The winter in the south of the Yangtze River can be regarded as a warm winter, the Spring Festival is approaching, the plum blossoms full of trees are in full bloom, the Lu family has put on the lights early, even the most rigid, and a few rotten Confucian masters who were said to have died by the old lady have also changed into bright clothes.

Children are even more likely to be naughty.

The New Year is not happy to beat the children, these days they are to go to the house to uncover the tile trouble, parents are not allowed to beat and scold, of course, in case it is written down, and after the New Year, it is inevitable to have a meal of fried meat on a bamboo board.

It's just that the little dolls can take care of this.

On the side of the big house, Sister Yao is about to die of anger, Meifang, Brother Mao and the children in their big house are fine, they are older and have long been sensible, but the third wife has been sick these days, so she sent the youngest Sister Li to the big room for Qiao's help to watch.

The child is just six and a half years old this year, and it is the time of Tao, like a tomboy, jumping around, making Qiao's screaming headache.

Without paying attention here, Xiao Nizi jumped to the eaves.

A group of children below heckled.

Even Meifang laughed.

Sister Yao was so frightened that she was about to faint, and commanded a group of little maids to follow the little girl around, one time to the left and one time to the right, and then asked people to take ladders and hurry up to get people down.

"How the hell did this little bastard get there!"

Hongchen listened to the havoc in the Heavenly Palace outside, and she was so annoyed that she couldn't read the book, she felt that her patience had become worse than before, and she used to be in the downtown area, and she could be safe.

Since you can't see it, it's okay.

Hongchen rubbed his eyebrows, stood up and smiled: "...... Luo Niang, open the box we brought, see if there are any good things to take out and scatter, the New Year, always have some joy. ”

Luo Niang agreed, and there was nothing to feel sorry for.

They came out of the capital in a hurry, and they didn't bring many good things, but after all, they were going out far away, and they should be spotted, and they were still tidy.

As soon as the box was opened at this time, Luo Niang and Xiao Yan suddenly discovered that these belongings of their young lady were placed in Xiaoxiao Fengcheng, and they were really rich people.

Silk satin, don't talk about the good material for the offering, Jiangnan more satin, although this is valuable, it is not too unusual, like one of the jade carved hand stoves, only the size of the palm, but it is a complete warm jade, tentacles are warm, extremely precious, just because the color does not please Hongchen, has been pressed at the bottom of the box, it has not been used.

There is also a pair of Erlin brothers sent to the glass lamp, only the size of a palm, which is inlaid with a night pearl, the light of the night pearl is not bright, but it can be covered by the glass lampshade, the light is mild and does not hurt the eyes, and it is most suitable for reading books at night.

"Pack up the ingredients, and the gadgets we used to make."

Like warm jade, glass lamps, are gifts given by others, red dust is not commonly used, and it is not easy to give away, other things can be used at will.

Luo Niang took out some materials that looked very bright, and took a set of ceramic checkers, a complete set of crystal wine glasses, a box of pearls, a box of sandalwood fans, and a box of lifelike flower and bird jewelry made of only gold and silver.

Among them, there are more than a dozen species of butterflies alone, and each one is different.

Xiao Yan looked at it and snorted: "I don't know which kid is so naughty." She picked out a pitch-black cockroach from the jewelry, carved it with black jade, probably using some scraps, and the craftsmanship was very good, but because it was so good, the ordinary little girl was afraid to panic when she saw it.

In addition to these more expensive ones, what leaf cards, sachets, bookmarks, ink blocks, bits and pieces, a whole bunch of bits and pieces.

If you don't turn it out, I'm afraid Hongchen won't remember.

These things are all mountains and seas in the treasury of the county lord's mansion, and if one batch is old, it will be replaced with a new one.

The treatment given to her by the queen's mother is not the treatment of the county lord, it is the queen's own treatment, and she has it all.

After a glance, Hongchen sighed unconsciously: "That year, Su Niang joked that she once was in a pawnshop outside the palace, and saw someone openly selling the bronze mirror used by the queen's mother, and thought it was very interesting. ”

Xiao Yan pursed her lips and smiled lightly: "Miss is thinking about the queen." ”

Hongchen waved his hand and motioned for them to continue.

Luo Niang looked around, thought about it, and said, "For the New Year, the young lady's room is too plain." ”

As he spoke, he took a whole piece of jadeite carved out of the miniature carving, which is a miniature 'drunken garden', in which there are dozens of beautiful women in different clothes and colors playing the piano and painting, the carving is lifelike, each person is only the size of a fingernail, but the facial features are very clear.

The landscape of the drunken garden is the most beautiful, known as the first garden in the capital, it was specially invited by the national teacher to build it back then, and it was given to Banzai as a birthday gift.

Nowadays, there are only a few times a year, and when the ministers are feasted in the country, everyone can go in and have a look.

It's not that the emperor is stingy, in fact, in fact, which favored minister goes to ask for it, how to go in and play is probably not a problem, in this regard, the emperor is very generous, but in recent years, there is only one Ning Hou who dares to be so close to the Long Live Lord, if Ning Hou dares to ask to go to the drunken garden to play, his princess will tear him apart first.

There is no way, in the drunken garden, Long live the lord raised a group of beauties, and the beauties specially selected from the teaching department let them live in, saying that the fairy garden cannot lack popularity, and it has to be dyed with the fragrance of beauties.

The emperor was still young at that time, and he still had a playful heart, but now, I am afraid that he will not be so laborious and costly.

Luo Niang put things in place, and Hongchen didn't feel a little sad.

This drunken garden was given by the queen, and the emperor asked people to carve it to give it to her, and the sincerity revealed was also moving.

When did the emperor be so considerate again, when he gave gifts, when it passed by his own hands, it was not the eunuchs who chose at will, and sometimes, there was no need for the master to ask.

But something like this must be explained by the emperor himself, carefully advised, and finally given to the queen to play in the palace.

It was the garden that the Lord would often go to, such a thing was more terrifying than a detailed map, and it was by no means something that outsiders could look at at random.

But the queen gave it to her just because she looked at it twice, and she was not allowed to refuse, and it was really hard to say how much affection the queen mother had for that long-lived lord.

Hongchen sighed for a moment, packed up the bits and pieces, and let Luo Niang and Xiao Yan carry them out.

As soon as she lifted it over, Sister Yao smiled, walked over and looked at it and was shocked: "My God, these are all good things!" ”

Hongchen smiled: "I like to let Sister Yao pick first, the New Year, it's all some old things from previous years, everyone has a share of joy." ”

During the New Year's holidays, my sister gives her younger siblings some small things, which is not rude, it is a very considerate thing.

Sister Yao exhaled: "Don't, let the little ones pick first, coax them to be important." ”

Hongchen also bowed his head.

Sister Yao is not short of this little thing, but Meifang is different, during the New Year's holidays, the Lu family will not lack girls' clothes and jewelry, but when there are many banquets, girls who do not have their mothers to supplement will inevitably show timidity.

A set of jewelry is brought twice, and if you don't even change it, someone wants to gossip, and a set of clothes, at first glance, is worn in the old year, and it is not suitable.

It's time for the little girls to grow up, and there are never enough new clothes to wear.

As soon as I said hello here, a group of boys and girls all gathered around, and a few of them were still a little shy, and Meili from the third room jumped to the edge of the box first, salivating with a salivating face, and said with a smile: "The elder doesn't dare to resign, so we're welcome." "It's really a little unceremonious to start choosing.

Others swarmed in.

Luo Niang felt funny when she saw it.

Xiao Yan also said in his heart - the Lu family is actually good, at least the children's education is generous and not pretentious.

The main thing is that they are children, and there are more of them who are seven or eight years old, and it is the time to be playful, and they don't know what to do.

Hongchen and Sister Yao sat on the side and watched them pick, Qiao's side was talking to the two concubines, and the people below came to report the news.

The second wife was happy when she heard it: "Sister-in-law is so blessed, and the daughters are sensible." ”

The third lady also smiled: "It's better to compare the other girls in our family." ”

Although it was not visible on her face, the third lady left from Qiao's place, and when she went back to see the satin and a delicate bee-like hairpin that Sister Li took back, she couldn't help but be speechless: "My sister-in-law is so generous." ”

If she has such a good satin, she will also leave it to her daughter as a dowry, how can she give a favor to a concubine!

If the third wife knew that this was Hongchen's own, I am afraid that she would be even more blind.

It has been lively for a long time, and the Spring Festival is coming.

The Lu family is also a rare family together, eating happily, laughing, and talking, when Mama Gao came to Qiao's front and bit her ear, Qiao's face changed, but she only waved her hand and asked Mama Gao to go down, and it took a while to find an excuse to leave.

Qiao hurriedly returned to his room, and when he saw his sister-in-law Chen, his face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "Sister-in-law, I still call my sister-in-law now, because when I was in my mother's house, the two of us have always been good. ”

She took a deep breath, "But you can't cheat me like this, Brother Jun'er, do you really don't understand or fake!" As for the evil things he did, I feel disgusting when I mention it, even if he dies at this moment, not only me, we Fengcheng don't know how many people will feel that they deserve it, what kind of heart do you say, what does it mean that our Sister Qiu is a demon, she can use witchcraft to harm people, who did she hurt? I saw her being compassionate and saving people all day long. ”

Qiao's face turned green with anger, and he spoke fiercely.

Chen looked at her in a daze, and his face was not very good: "You are my sister-in-law, I just came to remind you, it's just a matter if you don't appreciate it, why bother saying such things, Brother Jun is your own nephew, what is that Sister Qiu...... That's it, I won't talk to you, Brother Jun is not good, I still have to guard him, ask the doctor to treat him, you don't believe it now, you will believe it in a few days. ”

After Chen finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Qiao Shi didn't stop her, just sat sullenly and got angry for a while.

Mama Gao couldn't help but persuade: "My uncle and wife are confused, why should my wife be angry with her." If she dies, my uncle's wife is afraid that she will be sad for a while, and the days will be taken care of, but this child has caused a big disaster and made a lot of trouble, and she really has to be a mother for a lifetime.

"Then she can't slander Sister Qiu!"

Qiao's frowned, feeling uncomfortable, a small half of it was really for Sister Qiu, although I didn't like it at first, but now I look at this child very well, the other half, it is for the husband's family, for the daughter, the eldest daughter of the Lu family's big house is a demon or something, how can it be spread, if it really spreads, what should the other girls of the Lu family do, do you want to live!

It was the day of the New Year's celebration, and Qiao didn't mention it to anyone, and went back to continue to laugh and eat with the old lady.

The New Year's Festival passed smoothly and smoothly, and Qiao's even left behind her sister-in-law's idea, just thinking that she was crazy and indiscriminately biting, but I didn't expect that the rumors came out of nowhere, and they spread like that.

The cause was a twenty-seven-eight-year-old goddess.

This goddess is said to have magical powers, can predict the future of good luck and evil, and has calculated hexagrams for several families in Fengcheng.

She doesn't charge any hexagram money, and not anyone can do it, so there are really a few people who have been counted by her who think it is very accurate and think that this person is very capable.

A few years ago, some strange symptoms suddenly appeared in Fengcheng, not like a plague, and I didn't see how serious the infection was, most of them were from young men, and the skin of the body was ulcerated, and every part was rotten, very disgusting.

These patients are in great pain, unable to sleep day and night, and wailing all day long.

When the doctor went to check, he couldn't find any cause, and he couldn't find any abnormalities in his pulse, and in the end he was helpless.

Because among those who were sick, there were Qiao Jun, as well as Li Sheng, the Li family and the Qiao family, all knew the goddess, so they invited her to see it.

After she saw it, she was so frightened that she only said that there was a demon who was causing trouble, and that demon became the eldest lady of the Lu family in her mouth.

These words gradually spread out, but most of them refused to believe it, and they couldn't say it in their hearts, and they thought it was the Qiao family who was making a ghost, because they were at odds with the Lu family, so they slandered other girls, but if they didn't believe it, there were still people who spread gossip news.

It didn't take long for the news to reach the ears of the Lu family.

The old lady was so angry that she was furious, pointed to the ears of several sons and scolded her, especially the eldest son, and directly asked him to kneel.

"How do you be a man? Our sister Qiu came to the house, she was at any time, gentle and virtuous, and she didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so you slandered your girl by a thief who came from nowhere! ”

The eldest lord didn't dare to move.

The old lady snorted: "What are you doing in a daze, don't you hurry up to the yamen to report the case, just say that there is a goddess who is swaggering and cheating, and she also climbs our family's daughter, take my post, and let Master Tao deal with it quickly." ”

The eldest lord hurriedly responded.

The old lady said again: "The second family, you have a good relationship with the host master of Guangxian Temple, go and discuss with the master, see where the thief has been deceived and deceived, and find a few more bitter masters." ”

The second wife hurriedly responded.

That is to say, even the so-called goddess has no handle, and she must have it.

After thinking about it, the old lady said again: "The subordinates in the family are well restrained, not many mouths, old family, you can appease Sister Qiu'er, don't let her freak out, poor thing, our children can't let others bully." ”

"Also, take my post, go and invite Fengcheng and the best doctors around, and let them go to see the patient, and there must be a cause."

The group all respectfully responded and went to prepare.

Because the old lady was tightly sealed, Hongchen was stunned for several days before he faintly heard some rumors.

The Lu family has not changed at all.

Luo Niang couldn't help but admire: "The Lu family doesn't look big, and the family power is not very good, but this style is really not to be underestimated." ”

Those wealthy families in the capital may not be able to compare.

Hongchen smiled: "The old lady who is still in charge of the house is wise." ”

If it weren't for the support of this old lady, relying on that old man alone, the Lu family probably wouldn't know how many years it had been defeated.

Because it was just trivial news, Hongchen didn't know it clearly, so he didn't bother with it.

After the New Year, the weather became hotter, and Qiao's was more active in giving her a match, and Hongchen had to start planning, did she find a way to get a suitable candidate first and fool Qiao's past.

probably really has to think about acting in a fake marriage, anyway, Lin Qiuniang is married, Hongchen doesn't care much about it.

A few days after the Spring Festival, Tao County Ling personally visited the door.

Tao County Ling is a local parent official, so he naturally has a lot of power, but even local parents can't offend the local gentry class at will, and the Lu family obviously belongs to the family who will come to worship the dock when he takes office.

The old lady has a decree on her, Tao County Ling respectfully saw it, greeted her, and then got down to business.

"Because there is a bitter complaint, the goddess has been controlled, currently detained in our back house, according to the investigation, she is just a village woman in the mountains, she can't even read a few words, on the way to be sold by her husband, she hit her husband with a stone and fled, her husband is still looking for her everywhere, from her experience, she has not learned any magic at all, she herself does not understand anything, this county also invited our master of Fengcheng to see, said that it should be an ordinary woman, I don't see any talent, if it is not that this person's cultivation is too high, If the masters can't see through it, they should just be a swaggering liar. ”

When the county magistrate said this, the old lady was completely relieved.

Tao County Ling, paused, and smiled bitterly: "But this woman said something terrible, the county really doesn't know how to deal with her, she can't let it go, and it's not a matter to keep it locked up." ”

After hesitating, the old lady of the Lu family was not an outsider, and the county commander said in a low voice, "This woman kept saying that Chen Feng, the king of Jiangnan Xiang, wants to raise an army to rebel!" ”

The old lady was taken aback, and instinctively screamed: "What a boldness! Dare to slander the royal family! ”

Tao County Ling also sighed: "I was also frightened. ”

This is also something that can be said nonsense? You shouldn't even be listening.

"This county can only control her first, and at present, I ask all the masters and doctors to help see those patients, if they can find out, as long as it is inconsistent with what the goddess said, the evidence of the crime will be conclusive, and it will be easy to deal with."

In fact, in this matter, if you change the county order, you will kill people quietly and silently, and save trouble, but the person who is Tao County Commander is really a little ...... Petanc, it should be said, is a kind person. (To be continued.) )