school days in ancient times

Ye Mian's grandfather is now very old, he had retired ten years ago, and returned his salary to the king. Now the eldest brother of the Qiu family is in charge of the Qiu mansion, and he is the magistrate of the Shangyin mansion from the sixth rank.

Although the old man of the Qiu family is old, his body is very strong. After he became an official, he would go out of the house every day to listen to a little song and have a drink with his old friends. The little days are very moist.

Today, I was having a banquet with people in that restaurant, but the servant of the family came in like a ghost and told that his two grandsons had come to the house. "Here you come, you come here in such a panic to tell me why, is it possible that you still ask me to go back to greet you?"

The servant reacted after being dazed, covered his head and said aggrievedly: "Reporting to the master, it is not the young master from the third aunt's house, but from the fourth aunt's house in Beijing!"

The old man paused, slapped his thigh and quickly stood up.

The old friends were also surprised: "But Duanhua, the eldest son of your fourth girl? Hurry up and go back and have a look!"

The lanterns hung on the Double Ninth Festival in the Qiu Mansion hadn't had time to be removed, and the candles were burning all over the courtyard today, and the courtyard was brightly illuminated. The old lady Qiu grabbed the banquet list from the kitchen with her own hands, frowning. No, the old nanny standing on the ground was sweating in embarrassment.

The population of the Qiu family is very prosperous, and several houses live close together, and now they all bring their juniors to the old lady's place.

The cousin girls who are about the same age as Ye Mian can tell that they have been well-dressed at a glance. From the makeup on their faces to the palace sash on the corners of their clothes, they are all exquisite. They salute and greet each other with Ye Mian and Ye Jing Finally, relying on being a close relative, he didn't hide out anymore, and some bold ones even went up to chat with him.

The old lady saw it, but she didn't know what they meant, so she just pretended not to see her. The four girls of hers were so well married, wouldn't it be more beautiful if they could marry into Beijing again and have a closer relationship?

When Ye Mian turned around, taking advantage of no one's attention, he raised his eyebrows proudly with his brother, Ye Jing looked at him and gave a light snort of disdain.

Ye Mian pretended to be a man, and his sweet mouth was even sweeter. He coaxed his grandmother to hold him in front of him and would not let go. Otherwise, she didn't know if she would be able to see him again with her old bones, so that several children and daughters-in-law rushed forward to coax her, saying that the old lady was so strong and blessed, it would not be difficult to see her grandson.

Ye Jing took the opportunity to tell the old lady about Jiang Nanchu's pregnancy, so Qiu's family could return to Shangyin with Ye Shilang next year. The old lady Qiu burst into tears when she was excited. Her four girls were the ones she loved the most. Otherwise, she wouldn't have given her such a good marriage back then, but now she hasn't seen her in six years, and she misses her very much.

Ye Mian was clever, so he leaned next to his grandmother and told her all the trivial things about his mother "bullying" his father. Although the old lady Qiu said that she would say a few words about her when she saw his mother next year, in her heart she was A stone was dropped.

Ye Jing and Ye Mian were surrounded by people and had a very sumptuous family banquet. Mrs. Qiu felt sorry for the two grandchildren who had traveled for so long, and didn't let them talk after the banquet, so she hurriedly sent them to rest. He murmured many times, blaming them for not sending a letter in advance, and the yard was not ready in time, so he had to send dozens of servants in to take care of them, fearing that the two would not live properly when they left Beijing.

After taking a bath, Ye Mian was lying on the couch while the maids of the Qiu Mansion dried his hair. Yi Nong and Yi Cui pushed the door in, drove them out, and wiped his hair with his own hands.

The Qiu family specially sent these two people here this time, firstly because Ye Mian walked so far for the first time, and she was worried that there was no one close to serve her, and secondly because these two maids had been with her for a long time, Some words are only suitable for them to pass on to her mother.

Ye Mian yawned and asked them, "Grandmother finished talking with you?"

Yinong nodded, and said with a smile: "I just asked about some trivial matters about Madam in our house, as Madam ordered, and it's all right to rest assured with Madam."

Ye Mian nodded.

Yi Cui covered her mouth and laughed snickeringly, "The old madam also asked if the madam has been married to the fourth young master?"

"Huh?" Ye Mian raised his eyebrows.

Yinong also laughed, "I'm afraid I want to get closer to our family. We heard that the rules of our family are strict, and now you are not allowed to disturb your studies. The old lady was so happy that she kept talking about writing a letter to the capital." .”

Ye Mian couldn't help laughing, because she was familiar with the two of them, she didn't shy away from them, and said straightly: "My mother definitely doesn't know how to make ridges."

Now that the Ye family is in the limelight in the capital, there are wives and her in the royal palace to test the word, how could she marry him a wife in Shangyin, if she really wanted to do this, his grandmother would faint from anger.

Yi Cui curled her lips and said: "We don't dare to criticize the ladies here, but this servant has no rules. What were those few doing just now, how dare they blush when serving the master..."

"Shut up," Yi Cui was interrupted by Yi Nong lightly reprimanded before Yi Cui finished speaking, "The people in Madam's natal family, how can we break our mouths at will."

Yi Cui snorted, and muttered: "A group of unruly vixens...don't let them get close anymore!"

Ye Mian was tired from traveling for several days, fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow after drying his hair, slept until the sun was high on the second day, and was reprimanded by his brother, but his grandmother hurriedly hugged him over and forbade Ye Mian Jing said he only said that there is no need to talk about those rules with her.

After the two brothers finished their meals, they personally delivered the festival gifts Yiyi brought from Ye's mansion to various relatives' homes. The aunts and aunts looked at the double walls of Ye's family, who could not like it, and competed to keep them for the banquet at the mansion. , the two brothers declined on the grounds that they wanted to go back to accompany their grandmother.

After the man left, the women sighed enviously in their hearts. The four girls in the family not only married well, but also gave birth even better. What kind of fate is this...

Ye Jing only stayed in Shangyin for a day and a night, and then went to the nearby Lin County to handle the case. Before leaving, Hao Sheng asked Ye Mian not to be mischievous and make his grandfather and grandmother worry.

Ye Mian nodded in agreement.

Although Master Qiu and Mrs. Qiu were reluctant to part with each other, because he was on an imperial envoy, they dared not stop him, and only asked him to return to the mansion as soon as possible after finishing the case.

As soon as Ye Jing left, Ye Mian instantly felt that the curse on his head was gone, and he woke up a lot, his parents were not there, his eldest brother was not there, and the two old people could not dote on him enough.

Now in Shangyin, who else can control him? ? ?

Together with cousin Wende, who had met with the third aunt, they begged their grandfather to go hunting in the village on the mountain. Although the two old people were worried, they couldn't bear the disappointment of their two grandchildren, let alone their two grandchildren. People insist on entanglement, so they have to send more servants to follow.

As soon as Ye Mian and Li Wende met each other, he knew that the other party was on the same road as him, he laughed and took advantage of this opportunity, hurriedly left the eyes of the adults in the house, and went outside to play wildly.

His cousin Wende is usually careless, but he is very good at playing. He took him to catch fish in the stream, catch birds in the trees, and hunt dwarf deer in the woods. I live in the village on the mountain at home.

Li Wende took a silver dagger and sliced ​​off two more pieces of venison leg, and handed one piece to Ye Mian, who ate it with his mouth.

It was late autumn now, and the dew was very cold at night, but the two of them were warm around the bonfire.

Li Wende took a big gulp of wine, wiped his mouth and sighed comfortably: "It's a good thing you're here, otherwise my mother wouldn't let me out, just staring at me every day reading that Laoshizi's essays, it's annoying me to death gone."

Ye Mian puffed up his cheeks and swallowed the meat in his mouth: "Then you have to wait for my brother to come back a few days later, as soon as he comes back, he will drag us back to the house, maybe there will be a punishment waiting."

Li Wende raised his hand and said carelessly: "It doesn't matter, let's have a good time these few days first."

Ye Mian laughed and drank a glass with him, sighed: "This dwarf venison is really good, much tenderer than the one I ate in Beijing."

Li Wende slapped his thigh, "That's it! I can't take you to chase it for a day? Just eat this thing and get angry," Li Wende looked at him with a wretched smile, "It's a pity we didn't bring it with us this time. Girl..."

Ye Mian naturally understood what he meant, glanced at him and said: "It's useless if you take it with you, my mother is very strict with me and doesn't allow me to get close to them."

Li Wende was taken aback, "You guys from the capital city have a lot of rules." After speaking, he glanced at him three times and asked him, "Then what do you usually do?"

Ye Mian looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Whatever you do tonight is what I do on weekdays."

Li Wende laughed out loud.

The two of them were full, but they didn't want to go into the house to rest early, and wanted to drink together for a while outside, but the weather was not good, and suddenly it began to rain, and the rain was not light, so the servants rushed to protect the two The young masters went back to their houses.

The rain was falling quickly, although the servants protected him in time, Ye Mian was still drenched, and the servants who waited on him in the room hurriedly prepared water for him to bathe.

After Ye Mian washed, he sat on the couch in front of the window and enjoyed the rain while drinking hot tea, which was quite pleasant, but suddenly he heard a noisy sound outside, and after a while, there were several loud noises, Ye Mian couldn't help but Shocked, I was just thinking about taking someone out to have a look, but I heard the knock on my door, the sound was very hasty.

Ye Mian motioned for someone to open the door.

After opening the door, Ye Mian stared at the door for a long time, stood up and said in surprise: "Zhuang Jue? Why are you here?!"

Zhuang Juying rode a horse into the mountain and just caught up with the rain, so he was very embarrassed, his clothes were completely soaked, and water dripped from his hair. He didn't have the usual languid elegance at all, but his eyes were sharper than before.

Zhuang Jue didn't answer him, just walked in silently, before reaching Ye Mian, Li Wende also rushed in from outside, followed by several guards.

Ye Mian hurriedly said to Li Wende: "Cousin, don't worry, this person is my classmate and friend in Guozixue."

Li Wende heaved a sigh of relief, chanted Buddha on his lips, patted his chest and said: "Don't scare me like this again, if I bring you out but don't bring you back whole, my father can beat me to death."

Ye Mian couldn't help being embarrassed, and sent people out, and drove out all the servants of the Qiu family, then sighed and turned to ask Zhuang Jue with a headache, "What are you doing?"

Ye Mian pulled off the cloth towel on the shelf to wipe his face, and said anxiously: "Take off all your wet clothes, I just ordered hot water for you, and you can soak it in a while." Otherwise, if you get sick with me, your mother will beat me to death." After finishing speaking, he handed him the hot tea that he hadn't finished drinking just now. "This tea has honey ginger in it. You drink it One bite and one warm."

Zhuang Jue made every order, drinking tea when he asked to drink tea, and undressing when asked to take off his clothes, but he didn't speak.

Ye Mian took a towel to help him wipe his hair, glanced casually, and saw some glaring red marks on the middle coat that Zhuang Jue had taken off, Ye Mian's heart skipped a beat, he took a closer look, and then took a look at Zhuang Jue's shoulder. , almost rolled his eyes and passed out.

There were dozens of criss-cross welt marks on the man's back, and dark red scabs had formed around the welt marks, but the blood was obviously re-stained after the scabs were torn apart.

Ye Mian's eyes were full of disbelief, and he asked tremblingly, "Who beat this?"

Zhuang Jue glanced at him expressionlessly, and finally said, "It's my mother."