23. Two letters of resignation - paper
In order not to alarm the maidservant, Wen Yuan turned around and walked away quickly as soon as he finished speaking, stepping on the stagnant water, and quickly disappeared into the rain curtain under the lightning and thunder.
Only left Yan Bing with an afterimage of a vigorous wall in lightning, and a hairpin left as a token.
There was no light and candle at night, and she couldn't see things clearly, but after Yan Bing fumbled for a while, she already knew that what she was holding in her hand was a butterfly love flower silver hairpin, and the workmanship was a little rough, and it must be old and yellow.
It was the Rong brothers who were so hungry that they were reluctant to sell wild vegetables, and the love object left by their parents was one of the two treasures that Wen Heng carefully hid in the hole in the wall.
Thinking of the "treasure cave", Yan Bing suddenly remembered that her longevity lock had not been taken out in a hurry.
Later, when I met the Rong brothers, they said that they were chased and killed by thieves, so that Wen Heng lingered on the sickbed for several months, Fu Sanniang's hand injury has not healed and unfortunately died, and they did not hear them mention the matter of the golden lock, Yan Bing only thought that the money had been robbed early.
Now it seems that since the silver hairpin is still kept, the golden lock must not have been lost, right? She couldn't help but say: "I haven't said to return it for eight years, could it be that I have secretly deducted the token and wanted me to be a child daughter-in-law?!" ”
Wen Yuan had never shown any signs before, and Yan Bing couldn't talk about his admiration for him, so he only treated him as a brother, and when she suddenly mentioned proposing marriage tonight, she was startled, and now when she thinks back on all kinds of details, she can't help but have hot cheeks.
Although Yan Bing never thought of getting married at the age of thirteen, after all, he was young and mature, and he had secretly pondered Wen Yuan earlier, his family background was average, but his appearance was mature and stable, and his temper was good, so he was actually quite suitable for marriage. I didn't expect him to have this thought......
In the next moment, Yan Bing pinched her thigh again and scolded herself: "What kind of nympho is there when your eyebrows are burned, the top priority is to prevent that slut from marrying me to the Zheng family's pervert!" ”
As soon as she thought about it, she began to feel anxious again, tossing and turning and staying up all night, and as soon as the sky was bright, she hastily put on a plain brocade dress and went straight to the east wing to seek Xingyi to discuss countermeasures.
"What? He climbed over the wall in the middle of the night and knocked on your window? I haven't said I'm going to marry him yet! Xingyi was immediately furious when he heard this, rolled up his sleeves and jumped to his feet, and almost wanted to run out of the door to find Rong Wenyuan's bad luck - his own brother can't do this, Wu Niang is already thirteen years old!
"Be quiet, be quiet!" Yan Bing blushed, hurriedly covered his mouth and lowered his voice, "Marry him or not, let's talk about it later, the key now is not to let me be married to Zheng Gongxu by Li Fang." ”
“…… Well. Xingyi twisted his eyebrows and loosened his collar, took a few deep breaths, and then thought for a while and said: "Grandpa's ginseng is about to run out, so I will send a 'good aunt' to my uncle to ask for two century-old ginseng, and by the way, invite them to come and see Grandpa and discuss the future." "When you see your uncle, you can ask them to help stop the family.
"Also, do you remember what Grandpa said before he went to work? The deed of the study in the dark grid! Yan Bing thought about it last night and always felt that the things in it needed to be in her hands, maybe there were some important things, otherwise Shu Hongyang would not have taken care of them.
She immediately thought about it: "I have to ask Li Fang if she needs to move to the Imperial Marquis Mansion quickly?" can't let Grandpa go and not be able to live in the house that he bought with his life. As soon as she's busy moving, we'll pry the floor. Well, you have to say this, and she will wring it out if I say anything. ”
"Good! That's it. Xingyi nodded in agreement, and then the two immediately went to the upper room to greet the Li family and visit Grandpa.
"Ginseng? Well, there isn't much at home. It's hard for you to still pay attention to these trivial matters, so let's go and see if you can get a few back. Hearing Xingyi's words, Li sighed and nodded.
Her face looked very haggard, her black hair was loosely curled in a bun with a silver hairpin, although her face was coated with fat powder, it was difficult to hide the green daisy under her eyes, and then she was lined with a stone blue plain clothes, so faint that she looked like a widow.
As for the move, after Xingyi mentioned it, she agreed after a little consideration. A pair of phoenix eyes faintly swept over Yan Bing's delicate face like flowers and bones, and smiled maliciously - let's move, hurry up, marry from the Hou Mansion to the County King's Mansion within 100 days, but it is also decent.
Yan Bing saw that her stepmother was not kind to her eyes, and she didn't care. As soon as Xingyi set off to go to his grandfather's house, the Li family ordered someone to hurriedly clean up in the backyard, and only she and Aunt Pan were left in the house to guard Shu Hongyang, who was unconscious.
Seeing that Grandpa lying in the futon was so thin that her cheekbones bulged out, Yan Bing was really a little uncomfortable, and she was so worried about it that she couldn't do it, and after sitting for a while, she rubbed the corners of her forehead and got up, and said to Pan with a bitter face: "Aunt Pan, I was about to have a cold and a headache yesterday, so it's better for you to guard Grandpa first, and I'll accompany you later." ”
"Five ladies go by themselves, don't get in the way." Pan, who was also wearing plain clothes, withered due to his son's disappearance, and replied listlessly with his head down, without even looking at Yan Bing twice.
Anyway, most of the trivial things are done by the maidservants, and they just do their best, and it doesn't matter if there is no one less.
When she returned to the West Wing, Yan Bing simply lay down after being served by the maidservant, and arranged errands to send Nuan Xiang and the others out. Later, she climbed the window on her back and went to the front yard alone, secretly rummaging through the deed.
When the dark compartment was opened, I saw four boxes neatly placed on the ground two feet square.
The two boxes were made of bronze, and when you opened them, they were full of gold ingots and jewels! The other two small boxes are about camphor wood, one of which contains unique and rare ancient books, and the other is full of letters and various texts.
Unfolded the manuscript on the most face, only to see that the title was "Shu Hongyang's Letter of Divorce from His Wife", Yan Bing's heart suddenly felt like a drum, and her hands trembled uncontrollably.
She didn't even have time to look at the content before she hurriedly glanced at the end of the page, where there were signatures and even signatures of witnesses! Suffice it to say that there is no doubt about it.
After a closer look, Yan Bing realized that the divorce letter actually focused on two copies with different contents, one for yin and one for jealousy, which could be used by the presenter for different situations.
It was only at this time that she knew that Grandpa was afraid that his children would be bullied by his stepmother after he left, so he kept his hands behind with good intentions, which is really pitiful for parents in the world......
Yan Bing's nose was sour, and then she packed up her belongings with a strong spirit, and only folded Xiu Shuzi carefully and put it in her arms, and then hurried back to the backyard.
It didn't take long for Xingyi to retrieve the ginseng, but he didn't invite the eldest uncle, and when he was feeding his grandfather ginseng soup, he whispered to his sister: "Uncle already knows about this, and he said that such urgent news needs to be checked by his aunt to see if it is true, and they will visit tomorrow." ”
"Well, tomorrow should be fine. I've got something good here, too. Yan Bing said and patted her chest secretly.
When he returned to the bedroom later, Xingyi was also full of shock and nostalgia when he saw that he had left the book, and then hurriedly extended one copy overnight, and the original was hidden for later use.
The next day coincided with the official's retirement, and early in the morning, before the Li family had freshened up, Li Mao had already darkened his face and came to the door with his wife.
After visiting Shu Hongyang, Li Mao sat on the side of his sister-in-law's bed, went straight to the point without saying a word, glared at Li with hatred and asked, "I heard that you are proposing marriage to Wu Niang?" And the younger brother of the king of Dingyue County? ”
"Yes," Li Shi looked at his husband and wiped the corners of his eyes with a silk handkerchief, sighed and said, "Ah Bing is thirteen this year, and Grandpa is about to be useless, so it is better to settle the marriage quickly, so as to save a great delay." ”
"Why don't you tell me?" Li Mao was still angry, and even scolded bluntly: "Such a person with inferior character who is greedy for flowers and loves young girls is also worthy of marriage? Don't hurry up and push this thing off! ”
Li Shi looked faint, and replied calmly: "Xu Gongzi was just young and playful in the past, and he promised that he would be clean and self-conscious in the future." Speaking of which, this is still our family's high climbing, that is the royal family, a serious national surname. ”
While speaking, Xingyi suddenly found that Yanqing, who was following Li's side, was actually pursing his lips and laughing, as if mocking and mocking. He couldn't help but be annoyed and said: "Since it's a good family matter, it's better for you to Xu Aqing to give it to him, ten years old and thirteen years old are not much different." ”
"What nonsense do children talk about, Liuniang is still young. Besides, I'm going to keep her for a few more years. Li glanced at Xingyi and Yan Bing, and didn't take him seriously.
"No, the point is, why are you saying kiss for me?" Yan Bing secretly pinched the divorce letter in her sleeve and deliberately moved the topic closer together.
"With the words of the matchmaker of the parents', your grandfather can neither speak nor hear, so naturally I have to come to this matter." Li replied confidently, she had a bad relationship with her twins, and now it seemed natural to be contradicted, so she didn't notice anything wrong.
"A-Niang, we said that the well water will not violate the river water, are you going to breach the contract now?" Yan Bing stood in front of Shu Hongyang's bed and looked at Li with a stern expression, and her words were threatening.
This is the last chance she gave Li Fang, according to Yan Bing's original intention, she didn't want to make this drama in front of her younger sister, but if Li was not interested, she would not have wronged herself.
"I've broken the contract, what can you do?" Li Shi smiled proudly, not abiding by the woman's way to catch the wind and shadows, and now Xingsheng has also gone to death without proof, most of her hands have no actual evidence, even if there is, is it possible that the daughter can still divorce his wife for her father?
Yan Bing also sneered constantly, and asked rhetorically: "Ah Niang, do you really think that I can't help you?" ”
Li Mao saw that the more they talked, the more they didn't talk, and the little niece actually watched without blinking, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Ah Qing, your aunt suddenly thought of Gong, you lead the way." ”
Yanqing naturally didn't want to leave, but was dragged out by the Lu family. As soon as the younger sister left, Yan Bing had no scruples, and directly threw the first extended letter of resignation to the door of the Li family.
"Snap" slapped her in the face, which can be described as a loud sound.
"What are you throwing here?! It's really irregular-" Li Shi was so angry that he was about to scold, when he suddenly glanced at the ground, and suddenly saw the content of the paper, and suddenly became dumb as if someone had choked his throat.
Li stood stiff on the spot, but it was Li Mao who reached out to pick it up and saw it, only to see his sister-in-law say bluntly: Li is uneasy in the room, it is difficult to keep the woman's way, and he can't bear to divorce his wife.
"W-that's true?" Li Mao was originally a gentleman, and he never thought that his sister would make such an ugly thing, and he was immediately frightened by the content of the resignation letter.
Li naturally refused to admit it, and waved his hand again and again and shook his head in horror and annoyance: "Of course it's fake!" They're going to run on me! They knew I was a stepmother and deliberately played tricks on me! ”
Xingyi pointed to Li's silver hairpin and Shi Qing's white-rimmed skirt, and asked with disdain: "Since you have been dressed like this for the eldest brother and widowed, can you still deny your personal relationship with him?" ”
"What? Eldest brother?! Li Mao couldn't sit still when he heard this, so he stood up from the circle chair with a hula, and then he was dizzy for a moment, and almost fell back.
"Yes, stepmother and stepson." Yan Bing looked at Li with cold eyes, and then pointed to Grandpa who was lying quietly and asked her, "Do you dare to swear in front of Grandpa that there is no such thing?" You don't dare, because this is a fact, I have seen it with my own eyes, and Grandpa knows it. ”
After speaking, she took the paper from her uncle's hand again, pointed to the last payment date, and snorted coldly at Li's family: "Look at it, Grandpa has already divorced you, what is the order of your parents?" You are neither my biological mother nor my mother-in-law, so you are not qualified to say kiss on your behalf! ”
"Fake, fake! It's fake! Li's wishful thinking failed, and he couldn't punish his stepdaughter, and he was in an embarrassment, and he was like crazy in anger.
After she yelled, she suddenly pounced, pushed Li Mao away and grabbed Yan Bing's wrist, pulled the Xiu Shu and stuffed it into her mouth, and swallowed it hard after chewing it three times.