Chapter 164 What is God's sin, what is self-inflicted sin?
The Xiahou sisters rushed to the other courtyard where Prince Gong's family lived, and saw that the door was already closely guarded by guards from Prince Gong's Palace, and they were all people whom Zhong Zan trusted very much. At first, they refused to let the Xiahou sisters in, saying that it was because of Gong's family.
The king told him that no matter who came, he would not be allowed to go.
Xia Houshu brushed his face to no avail, so he had no choice but to bully her with shamelessness. Finally, while the guards were racking their brains to think of a reason for rejection, he pulled his cousin and rushed inside. The guards were also afraid of causing trouble, so they had to chase after them, but
I didn't dare to strike too hard, so I used some traps.
Because this is the annex of the palace, the courtyard is relatively small, and the residence is very close to the gate. Zhong Zan soon heard the noise outside. He glanced at Zhong Lufu who was kneeling down, and then at the person standing next to him.
The helpless Zhong Qingkui frowned so hard that she could kill a mosquito.
"Father, how about I invite them in?" Zhong Qingkui asked tentatively.
There was originally a concubine of the Zhong family, Zhong Lanjiang, who accidentally fell off his horse while riding with others. So after Zhong Qingkui fell off the horse, Zhong Zan sent her back on the pretext that she had injured her leg, and then she
He has been locked in the room and is not allowed to go out, and he cannot receive news from outside.
Later Zhong Zan came back, bringing with him a dull-looking Zhong Lufu, and she knew something was wrong. But Zhong Zan sent everyone else away, leaving only their sisters here to question. But Zhong Lufu looked like
As if she had lost her soul, she knelt there without saying a word. Zhong Zan was so angry that she blew her beard and stared, and lost her temper. While she was anxious for her sister, she was also afraid of her father's punishment, and her calves were trembling.
When you need a companion.
Zhong Zan didn't answer, walked directly to the door, opened the door from the inside with a bang, and saw his niece being chased all over the yard by the guards, and he was even more angry.
"That's enough!" Zhong Zan said angrily, "What do you think this is?"
The guards looked scared and a little aggrieved, so they had no choice but to reply tremblingly: "Your Majesty, my cousin has to come in, and we can't stop her!"
Xia Houshu also quickly stopped and stood there politely, looking at Zhong Zan with a smile.
Xia Houchun rarely met Zhong Zan, so he quickly stood up and saluted Zhong Zan.
Zhong Zan was not familiar with Xia Houchun and had no objections, so he nodded slightly in response, but when his eyes fell on Xia Houchun, he immediately became serious and asked: "What are you causing trouble here? Are my orders just for show?"
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"Why did uncle talk like that?" Xia Houshu quickly forced out a smile, "We heard from my father that Qing Kui was seriously injured, so we came here to have a look. But uncle, you don't allow us to come in. You treat me like an outsider.
ah!"
Naturally, it would be hard for Zhong Zan to treat her as an outsider.
Xia Houshu was sure that Zhong Zan would not get angry so quickly, so she took a few steps forward and deliberately looked inside the room. When she saw that the two Zhong sisters were there, she deliberately raised her voice and said: "
Huh? Isn’t Qingkui fine? It doesn’t look like she’s seriously injured!”
Zhong Qingkui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and kept winking at her, saying that she was just a little bit distracted when she fell down, and she didn't hurt her muscles and bones. She had been locked up for so long, and she had no feeling at all.
Xia Houshu understood the idea, turned to Zhong Zan, and said considerately: "Uncle, I know you are angry now, and you are worried that I will plead for them, so you don't want to see me. But don't worry, you and I are in the same boat today.
I also have a lot of things to ask Cousin Lufu."
Zhong Zan looked at her quietly, as if he was just wondering what he was planning.
Xia Houshu pretended not to see his disdain and continued: "But this matter has nothing to do with Qingkui, why is uncle still interested in sitting here?" She then pretended to be surprised and said, "Uncle won't want to ask me too soon.
Interrogation?"
Zhong Zan sneered, thinking that after just a few words, your fox tail was exposed, and you said you weren't here to plead for mercy?
"I didn't expect you to be quite loyal." Zhong Zan said calmly.
"Of course!" Xia Houshu said boldly, "We can't let go of a person with hidden agendas, but we can't wrong an innocent person either."
Zhong Zan continued to look at her with great interest and asked again: "You just said that you also have something to ask Lu Fu, so why don't you tell me, what do you want to ask her?"
"I..." Xia Houshu thought for a while, and his tone became serious, "I want to ask her how she met cousin Ruoqian, and why she didn't tell her uncle and aunt. How embarrassing is this for everyone now? And cousin Ruoqian
He was also seriously injured and is still unconscious. The doctor said that his right hand is just useless. Cousin Ruoqian's biggest hobby in life is reading and writing. What will he do in the future?"
Zhong Zan didn't know the specific reason why Xu Ruoqian was injured, and couldn't help but ask at this moment: "Xu Ruoqian was injured by a black bear, what does this have to do with Lu Fu?"
The Xiahou sisters looked at each other in surprise, thinking that they had been asking for so long, but they didn't get anything useful out of them!
Xia Houshu couldn't help but glance at Zhong Lufu inside, thinking that this person was really stubborn. Even at this time, he refused to tell the truth or submit. He deserved to be punished. Her heart suddenly sank.
, solemnly said: "Uncle, I don't know. Cousin Ruoqian was injured just to save cousin Lufu."
"What did you say?" Zhong Zan's face was full of shock, "Xu Ruoqian was injured trying to save Lu Fu?"
Xia Houshu nodded and said: "Cousin Ruoqian is not good at riding and shooting, but for cousin Lufu, he still signed up to participate in this shooting. If he were not worried about the danger of cousin Lufu breaking into the paddock,
With his character, he would never go in alone. Moreover, the first person to encounter the black bear was actually Cousin Lufu. Cousin Ruoqian risked his life in order to lure the black bear away, and Cousin Lufu was able to escape. Then I
The second brother just brought people to rescue Cousin Ruoqian. If there is another mistake in the process, then Cousin Ruoqian will not be the only one lying there today!"
Zhong Zan was thoughtful after hearing this.
The people he sent out earlier only said that Zhong Lufu and Xu Ruoqian entered the paddock one after another, but they searched around but could not find any trace. Later, they saw Xu Ruoqian being rescued by Xia Houshu, and then they learned that Xu Ruoqian had been attacked by a black bear.
attack. At that moment, he was indeed worried about his daughter, but seeing his daughter hugging Xu Ruoqian and crying in front of everyone, his heart hardened again. He wished that Xu Ruoqian would disappear from his eyes, and he hated himself even more for teaching him.
Nu Wufang. But now that he heard that Xu Ruoqian was seriously injured because he was trying to save Zhong Lufu, and that it might even ruin his own future, he felt a little less confident.
After a long while, Zhong Zan waved his hand and said, "You don't need to get involved in this matter. I have my own opinion."
"Then what does uncle want to do?" Xia Houshu chased after him.
Zhong Zan glanced sideways at Zhong Lufu, who was still in a daze, and her kneeling posture had not changed, and said seriously: "Our marriage with the Cheng family has been decided, and she must marry Cheng Jian."
"Uncle, you are too overbearing." Xia Houshu felt that all he had said was in vain, so he could only continue to persuade, "Since uncle already knows about the affair between cousin Lufu and cousin Ruoqian, why do you still
Do you have to force Cousin Lufu to marry? Even if she does marry, the Cheng family will know about it now, will they treat her well in the future? "
"You can live if you do evil by God, but you can't live if you do evil on your own." Zhong Zan said coldly, "Since she can do such a disgraceful thing, she should know what the consequences will be!"
Xia Houshu did not agree with Zhong Zan's statement, so he asked: "How does my uncle determine what is God's evil and what is self-inflicted?"
"What did you say?" Zhong Zan was stunned, not quite understanding what his niece meant.
Xia Houshu added: "My uncle never asked Cousin Lufu what she thought, so he made the decision for her. Now he blames her for disobeying and refusing to accept her fate. But she is a human being and your daughter. Why must she obey and accept her fate?
How about accepting your fate?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Zhong Zan was shocked, but even Xia Houchun couldn't help but pinch her, implying that she shouldn't talk to her elders like this.
Xia Houshu didn't care at all. He looked up at Zhong Zan stubbornly, hoping to see a hint of softness and tolerance in his eyes.
Zhong Zan immediately said with a straight face: "Marriage has always been the order of the parents. Why does the matchmaker need her consent?"
Xia Houshu curled his lips and said, "So uncle feels that the decisions he made are all right?"
Zhong Zan looked stunned.
"I'm not forcing my uncle to tell me what's right or wrong." Xia Houshu softened his tone, "I just think that if cousin Ruo Qian and cousin Lu Fu are in love, why does uncle have to beat them up? If Lu Fu
If cousin Fu really marries Cheng Jian in the future and lives an unhappy life, will you, uncle, be happy?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhong Zan was completely angry, "How old are you? Who told you to say this?"
"No one needs to tell me, I saw it myself." Xia Houshu continued to argue, "Yes, my uncle doesn't care much about his daughter at all. How can he care about how his daughter feels after she gets married?"
"You are presumptuous!" Zhong Zan scolded, "Your mouth is simply lawless! I will definitely tell your mother later to see what kind of daughter he has raised!"
Xia Houshu suddenly laughed out loud and said: "Uncle, you see you are still so easy to get angry. If mother knew about it, she would also advise you."
Zhong Zan was furious, but he didn't want to waste words with a junior, so he pointed at the door and said to her: "Get out of here!"
Zhong Lufu in the room still didn't respond, but Zhong Qingkui was trembling with fear and looked like she was about to cry. She thought Xia Houshu was here to save the situation, but she didn't expect that she was here to add fuel to the fire.
Xia Houshu glanced at Zhong Qingkui, his eyes changed, and he turned around and said to Zhong Zan very sincerely: "Uncle, the fire will hurt your health, so don't get too angry."
Zhong Zan still wanted to pay attention to her, so he turned away in anger.
"Get out! Get out of here!" Zhong Zan almost roared.
Xia Houchun was so frightened by their sudden change of attitude that she never expected that they would start to quarrel while talking. Moreover, Xia Houchun was too courageous and dared to contradict his elders in person. She looked around for a while
The uncle and nephew hurriedly said goodbye and pulled Xia Houshu out of the other courtyard.
As soon as they walked out of the door, Zhong Zan ordered someone to slam the door.
The two sisters walked away a little further, but Xia Houchun was still frightened. She frowned and said, "Why do you speak so confusingly and inconsistently? Didn't you disapprove of Xu Ruoqian and Zhong Lufu being together before? Why are you trying to persuade them now?
Ask your uncle to help them?"
Xia Houshu took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and said, "Second sister, do you still remember Sun Jiarou I told you before?"
Xia Houchun thought for a while, and it seemed that Mrs. Ye Guogong had heard Xia Houshu mention it during her birthday party, so she nodded and asked, "Is there any connection between the two of them?"
"In the past, the Sun family also strongly opposed the relationship between Sun Jiarou and Yu Xiuyuan, and used various methods to break them up. But what was the result? The more the Sun family opposed it, the more they felt that they had to be with each other, so they decided to elope.
Things happened and things ended up like that again. Now I have figured out that instead of watching my aunt and my uncle worry about their affairs and causing trouble for the whole family, it would be better not to push them so hard in the first place.
"Xia Houshu explained.
Xia Houchun still didn't understand what she was doing, and said: "If that's the case, why don't you tell Prince Gong well, and you have to use such sharp words to anger him?"