At three o'clock, dinner is over.

At the beginning of the year, the old man ordered people to go to the east and north to invite people, saying that the palace sent Zhuzhou honeydew melon, the aroma is fragrant and the juice is as thick as honey, and it is inconvenient to survive for a long time in hot weather, so that the old lady and the young lady will come to try it. The second old man and the second wife's family are not in the house, and the second wife Zhou's brother has a birthday today, so they all went to the Zhou Mansion to celebrate their birthdays, and only Aunt Liu and Ling Han were left in the house to look after the house, and the old lady asked the little maid to send a few melons over.

Everyone gathered in Zixi Hall one after another, and the old lady couldn't help but ask, the old marquis said that she had a bad stomach and couldn't eat melons, and she was upset in the summer, so she let Linzi and Shuxia serve her early to rest.

There is a big water tank on the blue brick floor of the hall, which is filled with well water, and a few big melons are in it, and the honeydew melons on the table have been neatly cut into several large tea trays.

The old marquis seemed to sit idly on a mahogany official hat chair made by Su Zuo, watching his children and grandchildren come in, and his heart was mixed.

From his father "Ming Yuanhou" to the eldest grandson Lingshang, he is already the fourth generation of marquis, although there are turmoil in the house from time to time, but it seems that such concubines are rebellious, and fratricidal things have never happened.

Ai Ning and Ling Shang came together, Ai Ning was still wrapped in gauze on his forehead, Ling Shang's expression was sluggish, and the old marquis was busy asking people to sit for him and his husband and wife, and accompany the old marquis.

After looking around, the old marquis smiled and said, "Huh? Why didn't anyone move the melons on this table? Do you want me to eat all the old man alone? Quick, take it yourself and eat it! ”

Ling Xuan was still smiling Yan Yan stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, I smelled this aroma as soon as I entered the door, and I was gluttonous, so I was the first to taste it?" In the blink of an eye, everyone held the melon in their hands, and ate and praised, the Burmese mother took a small bite of a melon in the crowd, but her eyes kept looking left and right, and when she didn't see Ling Tong, her expression was extremely complicated.

Soon, there were about a dozen melons left on the table, but no one moved anymore, and the old marquis asked, "Have you eaten them all?" Everyone nodded their heads to indicate that they had eaten.

"Okay, tell the girls to take it first! …… In the end, it is also a blessing to be able to eat melons with the same family in this hall! I'm afraid that after tonight, someone will no longer have such a blessing" As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly quieted down, he coughed slightly and continued: "Except for the absence of the second master's family, don't you think there are still fewer people?" ”

"At this moment, the uncle is on his way back, and it is estimated that he will arrive soon, right now, we have a big matter to deal with in Guo's mansion! Is Burmese coming? ……”

After a long time, Fang saw a middle-aged woman slowly moving out of the crowd, looking at Ling Xuan, who was already trembling slightly, as she walked.

"Grandpa called me...... I don't know what......? She asked calmly.

Under the lamp, she was wearing a plum purple three-quarter sleeve crepe silk skirt, a crimson embroidered silver flower belt, and still had a suitable waist, much more slender than the eldest lady who had been blessed, with an oblong face, clear eyebrows, and a pale golden Hepu pearl with the size of peanuts and rice grains in her ears.

"What about you, don't you think you're missing someone?" The old marquis asked unhurriedly

"Who is missing?" After inspecting the crowd, she smiled reluctantly and said, "At this time, I can't see that there are no people......

"Get on your knees!" The old marquis suddenly said sharply.

The Burmese mother trembled with fright and immediately knelt down on her knees.

"Look up at this "Zixi Hall", do you know whose hands this was created? The Burmese lady glanced up.

"From my father Guo Yan to today's Ling Shang, but only the fourth generation, will this Zixi Hall not be able to pass on?"

"How did the old marquis say that? ......," she cramped.

"You are old when I am, your lord is not there all the year round, and you have helped Caizhu as a home for a few days, you can turn the sky upside down?"

"Don't dare!"

"Don't you dare?!" The old marquis's voice rose sharply, "You harbor evil intentions and ruthless methods!" You drugged Ling Shang by the spring water he drank, so that he got this strange disease that is difficult to cure, and you also killed Ling Tong who found you! ”

As soon as these words came out, except for the third master, Xinliu Aining and other people who already knew about it, everyone else was shocked!

"Old Marquis, you have wronged me...... I haven't done these things you said, how can Ling Shang's illness be my medicine? As for harming Ling Tong, even more, where to start? Her face turned pale and she pleaded eagerly.

"Good! I really mistook you lightly, you can still hold on to it now, this is strong-willed, it's really not an idle woman, it's just that the sins you have created are too heavy, today I have to peel off the cocoon to uncover your crimes, don't worry, let's do the same! ”

The old marquis was a person who had experienced stormy waves, although this incident shocked him and was heartbroken, but he was by no means without means, let alone tolerated adultery.

"Doctor Xu, please come out!"

I saw Xu Shen slowly walking out from the back of the hall, holding a cluster of purple things in his right hand, but holding a lively little black dog in his left hand.

Xu Shen walked to the center of the hall, saluted the old marquis, and then looked around at everyone: "Xu Shen, a grass people, is an unknown doctor, and he is entrusted to come here today to give some explanations about the toxicity of Xin Xu."

"This small purple round fruit in my hand is called Xin Xu, it is the west **, there is a strong plant poison on the epidermis, which will destroy people's minds and touch, and it will be like Ling Shang Young Master when eaten for a long time, and his speech is slow to react, and he has carefully checked the pulse for it, and the pulse is soft and smooth, which is consistent with the description of the pulse after eating this thing in the medical book."

After speaking, he crushed a handful of Xin Zhu, broke a meat bag, wrapped Xin Zhu in the meat bag, and fed it to the little black dog, who ate it after three times and five divided by two.

"I've fed Xin Zhu to it, and in a quarter of an hour at most, you can see how powerful Xin Zhu is."

Seeing the compassionate eyes in the crowd, he explained: "You don't have to worry about this puppy, this Xin Zhu is not an intestinal poison, but a miraculous effect over time, as soon as its symptoms appear, and get your witness, I will induce vomiting for it, and it will not take half an hour for it to be unharmed." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, the little black dog, who had not been quiet for a moment, gradually began to stop jumping or jumping, and after a while, he staggered unsteadily, his eyelids drooped, and the crowd let out a sigh.

Xu Shen said: "This Xin Xu, I and Miss Ling Tong of the East Mansion found it by the Shizi Spring, this Xin Zhu is not suitable for the soil quality of the capital, but the people who planted it have the heart, mix the sand of the western Xinjiang into the soil, and cultivate it successfully, the spring water flows through the Xin Zhu and falls into the storage bucket, and the young master Ling Shang is provided to drink every day, and over time he becomes ill because of it......"

"I don't know if you've ever made it clear?" Seeing everyone nodding their heads again and again.

"Then the mission under the next is completed, at this moment I want to go to induce vomiting for the puppy, and the next thing is the family matter of the Hou Mansion, Xu Shen is outsiders are inconvenient to be present, so I will leave!" After speaking, he nodded slightly to the old marquis, hugged the puppy and strode away.

The old marquis said loudly: "Thank you, Doctor Xu!" Gift! Good students send the doctor out! ”

"Yes! Lord"

"Myanmar Niang, have you seen it all? You planted this Xin Zhu by the spring, right? ”

"Old Marquis Mingjian, what is Xin Zhu Before today, I didn't know how to plant it?" She's still resisting.

"Order"

"Grandpa, Ling Fang is here!"

"Do you have anything to gain by taking people to the Autumn Dew Courtyard?" Hearing the autumn dew courtyard, Myanmar's breathing obviously began to panic.

"Naturally, the grandson waited for Aunt Myanmar's front foot to go out of the courtyard gate, and the back foot searched carefully."

After speaking, he put a few things in front of Myanmar Niang, "Aunt Myanmar, these things are really well hidden!" ”

He took a deep look at the old marquis and said: "The sand in the western Xinjiang is fiery yellow, which is very easy to distinguish, so she is piled up in a rice bag in the corner, fortunately I still have a little patience, otherwise I would really ignore it!" As for Xin Xu, she actually planted it on the roof! I used a two-foot square porcelain pot, with a flower stand on it, and it was full of melons and vegetables. ”

Hearing this, the Burmese mother finally sat down on her feet, and beside her was a bag of yellow sand and a porcelain basin, which was full of purple fruits!

"Burmese Niang, what else do you have to say? Only you and Ling Xuan live in the small courtyard of Qiulu, if it weren't for you, then it would be Ling Xuan? "The old marquis's words seem to be ordinary, but in fact they are extremely powerful, and they are hitting the key point of the Burmese mother.

"It's me! It's me! Ling Xuan didn't know about it! I waited for him to sleep at night and did it quietly, and as for the Xin Xuan by the spring, I also planted it alone, and he never knew about it......"

"You're finally admitted? Okay, so you admit that Ling Shang is still your victim? The old marquis asked.

“…… Be...... Brother Shang is my fault! She closed her eyes and wept.

Ling Shang stood up in disbelief, slowly walked in front of her, pointed at her with trembling fingers and asked, "Myanmar, aunt, mother, why, do you want to harm me?" He was speechless, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and his lips twitching.

Ai Ning hurriedly supported him, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat for him, but the eldest lady was furious, stepped forward and opened the bow left and right, and slapped her more than a dozen times in the blink of an eye, "Vicious slut!" How dare you harm me Shang'er! I will make you double this day. ”

Burmese's bun was scattered, the hairpin fell to the ground, and a few fingerprints appeared on her face, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, and didn't pay attention to it, but the eldest lady still didn't get rid of her hatred, sobbing and scolding, "Slut!" In vain I trust you to call you a housekeeper, in vain I still call you aunt since I was a child, in vain the lord loves you so much every day, do you have a little conscience?! Slut! Why the hell are you doing this!? What are you drawing! ......" said and couldn't help but rush up to tear her mouth, and she didn't hide.

"yes, what more do you want?!" Suddenly, the voice of the old man suddenly came from behind the crowd, and everyone looked back, and it was the old man Guo in official uniform! Apparently in a hurry back to the future to change clothes.

The Burmese mother was shocked at first, and then she cried silently, and the eldest lady finally withdrew her hand, only glaring at her sideways.

Everyone made way for Guo Xiangkai, and his official boots walked to the front of the hall step by step, kneeling down in front of the old marquis.

"The son is not filial! failed to manage the family well, tired of his father's hard work, and couldn't rest late at night, and his son was ashamed and ashamed! He bowed.

"Help you lords get up!" The old marquis said calmly

"You haven't been at home for a long time, and it's inevitable that there will be some omissions in the whip, but fortunately, it's not too late to find out, and Ling Shang's body can recover! It's just that she dared to kill Ling Tong, she was extremely cruel, it was really hard to forgive! ……”

"You are the uncle of my Guo Mansion, since you have returned, it is up to you to decide what to do next!" After speaking, he stepped down from the main seat and sat down on the guest seat, a posture of a bystander.

"How dare you murder Ling Tong!?" Guo Xiangkai looked angrily.

"I, I didn't hurt her" Burmese Niang replied in a low voice, she still had luck, and felt that since Ling Tong was dead, there was no proof of death.

"Haven't?!" Guo Xiangkai pinched her chin, his face was blue, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Say! You can't do this alone, who will help you? Is it Ling Xuan? ”

"Nope! Master, Ling Xuan didn't know these things from beginning to end, I really didn't hurt her! The old man also said that I couldn't kill her ...... alone, so why should I harm Ling Tong,...... I have never had any holiday with her, and I have never seen her a few times, so why should I harm her? ”

Guo Xiangkai's hand gradually strengthened, and the expression of Burmese Niang's pain distorted.

"You wicked woman, what have I done to you for so many years, you have forgotten who saved you when you starved on the post road, who brought you back, married you, and gave you the identity of Aunt Houfu, what are you missing? To sit down this ungrateful thing of betraying ancestors? ”

"Ling Tong bumped into your evil deeds, so you killed her, I now know that I have raised such a femme fatale for so many years! If I knew this, I shouldn't have saved you back in the first place, and I left you to fend for yourself! ”

"Yes, I'm evil! I'm cheap! That's why I'm crazy about wanting an identity! Who wants to be an aunt and grandmother for the rest of their lives! Hahahaha,...... Auntie, what a favor......" she looked up and laughed.

"Isn't it because of low origin? I'm going to crouch under that stupid woman, what's better than me? Not as good as me! is not as talented as me, I can't even take care of the least family affairs, and I have a son with mediocre qualifications, but as soon as I land, I will be a son! I also snatched my favorite daughter-in-law! Why?! What is the reason for this? Besides, my son, in terms of intelligence and appearance, is not as good as Ling Shang, but he will never have anything to do with the identity of the son...... Who wants to settle for humility? I just don't want to be humble, so I have to fight for myself, for the order to fight, I don't fight, who else will care about me? Who would?! …… I've been waiting fifteen years! Fifteen years! She screamed hysterically, her hair unkempt like a madman.

"Did you fight for it? Do you think that if you kill me, no one will know about your evil deeds? Do you think that all the qiē you do is helping Brother Ling Xuan? You know that he is the one who has hurt you the most! ”

Suddenly, Ling Tong's clear voice came, and everyone was shocked, only to see her wearing a white gauze robe, her hair draped over her shoulders, and her face as white as the moon, walking in leisurely from outside the hall.

only heard a "bang", but it was Ling Xuanzhi who fell to the ground, and the Myanmar Niang was frightened, shaking her head and covering her face, and retreated uncontrollably, until she hit the foot of the old marquis's chair and fell to the ground.

Everyone lifted Ling Xuan out with all hands and feet, made him sit on a chair, pinched and rubbed his hands, and he slowly woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he cried and shouted, "It's terrible, it's terrible!" Ling Tong turned into a ghost and asked for his life! Mother save me, save me......"

Ling Tong walked towards him step by step, and he screamed in fright: "Don't come here, don't come over, I didn't want to hurt you, but my mother said that I can't keep you!" Everyone was shocked to hear this, and then they realized that the two of them had really murdered Ling Tong.

"Ling Xuan! Shut up! ”

I saw that Myanmar Niang rushed over like a gust of wind, covered his mouth and said, "Are you confused?" Shut up, it's all done by your mother, and your mother will bear it! If you want to ask for your life, it is also Suo Niang's life, don't be afraid...... Don't talk nonsense. ”

She suddenly raised her head and stared at Ling Tong, muttering to herself while shaking her head: "This is strange, are you dead or not?" Are you a human or a ghost? ”

"You suffocated me with a quilt and threw me into a well, do you think I'll survive?" Ling Tong Sen said.

"You're a ghost! You really are a ghost! She looked around in a hurry but found Ling Tong's shadow, "No, no, no, if you are a ghost, how can you have a shadow?" You're not dead, you're definitely not dead."

She crawled to the feet of the eldest master and kowtowed: "Look, master, Ling Tong is not dead, she has a shadow......"

"She was saved by the Immortal Dao, if not, she would have returned to heaven by now, even so, the sins of you and Ling Xuan cannot be erased!"

"Come on, take the two of them and take care of them first, and send them to Jingzhao Yamen tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

"Who's going to take my grandson?!" Everyone was shocked again...... When I looked back, it was Mrs. Guo who was being held by Lin Zishuxia, standing at the door of the hall with a blue face.