"At yesterday's feast, there was no salt in the dishes. But in this jar of vegetable oil, there is one thing added: croton oil. Yuan Chun pointed to the oil tank in front of him and said softly, "What is croton, everyone must have heard of it." Croton oil is toxic and can cause diarrhea in people. If those dishes mixed with croton oil were eaten yesterday, I don't know how many people would have diarrhea, and even some people would die because of it, which is not surprising. ”

Croton oil?!

After Dai Shan and the others heard this, their faces couldn't help but change greatly. Poisoning the food of a slave at home and being instructed by a master to salt the food are two completely different things!

Yuan Chun asked Bao Wu: "What do you have to say about this matter?" ”

Bao Wu's face was dazed, pretending to be stupid: "What's in here?" I didn't get it! What does it have to do with me? ”

Yuan Chun smiled and said, "You can not admit it, but croton is poisonous and is not a commonly used medicinal material." Even if there is croton in the pharmacy, there will not be too much. It is not a drug that is strictly controlled by the imperial court, such as □□ and Menghan medicine, and even if there is one in the black market, there are very few of them. If you want to buy croton that can squeeze so much oil, it is impossible not to run five or six, or even a dozen or so pharmacies. If you buy so many crotons, won't anyone be suspicious? As long as the government goes to various pharmacies and asks, can you still hide from the world? To extract oil from croton, you also need tools. Have you taken care of all the tools you've used? Are you sure you won't be found out by the government?

"In addition, not everyone knows how to extract oil from croton and what are the disadvantages of eating it. But croton oil is good for treating syncope, and your father died of syncope. An old servant who has been a neighbor of your family for many years said that your family used to use croton oil as a home remedy back then. So, you know how to get croton oil, and you know the toxicity of croton oil. If necessary, the old servant can also come and testify. ”

Bao Wu gritted his teeth and didn't speak, afraid that he would miss something.

The crotons he bought took more than a year to slowly collect from various pharmacies, black markets, and drug markets in the capital, and he also changed his outfit when he went to buy them. Unless he is extremely unlucky and meets someone who is very good at recognizing people, he is confident that he will not be recognized.

And when he was squeezing oil, he rented a small yard and squeezed it slowly by himself. Everyone thought he was going to be an oil seller, and some people said they wanted to buy oil from him, but who knew what kind of oil he was pressing? Later, he had squeezed the oil, had returned the small yard to rent, and all the tools had been washed and disposed of, and he didn't believe that there were any flaws.

Yuan Chun looked at his face and knew that his words had not yet hit his heart.

She said slowly: "I know that I don't have enough evidence in my hands now, and you will not easily admit such a big crime." But it doesn't matter, my luck has never been bad, my brain is not stupid, and I can always find evidence when I check slowly. Oh, yes! You just swore that if you say a lie, you will not be able to die a good death! ”

In order to see Bao Wu's expression clearly, Yuan Chun lifted the light veil in front of the hat and said coolly: "You just talked nonsense, how many lies did you say?" Is it really a ghost to be deceived? Perhaps, without waiting for me to verify anything, there will be evidence in my hands. Bao Wu, what do you say? ”

Bao Wu was speechless!

For this problem, he is actually very flustered and weak-hearted. He did bad things, and he had to make a false oath, and I wonder how the demons and gods would punish him?

But he thought again: What's wrong with the third sister? The third sister is kind by nature, she didn't do anything bad, but she ended up like that, why don't the ghosts and gods punish those who do evil? Why?!

Thinking of Third Sister Lai, he felt an unspeakable pain in his heart, and a little tear couldn't help but rise in his eyes.

Yuan Chun looked at Bao Wu's expression, and knew that his words just now had touched a certain point in his heart. What is it? She quickly went over what she had just said in her heart, and she had already made a judgment.

Then he said lightly: "How ignorant the world is, seeing that the good people suffer for a while, and the evil people are proud for a while, they think that the heavens, the earth, the ghosts and gods can be deceived, and that there is no justice in heaven. Actually......"

Yuan Chun hesitated in his heart: Do you want to go further on the path of the god stick? After only a slight hesitation, she made up her mind: most of the "masters" of Rongning Erfu are here. It is necessary to let them know the word "awe"!

Everyone around looked at her, and Bao Wu and Jia Jing's eyes were especially eager.

"Actually......" Yuan Chun sighed, "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good for reincarnation." If you don't believe it, look up, who will the heavens spare......"

it, I can't do it! To memorize these few words without laughing, it takes acting skills too much!

She hurriedly diverted her attention, lest she smash her performance: "Bao Wu, in order to take revenge on the Jia family and me, you did not hesitate to poison the banquet and wanted to murder innocent people. In order to cover up your sins, you made such an oath that even the demons and gods dared to deceive you...... Do you still want the heavens to spare you? ”

Bao Wu's face was pale, but his eye circles gradually turned red.

He struggled violently in his heart, as if there were two people, arguing fiercely. One wants to continue to cover up the crime, but the other wants to say all the things that have been held in his heart for a long time and ask for clarification. Scold everyone you want to scold and beg for a good time.

Yuan Chun looked at him trembling slightly, knowing that he was about to lose it, and said lightly: "Above the court, there are many unbearable tortures. As soon as the board was beaten and the stick was clamped, it was painful to live, and life was better than death. Are you sure you'll make it through? ”

Big drops of sweat fell on Bao Wu's face, dripping on the brick floor, dying and struggling: "Does the eldest girl want to rely on her wealth, collude with the government, and make a move?" ”

"How so? I wouldn't do such a lack of morality. Yuan Chun said lightly, "But you will recruit yourself, won't you?" It is a felony to enslave the master, and if the murder is successful, it will be found out by the government. Of course, if you don't succeed in the murder now, you may not die, but you will be exiled. You took such a big risk to poison you, you must hate the Jia family and me deeply, right? Those croton oils, without more than a year of effort, are probably not well prepared. You've only been poisoned until now, and the oil has only been prepared recently. Push forward about a year to a year and a half, what happened at that time to make you hate me and the Jia family like this?

"Let me make a bold guess: You are for Lai's eldest sister and the third sister of the Lai family, right?"

Bao Wu looked at her blankly, as if he had seen a ghost.

Looking at Bao Wu's expression, Yuan Chun knew that he had guessed correctly!

She smiled shallowly and began to confess: "I heard that you have always been flattering to Third Sister Lai, but the Lai family doesn't think much of you, thinking that you are both useless and useless, and don't want to marry Third Sister Lai to you." Later, something happened to the Lai family and was sent to the official, and you were afraid of being implicated, so you ignored them. You are lucky, and when you saw that the Lai family lost power, you became a turtle with a shrunken head, but did you come to hate the Jia family? Such a tasteless and courageous person, no wonder the Lai family looks down on you, no wonder Third Sister Lai never pays attention to you......"

"It's not! No! It's not ......" Without waiting for Yuan Chun to finish speaking, Bao Wujia retorted loudly, his face was so angry that his muscles skyrocketed, "The Lai family doesn't look down on me, Brother Lai treats me well!" He has agreed to marry the third sister to me, if it weren't for the disaster, I would ...... with the third sister My third sister and I have already married! “

After Bao Wu couldn't bear to shout these words, he also let it out!

He just got up from the ground, feeling that there was no need to kneel down these people he hated so much!

Anyway, except for Lai Er, who can't look down on him and he can't look down on him, everyone else is dead, he is all done, and he is not afraid of anyone who will be affected! If you are convicted of a capital crime, you may be able to meet the third sister and be a ghost couple after death! If he goes to reincarnate early, maybe Yue Lao will be infatuated with him, and he will draw a red line for him and the third sister in the next life......

Thinking of this, Bao Wu suddenly felt that his heart was full of pride, infinite tenderness, and he didn't dodge when he spoke.

"Something happened to the Lai family, and I wasn't afraid of being implicated! No leave it unattended! I'm not disappointed! Didn't do a shrunken turtle! He said several nos in a row, and his tone was very proud.

Zheng Fu, who was guarding the side, asked Dai Shan with his eyes: Do you want to take Bao Wu down?

Dai Shan shook his head gently at him.

Zheng Fu gave a few strong men a look, and moved his position without a trace, just to prevent Bao Wu from hurting people.

Jia Daishan and Yuan Chun were silent, and let him speak. Jia Mu looked at Dai Shan, but she couldn't help but speak. Jia Jing, Jia Zhen and the others opened their mouths, but they didn't say anything after all. Jia Zhu looked at Jia Lian, whose face was pale, reached out and held his hand, and squeezed it hard. Jia Lian came back to his senses and reluctantly smiled at Jia Zhu - Laida's matter, involving his biological father, has always been a taboo in his heart.

Bao Wu was silent and said, "After the master was rescued from the spiritual bed, Brother Lai knew that things were going to be bad!" In a hurry, he began to secretly arrange a way out, and quietly sold the houses and fields that the Lai family had purchased over the years! He can hide this from others, but where can he hide it from me? I asked again and again, but he finally confided the truth to me, and asked me not to be close to their family anymore, lest I be treated as a colleague by the Jia family after the defeat. At that time, Brother Lai wanted to make a desperate gamble and poison the grandfather again, and really put the grandfather to death. As long as the master is dead, and the handle of the master is in our hands, he will naturally obey us, cover up the fact that the master was poisoned, and maybe even put the black pot on the head of the second room. As long as we pass this hurdle, we will have a good life in the future!

"I knew that croton oil could poison people, so I went to the black market to buy it, but where could I buy it? I only bought a little bit of □□. But before we could do it, the emperor actually sent three imperial doctors. Those imperial doctors didn't do anything, they just took turns to stay in front of the master's bed every day, never leaving an inch, and all the decoctions had to be tasted. We were afraid that we didn't poison the grandfather, but we leaked the stuffing, so we didn't dare to do it.

"Brother Lai wanted to run away with his family. He handed over the real testament to me for safekeeping, and gave me a sum of money, so that I could find a chance to redeem myself, and I must help him keep the testament, saying that the testament was the net worth of their family. Brother Lai said that their family's goal was too big, and it was difficult to really escape. If their family is arrested, the grandfather can't find the posthumous book, and he won't dare to do anything with their family. He agreed with me on another place, saying: If we all get out, five years later, we will meet in that place, and he will marry the third sister to me......"

Speaking of this, a strong look of remorse appeared on his face: "But I am reluctant to part with the third sister!" Five years is too long, and who knows what will happen? What should I do if the third sister is married in five years? I looked at the posthumous book in my hand, thinking about the third sister, and I was greedy in my heart, and I asked my eldest brother to negotiate conditions with my grandfather! said that the real legacy is in our hands, a big family like the Jia family has to worry about the reputation of the family, and the lives and future of their children and grandchildren, and dare to stand up with us? It must be in order! Brother Lai was moved by what I said, so he agreed......"

Bao Wu stared at the bloodshot red eyes, and couldn't help but have tears falling: "The night before the Lai family left, I didn't hold back and secretly went to the third sister to say goodbye. was hit by his wife's companion Zhou Rui's family, and Zhou Rui's family also made a joke between me and the third sister. Brother Lai said: My dark chess move has been exposed, and the posthumous book can no longer be placed here for me! He couldn't believe others, so he had no choice but to let Lai Er go alone with his posthumous books, and let a few women and children do another way. But I didn't expect Lai Er to be so useless, and walking alone actually made the Jia family catch him back......"

At that time, after Lai Da estimated that his family had gone away, he asked to see the grandfather several times and wanted to negotiate conditions with the grandfather. Who knew that the master would use the excuse that he was not good, no matter what Lai Da said, he would not see it. Lai had a faint bad premonition, and told Bao Wu to protect himself, if Lai's family was in great trouble, he would help him secretly.

Later, Zheng Fu suddenly led someone to take Lai Da, but the Lai family who fled was all arrested, and the posthumous copies were also searched!

Bao Wu wiped his tears and suddenly laughed: "Does the master know that since Zhou Rui's family has already bumped into me and the Lai family, why wasn't I sent away afterwards?" Because I gave Zhou Rui's family three hundred taels of silver, asking her to plead with his wife! Later, Zhou Rui's family said that she didn't dare to deceive his wife, and she handed over the three hundred taels of silver to his wife. My wife gave her fifty taels, and she kept two hundred and fifty taels for herself, and promised to let me go! I stayed at Jia's house. ”

Jia Mu, Jia Zhu, Jia Lian and others couldn't help but change color on their faces, and Jia Zhen faintly showed a little schadenfreude smile on her face, and she was busy and restrained.

Dai Shan's eyes swept away, his eyes swept over the people present, and he had already seen everyone's expressions in his eyes.

He sighed and said to Bao Wu: "Until now, you still want to sow discord, and you really don't change your life!" There is no more slave in the world, I'm afraid there is nothing more than this! ”

"And you!" He turned his head and glanced at Jia Mu, Jia Zhu, Jia Lian and the others, "A few words from a Diao slave will make your face change greatly...... Is it possible that what others say, you will believe? The roots of the ears are so soft, it is really ...... The boss is not small, can he have a little ability to distinguish between right and wrong? ”

What a misfortune for the family! Dai Shan was extremely melancholy in his heart: Yuan girl is so mindful, why is she not a man?

Jia Mu hurriedly stood up, not daring to speak. Jia Zhu and Jia Lian hurriedly got up and confessed: "Grandson is confused! "My grandson knows it's wrong!"

Dai Shan stretched out his hand and pressed them a little tiredly, motioning for them to sit down, not wanting to let them get off the stage in front of his nephews, nephews and minions.

Yuan Chun had to relieve Jia Mu and others, so he asked Bao Wu: "What about later?" You are so careless, I'm afraid that the third sister of Lai is dead, right? Lai Sanjie and Lai Shangrong should not be in prison, haven't you taken care of them? ”

After all, the third sister Lai did not enter the palace to wait, and Lai Shangrong is a good citizen, and the two of them are also young, so they should have nothing to do with the case, and they will not be imprisoned as a matter of law - unless Dai Shan buys the government to trap them in prison.

With Yuanchun's understanding of Dai Shan, since he chose to send these people to the official, he would simply be frank and upright, and would never leave one more handle for his political enemies in order to trap two irrelevant people in prison. And the people of Shuntianfu are not stupid, one side is the Guogong Mansion, and the other side is the slaves of the Guogong Mansion, and the fault is all in the slaves. Who to favor, they know in their hearts. There is no need for the Jia family to explain anything or do anything, they will naturally deal with the guilty people of the Lai family severely and strictly within the scope of the law.

Listening to Yuan Chun's words, Bao Wu seemed to have been poked in the lung tube again, and he almost jumped like thunder: "Of course I took care of them!" After the grandfather sent Lai's family to Shuntian Mansion, the prefect of Shuntian Mansion skipped the court, and released Lai Sanjie and Lai Shangrong, let them wait for the summons, and put the rest of the people in prison. The Lai family's gold and silver are soft and soft, and they have already been seized by the Jia family. Third Sister Lai and Lai Shangrong were released penniless, or did I run before and after, rent a house for them, buy some pots and pans, or something......"

Speaking of which, Bao Wu couldn't go on anymore. There is a kind of pain that is constantly gnawing at his heart.

Although Lai Sanjie and Lai Shangrong have settled down temporarily, there is still a large family in the Lai family in prison. Third Sister Lai has to take care of her nephew, visit her, and take care of the jailers...... She has also been pampered since she was a child, and she doesn't know how to save money to get by, so the money is spent like water. In addition, in order to keep the errand of the Jia family, Bao Wu would not lose his income, and gave Zhou Rui's family another two hundred taels of silver. The money given by Lai Da and some of Bao Wu's own savings soon bottomed out.

However, Lai Shangrong has been pampered since he was a child, and his body bones are not strong, after that period of fright and displacement, there was a huge gap in living conditions, and then he gradually became ill. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, Bao Wu can't often take care of it. When the third sister Lai ran out of money and her nephew was seriously ill, she hurriedly accepted a dowry and promised to come over in seven days.

When Bao Wu went to visit again, it was the day of Lai's third sister's marriage. He wanted to prevent Third Sister Lai from getting married, but he couldn't get the dowry, and Third Sister Lai didn't agree. Lai Sanjie said that he was still a slave of Jiafu, and if he married her, he would be jealous of the Jia family, and she didn't want to bother him anymore.

He could only watch her get on the sedan chair and marry the bastard who killed a thousand knives!

After the sedan chair left, he was drunk for three days in the house where Lai Sanjie lived. When I woke up, I looked at the empty room, and I felt that my whole body had been hollowed out, and I couldn't do anything!

Yuan Chun looked at his face and asked tentatively: "However, the third sister of Lai used up your money, but she refused to marry you!" Is that right? ”

Bao Wu said excitedly: "She also has no choice!" She was also forced! If the Jia family didn't raid her private house and gold and silver, how could she end up in that step? The Jia family has a big business, but they robbed a weak woman of her money, what is the difference between it and a robber?! If she wasn't desperate, how could she marry that bastard who killed a thousand knives? ”

Yuan Chun suddenly realized: Bao Wu hates the Jia family, this should be the most important reason! But Lai's third sister's private house and gold and silver are soft, in the final analysis, they were also fished by her parents and brothers from the Jia family. In that case, how could the Jia family still keep the money to the Lai family?

"So, isn't the person Lai Sanjie married a good person?" Yuan Chun continued to pick on his words.

"Good guys? He's not even human! He's a beast! Not even as good as animals! Bao Wu gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard who killed a thousand knives treated the third sister for two days when the third sister just passed the door." But it didn't take long for him to force the third sister to pick up customers at home and do that secret business to make money for him. The third sister didn't obey at first, and then the person who killed a thousand knives actually gave her sweat medicine, found three or four people, and ...... her."

The third sister was desperate, so she had to reluctantly obey. stayed up every day, just to take care of Lai Shangrong, and looked forward to returning a good-looking nephew to his brother in the future. Later, Lai Shangrong didn't survive and died of illness! Third Sister ...... After the third sister hastily buried Lai Shangrong, she ...... He hanged himself......"

Speaking of this, Bao Wu seemed to have no strength in his whole body, and sat on the ground, crying like a tearful man.

Yuan Chun couldn't help but sigh and gently rubbed his forehead with his fingers.

This Third Sister Lai is also a very tragic character. In the world of the original book, the Lai family is sucking the blood of the Jia family and growing stronger step by step, and the life of the third sister Lai will probably not be bad. And in this world, she saved Dai Shan, which made the Lai family's plan come to naught, and her fate also underwent a big reversal and fell to such a point.

The woman of this world is so tragic!

No matter whether they are virtuous or stupid, beautiful or ugly, good or evil, they cannot control their own fate.

All their joys and sorrows are determined by the three roles of "father", "husband" and "son". Father, husband, and son are honored, and they follow a little light; If the father, husband, or son encounter misfortune or die themselves, they will fall into the dust, and no matter how much they struggle, they will not be able to change their fundamental situation. It's not that they don't want to save themselves, but the social rules of this world, the mental and spiritual constraints that women are subjected to, will not give them the opportunity to save themselves, and will not even make them have the consciousness of self-help. This is what Bai Lotian said: "Don't be a woman in life, and the bitterness and happiness of a hundred years will be left to others." ”

For example, this third sister Lai is married to a non-human. All she could think of and the way she could save herself was to end her own life.

Although the original work of "Dream of Red Mansions" has been pitted, the tragic fate of the twelve hairpins of Jinling can be inferred from the previous article, which of them is not full of powerlessness about fate?

The little resistance they can make is just to abandon the world and become a monk like Xichun, or end their lives like Lai Sanjie.

In the original work, no matter whether Baoyu is worthy of Sister Lin or not, but Sister Lin and Baoyu are in love, life and death are separated, and they can't be together in love, but this is a fact! This is the tragedy of love.

And what about Baochai as a female supporting role? Baochai may have thought about Baoyu, but when Baoyu clearly expressed her evasion and disdain for the career economy, Baochai knew that she and Baoyu were not all the way. After searching the Grand View Garden, Baochai moved out, not wanting to have more contact with Jia Baoyu at all. But in the end, she was probably married to Jia Baoyu, who didn't love her, didn't appreciate her, and she didn't love or appreciate her. Two people who don't like each other end up being husband and wife...... This is about the tragedy of marriage!

There are also Wang Xifeng who "counted all the opportunities and calculated Qingqing's life", Li Kun who "joked with others in vain", Miaoyu who "ended up in the mud, why should the prince and grandson sigh that there is no chance", etc., who is not a tragedy?

The more intelligent and intelligent the woman, the more outstanding the woman, when this irreversible tragedy of fate comes, the more intense the pain. This is what tragic literature says: tear up beautiful things for people to see!

The more beautiful things are, when they are torn apart, the stronger and more heart-wrenching the tragedy becomes!

The women of the Red Mansion, no matter how virtuous or foolish, no matter how old or young, no matter how accessible or poor, no one can escape the tragic fate! This is the core of the book "Dream of Red Mansions", right? This is what the Red Mansion World refers to by "a thousand red caves (crying)" and "Wanyan with the same cup (cup)", right?

Yuan Chun felt: The tragedy of the daughter of the Red Chamber was really not caused by a certain one or a few women, but by the entire social environment. There really is no need to whitewash your favorite character into a perfect person by smearing another woman with the same tragic fate.