Chapter 8 The Vicissitudes of Ancient Acacia

"Open the door! Open the door! ”

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the entire Jincheng Xiang and Ruili families laughed and laughed.

In the east of the city, dozens of green-robed officials held torches high and lined up outside the golden mansion. They were all majestic, with thick swords hanging from their black belts, and their eyes were locked on the vermilion lacquer gate of the golden mansion.

West Chamber.

The warm fire is in full swing, and the maids are talking and laughing around Aunt Xiang to make dumplings. Suddenly hearing an unkind knock on the door, Aunt Xiang immediately put away her smile, quickly put down the rolling pin in her hand, and trotted all the way to the gate. The bonfire was swaying with smoke from the ground, and sporadic sparks fading with the smiles of the maids.

"Who!"

Aunt Xiang asked as she pulled open the door and plugged it in, and before she could take a look, she was hit by several officials who knocked on the door and almost fell to the ground.

Li Zhidi wore a crown on his head, wearing a dark green rhinoceros pattern embroidered official uniform, and the originally palm-wide black horn belt was only half an inch supported by the belly of the big belly. With his hands behind his back, his head held high, he stepped into the golden mansion after the servant in a figure-eight step.

Aunt Xiang didn't know why the government suddenly visited, and her confused face hurriedly changed to a smile, and she approached Li Zhidi, "Master Guan, what's wrong?" ”

"Get out of here!"

Li Zhidi stretched out his hand to push Aunt Xiang aside, paced to Shishan, bent over and looked carefully at the pool. In the pool, a green-shelled turtle the size of a basin was leisurely swimming in the water, and when someone saw a pair of two mung bean eyes, they ran away. A shrill voice suddenly pierced the night sky, "Search for me!" ”

The torches illuminated the golden house, and the third aunt was too sleepy-eyed and fluffy, wearing a dark coat, and came with the help of Linlang. "Roar! What the wind is blowing you in! Don't worry, don't worry, what's going on to be clear first! You are so anxious to send someone to search, you have to let us understand what the Jin family has done! The third aunt is too charming and silky, and she is not only not timid in front of many officers and soldiers, but is at ease.

"It turned out to be the third lady, what's the matter, don't you know that something happened to the eldest lady of the Jin family?" Li Zhidi's narrow and short eyes tried to open them, but even so, those small eyes were still buried in the fat on his face and it was difficult to distinguish. The eldest lady is also his distant relative, if it weren't for General Li's support back then, he wouldn't be able to sit in this county.

"Big lady, she ......, what's wrong with her?" The third aunt is too flowery.

The eldest lady should be on the way to Beijing at this time, how could something happen? The third aunt was too unexpected, and her wrinkled eyebrows were full of doubts. Suddenly, she felt her hands shake suddenly. Turning his head to look, there was no expression on Linlang's immature face, and he calmly seemed as if nothing had happened.

Under the third aunt's suspicious gaze, Linlang quietly took a deep breath to calm herself down quickly. Although the eldest lady's return to Beijing was planned by her, she did not bury the distress on the way. Looking at Li Zhidi again, a pair of hat wings dangled from the oily and powdery head, and a cunning light flashed in his narrow eyes.

"That's her! Arrest her! ”

Li Zhidi suddenly stretched out his round fat finger to Linlang, and his sharp voice was like a gong piercing the eardrum!

Linlang suddenly chuckled in her heart, and instinctively took a step back. Could it be that the eldest lady has found a flaw? Impossible! At this time, the eldest lady has not yet entered Beijing, how can she be suspicious?

There must have been a misunderstanding!

Without waiting for the third aunt to respond, a group of officials quickly escorted Linlang down and rudely carried her to Li Zhidi. One of the stubble-covered men nodded knowingly, and struck the knife at Linlang's knee.

Suddenly, Linlang "poofed" and fell to the ground fiercely, his eyes soured with bursts of mist!

"Li Zhidi! You have to be presumptuous! ”

The third aunt was too **** and suddenly became sleepy, and her little face was full of red. She never thought that Li Zhidi would arrest someone without saying a word, and at this time it was Linlang who was escorted out of Tanglin together!

"What crime did Linlang commit!"

"Third aunt!" Li Zhidi was yin and yang, stroked his round belly and looked down at Linlang, "You girl fornicated with Jinyiwei, exposed the whereabouts of the eldest lady, and framed her halfway, which is a capital crime!" ”

Aunt Xiang was already so frightened that she couldn't cry, and she was even more trembling when she heard about the capital crime. If it weren't for Ling Shan's stubborn pulling, she would have rushed up to protect Linlang!

The matter of the eldest lady's return to Beijing came from the mouth of Linlang, and just now she suddenly heard that Mrs. Linlang had an accident and actually trembled, is it really as Li Zhidi said, Linlang is harmful to people's hearts? The third aunt frowned, glanced at Linlang again, turned her head to stare at Li Zhidi and said, "Li Guanren, do you have any evidence?" ”

"The folk girl is willing to testify!"

Without waiting for Li Zhidi to respond, Nan'er, the eldest lady's personal maid, came to the stage with small steps. She wore two small pigtails around the top of her head, wore a green skirt, and when she heard the noise outside, she quietly stood by the rockery and waited.

Nan'er knelt down pitifully, stared at a grain of fine sand in front of her and said, "Back to the third aunt, Nan'er saw Linlang whispering with the man in black outside the house at night, and Nan'er listened to a few words curiously. Behold...... Who knows, they ......"

"Nan'er!" The third aunt tightened her neckline too tightly, and said unhurriedly: "Didn't you enter Beijing with the eldest lady?" How did you end up here today? ”

"Back to my aunt's words, before leaving, Mrs. instructed Nan'er to guard Jinxiao Garden and let Sister Li go together." Nan'er spoke softly, and did not forget the original intention of this time because of the interruption of the third aunt. "Nan'er heard Linlang her ...... that night"

"Say!"

The third aunt stared at Nan'er and stepped down the steps, walking up to Nan'er step by step, just stepping on the fine sand. Seeing this, she already knew that Linlang was calculated this time. The eldest lady is a good one, and the first to strike is fast! Back then, the design forced Mrs. Lin to death, and now the pregnancy is expected to start attacking me!

"Say!" The third aunt repeated it again.

Nan'er thought that the third aunt was too angry for Linlang, and secretly rejoiced. His eyes moved away from a pair of golden-threaded jade boots, fell on Linlang, who was kneeling silently, and pointed at her and said angrily: "Nan'er was scared when she heard that they were plotting to harm Mrs. on the way. Hearing this, Nan'er ran away, but she was worried about her wife's safety and was afraid that Linlang would succeed, so she hurriedly reported to the official. ”

"Report to the official! Why didn't you tell Grandma about such a big matter first? "The third aunt Taifeng's eyes were round, her breathing fluctuated, as if she was dyed by the temperature of this winter, and she trembled a little when she spoke." Let me ask you, can the eldest lady set off when Linlang is plotting? ”

Nan'er thought of all kinds of rhetoric in her heart, but she didn't expect the third aunt to ask about irrelevant topics. In a panic, he lost his ground, dodged his eyes and hurriedly replied: "Go, go!" At that time, the eldest lady had been gone for five days! ”

Linlang knew that the third aunt would excuse her, so she simply knelt on the ground and kept analyzing the whole story. The eldest lady is really ruthless, and she doesn't drag her feet in doing things! In this way, the third aunt was directly pushed here, saving a lot of trouble! "The eldest lady set off on the twenty-fourth, and today is only twenty-eight, but it is only four days. How do you know that I'm going to have an affair with the man in black tomorrow to murder the eldest lady! ”

The color of panic wrapped around the corners of her eyes, Nan'er was speechless, and after a while, as if nothing had happened, she suddenly opened her mouth calmly and said: "It's three days, Nan'er remembered it in a hurry!" This unhurried tone is really infuriating.

"Then how do you know that the person I met with was Jinyiwei?" Linlang took advantage of the situation to pursue, wanting to break Nan'er's lies in one fell swoop.

Suddenly, Li Zhidi's "snap" palm was on Linlang's little face that was red with anger. "Shut up! There's not your share of the talk here! Come on, take the prisoner back to the cell for me first! ”

"Li Zhidi! Are you really bullying me, no one in the Jin family? Don't think that with General Lee's support, you can do whatever you want! Seeing that the other party's dog jumped over the wall and wanted to torture and confess, the third aunt was furious, and hurriedly pointed forward and pointed at Li Zhidi's nose and said loudly: "General Li took refuge in Dongchang to participate in the party struggle, and you introduced the people from Dongchang into Jincheng, and now the entire Jincheng is full of miasma, and a group of eunuchs are rampant!" ”

The third aunt was too slippery, and Li Zhidi opened his mouth dryly, but he was speechless. After a long time, he came up with what to say, trembling and fat, and said, "You actually said that I am a eunuch!" Hum! Good! Good! Does the Jin family really think that being rich is great? Don't forget who your lord relied on to get today's family business! I'm going to have to take this girl with me today! ”