Chapter 786: Chaos II
Although the Chu steward and the shopkeeper You are both confidants of the prince of Lu, the steward of Chu is the companion of the princess of Lu Wangyuan and the princess for his son, and he has been waiting for the prince since he was a child.
Chu stewards are pampered, rarely go out of Beijing in recent years, most of them are in Beijing, stay by the side of King Lu to help him make suggestions, and the shopkeeper You is sent to Beijing from time to time to inspect the industries in various places for King Lu Shizi.
That natural disaster cost half of the hard work of King Lu Shizi, and the business on the bright side also lost a lot, and the shopkeeper You helped King Lu to settle those remaining troops and recruit new people, so that he jumped to the confidant of King Lu Shizi, although it was not as important as the weight of Chu Steward, but because of his youth, who said that after a few years, he couldn't completely step on Chu Steward?
Steward Chu himself also knew, so he would actively strive for this trip from the prince, in order not to be stepped on by Shopkeeper You too early.
It was only when he came to Pingzhou that he knew that this was a hot potato! I knew that I shouldn't have come, the eighth aunt is difficult to do, not to mention it, if it can't be done, the prince will blame, and if it is done well, it may offend the mother and son of the wife of the prince, who made the eighth aunt and grandmother a concubine!
Steward Chu made a decision immediately and called himself sick that night.
He is old, tired and uncomfortable from long-distance travel, and no one can say that he is pretending, dragging the sick body all the way to Cangshan County, when he saw the surprise of the shopkeeper You when he saw his sick state at first glance, he was relieved and became.
After retiring the waiters, the two sat down separately, Shopkeeper You poured two cups of tea, handed one to Steward Chu, and then held his cup and took a sip. Tell Steward Chu what is going on in the cell.
Steward Chu knew that a man like Yun Dufei was, no matter how powerful the eighth aunt and grandmother were, it was impossible for him to be the only woman, but he was still in prison! I asked for two beautiful maids to sleep, if I let the eighth aunt and grandmother know, I'm afraid I'm going to die of sadness, right?
Hearing what Steward Chu said, the corners of Shopkeeper You's mouth twitched slightly, to be honest, he didn't think that Eighth Aunt and Grandma would feel sad about this. He brought it up. is afraid that Aunt Eight's style will cause outsiders to have a bad perception.
"What is the prince going to do?"
"Check it out! If Kyori's attitude is tough, he will be thrown out if he can't say anything to calm the anger of the public. "It's just a pity for a talent.
Shopkeeper You nodded. "What has the prince been busy with lately?" It hasn't been a word in days.
Right now, the prince is repairing the tenth aunt! Steward Chu's eyebrows were crooked. His nephew sent him a message. said that the outer room and children of the tenth aunt were dead, and most of the people who protected the tenth aunt also went, and now they are like cats and mice. I'm playing with the Yang family!
Steward Chu received the letter, and immediately replied to the letter to reprimand his nephew, telling him to be cautious, do things well, and don't be careless and ruin the affairs of the son.
King Lu saw that he didn't know how many years to live, the palace had long been the world of the prince and his wife, and he had always been in charge, his daughters were on errands beside Mrs. Shizi, and his sons were attendants beside several sons, if it weren't for his second brother begging to come to him, he wouldn't dare to introduce this unreliable nephew to the prince.
Speaking of which, the palace has been really unfavorable in recent years, and everything has not gone well, first the county lord of Xiuning made trouble and left, and finally succeeded in reconciling, but he was also demoted to the county lord, as the county lord's family of three moved back to his mother's house to live, the palace has been fighting endlessly since then, and the two sisters-in-law are fighting for the power of the family.
In fact, everyone doesn't understand that the county lord of Xiuning is a married woman, even if she returns to the mansion with Li, what qualifications does she have to compete with Mrs. Shizi for the power of the family? The head of Xiuning County was naturally defeated, and then the eighth aunt and grandmother came out of the cabinet, and married a second-married old man, everyone thought that the eighth aunt and grandmother were dizzy, but they didn't expect the next thing that the tenth aunt and grandmother provoked, so that everyone really saw what it means to be dizzy.
Those Zhuangzi who have been carefully managed by the prince for decades have been destroyed by natural disasters, and fortunately the prince has made money, but he never expected that the workshop that the prince was proud of would suddenly be targeted, and the roster of officials who had close contacts was lost.
If it weren't for the delay in the palace, they would have thought that the emperor had sent someone to take it away!
Everyone was cautious and cautious for a while, before they put their minds at ease, the pseudo-painting masters recruited by Yundu Fei began to be sought after, a pair of Yan Chi's pseudo-paintings can be sold for 10,000 taels of silver, with these masters, why worry about rebuilding those Zhuangzi without silver!
Thinking of this, Steward Chu smiled bitterly, who would have thought that just because of asking the eighth aunt to help find a master of fake painting, the eighth aunt would be killed by mistake?
"Where's the little guy who committed the crime?" If this guy hadn't clashed with the shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop, and killed someone by mistake, the eighth aunt would not have killed someone by mistake.
"I've already crippled him." Shopkeeper You shook his head, after all, they had committed a crime, and it was not good for them to kill people now, otherwise, he would have let people kill that troublemaker spirit a long time ago!
Steward Chu nodded, he thought about what Shopkeeper You said in his heart, and what the guards said, and checked it several times, until the tea in his hand was cold, and Shopkeeper You sat stiffly, only to hear him suddenly ask.
"Did this general verdict bring people to arrest people that day, or did you ask my uncle to go to the yamen to ask about the case?"
Does it make a difference?
Shopkeeper You was stunned when asked, Steward Chu smiled, naturally there was a difference, he analyzed it to Shopkeeper You, "Come to arrest people, we don't follow here, we killed the official by mistake, this crime is unforgivable, if you have already arrested someone, come and ask your uncle to go to the yamen for questioning, then why is there a conflict?" Angry that my uncle killed someone by mistake? ”
If the latter is the latter, any innocent white man who is suddenly surrounded by the yamen and forcibly invites him to the yamen for questioning, will cause a conflict, and it can only be the sentence that is disrespectful and annoys the uncle to provoke him to kill by mistake.
Shopkeeper You figured it out, stroked his palms and smiled, "Steward Chu's words woke up the dreamer!" "Then why did he go to great lengths before, leading people to force the bitter master's family to withdraw the lawsuit, and then detaining the family of the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop? Is!
"If you want to be safe, spend a little money to beat all the officers and soldiers present that day and gag their mouths. And that's all right! ”
Steward Chu pointed confidently, and Shopkeeper You nodded frequently when he heard it, and then thought of something and hurriedly asked, "But what a dead official!" ”
"What's that! Isn't that the one who fights? He was young and impulsive, and he could kill one, so why couldn't he kill the second? ”
Is it all blaming the offender for this?
Steward Chu looked at his eyes, as if he was smiling, making Shopkeeper You feel that the other party was laughing at him.
"This incident was caused by him, and it is also his blessing to be able to share the worries of his master."
"But. Do it now. Is it still too late? "Shopkeeper You really wants to slap himself a few times, such a simple thing can be solved, he went around in such a big circle, and sprinkled a lot of money. Is it stupid?
Steward Chu coughed several times. He hadn't forgotten that he was still sick. Idea, okay, want him to clean up the aftermath for this young man? Don't even think about it. If you dig your own hole, fill it yourself!
"How can it be too late, take advantage of the Chinese New Year, don't be eye-catching to give gifts in the spring, hurry up, remember, tell them to change their clothes and go again, don't let people catch the handle."
"Yes, yes." Shopkeeper You promised repeatedly, and then turned around and went out to do errands, and the attendant of Steward Chu opened the door and came in at this time and helped him back to the room.
As he walked back to the room, he asked, "Old Chu, you are too kind, aren't you?" This surnamed You has never taken you seriously, but you have helped him come up with ideas regardless of your previous suspicions. ”
"Fool! The stupid things he did in front of him are already facts, even if he does well in the back, he can't make up for the mistakes in front of him, I helped him come up with ideas, no matter how well he did it, in the heart of the prince, it was also my credit, it was my idea that saved the eighth aunt, even if he You Kun broke his leg, the prince will only remember that he was not good at doing things and failed to cover things in time. ”
It's thankless, it's the shopkeeper who is talking!
Steward Chu smiled and lay on the bed, the attendant helped him tuck the quilt, and he fell asleep, not knowing that the people from the Nanjing Marquis Mansion had come to the boundary of Cangshan County, and they had already arranged everything to pay for the lives of Yundu Fei's master and servant.
It has just started the year, the atmosphere of the New Year festival is strong, the people who are usually busy making a living and making money, put on new clothes to go to relatives, the Grand Canal is close to a small wharf in Tongzhou, people come and go is not lively, but the difference on weekdays is that the wharf is not busy unloading and delivering goods to the ship's boatmen and merchants, but the people who are busy walking relatives, they either come by boat, or just take a boat to go, and there are some small vendors, taking advantage of this time to set up stalls to earn some money to supplement the family.
A few men hurriedly came down from a cargo ship, they were tall and straight, looking at the dress and momentum, they should be soldiers!
Many people on the dock were quietly talking, the young daughter-in-law and the eldest girl blushed and secretly looked at these heroic young people, who knows, these young people are about to die!
"Damn! The Yang family is really vicious, and they can even do such a thing as drugged! Lu San, the head of the guards of the Lu Palace, complained as he walked, and the others also followed with sad faces.
They can even be ruthless with pregnant women, but people just give them drugs, how can they not do it? They should be glad that the Yang family gave them drugs, not poison.
"It's good now, I've lost someone, where are I going to find someone now?"
Who knows! I thought they and the Yang family were on the boat, they wanted to run, where could they go?
Watching the boatman prepare wine and food for the New Year, I thought about the New Year! I didn't go home for a reunion dinner, and my brothers gathered to eat and drink is better than nothing, so I asked the boatman to help them prepare a wine and food, but I didn't expect to wait for the wine to wake up, only to find that Yang Shiyi Lang and his party were gone, and at night, they were on the boat again, where could they go?
Where can you go? Tie up the boatman, and the man will do it all without waiting to be asked.
It turned out that they thought that their tracks were secret, and they chased Yang Shiyi Lang and they got on the boat, but in fact, they had already exposed their tracks, they asked the boat family to prepare wine and food that day, and the Yang family took the opportunity to drug the wine, they thought they had only slept for one night, but in fact, they had slept for three days.
Taking advantage of the drug's effect, they ordered the boatmen to disembark them at the nearest pier as soon as dawn, and told them to continue walking back for two days before turning around and heading north.
"Damn!" Stamping his foot angrily, Lu San pulled off his cloak and walked away with his subordinates, but there was an exclamation from behind, it turned out that he had stepped on a hole in the wooden floor of the dock.
When the guards of the Fuyang Marquis Mansion escorted Yang Shiyi Lang to the capital in a hurry, the prince of Lu and his wife went to the Fuyang Marquis Mansion in person.
"Do you want to take the eleventh daughter-in-law home?"
"Yes, since she returned to the Yang Mansion, she has never returned to her mother's house, and her in-laws know that my father and king are most fond of this granddaughter, who has not seen her for a long time, and misses her very much, and heard that she had a foot on Chinese New Year's Eve, so he urged us to take her back."
Mrs. Fuyang Hou smiled wryly, Lu Wangfu sent someone to pick it up on the second day of the first day of the first month, and she stopped it, but now her in-laws have come to pick it up in person, and the reason is also legitimate, can she refuse? Naturally, it can't be!
I had to ask King Lu and his wife to take Chu Mingxin away, and all the people who were waiting for him were also brought back to King Lu's mansion.
Watching the Lu Wangfu family go away, a young grandmother in the third room of the Yang family asked curiously, "It's just to take her daughter back to see her grandfather, how can you take all the waiters away?" Is it that you are going to take it back, and you will never come back? ”
"Phew! What are you talking about? Another young grandmother pushed back, "When she came back, it was the emperor who spoke, could it be that the Lu Wangfu dared to disobey the emperor's will?" ”
"So, what's going on?" The young grandmother who spoke first pointed to the courtyard of Shiyi Lang, there were still people walking around in the courtyard, but they were all descendants of their Yang family.
"By the way, what about her dowry? If it's still there, then it's definitely going to come back. ”
Saying that, a few people walked into the courtyard together with their skirts, and the people waiting in the courtyard were a little surprised to see these young grandmothers, and they didn't see these young grandmothers walking around with the eleventh young grandmothers on weekdays.
Several young grandmothers walked into the courtyard with the questioning eyes of these subordinates, and when they saw the exquisite and luxurious furnishings in the house, they couldn't help but be envious and jealous.
"Young grandmothers, our young grandmother went back to her parents' house, it's not good to stay guests, if you have something to find our young grandmother, why don't you wait for our young grandmother to come back?" (To be continued......)
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