Chapter IX: Punishing Diao Slaves (2)
Mu Shichang's voice fell, the little girl opened the curtain, and a lean man about twenty-three years old in a light gray cloth robe came in, holding a stack of bills in his hand. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Little Heyuntang work, please say hello to the old lady." Bow down and clasp your fists and salute, "This is the bill for your mansion to sell porcelain in Heyuntang, and the old lady is too eye-catching." ”
The old lady took the bill from Liuli's hand, and looked through a few carefully, and sure enough, it was something from her own house. I sighed in my heart, could it really be that I was wrong about Linglong? Squinting at Linglong, trying to see her through.
Linglong knelt there with a stubborn face, with a slight grievance on her slightly deflated mouth, tears rolling back and forth in her eyes, but she couldn't help crying.
"Go ahead, Liuli will give him the reward." The old lady waved her hand and said, family ugliness should not be publicized, whether it is or not, it must be solved by closing the door at home.
Xiao Er got a thick seal reward and left happily.
"Yes or no, it's a family matter, what are you doing to recruit the little two of Heyuntang." After Xiao Er left, the old lady said to Mu Shichang unhappily.
Mu Shichang was embarrassed for a while, glanced at Xiao Shi, and pulled out a smile, "My son was negligent, and he was so angry with this evil obstacle that he was dizzy." As he spoke, he turned his face and asked Linglong sharply, "What else do you have to say now?" ”
"I ......" Looking at his father's look of eagerness to eat himself, Linglong said: "Since the human and physical evidence is to prove that my daughter sold the things in Zhuyuan, my daughter has nothing to say, for the sake of the Mu family's face, let her father punish her." ”
Lingyu raised her eyebrows proudly, and hooked the corners of her mouth towards Xiao without a trace. Instead, he sighed and said to Mu Shichang: "Daddy, although my sister is at fault in this matter, my sister is only fourteen years old and can understand something, but I am afraid that someone instigated my sister to let her do such a thing." ”
"Yes, master, Linglong is just a child, what does she want this silver to do, it must be just a moment of playfulness, the master spares her this time, and I will discipline her well when I go back." Shaw pleaded.
Although it is a plea, but every word is heart-wrenching, how can Linglong not hear it, this basin of dirty water is splashed on the mother. Since entering the house, my father and grandfather have stayed in the bamboo garden, and the Xiao family can't tolerate it.
"Call Aunt Yue." Sure enough, Mu Shichang raised his hand and slapped the table heavily, and commanded in a calm voice with a dark face.
"Daddy doesn't do my aunt's business, it's all done by Linglong alone." The tears in Linglong's eyes suddenly poured out like a, and she knelt down at Mu Shichang's feet and begged: "It was Linglong who did it alone, Daddy don't blame my aunt, my aunt has always been honest and gentle, where do you know this." ”
Mu Shichang was already angry, where could he listen to it, and he was dragged by Linglong in a tired panic, and kicked away, "Evil obstacles!" ”
Linglong was kicked in the chest socket by Mu Shichang, and there was a fishy smell in her throat, and the whole person fell backwards.
"Miss." Ziyue saw that Linglong was kicked out of blood by Mu Shichang, and she was so frightened that she pounced on it, and kowtowed as if she was pounding garlic on the ground, "Old lady, Miss is wronged, the slave maid is with the young lady every day, the young lady has never done it, and the slave knows best." ”
Seeing the bright red blood stains on Linglong's mouth, the old lady also trembled in her heart, after all, she loved this granddaughter very much after getting along these days. It's just that the certified physical evidence is there, and Linglong herself admits it......
"My sister herself admits it, you, what kind of tongue are you chewing here." Lingyu hid her sleeve and clenched her hand tightly, "Are you doing this to make your father even more angry and punish your sister more?" ”
"Drag her down." Mu Shichang saw Linglong being kicked out of blood by himself, and he felt a trace of guilt in his heart, but when Lingyu said this, he was only bored in his eyes.
"The old lady listened to the slave and maid, and waited for the slave and maid to say, and the slave and maid were like the young lady, admitting the beating and accepting the punishment." Ziyue cried and begged.
"Say it." The old lady stopped the mother-in-law who came up to drag Ziyue away, and said.
"Old lady, lord, wife, the third lady is indeed wronged, in recent days, Zhuyuan has indeed lost something, but it is not Miss who let people sell it, Miss herself has also lost the gold collar she has worn on her body since she was a child."
"What did you say?" Mu Shichang's eyes widened and asked, the Hexin gold collar was still an object specially left for Aunt Yue when he was about to leave Jinzhou.
"Yesterday, Mother Xue reported to Miss that she found that Mother Dou secretly moved the porcelain vase in the yard out, and she bumped into and persuaded Mother Dou a few words, but it made Mother Dou have a cold stab......" Ziyue said in detail what Mother Xue said last night, "Miss's gold collar was found and lost the day before yesterday, Miss didn't want to make trouble, so she didn't ask everywhere, only let the slave and maid secretly pay attention, the slave didn't find the gold collar, but found these in Dou's mother's room." Ziyue said, taking out a small purse from her sleeve.
Mother Dou was shocked into a cold sweat when she saw Ziyue actually turning these things out of her room, and hurriedly rushed over and snatched them over, "What are you doing in my house!" After that, he explained to the old lady with a sneer, "Old lady, these are the slaves and maids who have nothing to do and embroider and play. He turned his face and said to Linglong: "Miss, the slave advises you and Aunt Yue to save trouble, the old lady and the old lady are extremely kind." You don't have to make excuses anymore. When you and Aunt Yue came, you didn't bring a penny of silver on your body, where did you come from the gold collar, and now you have turned out the slave's purse, this, what is this! "I looked humiliated.
"How does Mother Dou know that Linglong and her aunt didn't bring a penny of silver?" Linglong asked rhetorically, looking aggrieved.
"If you bring money, you won't let the slaves and maids sell the things in the house." Mother Dou said with a sneer, secretly laughing in her heart that she was stupid.
"How can my mother say that, the collar aunt said that it was left by my father back then, and since I was born, my aunt has always carried it with me, and only took it off when I slept at night. Fourteen years of never leaving. If your grandmother doesn't believe me, you can ask your father. ”
Mu Shichang nodded, "But that's the case." ”
When Dou's mother saw it, her face turned green.
Linglong said, tears flowed down, and pointed to the purse and said, "What's more, the note in this purse also mentions my collar." ”
Note? Mother Dou was shocked, all the notes passed through the purse were burned by herself, how could there be any omission? Besides, the note never said anything about the gold collar! Otherwise, Fang Cai himself wouldn't be so boring.
Liuli snatched the purse from Dou's mother and opened it to look. Sure enough, there was a small note rolled inside, and if you didn't look closely, you really couldn't see it.
"The collar has been sold, rest assured." The handwriting on the note is legible.
"How do you explain it?" The old lady pointed to the words on the note and trembled angrily, fell down according to the door of Dou's mother, and asked angrily.
Without waiting for Dou's mother to answer, Linglong preemptively said: "The material of this purse is Su embroidered white silk, and only the eldest sister in the house has these materials. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing as soon as I came. Her face was full of grievances, and the old lady who looked at it felt distressed.
"You don't want to spew blood! This purse is not mine. Lingyu pointed at Linglong and said in her throat.
"Linglong didn't say that this was the big sister's, just asked the big sister to help check it, after all, this material is only available to the big sister. The idle materials in the bamboo garden are all green embroidered yarn and silk. Linglong hurriedly explained.
"Humph! Don't be on me! You and Aunt Yue were indiscreet, did unsightly things, ruined the face of the house, didn't know how to learn about mistakes and correct mistakes, but had to go around making up nonsense, I really regret that I pleaded for you! Even if you say so, I will not hide it from you. Lingyu said and got up to give a gentle blessing to the old lady and Mu Shichang, and said: "Grandmother, Daddy, Dou's mother said that the silver taels she sold back in exchange for the three sisters were hidden in her own embroidery room in the bamboo garden. As he spoke, he glared at Linglong and returned to his seat.
In my heart, I secretly regretted that I was careless, and I should let the peach use ordinary materials. I didn't expect Linglong to be able to recognize the texture of the material.
"The Qing is self-purifying, Daddy just checks it, just a little, if you check Linglong's room, if there is nothing, Linglong hopes that all the houses in the house will check it, and they will find out the real murderer, and Linglong is innocent." Linglong knelt there, looking at the old lady and Mu Shichang stubbornly.
"Naturally, we have to check it out and let Mother Liu take someone to search it!" The old lady commanded.
She believes in Linglong in her heart, so she has to investigate carefully to find out this moth in Mufu, and even more to find out who is causing trouble and framing Linglong.
"Mother Liu took leave early in the morning, and her stomach was troubled all night last night, and now her body is still weak and can't stand up." Ruri hurriedly reminded the old lady.
"I forgot it, since that's the case, then you can go and check carefully." The old lady instructed Ruri.
Ruri nodded and took someone to check.
After a stick of incense, Liuli came in with a tray and a curtain, and eight silver ingots of good color were placed on the tray.
A flash of pride flashed in Xiao's eyes, "Don't be angry, old lady." Hurry up and go to the old lady's back, looking like a filial daughter-in-law.
"What else do you have to say?" Mu Shichang asked angrily.
Linglong pouted and smiled, "Daddy is so sure that these things were found from Linglong?" Stubbornly asked Mu Shichang.
Mu Shichang was so angry by Linglong's rhetorical question that he frowned, "It's not yours or who's." Looking at the delicate and clear eyes, I was not so sure in my heart.
"You say." The old lady pointed to the glass and said.
Liuli glanced at Lingyu, took a breath and said, "This was taken out of the eldest lady's room." With that, he stood with his eyes down.