Chapter 379: The King
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The old lady sat on the main bed, holding a large umbrella above her head, and the maids were fanning her. She was closing her eyes to recuperate, and in the open space of the courtyard, the lady and aunt of the third room were kneeling. In front of the farther Zhaobi, several fierce and burly servants were still standing straight with sticks, and before Zhaobi, there were several mothers-in-law who had been killed by the cane, and blood flowed all over the ground.
Those mothers-in-law were the perpetrators last night, the people who delivered items inside and outside Yang Hong's yard. In the morning, Xiao Lingling came to the old lady to cry and beg to be in charge, so she sent these mothers-in-law over.
The old lady sent Xiao Lingling away, and instead of practicing martial arts as usual, she ordered someone to inform the old lady and the deacon of the ancestral house to come to the courtyard to gather, and she wanted to clean the door.
Yes, she has to make a last fight, let these bull ghosts and snake gods who are eyeing her see that as long as she Xiao Jinse does not die, this world is still hers, and she is still the king here.
She can realize that she is getting old, and she can ask a yellow-haired maid Yang about the way out, but this does not mean that others can touch her things and force her.
No one can force what she Xiao Jinse is unwilling to take, and no one wants to snatch what she Xiao Jinse is unwilling to take.
Ordered someone to clean the yard, moved the bed to the bottom of the Tsubaki tree in the courtyard, and set up a big umbrella, prepared fruit cakes, and made a pot of black tea.
Speaking of this black tea, it was sent by Liufang last winter, saying that the nine girls studied it with dozens of tea masters, and they did it back and forth, but they got eight catties, paid four catties in tribute, sent one catty to the king of Shu, and kept two catties at home, and the other catty was sent back non-stop to honor the old lady.
At first, the old lady was afraid of deception and did not dare to drink, so she brought it to entertain the old immortals of the Presbyterian Council. She didn't say that it was sent by the sixth room, but only said that it was an elegant thing from the upper class and a reward from the big house.
The old immortals drank very much, and the old lady also privately asked the doctor to see, there was no poison, so she put her mind at ease and drank it by herself, and it was not cheap for those old immortals.
This drink, I really think this black tea is a good thing. She has a cold stomach, and she drinks it warmly, and her whole body is full.
The old lady took a sip of black tea, held the cup, and thought: These nine girls are really powerful, they were originally so rough that people can't feel elegant, but they were also tossed by her to be extremely elegant, but I hate this girl and I still like this black tea so much.
If she died, this black tea would be gone, right?
The old lady pondered for a moment, and the rooms came one after another. She sat upright on the bed, ordered a few mothers-in-law to be brought up, beat them up simply and rudely, and then asked, "Who instructed you to poison Honglangjun?"
Several mothers-in-law shouted for heaven and earth, scrambling to say that they were just passing some ordinary things and secretly reselling them, and sending some rice and noodles back to their hometown. This year's drought has made it impossible to open the pot in my hometown, and I see that my young son is about to starve to death.
The old lady rubbed her temples, and the second lady pondered for a moment and said, "Old lady, there are still some mothers-in-law in their hometowns, and they are working here alone." β
The old lady didn't speak, and the second lady had already spoken, so she had to bite the bullet: "In the past, there were some subordinates who were sneaky, and the masters were kind, so they didn't care too much, and turned a blind eye. β
The old lady still didn't speak, and the second lady just wanted to give herself a slap: let you talk so much.
"I didn't expect them to pass on poison. The second lady's voice was quiet, and she added this sentence and retreated straight to her place and sat down slowly.
"Hit. The old lady said lightly. The law enforcement servants dragged those mothers-in-law to the wall and beat them up. There was a weak body that couldn't bear it, and he died on the spot.
The rest of the mothers-in-law were so frightened that they could not speak.
"Who instructed you to poison your master?" asked the old lady again.
A few mothers-in-law only whispered "wronged", and couldn't say anything else. The old lady took a piece of pastry and ate it slowly, drank another cup of tea, and then said: "You kneel here and reflect, I will go to change my clothes, if you don't recruit you, carefully implicate your family, after all, the murder of the master, the evidence is conclusive, even if it is handed over to the government-"
The old lady didn't speak again, Shi Shiran got up, and entered the inner room with the support of the big maid, leaving each room to sit in the scorching sun, and the dead mother-in-law was placed there, and the blood flowed all over the ground, and the yard was full of blood.
Yang Wang frowned, turned his head slightly to look at Yang Shuyue and chuckled: "Let the people in the courtyard be sunburned, and there is Liwei on the bright face." Actually, she's scared, isn't she?"
"Look, it's nothing to do with you and me today. Yang Shuyue whispered.
Yang Wang drank the tea held by the maid, handed Yang Shuyue a sachet and said, "This smell of blood is very annoying, Liulang take this gardenia sachet." β
Yang Shuyue took the sachet and sighed in a low voice: "We left in a hurry, and we didn't have time to explain to the children, so we were afraid that the children would be in a hurry." β
"Rokuro doesn't have to worry. Ruyu listens to her younger brothers and sisters, and Ah Zhi and Qing Rang have their own opinions. Yang Wang said.
Yang Shuyue sighed again and said: "I'm just worried that the children are too assertive, what they have done, and they have fallen into the trap and let the old fox make a fuss." β
Yang Wang was stunned, looked at the screen, remembered the grievances of the Wang family, remembered everything he saw in this courtyard, and thought of his little aunt. That Xiao Jinse is really not just an old fox, but also a jackal, tiger and leopard.
Thinking of this, her heart hung up, and she thought carefully: Today's meeting, is it not the trap of the old fox to deal with the sixth room, Ah Zhi is young after all.
"Why don't you find a way to let Che Hu go back?" Yang Shuyue was even more worried when he saw Yang Wang's face.
Yang Wang shook his head and said, "Don't move around easily. Ah Zhi, there should be measure. β
"A-Ning, you don't know what A-Zhi and the old lady said yesterday. Split up, quit the family alliance, and form an alliance with my six rooms, regardless of whether she is arrogant or not. Just as far as the plan she proposed, it was something that shook the fundamental interests of the old fox, and the old fox could not give up. Yang Shuyue's brows furrowed, and the clouds were full of sorrow.
Last night, Yang Qingrang came to the study to find him worriedly and talked to him about Ah Zhi's advice to the old lady.
"Father, Azhi is too messy. After Yang Qingrang finished speaking, he added this sentence.
Yang Shuyue didn't speak, just looked at Xiuhong in the courtyard with her young son in the toddler. After getting along for more than a year, he still can't see through his little daughter, or is it because he didn't fulfill his father's responsibilities and didn't look at her like this that he didn't understand her and never got close to her, right?
"Father!" Yang Qingrang saw that he didn't react, and became anxious, "You should think of countermeasures? My sixth room is now unstable, if the fundamental interests of the old lady and her gang are rashly touched, they will jump over the wall in a hurry, and the means are very low." β
Yang Shuyue looked at his eldest son, when he left in the past, he was only a little over three years old, and he was not the same. Now, he is a young man, and he has the right strategy.
He sighed lightly and said, "So far, you can only take one step at a time, don't blame Ah Zhi." I see that Ah Zhi also understands the truth, or she sees farther than we see. β
Yang Qingrang nodded silently. In fact, he also agreed with his father's statement that for more than a year, every time he acted, Ah Zhi was always able to see where they could not see.
"Ah Zhi may not have understood the risks, or maybe she has seen a distance that we have not seen. Yang Wang thought about it, as if he was a little comforting to his husband.
Yang Shu was more surprised, and his wife also thought so. After Yang Wang said this, he suddenly remembered that for more than a year, it was not like this: every time, they felt that it was very dangerous, but Ah Zhi talked and laughed, and it was done.
"It must be so, don't worry, watch the play seriously. Yang Wang didn't even have the slightest bit of worry, and all that was left was complete trust in a pair of children.
The six-room couple entered the theater mode, drinking tea and eating pastries, and they almost knocked melon seeds.
"Tsk, they're all dead, and they can still eat. The lady of the seventh room hid her face and whispered.
Yang Wang didn't mind hearing this, he only glanced at them with a smile, and everyone in the seventh room immediately sat upright.
And the most uncomfortable thing to sit in this sunny day is the third room. Because the few mothers-in-law who were caught were all in the three-room, to be precise, in the courtyard of the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the three-room.
Last night, there was a night of trouble in the big room, and I don't know what the situation is in the third room. Early this morning, the old lady asked all the houses to come to the courtyard and said that they would clean the door.
The eldest lady beside the old lady also specially notified the lady, master, aunt and daughter-in-law of the third room to come here.
The third lady felt faintly uneasy, and as soon as she came to this courtyard, she saw several mothers-in-law in the courtyard of the eldest daughter-in-law kneeling under the wall. Her eyes were black, and she almost fell, but the aunt next to her quickly helped her.
The old lady never pointed to the third room, but only asked people to beat those mothers-in-law and make them confess. Everyone in the third room was sitting on pins and needles, for fear that those mothers-in-law would not be able to bear the bite and drag the third room into the water.
"These damn it. The third lady was resentful in her heart, looked at her eldest daughter-in-law viciously, and cursed in her heart that Dafang had a heart to frame.
As for the big house, Yang Gongren took office in Yangzhou and was not in the ancestral house, and Xiao Lingling and his wife were not in this courtyard due to Yang Hong's illness. So, at the seat in the big room, only the eldest lady was sitting in a precarious position, holding a rosary in her hand, as if the ups and downs around her had nothing to do with her.
The old lady went back to change her clothes at this time, and these beaten mothers-in-law knelt in the scorching sun. Except for the six-room, three-room, and large rooms, each room is a little unable to sit still.
The fourth lady frowned and asked directly: "Sister-in-law, what did you do this time? If these mothers-in-law poisoned Hong'er, just check whose room it is? Can the mother-in-law still have such a big dog dare to pass on poison privately?"
"Yes. Isn't the usual process to check first, and then fight? Now this headless and brainless person will be beaten, and he will be killed, what is the matter?" Previously, the aunt of the thirteenth room was pregnant, so she was fainted by the heat and carried away for first aid. At this time, the Thirteenth Master's opinion is very large.
"Yes. Qifang also agreed.
The eldest lady swept everyone and said very calmly: "This is the old lady's courtyard, how to judge, it is not my turn to say, and it is not your turn to instruct." β
When everyone heard this, they were immediately silent. The eldest lady of the family is reasonable, and it is the old lady who has the final say on how this will be tried.
"What's more, the old lady is here, why don't you ask the old lady directly?"
Each room pursed their lips tightly, and they were cautious in their words and deeds, for fear that if they were not careful, they would be dragged into the water and implicated. After all, each room of the sister-in-law once felt that the big house was too weak, and they all had the intention of snatching the heir.
The eldest lady looked around, and when she saw that everyone was silent, she flicked the rosary in her hand, Shi Shiran got up, and said, "That's it, I'll go and take a look." β
"Sister-in-law Bodhisattva heart. The Eighth Lady laughed.
Everyone pretended to agree, but the eldest lady ignored it, and only played with the rosary and quickly walked into the inner hall.
The old lady had already changed her clothes and stood in front of an osmanthus tree in the inner hall. The eldest lady stood behind the old lady and said, "Daughter-in-law to see mother." β
The old lady turned to look at her and said, "This osmanthus tree is the only thing your father-in-law gave me. That year, when he returned from the south, he moved back this tree, saying that he saw a tree full of red flowers in the south, full of fragrance, and it was a tree of wealth and auspiciousness, so he gave it to me. It's just that the north is cold, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to feed. β
"Mother has a heart and raises this tree very well. The eldest lady said.
"It just didn't bloom. The old lady stretched out her hand and straightened the leaves of the osmanthus tree.
"Nine girls are capable people who raise plants, and they have free time another day, so let her come and take a look. The Grand Lady suggested.
The old lady glanced at her and sneered: "You are close to the sixth room!"
"Just following my mother's instructions and receiving them regularly. "The eldest lady is neither humble nor arrogant.
The old lady stood with her hands in her hands, looked at the sunlight leaking from the patio, and said with a smile: "You came in, didn't you want to discuss osmanthus with me?"
"The old lady is worried, I just came in to ask the old lady if she needs help. The eldest lady spoke softly.
"Huh. The old lady chuckled sarcastically, "Lingling has openly formed an alliance with Liufang. β
"Mother is worried. Hong'er's illness is serious, and she is becoming more and more desperate, but a mother is sick and rushed to the doctor. The eldest lady still spoke softly.
The old lady turned to look at her and asked in a low voice, "You are very confused about what I did today, right?"
The eldest lady was silent, and the old lady took the cane on the side and continued: "I don't need to say it, I also heard doubts outside the house. β
"Mother has a mother's plan, I don't question it, this time I came in, just to apologize to my mother for Lingling's recklessness, for the big house.... Apologize to my motherβ" replied the eldest lady.
"Hmph, you have a heart. The old lady waved her hand and strode out.
There were still whispers in the courtyard, but when I saw the old lady and the eldest lady coming out, they were suddenly silent. And those beaten mothers-in-law were basking in the hot sun, shrunken and shivering.
The old lady and the eldest lady sat down. The old lady asked aloud, "Who instructed you to poison your master?"
"Old lady, there really isn't. We just resold the stuff and wanted to get some rice and noodles to send back. "There was a woman who was blind in one eye and said angrily. (To be continued.) )