Is that young man sent by Sheng Lanci: "Second Miss, I asked you to tell me that tomorrow you and the young master will go to the Feng Mansion to congratulate you. Please keep an eye on the young master and make sure that the young master goes out and returns together with you." , please don’t ask the young master to go anywhere else!”
"Where does he want to go?" Sheng Weiqiao asked puzzledly, "His biological mother seems to be gone, right? Doesn't he want to go back to his adopted brother?"
The boy apologized and said with a smile: "Well... I don't know, I am young. Do you think the young master's injury has not healed, so the master is worried?"
Sheng Weiqiao snorted: "Since dad is so worried, why do you want him to go to Feng's house with him? Why don't you just lock him at home?"
In other words, Sheng Weiqiao also knew that when Sheng Lanci took Sheng Suihe back, he definitely expected his son to take over the family business in the future. The Feng family is not only the natal family of Sheng Suihe's legitimate mother, but also one of the three most powerful families in Nanfeng County. Sheng Suihe, the appointed future head of the Sheng family, would like to deal with the Feng family sooner or later, so how could he not start taking action now
She gestured noncommittally to the boy to leave, but Xindong made up his mind: "It's just a good idea that the outer room is gone! He won't stare at him! It's best if he leaves and never comes back!"
With that in mind, when I returned to Zhu Ying Xiaozhu, Lu Jinying, who had been left behind, came to report: "Miss, just now Crown Prince Xu sent someone to ask about your eldest cousin's preferences. I heard that you are not here and asked if you would come back later."
"Brother Xu Shi also wants to go to Feng's house tomorrow?" Sheng Weiqiao was slightly surprised, and then Ming Hong came over, "No, if Chun's father was celebrating his birthday, did he pay homage to his grandfather in public? Now my eldest cousin is celebrating his birthday. , it’s not surprising to send him a message.”
Originally, the Feng family focused on businessmanship and had little progress in their official career, so they were not qualified to give Hou Shizi a post. But since Xu Baomo publicly wronged Mrs. Sheng in performing the junior gift, then as Mrs. Sheng's in-laws and their eldest grandson's birthday, when giving a post to Sheng Jiadong for his birthday, it was both emotional and reasonable, but he should also give Xu Baomo a share - It would be one thing if Xu Baomo was too proud of his status, but it would be rude if they refused to give him.
And according to Sheng Weiqiao's current impression of Xu Baomo, whether that elder brother is a very humble and polite person, it is not a matter of course for him to respond to the invitation of the Dongfeng family and carefully prepare gifts.
"Although Brother Xu is humble, we should not be too arrogant. I went to the guest house and told Brother Xu that he could go and congratulate his eldest cousin. My eldest cousin must be very happy. As for the congratulatory gifts, there is really no need to worry too much. Just feel free to do whatever you want!" After Sheng Weiqiao ordered Lu Jin, he called Lu Qi again, "I'll go outside and call a little maid, and take her to the front yard to send a quick boy. Go to the Feng family door and whisper: "Xu Shixin will be here tomorrow." It’s crooked!”
In fact, it was fortunate that she did that: after the Feng family received the news, they were very surprised: "Why did the prince agree?"
-When they posted the post, they really didn't expect that Xu Baomo would come to congratulate him in person. They asked Xu Baomo not to have a direct relationship with the Feng family. It would be fine if Feng Li, the head of the Feng family who was the same generation as Mrs. Sheng, did not wish to celebrate his birthday. But although Feng Zhiren who celebrated his birthday that time was not the eldest grandson of the Feng family, he was the same generation as Xu Baomo. According to the status gap between the two parties, Xu Baomo's courtesy would give the Feng family a lot of face.
Therefore, the Feng family was not prepared to entertain Xu Baomo at all. Now that they received the news, they couldn't help but feel very embarrassed, "Normally, the prince came to congratulate him in person, so the ostentation should not be underestimated, otherwise it would be suspected of neglect. However, is Zhi Renri a junior? , He also refuses to have an integer birthday, and he does a lot of things but does not follow the rules."
It was a custom at that time that if there were elders in the family, even if the younger generation had a family full of children and grandchildren, they would not hold a grand birthday solemnly, because that meant reminding the elders: He is already so old, and I don’t want to die soon. ? !
In previous years, the birthdays of Feng Zhiren's generation were not so much celebrated for them as they were a reason for their married aunts to go home for a small gathering. That is to say, a banquet was set up for them in the side yard. His mother came from the east. The kind of treatment you get from cooking a bowl of longevity noodles - that kind of treatment is just enough to greet your own relatives, but it's a bit careless to greet Prince Ningwei.
The Feng family simply thought hard and finally came up with a compromise, "We won't hold Zhiren's birthday at home this time. We will bring the Dangui Garden to the east and let the juniors have fun!"
The family's property, Dangui Garden, is not located outside the county town, but is located in a sweet-scented osmanthus forest by Fangfei Lake, a famous outing resort outside the city.
Not only does the chef in that place have excellent cooking skills, but the exterior and interior decorations are also very original. Many of the waiters from famous restaurants such as Tianxianglou take turns performing in the lobby, and you can also go to the private rooms to accompany you. Although the companion cannot really do anything, the presence of silk and bamboo and the beauty holding the pot can also liven up the atmosphere during the dinner.
If the weather is good, the banquet can be held in the sweet-scented osmanthus forest or by the Fangfei Lake: there are hundreds of birds raised in the Osmanthus Garden in the forest. All of them have rich feathers and can sing and dance well. In the uninhabited environment of the mountains and forests, the troubles and noises of the world disappear in an instant; in the lake, there are a large number of koi carps, which gather on the shore to seek food whenever they see people. The blue water and red scales complement each other, making the water greener and the carps more colorful.
... Xuan Yu's family has put so much thought into this restaurant, so the price is naturally unambiguous, but the people who often come in and out of this place are not the top beauties in Nanfeng County. If it had not been for the Feng family to come forward and the prince was hosting the ceremony, the Feng family might not have agreed to book the place. The fact that the Feng family consciously did so not only showed that they valued the prince's presence in person, but also did not break the custom. Get the best of both worlds and be thoughtful!
However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and the sky was clear when we woke up early that day. However, after the group arrived at Danguiting, the scene of introductions and greetings was not over. The sky quickly turned dark in the east, dark clouds gathered, thunder and lightning rolled, and they watched. It’s raining heavily in the East!
Although Danguiting is less than five miles away from the gate of the county city, there is a saying that the son of a rich man cannot leave the palace. There is Sheng Weiqiao in the group who can take the carriage. If the horse pulling the carriage stumbles, the horse will The beloved one fell down and bumped into him, and no one except Xu Baomo would be able to please him.
Feng Zhiren and Xuan Yushe therefore solicited everyone's opinions and decided to let Danguiting open the banquet while sending people back to the city to report: "If the rain does not stop until the evening, then we will stay at Danguiting for one night. In case the road is muddy and something goes wrong.”
It turned out that the rain was so severe that it didn't stop or get lighter even after dark. Three families in the city sent a reply in the afternoon, expressing their agreement with the arrangement, but telling them to be careful, and to be especially careful not to let Sheng Weiqiao fall. one.
"Speaking of which, there is no news about Miss Sheng San and Miss Shen's family until now?" Feng Zhiren and others were naturally blushing after hearing this. Could it be that they were worried that Sheng Weiqiao would follow in the footsteps of the two sisters and disappear inexplicably? After all, the Feng family is related to the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. They are neither familiar with the daughter of the second eldest daughter nor the cousin of the Sheng family, so naturally they won't care much about her.
After listening to the tactful reminder from the Sheng family, he asked, "How could that happen? Can my uncle offer a reward of one hundred thousand taels of silver? Even if the person who kidnapped them is still greedy, he should at least spread the news so that Will my uncle raise the price?"
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, he said sadly: "Is there any good news tomorrow?"
Of course, that is just a good hope. In fact, many people now believe that the two sisters were probably killed before Sheng Lan resigned from the reward.
After all, whether Sheng Weirao or Shen Jiuniang, they are all raised in a boudoir. Girls who rarely appear in the public eye are unlikely to be involved in things like hatred and love debt. Therefore, no matter how they think about the person who is wrong about them, they can't do it. fiscal.
The biggest reason why no one has revealed the list is that the two sisters are no longer alive, and no one can send them back to the Sheng Mansion safely. Once the truth is found out, Jixi will bear the wrath of the Sheng family - so That’s why I’ve kept it a secret until now!
Did Feng Zhiren and the others think so? At this moment, he comforted Sheng Weiqiao a few words and changed the subject: "I heard that my cousin will take the boy's exam next year?"
"I'm just watching the show." Xu Chuo knew that Sheng Weiqiao was worried about Shen Jiuniang and Sheng Weirao in the past two days. Even if he reluctantly came to congratulate Feng Zhiren on behalf of his parents, he was not in a good mood. Sheng Suihe didn't want to completely offend his sister-in-law, but tomorrow He was not as ostentatious as he was in Xuanyu Mansion before, and had been very silent. Now when asked by the Feng family, he smiled lightly and said, "Dad, did you mean to let him feel the atmosphere in the east field? After all, he is stupid, can he test it?" It’s uncertain whether it will pass or not.”
"Speaking of the boy's examination, although I don't know if the situation in the two counties is exactly the same, he has some experience and is willing to discuss a few words with the wise brother." Xu Baomo interjected with a smile, "When he participated in the boy's examination..."
Because tomorrow there will be only one female guest, Weiqiao, and the others are all men.
The rules of the Feng family and the Xuanyu family are that the ancestral property is passed down from generation to generation. The other sons share the fur and the fur, and they can only rely on themselves if they want to get ahead. Therefore, many of the six brothers of the Feng family also wanted to take the imperial examination. Naturally, they were very interested in Xu Baomo's experience. They listened and asked questions for a while, and the discussion was in full swing. Until the end of the dinner, they were still full of ideas.
But they didn't know that Xu Baomo, who was being watched by them, quietly glanced at Sheng Weiqiao several times. When he saw the girl who had been designated by his grandfather as his prospective granddaughter-in-law, staring listlessly at the bowl in front of him, he secretly complained: He had accepted it before. At the time of the post, I actually had no intention of making that trip in person. Firstly, it was because of my identity as the Feng family suspected. Secondly, there was still no news about my missing cousin. Although no one said it was his fault, in the final analysis , if he couldn't come to the Sheng family without asking, Mrs. Sheng would entertain him even if he didn't need it, and make that trip, so nothing might happen to the two girls.
Xu Baomo felt a little guilty. He had been paying close attention to the reward in those days, so naturally he had no intention of going out.
But just when he was about to pay homage to the guests, he was shocked to hear that none of the Feng family's generation of Six Wei Yuan sons were married or engaged!
At that time, he thought of the sentence "cousins are born with mistakes". In order to prevent the Feng family from "stealing" his prospective fiancée, he decided to come over in person to inquire about the enemy in the East!
It turns out that his love rival didn't notice when he arrived, but because of his words to please his brother-in-law-to-be, he indirectly snubbed Sheng Weiqiao.
Xu Baomo was worried about Badong, thinking that his Da Qiao would be better off not to blame him for that reason.
After finally getting through the banquet, Xu Baomo wanted to find an opportunity to say a few nice words to Sheng Weiqiao. It turned out that Xuan Yushe had not shown the importance of his most distinguished guest, and first asked to arrange accommodation for him - Dan Guiting is not a restaurant, it does not also operate an inn.
Because of the beautiful scenery around Bu Nao and the chef's skill as a cook, family members of Xuan Yu's family occasionally come to stay.
Especially when the osmanthus is in full bloom in autumn, Xuanyu Feng will even come over to taste the chef's freshly made osmanthus cake. Therefore, a small building was built near the lake, which was open to the public and used to entertain relatives and friends who were close to Xuan Yu's family.
Their group of people are naturally qualified to move in. Did someone come over to clean the place as early as Dongyu? It was smoked with some insect-repelling herbs, and the whole small building was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.
Xuan Yushe and Feng Zhiren insisted on arranging Xu Baomo in the largest and most luxurious room. Xu Baomo tried his best to push the room to Sheng Weiqiao, but he couldn't even get in next door to Sheng Weiqiao, so he had to Going to live next door to Sheng Suihe - I followed the instructions of my elders that day, and the room arrangement was like this: with Sheng Weiqiao at the center, Sheng Suihe and Feng Zhiren, as their brothers and eldest cousin, on the left and right.
Next door to Sheng Suihe was Xu Baomo, and then the rest of the Feng family followed Xuan Yushe.
Although no one thought there would be any danger in Danguiting, out of caution, Feng Zhiren personally went in to check before Sheng Weiqiao entered the house, and bolted the windows tightly for her, even lying on the bottom of the bed. Dong Lai checked that everything was correct, and told his cousin not to open the window, let alone open the door casually, and then he safely sent her in for shelter.
I thought there would be no problem if they were all so careful. At noon of the next month, the Feng family and Xuan Yushe woke up contentedly from a sound sleep, but they were told something that almost made them want to jump into the lake collectively: Xu Baomo, Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Suihe are all missing! ! !