The wealthy man who wears books

Within a few days, two masters of the Zhong family disappeared mysteriously, which really shocked the entire Zhong family and even the entire Zhong family.

Although the Zhong family is big, Yu Tinglan is a big living person after all. After a day and a night of searching to no avail, the Zhong family had no choice but to search for Zhong Li, not only reporting to the official errand, but also published in the newspaper.

But for Zhong Yi and Zhong Xiu, Zhong Zhi's disappearance was really clueless, and it was only natural to report it to the authorities.But for Yu Tinglan, the two of them were worried, they didn't dare not report to the officials to let others see the clues, and they were deeply afraid of alarming the officials, they pulled out the carrots and mud, and exposed the two of themselves.

Therefore, in the past few days, the two of them have been worried, for fear that the official will suddenly report that Yu Tinglan has been found alive, so they don't think about food and drink, and can't sleep at night. After a few days, the two brothers and sisters are really As if worried about his wife and sister-in-law, he was very haggard.

Although the second wife's love for her daughter-in-law is very average, she was worried that such a big living person would leave if she said nothing. In the future, her natal family would find out the news from other places and would not let her go.On the other hand, seeing a pair of sons and daughters who were worried and haggard because of Yu Tinglan, they came up with the idea of ​​going to the family temple of Baolun Temple to offer incense and blessings, hoping to use the protection of their ancestors to melt away the recent bad luck of the Zhong family.

Now that she had this idea, she came to look for the third wife again, knowing that her cousin was heartbroken because of Zhong Zhi's disappearance, and she cried to death many times.Now that she has this idea, and wants to talk to her, she also wants to go.

Sure enough, the two sisters hit it off right away, and they came to He Yiru's place together. Without saying a word, the third wife had already cried for a while, and the second wife was also crying. She only said that this year the Zhong family had some bad luck. The young master went from Zhong Zhi to Yu Tinglan and cried until Yu Tinglan, only saying that this one must have bumped into the mourning star, and he must go to the family temple to pay homage.

When He Yiru mentioned the old Liu Zhongzhi, he had a ghost in his heart, so he didn't want to perform the worship in front of his ancestors.

But seeing that the two of them are so persistent, and it has something to do with the fate of the Zhong family, it would be suspicious if he couldn't say it, so he had no choice but to follow her two minds, so he called Zhong Xin over and told him to hurry up Arrange carriages and horses, and communicate with the family temple, telling them that all the members of the Zhong family must go there together to offer incense and fulfill their wishes.

Zhong Xin naturally nodded in agreement, and when he got out of the room, he frowned.

As he hurried back, he thought about how to arrange Bo Chunyuan's side.

Because in the past few days, Ju Sheng suddenly fell ill with typhoid fever, which was very serious, and he has been staying in the room without going out, recuperating and resting.

Because this time is the turn of summer and autumn, typhoid fever is prevalent in the city, and it is very easy to infect others.Therefore, in addition to steaming white vinegar and disinfecting with mugwort water in Po Chunyuan, Zhong Xin personally brought all Jusheng's food and decoctions into the room.Fortunately, Zhong Xin has a strong body and strong resistance, so he was not affected.

It's just that right now the whole family has to go to Baolun Temple to offer incense, and Ju Sheng, as Zhong Ren's righteous son, should go there.Even if he is unwell and stays at home to recuperate, but he is not around, how can he arrange for someone to take care of him.

On one side of him he was thinking, while on the other side Zhongyi and Zhongxiu's brothers and sisters were talking quietly in the study.

The two of them also knew that the three wives were going to the family temple. Zhong Xiu's heart moved when she first heard about it. At this moment, she quietly said to Zhong Yi:

"But I don't know why, I haven't thought of going to bed for the past two days, and I always feel in my heart...she is not dead."

Zhong Yi's face turned pale, "But that day, she was obviously out of breath, and she was thrown into the deep well again, and she didn't lose her breath, which is enough to drown her."

Zhong Xiu's face was already slender, but he didn't think about eating and drinking these few days, and it became smaller again. Hearing Zhong Yi's words now, he shook his head:

"I have been thinking, if I am really dead, how can I not see the dead body? After all, it is a deep well, not a river, which can wash people away. Second brother, do you know what I am thinking these days, I Because I thought of that chrysanthemum, who was also thrown into the well, but was rescued by that bitch, Grandma."

Zhong Yi nodded slowly, narrowed his eyes, and said faintly:

"That being said, she might be like that little bastard who was rescued by someone, but she couldn't come back from the corpse. If that's the case, what was the person who let her live and didn't let her show up, what was he thinking?"

Having said that, the siblings looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Zhong Xiu then said again: "So when you and I go to Baolun Temple tomorrow, you must arrange a good manpower in advance in this house, and check after thousands of times, not even a mouse hole will be let go!"

Qin Huai has been on the phone with Bu Lun for the past two days, because Zhong Xin has acquiesced in the idea of ​​cooperating with Bu Lun, so while the French are excited, there are many strict Western rules to communicate with Qin Huai.

The more we got in touch with each other, the more Qin Huai discovered that there were indeed many advantages in Bu Lun.Although he is older than himself and Zhong Xin, his mentality is very pure and kind, especially the French enthusiasm, which is very contagious.

Probably lived in both Vietnam and China since he was a child, and he has stayed for a while this time. Brun has expressed to Qin Huai many times that there are still too many people struggling in suffering in this ancient oriental nation, and these The ups and downs and tragic life of human beings made him feel deeply distressed.

So in the past few days, in addition to studying the cooperation with Qinhuai, Brun has started to establish a family fund to help some poor people in his eyes.

When Xiang'er received a call in the living room, saying that the wives over there had already made an appointment, and that all the households would go to Baolun Temple to offer incense together tomorrow, Qin Huai couldn't help being stunned.

Baolun Temple, this is probably in Qin Huai's heart, a place that moved him the most, and it was also a place that he was inexplicably conflicted about.After all, it was there that Zhong Ren died suddenly and turned himself into a widow himself.And it was also there that for the first time he truly stood in the same camp as Lao Qi.

But now, since the whole family is going to go, I feel uneasy again in my heart, as the widow of the big house, and the identity of Zhong Xin's wife, I can only follow.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of Ju Sheng who was Zhong Ren's adopted son.

This child has suffered from typhoid fever in the past few days, and he has been separated from other people in Bo Chunyuan, and Zhong Xin is responsible for everything.But if they all go to the family temple tomorrow, he, the patient, must stay at home, and he must be settled.

He was also thinking about the child in his heart, and he was in good physical condition, and he was not afraid of catching the cold, so he went straight to Jusheng's room.

The place where Jusheng lived was originally the innermost corner of the Dongkua courtyard. Not to mention that he was sick now, it was normal, and it was also a very deserted and quiet place, and there was no one around at this time.

Qin Huai softly called his name twice at the door, vaguely heard him answer, Qin Huai went to push the door, who knew that the door was locked inside, which surprised him for a moment.

Mingming heard Zhong Xin say that he was very sick and couldn't get up, so why did he still lock the door inside.

He called Ju Sheng twice more, and then he heard urgent footsteps coming from inside.

Qin Huai was taken aback for a moment, thinking that the patient was walking very fast. While thinking about it, the door opened, and he saw Ju Sheng wearing a thin coat with a white towel around his forehead, he looked a bit like a patient It's just that Qin Huai took a look at him, his complexion was fair, his breath was even, although there were some messy beards, he really didn't look seriously ill.

"Your seventh brother told me that you were seriously ill and he was afraid of contagion, so he didn't let me come to see you. Looking at it this way, it doesn't seem that serious."

Ju Sheng's complexion changed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Lao Lao is worried about it. She was seriously ill for a few days, but because she will be well taken care of, she is safe now."

Qin Huai nodded and looked around at his small room. Although it was only two small rooms, it was clean and fresh. There was a small hall outside and a bedroom inside. The door of the bedroom was closed tightly.

Qin Huai took a closer look at Ju Sheng again, "Looking at you like this, you're all right now, so I'm relieved. Because my wife has decided to go to the family temple to offer incense tomorrow, and since you are the stepson of the uncle, you are in good health now. Let's go together tomorrow."

Ju Sheng's expression immediately became tense, and just as he was about to find some excuses to evade, a strange sound suddenly came from the bedroom.

Qin Huai was startled, and his expression changed slightly, because he heard the voice, which sounded like a woman's "woo hoo" sound after being gagged.

Although since I came to Zhong's house through the book, I have really experienced too many bloody and filthy things, and I have seen all the conceivable and unimaginable things in this world, but right now in Ju Sheng's bedroom, this sudden appearance suddenly appeared. This strange woman's voice still made him feel unimaginable.

This simple and kind child who is extremely loyal to Zhong Xin and himself can be regarded as a rare figure in the big dye vat of the Zhong family, just like the two stone lions.Even Lao Qizhong believed that he would never be as innocent as him, but now he is pretending to be seriously ill, but there is a gagged woman hiding in the bedroom, what is going on?

Could it be that this child has also entered into that dirty and despicable business?

"What's the noise in the bedroom, you open the door quickly, I want to see what's weird!"

Qin Huai felt that he had to figure out the doubts in his heart, if not, he would really have a crush on this clock.

The only bright color in the house was disappointing.

"Sister-in-law, there's nothing inside... I'm not well, don't infect you, you'd better hurry up

leave. "

Ju Sheng was obviously at a loss for a moment.Qin Huai looked at his undisguised face, snorted coldly, and rushed to the bedroom.

At this moment, a deep voice came from outside the door:

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute."

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Mr. Brun's car drove to the gate of Bochunyuan again at night, and the Frenchman brought a neat file bag, which contained drafts of cooperation documents. At this time, he sent them here for Qin Huai and Zhong Xin to review first. of.

The three of them cooked a pot of strong tea, ate some exquisite pastries from the small kitchen, and kept talking about the scene of the willow branches on the moon. The whole Zhong family's mansion became a shadow.

Qin Huai specifically told his servants that the whole family will get up early to go to Baolun Temple tomorrow, so if the servants have nothing to do, they should rest as early as possible, because they will still be busy tomorrow morning.Therefore, the autumn is very cold and frosty, and in the middle of the night, since the master has made arrangements, it is rare for the servants to go to bed early, and the whole Pochun Garden is quiet.

About three-quarters of a pot of tea was drunk, and the three of them were still talking happily, but Zhong Xin nodded to the two of them, saying that it was convenient and convenient to go out, but it seemed that he put Brun in the small The car keys on the table are in his hand.

After a while, he returned to the room, handed the key to Brun, and whispered to Qin Huai:

"It's very cold outside, why don't we send Mr. Brun back early. It's not fun to catch the wind and cold in this season."

Bren looked at the car keys in his hand, shrugged, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Zhong is a model of oriental culture, so he just told me to leave early, and he insisted on walking around. I almost said that I am not afraid of the cold."

Qin Huai was amused by him, but looked at Lao Qi meaningfully, and said:

"Mr. Zhong from my family is reserved. Don't say that you are French, Mr. Brun. If you can't accept it for a while, even to me, he is also very reserved. Most of the time he does things in silence, but wait for me to guess. .”

Zhong Xin saw that his words had deep meaning, so he didn't say anything, but hurriedly led out of the yard, pointing to Brun's car:

"Mr.'s car has good performance, is safe and stable, and is also very spacious. It really is very good."

Bu Lun winked at him, waved his hand at Qin Huai again, and said with a smile:

"My car is just like me. You can rest assured. Just go with peace of mind. When I go back, I will call to report that I am safe."

Qin Huai and Zhong Xin stopped talking, watching him get into the car and gallop away.

Zhong Xin walked up to Qin Huai's side, and was about to talk to him, but saw his sister-in-law turned around, took a few strides away, and put him there, stunned for a while.

That night, Zhong Xin turned over several times to look at his sister-in-law on the other side of the bed, but saw that he was always facing away from him, breathing steadily, and seemed to be in a deep sleep.

Since Zhong Xin knew him, it was the first time he saw him so strange, he seemed to be very angry.It's just that even though I have a lot of things to say in my heart, I don't know how to talk to him. I was hesitating, and the day gradually became brighter.

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Here, the master of the Zhong family and his close servants came to Baolun Temple, and among the remaining servants, Bi'er from the second room had received a new mission at the moment, sweeping away the depression after being beaten up by Qin Huai a few days ago He turned around and brought some people with him, so he searched around.

The pretext for the search was that a large amount of jewelry was lost in Miss Erfang's room.Therefore, under the orders of the second young master and the second young lady, they dug three feet into the ground and found it.It was only claimed to be searching everywhere, but the focus of this search was obviously the big house's Po Chunyuan.

Because Bi'er lived in Bochunyuan for a while, she was rather dignified, and Zhongxin Qinhuai and Jusheng both went to Baolun Temple, and there was no one close to her at home, so Bi'er got her wish, from the seventh master and the seventh grandma. From his bedroom, to the fragrance room, and to Jusheng's bedroom, it was really only a matter of drilling a hole in the ground.

It's a pity that, from the morning until late at night, no one could find anything.

Here, after Zhong's family arrived at Baolun Temple, it was getting late, so they allocated residences one by one according to the houses that Zhong Xin had arranged in advance, and waited until tomorrow to offer incense and pray to Buddha.

The house where Zhong Ren died violently last time was no longer occupied this time.But this time, Zhong Xin arranged Qin Huai and himself in a rather special place.

The young monk on duty led the two of them to the residence, Qin Huai looked at the monk's back and couldn't help but think of the last time he came to Baolun Temple.

When they arrived at the residence allocated to the two, Qin Huai couldn't help being startled, and subconsciously glanced at Zhong Xin beside him, only to see that he still had the same expressionless face. The room where the two were temporarily held when they were regarded as suspects.

It was only at this moment when I opened the door and walked in that I found that the inside had been carefully tidied up and fully furnished, and it was no longer as empty and deserted as it was that time.

Watching the guest monk take his leave and go away, Zhong Xin gently locked the door behind him, and whispered to Qin Huai:

"Lao Qi chose this place to live here, because he thought there would be some special memories here, which are worth aftertaste, but I don't know if my sister-in-law would mind."

Qin Huai's heart was indeed as he said, and he was thinking about the thrilling past here last time, but when he heard what he said, he sneered and said:

"Uncle has always been the most assertive person. When you do things, you will naturally have your own ideas. Why do you care if I don't mind? After all, I am in Uncle's heart. .”

Zhong Xin didn't think that he had moved his mind and chose this room specially, and asked him what he thought in a soft voice, but he got such a few sour words from him.

Thinking about his appearance, it seemed that it only started to appear from the moment he saw himself in Jusheng's room yesterday. In this way, it was the things that he concealed from him that pierced his heart.

After he had figured this out, he couldn't help hesitating, but he had been with him for a long time, and before he knew it, he had gotten used to his warm, cheerful and sometimes eager character, which seemed emotional, The uncertain sister-in-law really made Zhong Xin at a loss.

At this time, Zhong Xin, who had always been calm, suddenly felt at a loss.I didn't know that my sister-in-law's emotions would affect me so deeply.

Could it be that after all, as said in the play, I have unknowingly planted a deep-rooted affection for a person?

He felt that his heart was different from usual, it was beating surprisingly fast, so he couldn't help but whispered:

"Sister-in-law, if you say that I just use you as a pawn for entertainment, you are underestimating yourself too much. I know that my sister-in-law is angry with Lao Qi at this time. I didn't treat each other frankly, as if I treated my sister-in-law as an outsider. But my original intention was definitely not like that, I just feared that my sister-in-law wouldn't believe me if I said it out."

Qin Huai said strangely: "I don't know what your original intention is. You can trust Ju Sheng, but you can't trust me. What are you talking about now? You are afraid that I won't believe you. You should say it!"

Zhong Xin's complexion changed slightly, he seemed a little embarrassed, but seeing his sister-in-law, who had always been gentle with him, being aggressive at this moment, he knew that there were some things that could not be kept in his heart forever, and would eventually be said.

"Sister-in-law, my original intention is to do those dangerous things, as long as I do it. Because in Lao Qi's heart, it is extremely difficult...to fall in love with someone, but if I really fall in love with that person, that person is in my heart." The weight in my heart is much heavier than myself..."