Step-Mother has Given Up

Ye Shaofu stood in front of the screen, full of sorrow, his eyes focused on the portrait in front, the person on the portrait was Shen Yanmo, this is what he does every day. Sometimes if you don't eat or drink, you have to take a look at the portrait.

Hearing the footsteps, he didn't turn around, still staring at the portrait intently.

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng was not surprised, walked up to Ye Shaofu, and excitedly said: "Master, don't look at it. It's boring to look at the portraits. Let's find someone and find someone. How long do you want to see."

If it were in the past, these words would have been said by Lin Qi, and it would be the first time that Lin Feng said these words.

Ye Shaofu turned a deaf ear, still looking at the person on the portrait, and stretched out and touched the person's face. Although the person on the portrait was smiling, he knew that she was angry and didn't want to see him.

Lin Feng shook his head and sighed: "Master, madam, madam has news."

Ye Shaofu's back stiffened, then he retracted his hand and turned to look at Lin Feng slantingly, "You are really telling me?"

He has heard this news many times, no less than ten times. There is no news about his wife in Yangzhou, and no news about his wife in Jinling. He sent people to Yongning County quickly, and there was no news about his wife. Every time the news came back disappointed him, he couldn't believe it anymore.

"It's true, Lin Qi found the news. Yan Guo Xiao Huaijin appeared in Kyoto, and had seen his wife. Although hidden, we found it. According to Yan Qing, when his wife left that day, a man appeared. According to the description, it was Qingfeng, the guard next to Xiao Huaijin. Our people drew the portrait of Qingfeng, and Yan Qing said it was him." Lin Feng glanced at the portrait, and wondered how his wife would follow Qingfeng. She went to Yan Country to do it. What, I really believed Xiao Huaijin's words and wanted to send Brother Yao back to be the emperor. Madam's idea was too naive.

Ye Shaofu pondered for a moment, squinted his eyes slightly, the corners of his lips rose slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile, and gritted his teeth and said, "It turned out to be Xiao Huaijin."

He said, if there is no help, how could the wife get rid of the secret guard and leave Kyoto smoothly. Xiao Huaijin, wait, our Liangzi is formed.

"Where is the madam now?" Ye Shaofu asked again.

"According to our guess, Qingfeng will take his wife to Yan Country." Lin Feng answered truthfully.

"Leave immediately and go to Yan Country." Ye Shaofu glanced at the portrait one last time, then took it down and gently rolled it up.

This is a painting he made for his wife and must be taken with him. If he thinks of his wife on the way, he will look at this portrait to relieve the suffering of lovesickness.

The wife must have gone to the country of Yan. Once the identity of the child was revealed, rumors followed. The wife was afraid that the child would be harmed, so she chose to leave decisively. As for leaving on the day of marriage, it was to punish him and punish him for his insincereness. , To punish him for deceiving.

He should confess to his wife, and if he confessed, there will be no escape on the day of marriage.

Lin Feng was dumbfounded, do you want to be so anxious: "Lord, seeing that, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, do you want to wait for the Chinese New Year before leaving Beijing?"

"No, let's set off now. Go get ready and bring more thick clothes." Ye Shaofu paused, then said: "You don't need too many things, just bring more cash."

Lin Feng didn't dare to question Ye Shaofu's decision, turned around and ordered people to pack things up, prepare the carriage, and be sure to prepare more silver bone charcoal.

It is said that the weather in Yan State is extremely cold, dripping into ice when it snows in winter, I don't know if it is true or not. If you can't listen to the Lord, it is better to bring more thick clothes. Before leaving, I still have to say to Yan Qing. I don’t know when I will come back. If I can’t find my wife, and if he doesn’t come back, wouldn’t it be sad that Yan Qing can’t wait for him?

Lin Feng thought about coming to Shen's Mansion and found Yan Qing, telling her that his wife might be in Yan Country, and the prince was going to Yan Country to find his wife, so that Yan Qing should not remember him.

Unexpectedly, Yan Qing didn't remember him at all, and had to follow Lin Feng to Yan Country.

"The journey is dangerous. You, a girl, should stay in Kyoto." When going to Yan Country, the danger is unpredictable, and Lin Feng doesn't want Yan Qing to take risks.

"Where the madam is, I will be there. If you don't take me there, I will go by myself." When the words fell, Yan Qing turned to leave.

Lin Feng grabbed Yan Qing's sleeves: "Come back, it's not impossible for you to follow, but you have to be obedient on the road and don't act recklessly."

He thought that whether Yan Qing followed, he could serve the Lord’s meal. For the sake of his wife, the father never sleeps day and night, and he does not think about eating and drinking. People have lost a lot of weight. In the face of the lady, she will also eat a few more bites.

The more Lin Feng thought about it, the more he realized that bringing Yan Qing was the right choice. However, this is not the case. Yan Qingqi and Ye Shaofu walked away from Shen Yanmo, not to mention the food along the way, but did not make any cakes.

Whenever Lin Feng begged her to cook some delicious meals, Yan Qing refused because he was in a bad mood and the dishes were unpalatable.

Yan Qing is not the only one who will follow, Furong and Yuhe will also go.

Their reason is simpler. They are the wife of the lady. Naturally, where the lady is, they should be there.

The group simply packed their bags and set off on the northbound road.

Ye Shaofu was delighted to learn about Shen Yanmo's news. However, Xiao Huaijin, who was far away in the Royal Palace of Yan State, frowned and was full of anger. He looked at Qing Feng who was kneeling down: "Ms. Shen and the child are dead. How could it be possible? Are you sure you are not mistaken?"

The breeze thought for a while, and his eyebrows were tightly twisted together: "When the prince said this, the subordinates remembered that the subordinates had been chasing Madam Shen's carriage, but the carriage suddenly turned over the cliff, and the subordinates sent someone down to look for them, only clothing and blood stains were seen. , No people and corpses were seen."

No one is born, no corpse is seen, Madam Shen is still alive?

He was wandering in Youzhou City for a few days, and saw no trace of Shen Yanmo and his party. Suddenly, he heard a report from the people below, saying that he had seen Shen Yanmo and others, sitting in a carriage, and approaching Yan Guo.

Qingfeng did not dare to delay, and led people to catch up. When they were about to catch up with the carriage, the carriage suddenly overturned, and Shen Yanmo and others were not seen at all. This is too coincidental.

Is this a strategy designed by others to divert their attention?

If it’s the queen’s people, their purpose is very simple. As long as Brother Yao is dead, no one will compete with her son for a reserve position. Brother Yao is dead, just fulfilling their wish. There is no need to bring people back to the country of Yan. This was also done before.

At this moment, Qingfeng still didn't understand. He was in the middle of the game, and he said that if he cares, he would be confused. He just wanted to find Shen Yanmo and his party as soon as possible. He had never seriously analyzed the situation at that time.

All of this was set up by Mrs. Shen.

"I will go back now. I have to bring Madam Shen back." Qing Feng was cautious all the way, seeing that he was about to reach the boundary of Yan Country, something went wrong.

Mrs. Shen, this woman is too cunning, he can't swallow this breath.

Xiao Huaijin shouted to Qingfeng, and asked in a deep voice, "Where are you going to find someone?"

Shen Yanmo hid intentionally, he must have made enough preparations, where to look for the crowds.

Qingfeng was choked for a while: "The subordinates don't know, in short, Madam Shen cannot be found, and the subordinates will never come back."

"She has an older brother. It is said that she became the county magistrate. You can find out where she is the county magistrate. She is very likely to be there." Xiao Huaijin smiled. Interestingly, no woman has ever dared to take advantage of him. Such as a shoe, really interesting.

As winter passes and spring comes, everything recovers. In late March in Yangchun, there were a few light rains, the weather became warmer, the grasses sprouted, and the southern geese returned.

Compared with previous years, this spring comes very early.

Shen Yanmo chose an auspicious day and moved into his new home. In order to conceal people's eyes, they moved into the government office a year ago. Except for a few people who knew it, the others didn't know it. Shen Yuanan also ordered people to be tight-lipped, and the Yongning County people didn't know that the magistrate's sister and nephew had arrived.

The new house was also prepared early, and everything was ready, so when moving, a few people went lightly and didn't make a big fuss.

After moving into the new home, Shen Yanmo showed up in men's clothing, and Dongxue also dressed as a small servant, following Shen Yanmo. Mother Liu stayed in the simple place, and she didn't get out of the door. There was no need to worry that someone would recognize her. The most worrying thing was the children.

Shen Yuanan wanted to teach them in person. However, he was busy with official duties and had limited time, so he could not spare much time, so he had to hire a Juren to teach several children. Fortunately, a few children were considered obedient. When going out, they will also dress up. This is Shen Yanmo's request, otherwise he is not allowed to go out.

After a long talk with Shen Yanmo, Brother Yao also knew that he could not return to the country of Yan now, and also helped Shen Yanmo to restrain his brothers. After moving for more than a month, the days were fairly stable, and no one came to harass.

Maybe the days are too plain for God to see.

On this day, Shen Yanmo just took out a brocade spring shirt and sew a few stitches, he heard rapid footsteps, and then a thin body with many silvery white women standing at the door and knocking on them. Ah ah hoo yelled a few times, as if to say something.

This woman is a mute woman. Because she is a mute woman, everyone calls her a mute woman. She has no children and is under the age of forty. She looks like she is in her fifties.

She is also a poor person, not born deaf and dumb, but dumb after she went to her husband's house.

At that time, she was newly married, and her husband and wife were in harmony. To blame, the mute mother-in-law was a widow. She pulled her son up with one hand, and depended on her son for life. Seeing that the son is a treasure, the daughter-in-law is grass, and the son and daughter-in-law are kind and affectionate. Love, fearing that his son will marry his wife and forget his mother, deliberately provoke the relationship between his son and his wife.

Over time, the son gradually distanced himself from his daughter-in-law, leaving everything to his mother-in-law.

Later, they gave birth to a son, and the mother-in-law was also rare for her grandson for a few days. Because the husband and wife had this son, the relationship eased a lot. Pretending to be sick, she also said that her grandson was born to deny her. Otherwise, why the grandson was born, she would get sick one after another.

The daughter-in-law told the son that the mother-in-law was pretending, and the son didn't believe it, and she also learned this thing from the mother-in-law. It's okay, the mother-in-law doesn't wait to see her daughter-in-law and grandson, and behaves at home all day long.

After a few years of stumbling and stumbling, one day there was a big fire in the house. One day, he ran out of the house holding his son. He saw her mother-in-law trapped in the house. The husband was not at home. He put his five-year-old son in the yard and poured wet clothes into the house with a bucket. The mother-in-law was rescued, and finally the mother-in-law was rescued. The son was smashed to death by the fallen pillar. The mute collapsed crazily, but she was helpless. She was in a trance and said nothing, and was dumb since then.

The mother-in-law didn't wait to see her, and drove her out. She was a helper and was barely able to support herself, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and disasters fell from the sky. The family in front of the family-wife and concubine fought against the fish, and the dumb woman was sold out. When she was older, no one wanted to take it He has been staying at Ren Yazi. Ren Yazi is also a kind person. He feels that the mute woman is pitiful, so she asks the mute woman to help him and reward her with a bite of food.

After Shen Yuan became the county magistrate, he saw that the dumb woman was pitiful and literate and hyphenated, so she took her in and asked her to stay in the county office and become a rude envoy.

It is said that she passed the Juren examination and Chunwei took the examination twice, and each time she lost her name to Sun Shan, and now she is a Xixi.

This was all the news from Mother Liu. Shen Yanmo knew that she was pitiful, and always sent her some light work.

Dongxue heard the voice of the mute woman, smiled and went out, and opened the curtain to let people in: "Mute woman, why are you here?"

The mute woman took Dongxue's hand and wrote a few words on her hand. Dongxue asked: "The eldest son has sent someone here, waiting for his wife to help?" At this point, her voice became a little louder.

Shen Yanmo put down the spring shirt in his hand, put on the cloak and walked out, and walked to the mute woman to pause for a moment: "I'll take the medicine box and go." Then he opened the curtain and raised his leg to step out of the threshold.

It turned out to be a head-catcher in the Yamen. His surname is Tie, and everyone calls him iron head catcher. Yesterday, his wife gave birth to a child. It has been one day and one night. The child has not yet come out, and the mother has passed out. The iron catcher invited all the doctors in Yongning County over, and they were helpless.

This is his first child. If the child is gone, he can still ask for it. If his wife goes with him, the iron catcher can't think about it, so he asks the doctor to think of a solution.

Shen Yuanan heard that Tie Tau’s wife had a difficult childbirth. When he went to see it, Tie Tau almost knelt down to Langzhou, but the doctor was really helpless, and complained that they were not good at medicine, and they wanted to go and were stopped by others. , In case the lady catches her head and kills her dead, what should be done?

"Go and invite the second young master." Shen Yuanan took a jade pendant from his waist, handed it to the guard behind him, and asked him a few more words, then walked slowly to the iron catcher and patted him on the shoulder, "I know someone People, superb medical skills, have been sent to invite people, please stay calm."

Iron Catcher's eyes were red, and he clasped his fists and said some words of thanks.

After a meal, Shen Yanmo arrived with Dongxue. Both of them were dressed as men. The iron catcher had seen Shen Yanmo, but he didn't know that Shen Yanmo knew how to heal. The catalog looked suspicious.

Shen Yuanan looked at him, and it was inconvenient for others to explain. Shen Yanmo and Dongxue entered the delivery room one after another. After entering the delivery room, Shen Yanmo put her hand on the wrist of the parturient to check the pulse, took out the golden needle, and asked the parturient to prepare brown sugar water.

The midwife was afraid of having a dystocia for a long time. Due to the iron catching her head, she dared not leave. Now that she saw Shen Yanmo coming, she immediately found the backbone, and she did what Shen Yanmo said.

Under the eaves of the corridor, Shen Yuanan heard Shen Yanmo's instructions and was busy sending people to find the best ginseng. Tie Catou listened to Shen Yuanan's heart in his ears, and he was inexhaustibly grateful to Shen Yuanan.

Shen Yanmo used the needle to wake the parturient woman, fed her sugar water, and put a piece of ginseng sliced ​​in her mouth, holding the hand of the parturient woman, softly comforting: "No problem, I will let you force you No matter how hard you are, don’t shout loudly. It’s a waste of energy. It’s better to keep the child born smoothly.” She slipped and rubbed the mother’s belly, then shouted hard, the mother also cooperated, and immediately used force, after three or four times, for a while. Loud cries sounded, and everyone in the house cried with joy, gave birth, and finally gave birth.

The mother heard the child's cry and fell asleep deeply.

"Give birth, give birth, I want to be a father." Tie Catou's eyes were tearful, and there was a feeling of surplus. God knows what kind of torment he endured in his heart after guarding the day and the night, saying that a woman gave birth to a child and turned from a ghost gate. After a lap, he also seemed to step into the underworld with one foot.

The midwife came out of the house, holding a child in her arms, and said with a smile: "I'm a big fat boy, congratulations to iron catching his head." After working all day and night, she thought she couldn't get the silver, and she was so bad. Who knew it was here. My dear, the child was born smoothly and the mother and child are safe. It is really gratifying.

Shen Yanmo observed in the house for a while, and saw that Mrs. Tie was fine, packed up the medicine box and carried it out, wanting to ask Tie Tie to pay more attention to his wife's body.

Before she could speak, Tie Tau said, "Thank you for your life-saving grace, Tie Xin remembers it in her heart. If the wife uses Tie Xin, even if she goes up and down the sea of ​​fire, Tie Xin will not be afraid." The words fell deep. Bow down.

"Healers' parents, you are serious." Shen Yanmo helped iron out and caught his head.

Shen Yuanan interrupted him before he said a word: "It's getting late, and my brother is tired. Go back and rest. The iron catcher is a guardian of his daughter-in-law, and he will definitely not let his daughter-in-law be wronged." He looked at Shen Yanmo. His face was tired, a little distressed, his brows were displeased and he stared at the iron catching head. Thank you for saying no later. Didn't you see Mo'er tired?

The iron catcher has been a head catcher for many years, and he is very good at observing words and colors: "The son is tired, please go back and rest soon, and I will come to thank you next day."

Shen Yanmo wanted to refuse, and Shen Yuanan responded, "Forget your kid's interest, go in the house and take care of the children, let's go back first." He resigned from the iron catcher and came out.

My sister gave his wife a free consultation, so that there would be someone in the Tie family's successor, and Tie Catcher personally came to thank you.

Shen Yuanan and Shen Yanmo walked side by side, and Shen Yanmo suddenly thought of the rumors in Youzhou, especially the shopkeeper of Fuyuan Inn, and laughed out loud.

"Why is Mo'er laughing?" Shen Yuanan felt baffled.

Shen Yanmo did not hide it, and told him bluntly: "Brother knows that you are very famous among the strange people and wonders in Youzhou."

"What do you say?" Shen Yuanan was even more puzzled, strange people and wonders, what is so strange about him as a small Seven-Rank magistrate.

"The people in Youzhou City are telling you that you are good at Longyang. If we are not a female compatriot, I almost believed what others said." Shen Yanmo pursed his lips and chuckled, almost getting angry.

Shen Yuanan was dumbfounded: "Dragon, Long Yang is so good, he likes men, how, how is it possible, who is spreading the rumors?"

"The people in Youzhou City know it, and they don't know who passed it. They have noses and eyes." Shen Yanmo said.

Shen Yuanan's face was flushed, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or angry. His chest rose and fell sharply. He clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth: "It must be those women with long tongues, don't let me catch people, or I will pull her tongue out." Obviously he was angry. He didn't want to get married and drove the matchmaker out. It was said that he liked men. These women really responded to that sentence. The only women and villains in the world are difficult to raise.

When he thought of this, he glanced at Shen Yanmo and saw that her eyebrows were smiling. He was obviously still making fun of her. He raised his hand and rubbed his head: "You, are you so happy that your brother was misunderstood?"

"Why can't you be happy? In this way, my brother will be less troublesome, and he can still be like a jade for the Pearl Princess. Why not have the best of both worlds." Shen Yanmo looked at Shen Yanmo as he spoke.

When Shen Yuanan heard the Princess Mingzhu, his face appeared uncomfortable, and was soon covered by him. Shen Yanmo knew that his brother was not ruthless to Princess Mingzhu, he was afraid that he would not be worthy of others.

"My son, my son, it's okay, something has happened." This is the little servant of Shen Yanmo's mansion who specializes in guarding the door. At this moment, he ran in a panic, and something major must have happened to the mansion.