Geng Xingshuang hurriedly looked at the visitor, and sure enough it was Zhang Lai.
"Second brother, this is Zhang Lai. Seeing that he is so anxious, has something happened?"
Geng Xingshuang said hurriedly.
Geng Shuhuai squinted his eyes and looked at Geng Shulou. Geng Shulou had only the last step left. As long as he had a complete body check, he could carry the examination basket into the examination room.
Regarding Zhang Lai's shout, Geng Shulou didn't know whether he didn't hear it or didn't want to pay attention to it at the critical moment. He didn't turn his head and his movements were as smooth as before.
"alright……"
"Young master, the second master has gone! The second master has passed away! Please go back quickly!"
If the officer's "Okay" sound is like the sound of Buddha's words to Geng Shulou, then Zhang Lai's sound is a death knell.
Geng Xingshuang was sure that Geng Shulou heard it. No matter how calm he was, it would be difficult to maintain true inner peace after hearing the news of his father's sudden death.
He paused slightly, moved his head and neck slightly, as if he wanted to turn his head to look at Zhang Lai, but he quickly recovered and walked into the examination room without looking back.
"Hey! Is that a servant of your family? He said that the second master of your family has passed away? Is your father dead?"
Just when Geng Shulou was about to step into the examination room, his arm was grabbed by a guard on the side.
Geng Shulou's complexion changed slightly, and his upper and lower teeth clenched tightly.
Just a little bit, really just a little bit.
You can't be late for even a little while, even for a few breaths.
"Oh, go ahead. If you fail the exam this time, it will be the same if you take the exam again in three years. You are still young, so you are not bad this time."
The officer who held him seemed to have reacted. Geng Shulou's turning of his head meant something. His face became gentler and he comforted him.
Geng Shulou glanced at the officer, nodded, and said in a cold tone, "Yes."
Then he left the examination room with the examination basket in hand and did not look back.
Although Geng Shuhuai, Geng Xingshuang and other people in the uncle's house had already heard clearly what Zhang Lai was shouting, they were shocked and shocked, and they couldn't believe it, but no one came to help Geng Shulou.
Geng Shulou entered the examination room. It was his luck to successfully participate in the autumn examination. If he could not participate, it was his fate.
They can only watch and cannot interfere.
"The second uncle really passed away? How could it be? I've never heard that he was seriously ill before?"
Geng Xingchen looked shocked.
Geng Xingshuang shook his head, "Let's go back quickly. We'll know after we get back."
Geng Shuhuai led a group of brothers and sisters to his carriage. Geng Xingshuang stepped in front of the carriage and glanced back. Yang Qingmo had finished checking and was walking in with the examination basket. He seemed to notice her gaze and turned back. He glanced at it and nodded to her.
Geng Xingshuang wanted to smile at him, but suddenly she thought that Geng Cheng was dead. In any case, he was also her second uncle. It seemed inappropriate to smile at this time, and the smile she was about to show froze.
Yang Qingmo seemed to notice her dilemma, shook her head helplessly, turned around and entered the examination room.
Geng Xingshuang suddenly felt a little cold on her back. She turned around and saw Geng Shu getting into a carriage nearby. Zhang Lai, who had come to report the news, followed timidly behind him.
The person who drove Geng Shulou was his servant Fang Zhu, and another servant Zizhu was glaring at Zhang Lai fiercely at this moment.
Zhang Lai became more and more timid.
After getting on the car, Geng Xingshuang opened the curtain and took a look outside. Geng Shuhuai's carriage had already left before them, but Zhang Lai was left behind.
Geng Xingchen also came over to take a look, "What's wrong with Zhang Lai? What is he afraid of?"
Geng Xingshuang didn't answer. Geng Shuhuai, who was guarding the carriage on horseback, flicked his whip and replied: "He is afraid that someone will take advantage of him."
"Ah?" Geng Xingchen looked confused.
The look on Geng Shuyin's face was exactly the same as Geng Xingchen's.
Only Geng Shumin pursed his mouth tightly and frowned. At such a young age, he suddenly heard the news of his father's sudden death. There was no sadness in his eyes, only an annoyance that was inappropriate for his age.
"Go back quickly! If Geng Shulou arrives earlier than us, it will be another crime!"
Geng Shulou said, speeding up the horse slightly. Of course, you can't run wildly on the streets of the city, but the speed of the carriage was also not fast, and soon they caught up with Geng Shulou's carriage.
"Sixth sister, Zhang Lai is a little pitiful. Why don't we take him back home with us?"
Geng Shuji looked at Zhang Lai, who was panting behind and running after the carriage. He had run to report the news before, and now he had to run back after such a long journey. He couldn't help but feel sympathy.
Geng Xingchen put down the car curtain and sighed: "If we take him back with us, he will be even more pitiful."
"Sixth sister, we don't understand what you and second brother just said. It's all in the clouds. There's still time. Please tell me quickly, otherwise we won't know anything, and we won't know. If we say something wrong after we go back If you do something wrong, you will definitely be punished by grandma. I can even imagine how grandma is feeling now."
Geng Xingchen looked at his two younger brothers with some helplessness, "I don't have a good mind, and you two don't have a good mind either."
Geng Shuyin, Geng Shuji: ...we are still young.
Geng Xingshuang didn't feel any sadness. She still had at least three quarters of an hour before returning home. She glanced at Geng Shumin.
"Sixth Sister, don't worry, I didn't ride in Big Brother's carriage just now, and I won't tell anyone what I heard today."
Geng Xingshuang nodded, "If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to the second brother and me, as well as your seventh sister, third brother and fourth brother. We will try our best to help."
Although he didn't know why, Geng Xingchen, Geng Shu, and Geng Shuji still nodded cooperatively, "Yes, yes, come to us."
Geng Shumin smiled slightly and said, "I will remember it."
Next, Geng Xingshuang told Geng Xingchen and the others what she could think of from hearing Zhang's report to now.
"Second uncle, apart from being bad at work now, can eat and sleep. Recently, the doctor hasn't even come to the door, right?" She asked first.
Geng Xingchen and others nodded quickly.
"So why do you think my second uncle passed away suddenly?"
Geng Xingshuang asked again.
Geng Xingchen frowned, "Emergency illness?"
Geng Shuji guessed, "Falled off the bed?"
Geng Shuyin speculated, "Suicide?"
"What you said is possible, but no matter what the reason is, when we left the house this morning, there was nothing wrong. If there was, it would be impossible for the eldest brother to come to the examination room, so the second uncle went in a hurry, not only in a hurry, but also in a hurry. And the timing is so coincidental!”
Speaking of this, Geng Xingshuang couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart. This matter had nothing to do with their big house. It was just that she knew it, her second brother knew it, and her parents also knew it. But what would happen to the other people in the house? Think about it, especially when your uncle and uncle have a second wife, and because Geng Cheng died suddenly, and just stepped into the Qiuwei examination room, Geng Shulou, what will you think in your heart, I am afraid that the account has already been settled It's their big house's fault.
Therefore, no matter what, they have to figure out the cause of Geng Cheng's death, and they cannot bear the blame.
(End of chapter)
