When Duan Ling entered the courtyard, he saw a blue brick and black tile house facing north and south, but there were some mottled yellow water stains on the wall, and there were rows of long lattice windows with paint off on the bluestone window sill.

The yard is not large, the ground is still paved with brown pebbles, washed clean, and there are several tall soaphorn trees in the corners, and between the trunks of the trees are a few twine ropes as thick as little fingers.

There were also a few skirts and robes that had not had time to be taken back on the hemp rope. Although the colors of these clothes are bright, the materials are very ordinary. With such a rough sweep, Duan Ling had already concluded that the people living in this courtyard should be the second-class maids in the Shilang Mansion. No wonder I saw so many maids outside the courtyard before, and the feeling was that their family Guo occupied other people's houses to handle the case.

The official who was standing at the door and acted as the door god saw him come in, and hurriedly greeted: "Lord Duan, please, Lord Guo and Master Rongxi are in the first room!" ”

Duan Ling nodded, strode forward and opened the door curtain, and really saw that the room was densely packed with many people. Guo Chengsi naturally sat on top unceremoniously, Rong Xi stood behind Duan Ling with a few servants, and Zhang Shilang blew his beard and glared, sitting under him angrily.

At this moment, there was a girl kneeling on the ground in a close-fitting coat, her head buried deeply, revealing a slender neck and unkempt bun, her thin shoulders twitching slightly, unable to hide the bright red scratches on the side of her neck and a hideous whip mark. On the long kang on the side, Mrs. Zhang, dressed in a gorgeous costume, was crying endlessly with her baby son lying there.

Guo Chengsi raised his eyes to look at Duan Ling, and Duan Ling nodded slightly at him. Guo Chengsi smiled understandingly, and quickly retracted his gaze. I heard that Zhang Shilang was still angry and said: "Lord Guo, the emperor asked you to arrest the king." I didn't let you come to my house to raid my house. Now you not only connived at your subordinates to act recklessly in my squire's mansion, but also let your little servant hurt my son. He has an official body, and the old man wants to see the iron-faced and selfless Guo Shilang, how to explain to the old man this time. ”

"Confess what?" Over there, Mrs. Zhang roared: "He is a slave from a low background, and he actually dares to beat the imperial court officials, and he didn't immediately tie up the rope and send it to Lord Yin to ask for guilt." She hated these people in front of her very much at the moment, her precious son. It's grown so big, but I can't even bear to poke my fingers. It's good for them to see one hit at a time. It's just addictive. Guo Chenghei is all about it, who calls him noble and can't be provoked. But now even his little servant dares to beat his baby son, this Mrs. Zhang can't bear it, and at this moment she has the heart to chew Rongxi.

"Hey, since someone has come forward to seek justice on his behalf." Zhang Gongzi naturally hid behind very cooperatively, humming and chirping, like a dead dog. But that Rongxi is also a little slippery. They are all secretly attacking his unsightly places. In fact, his snorts were not completely fake, but although he felt pain all over his body at the moment, his face was still white and flawless, and he couldn't see any scars.

Guo Chengsi listened to the accusations of these two people, and was not in a hurry to refute or blame, but asked the little maid kneeling down with a pleasant face: "What is your name, what happened just now." Would you like to sue the official? ”

The little maid raised her head timidly, revealing a little face that was still a little immature. The girl hadn't fully grown at all. The appearance is not very good, at most it is just a show. Just like that, a little girl didn't let go, and scolded the good-looking Zhang Gongzi for a word of livestock, but she was afraid that she would insult the word livestock.

The little maid opened her mouth and originally wanted to say something, but a pair of Mrs. Zhang's venomous eyes like a poisonous snake, as well as Zhang Gongzi's fierce and vicious face, she was shocked, and immediately lowered her head timidly.

Guo Chengsi couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw this, in fact, he also knew that things like this were very common in those wealthy mansions. There are a lot of girls who are actually bed warmers for those lords and sons. Because the social status of these maids and maidservants is very low, and they have no personal freedom. Especially those who signed the death contract, in this life are no different from cattle and sheep. Whether it is business or life and death, it is in the hands of the master. When they reach the age, they will be randomly assigned to the subordinates of the family by the master, and the children they give birth to are also the slaves of the master, and there is no day for them to come out in the world.

And their only chance to change their fate is to climb into the bed of the old master or young master when they are young and beautiful, so that they have the opportunity to become a concubine or concubine. Although it is still a lowly status, there is still a risk of "concubine trading". But no matter how you say it, the status is a little higher than that of the maid. You don't have to work hard anymore and enjoy being served. As long as you have a son and a half daughter, you basically won't have to worry about being sold by your master. So this girl didn't dare to accuse Zhang Gongzi out of voice, which was also expected by Guo Chengsi.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang smiled proudly, lightly opened her red lips and said, "Lord Guo, let's not talk about him left and right, let's talk about how to deal with this cheap slave who beats the court officials!" Speaking of this, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Guo Shilang is reluctant to speak out for a long time, is it because he wants to cheat for personal gain?" ”

"Favoritism?" Zhang Shilang took over the conversation, snorted coldly, and said with bad intentions: "As long as Lord Guo is not afraid of the impeachment of Yushi, it is better to shield your little family." ”

Guo Chengsi coughed lightly, and finally spoke up: "Rongxi, what do you have to say?" ”

Rong Xi didn't have the consciousness of being sued at all, he walked out from behind Guo Chengsi with a smile, hugged his fists at Zhang Shilang and Mrs. Zhang, and said: "Since the adults and Mrs. Zhang said that Zhang Gongzi was beaten by me, please point out where Zhang Gongzi's wound is?" Otherwise, even if the imperial history wants to impeach our family, it will not be easy to write. ”

"You." Zhang Gongzi didn't care about pretending to be dead, he glared at Rong Xi and said angrily: "You guys took the quilt and covered me from head to toe, and then punched and kicked me, and greeted my fart." Now my farts are swollen, isn't it a wound? ”

His words caused Rong Xi and the surrounding officials to laugh wildly, Guo Chengsi also shook his head secretly, Zhang Shilang can come to this day step by step, proving that he is not an idle person. And Mrs. Zhang can be a nurse's daughter. defeated the original partner of the noble girl, and successfully climbed to the position of the lady who was envied by all the women of the house, and he was also a clever person. The son born of these two people. In addition to being able to see people with a cheek, his temperament is lustful, stupid, stupid, and extremely vicious.

While laughing wildly, Rong Xi didn't forget to tease him: "You said that you were blindfolded by your head and feet, how can you conclude that we beat you?" So that the hat is buttoned down. I'm not convinced. ”

Zhang Gongzi opened his mouth and just wanted to speak, but Zhang Shilang rushed to the front and said contemptally: "Except for this little girl in this room, it is you." If it wasn't for you. It must have been this little girl who beat her. Okay, good, come on! Drag this little slut who dares to beat his master down and beat fifty boards again. ”

When the little maid heard this, she trembled all over, and her face turned pale with fright. I almost didn't pass out.

Although there are officials watching outside the door. It was impossible for anyone to hear this squire's order, but the smile on Rongxi's face couldn't be contained. He glanced at the little maid who was trembling like a quail in the water, and said stupidly: "Okay, I admit it, I beat the prince of your mansion, so it's done!" ”

If you want to play tricks with me, you kid is still a little tender. Zhang Shilang was proud in his heart. didn't show it on his face, he only hugged his fist at the silent Guo Chengsi. Forced to ask again: "Since your servants have admitted to beating the court officials, I don't know what to do with Lord Guo?" ”

Who knew that Guo Chengsi rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What to deal with?" If you hit it, what else can you do? ”

Zhang Shilang thought that Guo Chengsi was forced by himself to have no choice, so he simply played helplessly. Although his face was angry, his heart was full of pride. In fact, she really didn't want to force Guo Chengsi to deal with this hateful little guy, just a subordinate, and whether she died or not really had no impact on the current situation.

His ultimate goal is just to continue to snaring Guo Chenghe's crimes, hoping to have the opportunity to coax those imperial historians who value fame over profit, and have more excuses to continue to impeach Guo Chenghe. It's best to stink Guo Chenghe's reputation, so that he can have a chance to get out.

Who knew that not long after he was proud, Guo Chengsi said slowly: "When the official sees the main hall, those imperial historians often disagree, and they beat their heads and bleed, and I don't see who the emperor blames!" ”

The imperial historian not only likes to attack others like a mad dog in the main hall, but also often fights with himself and his own people in front of the emperor for political discord. This civil official fight is not weaker than the military attache's fight, what kind of eye-piercing, choking the neck, hugging the waist, how ugly it is, of course, usually the emperor will smile tolerantly when he encounters such a situation. This is already a common practice, as long as everyone is an official in the court, no one knows it.

When Zhang Shilang heard this, a mouthful of old blood almost didn't spurt out. He gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Guo, are you comparing your family's servants with the imperial historians?" You're not afraid to flash your tongue either. ”

Guo Chengsi showed a sly smile, and he said slowly: "Rongxi, didn't you hear that Lord Zhang was questioning your identity?" Don't take out your waist card yet, let him see! ”

"Yes." Rong Xi readily agreed, but frowned and said, "But I haven't used that waist card for a long time, and I don't know where to put it?" Forgive me, my lord, let me think about it. ”

Zhang Shilang snorted coldly and said, "You don't need to pretend in front of this official, but you have to see what else you can do." ”

I saw Rongxi touch it all over his body, and he felt a lot of handkerchiefs and sachets, but he didn't see any waist cards. Zhang Shilang stroked his beard and sneered secretly. At this moment, Rong Xi suddenly exclaimed and said, "Wait, I finally remembered where to put it." ”

Zhang Shilang sneered and said, "Shouldn't it be in the Zhenguo Mansion, I don't remember to take it out!" He didn't believe that such a small guy as Rongxi could really come up with any waist card to prove his important identity. It's just a pair of cards that can freely enter and exit the town's mansion, but what's the use?

Rongxi ignored Zhang Shilang's ridicule, he only smiled and said: "I'm always afraid that this waist card will be lost, so the hiding place is dirty, adults can forgive me." I saw that he took off the soft-soled soap boots on his right foot, and he didn't feel like it, so he reached out and touched it inside, and sure enough, he found a golden waist card that was only the size of the palm of his hand, and then handed it to Zhang Shilang.

The smell made Zhang Shilang want to get angry, but fortunately, his dim eyes still subconsciously slipped around the waist card before he got angry, and when he saw the few big words faintly emerging on it, he was so shocked that he almost bit his tongue: "You, how can you be a five-grade guard?" ”

Rong Xi shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Who asked me to accompany our son in the barracks for so many years!" accidentally mixed up with a five-grade guard. After leaving the barracks, the queen master of our family invited this waist card in front of the emperor. This waist card can't be eaten, can't be sold, can't be lost, in fact, it's useless to me, if it weren't for Zhang Shilang's repeated inquiries today, I can't remember this. ”

Is there a more shameless pretending to be a coercion than this? His son is just a six-grade temple in the Taifu Temple, and he is actually two levels shorter than this thief boy. Zhang Shilang once again forcibly resisted the urge to vomit blood, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect this Rongxi young master to be an official, it's really disrespectful!" ”

Zhang Gongzi, who was still pretending to be dead over there, was also dumbfounded, he pulled Mrs. Zhang, and said aggrievedly: "Could it be that my fight is in vain?" ”

"Suffered in vain?" Mrs. Zhang whispered resentfully: "People are powerful, we can't do anything about him." But whoever caused you to be beaten, we still have a chance to get it back tenfold and hundredfold. After speaking, she glared fiercely at the little maid who was still kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to look up.

Although her voice was very small, it still made Guo Chengsi, Duan Ling and others hear it clearly. Guo Chengsi couldn't help but take a deep look at the scarred, ignorant little girl. I thought that this girl was really pitiful, she had no freedom at a young age, she was bought and sold like an object, and the owner she met was so vicious and unkind. Maybe if you go out with your front foot, the little girl on your back foot will become the next Lan'er.

After thinking about it, he couldn't bear it after all, so he turned his head and whispered to Duan Ling: "Go and invite the prince of Shu to come in, and by the way, tell him about the situation here, and ask him to come forward and ask this little maid to go back." "Bullying has always been Zhu Fei's favorite thing to do, and now he came to the Shilang Mansion with him, and he hasn't let him have fun yet, so he must be bored. Now this is a good thing that can bully people and save people's lives, so let him do it well.

"Yes." Duan Ling immediately took the order and left. (To be continued......)