Chapter 41: Anger of the Crowd
"She's going to speak out! She's going to speak out! Jiang kept repeating these two sentences back and forth, and the whole person was about to collapse.
Hong Aya hurriedly reassured her: "Grandma, don't worry, the old lady may not mean that, what's more, even if she really says it, who will believe it?" How old is my brother? How could others believe that he could do such a thing? ”
Jiang Shi calmed down a little, Hong Aya was right, her son was only six years old, and he was still an ignorant child, who would believe that he killed his younger brother with his own hands when he was still so young?
But she was still a little scared: "Even if others don't believe it, it is inevitable to talk about it." My poor Ze Ge'er, at such a young age, has to endure unwarranted criticism from outsiders, what will he do when he grows up in the future? If you have a bad reputation, will it affect your future? Speaking of this, she couldn't help but complain about her mother-in-law Zhang: "Brother Ze'er also calls her a grandmother, I have always been respectful to her, how can she be ruthless and show no mercy to a six-year-old child?!" In vain, she is like a Buddha on weekdays, pretending to be a generous elder, but in fact, it is all fake! ”
Hong Aya hurriedly comforted her: "Grandma, don't worry, no matter how others talk about it, there is no evidence, Chuncao died early, and no one else saw Brother Ze come out of Aunt Qian's house, who can prove that Brother Ze did such a thing?" Without physical evidence, rumors are still rumors after all. Besides, everyone in the world now knows that the old lady hates our Hou Ye...... Hates our eldest lady to the bone, if the old lady really says bad things about Ze Ge'er, others only think that the old lady is angry, and even the six-year-old child will not let go, and will only feel that the old lady is narrow-minded, and no one will believe her. ”
Jiang Shi was relieved again: "You are right, no one will believe it, if she really dares to spread this word to the outside world, we just need to say that she is talking nonsense and maliciously slandering the descendants of the eldest master, and then she will be the one whose reputation will be damaged." Jiang's face suddenly looked much better.
Another henchman of the Jiang family, Huan Qingyi, who was standing on the side and waiting, lowered her head, and her eyes flickered.
Although she is also a confidant of the Jiang family, she does not listen to the orders of the master mother in everything like Hong Aya, and when she hears the words of the Jiang family, she is actually quite disapproving. The eldest grandmother has killed the old lady's biological son and daughter-in-law, and almost even the old lady's grandchildren have escaped, how can people be merciful? The old lady has not told the story until now, and she is already very lenient. Although Brother Ze'er is young, he can do this to his younger brother at a young age, and when they know it, they can't help but chill in their hearts, if he grows up in the future and has a good future, he doesn't know how ruthless he will be.
Doesn't the grandmother still understand? Now the reputation of the eldest lord outside is stinky, even the eldest lady and the uncle have ignored him, it is difficult to say whether Xiao Changfang can get the title, in case the emperor is angry with the eldest master, he must be severely punished, even if he stays alive, Xiao Changfang will not have a good life. If the eldest grandmother is smart, don't provoke the old lady again, think of ideas, let the mother's family help, pull her and the little masters, don't have anything to do with the Zhao family, then at least you can hide what she has done, and after more than ten years, my brother has grown up and has a chance to study, why should the eldest grandmother worry that the family business cannot be revitalized?
If it weren't for her cleverness, she repented in time, and carefully did a few errands for her mother, but I was afraid that I wouldn't even be able to keep this position. Hongyan's girl is waiting to find out her fault, so that she can completely become the number one cronie around the grandmother. Qing Mian was silent, but she felt in her heart that if the housemother continued to be confused, she would have to think of a way to get out.
Jiang Shi rested for most of the day, drank the medicine, sweated, and at night, the wind and cold were almost better, that is, a pair of knees were so red and swollen that when he touched his hand, he couldn't stand the pain. Jiang remembered that he was the culprit who had fallen to this point, and he was extremely resentful, so he asked Qing Yi to repeat his old tricks, spreading rumors among the servants and clansmen of the old mansion, saying bad things about Zhao Xiu, saying that she had a mean temperament at a young age and deliberately humiliated her eldest sister-in-law.
Qing Yi did so, but unfortunately the Jiang family acted too much in front of the Zhang family's courtyard, and the servants of the old mansion were not stupid, so they were not so easy to be fooled. Jiang knelt for three days, and there was no problem with kneeling, obviously kneeling on a soft cushion, someone with an umbrella to shelter from the wind and rain, a mother-in-law carrying tea and waiting, and a girl from time to time with a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, kneeling for two hours and leaving, she dared to say to the outside world that she had been kneeling for a day. Now that she has really knelt down for a day, she is sick and asks for a doctor and boils medicine, and the whole old house is not at peace in the middle of the night.
Hearing someone say that Zhao Xiu was wrong, someone refuted it: "How old is the girl?" What can you know about being mean and not being mean? This is obviously that the grandmother herself is too squeamish, obviously she doesn't really want to make amends to the old lady, and she insists on boasting about Haikou, and she refuses to kneel anymore after suffering a little crime, and in order to cover up, she also uses a child as a shield, this is bullying the girl for her young age, can't she defend herself? With such a person, no wonder the old lady doesn't care about it! ”
Qing Yan listened to the feedback from the mother-in-law and the little girls, and knew that something was wrong, so she hurriedly reported back to the Jiang family. Jiang Shi was so angry that he smashed the cup and got angry: "These slaves are really hateful!" When I take charge of the feed in the future, I will not let go of any of them! ”
The two mothers-in-law, who were in charge of cleaning the yard and taking care of the flowers and trees at the back of the house, heard this through the window, their eyes flashed, they glanced at each other, and without saying a word, they quietly left.
Jiang's hateful words spread quickly in the old mansion, and the servants in the old mansion, regardless of men, women, and children, showed no different colors on their faces, but they had a grudge against this grandmother in their hearts. It's just a new daughter-in-law, who gave birth to a son and a daughter to the Zhao family, so she treats herself as a green onion? The people in the old mansion were hand-picked by Mrs. Qin back then, and most of them were older than her mother-in-law in the Zhao family, who did she think she was?!
So, Jiang slowly began to find that the water he drank began to taste wrong, and the food he ate was far worse than at the beginning.
What's even more terrifying is that she has a serious knee injury, and she wants to ask a good female doctor to come and see, so she sent someone to Jiading to ask for a post, and waited for a day before seeing the servant of the old mansion report that they went to the clinic and asked which one to visit, but they didn't know three questions. Asked someone to boil the medicine and bring it up, either there was too much water, or it was burnt, and once it was even cold, Jiang had to hand over this errand to the girl who was close to him to do it, for fear that his injury would leave a future trouble.
She also called the chief manager Wang Siping in a fit of anger and asked him to deal with those disobedient servants, but Wang Siping responded with his mouth, saying that he would take people down to play the board, and then Hongya could see that those who should have been punished were fine, and there was no trace of injury, and rumors spread in the clan, saying that the eldest grandmother Jiang was a tyrannical woman, and on the surface she looked kind, but in fact, she loved to beat people to death when she was angry, and she just hated to beat people to death, no wonder the eldest man would choose her to be his daughter-in-law. It turned out to be the same color.
Hearing these rumors, Jiang almost fainted with anger. She hasn't forgotten that the envoy in the palace still lives in the front yard of the old mansion, if it weren't for him to see how virtuous and virtuous he is, so that he could say more good things for her mother and son in front of the emperor, why would she run to the gate of Zhang's courtyard every day to abuse herself? It's a pity that this qiē has come to naught, and she still has to secretly pray that the palace envoy lives in the outer courtyard, and she doesn't know the rumors circulating among the people in the inner courtyard, and there will be no "misunderstanding" about her.
Jiang was very suspicious that this qiē was manipulated by Zhang behind his back. Otherwise, the servants of the old mansion are just slaves, how dare they openly go against her, the eldest grandmother? Xiao Changfang is very likely to inherit the title, and then they will have to beg for a living under her, so aren't they afraid that she will dispose of them all in a fit of anger?
Jiang hated a lot in his heart, and felt that Zhang's was a big hidden danger, and if he couldn't handle it well, her mother and son might not be able to sleep peacefully in the future. Now that Zhao Ze is still young, when Zhang says that he killed his brother, outsiders may not believe it, but when he grows up and has a future in the future, there will always be people who will hate him and wish he was unlucky. At that time, as long as the Zhang family spreads the rumors again, even if others don't believe it, they will let the world slander Zhao Ze, what will her poor son do at that time?
There is also Zhao Wei, he is the only male in the second room, as long as he is alive for a day, the emperor may transfer the title of Marquis of Jiannan to him, so what will her son do? Horizontal and vertical is a weak and sickly child, not as good as ......
The Jiang family was evil, but he was soon worried that at the moment in the old mansion, it was not as convenient as the Hou Mansion in the capital, and there was still a Qincha living in the front yard, in case it was discovered......
Just when she was worried about whether to start, Gao Cheng secretly contacted her through his subordinates, and the man brought him a message: "The senior executive said that the eldest grandmother returned to the old mansion for a few days, except for the first day outside the courtyard gate to kowtow to the eldest master, and never went to ask for peace." When the eldest lady heard that the eldest grandmother went to the old lady every day to ask for guilt, and begged the old lady to forgive the eldest lady for the mistakes he had made, he was so angry that he vomited blood again, and shouted every day that the eldest grandmother was unfilial and wanted to punish the eldest grandmother heavily. ”
Jiang is now bored with this father-in-law, and even thinks in his heart, why didn't he die when he fell off the horse? If he died, even if he paid for Zhao Zhuo's and his wife's lives, even if the case was closed, the family would not have to worry about being implicated by him again, but not only did he survive, but he also refused to admit his guilt, knowing that it would cause his son to lose his title, he refused to give in, it was really troublesome!
The man didn't know what she was thinking, and continued to report: "The medicine that the eldest master is taking now has a few flavors, and he told his subordinates to buy them, and the medicinal materials they bought are not available." The weather is getting colder, and the old man's clothes are also new, so he begs the big grandmother to bring something in. When the eldest lord sees the things sent by the eldest grandmother, he will naturally know your filial piety, and he will no longer blame the executives. He quietly glanced at Jiang's family: "The senior management said that he is now in front of the eldest master, and his life is very difficult, so he begs the eldest grandmother to help him for the sake of the master and servant in the past, and he will also miss your kindness." ”
Jiang narrowed his eyes and glared fiercely at the man, who quickly lowered his head.
But a little servant dared to threaten her?
Jiang's heart was beating fast, and he remembered that there was something that Gao Cheng knew, in case he leaked it......
She suddenly sneered, and there seemed to be a solution to the things she was still worried about just now.