The wealthy man who wears books

A moment later, a group of maids stood in front of Zhongxin's room in Dongkua Courtyard of Bochunyuan, and the first one to knock on the door was a petite woman, who was just sent by the second room today. Beer.

"Master Qi, I'm Bi'er. I see that the light in your room is still on, please open the door and talk to Master Qi right now!"

Bi'er's voice was still sweet, but she could faintly hear the excitement that she was trying to suppress.

"It's so late, I've already undressed and I'm going to sleep, if you have anything to say, why don't you just talk through the door, girl."

Zhong Xin's slightly muffled voice came from the room.

The smile on Bi'er's face didn't move at all, but a smug look appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Qi Ye, something big happened in Bochun Garden at this moment. The whole family suddenly couldn't find our young lady. I have searched the backyard of the main house, but there is still no one. I am in a hurry to talk to someone. Like, but at midnight, I didn't dare to report to the second master at this moment, so I took someone to find most of the yard, just now the little girl said that she seemed to see the grandma coming towards the yard of the seventh master Yes, that's why I found Master Qi here and asked about it."

Zhong Xin seemed to be taken aback, hesitated for a moment, then raised his voice a little and said, "It's strange why sister-in-law suddenly disappeared at this time. It's just that he's not here, so how could he be here with me? I think that girl must have misunderstood gone."

After listening to Zhong Xin's answer, Bi'er seemed to have expected it, so she turned her head and said to the crowd behind her:

"Let me just say, grandma won't be on Qiye's side. Just now, according to my thoughts, I felt that Qiye didn't need to search here at all. Everyone knows that grandma and Qiye are relatives of uncle and sister-in-law. It's too late to avoid suspicion. There is no reason for a widowed sister-in-law to run to my uncle in the middle of the night. Since the seventh master said so, let's hurry up and look elsewhere. The uncle has just passed away, and the eldest grandmother is emotionally unstable. Let's be servants , don’t be too careless.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the voice of an old woman answered.

"Miss, what you said is very true. Now the master in the house is dying, sick, and injured. The family can be regarded as troubled. If you can't find grandma in the middle of the night, it's better if there is no accident. What is wrong with the right and wrong, we all have to go around. According to me, no matter where it is, we can find it out now. Whether Qiye has it here or not, it is better to open the door and let everyone take a look. , I also gave up my mind, and then looked elsewhere, Qi Ye sees if this makes sense?"

As soon as the woman finished speaking, before Zhong Xin could answer, several women followed suit, saying, "That's right, it should be like this, so everyone can avoid suspicion."

In this battle, it seemed that the people had a tacit understanding long ago, and they would only let it go if they found out something from Zhong Xin.

Zhong Xin in the room was speechless for a while, and Bi'er said to the women again: "When I was in the second room, I heard people say that Qi Ye is the most honest and kind, and he is very talkative. I won't embarrass you..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the door of Zhong Xin's room was suddenly pushed open from the inside.

Everyone stopped talking, and turned dozens of pairs of eyes to look inside the door together.

I saw Zhong Xin standing by the door, with his back slightly hunched, wearing only a set of rough clothes and a jacket, his strong arms exposed, bare feet in a pair of cloth shoes, as if he just got up from the bed.

He raised his eyes to look at Bi'er and the others, without any expression on his face, he just pointed inward.

"That being said, although Lao Qi has no suspicions to avoid, don't let everyone have knots in their hearts, so he hurried to the room to check and check, don't waste time, it is only serious to find grandma at this moment."

Bi'er exchanged glances with the women, and said to Zhong: "Seventh Lord is really straightforward and kind, so everyone just take a look, that's all."

She said so, but now she put down her reserved manner, turned around, and was the first to enter the room.

Seeing her like this, all the women and girls rushed into the room without fear.

It's just that Zhong believes that the two houses are really narrow, and there are only a few crude utensils in sight, apart from the smell of fragrant flowers and fruits cooked in the room, there is no second smell of living people.

The expression on Bi'er's face changed again and again in the dark. At this moment, she didn't take a quick look as she said, but pointed to the maids and women with winks. Uncovering the quilt is almost like turning this small room upside down.

Zhong Xin stood outside the door, his eyes didn't look at the room at all, he only focused on the Four Seasons brocade plant opposite.It was nearly midnight, and the flowers on the tree had unknowingly faded away from their rose hue, and were about to turn into a fresh pale red.

After a while, Bi'er and the others finally came out of the room.

Those women looked at each other, but their eyes all fell on Bi'er's back, and there was a look of despair on their faces.

Bi'er still tried her best to force a smile on her face, blessed Zhong Xin, then turned around and said to everyone: "Look at what I'm talking about, Grandma Qi won't come here to seek suspicion, let's take a look Look, it's just a matter of convenience, but it's disturbing Qi Ye's rest at night."

Zhong Xin withdrew his gaze from the flower tree, his expression was not annoyed, but worried and anxious.

"Since I'm looking for my sister-in-law, there's no need to bother me. It's just that I've seen it here, so I'll go to other places to look for it now. I'll also take a look around with you. It’s deep and big, so you have to look for it.”

Just as Bi'er was about to answer, a young man ran in out of breath from the door of the courtyard, and before he got in front of everyone, he shouted loudly:

"Sister Bi'er, I found the eldest young mistress, I found the eldest young mistress!"

The one who ran in was Ju Sheng, the young servant who served Zhong Ren before his death.

Everyone was shocked, but Zhong Xin straightened his back unknowingly, his eyes quickly met Ju Sheng's in the air, and then they separated again.

The smile on Bi'er's face disappeared instantly, but she forced it back on the corner of her mouth a few seconds later.

"Quickly tell me, where is Grandma now, and where did she find it?"

Ju Sheng was wiping the sweat from his cheeks, listening to her question, and just about to answer, a crisp voice came from the moon cave gate across the courtyard behind him.

"I'm here now, and I'm fine, but I'm worrying you!"

The eyes of everyone in the courtyard were immediately attracted by the voice, but they saw a man in a black gown standing quietly under the moon, with a white face and dark eyes, but it wasn't the young lady of Bo Chunyuan!

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When Qin Huai and Zhong Xin were looking at the two paintings on the desk, each having their own concerns, there was a hasty knock on the door.

Before Qin Huai and Zhong Xin in the room could answer, the person who knocked on the door had already shouted in a low voice, "Qi Ye quickly open the door, I know that the young mistress is here now, and has something urgent to tell you!"

The visitor was Jusheng, Zhong Ren's servant.

When Zhong Ren was alive, the most frequently used men around him were Zhong Xin who was half brother and half servant, and the other was Jusheng, a servant who took care of the uncle's daily life when he was away from home.

This Jusheng is a son of a family whose parents both died. Although he has passed away, he is thin and small, and looks like a young boy of thirteen or fourteen years old.

Originally, he was only helping out in the stable, not serving Zhong Ren.But when Zhong Xin got older and grown up, he was coldly selected by Zhong Ren to follow him.

Ju Sheng was gentle and reticent, because he served Zhong Ren with urination, he was tempered with winks, but after all, he was guarding a eccentric and tyrannical master, and would be beaten and scolded by Zhong Ren from time to time, leaving his nose bruised and his face swollen.

Especially when Zhong Ren drank too much wine, he would ask him to stay with him in the study all night. I don't know what tricks he used. When he came out the next day, although Ju Sheng didn't say a word, he bent over and parted his legs. , It is difficult to walk, and it is often necessary to lie down for a whole day and midnight before moving.

And every time in such a situation, only Zhong Xin by his side was the one who served him food and water, and took good care of him.

Although the two are not a few years apart in age, they are both struggling to survive under Zhong Ren's despotic power. Although Zhong Xin is also being beaten and scolded, he is not as weak as Ju Sheng, and he still insists on eating his stomach full of leftovers , Carrying a stone lock every day to practice strength.After the two gradually grew up, one grew into a strong and tall body, while the other looked like an underdeveloped child, skinny and lonely.

It's just that although the descriptions of these two people have changed, they both have a taciturn temperament, and their daily speech is still liao liao, but they both pretend to be friendship in their hearts.

Therefore, seeing the eagerness and anxiety in Ju Sheng's soft voice, Zhong Xin glanced at Qin Huai, then walked over quickly and opened the door.

"Seventh brother, don't ask me why, just think about how the grandma gave birth to this yard. At this moment, Bi'er, the second roomer, is bringing the girl and woman over, thinking that she wants to block the door of this room and come out. Big grandma and your ugliness!"

When Zhong Xin and Qin Huai heard this, Gordon felt in their hearts.

Although Ju Sheng's hastily uttered words were a bit out of place, the meaning in them was like enlightenment, and all of the people who had been softened by the fragrance of flowers under the moon before were pulled back to reality.

Although Qin Huai knew in his heart that the girl Bi'er sent by Zhong Xiu himself would definitely not be a mediocre person, but after he gave her and everyone a note of Ma Wei today, he thought she would restrain herself a little. , it is not too early to embarrass yourself.

But looking at it now, I clearly underestimated Bier's scheming and courage.

At this moment, she was able to pick a time when she happened to be in the old seven's house, mobilize the crowd, and bring people over. There is no doubt that she must have taken aim at her before.

Maybe she came out of the main room, played with flowers and grass all the way, until she met Zhong Xin, all kinds of things fell into her eyes.It wasn't until she saw the youngest mistress follow the shirtless uncle into the bedroom that she found the right time to block the door to find someone.

In the current situation, regardless of what I and Zhong Xin did in the room, at such a time, I, a widow whose husband had just died, ran to my uncle's bedroom and waited in the second and third rooms of Zhong's house. When watching Dafang's jokes and vowing to completely crush Dafang, I'm afraid it's hard to argue.

This girl is really amazing.

Of course, this girl's scheming is certainly one aspect, and she lost her guard and took it lightly, which is the source of the incident in front of her.

Qin Huai complained fiercely to himself in his heart.

The self who had always been cautious in Bochun Garden, walking on thin ice, unknowingly relaxed his due precautions after Zhong Ren passed away and Que'er had an accident.

You know, this is Bochunyuan, the Shura field in the Zhong family's Shura field, and the moment I walked into Zhong Xin's bedroom tonight, I was really worried.

Zhong Xin on one side had already leaned over to the window, leaned against the window and listened, and said in a low voice: "This door can no longer go out, that person came rather quickly, and has already entered the Moon Cave Gate."

Qin Huai straightened his body, stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhong Xin's gown that was draped over the chair, and said as he put it on: "What if they come over, now we have three of us here, innocent, I'm afraid they will do something! "

Zhong Xin narrowed his eyes, shook his head and said: "It was Lao Qi who made a negligent mistake today. He absolutely should have never stopped my sister-in-law from entering my room. My sister-in-law still doesn't know how powerful this person is. Now that the three of us are here, we won't be able to prove our innocence, but these people will make up more dirty tricks, which has long been seen in the Zhong family."

Qin Huai's face flushed and turned red all of a sudden, with four points of self-blame and shame, and six points of annoyance.

He understood the meaning of Zhong Xin's words. If the three of them are stuck in the room now, it will probably be reported immediately. The boy came to play together such explosive words.

Zhong Xin jumped onto the wooden bed and pushed open the rear window. It turned out that the room was next to the high wall across the courtyard, which seemed to be about an arm's length away.

"Sister-in-law just feel wronged, and quickly follow Ju Sheng to jump out along the wall. At this moment, there is really no other way!"

I could already hear the twittering of girls and women deliberately suppressed in their throats. Jusheng was the first to jump onto the bed. Zhong Xin leaned over the window lattice and bowed his right leg so that Jusheng could step on it and support him. Help him climb outside from the window, until he stepped on the top of the wall, he hesitated for a moment, and then jumped down.

Qin Huai took a deep breath, knowing that he had nothing else to think about, so he also lifted himself onto the bed.

Bi'er knocked on the door with excitement, and Zhong Xin didn't care much, he hugged Qin Huai, put one hand on his waist, and supported his tall back with the other, Send it hard to the wall outside the window.

Qin Huai only felt that his powerful hands pinched his waist in haste and eagerness, making his waist sore and painful, especially the part of his back that was lifted by his fingers seemed to be passed through an electric current, causing all the nerves in his body to twitch. Jumping, in the midst of chaos, he had already climbed onto the wall.

When I looked down, I couldn't help but screamed in my heart.

It turned out that the wall was built so high that it looked very scary in the night.

That Jusheng was standing on the ground, looking up at him with his head up, making a gesture with his hand to let him jump down.

In such a tense and flustered moment, Qin Huai couldn't help but say to himself in his heart, "After watching so many house fights and crossing books, the only protagonist who can push me to jump over the wall is probably only myself." One copy."

"Sister-in-law, jump!"

Zhong Xin's extremely low shout came from behind him, Qin Huai took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and jumped down.

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After a trace of doubt and surprise flashed across Bi'er's face, she quickly put on a smile and walked quickly to Qin Huai.

"Amitabha, it's good that grandma is here! It's so late at night, and suddenly I can't find grandma, it really makes me anxious. If I can't find it again, I will report to the second master and second lady, and mobilize the whole family to come. I found it. It’s just that grandma just now, where did she go?”

Qin Huai smiled slightly and nodded towards her.

"I was just sad because I saw many things about the uncle in the room, and I couldn't sleep at night, so I took advantage of the bright moon in the sky and went outside for a walk. The pavilion by the river and other places on the left were just blowing for a while. The wind just came back. It was my accidental intention, but I didn't expect to make you worry about it. It's just that you said that you couldn't find me everywhere, but you reminded me that when I went out, I found that there was no lady at the corner door of the yard. At night, there is no young man on duty, so it is very chaotic. Now that you are here to take charge of the affairs, you should take care of Po Chunyuan carefully, so that you don't even look at me when I come in and out. Searching east and west, I found that uncle came here, lighting candles and sticks at night, pushing and shoving, I know, I know that you are looking for the master's grandma, but if you don't know, I think you are searching for traitors. If a gossip woman tells other courtyards about this, it will no longer be just a joke about my eldest wife's lack of discipline, and even you, a big girl from the second wife's family, will also disgrace your former master!"

There was a forced smile on Bi'er's face, but now that Qin Huai's soft and hard words were spoken in front of others, her expression changed again and again, and she finally replied with a forced smile:

"Bi'er knows, in the future, I must remember my grandma's teachings, and organize the good students in Bo Chunyuan to do their best, and make the best use of their duties. Even if grandma is strong, no matter how fast her legs are, she will never be able to find grandma again." when."

Qin Huai snorted, knowing that the girl was still competing with him inside and out, but no matter what, he was the final winner tonight, so he stopped fighting with her, and only said to Bi'er and everyone: " After tossing around for such a long night, everyone was tired after thinking about it, so they separated and left here, let uncle rest early."

After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the main room.

Zhong Xin looked at his slender back, which looked extremely tall and straight under the moonlight.But looking at it again, Zhong Xin's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

Because he saw that the steps taken by the male sister-in-law to walk out of the Moon Cave Gate seemed normal at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that she was taking extremely difficult steps.

Seeing that everyone followed Qin Huai out of the courtyard, Zhong Xin waved to Ju Sheng who had not left after seeing his hint, motioning for him to come over, and said in a low voice:

"Sister-in-law's foot, what's the matter?"

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The moment Qin Huai jumped from the wall to the ground, his right foot stood firm, but his left foot made a "click", twisted, and the pain immediately went into his bone marrow.

He tried his best to keep himself from screaming, but stood up with his teeth gritted. After taking two steps, he felt a sharp pain in the sole of his left foot. Move forward.

Only then did Ju Sheng realize that he had sprained his left foot, and because he was worried that he would hurt his bones, he suggested that he carry him on his back and go back to the main room first.

Qin Huai was also worried about his feet, but looking at the Dongkua courtyard across the wall, he didn't know how Zhongxin was facing the scheming Bier.

He was [-]% worried, and [-]% wanted to see how the dark-bellied old seventh would change, so he still asked Ju Sheng to accompany him to the moon gate in the courtyard before letting go.

But now that the dust had settled, and when I was going back to the main room, I realized that the ancients coined the four words "walking with difficulty", which is really an extremely appropriate word.

It's just that even if the soles of his feet hurt so much that his forehead was sweating, in the eyes of Bi'er and others behind him, he still had to grit his teeth and persevere.

This crime should be regarded as the punishment I got after I made a huge mistake since I was in the book.

At this moment, Qin Huai watched his left foot become more and more red and swollen, but after Ju Sheng secretly sent him a plaster and helped him fix it, the pain gradually became less so.

He smiled at Ju Sheng, who was standing silently by the side, "It's thanks to you for what happened tonight, and now, I'm thanks to your plaster for my foot."

A slightly shy smile appeared on Ju Sheng's thin and reserved face, and he gently waved his hands and said:

"In this Pochun Garden, only Master Qi and Grandma have never beaten and scolded Ju Sheng. Even if they helped Grandma, it is worthless. And this plaster is not owned by Ju Sheng. It was Master Qi who saw Grandma I hurt my foot, so I sent it to grandma."

Qin Huai was stunned for a moment, looking at the plaster on his feet that was sticking to his skin, wondering if it was due to the force of the medicine, but at this moment there was an indescribable heat.

Ju Sheng was about to say goodbye, when he was at the door, he stopped his feet suddenly.

"Grandma saw Ju Sheng's memory. Seventh Master asked me to send a message to Grandma just now, but I almost forgot about it. Seventh Master said that if the Four Seasons brocade plant wants to grow prosperously and change four times a day, it cannot do without raising it." People who grow flowers will support them. And if they are raised well, the four seasons will change, and it will naturally bloom and be rich and have a bright future. Even those who grow flowers will follow the icing on the cake, and the bamboo will be safe."

After Ju Sheng said this, he bowed and left.

Qin Huai was the only one. I don't know if it was because of the soreness on his feet, or because he was troubled by Zhong Xin's mysterious words, and for a moment he forgot the depression that Zhong Ren brought to him in this room.

He was lying on the big rosewood bed, unknowingly a little drowsy, and the moment he just fell asleep, a long-lost idiom suddenly appeared in his mind: vertical and horizontal.

In the early morning, there is a wind blowing, and the spring garden is full of fragrance.

The eldest girl in charge, Bier, prepared breakfast for the eldest grandmother, and personally supervised the delivery of it into the room, but the girl who delivered the food reported that the eldest grandmother sprained her ankle in the room last night, and she would not eat the usual breakfast at the moment. , Only the porridge and side dishes were left.

Bi'er nodded in surprise, watching the people send those things back to the kitchen, but her eyes rolled secretly, thinking about what happened last night and now.After a while, she said hello to the little girl, and hurried out of Po Chunyuan, and went straight to the courtyard where the second young lady was.

Not long after walking to the garden road, they saw a few rough envoy girls, led by a housekeeper of the second room, pushing and shoving a girl whose clothes were already dirty and tattered, and came straight to the garden.

Bi'er saw that the girl's face was bruised and swollen, her neck and hands were also bruised, and the braid that was originally black was half loose at this moment, and it was covered behind her head, her appearance was extremely miserable desolate.Especially the expression on her face, at this moment, it was like a wooden statue, her eyes were motionless, without any expression.

Because Bi'er knew the second wife's wife, she hurriedly asked her, "Isn't this Que'er from the first room? Why did she become like this all of a sudden? Where are you going to send her?"

The woman knew that she belonged to the Second Miss, so she whispered in her ear:

"This girl made a big fuss in the Zhong family, and was interrogated by the second master in the middle of the night. She said she wanted to ask the Zhong family what prescription came out. If there is that thing, she said yes; when asked where it was hidden, she said that she forgot it, as if she was insane, and made a fuss in the middle of the night, but there was no result, so she was beaten by the second master. Half dead. Right now, it's the second lady's idea, saying that she won't be let out easily, and she won't be allowed to seek death, and she will be locked up in the place where Zhong Laoqi's mother lives, and more people will be sent to guard her."

Looking at Que'er's miserable state, Bi'er thought of something, sighed, shook her head and said, "In this way, the crazy woman has a companion at this time, she is no longer a lonely ghost."

The old woman looked around, and hurriedly whispered in her ear: "Girl, you don't know, it's not like that. I got up early and heard from Mrs. Ding, the eldest wife's companion, that the eldest wife feels better today. When she woke up, she told everyone that it was the master who entrusted her with a dream, and asked her to take Lao Qi's biological mother to the big house so that she could raise her well. He said that from now on, she would seek medical advice and cure the madman. Illness, you said this is not unusual!"

Bi'er's eyes were wide open, she was really speechless for a while, she nodded her head after a long time, and said:

"The matter of the masters, we can't make it clear. Madam, you should go quickly. I also want to go back to the second lady to discuss something. Don't waste your time. Look at this day, it changes as soon as it is said. It is like It's going to be a storm!"