... However, although Qiu Yilan rushed to the back hall after receiving the news, she was still a step too late when she arrived.
Qiu Feng has been taken to Jiang Ya Zhu and Sheng Shi Shui's courtyard to visit his son.
"Is grandma okay?" Qiu Yilan sighed in her heart and asked in a low voice when she saw that only Mrs. Hu came out to tell her the news. The curtains in Mrs. Tao's inner room were lowered, and there was a faint voice of consolation from the servants.
Mother Hu smiled bitterly: "When the incident first came out, the old lady often cried at night... There has been no news these days, so why is the old lady so confused? If not for the filial piety of the sixteenth young lady, she often brought her cousin to tease the old lady. Happy, I’m afraid the old lady would have fallen ill a long time ago. As a result, the prince-in-law is rushing back..."
She shook her head, "I have already sent someone to ask for the doctor. If the young lady wants to ask the prince consort anything, just go to the sixteenth young lady!"
Qiu Yilan wanted to go right away, but she heard from Hu's mother that the doctor was coming to diagnose Mrs. Tao. As a grandson-in-law, how could she just leave like that? He then said, "I'll wait until the doctor has finished reading it to grandma, so that I can feel more at ease."
The doctor came after a while, and the result of the diagnosis given to Mrs. Tao was not optimistic. At this age, the old lady's mood has a great impact on her health. The misfortune that Jiang Qizheng and others encountered was a big blow. Then she was stimulated by the sudden return of the autumn wind. Although the doctor spoke tactfully, Qiu Yilan still listened. Come out: "Grandma may have been sick for a few days!"
Even so, when Mrs. Hu went to see the doctor off, Mrs. Tao still managed to summon up the energy to call her to her and told her: "I have always said that Qiu Feng helped your brother in Shazhou. It was for this reason that Zheng'er went to the West." That’s right. Now that he suddenly came back, there needs to be an explanation!”
As she spoke, tears fell again - after all, she watched the children grow up, especially Jiang Qizheng, who had a docile temperament. Except for the marriage, which was a bit willful, she had never disobeyed the old lady in other matters. Now that she is "gone" at such a young age, how can Mrs. Tao not feel sad
After sniffing, Mrs. Tao continued, "After Qiu Feng leaves, the debt for a year will definitely have to be settled! But there is one thing you can tell Nineteen: Zheng'er has been very wronged, and we must not let her go again." Being talked about! Not to mention that she still has a child to stay. For the sake of the child’s future, at least on the surface... Let Nineteen handle it carefully!"
"Daughter-in-law, remember!" Qiu Yilan was so confused that she whispered, "Daughter-in-law, I promise that no one will talk about Sister Eighteen and my nephew!"
"Go ahead, I'm tired!" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Tao waved her hands and said tiredly.
After resigning and leaving the house, Qiu Yilan took a deep breath and told Su He: "Go to Sixteenth Sister-in-law and tell Qiu Feng to go to Shazhou immediately!"
"Young madam, what if the young master finds out..." Su He is not stupid, and he immediately understood what Qiu Yilan meant, which was to prevent the autumn wind from Jiang Yashuang. Ever since the news of the misfortune of Jiang Qizheng and the others came back to the capital, Later, although Jiang Yashuang never cried bitterly in front of others, in private she would go and stand for a long time outside the courtyard where Jiang Qizheng lived almost every day, remembering her sister.
At this moment, the autumn wind that indirectly caused Jiang Qizheng's "death" is back. It is absolutely possible for Jiang Yashuang to kill him in a rage!
So Su He was very worried that Qiu Yilan would let Qiu Feng leave, and if Jiang Yashuang found out, a gap would arise between the couple.
"Grandma told me that Qiu Feng was in Shazhou, and Sister Eighteen went west for this reason... This lie must be fulfilled!" Qiu Yilan said solemnly, "So Qiu Feng was told to go to Shazhou immediately - to the outside world, he was in an emergency. I came back to report something important! After reporting the letter, I will continue to go to Shazhou to find Sister Shiba and come back with Sister Shiba!"
Hearing that Mrs. Tao was speaking as a cover, Su He breathed a sigh of relief and took the order to leave!
It was only when Qiu Yilan returned to her yard that she changed her clothes and took a sip of tea. She saw Su He coming in angrily: "Young madam! I have never seen such a person! You are so kind, but he is so kind. I won’t accept it! Not only did he refuse to leave, he came to our yard and I must tell you something!”
Qiu Yilan shook the teacup and put it on the table: "Is the autumn wind in front now?"
"Yes! He..." Su He was interrupted before he could finish his words: "Then invite him to the flower hall!"
Qiu Yilan knew Qiu Feng's temper. Since he refused to leave, she had no ability to force him out of the capital! So it’s better to go find out in person before Jiang Yashuang comes back! When I look back, no matter what I do to persuade Jiang Yashuang or something else, I still have some confidence in my heart!
She was slightly startled after entering the flower hall - Su He had said before that Qiu Feng had lost a lot of weight and looked like a different person. She thought it was just ordinary haggardness. When I saw it with my own eyes, I saw that Qiu Feng, who was originally thin, seemed to be out of shape at the moment. It was really shocking to see it!
"How did you end up like this?" Qiu Yilan was surprised and suspicious, "And where have you been this year?!"
Qiu Feng thought he already knew about Jiang Qizheng, and with sadness and deep self-blame in his expression, he said in a solemn voice: "I'm going to... bury my master!"
"Your master?" Qiu Yilan was stunned, "Then why didn't you just tell the princess and leave?"
Until now, Qiu Yilan still couldn't figure out how Qiu Feng, who had always been upright and upright, could do such a shameful thing? No matter how unwilling you are to accept this marriage, you are still a man, how can you just walk away without saying a word? ! And you’ve already left a letter, so why bother lying to others
If he had not said that he went to Shazhou to help Qiu Jinglan, Jiang Qizheng would not have embarked on the journey to find her husband, let alone be "in trouble" because of it!
"When my master knew that I was marrying Qizheng, he ordered not to reveal a single word of what he said!" Qiu Feng said sadly, "So after I received the news that his old man had something urgent and wanted me to return to the master's door, I couldn't find any other reason. I used your brother as a cover. Originally, I thought I would be back in three to five months. In the meantime, I found someone to tell your brother and asked him to cover for me. Who would have thought... I'll come back. Only after I got to the master's door did I know why the master asked me to go back. He was sick! "
He didn't need to tell him what to do next. Qiu Yilan also knew that his master would become ill. Qiu Feng first attended to the illness, then took care of funeral arrangements... and then came back after that.
She asked in confusion: "Then why don't you have any news at all? If you asked my brother to send a few letters, I don't think the princess would be so anxious as to abandon the infant child and run to Shazhou to find you!"
Qiu Feng was silent for a long time this time, and then said: "What I told the other people in the Jiang family is because my master lives in a remote place and there is no one else. As soon as I saw the master, I had no time to find someone to deliver the message on my behalf. ”
"Then what are you going to say to me?" Qiu Yilan pursed her lips.
"Less than ten days after I returned to the master's door, master died of illness!" Qiu Feng said calmly, "Before he died, he told me that he chose the tomb himself. But after I buried him in the place he said, he was surrounded by Trapped by the formation... I was lucky enough to get out recently!"
He glanced at a black-glazed gold vase not far away. The shiny glaze body reflected his haggard appearance. He laughed at himself and said, "The reason why it looks like this is partly due to grief, and partly because of that place." There was nothing but very little food. I never knew Master knew the formation, and he never mentioned it. Of course I didn’t know it. If I hadn’t been lucky enough to find a way out, I would probably still be in there now.”
Qiu Yilan found it unbelievable: "Master, why would he do this?!"
"Didn't you hear your brother mention it?" Unexpectedly, Qiu Feng stared at her closely after hearing this and asked in a deep voice!
Qiu Yilan was confused: "My brother? Of course not! I only found out about your master today - I don't even know how you wanted to kill him before and how he coaxed you back!"
"..." Qiu Feng was silent for a while and said, "Then I will go to Shazhou and ask him face to face!"
"What does this have to do with my brother?" Qiu Yilan looked at him inexplicably, "Your master... could it be that he is also my brother's master?"
Qiu Feng glanced at her: "No. My master is a famous martial arts master in the south. Although your brother also grew up in the south, as far as I know, my master retired to seclusion before your brother was born. I also lived in seclusion a year or two before he retired. He picked him up and became his disciple. Since he retired, my master has never left the place where he lives. That place is hundreds of miles away from where your brother grew up. They must have never met! "
"Then you came to my brother to ask him to help you find out the whole story?" Qiu Yilan said thoughtfully.
"When your brother was discussing poetry and books with Qiu Nie before, the topic got sidetracked and he accidentally mentioned a few formations." Qiu Feng's eyes were indifferent, "At that time, I was looking for excuses for the former Guardian Zuo of Tianya. —So I paid close attention to every word and action he made! Even though those words were meaningless, I still remembered them.”
Qiu Yilan was startled.
Qiu Feng said: "The reason why I was able to leave the formation set up by my master this time was because of those few words!"
"..." Qiu Yilan looked at him blankly, "What, what's going on?" Qiu Jinglan's life experience is full of twists and turns. She has not returned to her real name until now, and it seems that she will never return to her original name. It’s hard to recover—could this autumn wind also have twists and turns? !
Qiu Feng was obviously not very interested and had no intention of discussing it in detail with her. He said calmly: "Since you don't know anything, then I will go to Shazhou now..." He glanced towards the yard of Jiang Yazhu and his wife, with a flash of sadness in his eyes. Then he said, "That child... I have to ask you to take care of him for a while! When I bring his mother back..."
"You have already killed Sister Eighteen, and you still expect to take away her only child?" Before Qiu Feng finished speaking, a cold voice suddenly came from outside the hall!
Qiu Yilan's expression changed - as expected, Jiang Yashuang strode in with a livid complexion and looked at Qiu Feng murderously: "You don't have to go anywhere. Waiting to be buried with the Eighteenth Sister is the only thing you can do. thing!"
"Nineteen!" Qiu Yilan stood up and wanted to say something, but was stopped by her husband's cold eyes!
"Since Qizheng left because of me, it is natural for me to pick her up." Qiu Feng looked at Jiang Yashuang calmly and said calmly, "If you are worried, you can send enough people to go with me!"
Jiang Yashuang sneered and said: "Bring my Eighteenth Sister back... Are you worthy? It will take a whole year! Let's talk about the letters from home, there is not even a message! If it weren't for my grandmother's protection, Eighteenth Sister would have been unable to hold on! "
He pointed to the yard where Jiang Qizheng lived and said word by word, "Not long after you left, Sister Shiba became pregnant! This was supposed to be a great joy, but you were nowhere to be found! Did you know that Sister Shiba was pregnant?" While listening to people’s congratulations, I explain to you with a forced smile, how sad is my heart?”
"Lanlan also got pregnant not long ago. I urgently recruited a group of staff, left most of the official work, and stayed with her almost most of the time. I can't rest assured! You are so generous. Since you and Sister Shiba are husband and wife, You haven’t thought about having a child this year?”
"My eighth sister-in-law passed away in August last year due to dystocia - Sister Eighteen's due date was just a few days after her! You can imagine Sister Eighteen's panic at the time! When Po Wen came out to say that mother and son were safe, my grandmother almost died Lying on the ground! Even my clothes were wet with sweat outside the hospital! Even so, Sister Shiba refused to say a word bad about you!"
"I know you didn't want Sister Shiba at the beginning, but since Sister Shiba has suffered so many grievances, she didn't say a word to the family, and ordered everyone in the princess's house to keep secret! This shows how sincere she is to you! If you want to divorce, Sister Eighteen will not allow you?!" Jiang Yashuang looked at her brother-in-law with red eyes and said, "Master Qiu Fengqiu, why are you worthy of bringing Sister Eighteen back?"