lord and beauty

"Yan'er is just an illiterate girl, how can she climb up to the nobles in the city?" Tan's mother was terrified, she could hardly maintain the smile on her face, her hands under the table were tensely clenched into fists, her fingertips were rubbing back and forth on the back of her hands, she seemed very embarrassed, "Ma'am, don't make fun of her."

Although Tan Yan was afraid, she was not a person who didn't know how to measure. She hurriedly echoed her mother's words, and said timidly: "Ma'am, don't tease me, I am not worthy..."

"How do you say that?" Mrs. Shi clicked her tongue, frowned slightly, and raised her hand to pour a glass of wine for the man next to the seat, "Sister is too arrogant, you and your brother were born by the same mother, Is there any difference between good and bad? Your brother is very prosperous in this Sifang City now. Not only has he become the steward of the Jiang Mansion, but he also has his back on the mountain of the City Lord's Mansion. As his sister, he can still Wronged you to marry you low?"

Tan Yan opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't refute it. It wasn't that she agreed with the words, she just subconsciously felt that there was something in Mrs. Shi's words, but she didn't know how to answer them, so she just kept silent.

Tan's mother also lowered her head and said nothing, she didn't intend to answer Mrs. Shi's remarks, she just sat on the stool in a well-behaved manner, watching her nose, nose, nose and heart, and the chopsticks in front of her didn't even move for a moment. I took a few sips of tea.

Mrs. Shi saw that the two of them didn't answer, a trace of contempt flashed in her eyes, but her mouth turned and she changed the topic, "Okay, okay, don't talk about this, eat quickly, I'll eat again after I'm done eating." Take you for a walk in the yard, so you can digest your food."

After saying that, the man above the main seat raised his wine glass, raised his head in the direction of Tan Mu and Tan Yan, raised his head and drank it all, Madam Shi laughed and picked up some topics casually. Passed without taste.

In the evening, Mrs. Shi didn't have much thought to deal with the two of them, she just waved her hand and asked the maid to arrange an empty room for Tan's mother to sleep in. It may be that no one has lived in the room for a long time, and a damp and musty smell is always lingering No, fortunately the bedding was still new, so the mother and daughter simply wrapped themselves in the bedding and huddled together to keep warm.

However, this room is already much better than they used to live and sleep in the open.

It was the first time for Tan Yan to sleep on such a soft bed, and the quilt was clean and warm. The musty smell was nothing to her at all. She was full of satisfaction, and Tan's mother beside her was breathing steadily and seemed to have fallen asleep, but Tan Yan would be a little excited and couldn't fall asleep for a while.

"Mother..." Tan Yan whispered, and soon got a response from Tan's mother.

"Is Yan'er still asleep?"

"Mother... are we going to see my brother tomorrow?" Tan Yan squeezed the quilt nervously, feeling an inexplicable feeling in her heart, some anticipation and some fear, "Will my brother forget me?" .”

After Tan Yan finished speaking, she didn't know much about it. She had the impression that her brother left home very early, and the few scattered memories about Tan Qiu were vague. To be honest, for her at this moment, Tan Qiu, the elder brother, did not seem to be much different from a stranger.

"No." Tan's mother laughed, turned over and took her thin daughter into her arms, and gently stroked Tan Yan's back with her rough palm, as if to comfort a frightened cub, "Your brother I have liked you very much since I was a child. If it wasn't for that accident, perhaps the person who loves you the most in this family should be your brother. You are all born from my stomach. The relationship with the same mother will not be easily eliminated no matter what. "

Tan Yan nodded a little ignorantly, her dazed eyes in the darkness stared at the bleak light outside the house, and for some reason, the words Mrs. Shi said just now at the banquet resounded in her heart.

Can she really stay in Sifang City?

"Mother..." Tan Yan said awkwardly.

"what happened?"

"Can we really stay?"

After Tan Yan asked, she became nervous for no reason. In the dark, Tan Mu didn't answer for a long time, so long that Tan Yan almost thought she had fallen asleep, but the regular breathing slowed down a lot, Tan Mu didn't answer for a while, Tan Yan's heart sank heavily.

Mother Tan was silent for a long time before she sighed softly, "Yes, you will have a home, and you don't have to wander around anymore."

After receiving this answer, Tan Yan's eyes sparkled instantly, "Really? That's really great!"

In the dark, Tanmu's complexion was complicated, and there were too many emotions in her eyes. At the end, she gave a wry smile and did not speak.

Tan Yan just leaned against Tan's mother's arms, raised the corner of her mouth to reveal a smile, and fell into a deep sleep.

In the early morning of the second day, a group of people in plain clothes and white clothes came out from the main gate of the Jiang Mansion. There were not many people in the group. People on both sides in front of the group were holding white pottery, and paper money fluttered into the sky. It was blown by the wind and landed on the ground, splashed on the ground, and mixed with muddy water.

Tan Qiu and Jiang Beimu walked first, followed by half of the servants in Jiang's residence. Jiang Beimu held an umbrella and leaned slightly in Tan Qiu's direction, while half of his body was soaked in the mist and rain.

Tan Qiu and the others walked all the way from the small road in the city to Xiashan Mountain, until the coffin was buried in the crypt and covered with soil, a golden light passed through the clouds from the sky and diffused from the hillside of Xiashan Mountain. , turned into a beam of light and fell on the stele.

Tan Qiu squatted down, his slightly trembling fingers swept over the sunken inscriptions on the stele, with a sad look on his face.

After the funeral, the ceremonial team disbanded, leaving only the people of Jiang's house, Jiang Beimu directly asked Ruan Yue to lead the servants back first, while he stayed to accompany Tan Qiu.

Not long after Ruan Yue and his party left, raindrops fell from the sky again, knocking on the surrounding forests, slapping the green leaves, the breeze rolled up moisture and raindrops against Tan Qiu's cold cheeks, Wet his temples, and the jet-black hair stuck to his thin and pale cheeks, giving him a tired and sickly appearance.

"Let's go."

Jiang Beimu helped Tan Qiu up and said softly.

Tan Qiulue nodded, and when he turned around, he took one last deep look at the Ziluoping stele, and then walked into the haze and mist with Jiang Beimu.

"The theatrical troupe is gone, and the troupe owner has been taken to the capital, so he must be in prison." Holding an umbrella, Jiang Beimu slowed down and walked beside Tan Qiu, "The dead Liu Yusheng is not counted by that person's side." What kind of confidant, but I still need to give an explanation to the superior when something happened, so we pushed the theater troupe leader to take the blame, and I am afraid that this theater troupe will not open soon."

Tan Qiu hummed softly, "That's fine."

The two walked back to the city along the way they came. At this time, the breakfast vendors on both sides of the city had already prepared hot porridge and rice, and they were scrambling to attract the crowd.

"Are you hungry? Want to buy some food?" Jiang Beimu asked casually.

Tan Qiu shook his head, "No, let's talk about it when we go back, Zheng'er is still awake?"

"Well, I asked Ruan Yue to put him to sleep before going out, for fear that he would wake up and see no one and make trouble."

"Then let's go back quickly." Tan Qiu said.

"It's okay." Jiang Beimu smiled, "I have let Ruan Yue and the others go back first, and they can take good care of Zheng'er."

The two of them chatted one after the other and walked towards home. Zi Luoping had already been buried, but Tan Qiu always felt empty in his heart. Behind Mu, he walked forward aimlessly with his head down, until Jiang Bei Mu stopped suddenly, and Tan Qiu bumped into him suddenly without noticing.

"what happened?"

Tan Qiu moved out in some confusion, bypassing Jiang Beimu and looking forward, his face immediately turned grim.

There was an incomparably luxurious carriage parked outside Jiang's mansion, and this carriage was very familiar to Tan Qiu, it was the carriage of Shi's mansion, and what made him even more alert was the woman in red standing beside the carriage. The gold ornaments are dazzling, and they are very luxurious, but when she noticed Tan Qiu's gaze, the woman turned her head leisurely.

The four eyes met, before Tan Qiu could speak, the woman smiled quietly: "Don't drive me away in a hurry, just see who I brought?"