A trace of surprise flashed in Aunt Fu Pei's eyes, and then she returned to her calm expression and said coldly: "Young lady, you are worrying too much. I am just a domestic servant. How can I dare to go against you?"
Xia Houshu didn't like hearing this, so he said politely: "There are no outsiders here, so why do you have to be so pretentious!"
After hearing this, Aunt Fu Pei showed displeasure and glared at Xia Houshu.
This was not the first time Xia Houshu encountered such an enemy look, so she was not angry at all. Instead, she smiled and said: "I respect grandma as a person. In order to fulfill your dignity, I treat you with courtesy on weekdays.
But I didn’t know that you are actually such a person who dares to do something you dare not do!”
Aunt Fu Pei thought for a while, and when she looked at Xia Houshu again, her eyes were clearly filled with anger. She asked, "Miss, do you really want to know?"
Xia Houshu tried hard to control his emotions, and mocked impatiently: "Didn't you claim to be a straight-tempered person just now? Why are you now learning to twist and turn?"
Aunt Fu Pei did not answer her directly, but turned around calmly and took out a dark red carved wooden box with gold paint from under the bed in the back bedroom. The wooden box was spotless, and it must have been
The owner wipes it frequently.
Xia Houshu watched quietly as Sister Fu Pei gently placed the wooden box on the small round table and slowly opened it. Inside the box was a pair of men's shoes and a strand of black hair tied with red thread.
Xia Houshu didn't understand her intention, so he asked, "What do you mean?"
Aunt Fu Pei stared closely at the contents of the box, her expression sincere and sad, and she said calmly: "This is the relic of her late husband."
Xia Houshu knew that Grandma Fu Pei had never married, so he was very surprised when he heard the word "dead husband" and asked: "But haven't you never been married?"
Aunt Fu Pei gently touched the pair of shoes embroidered with auspicious clouds with golden silk thread, as if stroking her lover's face. Then she held the strand of black hair next to her tightly in her hand and tried to maintain her calmness, saying: "We
It is true that we are not married, but we have promised each other for life, and he will be my husband."
In other words, this strand of black hair tied together with red thread is actually a lifelong token of mutual commitment between Aunt Fu Pei and her "dead husband"?
Xia Houshu's eyes couldn't help but move to Grandma Fu Pei's somewhat white hair. Probably due to years of hard work, Grandma Fu Pei, who is about the same age as Zhong Yuqing, is obviously much older. But what is she doing talking about this? What does it have to do with her?
?
Xia Houshu thought in his mind and asked: "What does this have to do with me?"
"Of course it does matter!" Grandma Fu Pei suddenly became excited, and the hair in her hand was twisted into a ball. She trembled all over, then glared at Xia Houshu with resentment in her eyes, and accused word by word: "If not
If you, he won’t die, and I won’t be alone all my life!”
Inexplicably, why did she owe someone else her life?
Xia Houshu frowned and said, "I don't know what you are talking about!"
"Of course you don't understand!" Aunt Fu Pei suddenly raised her voice, looked straight into Xia Houshu's eyes like an eagle looking for its prey, and said slowly, "When the princess was pregnant with you, one day
People said you were an unlucky person who would kill your brothers, implicate your parents, and subvert the family lineage, but the princess didn’t believe it and insisted on giving birth to you. For eight months, the princess took you around and ate everything.
Fortunately, the princess understands justice well, so she sent you to Boyunguan not long after you were born. But who would have thought that being so far away, Ji'er would still be killed by you! Ji'er is such an outstanding child.
, God is so blind! All this is because of you!"
Wasn't it about her deceased husband? Why did it involve her mother and eldest brother again?
Xia Houshu couldn't bear it anymore and stood up in anger and retorted loudly: "You're talking nonsense! My eldest brother was obviously killed by an adulterer, how come he was killed by me?"
She was too lazy and disdainful to pay attention to Aunt Fu Pei's unreasonable difficulties and accusations against her, but she was not allowed to use Xiahou Xi's death as an excuse, because Xiahou Xi's death was a knot in the heart of the entire Xiahou family.
"Not only did you kill my brother, you also killed my husband." Aunt Fu Pei did not give Xia Houshu a chance to retort, and decisively added another crime to her, "On the way to pick you up,
My husband fell off a cliff to save you, and his body was not even a word intact!"
"What did you say? You mean... Zhuang Guards?"
Xia Houshu never thought that she was a soft-hearted person who was weak and unable to take care of herself, but she took two lives for no reason. For the first time, she felt that she was innocent and powerless. However, she was already eight years old when she left Boyunguan.
Yes, of course I remember what happened.
Seven years ago, Xia Houyuan experienced the greatest defeat and pain in his life. Not only did he lose one after another on the battlefield against Beiyuan Kingdom, but he also lost his beloved son Xia Houxi due to the enemy's deception. As a general, losing a battle and losing a city is the biggest loss.
It is a shame for him, and as a father, being unable to protect his children is the biggest irony for him. Faced with this double blow, Xia Houyuan endured the pain and fought the last battle, regaining the five previously lost cities, but failed to do so in succession.
Xia Houhui's body was not found, and he had to return to the court in accordance with the order. He used his blood to fulfill his loyalty and righteousness as a courtier. He did not fall ill until he returned to Beijing and resumed his life. At that time, Beiyuan Kingdom was not only on the battlefield.
The situation was so overwhelming that they captured the city and territory, and secretly sent spies to the capital in an attempt to retaliate by assassinating the general Xia Houyuan.
Xia Houyuan stayed in bed for dozens of days, and was constantly being assassinated and framed in various ways, making it difficult to prevent him. In grief, he suddenly realized that he had lost a son, and he could not let his remaining son and daughter wander outside and be slaughtered by others.
Not caring about the prophecy of the crazy Taoist priest, he sent one of his guards named Zhuang Hua to lead a dozen people to Boyunguan to pick up Xia Houshu.
Although Xia Houshu's days in Boyunguan were peaceful and uneventful, she always hoped to be reunited with her parents and family, so when she learned that her family finally sent someone to take her back, she was naturally very happy and said goodbye to Boyun.
All the fellow apprentices and sisters in the audience happily got on the carriage back to Beijing.
Unexpectedly, their whereabouts were leaked, and the assassins set up an ambush on their way back to Beijing. A dozen guards fought desperately to protect her. However, the assassins were numerous and had extraordinary skills, and one of their men was injured in the fierce battle.
Most of the time, it was impossible to escort Xiahou Shu safely back to Beijing.
In order to complete the mission, Zhuang Guards made a plan and hid Xiahou Shu in a dense bush, and then ordered the remaining people to pretend to fight with the assassin to delay, while he drove an empty carriage to lure the enemy away, but he died on the way.
Shen fell into the cliff and was shattered to pieces.
It was already two days after Xia Houshu learned about Zhuang Guards. At that time, she was already a little confused due to hunger and excessive fright. Since Zhuang Guards did not take Xia Houshu back to Beijing on time, Xia Houyuan was filled with doubts and immediately sent another team.
People and horses came out to respond. After learning the news about Zhuang Guards and others, he was so anxious that he vomited blood, and then dragged his sick body to personally lead the people out to search. However, Xia Houshu was still young and had not experienced any major events, so he escaped this time
When she came down, she was very frightened, and before leaving, Guard Zhuang warned her that she would never leave unless an acquaintance came to find her, so she kept hiding in the bushes, not daring to go anywhere, until the desperate Xia Houyuan found her...
In this case, the "husband" mentioned by Aunt Fu Pei must be Zhuang Weibei.
Xiahou Shu never forgot Zhuang Huowei's life-saving grace. However, Zhuang Huowei's parents died early and he had no brothers, sisters, wives or children, so he enshrined his benefactor's tablet in the small ancestral hall of the Yue Kingdom Palace, where the incense continued every day.
Xia Houshu felt guilty and grateful towards Zhuang Guards, but this did not mean that she was the murderer, so she said unconvinced: "Even if he died to save me, this was not my intention. If not,
How could he fall off a cliff if someone was chasing him?"
Aunt Fu Pei smiled sadly: "You are the beneficiary, of course you say so!"
"Yes, you are right, I am the beneficiary. But since I am the beneficiary, do I have to bear the burden of a human life?"
Do you think I don’t know all these things he said behind his back? Yes, I am very grateful to him and have never dared to forget his kindness. I have also thought about using various methods to make up for it. But in addition to blindly blaming me, you put the responsibility on me.
What did you do to blame it on me? You don’t blame those who actually killed him, but you blame me who was lucky enough to be saved by him. Is this reasonable? "
"You don't have to say anything else!" Grandma Fu Pei suddenly felt very tired. After saying this, she closed her eyes and never looked at Xia Houshu again.
Xia Houshu smiled helplessly and said: "If blaming all these sins on me will make you feel better, then you can continue. I don't mind. After all, he saved my life. But this is different from other people's
It has nothing to do with it, so please come to me if you have any questions in the future and don’t implicate the people around me!"
Aunt Fu Pei closed her eyes tightly and hugged tightly the pair of shoes that had not been given away for many years. She said nothing, as if Xia Houshu was just a ball of disgusting air.
Seeing this, Xia Houshu didn't want to say anything else, so he turned around and walked out. He happened to see Caiwei outside the door who had already come out.
Caiwei did not go far after coming out of Grandma Fu Pei's room, but stood at the door and eavesdropped on their conversation. Xia Houshu walked too fast, and she had no time to dodge, so she had to stand at the door and wait.
Xia Houshu didn't care about the mother and daughter's affairs, so he walked directly past Caiwei. But after taking a few steps, she stopped again, turned to look at Caiwei and said, "Caiwei, I know
You are very smart, but you should also know what to say and what not to say. If I get the slightest hint of what happened today from the fourth person, you should not stay in the Yue Kingdom Palace!"
Caiwei was stunned, lowered her brows, and immediately looked cowardly again, saying in a voice like a mosquito: "Third girl, please don't worry, Caiwei doesn't know anything."
He is indeed a smart person, but no one can predict what will happen in the future, but now, he can only scare her like this. Xia Houshu looked at Caiwei's pitiful look, and thought of the reprimand given to her by Grandma Fupei just now, and couldn't help it.
He then said, "Since you have accepted her as your mother and she has taken care of you in every possible way, you should respect her from the bottom of your heart, instead of being a sycophant."
Caiwei frowned slightly, but immediately regained her composure, lowered her head and replied, "What the girl taught you is that Caiwei knows she was wrong, and she must be filial to her godmother in the future!"
Xia Houshu thought to himself that Aunt Fu Pei regarded him as a thorn in her side, so why should he think about her, so he waved his hand and said: "That's all, how you get along with her is your own destiny, and I can't control it."
But now that she has said it, she still has to remind her: "My second brother is not at home recently, so you don't have to ask around. Jieying is a soft-hearted person, but don't treat her as a fool. Time
After a long time, I can see what your intentions are!"
As soon as she heard this, Caiwei panicked. Thinking of Cuiyan's incident, she immediately knelt down at Xiahoushu's feet and begged for mercy: "Third girl, Caiwei really knows her mistake! Please don't tell your godmother and the county.
Lord, otherwise I really can’t stay in the Duke of Yue’s mansion anymore!”
Xia Houshu was just about to say something when he saw Aunt Fu Pei walking out of the house. She frowned at Caiwei who was kneeling on her knees begging. Xia Houshu didn't bother to explain to her, so he turned around and left.