Zhao Jinling's heart was cold and painful, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, he turned his head to look at the familiar furnishings in the house, in addition to investigating the matter of Lianniang, he had been living a muddy life these days. Even though I live in this house, I haven't looked at the interior as seriously as I do today.

It's just that whenever I look at the familiar scene in this house, I will remember what Lian Niang has done here, and my heart will ache.

But he was reluctant to leave, just because there was still a light breath of Lianniang here.

His eyes fell on the sewing basket placed on the bed under the window, and Zhao Jinling walked over and saw that the top was a half-made turquoise moire summer robe.

Zhao Jinling took it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then compared it to himself, the fine stitches, the delicate embroidery, the style is also very novel and good-looking, the material is light and cool, and it is just right to wear in the summer. Thinking of the scene when Lian Niang made clothes for herself, how sweet she used to be, how much pain now, if it weren't for these days, he would have regained his composure, and he couldn't wait to kill those who hurt Lian Niang on the spot.

When Aunt Xiu heard that Huan'er was back, a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said in her heart, Miss Biao thought that she was under her control, and she had no way to do it, so she could only let her fall, and she really took everyone else for a fool.

If you don't have some means, you can't get out of the palace safely. Besides, it is not for nothing that she has managed the backyard for so many years, and she doesn't care about the things in the house, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't know anything, how much did she and Steward Zhang in the front yard do to harm Aunt Lian?

Just by holding on to the fact that she and the housekeeper conspired to kill Aunt Lian this time, she can never turn over again, even what about the wife who has not entered the door, even if she enters the door, Hou Ye wants to know that her top heart was killed by her, can she be good with her? Aunt Xiu sneered secretly.

The next day, Zhao Jinling sat in the study, his eyes stared at the housekeeper kneeling on the ground, the housekeeper's heart trembled, when Qingshan went to call him, he felt that it was not good, but to explore the wind of Qingshan, Qingshan only said, "You will naturally know when you see the master." ”

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Hou Ye sitting there with a gloomy face, and when he saw himself coming in, he didn't say a word, he just stared at himself, and his gaze was tight. Steward Zhang's legs couldn't help but weaken, and his body was sweating like pulp. I heard Hou Ye again, "Lao Zhang, Ye has always been able to treat you well!" Frightened, he immediately knelt down.

Zhao Jinling looked at Steward Zhang's calm but panicked look, he was already a little sure in his heart, he couldn't say anything in his heart, how could he never have thought that his right-hand man who had been with him for many years would betray himself and hide himself to hurt his most beloved woman.

"Why? Why are you doing this? Zhao Jinling asked.

Steward Zhang looked up at Hou Ye, afraid that Hou Ye would see through his weak heart, so he only lowered his head and forced himself to calm down, "Please forgive Hou Ye, the slave doesn't understand what Hou Ye meant?" ”

"Lao Zhang, you have also followed the master for many years, and you know the temperament of the master best, there are some things that the master may turn a blind eye to, but there are some things, the master will never forgive." Zhao Jinling said coldly.

"Master Hou, the slave still doesn't understand what you mean."

Steward Zhang knew the meaning of Hou Ye's words, but what he committed was enough to make him die a thousand times and ten thousand times. If he died, who would take care of his poor little son, so he would resolutely not admit it.

Anyway, the things he did were cleaned up by himself, and Hou Ye was just a little suspicious, and he definitely couldn't find evidence. Zhao Jinling saw that the housekeeper was still stiff-mouthed at this time, and immediately laughed angrily, thinking that if he didn't admit it, wouldn't he have a way to take you? It's really dying, and I don't know it.

He glanced at Qingyun at the door of the house, and then Qingyun brought someone in.

Steward Zhang heard a weak voice shouting, "Dad." ”

Steward Zhang turned his head with a shocked face, and saw that his emaciated little son was struggling in Qingyun's hands.

His originally calm face immediately fell, his face was desperate, and he kowtowed to Zhao Jinling again and again in panic, and said in a dying struggle, "Master Hou, you spare the child!" The little one really doesn't know what mistakes he has made, and the Hou Ye wants to treat the villain like this. ”

Zhao Jinling was really going to be angry with Steward Zhang, and he was still here with a hard mouth, and couldn't help but say angrily, "Dog slave, you are really a fool, what have you done, don't you know yourself?" You still have luck in your heart, I still miss you for many years with my master, and give you a good time, but I see that you are obsessed. Don't you think that if you don't admit it, you won't be able to take you, it seems that you are still too tolerant of you in the past, and you don't take your words seriously. Okay, the master will come to talk to you and say, that day the master asked you why Lianniang left the house in a hurry, didn't you say you didn't know? And when you woke up from illness, what did you say to your grandfather, "You fooled you like a fool one by one!" I want to see how you can deceive you today.

Steward Zhang looked at the terrifying look of anger and hatred on Hou Ye's face, and then looked at his thin little son who was pinched by Qingyun's weak neck, and his face was a little tight, after all, he had followed Hou Ye for many years and understood his temperament, but he was afraid that what he would do, Hou Ye already knew it. Even if he doesn't admit it, but his youngest son is in his hands, if he really wants to use means, how can he bear to watch his youngest son suffer, not to mention how can his weak body withstand it.

That's it, I hurt Aunt Lian, who has no grudge against me, and it can be regarded as retribution.

Suddenly, Steward Zhang's originally straight back suddenly fell down, the person seemed to be ten years old, he fell on the ground and begged, "Hou Ye, the little ones are willing to confess, the little ones know that they are guilty, they have done many wrong things, they have betrayed the trust of the little ones, the little ones are not sorry to die, the little ones only ask the Hou Ye to be gracious, and spare the little family." ”

Zhao Jinling smiled coldly and said coldly, "What qualifications do you have to negotiate with your master, you just don't want to say it, can you stand it?" As for whether to spare your family or not, you have your own opinions, and you don't need to talk to you. ”

Steward Zhang suddenly collapsed on the ground, his face was pale, and his heart was as dead as ashes, if he affected his family

At this time, he really regretted that he shouldn't have used it for his youngest son and Miss Cousin, and now he has not only harmed himself but also all his family.

Steward Zhang didn't dare to hide it anymore, and told everything about himself and Lin Wanqing one by one, including how he was willing to use it for her son, and how he was lucky to think that something happened to a woman, with Hou Ye's usual romantic temperament, she would not take it seriously.

Zhao Jinling only heard half of it, and then kicked Steward Zhang away, he looked at Steward Zhang with tears in his eyes, that look wanted to tear him, he didn't expect him and Lin Wanqing, a slut, to treat himself so cruelly and viciously. He hated him, he was really in pain in his heart, and he wanted to calm the monstrous hatred and anger in his heart by breaking the corpses of these two sluts, Zhang Butler and Lin Wanqing.

He looked at Steward Zhang, who was paralyzed on the ground, crying and remorseful, and just wanted to cut him alive, how innocent his Lianniang was, to be hurt by them like that, he actually looked for a vulgar man in the countryside His eyes slowly turned blood red, and for a long time, two lines of blood and tears slowly flowed. His Lianniang must have been desperate and scared at that time, but he couldn't save her

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Qingyun saw that two lines of blood and tears flowed out of Hou Ye's eyes, and he threw down the youngest son of Steward Zhang in his hand in fright, and stepped forward to help Hou Ye.

Zhao Jinling shook off Qingyun's hand, Steward Zhang saw that Hou Ye was in such a situation, he was busy kowtowing, and soon blood appeared on his forehead, and he begged for mercy again and again, "Master, the little ones are all coerced by Miss Biao to act like this, and every qiē is Miss Cousin's idea."

"Nonsense......" Lin Wanqing, who was brought by Qingshan, held the girl's hand and just walked into the door, just when he heard this sentence, he felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell, but he tried his best to stabilize his mind, and secretly said that he should have thought of getting rid of this housekeeper at the beginning, but now he has left a trouble, it is really a useless thing, he was scared by Zhao Jinling and said everything, and now he is so angry that he has pushed it on himself, with Zhao Jinling's temper, what is good about himself.

The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, Lin Wanqing secretly gritted her teeth, and now she can only die and not admit it, thinking of this, she shook off the girl's hand, took a few steps forward and hugged Zhao Jinling and said: "Cousin Mo believes in Steward Zhang's nonsense, where would Qing'er do such a thing that is unconscionable, even if Qing'er has the heart and no courage, my cousin also knows Qing'er, you have to be the master of Qing'er, don't let this slave get away with it, what he committed himself, he actually slandered Qing'er." ”

Zhao Jinling stared at Lin Wanqing deeply, Lin Wanqing only felt a panic in her heart, Zhao Jinling's eyes were extremely terrifying, Lin Wanqing couldn't help but staggered her eyes and lowered her head, raised it again after a moment and said tremblingly: "Cousin, you must believe Qing'er." ”

Steward Zhang said hatefully, "If it weren't for Miss Cousin, you held my child's medicine in your hand and coerced the little one to do things for you, how could the little one do so many wrong things, the little one has no grudges with Aunt Lian, why do you want to hurt her, it is because you are jealous of Aunt Lian's favor, so that the little one can help deal with Aunt Lian." ”

"You, you are talking nonsense, you are framing me, cousin, cousin, you don't believe this old slave's words."

The matter is clearly in front of him, and Zhao Jinling can't help but believe it, but Zhao Jinling never expected that seeing a gentle and virtuous woman can have such courage, this series of things can really be called ruthless.

Thinking of his own Lianniang, Zhao Jinling hated it, and reached out and grabbed her hair and lifted it up: "Slut, so poisonous, the master was fooled by you, and said that you are a good person, but I don't want to be a femme fatale, the master is really blind." ”

"You killed Lianniang, or in such a vicious and cruel way, and you hurt the heirs of the master, you deserve ......to die" Zhao Jinling gritted his teeth and looked at her, the expression on his face was hideous and terrifying, eager to eat her flesh and drink her blood.

"What do you want to do, I'm not your Zhao Jinling's person yet, if you dare to do anything to me, my father will not let you go." Seeing him with such a terrifying look, Lin Shiqing was also frightened and panicked, but Zhao Jinling smiled gloomily: "What don't you do?" I don't want your life, didn't you find a few country men to insult Lianniang. Lord wants you to bear the suffering and sins that Lianniang has endured in every possible way. ”

Lin Wanqing was extremely scared, trembling, and wanted to escape, but the door of the house was guarded by Qingshan, and she saw Zhao Jinling sweeping her eyes up and down and said: "Look at your appearance like this, many men must like you, and you can't say that you can become the Oiran of Jiangzhou." ”

Lin Wanqing screamed in fright, "Cousin, you can't treat me like this, how can you explain to the old lady and my father and mother then, I am a young lady of the official family, do you think I am a concubine in your mansion?" Dare to be so casual"

Zhao Jinling had a creepy sneer on his face, "Cousin, you are a young lady from the official family, so naturally you can't just send it away, but if your cousin goes out and meets a strongman and is taken away, who can say anything?" Besides, why did your father and mother marry you to your father, they didn't ask for anything, they just knew what you had? Do they dare to come and make trouble with him? ”

Lin Wanqing screamed with a desperate face, "Zhao Jinling, you dare, if you dare to do this to me, I won't let you go" Zhao Jinling hated her to the core, and was impatient to say anything to her, so he only glanced at Qingyun, Qingyun stepped forward and slapped her on the back of the neck, and Lin Wanqing immediately fainted.

Zhao Jinling asked Qingyun to send her to the lowest brothel, and confessed, "You smuggled her in, and after explaining to the old bustard there, you said that it was given to her, but you have to make her mouth dumb, and you can't let her escape." ”

Qingyun sent to the lowest brothel in Jiangzhou City, and it was only those vulgar men who did rough work to go, and the old bustard saw that someone sent such a big beauty, so she was naturally very happy, as for the origin of this beauty, she didn't care, she just could make money for herself. There is no objection to Qingyun's request to be dumb. She is a brothel full of rough men, it doesn't matter if she can talk or not, people are here to vent.

Speaking of letting her run, don't worry, you have to know that if they want to run these brothels, it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Zhao Jinling watched Qingyun take Lin Wanqing away, his cold gaze fell on Steward Zhang again, Steward Zhang reluctantly glanced at his youngest son, and prayed in a trembling voice, "Master Hou, the little one finally begs you for the sake of the little one who has been loyal to you for many years, spare the little family, and let the little child avoid it, he is a poor child, and his health is not good, don't scare him, okay?" ”

Although Zhao Jinling hated Steward Zhang being used by Lin Wanqing, after all, he was his right-hand man who had been with him for many years, and he still had such a affection for him, but he harmed his beloved Lianniang, and he couldn't tolerate him.

But for his request, Zhao Jinling glanced at Steward Zhang's youngest son, who was trembling on the side, and felt some pity for Steward Zhang's love in his heart. He turned his face sideways and nodded. Let Qingshan take Steward Zhang's youngest son down.

Steward Zhang saw that Hou Ye agreed to his request, and without waiting for him to let him go, he raised his head and said gratefully: "Thank you Hou Ye for success, the little one is sorry for Hou Ye, and the little one will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay Hou Ye." With that, he got up and slammed into the pillar on the side of the hall, fell to the ground, and broke his head bleeding, and he was out of breath.

Zhao Jinling said to Qingyun, who had just entered the house: "Let his family come, give a hundred taels of silver, and collect him." Let his family move out again, he doesn't want to see them again. ”

The hair fell clearly, Zhao Jinling only felt that all the strength in his body was discharged, these days of tossing, it made him more and more weak, thinking of Lin Wanqing, thinking of the previous Aunt Li and the third aunt, and suddenly remembering what Lian Niang had jokingly told him before.

It was noon, and the two of them had just gotten up after taking a nap, and somehow talked about the matter of wives and concubines, Lianniang sneered and said: "Men marry three wives and four concubines and leave them in the backyard, and they are required to live in harmony, without jealousy, it is pure delusion, people will inevitably fight with each other, not to mention that these wives and concubines have a common man, even if the sisters are harmonious and peaceful on the surface, secretly it is not sure that you live or die, where will there be a time to stop." ”

When I heard it, I only thought she was jealous, hugged her and laughed a few times: "How can it taste good and tasteful, the three wives and four concubines are just to continue the incense for more children and grandchildren, and the wives and concubines are in harmony with each other in one place, where is it not good for sisters, why don't they stop?" ”

I remember that Lianniang was very unhappy when she heard it, pouted at herself, and snorted: "Of course you men like it, what's wrong with squeezing left and right to enjoy the blessings of Qi people, only suffering women, exhausting their years, only staying in this four-corner sky, fighting for a man to the death." It's just that if there are more women, will there really be more children? I don't think necessarily, this backhouse means emerge in endlessly, how many children are artificially killed or stillborn. It's just that the master has so many wives and concubines, why don't you see many sons and many blessings, and now it is empty under the knees, maybe there is some invisible selfishness here" Anyway, Lianniang babbled a lot.

At that time, I only laughed at her, and said, "You have heard so many bluffing things, and I see that there are many wives and concubines, and there are also groups of children, how can you say so many things." Lianniang said that she couldn't get annoyed, turned around and ignored him, but had an awkward quarrel with him for two days, and in the end, she still coaxed her softly to turn around.

At this time, Zhao Jinling suddenly remembered Lianniang's words, compared with his current situation, he felt that he was so reasonable, he only had a few concubines in his backyard, Aunt Li and the second aunt were restless, and then there was Lin Wanqing, the wife who had not yet married into the door, so he made a fuss, and now he saw through it and understood, in his opinion, the second aunt and Aunt Xiu in the house may not be innocent, even if they didn't do it, they were watching the fire from the other side, and wanted to make a profit.

Three women in one play, if there are a few more in her house, she will really not stop for the rest of her life, Zhao Jinling wondered if Lian Niang told herself intentionally or unintentionally at that time, she didn't want to be small, and she didn't want to have other women in the house, but because her identity was not enough, the master never thought about it.

But now, even if he wants to marry her in a sedan chair and send all the women in the house, Lianniang is no longer there, why is she gone? Since listening to Steward Zhang's confession, Zhao Jinling has realized very clearly that Lianniang is no longer there, and he can no longer deceive himself, and he is not soberly aware of this cruel fact at this moment.

As long as he thought that Lianniang was no longer in this world, Zhao Jinling felt that he couldn't do anything.

After this incident, Zhao Jinling looked down on something, and specially talked to Aunt Xiu and the second aunt, if they are willing, they can find someone for them to marry them out and live their own lives, if they still want to stay in the house, they will not be close to them from now on, which is equivalent to staying alive and widowed for a lifetime.

Aunt Xiu thought about it for a few days, and then took the dowry given by Zhao Jinling and the considerable amount of money she had saved in her hands for many years to marry, it was Zhao Jinling who deliberately found an honest man who did a small business, Aunt Xiu married in the past, and managed it properly inside and out, and the family lived a very prosperous life, and the man also loved Aunt Xiu, and soon Aunt Xiu was pregnant with a child, she only felt that such a day could be regarded as a taste of life.

(To be continued.) )