The Sick Beauty in the Republic of China

"Don't be too complacent."

At this moment, the man in the wheelchair cleared his throat suddenly, and said to Qi Chensheng: "The old man is still stubborn, the old lady asked me to tell you, take someone to rest first, and get up early tomorrow." talk later."

Hearing this, Wang Luan unconsciously lost the smile that was hidden on his face. He raised his head from Qi Chensheng's arms, but found that the other person didn't seem to care too much.

Qi Chensheng patted Wang Luan's back. He grew up in Qi's family, so he naturally understood very well in his heart. Since he entered this door today, it means that the old lady has already nodded, and the old lady's side is only a matter of time.

As for the eldest brother--

He bowed his head and said to Wang Luan: "Don't worry, Brother Ninth, come and identify someone with me first, this is my brother from the same mother... Just do what I do and call him Big Brother."

Wang Luan just felt that being hugged by Qi Chensheng like this was really not very good, so he lightly pressed his arm to let Qi Chensheng put him down, and then turned to the man sitting in the wheelchair with caution and respect. Said: "Brother..."

"Shen Sheng and I are being rude when we meet for the first time."

The man in the wheelchair didn't make things difficult, he just glanced at them lightly, then nodded and said: "Since the second child has brought you back, let's stay in Qi's house."

"I don't want to ask more about the past, and no one in the Qi family will ask any more. Now, as long as you are calm in your heart, that's enough."

"I understand...Thank you, brother." The words of the person in front of him were not very kind, but they made Wang Luan heave a sigh of relief, and then he realized that Qi Chensheng was hugging him tightly again.

He turned his head slightly, and saw Qi Chensheng's soothing eyes, and his joking words: "Brother, don't scare him away, if I scare people away again, I will make trouble again."

"I've never scared him." The man in the wheelchair shook his head helplessly, and then turned around in the wheelchair: "Forget it, I still have things to deal with, so let you go here." .”

Wang Luan looked at the back of the man leaving alone, for some reason, he could see a bit of loneliness from the young master of the Qi family, and he didn't leave until the man left.

"What's wrong with Brother Ninth?" Qi Chensheng noticed Wang Luan's gaze, shook his hand and asked, "You're not really scared by my elder brother, are you?"

"There's nothing to be scared about." Wang Luan coughed a few times, feeling a little unbearable, and leaned into Qi Chensheng's arms: "Your elder brother is not trying to eat people, but he is much more kind than you. "

After hearing this, Qi Chensheng immediately hugged him up, looked at Wang Luan with a half-smile with his gray disabled eyes, approached his ear and said, "So Brother Nine is not afraid of him, but me?"

"I never said that." Wang Luan wanted to avoid it a little bit. Although the young master of the Qi family has left, it is the old house of the Qi family after all. Although none of the servants who came and went dared to ask more questions, they all secretly Looking this way.

Qi Chensheng didn't let him do what he wished, and forced him to hold him tightly in his arms, and walked forward with big strides: "I have already entered this door, Brother Jiu is afraid it will be too late."

Knowing his wanton temper, Wang Luan didn't struggle anymore, let Qi Chensheng hold him, and remembered what happened just now: "I just think that your elder brother doesn't seem very happy."

When Qi Chensheng heard this, his eyes paused for a while, and then he continued: "Ninth brother, don't think too much, he may indeed have something on his mind, but it should have nothing to do with you."

Wang Luan could actually see this clearly, the young master of the Qi family really didn't seem to be showing such emotions because of his affairs.He listened to Qi Chensheng and said again: "Ninth brother, you know, the more you live in such a deep house, the more dirty things will happen."

"Qi Longxun has never been like a father. Since I was a child, I have lived with my elder brother and the old lady."

Wang Luan nodded, no matter it was five years ago or five years later, Qi Chensheng seldom took the initiative to talk to him about the Qi family. It can be seen that he has not been happy here these years.

"Brother, as the eldest grandson of the eldest house, the old man naturally values ​​it very much. He can bear the burden, but... during the few years when I went to Qincheng, something happened to him."

"An accident?" Hearing this, Wang Luan couldn't help but think of the wheelchair under the young master of the Qi family.

"Yes," Qi Chensheng sighed. In fact, he himself also wanted to know what happened back then: "By the time I came back, my eldest brother's leg was already useless, but everyone kept it secret, and he himself refused to say more about it." explain."

The situation back then was indeed much more difficult. One of the two brothers was lame and the other was blind. Not only could his father, Qi Longxun, not be able to count on him, but he was so dizzy that he only wanted to help the youngest son born by his stepmother. Really——

Thinking of this, Qi Chensheng couldn't help but sneer again, these things... There is no need to add trouble to Wang Luan.

"Anyway, I don't know much, Brother Nine just thinks more about himself."

"Okay... I just don't want to." Wang Luan looked at Qi Chensheng's expression, but he couldn't help thinking about the scene when he returned to Qi's house five years ago, but he still suppressed it in his heart, and only followed his answer. road.

"That's right." Qi Chensheng hid the emotion in his eyes, became stubborn and unreasonable, and kissed him on the lips: "Ninth Brother, don't allow yourself to think about others."

The two of them walked out of the main courtyard eastward, and when Wang Luan raised his eyes, he could still see the tall and majestic eaves of the main house behind the courtyard wall. Qi Chensheng said in a timely manner: "That's where the old lady lives. Don’t rush to go there, wait until when there is a message from there.”

"Then where are we going now? Where do you live?" Wang Luan looked at the location of the two of them, but it was a north-south path paved with bluestone slabs, and the east and west were buildings.

"Yes, it stands to reason that I should stay with Qi Longxun in the east courtyard, but I couldn't live any longer, so I set up another courtyard in the northeast corner." Qi Chensheng walked a few steps with Wang Luan in his arms, and the car outside drove over , and stopped in front of the two of them: "The old house takes up a lot of space. In the past, people used sedan chairs and horse-drawn carriages. Let's go by car now."

Hearing this, Wang Luan really sighed in his heart about the foundation of the Qi family, and after getting into the car with Qi Chensheng, he asked: "It's all here, why don't you tell me about the population in the family, so as not to encounter trouble in the future?" joke."

"Who dares to laugh at you?" After getting in the car, Qi Chensheng was even more unscrupulous, brushing his hair to smell the sandalwood fragrance on Wang Luan's neck, until Wang Luan pressed his chin, and then he stopped for a while, looking Looking at the courtyard that occasionally passed by outside the window, he started to explain.

"Except for those aunts who married away, the ones staying in the old house are Qi Longxun and my two uncles."

"Qi Longxun took the title of the eldest son in vain, and occupied the east courtyard by himself. After my mother passed away, he married the Qiu family to fill in the house." Qi Chensheng's relationship with his stepmother is obviously a bit tense, or everyone related to Qi Longxun , he didn't think much of it, so he simply skipped over and said: "The rankings of the Qi family's juniors are calculated separately for men and women. The eldest brother's name is Mo Jun, and he is the biggest in our generation. Qi Longxun has been outside all these years. I don’t know how many more people were created, but most of them dare not bring them back to put on the genealogy. Now the one under their knees is Qi Shangwen, the fourth son of the Qiu family, and his daughter Ruqian... Oh, I almost forgot, I heard that in the past two years He grew stronger and stronger, and gave me two younger brothers, the eighth and the ninth, but I don't know which concubine gave birth to them and what their names are."

Although it was just a few words, Wang Luan felt really sorry for him when he heard it. He gently held his hand and turned the conversation away: "Then you still have two uncles? Why don't you often listen to him outside?" Their names?"

Of course Qi Chensheng knew what he was thinking, and he was not interested in mentioning his cheap father, so he said in passing: "It's not because you don't listen to it often, the previous generation is indeed moderate in dealing with things. My second uncle's name is Sheng Yun, The wife he married is considered to be a distant relative of Master Liang Zhao, and they have a very good relationship, the third son Chaohui, the fifth Mu Yao, and the third and fourth sisters Rumo Rurong, all born to the second aunt and have no concubines."

"It's no wonder you don't tell me usually. There are indeed a lot of people in your family. It takes a lot of effort just to remember the names." Wang Luan shook his head when he heard this, counting the past secretly in his heart, and asked when he found something wrong: " I mentioned three younger sisters earlier, why didn't I see the oldest one you mentioned?"

"The biggest one...is called Ruling," Qi Chensheng mentioned, but with a look of pity on his face, he said to Wang Luan, "She is the daughter of my third uncle, and her background is considered pitiful."

"How do you say that?" Wang Luan also knew that some families didn't value girls, but when Qi Chensheng mentioned the other younger sisters just now, he didn't seem to speak in that tone.

"Although my third uncle, Anfeng, dare not be as ridiculous as Qi Longxun, but he is not too far behind. Ruling was born with a prostitute a few years ago, and he kept it hidden from his family and raised him in the countryside until he was seven or eight years old. Later, because of... ...just took it back."

"She is now 20 years old. She has studied but refuses to marry. Fortunately, the old lady doesn't force her. Today's life is not bad."

After Wang Luan heard this, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. Seeing this, Qi Chensheng couldn't help but smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I've seen him a lot since I was a child. Ruling has a very good temper and has a lot to say to us. I'll take you to find him when you settle down." She's going to play."

"Third uncle probably also suffered retribution. Besides Ru Ling, there is only one son named Wang Xiang. He has been sick since he was a child. He has been recuperating in the house all year round and can't come out a few times a year."

Qi Chensheng also felt that there were indeed many Qi family members, and was afraid that Wang Luan would be troubled to remember, so he said, "The second and third uncles all live in the West Courtyard. If you didn't go there on purpose, you shouldn't be able to come across them. If you do, what's my name? You call me." That's what it is."

"However, there is still someone who may meet frequently recently. Brother Jiu still needs to be careful."

"Who is this person?" Qi Chensheng was only talking about the people mentioned earlier, but now he would pick one out alone, and Wang Luan also became interested.

"Although his surname is Qi, he is not from the same family. At that time—maybe the old grandpa knew that his sons couldn't manage the family, and the eldest brother was still young, so he was selected from the side branch to help temporarily."

"We all call him Uncle, and now he also lives outside the east courtyard, close to mine, and we often see each other."

"Then what is he like? But he is easy to get along with?" Among other things, Wang Luan became interested when he heard that he often greeted each other.

But Qi Chensheng just squeezed his fingers to let him not be nervous: "My uncle is very nice, my eldest brother and I used to study business with him, and..."

"He never married a wife, but he almost married himself out—the old man forced him to stay in the Qi family because of his face."

After Wang Luan heard this, he felt that the uncle Qi Chensheng was talking about could be chosen by the old man of the Qi family to help with the family business. Even though he fell in love with a man, the old man still refused to let him leave home. He is a very capable person.

After finishing talking about the last respectable relative in the family, the car gradually slowed down, and finally bypassed the East Courtyard, and came to several courtyards in the northeast corner of the entire Qi family.

"Is it here?" Wang Luan looked out of the window again. Although it is said to be a small courtyard, but from the outside, it is also very neat with two doors and two entrances. Feng Shan and others have already moved things in. At this moment He was waiting outside with four or five little girls.

"Yes," Qi Chensheng helped Wang Luan get out of the car, and said as he went inside: "I haven't been back for a long time. A few days ago, I thought Brother Jiu was coming, so I found someone to rush to make changes. Let's see if there's anything else that doesn't suit you."

As noon approached, Wang Luan felt that the sun was getting more and more uncomfortable, so he just wanted to go in and find a room to avoid the heat.

Unexpectedly, after entering the yard, as soon as he turned around the small screen wall, he felt a burst of coolness rushing towards his face. When he looked up, he saw that the middle of the yard had been filled with running water, and a clear pool had been dug into it.

There are weeping willows covering the house all around, surrounded by the pool, blocking seven or eight points of the scorching sun, it is really cool and refreshing.

"How much effort did you put in?" Wang Luan looked back at Qi Chensheng beside him. He didn't think that there was a pool in this yard, and it must be because of him that Qi Chensheng created it.

"Ninth brother, don't worry about effort or effort." Qi Chensheng looked at him with lowered eyes, couldn't help smiling, and helped the person to walk into the small pavilion in the shade of Liu: "The left and right are just a craftsman who can do the work—"

"Ninth Brother just told me, whether you like it or not."

"It's just that I came back to stay for a few days. It's a pity to be free in the future." Wang Luan's bird eyes slightly closed, but Qi Chensheng's intentions were not fulfilled, and he started talking about something else.

But I didn't want to say a few words, and suddenly felt a pressure on my back, and my whole body was pressed between the pillars of the gazebo and Qi Chensheng, and there was no way to hide.

The willow sash with green leaves falling down like a green curtain scattered down, as if to isolate the two of them, Qi Chensheng searched for a certain spot on Wang Luan's waist, and rubbed it down intentionally, but with evil intentions. The soft | groan that the other party is about to say is between the lips and tongue.

Wang Luan's body was trembling and limp, but he couldn't even make a sound, his eyes turned red from being provoked by Qi Chensheng, so he had to fall into his arms.

"Now, Brother Ninth, should you just say it obediently?" Qi Chensheng proudly hugged Wang Luan into his arms, but still kept his hands from his waist, and continued to kiss his ear and asked, "Hi! Don't like it here, huh?"

Wang Luan was really tossed so hard that he couldn't even refuse, so he could only cough and pant lightly, leaning on Qi Chensheng's shoulder and muttering: "I like it, just like it..."

"Wouldn't Brother Nine be like this?" Qi Chensheng seemed to smile again, even his gray eyes were rippling, and he used some force in his hands to hug Wang Luan, "Don't worry, I will Stop making trouble, you should be tired in the middle of the morning, I will take you to rest."

After finishing speaking, he passed through the willow silk green curtain and walked towards the house.

A few little girls who were staying in the hospital for cleaning heard the movement and hurriedly opened the door to welcome them in.But he didn't expect Wang Luan's clothes to hang down from Qi Chensheng's arms, and he didn't know where he was on the door frame, and a piece of yellow paper floated down leisurely.

Qi Chensheng didn't pay attention, but Wang Luan leaned on his shoulder and happened to see something on the ground, subconsciously took another look: "What is this?"

Qi Chensheng looked back casually when he heard the words, and then frowned. Of course he recognized that this was not some ordinary yellow paper, but a talisman paper drawn and stamped by a Taoist priest.

"How is this going?"

Wang Luan didn't take it seriously at first, but when he heard Qi Chensheng's voice, he suddenly cooled down. Several little girls around turned pale with fright and shook their heads one after another.

He thought about it for a moment, he didn't want to cause trouble on the first day back to Qi's house, so he softly persuaded him: "Maybe it's the house builder who wants to ask for auspicious luck and stay here at will, why are you so arrogant?"

"They don't have the intention to let this go. I came to check it myself after the work was finished." Qi Chensheng glanced at the servants standing in the hall with his broken eyes, walked a few more steps, and put Wang Luan on the chair. "Besides, Qi Chensheng People don’t believe in this, and they are never allowed to have these things.”

"You don't have the guts to do this, there must be someone else behind you," his voice became more severe, and his face relaxed. The scars and crippled eyes on his face made Qi Chensheng even more frightening: "Now tell the truth, I just go Trouble the Lord with that man."

"But if you don't tell me, I'll find out again—"

"This matter is not so easy to expose!"

As soon as Qi Chensheng's words fell, a young girl collapsed to the ground in fright, her face was pale and she began to cry: "Second Young Master, please forgive me, please forgive me..."

Looking at the little girl's appearance, Wang Luan couldn't bear to embarrass her, so he walked to Qi Chensheng's side and gently took his hand.

Qi Chensheng looked at him knowingly, but he didn't soften his tone to that girl: "Tell me, who let you in."

"Yes, Aunt Ji in the Grand Master's room—"

"Aunt Ji?" The answer was somewhat unexpected, although Qi Chensheng knew that Mrs. Qiu was not that stupid, so she wouldn't use such inferior methods to disgust him.But he never paid attention to the Aunt Qin that the girl was talking about. How could he put yellow talismans in his yard?

"You didn't lie?"

The little girl only felt that Qi Chensheng's crippled eye was going to burn her through alive, and she was out of breath from crying, and couldn't speak clearly: "Qianzhen, it's absolutely true, second young master, don't believe me, I How dare I lie to you..."

Although Wang Luan didn't know who Aunt Ji was, let alone the enmity between her and Qi Chensheng, but he saw Qi Chensheng's confusion, so he leaned over and gently led the little girl to continue: "Do you know , why did Aunt Ji put a talisman here?"

The little girl's eyes were red and swollen. Hearing Wang Luan's voice, she still felt the spring breeze blowing on her face. She couldn't help shaking her head, and said intermittently: "I, I don't know too well..."

"It seems that Aunt Ji was bewitched... so she secretly invited a Taoist priest to do it... saying that the pool in our yard collided with her, so... begging me to put the talisman in."

Speaking of this, she cried and begged again: "Aunt Ji is my cousin, I really feel sorry for her frightened appearance... She said repeatedly that it would not do any harm to the second young master, so I let her go. came in..."

Speaking of this, the matter is basically clear, Qi Chensheng has no intention of continuing to listen to her distress, and waved Feng Shan to lead him out.

Over the years, the servants of the Qi family have gradually become hired instead of the servants who were bought and sold in the earlier years. This girl never really caused any trouble, and he didn't have the heart to do anything cruel, so she just dismissed her and rushed home to finish the calculation.

But that Aunt Ji—

He really wanted to see her well.