Chapter 40: Ingenuity
After a day, a few patches of medicine decoction down, the first dream diarrhea stopped, and the face also glowed, the first dream was poisoned this time, Fu Xuan did not avoid suspicion, only did not move an inch and kept watch all night, he also heard the gossip of others, but let them talk about it, and still take care of the first dream. Pen Β· Fun Β· When the day of the pavilion www.biquge.info was about to break, the first dream woke up faintly, a patch of medicine before going to bed sweated, at this time it was wet and uncomfortable, she turned her face to look at the people around her, but only Fu Xuan was leaning on the pavement and sleeping shallowly, and did not dare to disturb him, only stared at Fu Xuan's slightly tired handsome face, the crown scarf was slightly loose, at this moment the beautiful eyes were tightly closed and the thick eyelashes at the bottom of the eyes were thin and jumping, the first dream sighed lightly, turned his face and did not dare to look again, and was stunned to empty his eyes, and fell on the cup given by Fu Xuan put by Xiao Mu Ge for a long time, tears filled with jade, sorrow and joy were staggered, tears quietly flowed down the cheeks and sweat into the cochlea.
When he was young, the curtain of the door of the shop called people to beat it from outside, and a breath of dawn steam mixed with the fragrance of morning noodles entered the house together, and Fu Xuan was also awakened. It was the fat maid who came in, and after saluting Fu Xuan, she said to Chu Meng: "The master ordered someone to pass the word, and after breakfast today, I will call the girl to ask questions." β
Chu Meng cleared his eyes and said, "It should be." I'm much better, too. β
When he was young, another maidservant came in and said to Fu Xuan: "Childe, the change of clothes and washing utensils have been placed outside, and the bird's nest porridge and soft pastries are also baked in the cage drawer of the stove room." Fu Xuan knew that they were jealous of the master's ban - "not allowed to serve", but he tried his best to save him some trouble, so he waved his hand to signal that his clothes would not be changed, and only went out to dip his face with water, and retied the towel and asked them to go back. Fu Xuan turned to the stove room to look around, and the maid diligently pointed out to him which ones were new and skillful, but he only took two bowls of porridge coldly and went to the shop at the back.
Fu Xuan accompanied Chu Meng to finish drinking the porridge, and then retreated out of the house, waiting for the maid to help Chu Meng change his body and get up. When I was young, the first dream was carried by the maid and walked out of the house, and I had already changed into a plain maid shirt, swept my eyebrows, and the morning sun reflected my face, and my red face was as clear and transparent as pastel rouge, and my bright eyes were shy and delicate, and it was the first dream of the water spirit. Fu Xuan took a look, and then couldn't suppress the smile on the corner of his lips, and hurriedly lowered his head to cover up, thinking that this night of care was really not in vain, and said: "You go, I won't accompany you, if your body can't hold it, tell them, don't hold it hard." β
When I came to the hall in my first dream, the hall was already lit with candles, and it was all lit. Xie Quan sat on the top seat, drinking tea indifferently, and in the hall not far from his knees, Taozhi was kneeling on the ground and trembling, like a frightened bird. And in the hall, a group of servants and maidservants, stewards, just stared at Chu Meng's step by step, Chu Meng took off the hand of the maid holding on the side, stepped forward to the right side of the peach branch, bowed respectfully and bowed: "Chu Meng has seen the master." β
Xie Quan put the cup down lightly and said, "There is a handmaid beside you, named Taozhi, who accused you of poisoning Miss Weizhen, but is there such a thing?"
"Back to the master, there is no such thing!" Chu Meng resolutely raised his eyes, his gaze was very decisive, there were not many people in this mansion who dared to meet Xie Quan's gaze and answer, "Chu Meng and Miss have always had no grievances and no hatred, why did Chu Meng poison her? If it was poison from Chu Meng, how could Chu Meng himself be poisoned?"
"Master, the poisoning is all her bitter flesh measurement, and the peach branch has a witness!"
"Really?" Xie Quan moved his eyebrows slightly, leaned over with his elbows in front of the desk, and said in a calm and indifferent tone: "Call up." β
Chu Meng's eyes were calm, but there was also a little nervousness in his heart, and he looked in the direction of the visitor, and when he was young, he saw a very young maid in the hall, shrugged his shoulders and walked quickly to the two of them, knelt down and said: "Little maid has a heart, I have seen the master." β
Chu Meng looked at the side face of the little maid, and felt that she was the little girl in the stove room who shrank behind the people silently, she had always been timid and cowardly, how dare she come to testify in public today.
"Hearts. Taozhi said urgently, "Do you know what to tell the master! Don't be afraid, there is a master who is in charge of us!"
"Sir...... Hearts ...... Cui Xin is a maid in the stove room who works with the first dream. Cui Xin whispered and glanced at the first dream, "The first dream...... She knew that roasted pigeons were poisonous, and she had tested them with a silver needle...... The maidservants of the stove room can prove this. β
As soon as these words came out, the whole house was in an uproar, and the spearhead of everyone's oral discussion suddenly pointed to Chu Meng, and Chu Meng did not see the color of Zhang Huang, the corners of his lips were shallow with a sharp smile, and he knelt on the ground solemnly, his body was straight, and he did not tremble at all.
Xie Quandao: "What is the matter, you can tell me carefully." β
"Yes...... Master. Cuixin's original weak voice of mosquitoes and flies also became confident, and said, "In fact, the night before, someone in the stove room was poisoned, and that person was thin and thin...... She stole the roast pigeon that Miss Wei Zhen was going to throw out...... Oh, thin is her nickname, her name is Qiaosi, last night she stole the roast pigeon, diarrhea does not stop, the first dream I don't know how to think, I actually took a silver needle to probe, it is really poisonous. Therefore, the first dream organized everyone to be extra vigilant today, supervising each other when cooking in the stove, and the dishes were sent by her, but unexpectedly, the leftover roast pigeon sent back was still probed with a silver needle...... It's just that the little maid doesn't know, how did she dream that she knew it was poisonous, but she ate it and was poisoned......"
"Master!" Momozhi exclaimed, "When others saw that their companion had a bad stomach, they thought of eating it badly, how could they think of trying it with a silver needle, unless the person who poisoned it was herself!"
Xie Quandao: "First dream, is what this heart said true?"
"It's true. Chu Meng made another big gift and replied, "Chu Meng is guilty. β
"Master, she confessedβ" Momozhi hurriedly shouted, but the voice of the first dream was overshadowed, although the voice of the first dream was not loud, but it was tough and powerful, like a sharp arrow from the string to split the wind and bamboo, pointing straight to the heart, and extremely penetrating in the noisy voice.
The first dream said: "If the first dream is delayed and not reported, it is indeed a crime that cannot be escaped." But the poisoning is very important, and the only evidence, the poisoned roast pigeon is only a few broken bones, the first dream does not dare to speculate, and has to wait for tomorrow to collect evidence before reporting. The first dream was dull, the plan was clumsy, and he was self-righteous, so he asked the master to surrender his guilt. β
Momozhi asked, "What about the silver needle?"
"Chu Meng came to feel very surprised, although it is almost hot now, but even if the meat is put at night, it will not be so diarrhea, and I think of the assassination of Fu Xuan Gongzi before...... "Chu Meng paused slightly, and said, "Chu Meng had to be more vigilant, so he went to try the silver needle." β
Taozhi shouted: "The dish was sent by you, and it was poisoned when it was sent back, how can you justify it?"
"The first dream cannot be justified. It stands to reason that the dish was passed into Miss Weizhen's box by the little maid, and it was poisoned when it was sent out, and the little maid had no other witnesses, so it was reasonable to suspect the little maid. But Chu Meng also had a little doubt and didn't dare not report it. After the lunch of the day, the silver needle probed the poison, the first dream and a group of maids in the stove room together with the roast pigeon in the proper place, just to present this voucher to the steward, but for some reason, the pigeon disappeared, and mixed as meat dishes and put in the dish of the little maid, so that the poisoning to investigate, only to find out that the little maid ate not chicken, but the pigeon meat...... At this moment, the little maid still had palpitations, and the little maid almost died for this...... But the dishes were divided and taken at will, so that the little maid was not poisoned, and another sister would be poisoned...... The maids in the stove room have always been friendly and do not hold grudges, who wants to harm us...... This key clue is also all on the poisoned roast pigeon, but the little maid is stupid, and this clue also makes the little maid eat and ruin ......"
After hearing this, Xie Quan only moved his body and crossed the other elbow to the pillow, and did not see any expression on his face, and said, "The matter of poison is indeed important." Zhang Bing, send someone to follow up this clue. And he said, "Go and invite Miss Wei Zhen again." β
Zhang Bingde ordered a hurried exit hall, Fang withdrew for a moment and only turned back, and behind him was Miss Wei Zhen, who was hurrying to follow the robe. When Wei Zhen saw Xie Quan, he also bowed down, and then got up and said, "Uncle Xie, Wei Zhen has come to accept his sin." β
Everyone was puzzled, and Xie Quan also asked, "Wei Zhen, what crime did you come to receive again?"
Wei Zhen beckoned, and the Ying Lang beside him immediately removed the small leaf red sandalwood pill box he brought with him, presented it to Xie Quan, and said: " This is the Miss from Tongzhou to bring the self-defense pill liquid, these days Miss felt stagnation in the abdomen, guessed that it was on fire, so she ordered the little maid to open the box contained in the cathartic medicine to take, the little maid clumsy, knocked over the medicine on the roast pigeon, and did not dare to report to the miss, then lied that the roast pigeon was cold and could not eat it and called the first dream to go back when the dish was returned, Miss was relieved, and did not ask about the guilt of the stove room, so she did not know from beginning to end, but unexpectedly someone stole the food, almost caused a catastrophe, but there was a reason for the incident, although the medicine is my family, if the maid of the stove room does not steal food, there is no incidentβ¦β¦β
"Did you happen to pour it on the roast pigeon twice?" Xie Quan smiled and said, "Then who mixed the pigeon meat in the bowl of the maid in the stove?"
Yinglang hurriedly knelt back: "The little maid doesn't know who wants to poison the maid in the stove room...... But things are really such a coincidence, the master is above, and the little maid will never dare to lie......"
Wei Zhen said: "Uncle, the matter finally started from Wei Zhen Xiangyuan, Wei Zhen's discipline was not strict, and the girl who had the first dream almost died, and it was difficult to escape the blame in the end." Wei Zhen turned around and lifted his arms, squatted down and spread out his palms, slowly helped Chu Meng up, and said gently: "Wei Zhen is not accompanying his maid and Chu Meng girl, please forgive me." β
The young lady was serious. Chu Meng lowered his head, and then turned to Xie Quanyu and said, "Master, there is one more thing, please forgive Chu Meng for being brave, I want to make a grievance for Miss Qiaosi." β
Xie Quan picked up the cup, poured the tea leaves hanging from it, and cast his gaze back on the upright Chu Meng in the hall, her figure was lined in the magnificent hall and was extraordinarily thin and delicate, and said: "Qiao Si is indeed arrogant first, and he eats the bitter fruit, so why not be flat?"
Chu Mengyi said: "The little maid is a person in distress in the north, born in poverty, and has not read a few books since she was a child, and she does not dare to make a time in front of the master, but there is a truth, the mother herself urinated and taught the little maid, Zuoqiu said clearly, thrifty, and the total of Lourdes." When the little maid was young, she heard that Ji Wenzi, the Zhengqing of Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, 'has no concubines in the family, no horses in the stable, and no gold and jade in the house', others asked him if he was so thrifty and not afraid of the shameful laughter of his ministers in the country, and was he not afraid of ruining the reputation of the Lu country, but Ji Wenzi replied that he also wished, but he looked at the people of other countries, and there were still many people who ate coarse grains and wore ugly clothes, and he didn't dare. The people of the country eat coarsely and wear evil, but he dresses his concubines and horses in a bright and beautiful manner, I am afraid that he does not look like a person who assists the king, and besides, he has only heard of the glory of virtue as the glory of the country, but he has never heard of it as a concubine and a horse. On the other hand, in my house, the little maid has only been in this house for more than half a month, and the food used by the owners in the house is the glory and wealth that the poor people in the little maid's hometown can't get by working hard for ten lives. Miss Wei Zhen pointed out that there was a roast pigeon every day, and the stove did not dare to slack off, and it took several hours to get it, but Miss Wei Zhen discarded it all because the dish was cold, and ignored it, like abandoning grass mustard. The maid of the stove room is also from a poor background, and she can't bear to be so violent, thinking that it is better to eat the appetite of the maid than the one who has been sentenced to the swill bucket, and it is the practice of the virtue of frugality, and the way is that this roast pigeon has been discarded by the young lady, and it no longer belongs to the young lady, how can it be regarded as trespassing, and I hope the old man will see it.
Everyone was not as silent as the first dream, they were already dumbfounded and speechless, shocked that this first dream was so bold and reckless, daring to accuse the master of negligence in front of everyone, insinuating that the family was not thrifty, and was waiting for how the master would fall to her, but unexpectedly, Xie Quan was silent for a long time, and then smiled lightly, and said: "What a little girl with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, who dares to speak and admonish." Yes, when Princess Nankang was in the past, she advocated the practice of frugality, but the adults in this house were miscellaneous, and because of the feelings of large households, they were not put into practice, today from the first dream, Xie also needs to introspect, since tomorrow, it will start from Xie, the daily meal plate is halved, and the two sons of Xie Mansion are also, let Xun and Weizhen be distant guests, so there is no need to be restrained. and gave the little maid who stole food a quarter of money as a reward. Fortunately, today's poisoning incident is a false alarm, but it is a wake-up call, Zhang Bing, he needs to send someone to supervise the personnel in the mansion and all links to make mistakes. β
Chu Meng raised his eyebrows and smiled, kowtowed and thanked him: "Chu Meng thanked the master for Qiao Si!"
But I saw the peach branch and Cui Xin beside her put their necks and heads into the Yunyun sleeve robe, sobbing lowly, and their bodies trembled violently. Taozhi suddenly raised her head and said: "Master, the little maid is also wary, and she is afraid that someone will harm the young lady, so she came to report the first dream, and she would rather indulge in vain!"
"Zhang Bing. Xie Quan called.
"Zhang Bing is here. β
"These two reckless girls who slander and falsely accuse you will be handed over to your discipline. Then he got up and left.
Taozhi was even more frightened, Zhang Bing had always been strict in the house to discipline the maids to be frightened, and now the master handed himself over to him, which was equivalent to stripping her half of her life, and on the side, she had already fainted in the chaotic steps of everyone following the master out of the hall.