"Second brother, I and third brother are here. How is Jing'er now? We hurried here as soon as we heard the news." Wen Meng, the eldest brother of Prime Minister Wen, and his third brother Wen Ji walked into the room anxiously.
"Brother, Third Brother, you guys are here just in time. Jing'er is fine now. Just take a rest. I have something to tell you. Let's go to the study first."
Although Wen Meng and Wen Ji had doubts, they still followed Prime Minister Wen to the study. Their wives, who came with them, stayed with the old lady Wang.
Wen Zhi saw his father go to the study and took several cousins to the study as well. Wen Ye originally didn't want to go, but seeing that his eldest brother and the others were very serious, he hurriedly followed.
Before I even entered the study, I heard the excited voices of my eldest uncle and third uncle, "Second brother, you said Jing'er's bell rang. Who else saw this besides Jing'er?"
"Ye'er saw it with his own eyes. He said Jing'er also saw it, so he fainted from excitement!" Prime Minister Wen has calmed down.
"Where is Ye'er? Call Ye'er over quickly. I want to ask him if he had seen it wrong." Wen Meng paced back and forth in the study excitedly.
"Uncle, I'm here. I really saw it and heard it. I always thought that my third brother's bell would not ring." Wen Ye hurried in to answer his uncle.
"If it's as you said, it's really great. God blesses our Wen family. I never thought that I could wait for the bell to ring in my lifetime. I am finally worthy of our ancestors."
Wen Meng cried and laughed, scaring the younger generation. Wen Shoufu (Wen Zhong) and Wen Ji were also very excited.
"Father, uncle, third uncle, what's wrong with you?" Wen Ye was a little confused.
Wen Meng, Wen Zhong, and Wen Ji looked at each other and felt that it was time to tell the children at home.
"Brother, you are the clan leader, you speak!" Wen Shoufu and Wen Ji looked at their eldest brother.
"Everyone, please sit down. I will tell you today that you should remember that every generation of our Wen family will have a super young and powerful person, but this person always has one characteristic: he or she has a short life span."
When Wen Meng talked about this, tears and endless sadness filled his eyes, and several juniors nodded.
"In fact, they inherited the Wen family's curse. They are not sick or weak, but they are tortured by the curse, so they have a short life."
Wen Meng's words shocked all the younger generations. Except for the eldest sons of each family who knew the inside story, they all looked at their fathers in surprise. When they saw their fathers nod, they believed that Wen Meng was not joking.
"So Fourth Uncle and Third Brother are in poor health because of the curse, right?" Wen Ye asked sadly.
"Yes, your fourth uncle and Jing'er were both chosen by the curse, so they lived such a painful life."
"So Fourth Uncle died early not because of his life, but because he couldn't find someone to make the bell ring. So before he died, he gave the bell to Third Brother who also inherited the curse, right, Father?" Wen Ye was already sobbing at this time.
When I was young and ignorant, I thought that my fourth uncle favored my third brother Wen Jing and gave the bell to him. It turned out the truth was so cruel.
Seeing his second brother crying sadly, Wen Zhi reached out and patted Wen Ye's shoulder to comfort him. Wen Ye looked up at his eldest brother and asked in a choked voice, "Brother, you knew it a long time ago, right? Why didn't you tell me earlier so that I could share the responsibility with you?"
"Second brother, I don't want you to live in guilt like me."
"Brother!" Wen Ye cried even more sadly.
"Don't cry, second son. Fortunately, the Wen family has found someone who can break the curse. Jing'er can be saved, and our Wen family's descendants won't have to bear this curse anymore." Prime Minister Wen comforted his second son as he looked at him crying sadly.
"Uncle, there will really be no more curses in the Wen family in the future, right?" Wen Ji's youngest son asked anxiously.
"No, the wise master said that as long as the bell rings, the curse will be broken, and the Wen family will usher in a true century of prosperity."
"Who is that person? Why not invite him back home so that our third brother can get better?" Wen Meng's youngest son asked impatiently. He didn't see any strangers when he entered the house just now.
"We're not sure yet. We've sent people to check. So far, we only know that it's the Mu family's carriage!" Meng Zhi answered his little cousin on behalf of his father.
"As long as we can find the person, it will be fine. We should have seen the people from the Mu family at the palace banquet before, which means they are not someone we have seen before." Wen Meng's eldest son analyzed.
"Could it be Mousse's little niece who just returned to Beijing?" Wen Ye remembered that Mousse had been boasting to him from time to time that his little niece was going back to Beijing.
"Are you talking about the fifth young lady who was taken away by the Taoist priest in the valley when she was young?" Wen Ji asked in surprise.
"Yes, it's her. Yesterday, Mousse boasted to me about how cute his little niece was. He said that he was going to see a doctor for his wife's brother today..." Wen Ye suddenly figured it out. The Mu family's carriage was followed by the Rong Mansion's carriage. Maybe Mousse's wife and little niece were inside.
"Brother, quickly send someone to the Mu Mansion and the Rong Mansion to find out if it is Second Madam Mu and Fifth Miss Mu!" Wen Ye was instantly excited.
"The people sent to the Mu Mansion should be back soon. I'm sending someone to the Rong Mansion to inquire. Fifth brother, please go and take a look outside the courtyard." Wen Zhi said to his cousin beside him.
"I got it, second brother, I'll go right away!" The little cousin said and ran out. If he was so anxious at other times, he would have been scolded by his father. But today everyone was equally anxious and no one cared about the rules at all.
In just half a quarter of an hour, the fifth cousin came back with the people who had gone to inquire about the news.
Prime Minister Wen asked expectantly, "Have you found out who went out of the Mu Mansion today?"
"In reply to the master, the people who went out this afternoon were Second Madam Mu and the Fifth Miss who just returned. They set out after lunch and returned from the Rong family after dinner. They met the carriages of the Second and Third Young Masters on Zhuque Street, and then the Mu Mansion's carriage turned around and left." The person who was inquiring for the information answered respectfully.
"Got it. You go down first. You've worked hard. Go find the butler and go to the accounting office to withdraw 50 taels of silver." Prime Minister Wen waved his hand and asked someone to go down. After confirming that it was Madam Mu II and Miss Five who gave them the 50 taels of silver as a reward.
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The person who was trying to get the news obviously didn't expect there would be a reward, and such a large amount of it, and he was very happy.
After the people asking for information left, Wen Ji asked his eldest and second brothers, "What should we do now?"
"Of course, we have to find a way to let Third Brother see Miss Mu Wu again to verify whether the bell will ring again!" Wen Ye said excitedly.
"Nonsense! How can unmarried men and women meet in private?" Wen Meng scolded his nephew Wen Ye.
"Uncle, of course we can't do it privately. You can ask mother or the eldest or second sister-in-law to host a flower viewing banquet. Wouldn't that be in line with the rules?"