Chapter 44

At the end of the Han Dynasty, "Shi Ming" once said: "Purple is flawed, not a correct color." In it, the names of Ning Luozi and Ning Wanzhu are also implied, implying that Ning Luozi robbed Ning Wanzhu of her status as a prostitute.These, people like Ning Yu who are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, can no longer fail to understand them.But at this moment, when Ning Yu first saw this writing paper, his heart felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer.

This piece of writing paper is yellowish in color, and there are spots on the paper that seem to be stained with tears. The four characters "Evil Zi Duo Zhu" appear on it. Although the handwriting is a bit immature, the four characters are round and dignified. Showing stubbornness.In a trance, Ning Yu seemed to see a little girl with tears in her eyes, solemnly wrote these words, and said in her mouth: "Father, father, come and help me——"

Thinking of this, Ning Yu shivered, grabbed Shao Yang's cuff and asked, "Brother, where did this writing paper come from? How did you know about such a big incident in my family in Beijing?" The implication , Some actually believe that this "evil purple seizing the vermilion" is true.

"Do you still remember that my old lady sent a nanny who was released from the palace to your house three or four years ago?" Shao Yang looked at his wife and brother who looked a little lost, and said holding back his anger.

Ning Yu opened his mouth, and said after a long while, "I remember. That nanny followed my second girl to Zhuangzi." He remembered very clearly that the nanny insisted on raising the second lady alone, and he was not sure no matter how much he persuaded him, could it be Did you see the clues inside?
Hearing the word "Zhuangzi", Shao Yang was so angry that he clenched his fists again, and finally endured it, and said: "Two months ago, that nanny sent a letter to my old lady, and she carried this writing paper in it." She only said that she had received this piece of paper three years ago, but she kept silent until recently, when she discovered some clues that she really thought it might be the exchange between your family and concubine, so she wrote to Beijing to see if it could be done by I will show up in Beijing to help find evidence."

"It turns out that there is no real evidence—" Ning Yu seemed to be a little relieved, with a relaxed expression on his face.

Shao Yang quit.This uncle has always been known for his honesty and righteousness.Seeing Ning Yu like this, he suddenly stretched out his hand, his left hand had already grabbed Ning Yu's neckline, and he clenched his fist with his right hand, wanting to punch Ning Yu in the face.

"What happened to your family, how can it be groundless? I also tried to investigate in Beijing, but I found out that when the two nieces were more than three years old, all the nurses and maids around them were replaced. Further investigation , the two wet nurses were sent to different villages, and one after the other, they all said that they died of a strange disease—how could it be such a coincidence!" Shao Yang pulled Ning Yu by the neckline, gritted his teeth and asked , "I don't want to believe what this nanny said is true, and I don't want her flesh and blood to encounter such a thing after Yun Shu's death. But—"

"However, my people searched for a month, and found that there is no additional witness, which can prove which of your two ladies is the concubine and who is the concubine! Come from Nanyang, thanks to you being a real father, you are still like a normal person." Shao Yang looked at Ning Yu with a heartbroken expression on his face, as if to say: "Why did Yun Shu marry you, such a fool!"

When Ning Yu thought that all these things happened under his nose, he was ashamed and remorseful, and he didn't argue for a while. He made up his mind and stretched his face, wishing that Shao Yang would beat him up.

Just at this time, there seemed to be someone stepping on a dead branch in the outer yard, making a soft "click".

Shao Yang immediately became alert, let go of Ning Yu, and simply pushed open all the long windows on three sides of the study.

There was no one in the courtyard.

Shao Yang frowned tightly, and said to Ning Yu, "I'm afraid there are people from Gan Tang here." When he mentioned Aunt Shao's name, he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, and asked Ning Yu in a low voice, "How about Gan Tang? How is it?"

Ning Yu shook his head, unwilling to mention Aunt Shao's matter.

"Your successor, Miss Yan's family, how is he?" Shao Yang stood by the open window, looking at the courtyard vigilantly, but continued to ask Ning Yu.

"Yan Shi?" Ning Yu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "In the past few years, I have seen her always be her duty, and everything is flat, so..."

Shao Yang was so angry by this brother-in-law again, he turned around with his beard up: "If it is true that the concubine and concubines are exchanged, the one you remarried must have something to do with it. Fortunately, Yun Shu always thought of you and insisted that you remarry as soon as possible. ..." Speaking of this, he seemed to recall the situation when Yun Shu asked his elder brother to be lonely before his sudden death.

Thinking of this, Shao Yang felt as uncomfortable as something fell in his eyes.If Ning Yu is an unqualified father at the moment, isn't he, Shao Yang, also an unqualified uncle?

At this time, in the inner courtyard of the Shao family, Ning Wanzhu was taking out all the presents that he had brought to his aunt and cousins.

Before this trip, Yan Shi specially prepared a lot of Nanyang local products and exquisite rulers for Ning Wanzhu's uncles and aunts in order to ask Mother Jin, which was regarded as a "reception gift".Ning Wanzhu didn't care about these, and handed over all these to Gong Heng, the long follower of Ning Yu, and the manager of the Shao Mansion.She just asked Mo Mei to take out all the gifts she had prepared in advance.

At the gate of the inner courtyard, his cousin Shao Xiuyong came in accompanied by his two older sisters.As the eight-year-old boy walked, he muttered, "Why is it the second elder sister who was born out of a concubine? Isn't elder sister Ning our real cousin?"

The 11-year-old Shao Hanyu also looked at her elder sister while walking, and said: "Yesterday, the two sisters of the Ma family were still talking about our second cousin who has been living in the country and is a bumpkin who doesn't understand anything."

After all, the eldest sister Shao Yuanyu is a 14-year-old girl, and she is also the elder sister. After hearing what the younger siblings said, she couldn't help but frowned, and said, "How did your parents teach you two, that you should be honest when interacting with others?" Wait, you can't judge a person by their appearance, let alone infer a person's character based on their status, don't talk behind their backs, have you forgotten?"

The three of them walked in while talking.But I never thought that there was some echo in the courtyard of the Shao family. The three voices, Yao Shi and Ning Wanzhu in the main room of the inner courtyard, listened to a word without saying a word.Listening to this, Yao couldn't help but blushed, stood in front of the hall steps, and shouted: "Hanyu, Xiuyong, what are you talking about! Yuanyu is the same, teach younger siblings to remember the occasion."

Ning Wanzhu, however, was doing everything as usual, standing behind Yao shi, and smiling brightly at the three brothers and sisters of the Shao family.

This is her most sincere smile. The people in front of her, compared to those hypocritical faces in the Nanyang mansion, these are her real blood relatives!

The brothers and sisters of the Shao family stopped slightly when they saw Ning Wanzhu, obviously moved by Ning Wanzhu's generous and confident smile.

After seeing Ning Wanzhu take out the gifts for everyone, knowing that these were all made by Ning Wanzhu himself, the three siblings all stared round, Shao Xiuyong couldn't help himself, and ran to Ning Wanzhu, He apologized aloud: "Second sister, Xiu Yong offended you just now, please don't take offense." His Shao family's tutor was like this, when he knew he was wrong, he immediately admitted and apologized.

Ning Wanzhu smiled and stretched out her hand, and touched Shao Xiuyong's head twice.

Shao Xiuyong is still just an eight-year-old boy with a thick head and a thick head. He has no hair tied, the top of his head is combed, and his hair and feet are still scattered on his shoulders.

The two sisters Shao Yuanyu and Shao Hanyu both laughed, the elder sister Shao Yuanyu laughed and said: "Xiu Yong, look, it's not just your two sisters bullying you, your second sister of the Ning family is also like this."

Shao Xiuyong immediately blushed.And Ning Wanzhu pursed her lips lightly, thinking, in the previous life, as long as everyone saw the youngest son of the Shao family, they would reach out and touch his round head. Just now, I just brought the habits of the previous life to this life. That's all.

Ning Wanzhu gave each of Shao's two cousins ​​a comb with the pattern of water vines wrapped by herself branded on the comb; she gave her cousin a folding fan half the size of an ordinary fan. She branded the pattern of Pengcheng Wanli on it.Shao Xiuyong couldn't put it down, and soon forgot about the "shame of touching his head" just now.

And Ning Wanzhu blushed slightly, and handed a round fan to Yao Shi.Yao Shi was both surprised and delighted: "Auntie also has gifts?"

She looked closely at the round fan in her hand, and saw that the surface of the fan was a complete piece of high-quality white silk. On the white silk, it looked like a painting of "Baby Swallows Returning to Their Nests" painted in ink, with two big ones and one small, three swifts, on the fan. vivid.However, the most surprising thing is the material used for this painting.Yao shi watched it for a long time, then closed his eyes again, only feeling a stream of admiration flowing into his heart like a trickle.She never expected to be able to understand the mind of the painter from the painting, and suddenly felt that the child in front of her must be her husband's blood relatives, otherwise it would be impossible to have such feelings.

Ning Wanzhu was used to seeing people's reactions after seeing her paintings, so she just smiled and didn't care.

After a while, Yao asked Ning Wanzhu hesitantly: "Second Miss Ning, what did you use to draw this?"

Ning Wanzhu replied with a smile: "The words to my aunt were drawn with a branding pen."

Yao was taken aback: "Brand pen? When the burner falls on the silk, doesn't it make a hole when it burns?"

Ning Wanzhu smiled and said: "As long as the silk is good enough and the temperature of the branding pen is not too high, it can be drawn. I tried many times to draw such a picture, and then I will go to the craftsman to make a round fan. "

Yao was even more surprised when he heard the words, and looked down again, and sure enough, he saw that the painting on the ball fan showed brown scorched marks of different shades after being scalded, just like the brush used in Chinese painting, with outlines, strangles, dots, strokes, etc. Dyeing, drawing, rubbing, and other different brushwork.But this is different from the effect of ink painting on silk, it will never be blurred or stained.Yao shi lightly fanned the wind, a gust of fresh wind came slowly, the fan in his hand, the size and weight, and even the length of the handle, are all suitable for one's hand.

Yao looked at Ning Wanzhu in surprise, and said, "Good girl, it's rare that you have learned such a powerful skill."

(End of this chapter)

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