Chapter 33: Denial
The typo was corrected, and it was changed today
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When she heard the news, Chen Baniang was having breakfast, she threw down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and ran to her grandfather's house.
"The master is here." The maid in the courtyard hurriedly stopped her and whispered.
Chen Bainiang pushed her away and walked forward, the door of the house was open, and you could see that the old lady Chen was talking to Chen Shao inside, and there were also a few stewards sitting.
“… These, and these... It's all taken and sold..."Old Lady Chen said, pushing the few deeds in front of him.
"Father, this is your private property, how can you be sold by your son?" Chen Shao said.
"Although it is said to be my private property, but in the end it was bought at a lower price than the market price, and it is all my fault, I want you brothers to move to the capital, and I am in a hurry to buy it." Old Lady Chen said.
"But I hadn't entered Beijing at that time, and this matter had nothing to do with my father, and I blamed me for humiliating my father." Chen Shao leaned over and kowtowed.
"How can I blame you? It's my fault for being negligent. Old lady Chen said, "The imperial history is a rumor, the true and the false are just for the sake of debate, who cares about the facts." ”
Chen Shao's choked self-blame in the room continued, Chen Bainiang couldn't listen to it anymore, raised her hand to wipe her tears, turned around and ran away.
How can you blame your grandfather, this is his money, not his father's greed.
How can you blame my father, this is the mansion that his grandfather bought before he entered Beijing.
Who is to blame? blamed his father for wanting to speak to the woman, but he was bitten by Yushi.
It's all her to blame, it's all her to blame. It's all these things that she provoked.
Didn't you say that? As long as she is willing to leave the capital. That's it.
Why wouldn't she go? Why wouldn't she go?
"Eighteen Niang, where are you going?"
Chen Danniang shouted behind him, looking at Chen Shibanniang who walked out.
Chen Banniang has already gone like the wind.
At this time, Dali Temple Cheng frowned and looked at the notice handed over by the Yushitai.
"It's also a great life-saving grace, so you're so anxious to ask for someone's life?" He couldn't help but say.
"The king of Hades wants people to die in the third watch, who dares to stay until the fifth watch." The subordinate said, "My lord, let's sign it." ”
This ghost sentence can be so cruel to even the life-saving benefactor, they can't be guilty of hitting the bad head.
Don't you see that even the dignified Chen Xianggong was embarrassed and had to resign?
Dali Temple Cheng nodded.
"Bring someone." He said.
The subordinate responded by turning around and leaving.
"Go slower." Sicheng said again. "Anyway, An'an finished eating."
The subordinate laughed.
"Compared with the ghost judge, you are a bodhisattva." He laughed and bowed out.
"In the end, it is an immortal disciple, leave a line for everything, and see each other in the future, you don't have to do it too much." Si Cheng muttered.
Although Dali Temple had the intention to relax, Cheng Jiaoniang's meal was still disturbed.
There was a knock on the door, and the porter opened it, and before he could ask who it was, a woman wrapped in a cloak and hooded rushed in.
"What are you doing? Who are you? The porter shouted.
Because it was a woman, she didn't dare to force it. Mistakenly, Chen Banniang broke in, but the next moment with his shout. The two guards sitting in the porter rushed out.
They didn't care if they were men or women, and they reached out and grabbed them unceremoniously.
Chen Banniang's screams rang out in the courtyard.
This made the people in the family stand up, Huang held the child, and even Cheng Jianniang came out.
"Mrs. Chen, what are you..."Ban Qin hurriedly asked.
The two guards glanced at Cheng Jianniang, and then let go of their hands and stood aside, but their eyes were still firmly fixed on Chen Banniang.
Chen Banniang angrily stretched out her hand and threw off her hood and looked at Cheng Jianniang.
"Why won't you go?" She asked, "Don't you know that you avoid its edge and keep your eyes open?" ”
Another one to accuse the lady ....
The maidservant was busy with the business of the three shops, and was often away from home, Banqin's eyes were red, and she was extremely resentful that she couldn't speak.
"Do you know how many people you're going to hurt right now?" Chen Bainiang also said with tears in her eyes, "Do you know that my father was also impeached for you, and my grandfather was insulted..."
Before she finished her words, Cheng Jianniang shook her head and interrupted.
"That's not because of me, it's not about me." She said.
Chen Banniang bit her lower lip, angry and about to cry.
"Cheng Jianniang, you are really ruthless." She said.
"This lady."
Huang looked left and right, handed the child to the girl, stepped forward boldly, and said in a trembling voice.
"If you're a guest, then please sit down and talk, if you're here to quarrel, then please go back."
"I didn't talk to you." Chen Banniang said, her eyes did not leave Cheng Jianniang.
"But you're talking from my house." Huang's temper also came up, and he said in a louder voice.
Chen Banniang looked at her and raised her hand to wipe her tears.
"Quarrel." She laughed again, "I don't dare to quarrel with her, I just don't understand what you're going to do?" ”
"You don't have to understand." Cheng Jianniang said, looking out the door, "It's enough for me to understand it myself." ”
Banqin also looked out the door, and her expression changed suddenly.
Chen Bainiang subconsciously turned around and saw a few poor people standing in front of the door.
"But Mrs. Cheng?" The messenger stood in front of the door and asked with a kind and respectful attitude, "We are from Dali Temple." ”
Chen Banniang turned her head to look at Cheng Jianniang again.
"Lady." Banqin reached out and grabbed Cheng Jianniang's arm, and tears welled up.
So, have you finally waited?
"Is it questioning, or is it going to be jailed?" Chen Baniang stepped forward and asked.
"Well, it depends on how the question goes." The messenger replied respectfully.
"Can you stay with your family?" Huang asked in a trembling voice.
"This natural energy, as long as you don't go to church, you can do it." The messenger said with a smile, laughing and hurriedly putting it away.
Although laughter can express one's friendliness. But they are the poor people of Dali Temple. Laughter makes people even more unhappy.
"No need sister-in-law." Cheng Jianniang said. "Banqin and I can go."
Huang looked at her, stroking the hand in front of him and trembling slightly.
"You can go and talk to your brother." Cheng Jianniang said again.
Huang's response was.
"Sister, you, don't be afraid." She said in a trembling voice.
I don't know who is more afraid of this...
The messenger on the side muttered in his heart, and looked at this Cheng Niangzi with a little admiration again.
Sure enough, he is worthy of being an immortal disciple, an alien master, looking at the light and breezy demeanor...
"I'm not afraid." Cheng Jianniang said with a slight smile, turned around and took a step first.
"Cheng Jianniang!"
Chen Banniang chased a few steps and shouted.
Cheng Jianniang glanced back at her. Without speaking, he turned around and went out.
Surrounded by messengers, a horse-drawn carriage drove through the street.
The streets after the snow were extremely cold, and even though he was wrapped in a thick cloak, Han Wonchao, who had been standing at the door since dawn, was already numb from the cold.
Watching the carriage pass by, he couldn't help but step forward, and his legs and feet staggered.
"Childe." The little guy quickly held on.
Han Yuanchao helped him to stand firm, seeing that the carriage had gone away, the young man's thick brows in the cold wind were even tighter, and his hands in his sleeves were clenched tightly.
"I can't change my mind to conform to the vulgar, and I will end up in sorrow and poverty." He groaned slowly.
He smiled bitterly again.
Unexpectedly, Qu Yuan's words turned out to be something he felt when facing a woman.
And at the same time. There was a burst of laughter in King Qing's mansion.
The snow in the open space in the backyard had not been cleared, and King Qing was running and laughing at this time.
"Your Highness. Your Highness. A chamberlain hurriedly came over and shouted as he looked at the King of Jin'an, who was only wearing a cotton robe.
A layer of fine sweat on his head, his sleeves rolled up, and the king of Jin'an, who had exposed half of his strong arms in the winter, turned around with a smile.
"Cheng Niangzi has arrived at Dali Temple." The chamberlain said.
King Jin'an smiled.
"Then we'll have a good show this time." He smiled, turned around after laughing, and continued to look at King Qing.
The chamberlain took a few steps back, only to see the straight back of the county king, not the stagnant smile on his face.
It's endless, it's endless, what's the way, life is like this.
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Shaoqing of Dali Temple sighed in his heart.
It's bad luck.
He said again in his heart.
The official had already finished reading the question slowly, looking at the woman standing under the hall, he could only clear his throat, and scolded Sicheng and Yushitai a few times again in his heart.
This is not because of Zhengqing, when he encounters something tricky, he has to come out to deal with it.
"Cheng's family, can you admit the guilt of Lord Cheng Feng in the Shicai Imperial History?" He asked.
Cheng Jianniang shook her head.
"The people don't recognize it." She said.
"But Lord Feng said that you admitted to doing these things." Shaoqing asked.
"Yes, I have done these things, but the speaker has no intention, the listener has the intention, the actor has no intention, and the viewer has the intention." Cheng Jianniang said.
What does it mean that the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, the doer has no intention, and the viewer has an intention?
Shaoqing frowned.
"I do things just for what I want to do, and it's just what I do, as for what others think of me, that's not something I can control, what they think has nothing to do with me." Cheng Jianniang continued, "My lord, Cheng admitted that he had done these things, but he did not admit Feng Zhongcheng's accusations. ”
Is that admit it or not?
Therefore, it is troublesome to say that this case is tried, so let's try it slowly.
The thought flashed in Shaoqing's heart, and he was about to raise the shocking wood in front of him.
"Your Excellency." A scribe behind him coughed lightly, "The people from the Imperial Observatory are here." ”
In the back hall, Shaoqing looked at the coming Yushi and frowned.
"What do you say? Want it today? He shouted in a raised voice.
"Lord Zhongcheng is going to make a decision today." This imperial history said with a straight face.
"Now? Today? Shaoqing took a few steps back and forth, "What are you kidding?" How can it be so easy to judge? ”
"Lord Zhongcheng said that this case is easy to try, let her admit it, decide, and send her home." Yu Shi Muran said.
Send her home?
Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, and then understood.
The prison of Dali Temple is not as good as the Yushitai, and it is the officials who are investigating over there.
A woman's family coming to Dali Temple is enough to be ruined. Not to mention another jail.
It seems that this ghost judge still has some human feelings. In the end, I still remember that this is a benefactor.
But. No matter how you look at this kind of kindness, it's more like a cat crying mouse.
"You said let her recognize her!" Shaoqing snorted, brushed his sleeves and turned to the hall, "Wait." ”。
At this time, in the crossbow courtyard, the Huang family was already impatiently waiting, and finally saw Fan Jianglin walking out.
"What are you doing? Hurry up, my sister has been taken to Dali Temple. Huang said urgently.
Fan Jianglin nodded.
"Have you already taken it?" He asked.
Huang nodded, urging him to go.
"Wait a minute. I just caught a big case yesterday, and I'll deal with it first. Fan Jianglin said.
Huang was stunned, and then became furious.
"You're confused! I haven't been home for so many days, what are you busy with? ”
The tyrannical temper of the northwest woman, who was hidden in the unfamiliar environment of the capital, finally broke out, and she reached out and grabbed Fan Jianglin's arm.
"Is my sister's case important, or is your bullshit case here!"
The people outside the foyer suddenly laughed and hurriedly turned their heads to avoid.
"My sister is important, my sister is important." Fan Jianglin said slightly embarrassed, while pulling away his wife's hand, "I'll be fine, this will be fine." ”
After he finished speaking, he walked away as if he were running away.
The angry Huang stomped his feet in the hall.
"Your Excellency, go quickly. Here we are. ”
Outside the official hall, the soldiers who followed Fan Jianglin walked quickly said.
Fan Jianglin's face was gloomy.
"How's that? Heavy weapons, no child's play. He said, and as he spoke, the group had arrived in the backyard of the Bow and Crossbow Courtyard.
There were already several people standing here, surrounding two men who were bound and kneeling on the ground.
"Li Mao!"
Fan Jianglin walked up quickly, and with great anger, he raised his foot and kicked one of the men to the ground.
"Speak quickly!" He yelled.
This movement startled the people around him.
"What's wrong, my lord?" Someone asked in a low voice, "Was it okay just now?" Interrogating prisoners is like a homely affair. ”
"Mrs. Fan is here, and something happened at home." The person who came with him whispered.
My colleague exchanged a look of "you understand me", and everyone was stunned.
I can't see it, this Fan Junjian is still afraid.
"Speak quickly!" Everyone shouted.
The man who fell to the ground was pulled up again, although his beard was scruffy and his face was haggard, he could still recognize it as Li Mao, the former city gate official.
"I'm just borrowing a cannon truck." He said.
"Borrow?" A military general shouted, "What are you?" Dare to borrow weapons? ”
"I'm nothing..."Li Mao lowered his head and laughed to himself.
In the past, when he was a prison officer, he didn't treat him as a thing, but now he is not a thing because he was pushed out because his house was on fire and he lost his official body.
Before he finished his words, he was kicked off again by Fan Jianglin.
"Borrowed? Are you lying to children? Say, are you a spy of the Western Thief and Northern Liao? He shouted.
Li Mao raised his head and shook his head violently.
"My lord, my lord, I'm not." He hurriedly shouted.
"Isn't it?" Fan Jianglin picked him up, dragged him to the side, and stood in front of a broken artillery truck, "Then why did you dismantle the catapult?" Do you want to disperse and transport out of the city, or do you have to learn the tricks and tricks? ”
Li Mao shook his head again and again.
"My lord, it wasn't dismantled, it was destroyed when I was testing the shells." He said.
Fan Jianglin sneered, and his eyes fell on a still intact trebuchet on the side, which seemed to be a trebuchet and didn't, with a black stone bullet stuffed into its upper barrel.
"This?" He asked, "You mean that the stone projectile smashed the trebuchet?" ”
Li Mao nodded.
"Yes, yes." He said, and before the words fell, he was kicked again by Fan Jianglin.
"Are you a three-year-old or a fool who hasn't been to the battlefield?" Fan Jianglin shouted, "How can a stone bullet self-destruct a catapult!" ”
"My lord, my lord, this stone bullet of mine is different from the previous stone bullet." Li Mao hurriedly said, while struggling to get up, standing in front of the catapult, "This one of mine is ignited, it will explode, there is a very strong urging force, the catapult is too scattered to withstand it..."
Fan Jianglin frowned.
"Ignite? Can stone bullets still ignite? He asked, his eyes falling on the stone bullet, "How to ignite?" ”
Li Mao hurriedly stepped forward, his hands tied behind his back, and he could only use his shoulders to show him.
"Here." He said.
Fan Jianglin frowned, reached out and took out a fire twister, shook it casually, and lit a fire.
"How about igniting?" He asked, reaching out and lighting the fuse that Li Mao was pointing.
His movements were so fast that Li Mao didn't even react, and when he saw the fire twist, the lead had already stabbed and flashed and disappeared into it.
"Don't, sir!"
Li Mao shouted.
At the same time, a loud bang rang out on the ground of the bow and crossbow courtyard.
In Dali Temple, Shaoqing continued to interrogate Cheng Jianniang with a little impatience.
"Cheng, do you admit guilt!" He raised his eyebrows and shouted, slapping the shocking wood in his hand hard.
The startled wood landed on several cases with a loud bang.
Shaoqing only felt that his ears were buzzing, and the ground under his feet shook violently.
"My lord, the ground has moved!"
The loyal Xu official grabbed Shaoqing and dragged him out, and everyone in the hall immediately rushed out, including Yu Shi and others who were hiding in the back hall.
Standing outside the hall, the roar in his ears had dissipated, the ground was as calm as usual, and a group of people stood and looked at each other with panicked expressions.
What's wrong?
"Oh, where's that Cheng Niang?"
I don't know which one said, everyone looked around, but saw that the woman was still standing in the hall, and the little girl who was standing outside the hall had already rushed in and stood beside the woman.
One mile and one outside, one bright and one dark, there are many people and few people, and the two are opposite.
"I plead not guilty." Cheng Jianniang looked at Shaoqing outside the door and replied seriously. (To be continued......)