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A large carriage with a canopy of Zhu Lun slowly drove in from the corner of the street.

"Fourth grandma, we're home!"

The little maid in blue clothes jumped out of the carriage neatly, brought a stool and put it in the open space in front of the car door, and said crisply.

"Hmm!"

Yao Xiruo answered, pushed the car door, held the maid's hand, and slowly got out of the carriage.

She habitually glanced around, and saw a carriage parked at the corner gate on the east side of the next door, and couldn't help asking, "Is there a guest from Xifu?" ”

As soon as the words came out, she realized that she had said the wrong thing.

If it is a guest, it is impossible to enter through the corner gate.

Now Xifu relies on the county lord of Qinghe and Master Miaozhen to return to high society, but Xiqi has fallen in the end, there is no title in the family, and there is no official rank that can be used, in the final analysis, it is just an ordinary rich and noble family.

Even if the visitor is a petty official, Xiqi can't let people enter through the corner gate, which is too frivolous and easier to pull hatred points.

Yao Xiruo believed that with Qinghe's cleverness and tactfulness, she would never do such a thing.

The porter who was waiting at the door hurriedly replied: "So that the fourth grandmother knows that it is not a visitor, but the head of the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and they have sent some fruits, vegetables, poultry eggs and other things." What's that, isn't this going to be the May Festival, the Zhuangzi under the name of the grandmother of Xifu has a good life, so she specially picked the best ones and sent them. ”

The porter lowered his head, hung his hands, his attitude was very respectful, and his mouth was also sharp, "Xifu just ordered someone to send a few baskets to our side, saying that it was for the eldest princess and several wives and grandmothers to try it." ”

Yao Xiruo raised her eyebrows, "Oh, that's right." Hehe, my cousin is really filial, no one is in Beijing, and I don't forget the elders on both sides. ”

When she said this, it sounded as if she was praising her cousin for being sensible, but when she listened carefully, she always felt that something was wrong.

The porter's head hung lower, and he didn't dare to answer casually. But he muttered to himself in his heart: Listening to the tone of the fourth grandmother, it seems that she is very disappreciative of the grandmother next door, the two are not cousins, why do they seem to be enemies.

Enemies, of course! It's still a mortal enemy who doesn't share the sky!

The hand hidden in the sleeve tightened, and the fingernails pinched out a deep crescent moon in the palm of the hand, Yao Xiruo had a smile on his lips, but there was no half of temperature in his eyes.

More than a month ago, Yao Xiruo's cousin found Jingli, and he had a past with Yao Xiruo. Later, Yao Xiruo lost his father and went to Beijing to join his grandfather's family, so he took the opportunity to break off the affair with his cousin.

At that time, Yao Xiruo, in order to be able to break it neatly and not let people find out that he had an affair with his cousin, deliberately designed his cousin to follow the caravan to the Western Ocean, and also bought the crew of the merchant ship with a lot of money.

A few years have passed, Yao Xiruo has long forgotten this cousin and ex-lover, even if he dreams back at midnight and occasionally thinks about it, he thinks that he has long been buried in the sea, or he has been exiled overseas and cannot return to Middle-earth.

Therefore, when he received his cousin's letter that day, Yao Xiruo was stunned, and his heart was even more shocked. I am afraid that my cousin will know what happened back then and now come back to seek revenge on her, and I am worried that my cousin will talk nonsense and tell their private affairs.

Yao Xiruo easily got today's status and reputation, she didn't want to be easily ruined.

In a panic, Yao Xiruo couldn't think calmly, so he quietly searched for the address left by his cousin. Her idea was very simple, she went to find out first, if her cousin didn't know the truth back then, then forget it, if he knew, then she would have to take 'action'.

Unexpectedly, Yao Xiruo had just gone to the inn where his cousin was staying, and before the two could say a word of greeting, an accident occurred in the lobby on the first floor of the inn.

There was a guest who ate too much wine and went crazy with alcohol, and the shopkeeper and the guys went up to dissuade them, pulling and pulling, and somehow, those people ran to the second floor, and one of them 'accidentally' crashed into Yao Xiruo's room.

A man and a woman are alone in a room, the man is very eye-catching, but the woman is a man of the hour in Beijing - Yao Xiruo, a goddess doctor who has not studied medical skills for a few days, but can rejuvenate herself!

The shopkeeper was well-informed, recognized Yao Xiruo at a glance, and exclaimed: "Wow! Isn't this Grandma Yao Si on the Dongqi Mansion? Could it be that the fourth master is also here? ”

His voice immediately attracted many onlookers, and Yao Xiruo was anxious to jump off the building on the spot.

Her good cousin is a 'pig teammate', not to mention quickly trying to find a way to clear up the matter, but actually said "angrily": "Cousin, you, you actually got married?" ”

That look, that tone, and that trembling fingers are simply too reverie.

Before Yao Xiruo fled home in embarrassment, rumors about the 'affair of a certain goddess doctor surnamed Yao' had already spread.

The eldest princess was furious, the Ning family took the opportunity to make trouble, and Qi Mianzhi almost wanted to divorce his wife. If it weren't for Qi Mianzhi's own scandal, Yao Xiruo, the fourth grandmother of Dongqi, might really have to step down and bow.

In the end, the eldest princess spoke, locked Yao Xiruo in the courtyard, and ordered her to think about it behind closed doors. didn't say a specific deadline for 'thinking', but everyone knew in their hearts that if Yao Xi wanted to come out, he would at least wait until the rumors outside dissipated.

When something like this happened, Yao Xiruo was first panicked, then embarrassed and angry, and when she was locked in the room alone and 'thought', she calmed down again, thought about the whole thing carefully, and finally found the problem-

This matter is clearly calculated by someone behind the scenes!

The cousin who hadn't seen her for many years suddenly appeared, and when the two met, there was an accident at the inn, and what was even more coincidental was that a humble merchant shopkeeper actually recognized her, a lady in the house?

Coincidence, coincidence, coincidence?

Phew, how can there be so many coincidences in the world?

Yao Xiruo is the best at intrigue and trickery, and since she was a child, she has been calculating people with a well-behaved and demure face.

She knows the doorway better than anyone else.

Thinking of this possibility, she went through the matter from beginning to end, silently listed a few suspects, and finally determined the mastermind - her good cousin, Gu Jialuo!

When she was in the Zhao Guogong Mansion, she and Gu Jialuo were 'good sisters' who talked about everything.

Although Yao Xiruo is not stupid enough to talk about his privacy, he will inevitably mention his in-laws during the conversation. There are not too many relatives in the Yao family, and the only relatives who have gone to Yao Xiruo's house to borrow are my cousin's family.

If you check along this line, you can find some clues, after all, Yao Xiruo was still young at that time, and his calculations were not very clever.

Although Yao Xiruo didn't want to believe that he was actually calculated by Gu Jialuo's idiot, all kinds of signs showed that Gu Jialuo was the most suspicious and capitalized person!

"Gu Jialuo, what a slut, I am inseparable from you!" Yao Xiruo gritted her teeth with hatred, and cursed Gu Jialuo according to three meals every day, completely forgetting that she was calculating Gu Jialuo first, and people are just 'courtesy' now.

Fortunately, Yao Xiruo's medical skills are good, and she has been connected everywhere and made many noble ladies.

Although on the day of the flower-viewing banquet, Master Miaozhen made her unable to get off the stage in public, and the so-called 'master disciple' identity was also picked up by the main owner.

But Yao Xiruo's medical skills are excellent, especially the medicinal foods such as beauty soup and health soup she developed for women, which are very popular in Beijing, and even the queen mother and queen in the palace like it very much.

Yao Xiruo stayed in the courtyard for half a month, sorted out his thinking, and began to think of a way to 'lift the ban'. Her method was very simple, that is, she quietly ordered the maid to deliver letters to several important noblewomen.

The next day, the Yu Palace, the Yongenbo Mansion, and the Xie family, the richest man in the world, sent their housekeepers and mothers to ask Yao Xiruo to go to the house to diagnose the pulse.

At this time, the limelight of rumors gradually passed, and the eldest princess weighed left and right, and released Yao Xiruo.

Ning was very dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to choke in front of her mother-in-law, but she still found an opportunity, in front of the mother who was in charge of the family, and reprimanded Yao Xiruo fiercely, the wording was very ugly, almost without any emotion, and she also ordered Yao Xiruo to copy the female commandments every day and so on.

Yao Xiruo listened with a calm face, and had already greeted the eighteenth generation ancestor of the Ning family in his heart: Once a day, the female commandment? It's not a deliberate toss.

The number of words in the female commandment is not much, but there are more than 1,800 words, and if you want to copy it neatly and cleanly, it will take an hour.

But she Yao Xiruo still has to go out to see others, and she also has to go out to socialize, and she also has to investigate Gu Jialuo's whereabouts and details, so that she can find an opportunity to fight back against the other party.

Even if she returns home, she still has to find a way to go to the eldest princess to brush her favorability, and strive to gain the understanding of her ancestors as soon as possible, and then take back the housekeeping rights.

Because of this scandal, Yao Xiruo was taken away from her housekeeping rights, and she was punished by the house fighting system on the same day - 'lightning strike' (actually an electric shock, Yao Xiruo is an ancient).

She never wanted to experience the pain of soreness all over her body, her hair standing on end, like countless pins and needles.

She must complete the task as soon as possible - to preside over the middle feed and become a qualified housewife who satisfies the elders!

…… She has so many things to do, how can she have the time to copy some bullshit commandments?

The eldest princess rarely stood on the side of the Ning family, not only did she reprimand the Ning family for being 'troublesome', but also said to Yao Xiruo: "Your mother is right, women should be chaste and quiet, and it is also good for you to read more books of the sages every day." ”

The ancestors have said so, what else can Yao Xiruo say? I can only pinch my nose and admit it.

She is so busy every day that she can now doze off when she eats.

Yao Xiruo has never been a generous person, even if he does something wrong, he will put the blame on others. This time is no exception, she has recorded all the suffering she has suffered these days on Gu Jialuo's head, and she has already hated Gu Jialuo to death.

Recently, she made a plan, as long as she found that key person, she started to do it, and she was determined to make Gu Jialuo die without a place to be buried!

……

"Ah sneeze, Ah sneeze~~"

Gu Jialuo sneezed a few times one after another, hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief, and said in his heart: Who is talking about me.

Ziwei asked with concern, "Grandma, but what's uncomfortable?" Do you want to invite Dr. Yan to come over and have a look? ”

The south is hot and humid, there are many mosquitoes, and there are many flowers and pollen.

Gu Jialuo waved his hand and wiped away the tears that came out of his sneezing, "It's okay, what time is it?" ”

Qi Jinzhi has been gone for more than two hours, and I don't know what happened to him.

Umeng had just been sacked by the rebels, and it would be terrible if he encountered any rogues or rebels on the way back.

Ziwei glanced at the hourglass in the corner, "Shen Zheng (i.e., 16:00)." Grandma, I received a few greetings from the front of the Ya, which were sent by the daughters of several wealthy families in Wusa. ”

Gu Jialuo said: "Take it to me and take a look." As for how to reply, it is better to wait for Qi Jinzhi to come back, and the couple will decide after discussing it.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

This was followed by a whisper of Suosuo.

Gu Jialuo raised his eyebrows: "Who is talking outside?" ”

The little maid Huifen hurriedly walked in and said urgently: "Steward Sun said that there are many people gathered in the front office, and they are all shouting that they are wronged, begging our uncle to call the shots." ”

Gu Jia Luodai's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she spoke in her heart: I really let the uncle guess, the Ma family really used this trick.

Huifen was still saying: "Steward Sun also said that Liu Hu had already taken the officials to the front, but there were too many people at the entrance of the yamen, and after a rough calculation, there were one or two hundred people, and the county government was actually surrounded. ”

Look at this posture, where is the complaint, it is clear that it is here to find fault.

Sun Dabao can be sure that those people who shout 'wronged' are not ordinary people, not Diao people, but also vicious dogs released by the wealthy clans.

Sun Dabao was not afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that those people would break into the back office and disturb the female dependents.

Gu Jialuo ordered Huifen to speak, "Don't worry, the uncle has already expected it, and he has already made arrangements, Steward Sun, you just need to take the family members and the nursing home to watch the door." ”

Sun Dabao was so anxious that he was sweating, and when he heard this, he was relieved: Uncle is prepared!

Gu Jialuo said so calmly, but he was also a little apprehensive in his heart. She kept looking up at the sky, watching the sun fall westward little by little, she became more and more worried, alas, she didn't know what happened to Qi Jinzhi's side.

Qi Jinzhi is throwing off his arms and slashing people!

It is said that when Qi Jinyi and his party left the mansion and passed through Wufeng Mountain, a few miles away, forty or fifty sturdy men suddenly rushed down from the western slope, all of them wearing tartar clothes and holding scimitars in their hands, shouting and rushing up.

Seeing this, Qi Jinzhi did not panic, took out the treasure knife on his waist, knocked the stirrups, and led the guards to rush forward.

Qi Dayong and the others showed their weapons one after another, screaming and killing the past.

The two sides quickly intertwined, and for a while, the shouts of killing resounded through the valley.

On the other side of the hillside, two or three hundred people were prostrate on the ground, waiting for the order of the leader.

The head man, the forehead, the head man was in a daze: "What's going on?" Why did even the Tartars come over to join in the fun? Could it be that this surnamed Qi is too hateful, not only do we want to clean him up? ”

The head man, that is, the second uncle of the Ma family, if he was according to his temperament, he would have rushed down the mountain the moment he saw Qi Jinzhi, and Ma Zhongtai said 'In case of fraud, it is better to wait first'.

Ma Zhongtai also repeatedly told Second Uncle Ma that even if he did it, he only needed to use thirty or forty people.

They just wanted Qi Jinzhi to be injured a little, not his life.

Two hundred people went up together, this is simply chopping Qi Jinzhi's rhythm.

Moreover, they can't let Qi Jinzhi see the flaws. Okay, if you really let these 200 people go down and cut people, and in the end, Qi Jinzhi is only injured, are you mocking them for the private soldiers they borrowed from the Annan Palace, or do you think that Qi Jinzhi is the protagonist in the Anti-Japanese War drama, and he can be a hundred, no matter how he cuts it, he won't die? !

That's right, this time Ma Zhongtai did not use his own clansmen, but as usual, quietly ordered people to go to the Annan palace to borrow more than 200 soldiers.

These soldiers are not in the sequence of the royal guards, but the private soldiers secretly raised by the king of Annam, which is an illegal existence.

Whenever a new county order came to Wusa County, or a caravan passed through Wumeng, these private soldiers would be dispatched to intimidate the new county order, rob and kill the caravans, and even collude with Liang Yi to sack the county seat.

This time, Usa came to the new county order again, and he was so strong, Ma Zhongtai wanted to teach him a lesson.

However, Ma Zhongtai didn't want Qi Jinzhi's life, his meaning was very simple, that is, to act in front of Qi Jinzhi and let him know how deep the water was in Wusa.

But even if you do a show, you have to do something like it, and you can't let Qi Jinzhi find evidence.

The head of the Ma family felt that his son was reasonable, and repeatedly told Second Uncle Ma, "Don't be impulsive, you must act according to the plan!" ”

Second Uncle Ma was extremely aggrieved.

At this time, I saw Qi Jinzhi's other 'enemies' popping up, and they fought so fiercely, flesh and blood flew and screamed endlessly, and the wildness in Second Uncle Ma's bones was also awakened.

In addition, Second Uncle Ma was worried that if those Tartars were too strong and Qi Jinzhi were too useless and were directly killed by others, wouldn't their plan be aborted?!

Second Uncle Ma is a tendon, but he forgot that the reason why Ma Zhongtai didn't dare to kill Qi Jinzhi was not because he didn't want to, but because he was afraid of getting into trouble.

But if Qi Jinzhi was killed by others, such as Liukou and Liang Wei, it would have nothing to do with the Ma family, and the Ma family would not be punished if the court tracked it down.

Ma Zhongtai would like this.

It's a pity that Second Uncle Ma can't think about it so much, he just wants to complete the task given to him by the head of the family, and let the people in the family see that he Ma Lao Er is a person who can do big things.

So, Second Uncle Ma raised the firewood knife in his hand and shouted: "Warriors, rush!" ”

Hearing the sound, more than 200 elites jumped up in unison, grabbed the weapons in hand, like a tiger out of the gate, and roared down the mountain.

"Uncle, the fish has been hooked!"

Qi Dayong 'chopped' down a 'tartar', beat the horse and came to Qi Jinzhi's approach, and said in a low voice.

"Okay, as soon as they enter the valley, send a signal!"

Qi Jin's hand raised and fell, and he 'cut down' the enemy sharply, and commanded in a deep voice.

"Yes, my subordinates understand!" Qi Dayong turned his horse's head, wielding his knife indiscriminately while staring closely at the group of bandits dressed as chaotic people.

When more than 200 strong people, including Second Uncle Ma, rushed down the mountain and roared into the battlefield, Qi Dayong took out a three-inch-long bamboo tube from his sleeve pocket, and there was a lead at the lower end of the bamboo tube.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the mountain road not far away, and before anyone could react, about 100 people wearing armor, riding war horses, and holding weapons in their hands, killed them violently.

Second Uncle Ma was dumbfounded.

As early as the moment he rushed into the valley, he was a little dumbfounded: the Tartar who had just slashed you to death with the Qi family guards turned the knife and killed the bandits directly.

What's even more bizarre is that the 'dead people' who fell to the ground actually jumped up, with blood all over their faces, and a big knife swung up and down, slashing it to the fullest.

Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~

Sharp arrows cut through the void and shot accurately into the flesh one by one.

Before Second Uncle Ma could figure out what was going on, there was a sharp pain in his chest, and he reached out to touch it, as if something had penetrated his chest, it was an arrow, it should be......

The scene in front of him was blurry, and with a bang, Second Uncle Ma fell to the ground, with doubts written in his wide eyes.

The sharpshooters in ambush on the hillside continued to draw their bows, and one after another arrows flew like lightning, and corpses fell.

"Kill!"

More than 100 cavalry raised their weapons and rushed into the valley fiercely, as if they were dead, mercilessly harvesting the lives of those bandits.

It was the first time for the bandits to encounter such a hard stubble, and they couldn't help but be a little timid when they looked at those who were known as 'Jiading', all of them were like iron-blooded generals who had experienced a hundred battles.

Seeing that the head man (Second Uncle Ma) was shot dead on the spot, he became even more flustered, and some people even subconsciously wanted to escape.

The defeat is like a mountain, and the war is like this, once the momentum is dispersed, it will not be far from a fiasco.

Qi Dayong and several other guards escorted Qi Jinzhi out of the battlefield.

Qi Jinzhi pursed his lips and looked at it coldly.

Two quarters of an hour later, the shouts and screams, and groans of the valley gradually dissipated.

"The last general, Qi Guozhong, paid a visit to the major general."

A middle-aged man covered in blood came to the front of the horse, threw off the saddle, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and said respectfully.

"Vice Admiral Qi, please get up quickly,"

Qi Jin dismounted, walked two steps quickly, helped Qi Guozhong with both hands, and said with a smile: "I am no longer the major general of the southwest battalion, and Vice General Qi should call me to be cautious." ”

"Yes, Major General!" Qi Guozhong replied angrily. He was once Qi Lingxian's personal soldier, and he followed the Qi family for more than 20 years, and in his mind, Qi Lingxian will always be the general of the Southwest.

And Qi Jinzhi is also a well-deserved major general.

"......" Qi Jinzhi couldn't cry or laugh, Qi Guozhong was as his name, loyal to the Qi family, and stubborn, and it was useless to persuade anyone to persuade him.

Fortunately, the person who is now taking over the southwest camp is Qi Jinzhi's uncle Ma Hanze, and General Ma is frank and upright, so Qi Guozhong and several other people who are loyal to the Qi family can continue to stay in the camp.

"Forget it, you still call me Master Qi." Qi Jinzhi shook his head and got down to business: "This time, thanks to General Ma and Vice General Qi, I will ask Vice General Qi to help cut off the heads of these people, and after concocting them, prepare two more carriages for me, be quick!." ”

"Yes, less, eh, Lord Qi!" Qi Guozhong finally changed his words, after all, Lord Qi is also an honorific title, it is better than calling the young master's name.

Before dark, Qi Jinyi and his party returned to Wusa covered in blood and dust, followed by two carriages, and as the carriages marched, dark red blood stains were spilled all the way.

The guards of the city were terrified, God, what a pungent smell of blood!

The Wusa County Ya is lively, a street in front of the Ya Gate is almost tightly blocked, hundreds of people shout at the throat to shout wrongs, and some are still holding wooden sticks and copper basins to knock to death, making the scene noisy.

Liu Hu was dressed in soap clothes, his hand was on the handle of the knife at his waist, his whole body was tense, and he looked at this group of troublemakers vigilantly.

A dozen or so guards who had just changed into soap suits also stood in a row, holding knife handles, beware of these people from storming the official office one by one.

In fact, they can rest assured that these people are just here to 'complain', and they are not half interested in attacking the yamen.

Just kidding, the Great Qi Law stipulates that impacting and smashing the official office is the same crime as rebellion, and if one is not done well, the lives of the nine clans will be buried.

"Xiaomin is wronged, Liu Zhutou, didn't you say that Lord Qi sent a notice to let us come to the county government to complain if we have any grievances? Why has it been here for half a day, but the yamen refuses to accept our case? ”

"Yes, yes, we are really wronged, please ask Lord Qi and Master Qi Qingtian to call the shots for us!"

"The county magistrate can't lie to people!"

"Wronged!"

Liu Hu gave an explanation for the Nth time: "The county lord has gone to Fucheng, and when he comes back tomorrow, his case will definitely be accepted, so you should go back first today." ”

However, the screams completely drowned out his voice.

At this moment, more than a dozen people suddenly roared out in unison outside: "Qi County's order has arrived, and the idlers have dispersed!" ”

The noise like the vegetable market stopped abruptly, and everyone flashed out one after another, and several people in the crowd flew with their eyes and exchanged glances with each other.

Qi Jinzhi and the other guards walked through the crowd and came to the yamen, he didn't get off the horse, he sat directly on the horse, and his fierce gaze swept the audience, "You are all here to complain?" ”

“…… Be! "The uneven response, the obvious lack of confidence.

Qi Jinzhi smiled slightly, and was gentle and elegant.

It's just that there are a few drops of blood splashed on his white face, and there are still the remnants of the killing after the bloody battle on his body, like a sharp weapon that has just cut people, and a terrifying aura is exuded from it, and many people can't bear it, and they take several steps back one after another.

The few people who were coaxing didn't dare to make eye contact with Qi Jinzhi's eyes, and they lowered their heads one after another, trying to disappear into the crowd.

Qi Jinzhi didn't care about a few little thieves at all, and said slowly: "You are so convinced of this county, this county is very pleased." I heard people say that Wusa is remote, and they also say that there are many people in the poor mountains and bad waters, and the words and deeds of today's Guaner and so on, where are the people, it is clear that they are reasonable and kind people. ”

Saying this, those who came to make trouble couldn't help but blush.

"However, today the county still has to eliminate harm for the people, and it is impossible to open a court to try the case, and from tomorrow, anyone who has grievances can just come to the county government to beat the drum."

Qi Jinzhi said lightly.

He didn't wait for the troublemakers to speak, and said again: "Ma County Cheng once said, Wusa is full of bandits, and there are Tartars in rebellion, and today the county went to Fucheng, and I really met Tartars on the way...... Fellow villagers, please rest assured, this county is Wusa's parents, and they will not let those bad people come to the township—"

Qi Dayong replied loudly: "The subordinates are here!" ”

Qi Jinzhi: "Put things in front of the county yamen and build a view of Beijing!" ”

Qi Dayong said loudly: "Yes! ”

Qi Dayong led the guards to the two carriages, opened the carriages, and took out the contents inside.

"Ah~~~"

The crowd exclaimed, hurriedly retreated, and the cowardly, almost fainted.

It turned out that what Qi Dayong was holding in his hand was a bloody human head, one in each hand, and he was directly placed in front of the two stone lions in front of the county yamen.

Nearly 300 heads (plus more than 70 that had been cut off on the way to come) were divided into two piles and placed in front of them like pyramids.

Qi Jinzhi used the bloody facts to tell the wealthy people of Wusa that he was worthy of being a county commander from a military general...... (To be continued.) )