Chapter 140: Punishment for kneeling
Zhao Shu had almost forgotten the injury on her arm, and was still seen by Huo Danlan, the wound was not big, but it was wiped off the fast meat, and it was no longer bleeding, but when she lifted her clothes, she could still see the white flesh.
After changing into clean clothes, drinking ginger soup, and bandaging the wound, Zhao Shu was able to go out.
At this time, Xiao Guozi and the others had already been put into the yard, and the magpie got Huo Danlan's order to escort Zhao Shu to the yard, and saw the person kneeling on the ground.
Led by Xiao Guozi and Xiao Zhuzi Chuchun and others, Bi Qiao and Zhuang Mama were also there, densely packed, most of the palace servants knelt here, the place was not spacious enough, and the captains of the government soldiers who stayed even knelt outside the door.
Seeing Zhao Shu coming, he said in an uneven voice, "Say hello to the county lord."
Through the gate of the courtyard, I saw that Concubine Zhang, Zhao Nihong and Duanwang were all stopped outside the courtyard by Xiao Pang, and it seemed that there were still fifty percent of the soldiers and horses and the people of Jingzhao Mansion.
Now that it's not too late, everyone has already received the news that something happened to Yongwangfu.
Narrowing his eyes, he looked down at the palace stewards kneeling in front of him, "Raise your head." There was no anger in his words, but only in his usual tone, but the crowd was even more apprehensive.
Everyone raised their heads, and Zhao Shu's face was like frost.
Xiao Guozi and other palace stewards, especially the people around Zhao Shu, were all injured and bruised and swollen, including the maids such as Chu Chun, who did not have a piece of good meat on their faces, and their bodies were also stained with blood.
"What's going on?" She asked in a cold voice.
Bi Qiao is the most qualified person to speak at this time in the house, she just wanted to open her mouth to speak, but she pulled the injured muscle, took a breath of cool air, and then said: "The slave just drank a sip of water." He fell in front of the water tank, and when he got up, he was already full of injuries, and this happened to the house, because the slave and maid were not well managed, and he hoped that the county lord would punish him. ”
After speaking, she lowered her head and waited quietly for Zhao Shu to get angry. I have already made an oath in my heart. If you go back, you will find out the thief, so that he will not be able to die.
Everyone was silent. The county lord has changed a lot in recent days, but the time is still short, and they are afraid that the county lord will change back to what he used to be, if such a thing happened in the past. It must be sold throughout the province and sold to the poor countryside. It will even be sold to Goolan Courtyard.
Nothing like this had ever happened before, and they were apprehensive, afraid, terrified. I even forgot about the pain in my body.
Zhao Shu glanced at everyone and sneered, "Is it all like this?" ”
A large number of people, including Mama Zhuang, nodded. said yes, and a small number of people did not answer. "What about you?" Zhao Shu asked Xiao Guozi and the others, but they didn't say anything.
Xiao Guozi lowered his head and knelt down and said: "The slave left the county lord, and was gagged as soon as he entered the Sendai Courtyard, and there was sweat medicine on the napa, and the slave fainted before he could inform the county lord, and the slave was incompetent, please punish the county lord." He was depressed, and when he fainted, he woke up covered in wounds.
"Little Zhuzi, what about you?"
"The slave informed the early spring, and was walking back, and was blocked, there were seven or eight people on the other side, the slave couldn't fight, and was tortured by them, so he became like this, fortunately, the little fat brother saved the slave in time, and saved his life." Xiao Zhuzi raised his head and pointed to his face, indeed, he was the most seriously injured, there were several pieces of flesh missing from his body, and there was no normal place on his face, and the whole person became a bloody person.
The pothos kneeling next to him was too, covered in scars.
"Pothos, you say, how did you become like this?"
Green pothos was the youngest, and she was still crying vigorously at this time, listening to Zhao Shu's words, she choked up and said: "The slave maid and the early spring sister still have a place in late winter, seeing that the night is late, so I want to find the county lord, and when I go to the plum garden, I am surrounded by several black-clothed masked people, the slave and the maid and others shouted, and no one answered, and then they were beaten like this, those people also drew their knives and wanted to kill the slave and the maid and others, fortunately, the grandmother next to Miss Huo passed by and saved the slave and the maid and others. ”
After listening to this, Zhao Shu remembered the grandmother who was nowhere to be found, so she stopped asking the pothos, and turned her head to look at Midsummer, last night was not Midsummer, "What about you?" ”
"The slave went back to the room, and Xin Wei and the others ate together, but half of the meal fell asleep, and when she woke up, her face was hot and painful, and the slave didn't know what happened."
Sure enough, the injuries on her body were much lighter than those of Chu Chun and others.
After carefully observing the others a few more times, Zhao Shu was already furious in her heart, how many people came last night, and they actually beat the people in her mansion like this, when there is no one in Yongwang's mansion!
Among them, Xiao Zhuzi is the strictest, followed by Xiao Guozi Chuchun and others, the powerful people around her are all seriously injured, and those people are going to torture them to death!
At this time, Xiaopang walked over, stood in the distance and bent down and saluted: "County Lord, someone has come to the palace." ”
When Zhao Shu heard this, her heart moved, and she ordered: "Go and invite all the doctors who were invited to the house last time, take a few patches of medicine, and retreat." ”
"Yes." Bi Qiao and the others responded, and retreated one after another, Bi Qiao was the head of the house, and there were many things to deal with every day, so he took people and the captains of the government soldiers to retreat, and Xiao Guozi and other people in Qionghua Courtyard still knelt still.
"You should also retreat, and come back after healing."
Chu Chun and the others did not dare to be disobedient, and thanked Zhao Shu for his grace of not punishing, and then retreated.
After all the people in the courtyard left, Zhao Shucai said to the little fat who was waiting on the side: "Please come in from the palace." ”
The magpie put a cushion on the stone chair, Zhao Shu sat down, and after a while, Mama Zhong and Liang Yunsi arrived.
The two rushed over, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Zhao Shu was safe and sound, "County Lord, are you hurt?" Liang Yunsi asked first.
Zhao Shu smiled lightly, "It's okay, why did my father-in-law and grandma come?" ”
The two glanced at each other, and this time it was Mama Zhong who said: "County Lord, the Queen Mother and the Emperor have already gotten the news last night, and someone wants to be unfavorable to you, so they immediately sent someone to protect them, but I didn't expect that the people sent last night died in the middle of the road, and before dawn today, the slave maid and others came over, but they have been stopped outside the mansion by Huo Gongzi's people, and this will not be long after they are released." ”
"Yes, the county lord, the queen mother and the emperor mean that you go to the palace to live, so that the queen mother and her old people will not be worried." Liang Yunsi was on the side to help.
Zhao Shu didn't plan to live in the palace, if someone really wanted to kill her, it would be useless to live in the palace, and that person would have to be eradicated to be considered a permanent disaster.
She glanced at Mama Zhong and Liang Yunsi strangely. Needless to say, the people sent by the palace all died in the middle of the road, after all, she was just a child, and there should be some taboo for these two people to speak, but there was none.
Do they also know that the recent storm in the city is being stirred up by themselves?
"If those people want to kill me quickly, they will not stop, and it will be useless to enter the palace......"
Zhao Shu was about to refuse to enter the palace, but Mama Zhong and Liang Yunsi were anxious. Liang Yunsi hurriedly said, "County Lord." You go to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother hasn't eaten for a day, so she has to ask the emperor to summon the prince back to eat. ”
Liang Yunsi was about to cry. The queen mother is having a temper with the emperor, and the county lord has an accident, and the palace can't do anything about the queen mother, and the emperor has already cut several imperial kitchens.
Zhao Shu listened. I already knew in my heart that my previous affairs had already been known by Emperor Mingde. Of course, she didn't think that Emperor Mingde would not know, but she was just happy to see it.
"Grandmother doesn't eat?" She hurriedly asked, and without waiting for Liang Yunsi to answer, she said, "You wait, I'll explain a few words." Then he went into the palace to see the imperial grandmother. ”
When Liang Yunsi and Mama Zhong heard her words, they were relieved, and sure enough, the county lord was still the most filial.
Chubby was still standing not far away. At the front of the courtyard gate, Wang and the others were still stopped outside, but at the same time, the people from Wucheng Soldiers and Horses and Jingzhao Mansion were also there. Zhao Shu glanced at Duan Wang coldly, and he still pretended to be concerned and anxious.
"Little fatty, please invite fifty percent of the soldiers and horses and the people from Jingzhao Mansion to come in." Xiaopang is Huo Baichuan's person, so she used the word "bother".
Xiaopang already got Huo Baichuan's words, but now Zhao Shu is unavailable, he has to obey Zhao Shu's orders, and after getting Zhao Shu's words, he turned around and went to invite the people of Wucheng Soldiers and Horses and Jingzhao Mansion.
Fifty percent of the soldiers and horses came from Qianhu Yan Xuan, and Liu Ren'an came from Jingzhao Mansion, and the two of them saw Zhao Shu and hurriedly saluted, "The official has seen the county lord." ”
"The two adults have worked hard, I don't know how the two adults learned that something happened in the house and came early?" Zhao Shu asked straight to the point.
The two are not familiar with each other, but they are not strangers, they actually glanced at each other at this time, and understood each other's thoughts very tacitly, Liu Ren'an said bitterly: "There are such wicked people in Beijing, is it the poor management of Jingzhao Mansion, or the official who Yan Qianhu brought people to inform, which frightened the county lord, and asked the county lord to investigate carefully, and then come to the county lord to ask for guilt." ”
This is to say that the Jingzhao Mansion notified by Yan Shu, and how did Yan Ji get the news, Zhao Shu looked at Yan Shu, and he hurriedly explained, "It was Lord Wei who asked the servants to come over early in the morning, and by the way, I informed the Jingzhao Mansion, the county lord, Lord Wei sent someone to escort you into the palace, as for the murderer, Wucheng Soldiers and Horses and Jingzhao Mansion will thoroughly investigate clearly, please rest assured." ”
Wettings? It is estimated that it is Emperor Mingde's order, and Emperor Mingde will not let himself interfere in this matter, if the person who came last night is from the Wang and Yang families, then Emperor Mingde will definitely make a big fuss.
Exhaled a breath, couldn't interfere, and went into the palace to accompany the emperor's grandmother, but Huo Danlan was still in the house, and the house was not safe, and the medicinal materials needed for treatment had not been delivered, so she was extremely uneasy.
Thinking of this, he was upset, "It's hard work for the two adults." After she finished speaking, she waved her hand to let the two of them retreat, and everyone retreated, Zhao Shu did not ask the Duanwang family to come in, but turned around to look for Huo Danlan.
At this time, Huo Danlan was boiling porridge for Zhao Shu in the small kitchen, and was busy, when she saw Zhao Shu coming, she covered the casserole and walked a few steps, "What's wrong?" There's a lot of smoke here, so go back quickly, so as not to hurt your eyes. ”
The smoke was heavy, but she did it herself, Zhao Shu was extremely moved, no one had ever done anything for her personally, even if it was just porridge, she was very moved.
"Auntie, don't be busy, I'm going to go to the palace, it's not safe in the house, why don't you go into the palace with me?" Zhao Shu asked tentatively.
As the eldest daughter of the Huo family, Huo Danlan came to the capital and said that she wanted to enter the palace to meet the queen and the queen mother, but she never mentioned it, and she didn't want to enter the palace.
Sure enough, as soon as she spoke, Huo Danlan refused, without thinking, "I am seriously ill and have not recovered, so I can't accompany me, when does Ah Jun plan to come back?" ”
Although the Queen Mother spoils her very much, but Zhao Shu does not plan to live in the palace for a long time, if she insists, she has lived in Cining Palace since she was a child, and the Queen Mother does not want Zhao Shu to live in Cining Palace for a long time, after all, the palace is only two masters, if she lives in the palace again, the palace will be even worse.
"About the murderer can only come out if he finds out, it must be very soon, if the medicinal materials arrive in a few days, my aunt must have someone inform me, I will come out of the palace to give my aunt medicine, and I will not suffer from this medicine and other idlers." Zhao Shu instructed.
"Okay, let's go." Hodanlan gave her a reassuring smile and patted her hand.
Before entering the palace, Zhao Shu didn't see Huo Baichuan, thinking that everyone had their own things to do, she didn't care, and entered the palace with the escort of Mama Zhong and Liang Yunsi in Wucheng Soldiers and Horses.
Since the moment she entered the palace gate, Zhao Shu felt that the people in the palace were not as lively as before, although they were on errands in the palace, the palace maids and eunuchs were all cautious, but today they raised this caution to one hundred and twenty points.
When I came to Cining Palace, I saw many people kneeling in front of the palace gate, Zhao Shu took a closer look, and realized that it was the queen who was kneeling at the palace gate with people.
The queen picked the phoenix hairpin, the phoenix robe was also plain, only embroidered with a perched phoenix, and the dankou in her hand was also removed, and the face was facing the sky without fat powder, and the whole person seemed to be more than ten years older than before.
Zhao Shu blessed her body, "Say hello to the queen." ”
The queen raised her head when she heard the voice, and looked at Zhao Shu, her pale face and the fine sweat on her forehead showed that she had been kneeling here for a long time.
pulled out a smile that had no charm, and said in a voice like a hanging thread: "Ah Jun is here, go and see your imperial grandmother." ”
At this time, Cumulus came out of it, and when he saw Zhao Shu, his face flashed unbearable, but he still gritted his teeth and said the Queen Mother's message: "The Queen Mother's message!" ”
Zhao Shu knelt down busily, kneeling respectfully, Cumulus shook his head, and then said: "The Queen Mother will punish the county lord to kneel until tomorrow." ”
Mama Zhong and Liang Yun couldn't bear it on all sides, desperately gave Cumulus a look, and asked her why she didn't help, it's only early in the morning, if you want to kneel until tomorrow to get up, the county lord is still young, and if you kneel like this, your knees will be ruined.
Cumulus shook his head slightly, and did not speak, but several people had a very tacit understanding, and they knew that the queen mother was angry, unlike last time, the prince went out of Beijing, and there was that kind of thing in the house, so he must be angry.
"Yes, granddaughter obeys." Zhao Shu said softly, she straightened her waist, still maintaining a kneeling posture, feeling guilty in her heart, but she didn't know how to explain, she could only kneel here without a word, if kneeling can relieve the imperial grandmother's anger, let alone kneeling until tomorrow, it is the day after kneeling, and she will not frown.
This sentence of obedience made Mama Zhong and the others feel tight, and their noses were sour, when had they ever seen such a sensible county lord. (To be continued.) )
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