Love in Suzhou

The Meng family in Jiangning is also a family of officials. Meng Shixun is the governor of Jiangning Mansion, that is, Lin Shijie's husband. There is only one son in the family, Meng Wuhong, who is the same age as Lin Yun and Sun Wenqi, but his birthday is younger.The daughter is only six years old, named Yuchan, one year younger than Yuer and Sun Wenjing, and there is also a sister Yujuan from the uncle's family, who is ten years old, and often plays with her younger sister Yuchan. Play well together.The Sun brothers and sisters lived there, and the Lin brothers and sisters didn't stay at the aunt's house because they were going to the aunt's house in the same city, because they had an appointment to see other cousins, so it was convenient to live anywhere, so they went to the aunt's house Chu Yanqiu's Jiang family.

The great uncle Jiang Yanting is a wealthy businessman in Jinling City. There are two sons and one daughter in his family.The eldest son, Jiang Heng, is sixteen years old; the daughter, Jiang Ling, is 11 years old. Due to her poor health and her daughter's family, she is rarely known to outsiders;After seeing her uncle and aunt, Yu'er and her second brother went to see her cousin Jiang Ling.

Ruping is her personal maid, three years older than her.Seeing her outside the door, Yu'er asked, "Ruping, how is sister Lingling?"

"It's not very good recently. If Master Biao and Miss Biao go to see Miss, just keep your voice down." Ruping replied.

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and then said: "We know that if you go in gently, you won't disturb my cousin too much." So he dragged his sister and cousin Jiang Ping in.

I saw Jiang Ling leaning lightly on the bed curtain and embroidering something, her face was a little pale.Jiang Ping went in and said, "Sister, why do you always embroider?"

"Second brother, sit down." When Jiang Ling saw that it was the younger brother, she pulled him. She immediately saw Lin Yun and Yu'er. She had seen Lin Yun, but not Yu'er, so she asked, "Is it Cousin Yun?" , so this little beauty is Cousin Yuer?"

Lin Yun nodded and said, "Sister Lingling, it's me and Yu'er."

Yu'er took out a small bundle and walked over and said, "Sister Lingling, this is what my mother asked us to bring you...Ginseng, second brother, what kind of ginseng is it?" Yu'er couldn't remember clearly either.

"It's Laoshan ginseng." Lin Yun added: "Sister Lingling, mother said you don't have to work too hard, and I'll leave these things to Ruping and the others."

"People have to learn how to do things. Ruping, go get candies." Jiang Ling greeted, and then said: "Second Aunt and Uncle, are you okay? Why didn't Big Cousin send you?"

"Everything is fine. We went to Suzhou with my aunt's eldest cousin, and came to Jiangning again."

"Oh, then you also went to Master Meng's house?" Jiang Ling guessed.

"Yes, I heard that cousins ​​Chu Peng, Liu Qing, Zhu Rong and Liang Chun came together, so I plan to stay at Jiang's house for a few more days."

Jiang Ling nodded and said: "They came together, you go to Jinling City to play together? Brother will take you to play."

"Sister Lingling, then we won't disturb your rest."

Jiang Ling held Yu'er's hand and said, "This is the first time I've seen Yu'er's cousin. I didn't expect that Yu'er has become a little beauty. Play with sister Lingling for a while? Brother Yun, you and the second brother go to see them Bar?"

It was also the first time Yu'er saw this cousin who was four years older than herself, and she had a feeling that she had never felt before, maybe because she didn't have an older sister, so she said, "Then I'll play with sister Lingling, why don't you go?"

Lin Yun had no choice but to drag his cousin out. Yu'er sat next to Jiang Ling, and Jiang Ling took out a sachet and said, "This is a gift from me for meeting you."

Yu'er took the sachet and looked at it. The word "Yu" was embroidered on the front and the word "Fu" was embroidered on the back, and she smiled and said: "Sister Lingling is really skillful, this "Yufu" is really well embroidered. "

"Are you literate? Yu'er."

"I've been going to a private school with my second brother and the others since last year. My mother asked me to go. It's very boring."

"Read well and be a Hua Mulan in the future." Jiang Ling encouraged her. Because of her weak body, she couldn't study and practice martial arts. She only read the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Thousand-Character Classics. Otherwise, she must also read the Four Books and Five Classics Yes, in fact, she was just looking for herself, she really wanted to be like other people, but her body didn't allow it, especially in the past six months, her health became worse, so she had no choice but to stay at home and become a lady of the family.

"Mulan is not easy to do. I have two elder brothers above me. How could it be my turn to join the army instead of my father!" Yu'er replied to her cousin with a smile.

"Hehe, Yu'er is right. Are you going to sleep with Sister Lingling tonight?"

"My aunt said to let me go to her place. Do you want my aunt to come and sleep?"

"I'll go and tell my mother that we'll sleep together." Jiang Ling replied, anyway, she liked this cousin very much, and everyone chatted together to enhance their relationship, so the three of them slept together.

After Lin Yun went to find his cousins, under the leadership of his eldest cousin Jiang Heng, the seven boys went out to play, and happened to meet two cousins ​​Sun Wenqi and Meng Wuhong.

Is there anyone in Jinling City, the prefect's young son, who doesn't know him?What's more, it's a wealthy businessman's family like the Jiang family!

When Lin Yun saw them, he said, "Ah Qi, Wuhong, why did you come out to play?"

Seeing so many of them, Meng Wuhong said, "Brother Yun, can you introduce your cousin?"

Lin Yun had no choice but to introduce: "You should know the cousins ​​Jiang Heng and Jiang Ping from the aunt's family in this city." Seeing Wuhong nodded, he continued: "These two are cousins ​​from the fourth aunt's family in Qinzhou Prefecture. Liu Qing and his uncle’s cousin Chu Peng; Daming Mansion’s third aunt’s cousin Zhu Rong and fifth aunt’s cousin Liang Chun. These two are Meng Wuhong, the cousin of the eldest aunt in this city, and the second aunt in Suzhou. My cousin, Sun Wenqi."

Jiang Heng smiled and said: "Since we met, why not go play together." He knew that Meng Wuhong was a very good boy, and he was also a distant relative. The Jiang and Meng families have been in contact with each other over the years, so they are relatively close.

"Okay, then Brother Qi and I will join in the fun with Brother Jiang and you." Wuhong said happily.

Sun Wenqi also joked: "Should I call you Brother Heng with Brother Yun, or Brother Jiang with Wuhong? It's really difficult."

Liu Qing smiled and said, "Archie is close to us, so let's call Brother Heng."

Zhu Rong hurriedly said, "How can that be done? Archie is Meng Wuhong's cousin, they are related by blood..."

"Hey, then Archie, Meng Wuhong and Brother Yun are uncle cousins, and they are also related by blood!" Liang Chun interrupted Zhu Rong.

"Then why not call everyone Brother Heng, dear!" Chu Peng smoothed things over.

But Wuhong said, "I'm used to being called Big Brother Jiang, and I can't change it, so let Cousin Qi call you Cousin together with you!"

Jiang Ping pulled Meng Wuhong and said, "I won't change my mind, I'm called Wuhong."

Lin Yun suddenly said, "Huh? It seems that except Brother Heng and Brother Peng, everyone was born in the year of Renzi."

"Seven little mice?" Chu Peng joked.

"That's right, seven. I'm the oldest, born in February." Lin Yun said: "Archie is next in March; Wuhong in May, Liu Qing in July, Zhu Rong in August, Jiang Ping in October; Liang Chun is the youngest November."

"What a coincidence?" Wuhong asked with a smile, "Then we are really destined to meet in Jinling after traveling thousands of miles. It's really not easy."

"Yes, then the seven of us should sworn brothers." Liu Qing suggested.

"We were already relatives, we were brothers!" Zhu Rong said.

……

But at this time, the chief steward of the Meng Mansion came to find them, so the conversation was terminated, but who would have miraculously gathered them in Jiujiang Longcheng.

The butler ran over and said, "Young Master, Young Master Biao, the master told you to go back immediately, there is something urgent."

Wuhong said, "What's the matter? We are children, so we don't care about adults' affairs."

"Hurry up and go back!" The butler couldn't say anything, so he asked someone to drag him and Sun Wenqi away.

Lin Yun said to Jiang Heng: "Brother Heng, I have to go to my aunt's house, please tell my uncle that I am staying at my aunt's house."

"You can't help either..." Jiang Heng said.

"I have to take a look, who made me a nephew?"

"Okay, then let's go to another place, remember to say something."

Lin Yun nodded and left.

Unexpectedly, five people appeared in Meng's house, three of them were about the same age as Lin Yun, and they were cousins ​​of Sun Wenqi's three aunts: Han Ming from the eldest aunt's family, Kong Sheng from the second aunt's family, and Yi Ruoyun from the third aunt's family.The other is Han Ming's elder brother Han Lian, and the other is Yi Ruoyun's elder brother Yi Ruogeng.The Han family in Huangzhou are the escorts in the Jianghu. Han Lian's father, Han Zaiwen, is the chief escort. This time, he took a trip to transport the escorts from Huangzhou to Jiangning Mansion. Unexpectedly, he was robbed by a group of bandits just after entering Jiangning Mansion. Later, Han Zaiwen took some bodyguards to seize the bodyguards, and asked his eldest son Han Lian to report the case to Jiangning Mansion.

As for the other three cousins, they will travel together all the way because they are all guests in Huangzhou.The Kong family and the Yi family belonged to a family of officials and eunuchs, so they naturally didn't understand these rivers and lakes, so they were curious for a while.So I bid farewell to my aunt, saying that I was going back to Shaoxing, and then secretly followed the escort team, which was discovered later.Han Zaiwen had no choice but to wait for the darts to be transported before sending them back to Shaoxing. Unexpectedly, he encountered the robbery of the darts, and these boys also helped a little.

Han Lian took his cousins ​​to the gate of the Jiangning Mansion Yamen, and by coincidence, he saw his cousin Sun Wenjing and two girls coming out of the mansion. After asking, he found out that the Jiangning Mansion Yamen was Sun Wenjing's aunt's house, so he went directly to the inner hall Met Master Meng.When Lin Yun arrived at the Meng Mansion, he saw his uncle Meng Shixun holding a letter in his hand, and said to the three of them, "You settle down here first, I've already sent people to chase after it."

"Master Meng, can this work?" It was Han Lian who spoke.

"As long as you don't leave Jiangning Mansion, you will be able to catch up."

"Then we'll disturb Master Meng." Yi Ruogeng said.

"It's my duty to have this happen within my jurisdiction, not to mention that we are relatives!" Meng Shixun is a good official, and now he should take care of it.

Han Lian felt a little worried when he thought that there was no news of his father and uncle, so he said, "There is no news of my father and uncle so far, so this junior wants to look for it."

"I'll go too, I don't worry about Uncle and Uncle Han." Yi Ruogeng said when he was older.

"Let's go too." At this moment, Yi Ruoyun, Han Ming and Kong Sheng wanted to join in the fun and said at the same time.

"Children are not allowed to go." Master Meng immediately said sternly: "Han Lian, Yi Ruogeng, you cousins, don't worry, wait for Catcher Huang to come back and listen to what he has to say, and it won't be too late to look for it. Yun'er, You're here too?" Meng Shixun said when he saw Lin Yun.

They also had to sit still and wait.

Lin Yun said, "Uncle, what happened?"

"You children go to play, Hong'er, take these cousins ​​to play, as a father, I still have something to say to Han Lian and Yi Ruogeng."

"Yes." Wuhong knew his father's strictness, and he never violated his father's wishes, so he asked Lin Yun and Sun Wenqi to drag Han Ming, Yi Ruoyun and Kong Sheng to the backyard.

When we got to the backyard, Sun Wenqi said, "Since my uncle won't let us go, we won't go by ourselves, and we won't follow them."

"Ah?" Wuhong looked at Sun Wenqi in surprise.

Lin Yun said: "I'm going to Longcheng in two days. I can't accompany you to see my master there before the Mid-Autumn Festival. How about I ask Brother Heng to help you?"

"Your business is important, we will do our business." Sun Wenqi said knowing Lin Yun's purpose in coming to Jiangnan.

"Don't annoy my uncle too much, lest my uncle be in a hurry, no matter what kind of distant relatives or close relatives, you can always call." Lin Yun knew the character of this uncle, so he reminded his cousins ​​first.

"Don't worry, we have a measure." Sun Wenqi replied, and then everyone discussed how to help the Han family recover the dart.

But Lin Yun returned to Jiang's house on the second day. When he arrived at Jiang's house, he found Jiang Heng packing his luggage, so he asked, "Brother Heng, what's wrong?"

Jiang Heng said: "Lingling's illness is serious, and she can only be cured by seeking doctor Bian, so my father and I are going to take Lingling there."

"What doctor Bian? Where is it?" Lin Yun asked strangely.

"In Dragon City." Zhu Rong came in and replied, "We discussed it. Except for Jiang Ping and Chu Peng's cousin, everyone else will go. Don't you just happen to be going to Dragon City? It's a good way."

"Then I'll pack my luggage right away, when are we leaving?"

"Prepare today and leave tomorrow." Jiang Heng replied.

"Okay." Lin Yun immediately packed up his things.I told my younger sister Yu'er again that if I get tired of staying, I will live at my aunt's house, where there are many sisters and it is very lively.The aunt also knew that children were greedy for companionship, so she sent Yu'er to the Meng Mansion, and then sent them away.

Chu Peng was young, so he was not allowed to go. Jiang Ping was arranged to watch his cousin. After all, the elder brother and his father went to Longcheng, and the family had to be alone, so he had to stay at home with his mother and cousin.

Unexpectedly, Meng Shixun also found Longcheng when investigating the case, so they met in Longcheng by such a coincidence!

End of this chapter