Daily Life of Jiang Liuniang

   Chapter 937

  What is the second uncle running over suddenly? Jiang Liu and her sister looked at each other, and decided to go over to take a look.

In May of this year, the second uncle's successor, Liu Shi, swept away the gold and silver calligraphy and paintings of the Wang family and fled to the Shanqian Village where Liu Cheng and his wife lived, but after drowning and drowning, rumors about Liu Cheng and Liu Shi were spread in Kang'an City. , The good-looking second uncle lives in a simple language, and has not shown up for more than two months. Today, he suddenly visited, there must be something important.

   Jiang Muyan made up her mind and told her sister, "If the second uncle mentions his children, sister don't talk to me, just listen to me."

"Okay." Jiang Liu agreed and went to the study in the front yard with his sister. When he saw his second uncle, he couldn't help blinking. He didn't see his second uncle in March, and his second uncle seemed to be several years older. The blow was really big.

Wang Wenqiao, who is not yet forty years old, although his temples are covered with silver threads and his cheeks are deeply sunken, but his spirit is still there. After his two nieces bowed, he said gently, "I went out to buy pen and ink today, and I heard that the writer said that. For half a day, your father was in Jiuquan to sweep away evildoers for the imperial court, which is very gratifying."

  The word gratification is not quite right, is it? Jiang Liu muttered in his heart. Jiang Muyan glanced at him and said, "My father, as an official of the imperial court, eats the emperor's salary, and should be responsible for the end of the emperor. Second uncle, grandmother's cough has gotten lighter these days?"

  Because the eldest son was dismissed from his post and the second son was imprisoned by the Meng family, Mrs. Wang suffered from a cough, and she would cough for several days every season.

"Your grandmother used the Qiu Li ointment you sent over, and it has been much better these two days." Wang Wenqiao hesitated for a while before continuing, "In these few days, your grandmother always mentioned your uncle and said that he dreamed of him in Wenqiao at night. Su cried because she was starving and freezing..."

Um? Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect the second uncle to come this time not for his children, but for his eldest uncle in Wensu. This is a bit strange.

   After Wang Youying passed away last year, the Wang family sent a letter to Wang Fangyu from Wensu. Wang Tuyuan, the grandson of the Wang family, came back this spring to pay homage to his eldest sister. He had a dispute with his second uncle over a family property dispute, which was very unpleasant. It's only been a few months, why did the second uncle go to their sisters and take the initiative to mention the Wang family's big house far away in Wensu?

Jiang Liu thought of this, and Jiang Muyan also thought of it, she said gently, "Dreams are all wrong, uncle and the others should be fine in Wensu, and I have to ask you to persuade some grandmothers, so that the old man will not worry too much. ."

  Wang Wenqiao nodded, "I persuaded your grandmother the same way. Yan'er, did your father mention your uncle when he sent a letter back?"

  Wensu is also a county in Suzhou, Jiang Erye is going to Jiuquan, not far from Wensu. Jiang Muyan replied respectfully, "Father was ordered by the emperor to go out to Beijing on business, and he didn't dare to slack off day and night. He only sent back a few letters to his grandmother in the past six months. Yan'er will write a letter to Jiuquan tomorrow, asking her father to send someone to visit her uncle. ."

  Wang Wenqiao shook his head, "Your father is under the imperial mandate, Yan'er should stop distracting him with family affairs. The second uncle is here to tell you that I want to visit your uncle in Wensu."

   Jiang Muyan looked at her second uncle in surprise. Before she could speak, Jiang Liu had already said, "Second uncle wants to go to Wensu, can you discuss it with your grandmother?"

  Wang Wenqiao nodded, "Your grandmother is worried about your uncle, so she's ready."

   Jiang Muyan persuaded, "Wen Su is thousands of miles away, and it will take several months for the second uncle to go back and forth. If you leave Beijing, you will only have a sick grandmother and three children at home."

   Jiang Muyan said this politely, but the meaning in her words was not polite at all: her parents were not traveling far, not to mention her grandmother was still ill. If you go, who in the Wang family can take care of your grandmother?

Wang Wenqiao roared and said, "Your grandmother's health is fine, second uncle hastened to hurry, and should be back before the end of the twelfth lunar month. If I can't come back, Yan'er, Liu'er, your grandmother's side... Please take a look at…”

   Jiang Muyan's brows couldn't help but wrinkle, "Yan'er and her sister used to honor their grandmother for granted, but..."

Seeing that her sister couldn't say anything, Jiang Liu took over the words, "But my sister and I are foreigners, please forgive Liu'er for making a disrespectful remark, in case your grandmother's condition worsens and you are not in Kang'an, the Wang family should Who is in charge?"

  Wang Wenqiao said quickly, "I have asked your uncle Keli to take care of him when I am not in Kang'an."

  Wang Keli is a well-educated person in the Wang clan. However, as far as Jiang Liu knew, the relationship between Wang Keli and the second uncle was not good, and it took a lot of thought for the second uncle to persuade Wang Keli to help take care of the family. It is very likely that the second uncle was exchanged for the famous paintings of the previous dynasty in his hands.

Uncle    has no such weight in second uncle's heart. Jiang Liu asked directly, "Since the second uncle wants me and my sister to help take care of my grandmother, he has to tell me the truth: what is the real purpose of your going to Wensu?"

  The little niece is not easy to fool. If she angers her, all her plans will be in vain. Wang Wenqiao said truthfully, "I have no place to stand in Kang'an, and I want to sacrifice my life to go to Suzhou to find a way out."

   Jiang Liu asked, "What's the way out?"

   "Although the second uncle is in the wild, he has heard a little about the court affairs. What your father did in Suzhou is related to the national fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so the second uncle wants to gamble once."

  Jiang Liu broke the casserole and asked, "What does the second uncle want to bet on?"

  Wang Wenqiao looked at Jiang Liu with bright eyes, "Just bet that what your father did will be successful. After Suzhou corrupt officials are killed by him, Suzhou will surely become a place for people with lofty ideals to build their careers!"

   Jiang Liu heard it and understood, "Since your grandmother agrees with you to go, my sister and I can't stop you. But..."

"However, since the second uncle is going to Suzhou to gamble on his future, he should know the danger of this journey." Jiang Muyan took her sister's words, straightened her waist, and said solemnly, "My father is already in danger in Suzhou, and I may not be able to take care of you. safety."

  Wang Wenqiao was stunned for a moment, and said embarrassedly, "Second Uncle didn't mean that."

Jiang Muyan said solemnly with a small face, "Yan'er knows that you don't mean this, but Yan'er still has to make it clear to you before you set off: my father and brother Ling went with the ambition to die for the country. Suzhou. As you said, after my father cleans up the filth in Suzhou, there will definitely be a place for 'people with lofty ideals' to make achievements. Those with lofty ideals and benevolent people do not want to live to harm benevolence, but there are those who kill themselves to achieve benevolence. Second uncle, when you go to Suzhou, do you really want to be a man of lofty ideals?"

   Seeing that the second uncle was ashamed and bowed his head when his sister said it, Jiang Liu really wanted to raise his hand and give his sister a few slaps. It's amazing, my sister's words are really amazing!

  Although Jiang Muyan was at a loss for words, Wang Wenqiao was still in the team of twenty storytellers and rushed to Suzhou with the caravan from Pingxihou's mansion to Suzhou. Jiang Muyan stood outside the city gate, staring at the smoke scattered by the autumn wind.

  Jiang Liu grabbed the willow leaves that had been blown down by the wind, and said with a smile, "Sister thinks that the second uncle is gone, when will he return?"

   "I don't know." Jiang Muyan was looking forward to his second uncle's safe return as soon as possible, but also that he could really make a contribution in Suzhou and regain the prestige of Kang'an's scholarly royal family.

  Jiang Liu threw the willow leaves out and said with a smile, "I guess the second uncle should be back before the end of the twelfth lunar month."

   This time, Jiang Liu guessed wrong. At the end of the twelfth month, her caravan finally drove back to Kang'an from Suzhou on the ice and snow, but the second uncle did not come back.

   Those who came back with the caravan were five storytellers who left Beijing in September, ten local storytellers from Jiuquan, and a very distinctive band from the Western Regions. These people soon set off a frenzy in Kang'an and even Gyeonggi.

   This frenzy turned the fake Suzhou illusion fabricated by the Qin family into pieces, and also sent Jiang Erye directly to the sky.

   (end of this chapter)