Mengbao always put on a blank look, and at this moment his face was full of puzzlement: "Isn't Dr. Zhao's medical skills good?" Is this the right way to do it? ”

The second wife looked at her like a fool: "The doctor who treats the next person, how good do you say it can be?" ”

"That's right...... But the herbs on this prescription are so expensive, I thought it must be excellent. ”

One sentence reminded everyone of her selling jewelry and buying medicine, and their eyes were fixed on Mother Xu beside the old lady.

Mother Xu glanced at the old lady, and then said, "The medicinal materials on this recipe are enough for a maximum of two coins of silver." ”

"Two coins of silver?"

Everyone in the room exploded again.

Li's eyes looked around in a panic, and when he saw the red note, his eyes lit up, and he sharply accused: "You!" The young lady asked you to take the monthly silver to catch the medicine, but you deceived the young lady that she didn't understand the price of medicine and was greedy for silver! Someone, drag her out and beat her to death! ”

The two burly servants hurriedly stepped forward to drag away the red note, and the red note hurriedly said: "No, the slave and maid don't, the silver of that month has not been sent down since the young lady was sick, and the slave and maid are not greedy for ink!" ”

"Dare to quibble! The young lady just said that she will give you the silver to catch the medicine, it's not that you are greedy for ink, what is it! Gagged her mouth and dragged it down! Li Shi said busily.

The two servants casually pulled out a sweat towel and were about to block the mouth of the red note, but they were stopped by Mengbao.

"Mother, the red note is my dowry maid, who has been with me for many years, and asks my mother to spare her life, let me deal with it."

The red note is Mengbao's dowry, and the deed of sale is in Mengbao's hands, although the Li family is the head of the Hou Mansion, but if you really want to talk about the right to dispose of the red note, Mengbao has more right to speak.

Li secretly gritted his teeth, but he couldn't find a reason to refute her in public.

Mengbao took a step forward without hurry, looking at the red note kneeling on the ground.

"Although you are my dowry maid, you really shouldn't frame your mother for some silver taels, such a big mistake should have been directly caned to death according to what your mother said, but not long after your younger brother and sister entered the door, it is not appropriate to see blood, so I will punish you with a cane for thirty to set an example, do you have any objections?"

The red note cried: "Young lady, the slave didn't frame the eldest lady, the slave didn't really greed for ink and silver, and the silver didn't send it for half a year......"

"What a girl who doesn't know what to do! Dare to quibble! Li was so angry that he wanted to ask someone to drag her down and kill her to seal her mouth.

"The slave is not quibbling, the eldest lady can ask Mother Gao if she doesn't believe it, she knows."

When Gao's mother heard this, she pulled it on herself again, and hurriedly brushed it off: "The slave doesn't know, the monthly silver has always been allocated to Jingxinyuan for one or two." ”

"You talk nonsense! I asked you for many times and you refused to give it, and then you refused to even see me, so I directly asked the little maid to send me, and I haven't received a tael of silver from Jingxinyuan in the past six months! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about! The time you came to receive the monthly case was not given to you happily, you took it yourself and hid it privately, but now it is on my head! What kind of heart do you have, girl! Gao's mother scolded angrily.

"Shut up!"

Mengbao frowned and interrupted sharply, looking a little annoyed: "Red note, I only interceded for you when you and my master and servant interceded, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant." Before, you told me that you got the monthly case and took it directly to grab the medicine, why did you say that Gao's mother didn't send it to you at this moment? I can't keep you if you have to quibble like this! Don't hurry up and admit your mistake to Gao's mother! ”

"Young lady, the slave maid really didn't get the monthly order, I didn't tell you before because the slave didn't want to block your heart when she saw that you were sick, and the slave didn't greed for those silver taels......"

"You girl, what a ...... Is that the silver so important? So you don't even want your life? Gao's mother said that every time she gave it to you, you just went to get the monthly case this morning, since the silver has been issued, it must be on you at this moment, and it is evidence of the crime when it comes out! Look how you still slander Gao's mother! ”

As he spoke, he looked at the two servant women who were just about to take away the red note: "She just went to get the monthly order this morning, and after returning to Jingxin Garden, I called Yongzhu Garden before she could enter the house." You searched her body, and found the silver, which means that she is planting a false accusation, and it is useless for me to keep such a maid, so I will kill her with a rod as my mother said! ”

She said angrily and resolutely, as if she really didn't plan to ask for this maid.

Two servants, you look at me and I look at you, I don't know what to do.

Li and Gao's mother changed their faces together, and the cold sweat on their foreheads covered a layer of cold.

The old lady examined Mengbao, with some exploration and a hint of imperceptible appreciation in her eyes, turned the Buddha bead in her hand and said: "Search to see if there is any silver on this maid, and you will know that she is not lying." ”

"Yes."

Mother Xu answered, and personally went down to search the body of the red note, but the result was naturally no.

According to what Gao's mother said, she gave it happily every time, but not this time, so the past is naturally doubtful.

Gao's mother shook her body and almost fell to the ground.

"Slave maid...... The slave maid has been accompanying the eldest lady today, I don't know that she came to receive the monthly order in the morning, the slave maid doesn't know...... "She especially defended herself.

Mengbao also helped to distinguish: "Yes, grandmother, so many things in the house need to be bothered by mother, and Mother Gao is her personal slave, so naturally there are many things to deal with." Where can such trivial things as asking for a doctor for Mengbao and distributing monthly bills bother Gao's mother, it must be that the subordinate did not do his best, and he didn't have to let Gao's mother bear the notoriety. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and blamed the red note: "You too, if you didn't get it, you said you didn't get it, you deceived me about what to do, and you caused such a misunderstanding today, and almost hurt Gao's mother." ”

"Yes, the slave knows her mistake and doesn't dare to deceive the young lady anymore. It's just that the slave didn't expect that the subordinate would have such a big courage to covet the young lady's silver taels, and there were as many as three hundred taels in half a year, and they dared to ......"

The red note was about to speak and stopped, Mengbao looked at her with a look of appreciation in her eyes, and it took all her strength to suppress the smile that pulled up at the corner of her mouth.

Where was the second wife willing to let go of such a great opportunity to suppress the big house, and helped on the side: "No, three hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, and I don't know which maid has such a big courage to be greedy for so many silver taels." ”

"It's not me who said, sister-in-law, this Hou Mansion is in your hands, you didn't even notice such a big mistake, let those subordinates do whatever they want, today I forgot to ask for a doctor for Mengbao, Ming'er is greedy for Mengbao's monthly example, I don't know what I can do in the future, sister-in-law, you should also take care of it."

"Also, I heard that since the house changed Dr. Zhao to diagnose the next person, the consultation fee and medicine fee are much higher than in previous years, not to mention that the maid has not improved, but there are more and more deaths, so I don't have to add bad luck to the house!"

"And the silver taels used for the funeral are not a small amount of money, plus find someone to re-purchase it, it is another sum of silver, it is not cost-effective inside and out, it is better to change to a better doctor to pay more for the consultation."

"Mengbao was diagnosed and treated by the quack doctor Zhao once and can still stand here well, it is really a great blessing, it can be seen that it is a master's life, even if he is treated as a slave, it is different from those slaves!"