Chapter Seventy-Four: The Beginning of the Sun
The eyes gradually brightened, the originally fresh and quiet Xiaoyuan fire was fierce, and the mother-in-law and the little maid who came and went could be controlled, and the black smoke curled up, as if it was about to rush into the sky.
The spring light in March is good with flowers, but it bears the ruins.
Xingzhao's face was hot and painful, but her heart was as obedient as drinking ice water on dog days, she couldn't wait to burn the entire Lin'an Hou Mansion with a fire, so that everyone could see what kind of dirty and black hearts were hidden under the fiery flesh and blood.
She couldn't ask these people to pay off their debts so cheaply, and they had to go through the fears, apprehensions, and despairs that their mother had experienced, one by one.
Over there, Lianyu and Lianrong, who were surrounded by the maids, one of their legs was burned, and the other was nothing serious, but they were panicked.
Mrs. Tai told them to go to the back compartment to rest first, and after a while, the troublesome doctor also went to take a look, while talking, while hugging Xingzhao to sit in a sedan chair and go back to Rongshoutang first, and instructed the second lady: "Put out the fire first, everything will be fine when people come out, after the fire is controlled here, the mother-in-law and girls in a courtyard will be detained in one place, and they will be interrogated one by one to see what went wrong!" ”
Xingzhao's heart trembled, and after thinking about it again, he felt a little more at ease, and shrank steadily in Mrs. Tai's arms.
The second lady even claimed that the person had come out alive, and the burden on her shoulders was not so heavy, this time, she was responsible for it alone, and with a good ending, it would always make Rong Shoutang look at the second room, right?
Mrs. Min followed behind Mrs. Tai, looking at the glamorous and dignified Xingzhao in the past, but now she was embarrassed, and her heart was sour. After all, there is no mother. The days are as bitter as the heart of a lotus seed!
Zhang Yuanju is sitting in the Tai Hospital. Holding the prescription in his hand against the medicinal herbs, as soon as the curtain was lifted outside, an attendant came in in a hurry with a whisk, and before he could speak, he grabbed his hand, wanted to pull him up, and called out in his mouth: "Doctor Zhang, you can get up quickly!" Something happened to the He family again, and the face of the county lord of Wenyang was burned! ”
Zhang Yuan sentenced the He family. The forehead horns suddenly burst out, the Lin'an Hou family is in an eventful season, and a Mrs. Hou died not long ago, and now even the face of the eldest daughter of Jin Zun and Yu is burned by fire!
"What kind of Bodhisattva is their family, they didn't worship right!" Zhang Yuanju chattered in his mouth, but he didn't delay the work in his hands, he put away all the plasters and prescriptions in a slippery manner, carried the medicine box in one hand, and raised his sleeves in the other hand to greet the waiter: "Let's go!" ”
The outside department was in a hurry, and it was the Wenyang County Lord of the Lin'an Hou family who had such a big event, and he didn't have time to go back. Go straight to the Tai Hospital.
About to step out of the threshold, the shrill voice of the chamberlain suddenly exclaimed: "Oops! I forgot to go back to the queen for such a big deal. That's the queen's niece's daughter! You go first, the hour waits for no one! ”
Zhang Yuanju was stunned for a moment, didn't bother to say hello, and walked out with his head buried.
The coachman sent by the He family hurried quickly, and rushed to Lin'an Hou's Mansion in less than half a burnt of incense, and after Zhang Yuanju looked at it carefully, he said while prescribing the prescription: "The injury of the county lord of Wenyang is not serious, first apply the medicine, and then eat with the prescription, some people have scars and some people will not leave scars, it depends on the body and bones of the county lord, if it is really a scar, don't panic, it can always be slowly eliminated All kinds of taboos have been written down, and it is done as such." ”
Zhang's mother personally sent the imperial doctor out of the courtyard, thanked and thanked, and invited the apprentices who followed Zhang Yuanju's side to see Lianyu and Lianrong: "The two girls are also a little bad, and they are used by the county lord."
The inner compartment didn't dare to burn sandalwood anymore, Xingzhao took the medicine, half lying on the warm couch, holding the rhombic enamel target mirror in his hand and looked timidly, wanting to see but not daring to look.
Su Qing stood behind Mrs. Tai, took her eyes off Xingzhao's left cheek, and fixed it on the blue brick and stone slab in front of her, and she couldn't say anything in her heart-she had just died of her own mother, and she was about to be burned by fire, and after escaping death, her face was burned so red and yellow.
The poor fourth girl hasn't cried yet, but she has been pumping and taking the ground, and there are tears in her eyes and she can't fall, this kind of behavior is the most heart-wrenching.
No wonder there is a rumor in the mansion that it was the Hou Ye who forced the eldest lady to death - it has only been raining for a few days, and the wood is damp, where can such a big fire be ignited? It's not the slave down to the bottom that makes it bad, what is it? Didn't the subordinates dare to set fire to and hurt people without instructing them?
The eldest lady went, and Jing Dalangjun disappeared again, if the four girls were all buried in the fire, the descendants under the Hou Ye would be wiped out
"Auntie, don't worry, since the judgment of the Zhang Yuan said that it is okay, we will be at ease." Mrs. Tai sat on the top with a calm face, and her mouth said soothing words but she looked tough, and turned around and ordered: "Su Qing, you go outside and wait for the second lady." After all, he frowned and shouted: "Why hasn't it been tried yet?"
Su Qing was startled, came back to her senses, and hurriedly gathered her skirt and went out.
Mrs. Min sat in front of the warm couch with a handkerchief, about the same mood as a mother, with her own life, she didn't even dare to imagine what she would do if her own Jirou was burned like this, thinking so in her heart, she leaned over and whispered comfortingly: "Even if it itches and hurts again, the fourth girl can't scratch it with her hands, and the little girl's family will not look good if she has a scar."
Xingzhao burst into tears, bowed his head slightly, and obediently turned over the target scope and put it on the small case on his side, not screaming pain or comfort.
Now Mrs. Min felt even more uncomfortable.
The Rongshoutang was quiet, and the sound of rustling seemed to ring in the ears, and the anger caused by Mrs. Tai's worry spread, and the maids standing next to her did not dare to breathe.
"Mother-" The second lady didn't see her, she heard her voice first, broke the silence in Rongshoutang, and opened the curtain with one hand, implying joy: "The fire in Huaishanyuan is finally extinguished, and after a look, guess what?" Even half of the wall of the west cross courtyard of the main courtyard was burned! ”
Mrs. Tai glanced at Mrs. Min lightly, Mrs. Min was stunned, and reacted, no matter where something went wrong, it was a family ugly!
"The second lady is in a hurry, right? Come and sit down! Mrs. Min got up and was about to say goodbye, but she heard Xingzhao open her voice weakly: "Auntie is tired, can you go to the compartment with Mrs. Min first?" ”
While talking, he looked up at Mrs. Min with tears in his eyes, lowered his voice, and cried: "It's itchy on the face, but Mrs. Min said that she can't scratch it, so is it okay to let others blow it for Ayu?" ”
Mrs. Min's heart softened, and she took Xingzhao in the past.
Hold the soft little hand of the little lady, and do a good deed!
Mrs. Tai glanced at this side, and finally nodded slowly, and told the little maid not to snub Mrs. Min: "You will encounter this unlucky thing when you come over, and you will have to take Chen Ai to dip yourself in ginger water before you can leave!" ”
Mrs. Min nodded again and again, and led Xingzhao inside.
As soon as the two of them avoided it, the second lady hurriedly reopened her mouth again, and her words were full of the meaning of inviting merit: "The small kitchen in Huaishan Garden has always been stewed with white jade tofu soup, and the cook went to rest, and it was a little girl named Man'er who stayed there, and there was no one in the small kitchen, and the fire was burning in the stove, so the little girl was lazy to doze off in the verandah outside the small kitchen." When she woke up, the whole kitchen was on fire, and the girl ran out in a panic, and she didn't wake up the others, nor did she beat the gong and drum to report the news."
Mrs. Tai tightened her jaw tightly.
This action represents that Mrs. Tai's anger has risen to the point of no return.
The second lady had always been afraid of this mother-in-law, so she didn't dare to look at the face above, she looked away, quickened the speed of her speech, and continued: "The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the five boxes of rosin that Ah Yu received in the morning were useless, so they were casually placed in the miscellaneous pile in the small kitchen compartment. 'Whew' and the old high is gone! It was time for the lunch break, the servants all went to the back compartment to rest, and the mother-in-law who was guarding outside was also lazy, leaving only two personal girls to stay by the side of the woman, and when everyone settled down, they found that the fire had risen, and they couldn't rush in to save people! ”
With a "snap", Mrs. Tai's hand slapped on the case, and her face turned pale: "What is the use of these servant women!" Isn't that Man'er a girl from the main courtyard? How did you run to Huaishan Garden! ”
Mrs. Tai has cultivated Buddhism over the years, and she has restrained her temper a lot in the early years, and now her sharp interrogation has made the second lady involuntarily shrink back.
"It was said that it was only yesterday that she was asked to pass, and a few days ago, she ordered the girl to be beaten five times in the courtyard, and I guess she still has a grudge in her heart." The second lady continued hesitantly: "Otherwise, how can a girl dare to run away by herself, leaving the master in danger."
Mrs. Tai was noncommittal, and after listening to it in a series of ways, it was reasonable, but there were always some fleeting strange places, and she couldn't grasp them.
Thinking of the red on the face of the little granddaughter who had high hopes, and the look of wanting to cry but not daring to cry, the anger in my heart rose up, and there was a chill in my voice: "When a slave can't serve the master loyally, he still has resentment, and all he thinks about in his mind is how to retaliate against the master and drag that Man'er out!" ”
Not to mention where it was towed, the ears of the people below were automatically changed to being dragged to mass graves.
The second lady also felt that this punishment was reasonable, nodded, and asked, "What about the others?" Leaving one's post without permission doesn't sound like much of a sin."
"The mother-in-law and girl on duty are all sold, and the inappropriate ones are deducted for a year and a month's money, and they are slipped of their pants and beaten twenty boards, and the mother-in-law rescued the mother-in-law according to what I said." Mrs. Tai was resolute, and her eyes were full of coldness.
The second lady's figure shook, but she didn't refute, nodded, and was about to receive the order.
But when she heard that the people outside were about to make trouble again, Zhang's mother opened the curtain, and she didn't know whether she was happy or sad on her face, and said: "The queen mother sent someone over, saying that she wanted to take the four girls into the palace to be raised" (to be continued......
ps: It's too late, I'm scared to death A-Yuan!