[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Mrs. Xing and Luo Chun stayed at Xing's house until a quarter of the afternoon before returning home. After the carriage entered Ningrong Street, it suddenly stopped without any warning.Mrs. Xing and Luochun were caught off guard, Mrs. Xing's head hit the wall of the car, and Luochun fell into her arms.Mrs. Xing thought of the car accident on the way to Xing's house, she rubbed the big bump on her head with one hand, and hugged Luo Chun tightly in her arms with the other, slandering herself, and asked: "Old horse, what happened?"

The coachman's old horse chattered his teeth, and said in a trembling voice: "Tai - Tai, we, outside our mansion... there are many, many officers and soldiers, and our mansion seems to be surrounded by officers and soldiers." He opened the curtain of the car at once, poked his head out, looked over, and saw that standing at the gate of Rongguo Mansion was not a concierge, but Bingwu in armor and carrying soldiers.Madam Xing's complexion suddenly became pale as paper, she turned her head and glanced at Luo Chun beside her, and said in a shrill voice: "Turn around, turn around right away..."

Luo Chun found that Mrs. Xing was stiff, her whole body was shaking, her pupils constricted, and she quickly reached out to hold her hand, but found that her hand was cold and her palm was full of sweat, and called softly: "Mother—" Mrs. Xing held Luo Chun's hand seemed to use all the strength in her body, and she didn't even notice the pain of holding Luo Chun's hand, she hurriedly said: "Luo'er, don't be afraid, we will leave here immediately." Then he urged the driver: "Old horse, what are you dawdling about, hurry up, turn around, turn around."

The coachman Lao Ma agreed, and hurriedly turned the car around. "Mother, mother, calm down, calm down." Luochun endured the pain, and said in a calm voice: "Even if the carriage is turned around, where can we go?" Mrs. Xing said anxiously: "Then what do you mean? Are we Just go back to the mansion and throw yourself into a trap?"

Ever since imitating Jia Amnesty's handwriting, Luochun has been waiting for the day when something bad happens to the Rongguo Mansion, and this day has finally come. She has a mentality that "the other boot" has finally fallen to the ground, and she straightens her sitting posture. To appease Mrs. Xing: "Mother, don't mess yourself up. Although the mansion is besieged, it shouldn't be a big deal. If you want to ask the crime, you, the eldest wife of the Rongguo Mansion, and I, the eldest daughter of the house, have a close relationship with my father. We can't escape, if something really happens, we can't stay at uncle's house for such a long time leisurely."

"It's not that you didn't see that the mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers, how could it be all right?" Mrs. Xing expressed doubts about Luo Chun's words.Luo Chun was also a little uncertain, but if she didn't figure it out and just ran away like this, she was a little unwilling, so she thought for a while and said: "How about, mother, let's send someone to inquire. If it's all right, then let's go. If something happens, even if you want to escape, you must have a plan, at least you must find a way to solve the problem of identity documents, and you must not implicate uncle and the others."

Mrs. Xing was flustered at this time, she couldn't make up her mind. Hearing what Luochun said, she thought for a while and said: "Okay, I'll listen to you, but we need to find a place to settle down first, and then we can discuss in the long term." Mrs. Xing and Luochun In the current situation, I dare not go to the inn, and as for the Xing family, I can't go.When Mrs. Xing and Luochun were discussing whether to find a Taoist temple or a nunnery, Pinxiu in the car behind volunteered to take the two of them to her house.

Pinxiu's house is in Liangjia Lane, which is much closer to the outside of the city than to the city. Although the place is a bit out of the way, it is a courtyard with two entrances along the way.Her parents, elder brother and sister-in-law were very enthusiastic, and specially let them live in the main house at home.After Mrs. Xing, Luochun and the others settled down in Pinxiu's home, Pinxiu told her family about the situation in Rongguo Mansion, and then her father and brother went out to help inquire about the news.

Mrs. Xing was fidgeting in the room and kept turning around in the room until Luo Chun was dizzy. Holding her forehead, she couldn't help but said: "Mother, sit down and rest, you made me follow you!" I'm getting flustered." Mrs. Xing sat down on the edge of the kang, and said anxiously, "I'm so nervous, I'm really worried. Tell me, nothing will happen, right?"

Luochun smiled, and said: "I can't say that well, Pinxiu's father and elder brother have already gone to inquire, and they will find out when they come back." Mrs. Xing hurriedly said: "Didn't you just say that you are fine? What, why did you change your tone and say it’s hard to say.” Luo Chun shrugged, spread his hands, and said helplessly: “I said it’s okay, but you don’t believe it; say it’s okay, but you don’t like it.” Listen. What do you want me to say?"

Mrs. Xing was left speechless by the question.Luo Chun sighed and said: "Mother, don't worry too much. After all, it was my father who took the initiative to resign from the title, so I focused on this. We will also open the door. Besides, the Supreme Emperor is still alive, and the other families in the "Four Kings and Eight Dukes" are still in the court. Even if they don't aim at the friendship of their ancestors, they will not pull our family for their own interests. What's more, there are Wang family and Shi family, and they will not just watch and ignore it, so even if something happens, it's no big deal."

For Luochun, as long as Mrs. Xing is fine, she doesn't care about the life and death of other people in the house, so she who is with Mrs. Xing at the moment really doesn't care whether the house is fine or not, if it wasn't for Xing The madam is in Xinfu, she doesn't even bother to send someone to inquire.

Mrs. Xing let out a long sigh, and said seriously: "Luo'er, if you turn around and hear the news that something serious happened in the mansion, you can go to your uncle and tell him to use the money I saved with him to let him find someone else." Find a way to get through the door and save you. Don't care about the situation in the mansion. Don't stay in the capital for too long. Ask your uncle to send you out of the city as soon as possible, and don't come back no matter what the reason is. The capital..." As she spoke, Mrs. Xing's eye circles couldn't help turning red.

Hearing that Mrs. Xing's words were all about arrangements for her, Luochun interrupted her and asked, "What about you, mother? You asked uncle to do this and that for me, where are you? Don't you want me? "

Madam Xing smiled with tears in her eyes: "I am your father's wife. It is the proper meaning between husband and wife to share wealth and adversity. Naturally, I want to go back to the mansion." Go to suffer hardships with Jia She .

After hearing Madam Xing's words, Luochun was stunned. She didn't expect Madam Xing to have such an idea. If Jia She treats Madam Xing well, it is not surprising that Madam Xing made such a decision, but Jia She is a husband. Yes, obviously unqualified, but Mrs. Xing made such a choice, she really couldn't understand.It took a long time for Luochun to find his own voice, and said: "Mother, forgive me for saying something inappropriate. As the saying goes, 'Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes'. Dadui, why are you doing this?"

Mrs. Xing smiled and said: "If you say that your father treats me well, it is a lie, but it cannot be said that he treats me badly. In fact, the wives of the big families in Beijing live similarly to me. There are a few aunts and Tongfang The girl is nothing at all. The one who fills the house is already a head lower than the original wife. My natal family doesn’t show off. It took a hundred years to sleep together. Although I am the stepmother, I was hired by three mediators and six-hired, and carried eight palanquins through the main entrance. After death, I will share the same acupuncture point with your father and share the fireworks in the ancestral hall. I also read Those who have read "Women's Rules" and "Women's Commandments" also understand the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues", because the external conditions are underestimated, I can't help it, but I can't be underestimated in terms of character and virtue. In that case, being underestimated It’s not just me who makes jokes, but your grandfather and grandmother will also be laughed at, that they can’t teach daughters, and you will also be implicated..."

"I don't care. As for my grandfather and grandmother, everything is empty after death, so I guess they wouldn't care about it." Luo Chun said quickly.Mrs. Xing looked at her, and said word by word: "But I care." Facing Mrs. Xing's serious eyes, Luochun suddenly got stuck, not knowing what to say or what to do.

Originally, according to Luochun's plan, Rongguo Mansion was fine if there was nothing to do, and if something happened, with her space, she and Mrs. Xing would change their names and surnames, fly far away, and start a new life elsewhere.There was nothing wrong with that, and when I thought about it, it would have been more comfortable for just the two of them, mother and daughter, without the Jia family dragging their feet around.From this point of view, for Luochun, it seems that Rongguo Mansion's affairs are better than nothing.But after hearing Mrs. Xing's words, Luochun knew that her plan must not succeed. If so, Rongguo Mansion should be fine.

When it was time for dinner, Pinxiu's father and elder brother came back after inquiring about the news.Pinxiu's father and brother must have met outside, so after returning, facing Mrs. Xing's question, Pinxiu's father motioned for her brother to speak.Pinxiu's elder brother picked up the large ceramic bowl, first poured a large bowl of water, then wiped the water stains around his mouth with his sleeve, and then said to Mrs. Xing who was waiting at the side with an anxious expression: "Madam, don't worry. Well, I've found out everything, the mansion is fine. The reason why officers and soldiers surrounded the mansion is because the mansion's eldest master was dismissed from the rank, and the second master was dismissed from office, because without the title, the mansion will put the mansion and meritorious service fields away. The money was returned to the court. But I don’t know how the mansion spends it, and the next year’s land rent has been withdrawn. Therefore, the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who came to hand over the money asked the mansion to make up for the money, but the mansion’s account did not Money, those officials were worried that the account would not be fully paid, so they kept the soldiers they brought... It also meant to prevent the servants in the mansion from running around. When they finish their accounts with the mansion, those officers and soldiers will withdraw."

"Is the news true?" Mrs. Xing was a little worried and confirmed.She held a skeptical attitude towards Pinxiu's brother's words. Pinxiu's brother was just an ordinary commoner. In less than an afternoon, it was too detailed where he got the news from.

Pinxiu's elder brother nodded and said: "100% no problem. When I was inquiring about the news, a young man surnamed Feng came over and said that he was a friend of the Second Master Bao in Fuli. He told me these things. He said The soldiers surrounding the mansion are from Wucheng Bingma Division, and he is a family friend with Lord Qiu from Wucheng Bingma Division."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xing is relieved, as long as there is nothing wrong.It's just a matter of debt repayment. Although there is no money on the books in the house, and all the things in the treasury have been sold off by Sister Feng, Mrs. Xing knows that Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Li Wan still have private savings in their hands. , and there are some valuable items in the first house and the second house. If they are folded, it shouldn't be a problem if they can't fill the gap in the book.