Chapter XXII

After finishing all the things that should be said, Master Qi got up and said goodbye first. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info He sold two great favors this time, and successfully befriended Mr. Qin, a respected Confucian in the county, and Wu Shaoying, who had a good relationship with Suide Zhizhou, and was satisfied.

After befriending Mr. Qin, no one in this Mizhi County will trouble him, and he has also established a relationship with the protégés of the Qin family, so it will be much more convenient for his son to study and make friends in the future.

befriended Wu Shaoying, Mizhi County is under the jurisdiction of Suide Prefecture, and Suide Zhizhou is his top boss, not to mention that Wu Shaoying has been in Guozijian for many years, and he must have also met many officials who were born in Guozijian. With him as the lead, do you still need to worry about officialdom connections in the future?

Sure enough, being a good person is rewarded.

With a smile on his face and a twisted beard, Shi Shiran left the Wang family's house.

Wu Shaoying didn't leave with him, because the next thing to talk about was housework. He had other things to explain to Old Mr. Qin.

He advised Mr. Qin: "The teacher and the student must have thought of the same person, but if there is no evidence, it is not good to convict her." ”

Mr. Qin said with a calm face: "Escort the flower seller home and ask her to recognize people one by one, there will always be a time to recognize them!" By the way, the second daughter-in-law's maiden brother also rented a small courtyard in the county town to live temporarily, although he sent Brother Zi'er and his sister back to Datong at the moment, but he must have left someone to look after the house. Neither shall those servants slip through. Because compared to the second-room servants who live in the Qin family's mansion, it is more convenient for these people to go in and out of errands.

Wu Shaoying smiled faintly: "Relying on just one person's certificate, I'm afraid there are still shortcomings." Don't hide it from the teacher, the student actually found another witness, but the master was there, so it was not easy for him to know. ”

Old Mr. Qin was stunned, a little surprised: "Who is it?"

Wu Shaoying said: "The teacher can know at a glance. He got up and walked to the door, and said, "Bring someone in." I saw a tall man in his forties dressed in a coarse blue cloth shirt leading a woman into the front yard and leading her all the way to the door of the study.

The woman was still wearing a black cloak, the sky was dark and the lights were dim, Mr. Qin didn't recognize who it was at first glance, and was wondering, so he saw the woman stumbling into the house, crying and kneeling on the ground: "Master, save me!"

It's Cui'er!

Qin Hanzhen was taken aback inside, and Mama Tiger was also surprised. After Cui'er was kicked out of the Qin family, she heard that the life of their family of three was not very good, and the people in the village talked a lot about it, and they were all talking bad about their family. After Cui'er's parents discussed, they took their daughter to a neighboring county to join their relatives, and they left in a hurry, and the family's house was not sold, only the clothes were soft. The people in the village said that Cui'er must have stolen a lot of valuable things from the Qin family, and sold them into silver early to hide them, for fear that the Qin family would go back after finding out, so she fled with her parents, and she didn't even want her belongings. On the day of Guan's "first seven", they left, and no one heard from them anymore, how could Wu Shaoying get Cui'er back?

Treier's black cloak had fallen off most of it by the time she cried and fell, revealing the ragged rags underneath. She described her as very embarrassed, with many scars on her face and hands, and judging from the action she had just thrown into the house, it seemed that she also had some mobility problems on her legs, and it was very likely that she was injured.

Old Mr. Qin was shocked: "How did you become like this?!"

Cui'er cried and said, "I was deceived by the second grandmother! She asked Sister-in-law Taisheng to come to me, and told me to take my father and mother to live in other places for a while, and when the second grandmother returned to Datong, she would take our family with her, so that the second grandmother would not have to return to Mrs. and would be able to take me away." Our family can also enjoy happiness with her. I really didn't expect that as soon as the person sent by the second grandmother to lead the way took us to a remote mountain road, he showed his knife and was about to cut people! My father and my mother fled with me all the way, but fortunately I met my cousin's family and saved my life. My father broke his leg, and my mother was stabbed twice in the back, and I don't know if I can live!"

Qin Hanzhen was already dumbfounded in the room.

Old Mr. Qin was shocked and angry: "Is this true?!Why did the second daughter-in-law do this?!"

"It's really true!Second grandmother, she ......" Cui'er hesitated for a moment and looked at Wu Shaoying.

Wu Shaoying said lightly: "You just have to tell what you know, and the teacher will make the decision for you." ”

Cui'er whimpered and said in a trembling voice: "Second grandmother...... The second grandmother resents that the eldest grandmother always holds Sister Zhang'er and pushes Sister Sang downhill. Mrs. also mentioned that the second grandmother was partial to her daughter and was mean, for fear that she would teach Brother Zi'er badly. Now that the uncle is gone, leaving only a daughter, and the incense is broken, it is better to pass Brother Zi'er to the grandmother, who is the son of the uncle. The second master is still young, and he will always have another son. It was regarded as the second room that harmed the daughter of the long house, and one son was compensated back. The second grandmother said that she would never give her son to the eldest grandmother, and she was afraid that the eldest grandmother would not forgive her, which would really hurt Sister Zhang, so she ...... It's going to ruin the reputation of the big grandmother. The second grandmother said that as long as the eldest grandmother was kicked out of the Qin family and there was no one in the long house, no one would be able to force her to take over her stepson and abandon her daughter. ”

Old Mr. Qin sneered: "Just for this, she sent people to spread rumors around the county?!"

Cui'er's eyes drifted for a moment: "No...... No, the rumor was only ordered by the second grandmother after the eldest grandmother died. Previously...... The second grandmother arranged something else......"

Old Mr. Qin shouted loudly: "Then don't you want to recruit from the truth?!"

Cui'er trembled, bowed down in fear, and didn't dare to say more.

Qin Hanzhen was confused in the middle of the room, and he talked about it, why didn't Cui'er talk about it again? Could it be that there was anything more difficult?

At this time, Wu Shaoying took the initiative to speak: "Don't worry, teacher, students also know something about this." This girl was bought by the second grandmother of the house because she was greedy for small profits, so she didn't dare to admit honestly. Wait for the students to come for you one by one. Do you remember...... Two days before the 100-day festival of the senior brother, did the students go to the teacher's house on the orders of their aunt to inquire about the arrangements for the ceremony?"

Mr. Qin remembered such a thing, and Mama Tiger in the middle also remembered it. Qin Ping's 100-day festival, the Guan family, as the Yue family, should also attend according to the ceremony, so it is necessary to ask for the specific arrangements two days in advance to determine the departure time. This kind of thing should have been done by Uncle Guan, but for some reason, the Guan family didn't come, but his cousin Wu Shaoying came on horseback alone. He also brought some medicinal herbs to his niece Qin Hanzhen, hoping to bring her some help.

Wu Shaoying said: "After the students finished watching Sister Sang that day, they went to talk to Wang Fulin and Yu Chengzhi for a while, but it suddenly rained heavily. The main roads into the county town are all dirt roads, and it is even more muddy and difficult to walk in the rain, so the teacher will spend the night in the house for international students. ”

Mr. Qin has always had the habit of taking in poor students to live at home, but later because the Qin family's mansion is outside the city, he can't come and go all the time, and even the students whose families are still okay have examples of living in the Qin family. At the back of the school in the lower courtyard of the Qin family, there is a cross-courtyard, with four caves in it, and the places are quite spacious.

The Qin family has been holding funerals in the past few months, and Mr. Qin has no intention of teaching, most of the students have dispersed, leaving only two or three people, some because their families are far away and poor, and some want to do their filial piety for the teacher. At this point, people live in four caves, so naturally there is a surplus, and Wu Shaoying occupied one room alone on the night of the night.

That night, not long after dark, Cui'er went to find Wu Shaoying, saying that the eldest grandmother Guan had an invitation. Although Wu Shaoying was puzzled, because it was not too late at that time, and the Guan family was his cousin, she had always been kind, so she followed Cui'er to the middle courtyard.

The middle courtyard is not a big place, there are external study rooms, guest rooms and tea rooms, etc., in fact, it is the place where Mr. Qin entertains guests when someone comes on weekdays. However, at that time, the Qin family was almost in a state of closed doors, and few people went to the middle courtyard. The place where Guan asked Cui'er to invite Wu Shaoying to meet was the study of the middle courtyard.

Guan arrived not long after, first told Wu Shaoying about some family routines, talked about the relationship between the two when they were children, and then told Wu Shaoying that she was not on good terms with her concubine, the second room He was mean, her daughter was seriously injured, and she had no heirs, so she was afraid that she would have a hard time in the future. She heard that her cousin was about to be replaced, and if she could have a half-official position, it would be regarded as the help of her mother's family, and she could also have some confidence in the He family, who had the support of her second uncle Qin An. She entrusted her own daughter to her cousin along with her parents, begging him to take care of them in the future......

When Mr. Qin heard this, he interrupted Wu Shaoying's words: "Why is this? The eldest daughter-in-law told you this, could it be ......?"

A trace of pain flashed in Wu Shaoying's eyes, and she nodded with tears: "The hateful student didn't know at the time, and thought that his cousin was really persecuted by the He family, hoping to get some help from his mother's brother." The student promised his cousin at that time that he would definitely protect Sister Sang, his uncle and aunt of the Guan family, where did he think of it...... My cousin actually had the idea of suicide at that time, and invited the student to speak in private, just to help the orphan!"

Old Mr. Qin closed his eyes, and felt sad in his heart. He really didn't know...... I really didn't see it. Until the day before the eldest daughter-in-law committed suicide, she still seemed to be acting as usual, and she didn't show anything unusual at all. Where did he think that she actually had the will to die? If he could have noticed it earlier......

Wu Shaoying lowered her head and wiped away her tears, and continued to choke up and said, "After the student finished talking to his cousin, he left, and he didn't know what was going on." Until...... I saw Cui'er yesterday, and I knew that there was a follow-up! He's slut turned out to be ...... I even used this as a handle to frame her for a private meeting with a foreign man at night in front of my cousin!"

Old Mr. Qin was startled and looked at Cui'er.

Cui'er trembled, quickly glanced at Wu Shaoying, and then said with a sad face: "I didn't mean to! The second grandmother told me to keep an eye on the eldest grandmother's movements, for fear that the eldest grandmother would go to his wife to talk about the succession." I saw my eldest grandmother meet my cousin, and I didn't know what was wrong, so I told my second grandmother. The second grandmother told me to steal the grandmother's underwear and jewelry, and I did some tricks and feet on it, so I took something and told the grandmother that she had a private meeting with a foreign man at night, and those intimate clothes and jewelry were evidence of the rape, and if the grandmother didn't do what she wanted, she would pass on her ugly things......"

Old Mr. Qin stood up suddenly: "What did you say?!"

The tiger mama in the middle quickly grabbed the golden hairpin in her sleeve.