Gao Zecheng raised his hand, looked at him fixedly, and said: "For a gentleman, there are things to do and things not to do." If I don't take it, no matter how powerful the Cui family is, I can't interfere in the affairs of my Gao family's house. If Zizhan wants to be thoughtful about this matter, he must find another woman who is the right person. ”

The three strategists looked at each other and said yes.

Before the words fell, the little servant Chen Ping said outside the door: "Master, someone just sent a letter. ”

……

In the small Buddha hall of Changmen Palace, Empress Dowager Li wore a high bun of temples, her carefully groomed face was tense, and her breathing was slightly short.

She had been sitting on her knees and closing her eyes for half an hour. Chunyang stood with his head down, with a hidden worry on his face.

"Back to the Queen Mother, Sun Xinjie, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, asks to see me!" Xia Dong's slightly sharp voice sounded softly.

Empress Dowager Li held the hand of the Buddha bead for a moment, her phoenix eyes burst into light, and she hurriedly said: "Help me up quickly, and quickly bring people in." Wait, did Commander Sun bring someone here? ”

Xia Dong said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the people that the Queen Mother wants to see are all waiting outside." ”

Empress Dowager Li's body shook, and Chunyang's sharp eyes hurriedly supported her.

"Queen Mother be careful!"

……

Sun Xinjie was dressed in military uniform, and the dust servants stepped into the hall, not daring to raise his head, and knelt down to say hello.

Empress Dowager Li waved her jade hand, and all the palace maids came out, leaving only Chunyang, and Xia Dong waiting in front of her.

"Commander Sun, where are the people?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, waiting outside. The person who came was rude, and he didn't dare to insult the eyes of the Queen Mother, so he asked the Queen Mother to decide. ”

"How many people are there?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, there are three generations of grandparents and 18 people."

Empress Dowager Li was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "Does Master Hou have any news?" ”

Sun Xinjie said with a straight face: "Back to the Queen Mother, the Hou Ye entrusted the official to bring the news, saying that he was looking for someone. I already have some eyebrows, and I estimate that there will be a day or two before I can return to Beijing. ”

Empress Dowager Li's heart was relieved, and she nodded and said, "Hard work, Xia Dong, send Commander Sun for me." ”

Sun Xinjie didn't dare to stay and quit.

After the people left, Empress Dowager Li said: "Chunyang." Invite the older two in. ”

Chunyang said cautiously: "Queen Mother." How are the others settled? ”

Empress Dowager Li pondered for a moment before she said word by word: "Wait! ”

……

The elderly Yao Qing and his wife trembled and shrunk in the main hall, not daring to look around.

Empress Dowager Li saw someone coming. The phoenix's eyes tightened, not angry and self-assured. She glanced at Chunlan, who quietly retreated.

"You don't have to be afraid, just take the events of the year. 1510 tell me, I will let you enjoy the glory and wealth. ”

Yao Qing lifted a weather-covered face. Cracked and rough hands like pine bark, anxiously wringing at the corners of their clothes.

The old woman on the side, clinging to the man's body, panicked, with cloudy eyes. It's all about fear.

At that time, the couple had been married for a long time and had no children, which became a joke among the people in Liu's village, that is, they went to the field to do farm work. You have to keep your head down, too. As soon as the couple discussed, they wanted to buy a baby from outside and raise it under their knees. Where to know......

"It's just that if there is a lie......" Empress Dowager Li snorted coldly,

Yao Qing was so frightened that he hurriedly kowtowed: "The noble man spares his life, the noble man spares his life, the small one says, the small one says it." ”

"The little one was originally from Liujia Village on the outskirts of Beijing, and his ancestors have lived in Liujia Village for generations. The youngest married a daughter-in-law at the age of seventeen and did not have children for three years. Afterward...... Later, in the hands of Ma Pozi, I bought a baby girl. ”

Empress Dowager Li was shocked, and the jade hand holding the armrest of the seat suddenly clenched, and said sharply: "What are the characteristics of the baby girl when she was born?" ”

Yao Qing shuddered and said: "The child is in my hands, it is the thirty-second year of Wencheng...... August 13. Ma Pozi said that the child was born three days ago. ...... on the body ...... on the body"

Yao Qing pushed the old woman beside him, the old woman was startled, and said in a hoarse voice: "Noble, there is a birthmark on the child's left forearm, and the nail is big. ”

Empress Dowager Li trembled lightly and said, "What else is special?" ”

"Behind the right earlobe, there's a small fleshy mole."

There was an exclamation at the top of the place, which made Yao Qing and his wife scatter.

Empress Dowager Li took a long breath and said forcefully: "Where is the child now?" ”

The old couple looked at each other, sobbing and not daring to answer.

"Say, where is the child?" The hand slapped heavily on the armrest, and the voice suddenly rose up.

The old couple only felt that their souls were scattered, their hearts were broken, and they clutched their chests, and they couldn't say half a word.

Yao Qing was bold and opened his mouth and said, "Nobleman, child...... The child is lost! ”

"Lost?"

Empress Dowager Li got up suddenly, and the fierceness in her eyes shot at the two people on the ground like arrows.

"Why did you lose it?"

"We two went to the ground, and if one of us didn't pay attention, we lost it!" Yao Qing's cloudy eyes revealed a hint of cunning.

A tear fell quietly on Empress Dowager Li's smooth face, burning her heart with a slight pain. However, the light in Yao Qing's eyes was clear.

She let out a long breath, the corners of her mouth seemed to be curled up for nothing, and she said lightly: "In addition to you old couple, there are sixteen people in the Yao family. But if you refuse to tell the truth, after half a pillar of incense, sixteen heads will be set before you. ”

The old woman was not frightened, she covered her mouth and trembled like a sieve: "Old man......"

Old man Yao's face turned pale, and he kowtowed desperately: "Your nobleman spares his life, I say, say it all." When the child arrived at our house, the old woman and I were so happy that we only raised her as our own daughter. Later, the Ma Pozi came a few times and said that the child was the child of a rich and noble family, and it was sold cheaply, so we had to force the couple to pay her again, or else we would take the child back. ”

"Our husband and wife were entangled by her, and we were afraid that she would regret it, just when my father died, and the family was separated. I am the second, not favored, divided into a few acres of thin fields. As soon as the husband and wife discussed, they sold Bo Tian for money, exchanged some silver, changed their surnames and went to live in a foreign country. ”

"What happened?" Empress Dowager Li asked.

"Later, the child was raised to the age of four, and I don't know if it was the blessing of the ancestors, or if the child was blessed, my old woman was actually pregnant."

Empress Dowager Li mourned in her heart: "Then you sold her?" ”

"No, no, we still raise her as our own daughter, a lot of her food, a lot of her wear. Afterward...... Afterward...... The child is getting older. The more she looks good, there is no man from ten miles and eight towns who doesn't stare at her. We...... We are husband and wife...... I was going to tell her a good family, but she didn't want to, so she ran away! ”

Old man Yao finished his words in one breath, and kowtowed a few more times.

Empress Dowager Li sat down slowly, her mind stagnant.

Suddenly. She sneered. Said slowly: "Come on, pull out the youngest grandson of the Yao family and cut it down." ”

The old woman was frightened. pushed away the man next to him, the man struggled and pulled twice, but he didn't hold it, and his face was like ashes and collapsed on the ground. The yellow fangs of the dew could no longer speak half a word.

The old woman took two steps forward and cried, "Your noble man spares his life. I say, I'll tell. It was him, it was he who looked at Wan'er getting better and better, so he had bad thoughts. I stopped me a few times, and he beat me to death. I can't help it. So he gave the boy a few dollars and let her fly away. ”

Empress Dowager Li was sad and indignant. The teeth clenched, and the green tendons on the forehead burst out one by one: "Dare to make a fool of the people, and dare to ...... How dare you ......"

The old woman was terrified, and cried out, "The noble man spares his life, this child is still alive, and she has come back to see me, and I have told the noble man who has come first." ”

Empress Dowager Li was like a lightning strike, suddenly relieved herself, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up." ”

"This child walked at the age of fourteen, four years later, one winter night, I slept well in the pit at home, I don't know how to wake up, I opened my eyes, and saw my family Wan'er standing in front of my bed, she said that she had married, life is good, and said thank you for my parenting grace."

The old woman cried, "I took the child by the hand and asked her where she lived, and I said I was sorry for her." The child just cried, but he didn't say a word. Later, a tall man stepped forward and hugged Wan'er and persuaded me a few times, and then I was unconscious. When I woke up the next day, I thought I had a dream, but I had fifty taels of silver neatly arranged next to my pillow. By the way, nobleman, I heard Wan'er call that tall man Ermu. ”

The old woman poured out all her words, bowed herself to the ground, and begged for mercy, "Please spare us for my sake." ”

Yao Qing saw that the matter had fallen through, and his head slammed: "The noble man spares his life, I am not a human being, the noble man spares his life, I am not a human being!" ”

Empress Dowager Li's eyes were overcast, and she said coldly: "Let me ask you, what is her name?" ”

"Yao Wan, nobleman, her name is Yao Wan."

"Yao Wan, Wan'er......" Empress Dowager Li's eyes were red and she burst into tears.

……

Gao Ziwei threw the teacup in his hand hard and glared at Aunt Zhu.

"Auntie, didn't I tell you a long time ago? Don't get me involved in the big brother's affairs, why don't you listen? ”

Aunt Zhu was in a good mood today, and said with a coquettish smile: "What is involved, can't be involved, why can't I understand this?" ”

Gao Zi said angrily: "You leaked the big brother to the crazy woman when he had a good thing outside, right?" Today, if it weren't for my son, I would have been exposed by that crazy woman. ”

Aunt Zhu said inexplicably: "When will I tell the eldest young master that there is something good to the eldest lady of the Li family, no matter how stupid your aunt is, I will not do such a thankless job." ”

"It's really not you?" Gao Ziwei didn't seem to believe it.

Aunt Zhu scolded angrily: "I said son, when did I lie to you about your aunt?" ”

"If it's not you, who would it be?"

Aunt Zhu's good mood for the day was gone, and she slapped Gao Ziwei and said, "How do I know?" ”

"Auntie, who did you reveal to your eldest brother about going to the Drunken Immortal Residence?"

"Who else? I just said one person, Mother Liu in front of Mrs. Xian, and the people next to me, I am tight-lipped! ”

"Could it be her?" Gao Ziwei raised his eyebrows.

Aunt Zhu sneered: "She is the most loyal to the Cui family, so naturally she can't allow the eldest young master to marry such a woman." ”

Gao Zi thought for a moment, let out a long breath, and said with a relaxed face: "It's good if it's not an aunt." ”

Halfway through the conversation, he heard the little maid outside say, "Second young master, the master called you to the study." ”

Aunt Zhu glanced at the hourglass and muttered, "Why is the master still calling you at this hour?" ”

Gao Ziwei jumped off the couch in fright, looked at Aunt Zhu in a panic, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, what do you mean by this?" ”

Aunt Zhu saw that her son was like a frightened bird, and knew that she was scared by his son last time, so she hurriedly comforted: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, your father may be testing your article, go quickly, if there is anything, let someone bring a letter over." ”

"Auntie......" Gao Zi panicked and hesitated and refused to leave.

Aunt Zhu thought for a while and said, "You go first, I'll find a chance to walk to the study in a while, don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

……

Lin Xi was anxiously pacing at the gate of the courtyard, and when he saw the second young master coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Second young master, the master has sent someone to urge him a few times, hurry up!" ”

Gao Ziwei looked around and said in a low voice, "Have you said anything?" ”

"The slave and maid stuffed the silver, and didn't inquire about anything." Linsey said truthfully.

Gao Zi let out a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "I'm scared to death." You come with me. ”

……

From Aunt Zhu's courtyard to Master Gao's Hanmo Courtyard, you will arrive through several courtyards. Lin Xi lit the lantern to illuminate the second young master, and when she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the little maid stopped her.

Gao Ziwei was helpless, turned around and said, "You wait here, I'll come when I go." ”

Lin Xi nodded helplessly.

It's been a busy day in the house today, and although Lin Xi hasn't done any heavy work, he is also so tired that his back hurts, and he only hopes to go back to the room early to rest.

I don't know which of the old man's tendons is wrong, and they are about to fall into the courtyard gate, so I thought of talking to the second young master, what did I do earlier, I was so tired that they had to follow.

Lin Xi rolled his eyes silently a few times, sighed, and said in his heart that being a maid is so unfree.

……

"Get on your knees!"

Gao Ziwei had not yet stood firm, and his majestic voice sounded slowly. He chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "The father called his son, but I don't know what ...... do."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a piece of paper smashing his face in the face.

"Look at the good things you've done!" Gao Zecheng said angrily.

Gao Ziwei didn't dare to dodge, picked up the paper, and with a single eye, his mind boomed, and it was blank.

"Let me ask you, what are you doing in Wanhualou?" Gao Zecheng rolled his eyes awe-inspiringly.

"Father, I didn't go to Wanhualou, and my son never went to Wanhualou, this ...... This...... Not really. Gao Zi said urgently.

Gao Zecheng glanced at him deeply, and said lightly: "On the fifteenth day of this month, where are you?" ”

"Son...... The son followed his aunt to Zhu's house and met his grandfather and several uncles. Gao Ziwei had no confidence in his heart, and he said it snortingly.

Gao Zecheng took the case.

"Guilty account, at this point, you are still talking nonsense. I have asked the little guy around you, on the fifteenth of this month, you and Ben didn't go to Zhu's house. ”

Gao Ziwei was shocked by his father's gaze, and secretly hated the soft bones of the people around him, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Son...... The son really didn't go to the Zhu family, but the son didn't go to Wanhualou either, and the son went to the drunken immortal residence on the edge of Wanhualou! ”

"Going to the Drunken Immortal Residence?"

Gao Zecheng looked at him with a smile in his eyes. (To be continued)

PS: Thanks for the naughty pink ticket.

The child is sick, there is only one change today, it is a big change of 4,000 words, I hope you will forgive me! R640