Day after day, there were several winter snowfalls in Lixian, during which Gu Sanniang received several letters from Shen Zhuo, and once there was even a local tuyi in the capital, but Shen Zhuo never left his address in Beijing, Gu Sanniang just wanted to send him a letter, and he didn't know where to send it.

In the dead of night, Gu Sanniang would look through Shen Zhuo's letter over and over again under the lamp, she didn't recognize the words on the paper, but she remembered the content of the letter.

As the end of the year approaches, the business of Longxiu Village is getting better and better, at this time last year, Gu Sanniang received a lot of furs, and made a lot of money, this year Gu family, this business can not be done, but even if the daily income in the shop is considerable, Gu Sanniang's brows are also as tight as a day, it turns out that since the winter solstice received a letter from home, Gu Sanniang has never received a letter from Shen Zhuo, she has to go to Dongsheng Inn every day to ask if there is a letter from her, but unfortunately she is disappointed to return, thinking of Shen Clumsy who has no news, Gu Sanniang was so anxious that she cried several times behind her back.

In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year, this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Gu Sanniang's family did not eat well, on the second day of the new year, she took her two children to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Qin looked at her sad look, sighed a few times in her heart, she had just married Shen Zhuo in those days with ruddy face, radiant, only a few days, and thin out of shape.

"Brother Yu'er, his father hasn't heard from him yet?" Aunt Qin asked.

Gu Sanniang nodded gloomily, Aunt Qin shook her head and sighed again, that day Gu Sanniang said that he was going out to visit friends, she didn't believe what she said, even if she wanted to visit friends, there was no need to close the school, and besides, which family friends were visited, no matter at home, there would be no letter for the New Year, but these little couples didn't say anything, they must have their own reasons, even if Aunt Qin was Gu Sanniang's godmother, it was not easy to interfere.

Shen Zhuo didn't write from him, except for Gu Sanniang, the two children in the family were also worried, Brother Yu was talking to the little brother of the Qin family, he heard Aunt Qin's words, and said seriously: "Grandma Qin, my father said that he would come back in three or five months, I have calculated, and he will be home soon." ”

Aunt Qin deliberately teased him, she said: "Your father has been gone for so many days, and when his house comes, Brother Yu'er will ignore him, okay?" ”

Brother Yu'er's head shook like a rattle, and he said: "No, no, no, Daddy didn't mean it, he must have something serious to do when he goes out." ”

After speaking, he ran to Gu Sanniang again, and said to her with a blank eye: "Mother, don't ignore your father, otherwise he will be too pitiful." ”

Gu Sanniang smiled at Brother Yu'er, the child is so sensible, he never clamored for his father in front of her, but she knows better than anyone that Brother Yu hides his thoughts in his heart, and when he falls asleep every night, he will talk about looking for his father in his dreams.

"Don't worry, my mother will definitely not ignore your father, at most scold him twice."

Seeing this, Brother Yu finally put his mind at ease.

Winter goes to spring, and it is another year when everything recovers, the big banyan tree at the entrance of the alley has long been green, but Shen Zhuo seems to have evaporated from the world, Gu Sanniang can't get any news from him, and Brother Yu'er is looking forward to it day by day, this kind of hard waiting is not only the inner torment of adults, but even the children are also tortured together, and Brother Yu'er, who was originally smiling all day long, has no smile on his face these days.

On this day, Gu Sanniang sat in the shop embroidering a picture of Guanyin Bodhisattva sending children, and before she moved a few stitches, she heard a 'bang', and a big stone flew from outside, so Gu Sanniang avoided it in time, otherwise the stone would have to hit her head.

Gu Sanniang was shocked, she turned her head to look, the big stone fell to the counter, smashing her cabinet into a big hole, she said angrily towards the door: "Which one is not long-eyed, such a big stone can also be thrown around?" ”

She didn't know that the stone was deliberately smashed by someone, Gu Sanniang went out to take a look, and saw a few people standing at the door, led by a man in his thirties and forties, he was wearing a robe and a scholar's scarf, and he was glaring at Gu Sanniang with anger on his face at the moment.

Gu Sanniang took a closer look, isn't this person Sun Juren in the city, this Sun Juren often walks around the street on weekdays, she knows him, and his wife Li also came to her shop a few days ago.

"It's Sun Juren, dare to ask me where I offended you, and you want to be so ruthless?" Gu Sanniang will not back down because of his status as a lifter, if he can't say that he is ugly, even if he is a lifter, she will still scold him.

There were a lot of people around this time, and Sun Juren didn't feel like losing the scholar's Sven, he scolded Gu Sanniang: "Your man Shen Cun's imperial examination cheated, and even our state's lifting was removed, and the face of the scholar was lost by him, and now my ten years of hard work have come to naught, even if I kill you, I can't solve the hatred in my heart."

Hearing what he said, Gu Sanniang was stunned, Shen Zhuo was going to rescue Dongfang Procuratorate, and he did not participate in this year's scientific examination, how could he cheat in the imperial examination?

Gu Sanniang settled down, and she said to Sun Juren: "Sun Juren, are you making a mistake, my father-in-law has never gone to the exam, it is absolutely impossible to do this?" ”

Sun Juren smiled coldly, and he said, "How can you make a mistake about this big thing? Shen Zhuo bought and sold the scientific examination questions, so there is no king's law, fortunately, the messenger has arrested him, a big scum, you just wait for him to ask for the autumn and collect the corpse for him. ”

It turned out that in the first few days of the Spring Festival, there were rumors that they could spend a lot of money to buy exam questions, which was related to the fairness of the scientific examination, and it was the most important thing for the lifters.

Just because Shen Zhuo's current residence is in Quanzhou, all the lifters in the state are implicated by him, if you want to refer to it again, you can only wait until three years later, for this matter, the dozens of lifters in Quanzhou who were returned hated Shen Zhuo very much, and the adults of the state capital who lost face were also very angry, but the will of the court has been made, and there is no room for turn.

Gu Sanniang's eyes darkened for a while, she categorically would not believe that Shen Zhuo would cheat, but Sun Juren meant, Shen Zhuo had been imprisoned, obviously he was in a worrying situation now, and she suddenly bluffed the six gods.

That Sun Juren saw that Gu Sanniang was stunned, and said again: "A woman like you is not ashamed to show her face, and she deserves to wait to be a widow again!" ”

"Xianggong, you just don't say a few words." Li rushed over, and when she saw that her man was too mean, she couldn't help but persuade her.

Sun Juren yelled at his wife: "What do you know as a woman? If it weren't for Shen Clumsy, not to mention the first-class champion, I would have been able to get one back from the fame of the Jinshi, and now I have to waste another three years, and I can be regarded as kind-hearted to scold two sentences to relieve hatred. ”

After speaking, he pointed to Li's nose and scolded: "Also, who allowed you to go out, when were you spoiled by this woman surnamed Gu, a good woman doesn't learn to focus on chastity, do you want me to take you back to your parents' house?" ”

was scolded by her husband for no reason in public, Li's face was flushed, her eyes were full of tears, and she covered her face and trotted away.

The people around were talking, Gu Sanniang only felt that her brain was wooden, at this moment she wanted to know what happened to Shen Zhuo, she didn't care about Sun Juren who stopped at the door and scolded the street, turned around and closed the shop, and then hurriedly went towards the yamen.

When they arrived at the yamen, someone recognized Gu Sanniang and shouted into the house: "Linzi, your godsister is here." ”

Qin Lin came out of the house, he saw Gu Sanniang's anxious face, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Sanniang pulled him to a place where no one was, and opened her mouth to say, "Sun Juren said that Ah Juren was arrested for cheating in the imperial examination." ”

Qin Lin was taken aback, he knew that Shen Zhuo's background was extraordinary, and the fraud in the imperial examination was a matter of great importance, how could he have anything to do with this?

"Isn't there some misunderstanding in this?"

He has been a servant in the yamen for so many years, and he thinks that he can't be wrong in looking at people, Shen Zhuo has a good character, and he doesn't look like a person who can do such things. Gu Sanniang told Qin Lin what Sun Juren heard there, Qin Lin pondered for a moment, their county is far away from the capital, and the yamen has not heard of this, but what Sun Juren said is good, and he can't tell the truth for a while, he said: "Don't panic first, I'll pay attention to it for the past two days, and I'll tell you when I have a good letter." ”

Gu Sanniang had no other way, the only news came from Sun Juren, and she could only wait for Qin Lin to help her inquire.

Within two days, there were rumors in the county that Quanzhou Juzi was returned, and when Sun Juren came to the door to make trouble that day, many people saw it, and everyone was rumored that the initiator was Shen Zhuo, and the big guy heard that Shen Zhuo was Gu Sanniang's man, and even the business in the shop was much less.

Don't patronize Sanniang, an adult, who was instructed by others when he went out, even Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er were squeezed out by the children of other families, Gu Sanniang went home this day, and saw that Yu Ge'er and Xiao Yezi's faces were broken, and when he asked, he learned that someone said bad things about Shen Zhuo, Yu Ge'er was angry, and he had a fight with someone, Xiao Yezi helped Yu Ge'er, but the family was powerful, and his sister and brother still suffered a loss.

Gu Sanniang was angry and painful, but the children were fighting, and she didn't have much to say as an adult, Aunt Qin found abrasion medicine from the house, and scolded non-stop, Gu Sanniang cleaned the wounds of the two children without saying a word, and at this moment, Qin Lin came back from outside.

Gu Sanniang looked at him hesitantly, and immediately had a bad premonition in her heart, she asked, "Isn't there any news?" ”

Qin Lin nodded, and Aunt Qin hurriedly said, "Is it Brother Yu'er and his father?" ”

Brother Yu also looked at Qin Lin expectantly, Qin Lin shook his head and said: "I read the official document of the Yamen, and there is no doubt that his name, place of origin and age are him. ”

As soon as he said this, Gu Sanniang's face instantly turned pale, and after a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "Godmother, I have to go to Beijing." ”