Chapter 112: Fate (5600 words)
Gu Shiren was originally a humble local farmer family, but he married a capable and eloquent daughter-in-law, so he found a decent job. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Donglai's skills are excellent, and after a beating, Gu Shiren has a blue nose and swollen face.
Qingmo just glanced at it, hung his head busily, and hid behind Qiaoyun in a cower, that shrewd and lively Qingmo was no longer goodbye.
Ruo Su flipped through the account book in his hand, raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Shiren coldly: "You are so bold!" Dare to make fake accounts! Although my father is now in Lingnan, the Bai family is not yet in charge of donkeys like you! ā
Gu Shiren's eyes were shocked, he covered his chest, one eye couldn't be opened, he still pretended to be righteous and said: "Miss, you have to speak with your conscience, the slave has worked hard for the Bai family for six years, that is to do his best, he does not dare to be sloppy at all, this account book clearly remembers the entry and exit of the account, how can you slander it out of thin air!" ā
As soon as his dim eyes rolled, he didn't believe that even Steward Pan didn't see the clues, a twelve-year-old girl who had not yet been involved in the world could see what was going on!
Ruo Su slammed the account book to the ground and said sharply: "Then you can explain to me when the tax of this dynasty has risen to twenty and six!" ā
The emperor of the dynasty was sympathetic to the people, and cut taxes for three consecutive years, and only 3 out of 20 for farming.
And the Bai family's grange demanded even less land tax from farmers.
"This.... Miss, this account book...."There is no tax marked on the account book at all, but only a few notes on the harvest and surplus money, Gu Shiren is shocked, he didn't know that Ruo Su would be so proficient in the "Zhou Ji Sutra".
"You dog minion! What else is there to say, it's really a vain to support adults! Uncle Pan was heartbroken, the silver that the Grange loses every year is Bai Qishan's money, and the adults are reluctant to buy the long-cherished lone book, and the rest of the money is used to support the expenses of the Grange, in order to feed dozens of farmers in the Grange.
"It's really a tiger to breed!" Uncle Pan then said indignantly.
"Miss Ben gives you another chance, what else do you have to say to defend yourself?" Ruo Su squinted his eyes and said fiercely.
Gu Shiren is a ruffian, and when he gets the momentum, he will be in flames, and when he gets out of the basket, his original form will be revealed, he obviously has no confidence, and said tremblingly: "Miss, slave... I can't blame the minions for this..."
Before he could finish speaking, Dong went to bring a white-haired woman in, clasped his fists and bowed, and said, "Miss, this old woman has something to say." ā
The old woman had never seen such a tender young lady from Ruosu, so she just knelt down and said, "Little... Miss, you have to call the shots for us, this day can't be lived. The old woman's eyes were full of sad tears, and she pointed at Gu Shiren with a rough cracked finger and said, "It's him!" He killed my grandson. ā
The old woman couldn't cry, Ruosu waited for a moment, and waited for her to ease down a little before asking: "The old mother has something to say, if something like this happens, my Bai family can't get rid of responsibility, you can rest assured that it is." ā
Ruosu gave the old woman a reassuring pill, and gave Donglai a look, Donglai immediately put a foot on Gu Shiren's knee, forced him to kneel on the ground, and let Qiaoyun help the old woman get up.
No matter how stupid the old woman is, she can also perceive the contrast between Gu Shiren's front and back, where is the shadow of the bully now?
"This year's sun is very tight, the villagers can't bear it, my grandson is a filial child, in order to go to the ground for me, an old woman, I was forced to work day and night by Gu Shiren...."
The old woman said intermittently, and Ruosu knew the reason.
Gu Shiren took the chicken feather as an arrow, and he had reached the point of squeezing the peasant family on the surface, so he exhausted the old woman's grandson alive.
"Gu Shiren, are you guilty? When did my Bai family increase the ground rent? Who gave you this right to wantonly oppress the peasant family? This life should be on the back! "Coupled with the damage to Qingmo, you have to give him some punishment.
"Miss, so Aqing will be saved." Uncle Pan said happily.
But how could the people of the yamen arrest an irrelevant person for no reason?
Ruo Su thought for a moment and instructed Donglai: "Go and put away the evidence of Gu Shiren's private seizure of the Bai family's land rent, and Miss Ben will take him to see the official." ā
At the mention of the word "official", Gu Shiren was not much afraid, but hesitated for a moment and raised his eyebrows and said: "Miss, for the sake of Lord Bai, today's matter is written off, and I, Gu Shiren, am not in vain." "He doesn't even bother to call himself a 'minion', how conceited is this?
Uncle Pan whispered in Ruosu's ear: "His mother-in-law is the cousin of the county Cheng. ā
I see!
The cousin of a county also dares to come out and say something!
It's really a strong dragon that can't overpower the head snake.
However, since she has decided not to take the usual path, there is no need to be fair with these people who have lost their conscience and morality.
Fairness is only for those who have the power.
Ruosu noticed Qingmo's eyes, full of fear, the intersection of horror and humiliation.
She has today's changes, and she has an inseparable relationship with herself, if she hadn't offended Qiao Ruowan because of herself, how could she have been sold.
"Uncle Pan, pass on my will, from now on, the land tax of the Bai Family Grange will be reduced to 10%, and the rent will not be increased within three years, and Gu Shiren will never be used again." It's just that it's too cheap for him.
The old woman wiped her tears with her sleeves and knelt down towards Ruosu again: "Lord Bai is the master of Qingtian, if it weren't for Gu Shiren, a beast who got in the way, the villagers wouldn't have misunderstood Lord Bai." The old woman thought that Ruosu's meaning was Bai Qishan's meaning.
"Old mother, don't be polite, it's my Bai family who is too negligent, which makes you suffer." Ruosu said with relief.
Uncle Pan hung his head with shame on his face, and sighed one after another: "It's all the old slave's fault." "He used to be an authentic farmer, but he was really not proficient in the account book, and Gu Shiren was very treacherous, which also led to his way.
"I don't want to do it yet! There is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay! Gu Shiren smelled the smell of danger, and wanted to leave.
Ruosu shouted: "I want to go!" Come east, if he dares to take another step, he will break his leg for me! "It's obvious that Aqing is a black pot, if you don't hold him, how can you put Aqing in the yamen.
Since the other party is insidious, then she can only use her own body to govern her way.
The sky is vast, her father is not in Beijing, and she has no power or power, so it can only be so.
"Spread the news that Gu Shiren offended the Bai family, and remember that he cheated the land tax." Ruosu went to the east and commanded.
The county government is only a little more than an hour away from Baijia Grange, and it goes east to ride a horse, and it reaches the ears of the county order in less than an hour.
The county commander also wanted to follow the county Cheng to get some benefits from Gu Shiren, but the deeds of Miss Bai were spread all over the place, and she even dared to kill Cao Guiqian, even the commander of Wenda became a pawn for her to use, not to mention the Xigong token in Ruosu's hand, he was a seven-grade sesame official who really wanted to weigh his actions.
Sure enough, it was ten minutes after dusk, and Aqing returned to the grange safely, it was not the first time he had seen Ruosu, but that time Ruosu was only a little big baby, and when he learned that it was the young lady who saved him, Aqing kowtowed a few times before getting up.
"Now I can always go." Gu Shiren's voice lowered several tones.
Ruo Su didn't say anything, and didn't look at him, Qiaoyun fanned her with a puff fan, Qingmo was very diligent, and served her tea and beat her legs.
Ruosu understood that this was her way of expressing gratitude, or that she wanted to prove that she was useful so that Ruosu would not abandon her.
Gu Shiren couldn't get a reply, and he was even more worried in his heart, even if his cousin-in-law couldn't do anything, he naturally couldn't do anything, so he said: "The deed of sale is in the cabinet, this is the key." "He knew each other and knew how to bargain.
Ruo Su sneered: "Even if you have a deed of sale, I still have to take what I should take away!" ā
Donglai snatched the brass key, and after a while, he searched for Qingmo's deed of sale, and Ruosu tore it up in front of Gu Shiren.
Gu Shiren was completely stunned, he boasted that he deceived good and feared evil, and he was defeated by a little girl: "You... You! He was so angry that his fat head was sweating.
After the half-pillar incense kung fu, Uncle Pan entered the house and said, "Miss, everything has been explained, the old slave will send you back." ā
The affairs of the Grange were finally taken care of by Ah Qing for the time being, he was a very trustworthy person for Uncle Pan, and before Ruo Su left, Ah Qing knelt down and kowtowed a few times.
Lord Bai saved him once, and now Miss has saved him again, and the kindness of the Bai family is not over in his life.
Ruosu's carriage could accommodate up to six people, and she let Qingmo get into the carriage as well, but Qingmo hesitated at first, as if she was afraid of soiling the carriage.
However, Qiaoyun was very sympathetic to her plight and pulled her into the carriage.
Wang Shiren's hands were tied, and he rode a horse from the east to lead the way.
Qingmo saw this scene, and the hatred in his eyes did not diminish slightly.
The carriage was stocked with melons and fruits brought from the grange, but there was no shortage of food.
Ruosu knew that Qingmo was illiterate, and he couldn't call her name in front of her, after all, Bai Ruosu shouldn't know her.
"If you can't speak, you'll be called Qiaoqing in the future." Ruosu said lightly.
Qiao Qing's eyes were full of gratitude, and she nodded again and again.
Along the way, she drooped her face, she thought that this life was ruined, and she was just waiting for death by Gu Shiren's side.
No! It's worse than death.
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When the carriage returned to the station, it was already the middle of the moon.
"Miss, it's getting late, I can only go back home tomorrow." Uncle Pan bowed and said, and then took the two mothers-in-law to choose a clean guest room first, and then turned back to pick up Ruosu after cleaning.
Gu Shiren was originally full of fat intestines, but he was tired of crawling the ground as a dog along the way, seeing that there were many people at the post station, and there were traders coming and going, and this place was not far from the feet of the Son of Heaven, maybe there were plainclothes brocade guards.
He looked for an opportunity and complained and screamed: "Which master saves me, there is no royal law!" This Miss Bai family relies on someone to support her, and she doesn't treat ordinary people like me as human beings at all, which kind person can do it conveniently and save me, there is still an eighty-year-old mother in the family, and a three-year-old child below..."
As he spoke, he sang bitterly, and simply sat on the ground.
A ruffian is a ruffian!
No matter how good the silk is, it still can't change the despicable nature!
"Shut up!" Donglai shouted, pulling the rope that bound Gu Shiren.
Gu Shiren's plea for help undoubtedly exposed Ruosu's identity.
Miss Bai Family!
The so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, this little girl can be regarded as 'famous' recently.
The guests couldn't help but cast their inquiring eyes outside the inn.
The sound of discussion for a while covered up the wine talk.
"She is the girl of the Bai family, she is really a villain, I don't know who will offend her?"
"Look at this posture, it's really a means."
"Tsk... In the future, I don't know whose son-in-law dares to marry such a girl, Lord Bai is an official and modest, and he actually gave birth to such a daughter who has a lot of ghost ideas and is bold. ā
If you ignore all gossip, even if you are a powerful person, you can't control the mouths of others.
At this time, the thin and tall figure walked out of the post station and came to the wind, smiling: "I have a fate with the girl." ā
Lechuan glanced at Gu Shiren lightly, and said to the cloth-clothed man behind him without asking the reason: "Escort that person to the stables for Miss, plug his mouth, and take care of him." ā
Soon Gu Shiren was gagged and dragged down.
Ruo Su looked at him in a daze, not to mention absolute favor, but also guarded.
For those who have been injured, it is difficult to let go of their guards.
"You don't even ask me why?" Ruosu asked.
Lechuan seemed to sneer, as if Ruo Su asked a lot of redundant questions: "Miss thinks he deserves it, then he deserves it." ā
There are people who are destined to meet, and they are also speculative in their talk.
And for such a person, he has always been righteous in the rivers and lakes, and if he can really become friends and confidants with him, it is much more reliable than distant relatives.
Ruo Su mentioned what Gu Shiren had done, but he didn't confess his identity. However, it doesn't matter if she confesses or not, I'm afraid that until tomorrow, rumors about her in the capital will be noisy again.
Lechuan's knotted hand touched his chin: "Miss, this is also a righteous act, this world is far from enough to just talk about rules." ā
Hearing this, Ruosu was really relieved.
Maybe in the eyes of others, everything she has done recently is really a big rebellion, violating the Three Principles and Five Constants, but she knows that if she has another chance to choose, she will be like that.
It's the business of others who can't see through it, and it's enough for your heart to be transparent.
"Thank you." Ruo Su said a word lightly, and went to the backyard guest room.
Lethe felt that she had the intention of avoiding suspicion, so he didn't ask, shook his head and smiled speechlessly. The attendant beside him asked, "Master, do you know this girl from the Bai family?" It's really a lover, and it's also in love with you. ā
In the distance was the endless night, Lethe Chuan looked over, as if looking through the entire time and space, shook his head again and smiled: "I hope." ā
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Qiao Yun had just served Ruo Su to take a bath and change clothes, and a woman walked into the guest room with red and swollen eyes and bent down and said, "Miss, the old slave has already checked the body of Miss Qiaoqing according to your instructions... Ay... O iniquity, every part of the body is good. ā
This mother-in-law is Qiao Wei's dowry, and she has gone through more than 40 years of wind and rain in the backyard of Qiao's family, and it is not an ordinary thing that can make her so moved.
When he heard this, he got up and walked to the second-class room.
There was only one first-class room left, and she was worried that Qiao Qing was not suitable for serving her for the time being, so she only planned to leave Qiao Yun and her mother-in-law to keep vigil, and let Qiao Qing stay in the second-class room alone.
When Ruo Su stepped into the doorroom, Qiao Qing was cleaning in the ear room, and she didn't care about the dignity of the master and servant, she owed Qiao Qing too much in the previous life.
When he entered the ear room, Rao only had a dim candle flame, and he could still see the traces of the green and purple pieces, and there were still wounds on his back from whipping, some of which were tender flesh that had just grown, and some of which were old wounds.
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as 'incomplete'.
"Little... Miss?! Qiao Qing panicked and took a towel to cover her body.
Ruo Su already knew a little about Qihuang's technique, and wanted to help her see how her body was, but was gently avoided by Qiao Qing, she lowered her head and said, "Miss, don't come here.. Slaves... Slaves are dirty. ā
Does she think she's dirty?
Who is clean? Qiao Ruowan? Dow?
At this moment, Ruo Su only felt a pain in her heart, what a good woman, kind, diligent, and outstanding, if she followed a good master, it was not impossible to marry a housekeeper when she was old.
Self-blame and guilt filled Ruosu's entire chest: You are stupid, since you are Qiao Ruowan's person, why did you choose to help me in the first place? If you were a wicked person, how could you end up today!
When she learned that Qingmo, now Qiaoqing, was Qiao Ruowan's person, she complained about her.
"Miss?" Qiao Yun saw that Ruosu's face was wrong, and helped her to call, thinking that she was frightened by Qiao Qing's body.
Ruosu waved his hand, raised his eyes, and said with an unprecedentedly solemn expression: "Qiaoqing, you remember, from today on, you are Miss Ben's person, and no one dares to hurt you in the slightest, and the past has passed." ā
Qiao Qing quietly looked up at Ruo Su, she was given a name today and was rescued from the wolf's den, she was thinking that God had finally opened her eyes.
Ruosu got out of the second-class room, and found Donglai and Dongwen, who were guarding outside her house.
These two people are well-trained and first-class masters, so Bai Qishan left the two of them to Ruosu.
"Miss! What are you? Donglai exclaimed, only to see Ruosu not say a word, and reached out and pulled out the saber at his waist.
"Miss Ben does things, you just have to obey, don't ask too much!" Ruosu said, looking around at a few mothers-in-law: "Bother a few mothers to be a witness, the situation of the Qingmo girl, you have also seen it, if Ruosu doesn't seek justice for her today, she is not worthy of being her master, and she will return to Qiao's Mansion tomorrow, and I hope you will clarify the truth for Ruosu in front of her grandmother, it is not that Ruosu is willful and reckless, but there are really some people who are not worthy of mercy." ā
Including you--- Qiao Ruowan, you wait!
A few rough mothers-in-law glanced at each other a few times, they had also seen the ruthlessness of Mrs. Qiao in their early years, this young lady really had a bit of the shadow of the ancestors, if it was impossible to stop Ruosu, she should say: "The old slave can save it." ā
Ruo Su's face was extremely calm and walked to the horse house, coming and going, and Uncle Pan was also protecting him every step of the way.
Gu Shiren saw Ruo Su holding a long knife and looking at him coldly, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
This girl from the Bai family remembered that one was one play, what did she not dare?
He struggled to get up, but he had too much fat on his body to make it hard.
Ruo Su is still calm, but this calmness is too much, and even Donglai and Donggo feel weird when they meet.
"Hmm..." Gu Shiren was so gagged that he couldn't say a word.
Ruosu approached him with a knife and no expression at all, which inevitably made people feel even more ghostly.
"Don't worry, I'm also a person who obeys the king's law, and I won't take your dog's life lightly, but..." ā
One of the mother-in-law really couldn't hold back, she was busy hugging Ruosu's calf, and prostrate on the ground and said: "Miss, I can't help it, I can't help it, how can such a filthy thing be done by Miss..."
You don't need her to do it, just someone else?
But it's really hard to pick a thorn right now, the dumb girl is really pitiful, Gu Shiren is the master of the Bai family's silver, even if he brings it back to Beijing, he will suffer it.
Ruo Su leisurely put away the knife, turned to look at Donglai and Donggo, the intention could not be more obvious.
Donglai swallowed his throat, and deeply realized the explanation of the adult before leaving, serving the young lady was really more difficult than following him to take office, and he took the long knife in a few steps.
A muffled sound that sounded like a miserable scream spread in the horse house, and Gu Shiren's beige pupils were stunned, and he fell into a coma on the spot.
Donglai and Donggo skimmed their faces, subconsciously glanced at their lower bodies, and said that they must be sincere to Miss in the future, and no one can offend Miss.
On the small building on the second floor of the post station, Lechuan stood under the verandah, watching this scene and slowly hooking his lips, and said lightly for a while: "Xu is really a fellow believer." (To be continued.) )