The wind in March is very cold, but on the surface of Chuncao Lake, the pointed and round lotus has quietly emerged.
Thanks to the cold lake wind and uninhabitable conditions here in winter, the Rong people were eager to attack the city and did not pay much attention. Almost all of the scattered courtyards by the lake have been preserved intact.
After Emperor Xingping ascended the throne, Shen Zangfeng and others needed to take charge of the overall situation in the imperial capital. Because the female relatives could not find a place to live in the former residence of the imperial capital, after the funerals of each family, they all moved to a separate courtyard by the lake - This is the closest surviving villa to the imperial capital.
After noon, Wei Changying dealt with the matters reported in the morning, took a sip of tea, and asked Shi Maner with concern: "Is Aunt Huang feeling better?"
The Huang family, the He family, and Lu Lu were found by Shen Zangning from the imperial capital two days after they were sent to Yuzhu Town.
It turned out that Shen Zangfeng was entrusted by his wife to specially send people to search for Huang and others in the ruins of the Taifu Mansion when he picked up his sister and sister-in-law. However, the few servants who were lucky enough to survive all said that Mrs. Su had The Tutor's Mansion was set on fire, and the scene was so chaotic that there was no time to pay attention.
Shen Zangfeng didn't find anyone, so he asked Shen Zangning to tell the guard chief Ying about the matter - everyone in the chaos guessed that it was gone.
For this reason, Wei Changying cried several times in those two days.
When he saw the Huang family and the He family appearing in front of him unscathed, Wei Changying almost thought it was a daydream.
Zhu Lei, who came after hearing the news, knelt down and kowtowed three times before asking his master and his wife, An Wei and Zhang Ying, to wake up.
The master and servant were reunited, and the young masters Huang and He had to hug and cry with the guard chief Ying before they came to tell the story of their farewell -
But it turned out that on that day when the Huang family knelt down to say goodbye to the Chief of Guard Ying, they knew that Mrs. Su intended to burn down the palace, so they took out the property they usually took charge of and gave a share to each of the servants in Jintong Courtyard, asking them to either die for themselves or escape separately. Go... Speaking of which, Young Master Huang has to apologize to Wei Changying for making her own decisions without permission. Of course, Wei Changying has no intention of worrying about such trivial matters. The entire Taifu Mansion was ordered by Mrs. Su. If the fire is completely burned, what are the few belongings in Jintong Courtyard
After dismissing her servants, Mrs. Huang took her granddaughter Ni Weiyi and packed some belongings. She planned to go to the back of the Taifu Mansion and call the He family to hide in the cellar in the backyard of her eldest son Ni Hao's house. Ni Hao is the manager of Wei Changying's dowry pawn shop. He lives in the backyard of the pawn shop. In order to keep the valuable pawns safe, a hidden cellar is built in the shop. Even if someone doesn't know it, they can find it carefully. It may not be found.
As a result, the dewdrop slowly fell behind everyone. Seeing that there was no one around, he came up and suggested a better hiding place - a well.
The well is located in a deserted corner of the backyard of Nian Chuang's house.
The well looks normal from above, but it is small inside and large inside. There is a secret door near the well water, and behind the door is a secret room that can accommodate seven or eight people. It is unknown when and by whom this secret room was built. It is strong and hidden. Originally, it was not easy to find a secret door in a well with a small mouth and a large inside. The door could have been opened with a slit for ventilation, but there was also a long and winding ventilation hole. Once the secret door is closed, it is difficult to find it even if you are in the well.
In addition, you can get water from the well. As long as you have enough food, you won't be afraid of hiding for a long time.
Hearing what Luzhu said, and because Nian Mansion was closer to Ni Hao's house, the group brought dry food and fine food and went over to take a look first.
It was a good thing, because as soon as they arrived at the well, they heard overwhelming shouts of killing pouring into the city, and even rockets fell near the well. It was obvious that the city had been breached.
At this moment, everyone did not bother to go to Ni Hao's house, and jumped down the well together to find the secret door.
Only then did I realize that the secret door was more than just hidden? If it weren't for Luzhu's good memory, he would have touched the crack in the door for a long time without knowing it - because this well is very old, and the walls are covered with slippery and thick moss. When he entered the secret room at the back, he asked Luzhu how he knew this. Those who were in the secret room realized that it was also an accident.
However, she was the one who was given to Nian Shenghe because she got favored by Nian Shenghe's previous concubines. At that time, she didn't have any thoughts, so she was coaxed over with a few words and hit with a stick on the back of the head, half of her body was destroyed. When he was half-conscious, he was lifted up and thrown into the well.
Those people expected her to drown in the well, but she was awakened by the water. Of course, I first asked for help, but as mentioned before, the well has a large belly and a small mouth, so it is difficult for the sound to be heard echoing in the well, not to mention that this place has been abandoned for a long time and is very remote.
Luzhu called for help to no avail and had to find a way to get up on her own. While crawling and groping like this, she actually pushed a door open on the wall.
But she, a weak girl, found that she couldn't climb up in this place. Finally, the maid who took her belongings away came to find her. After knowing that she was trapped underground, she went to find a rope to pull her up. Due to the small entrance of the well, the maid did not notice the secret door that she pushed open at that time. And Lu Lu didn’t know why, even though she was saved by the maid here, she never told her or anyone about the secret door.
This time when the imperial capital was in trouble, she suddenly thought of this place. Because she knew that the secret room was not very big and could hide only a limited number of people, Luzhu originally planned to wait until there were fewer people to tell Wei Changying. However, Huang wanted to persuade Wei Changying to leave the city and sent everyone away, so she couldn't get close at all. forward.
After Wei Changying left, Luzhu thought of Mr. Huang, especially Ni Weiyi who had given her things for several months, so she told her the secret in return.
It just so happened that Jiang Zheng, a group of them, knew martial arts, so he came out every once in a while to check on the situation. After discovering that the Wei army had recaptured the imperial capital, they took everyone out of the secret room in the well, learned about the whereabouts of Wei Changying from the Xiliang army in the city, and came over.
Wei Changying was naturally overjoyed at their survival.
However, although this group of people relied on the secret room in the well to escape the disaster of the war, they were in a hurry and brought insufficient dry food. They also brought the young Jiang Heyue with them. Later, everyone saved the food for Jiang Heyue, and they were almost hungry when they came out. Duan Chen was exhausted and his body was very weak.
Therefore, after moving from Yuzhu Town to the other courtyard by Chuncao Lake, Wei Changying not only did not ask them to serve him, but also assigned Shi Lier to take care of them.
After finishing his work at this moment, Wei Changying asked a question.
Shi Maner stretched out his hand to sort out the Four Treasures of the Study on the table, and said, "Except for the little girl from the Jiang family, the two aunts, Guard Jiang and Sister Luzhu are all much better, and they all said they can come over and work as errands."
"I really need the help of my two aunts here urgently, but there are so many things going on nowadays, and once I get busy, I basically can't rest. It's better to let them recuperate for two more days, so as not to exhaust their bodies and bones." The surviving daughter of the Shen family's family It's not long before Wei Changying, the future mistress, takes office early. She has countless things to do, but there is only Ji Chunmian around her who can share them.
If Mr. Huang and Mr. He could start doing things, the pressure on her would be greatly reduced.
But after Wei Chang Ying thought about it, he decided to let Mr. Huang and Mr. He serve him after they were well. Both of them were loyal, not to mention that their old friends and servants had all withered away, so how could they not be more considerate
Shi Man'er had only been serving her for a short period of time, and he was not a very smart person. He kept in mind his father's instructions to talk less, do more, and listen more. He did not dare to question Wei Changying's order and only said: "Yes. "
After putting away everything on the desk in front of Wei Changying, she asked, "Young Madam, are you going to pass on the food now?"
"Pass it on." Wei Changying nodded slightly.
Before the meal was served, Ji Chunmian came over first.
Over the past few days, Wei Changying has asked her to help him take care of everything. The two of them have become more familiar with each other, and the difference between scholars and common people is no longer so clear. At this moment, he greeted: "Sister Ji, are you here? Haven't you eaten yet? If you don't mind, why not come together?"
Ji Chunmian didn't refuse and said, "I just have something to say. I'm going to reconcile the accounts later. I'll come over while you're having lunch and talk about it later."
"Oh?" Wei Changying asked, "What is it that requires my sister to make this trip in person?"
Ji Chunmian glanced at Shi Man'er. There were not many surviving servants from each family, and the only one serving the meal was Shi Man'er in front of Wei Changying. When Wei Changying saw this, he nodded: "Just go down and watch people put the food in order."
After the food was served and Shi Man'er left, Ji Chunmian said with a half-smile, "I should actually be here to apologize."
Wei Changying was puzzled and said: "What is the crime for Sister Ji?"
"Just now, I beat up Mr. Shen." Ji Chunmian said lightly.
She kept saying she was here to apologize, but at the moment she looked a little happy...
Wei Changying was stunned for a moment and asked: "Who are you talking about? Second brother?"
"Yes!" Ji Chunmian narrowed his eyes and said, "Didn't you tell Miss Yan not to go to the Second Master Shen for the time being, so as not to irritate him to think of the Second Young Master? Miss Yan was obedient and stayed in Miss Jing's yard. I worry about Second Young Master Shen every day, and when I have time, I will teach Young Master Guang and Miss Tong how to read... What do you think Miss Yan did wrong? Second Young Master Shen is in a bad mood. Why did you go crazy and go to Miss Jing’s yard to find Miss Yan?”
Although Shen Lianshi's injury was serious, he was still in his prime, and his illness had been cured and rejuvenated, so he was able to walk after moving to the Lakeside Villa. So it is possible that he ran to Shen Shujing's yard - Wei Changying was immediately startled, put his hand on the case, and was about to get up: "What about Jing'er, Yan'er and the others?"
This second uncle is a person who has no sense of control when he gets angry. Wei Changying knows his two nieces: Don't say that Shen Shuyan didn't make a mistake, even if she made a mistake, Shen Shujing will block the elders for her. Beaten. Even though Shen Lianzhen is injured now, the strength of an adult martial arts man... Both Shen Shujing and Shen Shuyan are both delicate ladies! I'm afraid I won't be able to bear any push!
Ji Chunmian saw that she was still very concerned about her nieces, so she slightly curled her lips and said calmly: "I happened to be there at that time, and I couldn't help it, so I beat up Mr. Shen!"
"..." Wei Changying looked at her speechlessly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Ji Chunmian continued: "I accidentally cracked his almost healed wound, but it's nothing. I've asked my cousin to re-prescribe him... I think I'd better talk to you about this matter." Okay, after all, you are also a member of the Shen family, so if you want to be beaten or punished, just let it be."
From the look of her, she seemed to regret that Shen Lianshi had been taken lightly - in short, she was not apologetic at all, and she was not worried about what Wei Changying would do to her.
In fact, Wei Changying really couldn't and didn't want to do anything to her. He sighed and asked about Shen Lianzhen's current injuries. After learning that he needed to continue to rest on the couch and that his life was not in danger, Wei Changying felt that there was a high probability that Ji Chunmian She deliberately let Shen Lengshi go back to bed... She said listlessly: "I will send people to the imperial capital soon and ask a few more capable soldiers to go to the front yard and watch the second brother specifically. I will never let him go again in the future." I did this. However, the second brother is not angry with Yan'er as you think, but he has an inside story. Sister, don't hate him too much. "
"I won't hide it from you. What I hate most in my life is this kind of man who has no ability but only takes out his anger on his innocent wife and daughter who cannot resist." Ji Chunmian said with contempt in his eyes, "This time it's I thought he was the second son of the Shen family, so I showed mercy. If he were in a place like Caojiabao, he would have... In short, Sister Wei, you tried your best to hide it for him. If you don't think of a way to stop him from going crazy like this. , but it’s all in vain!”
After the two got acquainted with each other, Ji Chunmian became more relaxed in talking and was very straightforward in speaking and doing things in private. At this moment, Wei Changying could only sigh and said: "I know, I know... I didn't expect that my second brother would go so far as to take the initiative to find Yan'er's trouble. In the future, I will keep an eye on him and not let him do it again." Such confusion!”
When Ji Chunmian said this with such indignation, Wei Changying remembered that although it was not April yet, it was still spring. And Shen Lianshi's unborn bastard was lost in the spring due to the birth mother's "inadvertent" miscarriage; the other Shen Shuyi was pregnant in the spring a few years ago...
Now the breath of spring is clearly blowing to every corner, and everything is revived and full of vitality. However, there is no child under Shen Lianshi's knees.
He values his male heir so much that he values his nephew more than his own life... (To be continued)