Jingguo Lin'an County, Lin Mansion was one of the largest households, the ancestors followed Emperor Taizu to raise troops, and the later officials worshiped the Governor of Huatong Mansion, and sealed the county uncle, which can be regarded as a family of generals, but the descendants have few talents, although they inherited the ancestors to train in the army, but did not do much, and finally even the hereditary county uncle was withdrawn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The lintel decayed.

After nightfall, the lady routinely bathed and changed her clothes after dinner, untied the complicated golden hairpin and jade, wore only plain robes, went to the ancestral hall to recite scriptures and worship the Buddha, and knocked on the wooden fish for half an hour. Finally, he got up and took a handful of incense, rested it on the incense candle, and prepared to offer incense to the ancestral tablet.

"The ancestors of the Lin family are all ancestors, and fortune blesses future generations to prosper."

The lady has a word, and the old woman who is waiting on the side does not interfere, and the lady must do it herself, and never let her subordinates do it for her.

"The lord has a spirit in the sky, and he blesses Dalang to become famous and has a bright future. Erlang is safe and sound, and the night is not close to yin and evil. ”

After the lady lit the incense, she shook her elbow and shook off the flame, and then respectfully inserted it into the incense burner and bowed three times to the cigarette.

"I also bless Saburo with good manners and virtues, and bow down to filial piety."

The old woman walked out of the ancestral hall with her wife, who was close to the age of destiny, and this woman was two years younger than her, but she looked much older, wrinkled and ravine, withered and white, unlike Mrs. with a smooth face, and only a few strands of silver and white hair.

"If the lord knows that Madame, you don't forget to pray for the third young master, you will definitely praise you for your virtue and virtue again."

The lady listened to the flattery of the old woman and was very useful.

"The children and grandchildren are not filial, the elders have no way to discipline them, and San Lang has a wild temperament, but I, a mother, can't ignore him."

"It's still the lady who is tolerant and generous, and the third young master is rebellious and doesn't understand your good intentions."

Mrs. stopped talking, just out of the threshold of the ancestral hall, but saw the little girl running by, she looked up, she wanted to pretend not to see, only buried her head and wanted to escape, but was stopped by the old woman.

"Angelica Angelica! What are you doing in a panic? Is this court a place for you to sow wild? Are there any rules? Madame likes to be quiet, and if you frighten Madame, it is not too much to beat you to death! ”

Hong Zhi hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "Hong Zhi was in a hurry to help the young lady on an errand, and accidentally bumped into the lady, please forgive the lady." ”

Madame frowned slightly, there are so many maids and servants in the house, and this Hongzhi is by the side of Lin Erlang's daughter-in-law Shen. The old woman caught a glimpse of Madame's expression, and probably guessed that Madame was a little dissatisfied with the title of "young lady".

"You girl don't fiddle with some cleverness, if Madam is angry, the Shen family can't protect you! Tell me quickly, what urgent matter are you doing for the Shen family? ”

Hongzhi knelt on the ground, some fine sweat broke out on her forehead, and she didn't dare to look up at Madame's face, Madame was not old and faint, and there was a commotion in the house, and the matter couldn't be hidden, so Hongzhi gritted her teeth and was simply honest.

"Madame dismissed a lot of servants a few days ago, and there were not enough people in the house, so the young lady asked Mei Xueyan to ...... received more light work, so she was asked to clean the yard, but she said that she was sick and lazy, and she had a quarrel in the morning, and the young lady accidentally pushed her, but she didn't expect her to faint...... Passed out. ”

When Hongzhi said the three words "Mei Xueyan", her heart sank.

The rules of the Lin Mansion are respectful and strict, Mei Xueyan is just a child daughter-in-law who was begged for Lin Sanlang ten years ago, and her status is low, the Shen family only calls her as a maid, and even their subordinates call her by her name, but after all, it is private, the master and servant are different, and Hongzhi doesn't know if Mrs. will be angry.

Even the old woman on the side knew that what this girl said was not true, Mei Xueyan had been disciplined by the Shen family since she was a child, beating and scolding was indispensable, and the Shen family also assigned her heavy work, the so-called quarrel, accidentally pushed down, it is estimated that it was another beating, thinking that Mei Xueyan was really sick, plus she had suffered from hunger and cold since she was a child, and she suffered from loss of qi and blood, so she let Shen beat her to death.

The old woman was silent, what Mrs. thought was Madame's business, she had served in the Lin Mansion for so many years, and she had already made it clear what to say and what to do.

Madame pondered for a moment, this girl was so cunning that she could not believe it at all.

"You asked Shen to come to the study, and I asked her personally!"

After a while, the lady was sitting in the study, since the old man of the Lin family died, the study was not used much, and the books displayed in it had not even been touched for more than ten years, and they would be full of dust if they were not cleaned for a long time. Madame rarely comes to the study on weekdays, at most to check the account books and the like.

The old woman made a pot of tea next to her to warm up her body, and then went to the kitchen to bring a pot of charcoal.

The master and servant of the Shen family knelt on the ground, and the Zhu Hai and Cuicui on Shen's head did not have time to be removed, and the gold lotus earrings almost hung down to her neck, and she straightened her neck to meet her wife's eyes, and her phoenix eyes were raised.

"My mother called me over because I shouldn't have reprimanded Mei Xueyan?"

Shen asked lightly.

Madame was a little displeased with her arrogance, but it was not excessive, and she was quite respectful to her.

"Mei Xueyan was still old when she entered the door, I handed her over to you to teach her, Su Ri is stricter, the child is not sensible and should be disciplined, I was too conniving with San Lang back then, so that he does not understand human ethics and filial piety until now, and he has no home...... But you shouldn't do it. ”

Shen breathed a sigh of relief, his wife didn't treat Mei Xueyan very well, she hadn't even given her a name for so many years, and it was estimated that she would not be able to become Lin Sanlang's wife in the future, and she wouldn't even be considered a concubine, so what was the difference between her identity and her subordinates?

A human life is only exchanged for the wife's sentence "should not be done".

"Mother is a lesson." Shen said softly, "Mei Xueyan said that she was sick half a month ago, and she has been hiding in the small courtyard, and I urged her to clean up when I saw that the house was almost deserted, but I didn't expect her to contradict me, after all, I am Erlang's wife, she is just a child daughter-in-law is so rude, I think that the Lin Mansion can't have no rules, and she is dizzy to practice family law." ”

The old woman paused, opened her mouth and said, "You can report this matter to Mrs. and let Mrs. deal with it according to the family law." ”

Shen's face changed slightly, this old woman was reminding her that the Lin Mansion was a lady's master, and she was just a daughter-in-law and was not qualified to practice family law.

"Mother, I know that you are the most important courtesy, and I am also impulsive, I really shouldn't." Shen lowered his head and said, "My daughter-in-law didn't think about it, I didn't expect her Mei Xueyan to be so delicate, just bumping it and falling down." ”

Madame didn't expect Shen to be so bold and beat people to death.

Hongzhi knelt down and said: "Madam, later I suggested that the body be secretly dragged to the outskirts of the city to be buried, if you want to punish me." ”

Shen also helped: "Mei Xueyan has been sick for a few days, I'm afraid that her body is not clean, what if the Lin Mansion is infected with her epidemic?" I'll just do it, my mother is the mother of the Lin family, but I can't be contaminated with bad luck, so I promised the idea of Hongzhi......"

Madame was shocked, but she couldn't help sneering, this master and servant sang and harmonized, and shirked the responsibility completely. Shen was afraid of contracting the epidemic, obviously because she was afraid of being chewed on her tongue, so she buried the corpse in front of people's eyes, which is also wise.

"You go and bury the body, but anyone will see it?"

Madam asked sternly, it doesn't matter if Mei Xueyan dies, but if it is known that Lin Mansion has died, she will inevitably be pointed at and damage her reputation.

"No one ......," Hongzhi said weakly, "But Mrs. Chen, who is not long-eyed, heard that the master was dead, so she actually rushed to the mass grave crying and crying, and carried the body back, saying that she still had breath and wanted to save people!" The slave was just about to rush over......"

Madame's face pulled down completely.

No matter if you are dead or alive, you can't let outsiders see it, otherwise you won't know what to say to slander the Lin family! Even if the Shen family kills people, how can this Mrs. Chen still carry people back? Isn't this crying and crying all about it in Lin'an County?

"Bastard thing!"

Madame was so angry that her face turned a little blue, her chest rose and fell, and she didn't know who she was scolding.

"Where are the people now?"

Shen muttered, "It's in the backyard room." ”

Madame stood up a little dizzy, hurriedly held on to the handle of the seat, and said in a sullen voice, "Come with me to the backyard to have a look!" ”

The backyard of the Lin Mansion was deserted, no one had repaired it for a long time, and the lady was not willing to spend that money, only a small wooden house that was originally used to store miscellaneous items. Mei Xueyan's identity seemed to be invisible in the Lin Mansion, and the lady placed her in this wooden house.

At this moment, several maids and women were standing outside and discussing, and when they saw that it was their wife, they hurriedly scattered and ran away.

Madame pushed the door in, Mei Xueyan was lying on the small bed, the quilt was tightly covered, only a small sallow face was revealed, and her breath was weak.

Mrs. Chen, who was taking care of her, turned around and saw Madame, pounced and kowtowed and shouted, "Madam! My lady still has breath, please be merciful and let people go to the pharmacy to grab some medicine! She's still alive, it's human life, you can't leave it alone! ”

"What are you clamoring about? Isn't there still a breath of air? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Chen was like crazy, Mrs. covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and withdrew from the hut in disgust before daring to breathe, as if she would be infected in a moment inside.

"Since you haven't died, you can't tell others the truth, Mrs. Wang, you go and get some silver taels and invite Lang Zhong to treat the disease!"

After speaking, he slapped Shen Shi fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "You also give me a stop, what kind of work do you let her do when everyone is sick like this?" Is there no girl in the house? ”

Shen was unwilling, but he also lowered his eyebrows and said, "My daughter-in-law knows that she is wrong." ”

The lady brushed her sleeves and left, and the princess hurriedly followed, went to the account room to pay the money, and hesitated for a while.

I'm afraid that the notoriety of the Shen family will spread out, it doesn't matter if Mei Xueyan is dead or alive, but no one can accuse Mrs. of being unkind. Mrs. Wang rang several big pharmacies and medical centers in the county town at night, and there was a lot of uproar on the street, and it took more than an hour to invite Lang Zhong here.

Outsiders are naturally full of praise, saying that the daughter-in-law of the Lin family is sick, and the housemother, Mrs. Lin, seeks medical treatment overnight, which shows that she is kind-hearted.