in the past three days. I'm afraid they want to go to Yizhuang again, so I'm keeping an eye on them every day! It is said that the two of them have made an appointment to go out together this afternoon. After lunch, Come on, sister, come with me to take a look?"
Li Qingyi hadn't played with his siblings for a long time, so he agreed after thinking about it.
After lunch, Li Qingyi and his second aunt murmured in the room for a long time. When they came out, they heard that Brother Yuan and Chen San had already gone out.
Li Miaoran pulled Li Qingyi and ran away. When she was going out, she saw a beautiful little girl coming out of the Chen family. She seemed to be about the same age as Li Miaoran. She also followed Chen San and Brother Yuan's carriage out of the alley. .
"Who is this?"
Li Miaoran rolled her eyes: "She, she is Chen San's cousin Zhen Zhen, she is arrogant and squeamish, very annoying!"
Li Qingyi glanced at Li Miaoran in surprise. She had never seen Li Miaoran hate someone so much.
"Okay, if you don't leave, those two will disappear."
"Let's go, let's go!"
The two sisters got on the carriage and chased the two carriages in front of them.
In the afternoon, the thin sun could not penetrate the clouds, and the entire sky was gray, as if it was holding back a heavy snowfall.
Zhen Zhen sat in the carriage angrily without saying a word.
Zhu'er and Zi'er looked at each other and secretly lamented that their girl was unhappy again.
Zi'er carefully helped her and asked, "Girl, what's wrong?"
Zhen Zhen snorted, "My cousin must be hiding something from me! He also said that if I follow him, bad things will happen! Listen! He dislikes me so much! He doesn't even cover up at all!"
Zhuer sighed secretly, the third young master of the Chen family had corpses in his heart, so there was no place for their girl. It would be nice if she was not considered a living person!
"Girl, the third young master just loves you and is afraid that you will get hurt by following her or something."
"Hmph, I don't believe it. The little one from the Li family is only a few years old. He follows his cousin all day long. Even he can follow his cousin. Am I weaker than that little one?"
"The young master of the Li family is a boy after all. It is more convenient to go out with him..."
Zhen Zhen stamped her feet angrily, "I don't care, I don't care!"
"Okay, okay, aren't we following here? Girl, look, the third young master is getting out of the car!"
Zhen Zhen immediately stopped making noise and stretched her neck to look outside. The streets were full of people.
"Why did my cousin come to a place like this?"
She frowned her delicate eyebrows and said, "Let's go down and have a look."
Zhu'er was a little nervous. She didn't want her girl to cause any trouble, let alone trouble anyone, so she persuaded her, "Girl, this place is crowded and messy, so let's not get out of the car."
Zhen Zhen frowned and thought for a moment. After all, she couldn't hold back her curiosity and said, "What are you afraid of? Aren't you wearing a curtain hat? Go in and see what my cousin is doing here."
After that, he raised his feet and walked in.
The two girls had no choice but to follow closely.
The master and servants were all dressed in men's clothes, and they looked like three teenagers who had not yet grown up. Zhu Er put the curtain hat on Zhen Zhen, and the three quietly followed Master Chen San and Li Yuanzhi into the teahouse. ..
This teahouse is also a wine shop, that is, an ordinary shop. There are all kinds of customers, most of them are peddlers and lackeys. Many people like to come here to have a pot of tea leisurely, taste the human kindness, and talk about worldly sophistication. Sometimes there is a gentleman reading stories upstairs, which makes it even more lively.
Li Qingyi was a bit of an oriole. She and Li Miaoran were also dressed in men's clothes and hats. They followed the two groups in front of them into the teahouse. They were afraid of attracting attention, so they immediately found a corner to sit down.
Chen San and Li Yuanzhi were muttering inaudibly.
Li Qingyi was attracted by what the two men next to him said.
I saw one of the men with slender squinted eyes, a black mole on the end of his eyebrows, and a short-cut coarse cloth shirt. He seemed to be a thoughtful man. At this time, he said with excitement: "Have you heard about Jiang Laosan's family?" Is it okay? That beautiful little girl was burned alive!"
The man sitting next to him was very tall and strong, but his face looked honest and honest, and his voice was muffled, which matched his appearance very well. "I heard about it, but I don't know why.
When something like this happened, didn't that little girl marry her just for fun? Why was it burned to death? "
The narrow-eyed man took a sip of light tea and tapped his fingers on the table several times: "Oh, this is such an evil thing. Even a grown man like me can't bear it when he sees it!"
He sighed with pity, but the expression on his face did not show the slightest bit of unbearability, but instead showed a bit of a woman's long-tongued look.
He smacked his lips and said, "After Jiang Laosan died, he lost his livelihood even more and idled around all day. I don't know what evil happened that day, and he got stuck in the Qianjin Gambling House! The creditor heard that he had no money. , I will chop him into pieces on the spot!”
The honest man glared and asked, "Then...have you chopped it?"
"No! Is there anything going on later?"
He narrowed his eyes and said, "That Jiang Laosan was so afraid of death that he was scared to death. When the disaster was approaching, someone said they were willing to give him this money, as long as he could marry his daughter to his sick son. Jiang Laosan hesitated again and again, but in the end he couldn't withstand the casino's threats, so he agreed."
Speaking of this, she narrowed her eyes and looked at the honest man, as if she wanted to wait for him to respond.
The honest man listened carefully, and when he saw that he had stopped talking, he realized and said: "It's like this... If the son of that family can get better, it wouldn't be a bad thing for the younger sister to marry him, like Jiang Laosan, I won’t be able to give a dowry to my little girl in the future, so I said…”
"Alas...it's a pity that God doesn't fulfill his wishes..."
Narrowing his eyes, he shook his head and sighed, and then said: "The little girl just walked in, and the groom died! What a happy event turned into a funeral, well, you tell me... Moreover, that person named Cui is not unreasonable, so he insisted It was this little girl who killed my son! He must be buried with him!"
He squinted his eyes and took a sip of tea, then continued: "As soon as Jiang Laosan's son heard that his sister had suffered a big disaster, he ran to Liu's house to ask for someone to take his sister away, but the family named Liu was not willing to let her go. He was knocked unconscious and thrown outside the door, and then a fire broke out in the Liu family's woodshed, and the little girl was locked in and burned alive!"
"Ah?" The honest man opened his mouth wide, as if his mind was spinning faster than usual at this moment: "Did the Liu family do this on purpose?"
"Who knows? If it is intentional, who can provide evidence?" He narrowed his eyes and curled his lips, and said in a low voice: "If you want me to see, then the Liu family already knew that their son was dying, so they just wanted to find a wife for him. Go keep company! Do you think so or not?"
"This...isn't this an evil act!" The honest man looked horrified, feeling that this was even more unbelievable than the story told by the storyteller.
"What can I do? This is fate!"
After Li Qingyi heard this clearly, he saw Chen San and Li Yuanzhi over there frowning and looking at the man who was speaking.
Li Qingyi raised his eyebrows and walked directly towards their table with Li Miaoran.
Chen San was stunned, but Li Yuanzhi recognized the two of them immediately: "Sister...Brother Er..."
