Zhang looked at the letter of severance in his hand, and only reacted after a while: "This ...... It's ......"

Zhao Wei smiled slightly: "Isn't grandmother always worried that if something happens to Niu and Zhao Xiang again, it will ruin my grandfather's reputation?" But for the sake of her grandfather's reputation, she always has to be controlled by her grandparents, which is too depressing. Therefore, my sister came up with this idea, first let their grandparents write down today's events clearly, leave signatures and fingerprints, and if they falsely accuse our family of coercing each other and forcing them to agree to something, that document can be used as evidence to refute it. Then ask them to write a letter of dismemberment, if they refuse, the ready-made human and physical evidence is here, and send Zhao Xiang to the government, a heinous crime is firmly deserved. She died, and the Niu family could only rely on our Hou Mansion to survive. She is used to being the master of the house, how can she be so angry for a long time? Even if she hates Zhao Xiang for poisoning, she will still save her life. Therefore, they will definitely sign this letter of severance. ”

Zhao Xiu nodded and added: "As long as they write a letter of severance, it has nothing to do with us in the future." Moreover, I also invited someone to testify, and I heard their ancestors and grandchildren say that the matter of breaking off their relatives was voluntary by them, and they took the initiative to propose it, and it had nothing to do with our Hou Mansion. It's really cheap, the chief who came to witness today, and said that Niu was also a sensible person, and he knew that he was ashamed, so he would no longer trouble our family, so he looked at her highly. My good idea saved her bad name a little, and she's going to thank me! ”

Zhao Wei listened funny: "You talked a few times today, and you almost choked her to death." Didn't you see her half-dead appearance at the end? I don't think she'll live long this time. He was already very sick, and he was poisoned for a few days. Today, in order to save my granddaughter, I still talked to us for a long time. Wait for Ming'er, we will send someone to send their ancestors and grandchildren to Liangxiang, and the road will be tiring. I'm afraid I'm going to kill her. ”

Zhao Xiu disagreed: "This is what she asked for, originally we went over today, and we really wanted to save her life, and then help her solve the unfilial and vicious granddaughter." Without our granddaughter, we didn't say that we wouldn't support her, isn't it just a matter of one bag of rice and two dollars a month? As a result, she couldn't let go of her glory and wealth, so she had to save Zhao Xiang. Even disregard for their own sickness. She herself is too long, so why should we bother with her? ”

Zhang's listened to your grandchildren's words and understood everything. She hurriedly asked, "Will they really be honest and never make trouble from now on?" What about writing a letter of dismemberment? On the same day, the Hezu clan discussed and expelled them from the Zhao clan, didn't they still speak ill of the clansmen in the capital and slander the names of our ancestors and grandchildren? A cheeky person like Niu. Even if the letter of renunciation was signed today. As long as she wants to, she will still not let go of the big backer of Jiannanhou Mansion. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled confidently: "Grandmother, don't worry, she won't dare." Today's incident is a big handle. Her granddaughter poisoned people, and not only did she have witnesses, but I also took back the physical evidence. As long as the Niu family doesn't want her granddaughter to die, she won't dare to provoke us. As for Zhao Xiang, she can't wait to stay away from us. I'm afraid that when we look at her unpleasantly, we will poke out the good things she has done. She took out a box and showed it to Zhang. Inside was the evidence she had instructed Pei'er to collect in the Mianhua Nine Hutongs, including the arsenic that was only half a packet left, a small blue and white porcelain bowl, a long-handled fine porcelain spoon, and an old account book.

The bowl and spoon were actually the utensils that Zhao Xiang used to poison. She put a little arsenic in a bowl, diluted it with tea, and fed it into Niu's mouth little by little with a spoon, Niu didn't know that the water was poisonous, and she thought that her granddaughter was feeding her tea. These bowls and spoons were all bought by Zhao Xiang in private. The dining utensils used by the three of their masters and servants were all sent by the Hou Mansion when they were still on the side of the alley of Yongji Temple, and there were only three sets, and all of them were exactly the same. If one of them is poisoned, if it can't be washed after use, it may be used to pack food and send it to Zhao Xiang himself at any time. She did something wrong, she always felt that this bowl was poisonous, and she was worried that she would be poisoned if she used it, so she never dared to use it again. Besides, if the poisoned bowl and spoon were put away separately, Pei'er would immediately notice that something was missing, and she would startle the snake. Zhao Xiang also did not dare to take risks. She wrapped the two utensils in cloth and hid them under her bed, only taking them out when she needed to poison them. I thought that no one would know about this anymore, but who knew that in fact, when Pei'er cleaned the room, she had already found them?

At that time, Pei'er didn't think much about it, so she didn't say anything, and when she knew the truth, she hated Zhao Xiang for trying to blame her, so she betrayed this set of bowls and spoons to Zhao Xiu. At that time, Zhao Xiang rushed out of the wing room to talk to the two witnesses, not knowing that his details had been missed by Pei'er.

Zhao Xiu briefly introduced the origin of these pieces of evidence to Zhang, and said: "This small bowl and spoon have not been cleaned. When I got my hands, I asked the accompanying mother-in-law to try the silver hairpin, the silver hairpin, which was originally white and bright, rubbed a few times in the bowl and on the spoon wall, and the tip of the hairpin was black, which showed that it was poisonous. I also asked Pell and found a nearby grocery store and bought his account books. It is clearly written in this account book that on a certain day of the month, someone came to buy a bowl and a spoon, what the bowl was like, and what kind of spoon it was. I also asked the shopkeeper of the grocery store to recall what the person who bought the goods looked like. His family lives in Mianhua Wutiao, so he knows who Zhao Xiang is. After our reminder, no matter who asks, he will tell him that this bowl and this spoon were bought by Zhao Xiang. There is such physical evidence, there is Pei'er who knows her words and deeds, and several witnesses who were present when her crime was revealed today, whether it is from the Zhao clan or people with foreign surnames, it is credible enough. If she doesn't mess with us, it's just that if she messes with us, I send things to the government, and she will only have a dead end. This will be her handle for the rest of her life! ”

Zhang didn't expect that after her granddaughter got the letter of severance, she would bring back so much evidence in such detail, and even brought back Pei'er, a witness who was familiar with Zhao Xiang, and she couldn't help but sigh while being relieved: "If the Niu family and Zhao Xiang don't come to provoke us again, I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore." Zhao Xiang wants to harm the Niu family, and the Niu family himself doesn't care, so why should we fight for her? Let them go. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled and took the evidence back into the box. Locked.

Zhao Wei sighed in his heart and said to Zhang: "My sister promised Zhao Xiang, and Ming'er will send someone to send their ancestors and grandchildren to Master Jiang Qi in Liangxiang." With the care of my grandfather's relatives. What happens to Zhao Xiang and the Niu family from now on has nothing to do with us. Grandmother can rest assured, Zhao Ze also knows about this, and he is very grateful. If someone asks about this matter in the future, you just need to tell someone that it was the Niu family and Zhao Xiang who resolutely asked to break off their relationship and join the Jiang family. Today in the presence of several Witnesses. Zhao Xiang also said this himself. ”

Zhang nodded silently, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Zhao Xiang wants to take refuge in his uncle's family, this is not surprising. But how could Niu agree? Her relationship with the Jiang family was mediocre before, and after the Jiang family was imprisoned, the relationship became even worse. She resented that the Jiang family had lost her title due to Xiao Changfang, and the Jiang family was dissatisfied that she would give up the Jiang family as soon as something happened. If it weren't for Zhao Jue and King Ying, there would still be a place to use the Jiang family. I'm afraid that Jiang Shi would have been killed by her a long time ago. She hated the Jiang family. How can you be willing to snort on others? I'm afraid it's Zhao Xiang's own meaning. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled: "Who does it mean?" Anyway, we just need to send people to the Chengfu in Liangxiang County. If the Jiang family is really unlucky by their ancestors and grandchildren, it will be retribution! They don't pay much attention to kinship, and for the sake of the murderer's daughter, they don't even care about the career and future of the children of the family? I'd like to see what happens to his family! ”

Zhao Wei is also happy to see this, although Zhang feels that his granddaughter is in trouble, but thinking of the tragic death of his son and daughter-in-law back then, the truth has been ascertained. The murderer was also taken down by the government, but because the Jiang family was in the way. The murderer has been in prison for many years, and the truth is buried in all kinds of rumors. She had a breath of anger in her heart, and she didn't want to see the Jiang family get better, so she was happy to ask Zhao Xiang to bring bad to his family's reputation.

Now that he has made up his mind, Zhang did not mention the matter, and only said something else: "The people from the sixth room came to deliver the letter, and the third room has already agreed, and your Uncle Kun will take his grandson to Beijing." It's just that your cousin Min is going to take the township exam this fall, and your Uncle Kun means that he wants to wait for him to finish the exam before coming. I think that at that time, the library was about to be completed a long time ago, and if it was too late for someone to take charge of the library when he came. Until then, shouldn't someone else sit in the hall? ”

The third room of the Zhao family is a scholarly family, and Zhao Kun, the son of the eighth old lady, has a reputation for making a name for himself, and he is already in his fifties, and it has not yet been decided whether he will participate in the spring festival next year, but if he is willing to come forward to manage the Mingzhi Library, he can still help Zhao Wei a lot. In the Zhao clan, he is already the most famous person among the children who are currently alive. However, he still has children and grandchildren who want to participate in the imperial examination, and it is normal for people to have concerns.

Zhao Wei thought for a while: "Okay, before that, I'll replace it first." Although I only have a reputation for showing off my talents, I am still a marquis, and I am also a person who established the museum, so I can probably control the field. ”

Zhao Xiu was a little disapproving: "But my brother still has to prepare for the exam, where is there so much air control?" According to me, you don't have to find someone surnamed Zhao to manage it. The main curator is naturally the elder brother, and the deputy curator can have two. Uncle Kun can be one of the deputy curators, and the other can invite outsiders to come. For example, the very enthusiastic old Hanlin in the east neighbor, he is a talented and high learner, if there are students who come to read the book and encounter problems that they don't understand, they can also ask him for advice. ”

Zhao Wei groaned: "It's not impossible, but I don't know if his old man is willing." ”

Zhao Xiu said with a smile: "He is in good health, and his home is next door, so it is very convenient to go back and forth." You don't have to stay in the museum all day long, just ask someone to go to his house for instructions. I also have a mention, our family now has more and more books, and there are more and more books that need to be copied, how can the people who patronize our family be busy? It's better to ask a few young students to start in advance. Help copy books or something, and if the library opens in the future, you can also help clean and tidy up. There will always be some poor readers, or people who come from other places to catch the exam but are shy in their pockets, and are willing to come to our library to do a few months of small work. We can provide a small but large monthly salary to support our family, one meal a day, and accommodation if we are willing to stay overnight. Wouldn't that be better than letting an illiterate slave take care of the library? This job is still quite decent, if the students who have worked in the library can study with peace of mind after not worrying about food and clothing, and have good results in the imperial examination in the future, our family can be regarded as a good fate. ”

Zhang Shi hurriedly said: "This idea is excellent, convenient for others and for yourself." Brother Wei will go and ask someone, right? Do you know one or two poor scholars who are willing to come to the library to do things? Of the two houses sent by the prince, the one on the west side had been cleaned up, just in time for them to copy books. ”

Zhao Wei thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write to them tomorrow." ”

On the second day, Zhao Wei ordered someone to send a letter to his new friend, and sent someone to Mianhua Jiutiao Hutong with him, and he didn't forget to bring Pei'er with him.

Pei'er went over to help Zhao Xiang and Niu's pack their luggage, anyway, she was familiar with everything. She now has a certain future, her heart is happy, and she is not rejecting this errand, but has completed the task very cleanly.

The Hou Mansion of Jiannan sent two carriages, one carrying people and the other running Li, accompanied by the coachman, a steward who delivered the letter and a mother-in-law who waited for the female dependents. Zhao Xiang hugged his private room tightly and got into the car, and there was a pale and haggard Niu lying beside him. The latter protested in a very weak voice, refusing to leave or go to Chiang's house.

But Zhao Xiang turned a deaf ear, and all he thought of was the love of his grandmother and uncles in the past, and the longing for a prosperous life after defecting to the Jiang family. (To be continued......)