Wishful Things

After Wu Ran left the conference hall, he returned to the courtyard and went into the study without a moment's rest.

In the past, there was a grandfather, a father, and a second brother.

In the past, when he went to find his second brother to play chess, his second brother was always busy, and he had complained in his heart about this...

In the first two years, he had a little understanding of the hard work and busyness of the second brother, and this complaint disappeared. And now, I have a personal experience, and I finally understand what it feels like when I have responsibilities on my shoulders.

"Where did this come from?" Wu Ran just sat down behind the desk when he saw a square vermilion lacquer box placed on the desk in front of him.

"Master Yin, this was sent by Manager Yin himself. He didn't say what it was, but he will understand when he sees it." The young man said from the side: "The little people have never opened it without authorization. Now you can see it." Want to take a look?"

Wu Ran nodded: "Open it."

Yin Guanshi is an old man brought up by his grandfather. He is in charge of the accounts and trivial matters of the palace, but he has no involvement in the affairs of the Wu clan——

In the past two days, he had a lot of contact with Steward Yin.

The boy answered "Yes", opened the wooden box, and held the contents in front of Wu Ran.

At first glance, Wu Ran thought it was an account book, but when he took a closer look at it in his hand, he saw that on the old book cover that was very mottled with time, there were three characters "Women's Genealogy".

"..." The boy's eyes were full of surprise and surprise, and he almost couldn't suppress the joy in the corners of his eyes.

As the second brother said, although his chess skills are not good, but in terms of enthusiasm, he can be regarded as a qualified chess idiot...

As a chess fanatic, he had heard about this long-lost chess book through rumors, and the second brother had promised three years ago that he would find it for him!

Manager Yin's name was listed first in the booklet Ah Yuan gave him!

Therefore, sending this chess record with him today... must be the order of the second brother!

This is a birthday gift from his second brother!

The second brother is indeed still there!

Even though what A Yuan said was very convincing, he also believed it, but when he really touched on the matter related to the second brother at this time, and saw the arrangement of the second brother with his own eyes, it was a completely different feeling!

He didn't think at all that Guanshi Yin sent this thing at this time, it would be arranged by his second brother earlier - if that was the case, Guanshi Yin would just speak bluntly, and would never, and there was no reason to be vague, leaving only one sentence: When the young master sees it, he will understand."

Therefore, Guanshi Yin also knew about the second brother's fake death, and had a secret connection with the second brother...

Then, the second elder brother must be watching everything in the family now!

He knows what he has done with his second brother's people, and what progress conclusions he has obtained. Response!

He and the second brother are doing the same thing!

So far, he can be completely sure of one thing - all this must be the game set up by the second brother and the others, and the current situation is determined to be under the control of the second brother...

It is even very possible that the second elder brother is in the city, at home, maybe hiding by his side!

This thought reassured and excited the boy, he subconsciously looked left and right, and even bent slightly to look under the table.

The boy looked a little confused, what is the young master looking for?

Wu Ran personally placed the chess book on the innermost side of the bookshelf to calm down the fluctuations in his heart.

Since the second brother gave him a response, he is not afraid that he will reveal his secrets, so it can be seen that it is almost time to close the net...

It is indeed time to close the net.

If the second elder brother's intention was to force out dissidents, this goal has been achieved now, if it is delayed any longer, I'm afraid it will really shake the Wu family's foundation and damage the Wu family's foundation.

I can't let the wrong person continue to make mistakes——

This is also what he has thought about most in the past two days.

At this time, footsteps could be heard outside the window, and the visitor had a low-key conversation with the servants guarding outside the study, and then there was a knock on the door of the study.

"Come in." Wu Ran turned around from the bookshelf.

"My lord." The servant saluted, and said, "Second master sent someone to pass on a message. The way is that if you are not busy, you can invite you to go to Songqing Court."

Wu Ran slightly flattened the corners of his mouth.

The second uncle took the initiative to see him...

He should also go see the second uncle.

There are some things that he really wants to understand.

"Understood, I'll go right away." The boy responded, and before leaving the study, he took out a letter from the hidden compartment of the bookshelf and hid it in his sleeve.

And confessed to the young man: "After I leave, go and invite Guanshi Yin to come over, explain to him that I went to the second uncle's place, and tell him to wait for me here. If I don't see me back in half an hour, I will come back." There is no need to wait any longer."

The servant let out a soft "Ah", some didn't understand the meaning of it, Manager Yin is also a very busy person, why did the young master ask someone to wait in vain?

But when the young master does things, there is no need for them to remind him.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just do it.

As soon as Wu Ran left, the servant went to invite someone in person—the more he didn't understand something, the more mysterious it was, and he didn't feel at ease handing it over to others.

Over the years, the people around the young master have changed one after another, and he can always stay by the young master's side to serve him personally, because he pays more attention to everything, thinks more and never slackens.

Wu Ran took two servants and headed all the way to Wu Jingling's Songqing Court.

On the way, I met Wu Jingyi.

"Third Uncle." Wu Ran stopped and saluted with a respectful tone.

"Where is this going?" Wu Jingyi was followed by two young people from the clan, apparently just returned from outside.

"Go back to Third Uncle, Second Uncle called my nephew over there."

"Oh?" Wu Jingyi asked: "But why did I ask you to come over?"

Wu Ran: "I don't know yet."

When I'm so busy, I invite you for no reason...

"..." Wu Jingyi moved his fingers half-hidden in his sleeves hanging by his side, looked at the boy in front of him, and seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say anything.

"Nephew will go first." Wu Ran saluted.

Wu Jingyi nodded: "Go..."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the boy pass by him and walked a few steps, Wu Jingyi suddenly called out to stop him: "Azhang!"

Wu Ran stopped and turned around upon hearing the sound.

Wu Jingyi clenched and loosened the fingers in his sleeves, and the normally serious person showed a relaxed expression at this moment: "Third Uncle suddenly remembered that today is your ninth birthday?"

The boy smiled: "Third uncle still remembers."

"I'll see your second uncle later, and tell him that our family will go to your grandmother's yard to have a meal together in the evening, and then we will call your two older brothers and sisters and some younger brothers..." Wu Jingyi said: " Although it’s not allowed to celebrate, it’s just a family sitting together.”

Wu Ran was stunned for a moment, and agreed.

But he wasn't sure...whether there would be another chance like this tonight.

After watching the boy disappear, Wu Jingyi just left.

When Wu Ran came to Songqingyuan, he was invited to Wu Jingling's study.

He and his second brother have often visited the second uncle's study since they were young. In his impression, the second uncle's study and even the entire courtyard are full of flowers all year round.

My second uncle loves flowers, and he also loves hairpins with his hair in a bun. In other words, my second uncle loves all beautiful things.

Since his grandfather's "accident", he has never seen his second uncle wearing a fancy dress, nor has he ever had a hairpin incense.

At this time, all the potted plants in the study were also moved out, and the few vases made by famous craftsmen that had never been empty also disappeared from the desk and small table, and they were moved to nowhere.

His second uncle was sitting in a chair with a comb back next to the small table by the window.

She was still wearing plain clothes.

Ever since he could remember, he had never seen such a plain second uncle.

And if you look carefully at this time, you can find that this plain air is not only the lack of decorations of fine clothes and jewellery, but also from the inside to the outside——

The lively, casual and casual attitude of the second uncle's body, which seemed to have been carved into his bones, was completely gone.

So much so that when he looked at the person sitting in the chair at this moment, he felt a little strange.

For some changes, the closer people are, the easier it is to notice them.

What's more, Second Uncle seems to have no intention of concealing this change.

At this moment, Wu Ran thought he already had the answer in his heart, without even needing to say or ask.

"Why doesn't Ah Zhang talk?" Wu Jingling smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "Do you want to have a talk with Second Uncle?"

Wu Ran's gaze fell on the chessboard on the small table, and said, "No need, I've never been a match for Second Uncle."

Wu Jingling looked at him and asked jokingly, "Why do you only want to win now? Zhang, this is not like you."

Wu Ran also looked at him: "The one who wants to win seems to be the second uncle."

He has never regarded his second uncle as an opponent, whether on the chessboard or at any other time.

Wu Jingling smiled silently when he heard the words, and fiddled with the can of sunspots lightly with his lowered eyes, without speaking for a while.

He was sitting by the window, making it hard to see the expression on his face.

Wu Ran had already taken out the letter from his sleeve: "Should Second Uncle explain the purpose of this secret letter?"

Only then did Wu Jingling raise his head, and said in a clear tone: "So it was really intercepted by Ah Zhang, I thought it was Jing Yi... That's right, the third brother has always been calm, how could he stop the letter so rashly...

That's why Second Uncle invited you here because he wanted to give you a try. Unexpectedly, my Zhang, can be so frank and straightforward at any time, but my second uncle's mind is too narrow. "

Wu Ran pursed her lips.

So, the second uncle admitted it.

"Why did the second uncle steal the seal of the head of the family and make a claim to send a letter to the imperial envoy outside the city? Is the second uncle so eager to make peace? Grandfather, parents, and second brother's revenge, don't you want to take revenge?"

"Revenge, of course I have to take revenge...Second Uncle will never let the Daqing court go..." Wu Jingling seemed to grit his teeth, and then slowly let go: "It's just that now is not the time, the current situation is unclear, and the people in the clan are angry." If they are not uniform, attacking is not as good as defending. Making peace with the imperial court is just an expedient measure."

"But the second uncle sent the letter without telling the whole family! Isn't the second uncle afraid that this move will make the clan completely alienated?"

"So Second Uncle can remove those stubborn and stupid people for you, wouldn't it be better?" Wu Jingling asked indifferently.

remove?

Most of those are old people in the support family!

What a flirtatious and totally reckless remark!

I don't know whether it's more anger or sadness, Wu Ran couldn't help but blushed slightly: "I'm afraid the second uncle just wants to use this to eradicate dissidents!"

This is no longer the second uncle he knew!

Before this, when he got this letter, he thought narrowly whether someone deliberately used the name of the second uncle and deliberately pointed everything to the second uncle, so as to prevent the matter from being exposed, so that it would be easier to make this mistake Push it on the second uncle's head...

Without any evidence, he even narrowly suspected that third uncle was more!

But from the moment he stepped into this study today, everything became clear in his heart.

Faced with his nephew's doubts, Wu Jingling shook his head calmly: "No, I am concerned about the stability of the Wu family. Zhang, you are still too young to understand some truths."

"Really?" Wu Ran stared at him closely: "The second uncle claimed that it was for the Wu family, so the second uncle took advantage of the chaos these days to replace various people, and yesterday he even opened a courtyard outside the city with the seal of the head of the family. How can I explain it if I took away 800,000 taels of silver from my treasury!"

The existence of that treasury was not even known to many clansmen.

The second elder brother once said that it was used at home in case of emergencies——

But the second uncle took 800,000 taels without authorization for the first time!

This is completely disregarding the planning and future of the elders in the family!

In this way, can it be said that it is for the stability of the Wu family?

"Do you even know this..." Wu Jingling raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It shouldn't be, the people in the other courtyard have already been replaced, who will report it to you? Could it be...you kept it a secret Second uncle, secretly using the manpower left by your father and second brother?"

As he said that, he smiled appreciatively: "Azhang, you are much more useful than Second Uncle imagined. In truth, your qualifications are far inferior to your Second Brother... But, who told you to be so useful since childhood?" What you learn is the way of the head of the family."

Wu Ran frowned.

What is the way of the head of the house...

With his father and second brother around, all he learned was the same as his second and third uncles, just how to assist the Patriarch.

"...Those things are really what I want to learn." Wu Jingling leaned back in the chair, recalling the events of his childhood: "In the past, the things that Mr. Zhen gave to your father and me were different, but every time , I am better than your father... After a few times, do you know what Mr. Zhen said? He shook his head and said, he is just a bastard. The way a bastard learns can only be the way of assisting. Clearing one's own position is delusional presumption."

"Arrogance... I used to know that this word was used for servants and servants..."

"Oh, by the way, what did he say when he saw that I 'didn't change after repeated admonitions'? From my conversations, it became clear that my intentions were 'wrong', so I sued my father. At that time, I was only seven or eight years old. I still remember that I knelt outside your grandfather's study all night. I admitted my mistake, and my mistake was that I should not listen to Mr. Zhen's discipline, but I knew in my heart that my only fault was that I was born a bastard..."

At the end, he laughed: "From then on, I only did what a bastard should do, and only said what a bastard should say... Sure enough, everyone is happy."

(Grandpa Yuan died today. He cried all day long. His eyes and head hurt like hell. Zai Zai is not yet four years old. Grandpa passed away."

"Passed away like Mom's grandfather did? And buried?"

"Yeah, his name is Yuan Longping, we have to remember him." Then find a photo for Zai Zai.

Zai Zai looked at it and said, "Mom, but I have never seen this Grandpa Yuan before!"

I said to him, "It's okay, you'll see him in your textbooks later."

May Grandpa Yuan have a good journey.