Chapter 155: Confrontation One
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Zhu Guli, who got the news that night, waited at the palace gate before dawn to see the emperor, and some things had to be hinted at first, especially the number of people who robbed grain and grass was so small, how sure they were to dare to act like this.
This matter must be hinted at, and it must be brought to the attention of the emperor.
In fact, about Wang Zhen's ability to protect the grain and grass this time, he can't wait to run over and ask what is going on, but now is not the time.
The most important thing is to keep this secret, at least let the potential enemy know about it for a few days later.
Although this secret decree may be known sooner or later, it is still possible to keep it for a while, and all the wills in the future must be handled in secret.
Zhu Guli felt that the person who could afford such a group of people must be a big force, and he must have many connections of his own in the court, and he faintly felt that this person and his current power were only high.
This dark force made him feel more and more that this person might be in the court, otherwise how could the grain and grass be robbed accurately the first few times, and the time for delivering the grain and grass and passing through those locations all the way were arranged, which was not something that people outside could inquire about.
He faintly felt that it was already a beginning from the matter of grain and grass, and in the first five years, he had inquired one after another, but he had no clue, and the matter of grain and grass suddenly made him feel that these people were really testing the waters.
The forces behind this scene are too terrifying, too deeply hidden.
Because in his previous life, the mastermind behind the scenes was not revealed until after his death.
On the twentieth day of the year, Zhou's house.
There are still ten days to go before the New Year, and the maids and mothers-in-law and housekeepers of the Zhou Mansion have changed into new winter clothes early.
And Zhou Xiaofu's courtyard has been arranged for two new rough mothers-in-law and a third-class maid.
According to the configuration of Zhou Xiaofu, the eldest daughter of the third room, plus Qingbi and Zining, it is equivalent to an extra maid, so the monthly example of this maid is made by Zhou Xiaofu herself in the private treasury, but these are all small things for her.
It was noon, and after lunch, I hurried back to my room, because of the account books sent by my little aunt over there in Jindu and this year's dividends.
I really didn't expect that in just over two months, the five stores had a dividend of 10,000 taels of silver.
This is deducted from the decoration and other expenses invested at the beginning, as well as labor costs, but the buying and selling costs of these shops are not taken into account, and these shops are all bought by my aunt with her own private money.
It stands to reason that there should be a rental fee in it, but there is none, and I am afraid that my aunt will let herself.
It seems that this woman's money is the best to earn, and after this year, she has to work hard to improve the appearance of those clothes in her previous life and add some new elements to it, after all, the management and business model of the store will be learned, but the style of service and jewelry will not be imitated so quickly.
After a brief look at the account book and the letter written by my aunt to herself, I put it down, and it seems that I can get a lot of returns in this industry.
As soon as she had put her things away, she saw Cui Huā come in in a hurry, saying that the old lady had sent someone to call her over.
Zhou Xiaofu wondered in her heart, I only went to ask for peace on the fifteenth day of the first month of every month, and I only came back five days ago, why did I call it for a few days.
Although he was puzzled, he was not idle under his hand, and took out two hundred taels of silver from the silver ticket and asked Cui Huā to call Ziling.
After more than ten days of raising, Ziling's body has been well, and later according to Ziling's recollection, I don't know how at that time, she was washing clothes in the room, and she was suddenly caught by a group of mothers-in-law who broke into the yard, saying that someone saw her sneaking things in.
Of course, she denied it, but soon saw Kikuhuā triumphantly come in and start searching her room, and knowing where it was, Kikuhuā searched for a man's belt, and then triumphantly held it in his hand.
She didn't admit it alive or dead, but she was taken directly to the eldest lady's house, in front of many people, Zhang's mother asked her if she had an end with a foreign man, she didn't admit it alive or dead, if she recognized it, then Miss's character would also be questioned, and she gritted her teeth to support Zhang's mother's beating, because she didn't admit it, so Zhang's mother had no choice but to lock herself in the firewood room, and threw her cotton clothes in the firewood room.
didn't give her food or drink for three whole days, probably because the eldest lady thought that there was a chrysanthemum to testify, and there was also physical evidence, even if she didn't admit it, she didn't have it, so she was never tortured again.
Although she didn't know why Juhuā changed her mind, and this thing was too strange, but such a thing happened, and she was saved anyway.
After a while, I saw Ziling, whose face was already a little ruddy, coming in in an orange cotton jacket, and stood still in a regular manner.
Seeing this, Zhou Xiaofu nodded and said, "How is it?" Have you rested? ”
"Miss Huisi, the slave and maid are already fine, but Mother Lan is afraid of leaving any sequelae and always does not let the slave and maid work." Ziling said gratefully.
Zhou Xiaofu glanced at Ziling with a smile, "Mother Lan is kind-hearted, I feel sorry for you, it's not too late to work when you're done, you will go directly to Zhuangzi on the twenty-eighth year of the year, and come back when you are on the sixth day of the junior high school." ”
Miss is letting herself go to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year with her younger brother, Ziling looked at Zhou Xiaofu in disbelief and saw her nodding with a smile, and suddenly tears welled up, "Fourth Miss, how can you let the slave and maid thank you." ”
"What do you say about being grateful or not, for the New Year, you and your brother will have a good time together, and you will come back and work hard." Zhou Xiaofu said lightly.
Ziling knelt on the ground and thanked Enen before standing up.
Zhou Xiaofu picked up the silver ticket on the desk, thought about it, and found some outdated and broken gold and silver jewelry from the jewelry box, found a bag and handed it to Ziling.
"Go to Yinzhuang to exchange some silver nudes for rewarding, one or two of them, pick some good-looking paintings, and some gold and silver jewelry to take to the ratings shop to exchange for huàn into jewelry back, simpler, when the time comes, give a reward to the people in the courtyard for the New Year, and let Zining accompany you." Zhou Xiaofu explained seriously.
Ziling took the small bag seriously and went out with Zining.
And Zhou Xiaofu cleaned up and went to the old lady's yard slowly with Qingbi.
Zhou Xiaofu plans to slowly cultivate Qingbi and Zining, after all, they can do kung fu, Cui Huā and Ziling encounter something, they are the ones who are hurt, the New Year is coming soon, and Cui Huā and Lan's mother are also busy making new clothes for themselves and their brother.
In addition to the conservatory, the rest of the Zhou Mansion is bare, and the leaves of the trees have fallen off, but the Zhou Mansion has planted a lot of precious tree species, so there are workers who specialize in gardening, and wrap the roots of the trees under the straw curtains, and look at it on the road, as if every tree is wearing yellow clothes.
Breathe. In the cold air, Zhou Xiaofu pulled the bib on his head, although it was not snowing, it was at least minus twenty-seven or eight degrees outside, dripping into ice.
walked all the way to the old lady's yard, and after the little maid at the door reported, Zhou Xiaofu led the maid in.
As soon as I entered the room, I was greeted by a hot breath, mixed with a strong sandalwood fragrance.
Zhou Xiaofu frowned, even if it is cold outside, it should be a little breathable, and the lack of oxygen in the brain is not a good phenomenon.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw the eldest aunt and Ye Xinlan sitting there, and when they saw her come in, the two of them raised their eyes and stopped gnawing.
Zhou Xiaofu saw the old lady leaning on the couch in a jujube red jacket, drinking tea, indescribably leisurely.
Zhou Xiaofu didn't know what was going on with her calling, if she came, she would be safe, she had been busy consolidating her level recently, so she didn't have time to listen to the root of the wall, plus the last time someone followed her, she had no eyebrows, and she was still a little uneasy in her heart.
After greeting the old lady and the two ladies, Zhou Xiaofu stood quietly on the side, looking at her nose and nose, and the old lady didn't say anything for a long time to let her sit down.
After a long time, he slowly asked, "Sister Fu'er, did you go directly to your grandfather's house a while ago?" ”
When Zhou Xiaofu heard this, hum, isn't this coming?
"Back to my grandmother, my granddaughter went directly back to my grandfather's house." Zhou Xiaofu replied calmly, but she pondered up and down in her heart, what tricks these people were going to make.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ye Xinlanhuo stand up suddenly, and angrily reprimanded with a mocking look: "Evil barrier, don't kneel down yet, lie and lie to the old lady." ”
Zhou Xiaofu turned her head and glanced at Ye Xinlan, seeing that she was full of confidence, what evidence did she have in her hand to have such momentum.
Zhou Xiaofu glanced at the old lady and saw that she didn't gnaw, so she knelt down slowly, knelt straight and said: "Mother told her daughter to kneel, and her daughter had to kneel, but her daughter didn't understand what her mother said, and asked her mother to make it clear, don't splash any dirty water on her daughter." ”
When the old lady saw Zhou Xiaofu kneeling, she thought she was wrong, but when she heard her say this, she couldn't help but sit up.
It's not good for this stepmother to frame her stepdaughter.
When Ye Xinlan heard Zhou Xiaofu say this, she saw her kneeling straight, and she wanted to kick it directly in anger.
"What a sharp mouth, I'll let you die today, you are a girl who is still in the boudoir full of lies, and you dare to go to other counties alone, hum!" Ye Xinlan scolded Zhou Xiaofu with a smug face, and shouted outside, "Bring people in." ”
Zhou Xiaofu just knelt quietly and didn't say a word.
After a while, two men entered, one was a middle-aged man wearing a black cotton jacket, and the other was an old man under fifty who was also wearing a white-washed cotton jacket, but with patches.
If Zhou Xiaofu turned his head to look, he would definitely recognize these two people.
Seeing that the old lady led two foreign men in, she frowned and whispered to Cheng's mother on the side.
Cheng's mother immediately went out, brought her mother-in-law in, and pulled up a bamboo curtain in the hall.
After getting ready, the old man said to Ye Xinlan: "The second family, you tell me the details, don't wronged anyone, after all, you are someone's stepmother." ”
The old lady already knows the whole story, and looks at her niece with a confident look, but she doesn't know whether she bought it or if it's true, no matter what, the evidence must be conclusive, otherwise the stepmother will find someone to prove that her children will go out alone without reporting to the family, and they will lie, if this is spread out, I don't know what it will become.
Ye Xinlan got up and saluted and said proudly: "Mother, a few days ago, the daughter-in-law's brother's daughter wrote that she saw Sister Fu in Hancheng, and the daughter-in-law didn't believe it, Sister Fu was because her grandfather was sick, so she went to Jindu, how could there be Hancheng, so I asked people to check, and they found two coachmen in the car dealership, and they described themselves as the girl who pulled their daughter-in-law to send someone to inquire here in early November, so today I am looking for someone to recognize people, and I also asked Sister Fu to say why she appeared in Hancheng, Who the hell are you going to meet? ”
The last sentence of going to see someone directly intercepted Zhou Xiaofu's back road, no matter whether Zhou Xiaofu saw someone or not, if it can really prove that Zhou Xiaofu appeared alone in Hancheng, no matter what reason Zhou Xiaofu said himself, he was on his back.
"Okay, Sister Fu'er, you stand up and go behind the curtain to take a look, do you know those two people? I'm going to prove your innocence today, so don't shy away from anything, go and meet it. ”
The old lady drank. Tea, raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Xiaofu, there was no trace of wanting to protect his granddaughter. (The novel "Zhou Xiaofu Reborn in Ancient Times" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be 100 lucky draw gifts for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued.)