Chapter 138 - Dead wife’s spirit tablet

"Sir Murong is moving out of Yue mansion?" Gu Mang was surprised. "Where would he go alone?"

"I don't know." Yue Chenqing lowered his head and caressed the exorcism sachet at his waist absently. He looked very sad, but he was a little frustrated.

This kind of situation had never happened to Yue Chenqing, who had been chasing Murong Chuyi for so many years. He had lost, been sad and unwilling, but he had never been so tired.

Most of all, the man's heart was long, and his enthusiasm would not get any return for a long time. Eventually there would be a day of cooling and exhaustion. What's more, Jiang Yexue treated him with a tolerant attitude totally different from Murong Chuyi. In fact, it was hard not to shake.

"Fourth Uncle has said before that he is not of the same blood as us, and he has never seen us as relatives. The reason why he has been staying in Chonghua was just to repay my mother for adopting him. Now he probably thinks that I'm weak, and the gratitude is over, so… So he wants to go."

Yue Chenqing's fingers went around and around the knot.

"... I don't know where he is going. He may want to travel all over the world to find his real family, or he may just be tired of us and want to move away from us. I don't know how to persuade him. Anyway, he… He can't hear it all the time... "

Mo Xi and Gu Mang looked at each other, but they don't talk to each other. What could be said? What should be said?

Yue Chenqing was not their relative, not to mention Murong Chuyi. It was not convenient for outsiders to talk about other people's affairs.

In their embarrassment, they suddenly heard the pearl curtain behind them.

The first reaction came from Xiao Lan'er. The little girl welcomed the man behind them happily and cleverly, and called out repeatedly, "Sir!"

The people in the courtyard looked back together and saw Jiang Yexue coming out from the inner hall in a wooden wheelchair. Today, he was wearing a blue dress. One end of his black hair was buttoned by with a sapphire hair pin and hung on his shoulder. He smiled and touched Xiao Lan'er's hair. Xiao Lan'er said happily, "I'll push the wheelchair for you."

"Good."

The little girl put the centipede kite on her back and pushed Jiang Yexue to the yard.

Jiang Yexue looked up, eyebrows and eyes soft. He laughed and said, "I was transferring my dodgy sachet inside. I didn't listen to the movements for a while, but I ignored it. Mo Xiong, Gu Xiong, Duanyang is in good health. "

When the people were all together, the small courtyard paved with bluestone became lively.

There were no servants in Jiang Yexue's house. They had to wash reed and mix the glutinous rice by themselves. But because it was just like this, they felt that the world was just right and the years were peaceful.

Yue Chenqing and Xiao Lan'er were young and lively, running around in the yard. They added fire to the open-air platform and brought buckets of well water to soak the reeds.

Gu Mang sat on a small bench, rolled his sleeves and stirred sticky rice. Looking at the hot look of the two men, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they could use up all the accumulated water in the water tank before noon."

"Just use it up," Jiang Yexue said with a smile, "Duanyang Festival water should be used. The most sunny time is noon. It's said that the water stored at this time can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disease. Didn't you believe this most before?"

Gu Mang said in secret, "Oh, I forgot."

However, he took a look at Mo Xi cleaning the reed leaves by the stone platform in the distance, and secretly congratulated himself that it was Jiang Yexue who reminded him. Later, he could take it and say to Mo Xi, so that Mo Xi would feel that he still remembered these small details, and widen Mo Xi's heart.

Gu Mang thought like this, and turned his head to Jiang Yexue. "Did you tell Yue Chenqing everything about me?"

"Not at all," Jiang Yexue said. "I just told him that Gu Xiong has some secrets on him, which are inconvenient to disclose. But I know that you are not an unforgettable person. If he believes in me, I hope he also believes in you. Chenqing is still very smart. Many things he doesn't need us to point out."

Gu Mang didn't know what to say. Finally, he drooped his eyes and said, "Thank you."

"What else do you have to thank me for?" Jiang Yexue sighed. "In fact, I'm also sorry to you. I didn't insist on believing you before. If you don't blame me, I'm already grateful." His eyes turned to the courtyard, as if through many years, he saw a simple wedding that had been held in the courtyard many years ago.

A pair of new people. Few guests. Others avoided him, but Gu Mang was afraid that the whole world did not know his attitude. Like a suona blowing a phoenix courtship, colorful paper was flying in the courtyard, towards Jiang Yexue blinking and smiling.

"When I was pushed out, you didn't betray me, but I didn't always trust you. I owe you."

Gu Mang was embarrassed when he said this. He scratched the back of his and said, "Oh, what is owed between brothers?" Once again eager to cut the conversation, blue eyes looked around and fell on little Lan'er. He hurried to say, "By the way, how is Lan'er? Why is she staying in your house?"

Jiang Yexue sighed, "You also know her situation. Lan'er's spiritual core is a one in a thousand type of powerful, almost comparable to Xihe Jun. But she is weak in physique and can't bear such a lifestyle, so she has developed a crazy heart disease. Although she is obedient and gentle, once her symptoms break out, she is extremely disobedient and cruel..."

"She broke out again?"

"Well, there was another attack in the school palace not long ago." Jiang Yexue looked at the busy little girl in the distance and said, "Although the elders of the school palace stopped her in time, she still hurt several children, one of whom is the cousin of the king."

"..."

"They were going to drive her out of the school and destroy her spiritual core. I couldn't bear it, so I took her in as my disciple and took her with me. Although I'm not a medical practitioner, I also dabble in it more or less. I know that her crazy heart disease is the most intolerable kind, and I don't want other people's words to excite her. " Jiang Yexue sighed, "The school palace is full of inexperienced children. Influenced by some elders, she is always called a monster. She will not get better if she stays there."

Gu Mang nodded. "Yes. Children are most likely to follow suit."

"So I persuaded Chang Fengjun to leave his daughter at my house. First, he can continue his career. Second, I can slowly relieve her of her overbearing spirit core. Third, I will..." Jiang Yexue said, "I'm a sparrow here. It's a clean place. No one will bully her. It's good for her illness, too."

Gu Mang said with a smile, "One, two, three are all right. Do you still have a four?"

Jiang Yexue's fingers curled slightly. He tapped on his forehead and thought for a long time. He smiled and said, "Four, she is very obedient. She always pushes me forward and pushes me out, which means I picked up half a small wheelchair!"

They looked at each other and laughed. Mo Xi suddenly turned around at the pool. "The reed leaves are washed. I'll take them here?"

"Please, Mo Xiong."

Making zongzi was a complex job. The most popular one in Chonghua was pillow rice pudding. Zongzi leaves were selected from reed leaves, The fillings in zongzi were sweet or salty. Jiang Yexue was careful. He remembered everyone's taste. He went to the market early today and bought the freshest ingredients. At this time, the vegetables and meat had been washed and cut well. They were put in small pottery jars in different categories and the glutinous rice had been mixed. Yue Chenqing said excitedly, "Let's start! I want to make dumplings!"

Xiao Lan'er's voice was soft, but she held a small bench and went over very brightly. "That, that I want to wrap sweet dumplings."

Yue Chenqing teased her, "Don't you want to go to the kitchen table to light a fire?"

Lan'er whispered firmly, "No, it's not fun to burn. It's fun to make zongzi..."

Jiang Yexue looked at them and laughed. After a while, he suddenly realized what it was. "Ah?"

Gu Mang looked back. "What's the matter?"

"I forgot to take the nine color thread. I need to bundle zongzi later."

"It's inconvenient for your legs and feet. Where did you put it? I'll take it for you."

Jiang Yexue smiled sheepishly, "I trouble Gu Xiong, the thread is in the cupboard of the small hall. The second one from the left."

Gu Mang got up and went inside.

Jiang Yexue's room was very clean and simple, and there were no other ornaments. Gu Mang soon found the bundle of nine colored silk threads he said was in the cupboard. Just as he was getting ready to go out, Gu Mang's eyes suddenly swept to a memorial tablet in front of the cage niche. Carved from cypress wood, the sacrificial plate was made of black lacquer with white characters, with simple words written on it:

The position of Jiang's wife Qin Mujin

"..." Gu Mang's steps couldn't help but stop and look at this tablet.

Qin Mujin was Jiang Yexue's first wife. When her family suffered, he could have avoided it, but Jiang Yexue still fulfilled her marriage contract. After they got married, they raised their eyebrows and sang harmoniously. They were also a beautiful couple. But who knows that Qin Mujin would die in a battle not long after. At that time, they were just newly married and most affectionate.

Because of their short time together, Gu Mang didn't have a deep impression of this Lady Qin. What he remembered most was her bride's dress when she married. She had a bright red dress and a thin head. She could see her face through the red veil.

Besides that, he remembered that the bride was very good at drinking. She seemed to be delicate and weak, but she out drank all the guests who were compared with her, including Gu Mang. After the wedding party that day, he faltered a bit. At night, he was sent back by Mo Xi. But Mo Xi did not let him go back to his residence, and directly dragged him home.

At that time, he was still living in the old residence of Mo mansion, and his uncle who had been in power had not passed away. But Mo Xi didn't know what happened. He was so impulsive that day. He had to press Gu Mang on his couch. Gu Mang really drank too much and covered his eyes with his arms the whole time. The whole man seemed to be soaked in wine. His whole body was hot, which made Mo Xi lose control. In the middle, a servant knocked on the door and asked the young master if he needed to change the night reading candles. In response, Mo Xi put out the candles in the house, and then bullied the shixiong who dared not go out in the dark.

Later, Gu Mang asked Mo Xi why he went was so crazy. After a long silence, Mo Xi told him that he just envied Jiang Yexue's ability to marry someone he liked.

Gu Mang didn't have any strength at that time. He couldn't cry or laugh. There were so many brides in the world. Do you have to feel envy every time you see one?

A while after, he said that, in fact, he still felt that the bride looked through her the red veil, had eyes that were a little like Gu Mang's.

Gu Mang would be forced to act on his own animal behavior to find the reason for the airy smile. He said, "Eyes like mine? I think she has a nose like yours." "Not at all."

"You don't look like it? I think it's quite similar. Her lips are like Murong Lian's." "Not at all."

"The shape of the face is like Murong Chuyi."

...

Mo Xi didn't refute any more. He didn't seem to think that he should continue to argue with the shixiong who was bullied so badly by him. But it might also have been because Gu Mang's memory was reduced, and he couldn't remember more of the conversation.

He didn't know what it would be like that he would see this tablet at this moment. They were young at that time, thinking that it would be enviable if they could marry the one they loved. But who knew there was such sadness in the world as the separation of a newly married people.

Maybe they could never play.

Gu Mang blankly sighed and bowed with his hands in front of Jiang Qin's altar. At least he had a scene with Jiang Yexue. If Qin Mujin was still alive, he should call her sister-in-law. After the prayer, he looked at the tablet again. He hesitated to say hello to Jiang Yexue, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

He couldn't say why. He didn't feel anything at the first sight of the card. He looked at it much more, and then some discomfort came out. He always felt that there was something more to this card.

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The author has something to say: haha, it's a coincidence. When the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, the manuscript will be updated here. I wish you all a peaceful and healthy Dragon Boat Festival in advance, and I wish you all a lot of zongzi