Chapter 18: The Three Masters
Ji Huaishan, the old lady of the Ji family, is sixty-one years old, has three sons and one daughter in the same room, and the three masters of the Ji family all live in the ancestral house.
Ji Huaishan is far away in the capital, the Ji family is temporarily in charge of the eldest lord Ji Xiaohan, the Yi family has the imperial court food, and the opening of the Yi Pavilion, for the officials, businessmen and even the common people to provide divination and fortune, is the most common other source of income, the Ji family in Yiyang City several Yi Pavilion, most of them are Ji Xiaohan in the dots.
Although he is the eldest son in charge, the Ji family's favorite old lady is the second master Ji Xiaochun, which has to mention his daughter-in-law, the fourth lady of the Ji family, who was only fourteen years old and passed the three-year Dayan examination in the capital, and was able to learn from the Taishi Shuyuan under the name of Si Tianjian.
There is only one left, Ji Xiaogu, the third master, although he is not at home, and he is not favored by his father and mother, but because he was a businessman when he was young, he did business, and he was able to add a large amount of silver taels to the clan every year.
Yu Shu is now squatting at the door, supporting Aunt Cui, who was dying from being beaten, with Aunt Liu, quietly looking up at the third master of the Ji family by the cover of her unkempt hair.
At noon, the sun was shining outside, and in an upper room in the east courtyard, there were half of the figures, and only a middle-aged man over thirty years old was sitting on a heavy Taishi chair.
Ji Xiaogu was wearing a cyan shirt, the cuffs of the placket were embroidered with exquisite black patterns, the waist was tied with a wide belt of treasure buttons, the belly was slightly visible, his hair was combed into a handle style, and there was a triangular inverted silver hair crown, and a long hairpin.
Ji Xiaogu had a round face with slightly curved eyebrows, which should have made him look kind, but he had a calm face and a pair of eyes at this time, which ruined his kind eyebrows.
"In my life, I hate people the most inside and outside, and I hate people to lie to me the most, today's matter, none of you should save a fluke, just mix this day, and I will know it in the future, only to double the suffering."
Ji Xiaogu is now six years old Chinese New Year's Eve, and after losing his wife in his early years, he didn't continue the string, but his aunt carried him into the door one by one, and there were so many more broken things in the backyard than others.
Today, I have to retreat to the middle of last night, in his compound, there is a woman, who is hooked up with a man and came back from the back door, the light is weak after dark, and several mothers-in-law on duty at night have seen the figure.
A fire broke out in the backyard, and it reached Ji Xiaogu's ears early the next morning, and several witnesses were called to the upper room for questioning, and someone identified Aunt Cui who lived in Xiaoxi Pavilion.
Ji Xiaogu was angry at the time, and asked people to pull Aunt Cui who was still sleeping lazy, and when she saw her sleepy-eyed appearance, she didn't ask, so she kicked her heart, and she didn't ask her to wear her shoes, so she was thrown out.
This is why Yu Shu took a bath in the morning, and there was a scene of people in the back row of the house.
It happened that Yu Shu was looking for a place to burn paper last night, and bumped into the pair of wild mandarin ducks, and it was clear that it was not her "mother" who did it, so she bluffed the two family members, left Yu Xiaoxiu, and took Aunt Liu and the two people to the East Cross Courtyard to explain the truth.
Besides, Ji Xiaogu kicked Aunt Cui, the anger went down a little, and he thought about catching the adulterer, so he turned his face and asked Aunt Cui to pick up Aunt Cui from the street again, and after hearing that the next person reported Yu Shu's matter, he let him in to see him together.
Ji Xiaogu finished his cruel words and twisted his face to Yu Shu at the door:
"Yu Shu, where did you say you went last night?"
"Back to the third master, I got up in the middle of the night last night and went to the grove in front of the back door of the miscellaneous courtyard.
"What did you see? You said. Ji Xiaogu also swept around the trembling concubines in the house.
"When I met a man, I saw a man and a woman in, in, gnawing on their mouths." After Yu Shu finished speaking, he lowered his head.
Ji Xiaogu's fist on his knee clenched, and his voice sank, "See who it is?" ”
"When it was dark, I thought I was two ghosts, and when I was scared, I got into the haystack, and I didn't see them, but I heard them talk."
The breathing in the room suddenly became a little softer, and I don't know which one held his breath.
"What are you talking about?"
Yu Shu rubbed his toes and stammered: "The man, said to rub the woman, the woman said that he hated it, said, said that he put his hands indiscriminately, told him not to learn monkeys, monkeys are in a hurry, and let him, let him light, slow down, the man, the man let her be quieter, and then the woman said that the third and third masters, you treat her very well, but you are old, and you can't do it-"
"That's it!" Ji Xiaogu interrupted Yu Shu's words with a dark face, his eyes coldly swept over the several aunts present, and said to Yu Shu sharply:
"At a young age, you will lie and talk nonsense, what are you doing at the back door in the middle of the night!"
As soon as Yu Shu's legs were weak, he knelt on the ground, "Third master, I don't dare to talk nonsense, I had a nightmare the night before, I was haunted by ghosts, I want to go to the grove to burn some paper money to worship, I don't believe you will send someone to my house to search now, the package of paper money is under my bed, oh, also, and, I fell the fire into the grove last night, I don't believe you let people find it." ”
"Someone!" Ji Xiaogu shouted, and several family members immediately appeared at the door, "Go to the grove at the back door of the miscellaneous courtyard to find out, see if there is any fire fold she said, and then see if there are footprints nearby, and measure the size of me." ”
is so smart, you can draw inferences, Yu Shu secretly praised.
Ji Xiaogu had actually believed Yu Shu's words, and as soon as the person sent Lu out, he asked Yu Shu again:
"Those two people spoke last night, do you remember their voices, I let you recognize it now, can you point it out?"
Yu Shu looked up at the first few women in the room again, and it was not difficult to find that one of them had turned pale, she grabbed her hair, and said timidly to Ji Xiaogu:
"I know it's not my mother's voice."
She didn't come here to help her stepfather catch the adulterer, if she hadn't considered being kicked out, the family of three would now only be able to sleep on the streets, and even the opportunity to learn easy in Sanjue Bookstore had been lost.
Moreover, there is also a "second young master" involved here, before she can stand on her own, she has to stay in this Ji family for a while, and the real troublesome family and two rooms turn their faces, what can she ask for.
There are some things that must be swallowed in the stomach, as long as you know the Tao yourself, and you must not take it out and tell others.
Ji Xiaogu was determined to find out the adulterer and adulteress who cuckolded him, and he didn't give up, so he asked a few aunts to speak on the spot and asked Yu Shu to identify him.
Yu Shu pretended to be stupid, and she didn't identify one after the end, but she was still sent to the grove to find the family who broke the fire and came back, and Ji Xiaogu let her go.
The fire fold was found, and the footprints were also found, Ji Xiaogu was indeed not stupid, so he searched around a few aunts' houses again, and finally let him find a pair of embroidered shoes with mud on the soles of his feet.
It's not from Aunt Cui's house.