lord and beauty

"Since you disappeared, your father has been depressed all day long. He went out to look for you before dawn, and didn't return until late at night. There was always no news. At those times, we could only rely on the remaining fur at home to sell money. To maintain the family, fortunately my illness didn't last too long, since then your father has been away from home almost all day."

In the hall of the Jiang Mansion, Tan's mother sat at the head, Tan Qiu and Jiang Beimu sat next to each other, Tan Yan sat beside Tan Qiu in a somewhat cramped manner, her thin fingertips clenched her clothes tightly, and she lowered her head slightly, Quietly looking at the inner hall of Jiang's mansion, Tan's mother whispered about his father, Jiang Beimu and Tan Qiu even focused their eyes on Tan's mother, not paying attention to her.

A maid served tea and saluted politely: "Miss, please have some tea."

Tan Yan was taken aback, and stammered: "Thank...thank you." After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to pick up the teacup as if flattered, but she had never used a teacup seriously before, so she just reached out her hand in a daze Going to grab the body of the cup, his fingers were burned red by the hot cup wall, his whole arm shrank back suddenly, and he threw away the teacup with a scream.

The maid didn't think much about it, she let go when she saw Tan Yan came to pick it up, who knew that Tan Yan was so hot, the teacup immediately took off her hand, it fell to the ground with a bang, the hot tea splashed everywhere, and wet the maid's hands Skirt corners and Tan Yan vamp.

It also attracted the attention of others.

Tan Yan's fingertips turned red from the heat, but her whole face turned red like a boiled shrimp. From her cheeks to the tips of her ears, everything was shy.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Tan Yan was almost frightened and cried. Feeling those sudden gazes, her words trembled. She hurriedly stood up from the chair, but knelt down directly, and wiped the maid's clothes with her hands. skirt.

The maid looked terrified, and hurriedly helped Tan Yan up, and said straight away, "Oh, miss, what are you doing, you can't do it! Get up quickly, I'll just clean up the tea!"

Before Tan's mother could speak, Tan Qiu got up and walked towards Tan Yan. Seeing Tan Qiu approaching, the maid was in a hurry and pulled Tan Yan up who was trembling in fear.

"Sister, isn't it hot?"

Tan Qiu supported his sister, then nodded slightly to the maid, "Please clean it up."

Tan Yan trembled like autumn leaves in the wind, Tan Qiu had no choice but to look at Tan's mother for help, Tan's mother sighed softly, came to hold Tan Yan in her arms and softly comforted her for a while, Tan Yan got better, but it was more serious. Buried in Tan's mother's arms without daring to move, with her head bowed deeply, she didn't dare to look directly at others.

Tan Qiu glanced worriedly, but saw that Jiang Beimu was also looking this way thoughtfully, his eyes were dark and he couldn't see anything.

Just now at the door, he wanted to confess to his mother, but Jiang Beimu stopped him before he could speak. He only said to go into the room and sit down, without mentioning Tan Qiu's words. Although Tan Qiu didn't understand, he saw his family The mother seemed to be slightly relieved, but her heart still sank, so she had to come in and sit down, and the few people all agreed not to mention the matter at the door just now, as if they had forgotten it.

The mother here comforted her younger sister. Tan Qiu felt bored, so she returned to Jiang Beimu's side, walked behind him, and lightly pressed her palm on Jiang Beimu's left shoulder. Jiang Beimu followed the trend and handed Tan Qiu The coming hand was clenched in the palm, and the thickly calloused fingers gently rubbed the skin on the back of Tan Qiu's hand, causing an itchy feeling.

It didn't take long for Tan's mother to coax Tan Yan, and Tan Qiu said in a timely manner: "It's just that I accidentally broke a cup. It's not a big deal."

Tan Mu took Tan Yan with one hand, sat back on the main seat, looked at Jiang Beimu and Tan Qiu, and sighed: "Since your father passed away, we orphans and widows have been bullied a lot, and we have been looking for you everywhere these years. The news is that Yan'er has gradually become like this, and it's also my fault as a mother."

When it comes to the emotional part, Tan's mother can't help but shed tears again.

Tan Qiu comforted her, and Jiang Beimu took a sip of hot tea, and gently placed the teacup on the table, making a soft "click".

"If you're not a person in troubled times, you're already fine. As for your temperament, you can always turn around slowly. The girl is still young, and she will recover after a period of recuperation in the mansion. Don't worry, Auntie."

Jiang Beimu deliberately restrained the military temperament he had developed over the years in order to make himself look more peaceful, but with such an indifferent tone, people dare not look directly at him with his gestures.

Mother Tan sighed lightly, didn't say much, and continued: "In order to find you, your father gave away all his wealth to the merchants in that town, hoping that they could find you for you when they passed by somewhere else. What a pity that you haven’t seen anything for more than a year, and the small fortune that the family had accumulated with great difficulty was all gone. Your sister was hungry at the time, and it was hard to find wild vegetables in winter, so your father had no choice but to go up the mountain again. , There is so much snow in winter, how can there be anything good to hunt?"

Tan Mu gave a wry smile, "But he happened to meet a snow fox. Your father took the risk to chase that snow fox for the sake of the whole family's livelihood, but who knew that fox went to another mountain..."

"Your father shouldn't be chasing after him. He has never been to that mountain. He doesn't know if there are other people lying in ambush inside. It's a pity..."

With tears in her eyes, Tan's mother gently stroked the shoulder of her daughter in her arms, and looked at Tan Qiu, "Maybe it's God's will, that mountain is so big, but it happened that your father encountered a trap. As a result, he was seriously injured, and the fox lost his life in vain, not to mention that he missed the fight."

Tan Qiu moved slightly when she heard the words, recalling the innocence time with her father when she was young, and looking at the changes of things and people over the years, a sense of melancholy swept over her.

"Before your father died, his greatest wish was to find you back. Fortunately, after going around for so long, your father's concern has finally been settled."

After saying that, Tan's mother stood up, holding Tan Yan's wrist with one hand, and the two walked up to Jiang Beimu, and bowed to each other.

Tan Qiu's face turned pale with shock, Jiang Beimu quickly grabbed Tan's mother and pulled Tan Yan up again, "Auntie, I can't help it."

"Qiu'er has been able to live in peace until now. I know it must be because of your protection, and then you have worked tirelessly to help my family reunite. It is a great kindness. All things add up, and I can't repay it in this life..."

"That's what I should do."

Jiang Beimu interrupted what Tan's mother might say next, and only stretched out his hand to support him. Looking at Tan's mother's vicissitudes of life, he thought of his dead mother for some reason, and the two emotions blended Under the circumstances, Jiang Beimu only sighed, "Have you eaten yet? Let's have something together."

Jiang Beimu didn't want to continue entangled in this matter, so he proposed to have a meal, and Tan's mother looked at her eyes, and the maidservant set up a breakfast table for the few of them. My sister has arranged a place to live.

There are not many other things in Jiang's residence, and there are always enough vacant rooms. The small courtyards near the Wanqiu Pavilion are either too small for two people to live in, or the lighting space is not very good. Still, I chose a courtyard opposite to the one I lived in at the beginning.

Now Ruan Yue and Zhou Zhang live in my yard, and my mother and younger sister live near them, so Tan Qiu can rest assured, besides, there is a small road in that yard that leads directly to Banqiu Pavilion, so it will be very convenient to go there in the future.

After Tan Qiu was finalized, he happily took his mother and younger sister to settle down. The two of them walked all the way, and they had no luggage on them. They said it was resettlement, and it was more Tan Qiu who took the two of them to recognize the way, and gave them along the way. The servants of Jiang's mansion looked over to avoid collisions in the future.

Tan Qiu talked with his mother very enthusiastically along the way, pointing to a rockery stream from time to time, joking a few words, after a while, Tan's mother and Tan Yan also went a little more cautiously.Especially Tan Yan, even though she is not very familiar with the elder brother in front of her, her blood relationship made her have an inexplicable sense of intimacy with Tan Qiu, and now that her mood has stabilized, Tan Yan also recalled something about her elder brother more or less. memory.

After Tan Qiu brought the two of them into the house, Tan Qiu first took his younger sister to one of the rooms, and after a brief arrangement, he went into Tan's mother's room.

"Mother, why don't you just sit down and rest?"

As soon as Tan Qiu entered the door, she saw Tan's mother standing by the window on one side of the inner wall, looking sideways out of the window. Tan Qiu walked forward with a smile and stood aside. From this angle, she could just see a rockery from the window. The small mountain streams lined with forests are very quiet.

"Qiu'er, tell mother honestly."

Mother Tan cautiously peeked out of the window a few times, closed the window lightly, and turned around with a serious look on her face.

Seeing this, Tan Qiu's heartbeat suddenly became impatient, as if it was about to jump out of his chest, and subconsciously felt that what his mother wanted to ask must have something to do with Jiang Beimu, so he couldn't help being a little nervous.

"Mom, tell me."

"What is the identity of this Jiang Beimu?"