Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

"Why did you suddenly have a stroke?"

Not only Mrs. Li was thinking secretly, even Du Yun'an, who was in great grief, heard that a trace of doubt flashed in his mind, but Du Zhong's life and death were uncertain, and Du Yun'an couldn't concentrate on paying attention to other things.

"Good boy, I know about your brother, you go home to take care of it first." Mrs. Li couldn't hide her haggardness, she agreed to Du Yun'an's request, pitying her for being alone, and even ordered two strong nuns to accompany her.

Aunt Jin and the family members who are close to Du Yun'an all said, "Just tell us if you have anything to do."

After Du Yun'an went out, Madam Li asked: "Her brother hasn't been found yet? How sooner or later did it happen? Now Haiqingheyan, why did he meet a water thief?"

Those who knew about it shook their heads: "I heard that it happened in the ancient river section of the Jianghuai area, and it took nearly ten days. Besides, there are rules in this escort company, the escorts first and then the people. The thing was delivered to the place, but when her brother fell, the bodyguards didn't find it, so I'll look for it later... I'm afraid it's bad luck."

Du Yun'an's small face was pale, but those red and swollen eyes were surprisingly black and bright. The two strong nuns looked at her with panic, and they didn't know how to comfort them, so they had to do their duty and guard the door of Du's house. .

Yin Xian's father led people to the Du's hall, and said in a low voice: "Girl, this is the letter that was reported by the younger generation. I have also asked people, and it is indeed a member of the Xinglong Escort Bureau."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Du Yun'an swallowed harder: "When brother comes back, we brothers and sisters will go to the house to thank you."

Yin Xian's father hurriedly waved his hands, looking at Du Yun'an with unbearable and complicated eyes, this child only believes that her brother is alive, I'm afraid it's because of this strength that supports her, but in this situation, the most pitiful person is not the brother of the Du family The son, but her, an orphan girl who lost her mother, father and brother!

The dead are gone, only the living will suffer.

There was a stranger, Yinxian's father, who was afraid of accidents, refused to leave Du's house at this time, and only went out to guard the gatehouse. Two old nuns stood outside the door of the main room. Du Yun'an invited someone to come in.

Du Yun'an naturally had a lot to ask, but after seeing the person, he was in a mess and didn't know what to say. The only thing that came to his mouth was: "When my brother fell into the water, was he dead or alive?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes to look into Du Yunan's eyes: "Alive! But I heard that Senior Brother Du was seriously injured at that time, and he was the one who forced the thief into the water together."

Du Yun'an stood up "teng": "My brother took the initiative to take the thief into the water?"

Water thieves, water thieves, for these thieves who roam the rivers and seas, the water is their territory.Don't my brother know that the water is more dangerous than the boat, but he still chooses to go into the water, it must be because he knows that there is a better way to survive in the water!

"..." Du Yun'an was about to speak, but she swallowed the words again. She didn't know who the person in front of her was, and was she reliable?

"Who is this senior brother?"

Song Chen was stunned again, feeling that the little girl in front of him was really unexpected, before he came, he thought he would meet a troublesome woman who could only cry.

"My surname is Song, and I was the latest to join my teacher's sect..."

"Senior Brother Song Chen!" Du Yun'an's eyes lit up, and then he thought about sizing him up. Sure enough, he saw a long and narrow birthmark at the corner of the right eye of the young man in front of him. It really looked like a scar at first glance, as his brother said.

Du Zhong once told his sister that if something happened when he was not in Beijing, he would ask her to go to the Xinglong Escort to ask Song Chen for help.As far as Du Yun'an knows, Song Chen is the youngest apprentice under Zhang Laobaotou's sect. He is the latest to start, but his kung fu is the best. Du Zhong said that he has a wolf-like temper, reticent and ruthless but the most kind, and he is Du Zhong among the many seniors. The most trusted person.

"My brother is probably still alive!" Du Yun'an's voice trembled when he said the word 'maybe', "he must have noticed something, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen into the water on his own initiative."

Song Chen nodded, a little impressed, this was his first thought when he learned the details from the escort.But what those colleagues said in their letters was useless, they all thought that Eucommia sacrificed their lives for righteousness, and were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of bodyguards——Song Chen was disliked by others because of his birthmark since he was a child, but fortunately he was protected by Du Zhong under his wings since he entered the school , spent more time with Eucommia than his parents, he knows the senior brother best, the senior brother is worried and temperamental, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will not give up.

A ship of bodyguards, except Senior Brother Du, was seriously injured, but they are all still alive. What does this mean? It means that they are far from the situation where they will die together with the thieves——

"...Senior brother Song said that the dart is not lost, and the rest of the senior brothers are not in danger?" Du Yunan stared at him, and said softly: "The purpose of those thieves is not the dart, but my brother."

Although the voice is soft, it is firm.

"I guessed the same way. The escorts said that after Senior Brother Du and the bandit leader fell into the water, they were so angry that they were so red-eyed. Seeing that the robbery was impossible, the rest of the bandits jumped into the water to survive. The escorts counted the population and found that they Apart from Senior Brother Du, seven people were seriously injured, and four of them were killed by the water thief... I think these people are probably not water robbers, and they are not for the dart worth 3000 taels, but a trick to harm senior brother."

That's right, it is unreasonable to think about it after paying four lives and returning empty-handed.Du Yunan thought to himself, if it was him who had paid so much and the other party had injured many people, then he would have to risk his life to get the dart!Will those water thieves with their heads hanging on their waists do cheap deals?Certainly not.

"Didn't my brother take care of Zhili's water darts? Why did he go to the Jiangnan Waterway?" This is what Du Yun'an was most puzzled about.

Song Chen's face sank, and the birthmark was also slightly distorted, which was scarier than the real scar: "I suspect that this incident was caused by another senior brother in the escort agency. Master, the old man, is optimistic about Senior Brother Song, and others have long been dissatisfied. , this time the dart delivery is to set up a trap to harm people - the senior brother took over the business of the escort agency Zhili Water, but in the dart business, you can't always follow the range drawn by the escort agency, and sometimes it depends on the escort. idea."

"This time it is a business with a regular customer. He is a well-known broker in the Zhili area. He is acquainted with the senior brother. He has specially appointed the senior brother to be the dart. I have already asked about this broker Liu. This business is for a master salt merchant. The thread is drawn, and there is nothing to be found out on the surface." The brother was in danger suddenly, the thief wanted to kill him, and the brothers on the boat may also have accomplices, so they had to dive into the water to survive.

"What did Mr. Zhang say?"

Song Chen shook his head: "Master loves Senior Brother Du, but now Master is not the only one who has the final say in matters in the escort agency, and the Zhang family takes the lead in fighting for profit. Although Master sent people to search downstream, I can't trust those people."

Du Yun'an understood that the Xinglong Escort Bureau had already divided several factions in order to compete for the next head of the family. Now the head of the old bodyguard Zhang can't suppress the subordinates. Powerless in things.

Song Chen stood up: "I'm leaving Jingnan today to look for senior brother. If you have nothing to do, don't come out again. It's not as safe outside as in that mansion."

The words were dry, obviously not used to face female relatives, let alone speak soft words.

Du Yun'an is now slightly settled in his mind. The brothers and sisters have depended on each other for many years. The elder brother will not show his loyalty and abandon her for a while. He must have survived. Perhaps he was seriously injured or had other scruples.

Regarding the person who harmed his brother, Senior Brother Song Chen said that he was from the Escort Bureau, but Du Yunan couldn't help thinking more, such as Wang Ren's unprovoked green eyes, Xianggui's sudden irritable behavior, and Wang Ren's previous trouble- ——Du Yun'an used to think it was strange, but thinking about that time, now he suddenly understands: Wang Ren knew about their brother and sister's life experience, and wanted to take advantage of this life experience, so he wanted to show his favor to her, and he did not hesitate to seduce her with the position of "Second Wife" ... If you want to benefit the most, then the only one is rare, so you use the banner of robbery to harm people, so does Wang Ren also have a share, and does the Jinling Dafang have a share?

Du Yun'an looked at Song Chen in a daze. Her enemies were only some people from the Xinglong Bodyguard Bureau and Wang Ren, or did even the big house of the Jinling Royal Family get involved?

Song Chen felt a little uncomfortable. This time, he came to look for the female relatives only because of his brother's instructions that day. He had never said so much to an outsider. This little girl stared at people in movies...

"Then I'm going!"

"Senior Brother Song, stay here for now," Du Yun'an said in a daze, "I have some things for Senior Brother Song."

Song Chen heard a commotion in the inner room, and the two women who were standing outside also turned their heads to look in. Song Chen was anxious to go south to find someone, and frowned slightly. This woman's family is troublesome!

Du Yun'an squeezed her arms and took out a square wooden box. Fortunately, she woke up vigorously, otherwise she really couldn't move this big cabinet.

"I entrust Senior Brother Song with my brother's whereabouts!" She opened the box and put the silver pouch in her carry-on bag into it: "My brother has been missing for many days, and you need some money to find him... Senior Brother Song just use it, Senior Brother stays with me." A place to pass the message, and I will send it to the brother later."

When Song Chen looked at it, the silver box was seven or eight percent full. Besides the silver ingots, there were also some beads and precious stones inside, and a bulging money bag—this was probably the entire possession of the Du family!

Song Chen's throat was a little congested, "I have my own money, just in case senior brother... you just stay by my side."

"If you want to live, you want to see people and if you die, you want to see corpses!" Du Yun'an was calm on the contrary: "I just want my brother's whereabouts." If brother is alive, wait for him to come back to avenge himself; if he dies, she will avenge brother. Means, she will not let anyone go.

As he said that, Du Yun'an bowed deeply: "Thank you, Senior Brother Song, for your great kindness." After receiving the news last night, he asked the escort today, and immediately set off to look for his brother. There is no need to reciprocate such kindness, Du Yun'an just Keep it in your heart, and you will be rewarded.

Sending Song Chen away, Du Yun'an asked Yin Xian's father to help him, and wanted to hang the house in the official tooth shop and sell it as soon as possible.

The two strong nuns persuaded: "Good girl, it's easy for you to sell a house of this size in this area, but it's difficult to buy it back in the future!"

The two stood far away and couldn't hear the voices in the room just now, but they saw that girl Du gave all the money boxes to others, and they were afraid that she would be cheated out of her life, and it would be difficult for the two of them to explain when they went back.

Du Yun'an shook his head, and said, "My brother is here, so I have a family."

If she doesn't find someone for a day, she won't give up for a day.If it wasn't useless for her to come forward, she would find her brother by herself.

"Uncle, two aunts, please bother me to go to another place later."

Du Yun'an only packed a bag of things, leaving all the original furniture here, so he handed over the copper key and the land deed to Yin Xian's father, asking him to handle it on his behalf.

In less than half an hour, Du Yun'an brought Huzi back from a family near the Xinglong Escort. The woman was the wife of a brother of Du Zhong's, and she comforted Du Yun'an with red eyes.

As soon as Huzi saw Du Yunan, he rushed over and rubbed and licked. The little girl suddenly shed tears that she had never shed in front of others: "Good Huzi, let's wait for brother to come back together."

At this scene, the father named Yinxian couldn't help but wiped his face, feeling so sad that he couldn't help it.

The author has something to say: Seeing many little angels’ comments and guesses, Yu explained that there was a reason for the big mother’s stroke, Yun’an’s dowry would be arranged as reasonably as possible, and the secrets of her life experience would not be revealed until the middle and late stages .

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