Return of the Swallow

"Girl! It's not good!"

There was a rush of footsteps in the yard. Qin Yining, who was dressing in the attic, frowned slightly. He was holding a jade bead earring that he didn't have time to put on, so he stood up and set up the lattice window to look downstairs.

"What's the matter? Yelling."

A little girl stood in front of the door with her face flushed, her hands resting on her knees and panting heavily, she looked up at Qin Yining, panting and said intermittently: "Xihua City fell, it is said that the little prince Pang killed a lot, a lot of people, He also chopped off the head, hung it on a high pole, and put it on the city gate to show the people. Now, the whole outside is in chaos. All the people are running away. The little prince is going to kill him. Our heads have to be chopped off and hung on poles to show the public!"

As the little girl spoke, she leaned against the threshold and fell to the ground, crying in horror.

The expressions of everyone in the courtyard changed, and the old maid was already crying in fear.

Qin Yining slowly closed the window, sat back in front of the dressing table, looked at his face in the bronze mirror and didn't speak for a while.

Has this day finally come?

Although there have been speculations about this for a long time, Qin Yining still has a sense of unreality when the real thing is coming, and his heart is hanging high, feeling empty.

Bingtang and Songlan were already pale.

Qiu Lu was even more trembling, and the tea in her hand was shaken out by half a bowl.

Only Ji Yun was still calm, took the jade pearl ear pendant from Qin Yining's hand and put it on for her, and took a white jade flower head hairpin of an orchid for her to put in her hair before he hesitated and said, "Miss, my lord, he... …”

Qin Yining gave a wry smile and interrupted Ji Yun's words with a light wave, and said faintly: "I know, it's not his fault, this is war, not child's play, even if Dayan's soldiers have the opportunity to rush into Dazhou, they will do the same. , it's not someone's fault, it's the war's fault, I just thought, when will these days end."

Ji Yun lowered his head when he heard the words, his heart was moved and saddened, the mountains and rivers would be broken, no one would feel good when this kind of hesitation and helplessness fell on anyone. Take it calmly.

Song Lan said in a trembling voice, "Girl, what should we do?"

"We don't have much to do, we can only take a step by step." Qin Yining stood up, took a few deep breaths and forced himself to cheer up, and said, "Let's go to Xingning Garden first, it's almost time for things to happen.

No matter how chaotic it is outside, the days will still pass. "

"Yes." Seeing that Qin Yining was not panicking or panicking, the maids were able to calm down a bit.

Qin Yining walked all the way to Xingning Garden, all the servants and maids he saw looked like they were going to be in great trouble, like a concubine in mourning.

This is still the case in the Marquis of Anping's mansion, and what it will be like on the street can already be imagined.

As usual, I listened to the old ladies, dealt with some family affairs, and sent and received pairs of cards.

Qin Yining saw that there were a few old women hesitating and hesitating, as if he had something to say, and he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart.

"Mama Li, Mama Fang, what do you have to say?"

Seeing Qin Yining open his mouth to ask, all the stewards and daughters-in-law stopped.

Mama Li and Mama Fang hesitated to come forward and salute.

Li's mother is more gentle and gentle, while Fang's mother is more powerful. She immediately laughed and said: "The girl is really clear, there are indeed some things about slaves, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

Qin Yining smiled: "Mother Fang, but it's okay to say."

Fang's mother said: "That's it, I have another nephew in the south. The business has developed in the past two years. I want to pick up our family for development. It's bad, I was worried that it would not be good to leave temporarily, and I was thinking of reuniting with my nephew in the south, so I was a little hesitant."

Qin Yining nodded understandingly upon hearing this.

The maids in the house cautiously cast aside Qin Yining's expression.

Qin Yining's plain white fingers gently rubbed the edge of the bowl, and Fang said after a while, "Mother Fang is an old mother who is serving in the house, and she has done her best for the Qin family. Now that there is such a good place to go, whoever is in charge will not let anyone go. Woolen cloth?"

Fang's mother was overjoyed when she heard the words, and hurriedly put the pair of cards she just received back on the square table beside Qin Yining, and turned to leave.

Qin Yining looked at the figure of Fang's mother, raised her beautiful eyes, and looked at the rest of the stewards.

Many people looked away subconsciously and did not dare to look at Qin Yining.

"What about you? Are there any other arrangements at home that would like to resign now?"

Li's mother heard the words and said hesitantly: "Girl, I, my daughter and son-in-law are also in the south, and also want to pick me up for retirement."

"Yeah. Mama Li is also getting older, so it's indeed time to support her."

Seeing Qin Yining say this, everyone felt that there was a drama, and four or five people stood up at once, all of them said that there was something at home, and they could not continue to serve as errands.

The faces of Bingtang, Songlan, Qiulu and Jiyun beside Qin Yining turned extremely ugly.

What's going on at home? Obviously seeing that the situation is not good, these people plan to pack up and escape!

On weekdays, the Qin family treats them well. In times of crisis, they don't think of the master's favor, they just want to escape by themselves!

Qin Yining was exceptionally peaceful, nodded slightly and said, "Since that's the case, I know it in my heart. It's still early today, so it's better to do it like this."

Qin Yining stood up and instructed: "Immediately ask all the servants in the house to gather in the large open space in front of the back garden, and say I have something to say."

As expected, the stewards and maids rushed out immediately.

Qin Yining told Songlan again: "Go to the outer courtyard to see if my father is at home. If he is, please invite my father to come. If he is not there, the second uncle, the third uncle, the hall brother, the second cousin, whoever is there, call me. Who will come."

"Yes. "

Song Lan also quickly ran out.

As soon as the people dispersed, the bright flower hall immediately became quiet, leaving only Qin Yining and three maids.

After listening to it for a long time, Mrs Sun finally couldn't hold it anymore, and walked out quickly, took Qin Yining's hand and said, "Sister Yi, how can this be good? Da Zhou occupied Xihua City, I think these stewards are not at all. They just want to quit the job, and as soon as they leave, our family..."

Qin Yining patted Sun's arm soothingly and said with a smile, "Don't panic, mother, cows can't press their heads if they don't drink water, right? Today is just taking this opportunity to explain the words, to get rid of the waste and save the greens, now the situation is tense, people Too much is not good for our family, and it is a good thing to simplify it."

Hearing the words, Sun shi finally nodded.

Not long after, all parties heard the news.

Originally it was Qin Yining who wanted to give orders, but at this moment, the old lady, the masters of the second and third rooms all gathered in the spacious open space in the back garden. All the maids in the house, even the little girl who didn't leave her head, arrived.