Difficult to do

The days in winter are always short, and the cold wind blows down the snow quietly.

Those who leave the city gate are always in a hurry, and those who enter the city dare not delay.

At the intersection outside the city, a carriage was slowly heading towards the city, but was stopped by the white-haired old man who was waiting: "Third Young Master! Third Young Master! Stop! Stop!"

The young man in the carriage poked his head out of the window and glanced at the old man outside the carriage.Hastily asked someone to stop the carriage, put down the milk soup and books in his hand, and walked down quickly.

The white-haired old man who came over there was a buddy of the Zhang family who had been working for many years.He was the person with a foreign surname who spent the longest time with the third young master.

The white-haired old man watched the young man get off the car, and greeted him, "Master! You're back!" in an urgent and flustered tone.

The young man hurried forward, looked at the person who was coming, and said, "Uncle Wu, why are you waiting for me outside the city gate? I'll be home right away, there's no need for that."

Uncle Wu grabbed the young man's hand and said, "Third young master, you can't go back, you can't go home."

"What do you mean? I resigned from my second brother, and it happened that the school was on winter vacation. This time I came back from the capital specially to see that my parents will live until after the Chinese New Year." The third young master of the Zhang family was stunned and said displeased.

Fifth Uncle took a look at the gradually darkening sky, pulled the third young master and walked towards the carriage: "This is what Da Furen asked me to bring, and if you don't listen, I will hand over this together with this letter to you." You. I also told you to go back to the capital directly, don't delay here."

The third young master received a string of Buddhist beads, a letter from home, and two pieces of paper.

The third young master hesitated slightly, then hurriedly opened it, and saw that it was indeed mother's handwriting.

The content on the first page was extremely short, telling me to return to Beijing as soon as possible and not to stay any longer.

The second page was written by the master of the Zhang family, and the handwriting was a bit scribbled.

The content is roughly to let the third young master not forget the feud, and if he wants to, he will make the Yu family have no children and grandchildren, and there will be no chance of turning over forever.To avenge his aunt, grandfather and himself.

The third young master immediately looked up at Uncle Wu and said, "What happened?"

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Uncle Wu immediately said to the third young master: "Otherwise, young master, let's get in the carriage and talk while walking, okay?"

The third young master thought for a while, glanced at the city gate not far away, and finally nodded.

The two got into the carriage, Wei Cheng noticed that there was a trace of black air attached to the carriage.

The car drove back in the direction it came from. The road was bumpy. Although the groom was displeased, he drove steadily.

The Fifth Uncle was in the car, his hands trembling together.Then he slowly talked to the third young master about the two murders that happened at home today: "This morning, the master took someone to send the third aunt to the mountain. When it was almost noon, the master came back from the mountain in a panic. He went straight to the lady's room.

The few house slaves who had followed and the few big men recruited a few days ago have disappeared.

We wondered if the master went home first because of some urgent business when he went out.

Those people are still dealing with things on the mountain.I didn't care too much.

But not long after the master entered the door, he heard the fifth concubine's little girl crying and shouting, and went to find the eldest lady. "

"Oh?" The third young master frowned, his face was a little worried, and he was about to ask a question with a lot of confusion.But he was interrupted by Uncle Wu.

"The fifth aunt originally planned to cook for the master's lunch by herself. Girls and women were also serving. But suddenly there was a black wind in the kitchen, and when everyone regained their senses, the fifth aunt had already drowned. In the big tank of draft water." Uncle Wu said with a pale face.

Fifth Young Master's face was pale, and he was about to stand up and tell the coachman to stop: "Since this is the case, I shouldn't be leaving, I should go back and see Second Aunt."

"This is impossible." Uncle Wu hurriedly stopped the third young master: "Young master, listen to me and finish the matter, and then we can discuss it." He lifted up the curtain and shouted to the driver outside: "Hurry up!" Move, get out of here early."

The third young master was pinned down on the car by the fifth uncle, and he heard the fifth uncle continue to say with a pale face: "This is strange, after I sue the master, the master asked to call all the family back. But you know that the fourth aunt Tai usually loves to go to the streets, so she went out in the morning and hasn't come back yet, dragged into the maid who said that she was eating out at noon, happened to miss with the master.

After these things happened at home, it is natural to make people come back.

So Da Furen sent someone to look for her in the street.

But who knows that the person who was looking for the person did not come back, but the girl who went out together came back first with the official messenger.It is said that the fourth aunt, Tai Ben, is talking to the new neighbors in the street.

But he didn't know that the hem of the clothes was ignited by something, and the flame burned his whole body with a whimper.

The people on the side saw the fire, so they poured water on it, but the fire was not only not extinguished by the water, but also burned even more vigorously.

After a while, the fourth aunt who had been rolling on the ground became silent.

He was burned alive by the fire.

After passing by the official messenger to check.The person who splashed water and the neighbor who spoke were taken by the girl and rushed back to Zhang's house to meet the master.Let the master handle it.

The master was dealing with the matter of the fifth concubine, but when he heard that the fourth concubine had died, he passed out.

When the eldest lady heard about this, she asked the young man to go to the government to pick up the fourth aunt.He also told the official about the fifth aunt.

The official had never seen a family with these two strange things happening at the same time in one day, so they sent people to guard at home.

The eldest lady turned around and ordered me to look for you, the third young master, and told you not to go back at this time.

After the master woke up, he also pulled me and told the young master not to take care of this matter.

The affairs of the family are handled by the eldest lady and the master.Let you go back to the capital first, and after the matter is over, the eldest lady will write to you to ask you to come back. "

"Why did all these things happen in one day at home? Did Dad offend someone again?" The third young master felt chills all over his body, and sat on the carriage motionless.

Uncle Wu said again: "Master has always had enmity only with the Yu family, and the rest of the people, master has always been kind."

"Also, what did you say about sending the third aunt up the mountain early in the morning? The third aunt?" The third young master sucked his nose and asked with a deep breath.

"It's the new third aunt. She has been in poor health since the dystocia a few months ago, and she disappeared in a few days. The original third aunt was buried in the tomb of Zhang's family in Mingfenggang, and she has not been moved.

.Da Furen asked me to tell you that although this new third aunt is not as kind as the former third aunt who died of illness, she is still a poor person.

If anything happens in the future, please don't bear any grudges against her. Uncle Wu said with some hesitation in a low voice.

When the third young master heard this, he was immediately surprised: "Isn't the new third aunt the woman that the second young master of the Yu family didn't want? Our Zhang family took over this shit pot for them, and it didn't take long for that woman to die again." Are we home?"

"Third young master, the new third aunt is too old and unfamiliar. But there are indeed some problems with her style of work." The fifth uncle murmured in a low voice after thinking about the stealing thing that the woman was talking about.

The third young master looked at Uncle Wu, then sighed and said, "But the person is dead, let's pass. But this woman is indeed a poor person.

I met the second young master of the Yu family in Beijing. It is said that when I made up with that woman, I decided to marry a young lady from a famous family in Beijing.The dowry has already been paid.It is estimated that they should get married by the end of this year.

Now that this woman is dead, she doesn't know about it, which is a blessing. "

Uncle Wu didn't say any more, just asked people to drive the carriage quickly, but the driver stopped the carriage and said, "My lord, you don't want to die, but I don't want to die. If you enter the mountain in the middle of the night, something will happen. Just look at the sky." It's getting late, let us stay in this small shop for one night before leaving?"

The third young master looked outside, and it was indeed too dark to see his fingers.There is also a tendency for the fine snow to get bigger and bigger, so it is not suitable for rushing.So he asked the coachman to stop the car and went to the roadside hotel to eat and rest first.