husband and wife

Chapter 436

"Who is there in the back mountain?"

A flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of Dashuan Niang, but she shook her head and said: "The woman doesn't know, but the father-in-law thinks he knows. After the husband passed away, he was always worried, until the woman came to the house with the children, and the father-in-law made a point before leaving. Come back, never go back to Rongshu Village, after a hundred years from him and mother-in-law, just follow your lord and wife and forget about Rongshu Village..."

Song Ziheng asked again: "But your back mountain is so mysterious that you can't even find a cave, how can I find out the truth for you?"

Da Shuan Niang was surprised and said, "Sir, did you send someone to check it before?"

"I have been there twice, but I have returned without success. The place is very secret."

"The women went back to the village this time, because they didn't have enough houses, so they went back to live in their own house, but they saw a piece of paper under their bed." Da Shuan Niang took out the paper from her bosom, and Liu Ma took it and handed it to Song Ziheng and Su Wan, Su Wan raised her eyebrows, "Does your father-in-law draw pictures?"

"This is left by the deceased husband of the folk woman. When he was young, Rongshu Village was not as it is now, and his life was not bad. At that time, there was an old scholar in the village who always liked the deceased husband. The deceased husband just followed him to study for a few days, and didn't learn much. Knowledge, but fell in love with painting, it’s not a woman boasting, what her dead husband paints looks like.” Dashuaniang’s eyes were red, and she almost shed tears, “I don’t know when he suddenly became interested in the back mountain. Running to the back mountain, saying that he wanted to paint the whole back mountain, that's what caused the catastrophe..."

Song Ziheng asked: "Is this map hidden by the village chief?"

Da Shuan Niang nodded: "The painting is not finished. After all, this is the last one of my deceased husband. The woman thought that the father-in-law kept it for future use, so she took it away. She didn't look at it carefully at the time. When she found it that day, she found that it was actually a painting. I drew a secret cave, covered with stones, so it's not easy to find it..."

Song Ziheng was about to fold the drawing and put it in his sleeve, and said in a deep voice: "Thanks to the prescription you gave to Madam, Madam's use is indeed much better, Xiaolu, give Dashuaniang ten taels of silver."

Da Shuan Niang was stunned, and just about to shake her head, Liu Ma had already pulled her back and said loudly: "Da Shuan Niang, this is a secret recipe handed down from your family, it cured your wife's illness, the ten taels of silver should be yours .”

Da Shuan Niang nodded half-comprehensively, and went out with ten taels of silver in her hand. Just as she reached the door of her house, before she went in, a woman came up and asked her what prescription she had given to his wife. Da Shuan Niang stuffed a few ancestral secret recipes, and it was not convenient to reveal them. The guilty conscience on her face was seen as a reluctance to share secrets. The old woman couldn't find out anything, so she turned around and left.

In the room, Su Wan was asking Song Ziheng: "I think Mr. Xiang knows the eyebrows?"

Song Ziheng only shook her hand vigorously, and said to Xiaolu: "Go and inform Daniel, tell him to invite Master Wang and Master Zhang to my study at night."

After finishing the order, he said to Su Wan: "My lady is not feeling well, go to bed early, and I won't bother you."

Su Wan's eyes were a little worried, Song Ziheng lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, and said softly: "I'll talk to you in detail when I have time."

In order to take care of Mrs. Song who "is sick and needs to rest", Song Ziheng did not return to the main house after finishing his official duties. Instead, he went to the study. Mom and Xiaolu have already received many "secret recipes for healing diseases handed down from the ancestors".

Mama Liu told Su Wan jokingly, Su Wan said with a smile: "They are pervasive, so many people in our family have been bribed."

"Those who were bribed were all the servants we bought in Qiongzhou later, and it doesn't matter if we can't get close to the masters."

Su Wan nodded, thought for a while and said: "Master, ask the kitchen to stew some soup and send it over. How can we do it without eating anything?"

As soon as Song Ziheng arrived at the study, he ordered people not to come in and disturb him, so he took out the previous drawings and studied them. He laid out the paper and drew a few more copies. At night, when it got dark, the newly opened corner door of Zhizhou Mansion quietly opened, and the gatekeeper Without saying anything, they bolted the door silently. The two people who came in walked towards Song Ziheng's study without any guidance.

This secret conversation lasted for several hours, Su Wan saw that Song Ziheng hadn't come back, so she simply prepared to take Song Liangyi to sleep, and Song Liangchen, who was used to sleeping with Song Liangyi, also climbed into bed.

The three of them slept next to each other.

Su Wan wakes up habitually in the middle of the night and prepares to breastfeed her son. Caixia, who is on duty today, has already lit the candle lamp. Su Wan looks up at the bed and asks with a frown, "Has the master not come back to rest yet?"

"Half a quarter ago, the servants asked the guard outside, and they said that the light in the master's study room was still on."

Song Liangyi ate and drank enough, tilted his head and fell asleep again, Song Liangchen also tilted his head and rubbed over, and softly called: "Mother."

Su Wan looked over and saw that he was also sleeping with his eyes tightly closed, Su Wan's eyes softened, and she said to Caixia: "Okay, you blow on the light and go to rest."

"Don't you have to wait for the master to come back?"

"It's so late, even if he comes back to rest, he probably doesn't need you to wait on him." With Song Ziheng's habits, he probably wouldn't even light the lamp when he came back to sleep so late.

However, when Su Wan woke up, except for her and Song Liangyi who were on the bed, Song Liangchen was nowhere to be seen. While washing up, she asked Liu Ma: "Did Xianggong come back to sleep yesterday?"

"The master came back to sleep after a while, and woke up again at dawn. In order not to wake up the madam, he didn't want anyone to come in to serve him, so the madam doesn't know."

For tens of days in a row, Song Ziheng left early and returned late. Even Su Wan's "illness" was healed, and he didn't finish his work. When Su Wan finished his breakfast, he came back in a hurry, and said to Su Wan with a solemn expression: "Lady, pack your things and take Liang Yi to Guangzhou tomorrow. It just so happens that my father-in-law is here recently."

Su Wan was surprised: "Why did you suddenly tell me to go to Guangzhou? It's dangerous here?"

Song Ziheng nodded, Su Wan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and asked, "Is it related to what Dashuaniang said last time?"

Song Ziheng smiled wryly and said: "I realized that it was not simple, but I didn't expect it to be so complicated. Before the other party realizes that I am investigating this matter, you go to Guangzhou to avoid it. I also wrote a letter to Heng Brother Yuan, when you arrive in Guangzhou, the people he sent probably will arrive soon."

Su Wan frowned: "What's the matter?"

Song Ziheng's lips twitched for a moment, Su Wan understood instantly, and took a breath, she remembered!In history, the descendants of the royal family of the previous dynasty did cause trouble in Qiongzhou, but that happened after Chu Renzong ascended the throne, and it had nothing to do with Song Ziheng. Why did he suddenly find out?

(End of this chapter)