Chapter 8: Self-defeating
When Chuncao rushed out, Zhao Xiu was trampled by her little brother, and she didn't have time to stop her, so she could only watch her kneel on the ground, and tell everything she saw in Jiang's courtyard that day, and even didn't hide Jiang's suspicious intentions yesterday, and couldn't help but secretly complain in her heart.
Zhao Zhuo and Mi just said that they wanted to invite Jiang Shi to be a lobbyist, but they were afraid that they would not move, and now Chuncao said the matter, what if they used this matter to threaten Jiang Shi to help? The woman didn't seem to be soft-hearted, but don't be self-defeating and force people to do even more uncontrollable things.
After listening to what Chuncao said, Zhang's face was already pale: "When you came back that day, I heard that Brother Hong'er was gone, and I was already suspicious in my heart, why didn't you go back?!" ”
Chuncao hesitated for a moment, but had to kowtow with tears: "After all, the slave maid is a person in this house, how dare she say the secret affairs of the master's family?" Originally, I thought that the second master would move away separately, and the slave and maid would leave with the old lady, and when the time came, there would be no hindrance, where did I think that Grandma Jue would ......"
She didn't say the truth that her sister-in-law advised her to hide from her master for the time being. After all, it is a family, and if you want to be punished by the master, it is enough to have her, and you don't have to pull your sister-in-law into the water.
Mi's face turned white when he listened: "This, this, this...... Wouldn't it? How old is Brother Ze'er? He was only six years old, how could he do such a thing?! ”
Zhao Zhuo couldn't believe it: "Presumably he ran out after he entered the house and found that his younger brother had an accident and was scared?" He is a small child, and his family education has been strict since he was a child, how could he do such a thing that is inferior to a beast? ”
Zhang said with a dark face: "If he is really innocent, why is Jue's daughter-in-law so nervous?" It's just a matter of killing Brother Hong's nurse, she has the sin of not taking care of her, what does Chuncao have to do with this? If you are afraid of misunderstanding, you just need to tell the truth clearly, and if you don't want people to know, you can also say it privately. Chuncao is a girl, will she still bite Brother Ze and not let go? It's good for her to make people stomp on Sister-in-law's feet, and let the girl cheat Chuncao away, what does she want to do? Kill people?! ”
She immediately called another girl, Autumn Leaves, into the house and ordered: "Go and invite Grandma Jue over, I want to ask for clarity!" ”
Qiu Ye was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Mi Shi, who turned around and approached Zhang's and lowered his voice: "Mother, aren't we just trying to ask Jue's daughter-in-law to help be a lobbyist?" ”
When Zhang heard this, his face was blank, and without waiting for her to say anything, Zhao Zhuo preemptively dismissed his wife: "Don't talk nonsense!" How can you pretend not to know about such a big event, and use this matter to threaten Jue's daughter-in-law in turn? This is not a gentleman's doing! ”
Michaels bit his lip and stopped talking. Zhang glanced at her: "I know what you're thinking, I have my own measure in this matter." ”
Autumn leaves invited Jiang over, Jiang entered the door, saw Zhao Zhuo and Mi sitting aside, surprised, and then saw Chuncao kneeling on the ground, his heart was shocked, but his face was silent, as if nothing had happened to Zhang Shi.
Zhang sat on the top and looked at her coldly: "Grandma Jue is a good city, but she pretends to be calm, and yesterday she also sent two armies, all the way to the people, all the way to the abduction of people, really skilled, I don't know what you are going to do when you abduct people?!" ”
As soon as Jiang heard this, he knew that the matter had been revealed, and he secretly hated it in his heart. I knew this, she would never startle the snake, but I didn't expect Chuncao to escape yesterday because of her ignorance, and she was frightened, and she actually told the truth to Zhang, Zhao Zhuo and Mi, and now she wants to hide something, but it is even more difficult.
Jiang Shi slowly knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and was silent, but his eyes were slightly red, and after a while, he shed tears: "Mrs. Tai forgives her sins, and her daughter-in-law is also a last resort, I am really afraid...... That's the flesh and blood of the granddaughter-in-law! ”
Seeing her true feelings, Zhang couldn't help but soften his heart by two points: "What the hell is going on?" Is it really Ze Ge'er who did it?! ”
Jiang Shi choked up and said: "Daughter-in-law Sun really didn't know, only Brother Ze was in the house at that time, he was frightened, Daughter-in-law Sun asked him privately, he couldn't say anything, and then he started a high fever and talked nonsense...... When I got better, I couldn't remember anything. ”
Mi hurriedly asked: "In that case, why are you keeping an eye on the spring grass?!" ”
Jiang Shi glanced at her with tears, and then looked at Chuncao: "Why do I want to kill them all?" It's just that Xiao Qian's family saw the world making trouble, and they were all saying that I deliberately killed Brother Hong'er, and even the uncle was a little suspicious of me, so he simply moved to live in that slut's house, and didn't save me any face! If they really knew that Ze Ge'er was in that house at the time, I was afraid that the child would not be able to save it! I'm just this one son, how old is he, what can he know? Maybe he didn't do anything? Brother Hong'er is not yet a full moon, and he is already sick, Xiao Qian left the child alone, and only cared about being crooked with me, why did he blame me for not taking good care of my concubine? Brother Hong is not the only one, when have I been treated badly? ”
She lowered her head to wipe away her tears, and then said slowly: "I actually didn't mean to hurt the Chuncao girl, I just thought, first abduct the person to a secluded place, make the words clear to her, if she promises not to tell others, I will reward her with a few taels of silver, as a hush money, if she refuses to agree, I will think of other ways, big deal, while the family has not yet separated, sell her family far away......"
It doesn't sound like too much to deal with, although Zhang's face has eased a lot with this granddaughter-in-law, she severely accused the other party: "You were wrong in the first place, Xiao Qian's family let her make trouble if she wants to make trouble, how can the child be handed over to her to take care of?" The maid waiting in the courtyard should not be called away. If there were a few people guarding at that time, would Ze Ge'er be able to enter Brother Hong'er's house? ”
Jiang Shi nodded again and again when he heard this, and admitted his mistake pitifully: "It's the granddaughter-in-law who is reckless, because the old aunt and grandmother came over and said something that makes people laugh, and the granddaughter-in-law is not good at refuting the elders, but if everything is respectful, and she is afraid that the subordinates will be underestimated from now on, so she has to drive away all the people in the yard, leaving only two henchmen to wait in the house." Ze Ge'er was supposed to stay in his room to practice calligraphy, who would have thought that he would run out? ”
"You still haven't admitted your mistake sincerely!" Zhang snorted coldly, "You still think it's your bad luck, Brother Ze just happened to run out, and this kind of thing happened, right?" But have you ever thought that if there are a few more people around the child, this kind of thing will not happen?! But if you discipline your child on weekdays, teach him more benevolence, righteousness and filial piety, and let him fight less, can he still do such things?! Do you know that if this matter gets out, Ze Ge'er's life will be ruined, and no one else will care how old he is! ”
Jiang Shi burst into tears when he said this, and he could only bow his head and be convinced. She really regrets it, even if there is no one in the hospital, there must be a few more by her son's side!
Maybe it's because Jiang's attitude is not bad, Zhang's gradually lost his anger, recalling the whole thing, Zhao Ze has forgotten what he has done after his illness, there is no evidence and physical evidence, no one can say whether he really killed his brother, and it will be useless to continue to investigate. She warned the Jiang family: "Brother Ze'er is too angry in his heart, this is not a blessing, find a reason, send him to the temple to dip in Buddha incense, let him copy more Buddhist scriptures on weekdays, and cultivate his mind." Otherwise, when he gets big in the future, and if he breaks into a big disaster again, you may not be able to protect him anymore. ”
Jiang's face turned pale, gritted his teeth, and obediently responded "yes", and then took the initiative to say before leaving: "Hou Ye wants to let Aunt Qian's grandmother be buried with the county grandfather, there are many irregularities, and the granddaughter-in-law heard that Mrs. did not agree with it in her heart, so she may say a few more words, and Mrs. persuaded Hou Ye to change her mind, and the old lady waited for the news with peace of mind." ”
This sentence is obviously hinting at a deal, she helps Zhang's mother and son to be lobbyists, Zhang's family keeps her mother and son secret, Zhang's is noncommittal, but Mi is relieved, smiled and personally sent her out, which is considered to be an agreement with her.
They didn't know that after Jiang Shi took Hong Aya's hand and walked away, the whole person softened, and Hong Aya hurriedly helped her steady: "Grandma, you don't care, right?" ”
Jiang Shi tried his best to straighten up, gritted his teeth and said, "Let Brother Ze go to the temple?" Is it possible for my son to become a monk?! Just kill a for him? What a joke! Buddhist scriptures, copied too much, so I changed my temperament, I only have this one son, how can he be harmed? If you are ruthless, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
She went back to the hospital to see her son, so she returned to the room to freshen up again, poured some powder on her face, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so she helped Hongya to find her mother-in-law Niu, and mentioned the funeral of Aunt Qian's grandmother, as well as the fact that Zhang's mother and son returned to their hometown to guard filial piety.
Niu was a little surprised: "You said it at the beginning, on the grounds of sending the spirit, send their family back to their hometown, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, out of sight is pure, and there is filial piety pressure, and no one will blame Hou Ye for treating his stepmother and little brother badly, why did you change your hexagram again today?" ”
Jiang Shi hurriedly smiled: "Mother misunderstood, the daughter-in-law did say so, but it was just ...... Hou Ye spread out the matter so loudly, and there is an old aunt and grandmother's matter, how can he agree? It's really going to make a big fuss, what good will it do to Hou Ye? ”
Niu's face slowed down a little: "Why don't I know? But you can't let them stay in Kyori, can you? Even if you don't get along, you feel like you're in the mood when you think about it. ”
Jiang secretly despised her in-laws' poor methods in her heart, but said with a smile on her face: "My daughter-in-law thinks that I still have to find a reasonable reason, first coax them to go on the road willingly, and then wait until they get to their hometown...... As you said, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, even if it is bigger, who will stand up for them? ”
Niu Shi listened comfortably and said with a smile: "How can it be so easy? It's not that they don't have money, and there are a few people under them who call for them, even if they go back to their hometowns, won't they come back? ”
Jiang Shi leaned close to her ear, and after saying this for a long time, Niu's heart was even more comfortable: "This is a good idea, but you girl is also a kind and hard-hearted person, and she is respectful to that side on weekdays, but she will not be soft-hearted when she really encounters something." ”
Jiang Shi bowed his head and made a docile and cautious gesture: "Mother is serious, and it is a courtesy to respect them on weekdays, but the daughter-in-law will never forget who is the relative." ”
"Well said." Niu nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, I will send someone to invite the eldest master of the sect in a while, ask him to come forward as a lobbyist, and coax people away from the capital first." ”
Jiang Shi hung his head, with a gentle and graceful smile on his face, but his eyes revealed a cold aura.