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Chapter 551 Condolences
Xiang's house, mourning hall.

After bowing to the coffin, Jiao Lianyu's complexion became even paler, and her body staggered a bit, but Qiu Huaixin who was at the side helped her up.

"Guizhang, you are still injured, be careful." Qiu Huaixin looked at the pale Jiao Lianyu worriedly, the knife almost killed Guizhang, and he came to Xiang's house today to express his condolences, and he has been a vegetarian since yesterday , as a show of sincerity, I got off the carriage from the alley, and my body would definitely not be able to bear it when I walked all the way to Xiang's house.

Another young man in a blue gown hurriedly took the three sticks of incense from Jiao Lianyu's hands, and helped them insert them into the incense burner.

Different from Qiu Huaixin's brocade clothes and jade pendants around his waist, Qi Changlin was born in a poor family. If he hadn't received funding from Jiao Lianyu, let alone studying, there was an old mother who was paralyzed in bed, two children who were waiting to be fed, and his wife was sick and weak. , the Qi family will definitely starve to death.

During the time when Jiao Lianyu was injured, Qi Changlin specially asked for leave with his teacher from the official school. He would go to Jiao's mansion every evening to dictate to Jiao Lianyu the teacher's lectures during the day. The next day, he took Jiao Lianyu's homework to the official school and handed it to the master for review.

If Qiu Huaixin is Jiao Lianyu's good friend, Qi Changlin is definitely his life-and-death friend, and Jiao Lianyu is his leader.

Today, he is also worried that Jiao Lianyu will come to Xiang's house alone to express his condolences. Although Xiang Changshou's death was a normal death, who knows if Xiang's family will blame Guizhang? After a trip to the Qiu Mansion, Qiu Huaixin was contacted, and the three of them came together.

Relying on Qiu Huaixin, Jiao Lianyu regained his strength after a while, looking at the desolate mourning hall, "I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me."

"If it wasn't for your aunt to use your marriage to plot against you, this one..." Qi Changlin said angrily, but Jiao Lianyu interrupted him before he finished speaking.

From studying in a private school to now acquaintance for ten years, Qi Changlin knows the details of the Jiaofu, so he naturally knows how difficult Jiao Lianyu is at home.

But what made Qi Changlin angry was that Jiao Lianyu gave in so much, Mrs. Jiao, the aunt, still didn't let him go, and the rumors and rumors in Qianzhong Mansion a few days ago, if Guizhang disagreed with this marriage, the girl of the Qiu family could only hang herself with a rope up.

Guizhang is a gentleman, sincere and trustworthy, Mrs. Jiao and Jiao Lianping are responsible for the death of Xiang Changshou, but how can their mother and son care about the lives of ordinary people? Come to Xiang's house to express condolences.

"The deceased is gone, Guizhang, you want to open a little bit." Qiu Huaixin sighed. Although the Xiang family was a merchant, they died overnight and were arrested. Although Qiu Huaixin also believed that Mrs. Xiang deserved what she deserved, but When I think of Xiang Changshou's life being put in, I always feel a little uncomfortable.

As for the divorce of Jiao Mansion and Sanfang, Qiu Huaixin was very happy. Even though Qiu Jingyuan was his cousin, her vicious temperament was definitely not worthy of the talented Guizhang.

As for Mrs. Qiu's previous statement that Jiao Lianyu came for the family background of the Qiu family, Qiu Huaixin would not believe a word, only because Mrs. Qiu's mother trusted Mrs. Jiao too much, so she listened and believed, and it was obviously Gui who was implicated. Zhang, but his mother thinks that Mr. Guizhang has evil intentions.

Zhan Feiyu in the carriage didn't know that Jiao Lianyu had gained another wave of goodwill in Xiang Changshou's mourning hall, so he raised the curtain and looked at the gate of Xiang's house with white lanterns hanging on it, "Ah Nuan, how is Jiao Lianyu's recovery?"

Jiao Lianyu walked all the way before, with a pale complexion, staggering steps, and the sickness seemed to pass away at any time, but Zhan Feiyu remembered that He Nuan had said that Jiao Lianyu was recovering well.

"If you take the medicine on time and add food supplements, there will be no problem walking this distance." He Nuan said, although Mrs. Jiao is in charge of the Jiao Mansion, but Aunt Huang is favored, and the prefect of Jiao also values ​​Jiao Lianyu, so no one will cheat on his food. , so Jiao Lianyu mostly acts in plays.

"When this news gets out, Jiao Lianyu's reputation will be even better." Zhan Feiyu laughed. Jiao Lianyu is really making a name for herself all the time. In contrast, Jiao Lianping, the eldest brother, is arrogant, domineering, and bullies his younger brother. dandies.

Suddenly seeing a few people appearing in the alley, Zhan Feiyu said helplessly; "The people who are chasing the local stepping stones are here."

He Nuan was puzzled, and looked out through the gap in the curtain. She had seen Jiao Lianping and a group of cronies before, and had met in the restaurant before.

He Nuan understood the meaning of Zhan Feiyu's words when he saw Dr. Luo walking at the back carrying a medicine box. If Jiao Lianyu was really acting, Dr. Luo would know when he got a pulse. It stands to reason that this is an opportunity to expose Jiao Lianyu's hypocrisy.

But thinking of Jiao Lianyu's good reputation in Qianzhong Mansion these years, He Nuan can be sure that Jiao Lianping's work is for nothing. Since it is an act, with Jiao Lianyu's prudence and caution, it must be a full-scale act.

Jiao Lianping called friends and friends and more than a dozen people came, followed by a group of ordinary people, and then members of the Xiang family who hurried over to express their condolences.

These people lived in the alley behind the Xiang family's mansion. When they heard the news that the second son of the prefect's family was coming, the Xiang family rushed over in a swarm. One of them even forgot that the Xiang family was having a funeral, and even wore festive clothes. red clothes.

The courtyard of the Xiang family was full of people, and Zhan Feiyu and He Nuan were not conspicuous standing outside the crowd. After all, many clansmen would kneel down and offer incense in the mourning hall, crying.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Second Young Master, to make this trip. If my nephew has a spirit in the ground, he can die in peace." Patriarch Xiang bowed his hands to Jiao Lianyu and the three of them, and looked at the coffin in the mourning hall with a sad face.

"My brother and sister were taken away by the yamen for committing a crime. Changshou was worried that my mother would not make it through. My cousin is still lying on the bed and can't get up. If you guys don't mind it, please go to the flower hall to have a cup of tea and take a rest for a while."

If Jiao Lianyu's face was not too pale, Qiu Huaixin would definitely not agree. No matter how well the Xiang patriarch pretends, Qiu Huaixin has seen many people like this over the years. If the members of the Xiang family really cared about Xiang Changshou's death, the mourning hall would not have Several servants are guarding the spirit.

Not to mention that there is a member of the younger generation in the Xiang family who wears red clothes. Although the color of the clothes of the rest of the people is not so festive, they are definitely not plain. Walk to the mourning hall to offer condolences.

Seeing that Qiu Huaixin nodded, Patriarch Xiang was overjoyed, and then suppressed it again, and said to the eldest son beside him, "Ning Yuan, you took the three young masters to the flower hall. Now your cousin is still ill, so I will stay here as a father." Take care here."

"Yes, father." Xiang Ningyuan knew that this was his father creating an opportunity for himself, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a relationship with the second son of Neng Zhifu's family.

"Don't bother my brother, I can still hold on with my old bones." A cold voice sounded from outside, and Master Xiang walked into Lingtong with the support of the housekeeper.

Looking at the ugly patriarch Xiang, Master Xiang sneered and said, "Although the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but I wanted some nephews to guard the spirit of Changshou, but the clan brother just said that my family's longevity is the son of a prisoner, and he was even buried in the ancestral grave. I don’t even have the qualifications, and even let people kick me out, what is the clan brother rushing to do now? Let my nephew wear red clothes to guard the spirit of Changshou, I am afraid that I will die in peace!”

Patriarch Xiang and the rest of the Xiang family were taken aback, while the young man in red blushed even more embarrassingly.

In the past, Mrs. Xiang was in charge of the Xiang family, and Mrs. Xiang was never used to these clansmen who beat the autumn wind. She scolded and chased away those who should be scolded. Chief Xiang and the others always thought that Mr. Xiang had a good temper. Who would have thought that he would be so heartless? They were shamed in front of the prefect's second son. If it gets out, how will the Xiang family still study, how will they do business, and how will the girls marry.

He Nuan looked at Jiao Lianyu standing at the entrance of the mourning hall through the crowd, and said to Zhan Feiyu in a low voice; "Jiao Lianyu's expression doesn't look like he's pretending to be sick. He probably didn't take the medicine on time, or he deliberately let the wound burst again."

Zhan Feiyu nodded understandingly. With Mrs. Jiao protecting her all these years, Jiao Lianping's reputation is still notorious, which is enough to see Jiao Lianyu's methods.

(End of this chapter)