Chapter 4: Night Discussions
"Seventh brother, what do you mean by this?"
The leader asked quietly.
"Over the years, because he is the son of the superintendent of the imperial history, the ninth brother has been resold many times, and he has been humiliated, and even the main family has forced him to serve wine in Tsing Yi during the banquet, and often shouts 'This is the first name of the year', let him kneel down to serve the cup, and even use rattan to draw him for fun......"
His voice was gentle, and everyone quietly listened to the cold wind whistling outside the window, and there was a sour feeling in their hearts - it was for the dead Wang Lin, and it was also for his own life experience.
When the seventh person said this, he sneered and said, "This time, his master was impeached by Uncle Wang Shi for being greedy for ink, and his methods were even more ruthless - they actually wanted to sell him to Feng Lun, that beast. ”
The so-called name of the person, the shadow of the tree, everyone gasped when they heard this name. Shenwu General Feng Lun is fifty years old, and he is not a famous general, but this person is famous throughout the capital for his obscenity and cruelty - his mansion will often be carried out of the corpse of the striped stripe, all of them are male servants who have signed a death contract, and the scars are unbearable to witness.
Glancing at everyone, he continued: "You have all heard about the Guangping Bofu, right? The fifth son of his family cared about the feelings of his classmates, and spent a lot of money to buy Wang Lin and hide it in Zhuangzi, but he was told by someone - as a result, the ninth brother Wang Lin was guilty of running away from slaves and was beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, and the fifth son was also involved in breaking his leg by practicing family law. ”
He raised his voice slightly and looked around at the crowd: "According to my investigation, this whistleblower has so far cited five cases of officials and people shielding and hiding lowly slaves and maids—he is here for us. ”
"Who is this man?"
The third woman said angrily, she was twenty-seven or eighteen, and her face was delicate and showy, but she was faintly haggard with the smell of wind and dust.
"Yang Yan, the director of the Criminal Department."
"Is that him?"
Several people exclaimed.
The tenth beautiful boy wrinkled his nose, and it was even more difficult to distinguish between male and female, and I saw You Pity, "I've heard of this person-the adults of the Criminal Department have not come to our hall many times, but they are a little scared when they mention this person when they are drunk, and they all say that he is a natural cool official." ”
"In order to welcome the emperor, this person is bent on denouncing us lowly slaves - the more miserable we are, the happier the traitor Zhu Di is, and the more he can rise to the top!"
The voice of the seventh young man was not hurried, but with a determined anger—he was dressed in a sable and gold-inlaid robe, with a white jade nine rings of clouds around his waist, and a purse with gold and dark embroidery hanging from his side. Even if the lights and candles are dim, you can see that he is a handsome and elegant character.
The eldest brother at the top snorted, and his voice was extremely cold, "If this person is not removed, there will be people who will be victimized - our 'Jinlan Society' is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others, within three days, we must take his life!" ”
Everyone was shocked - since the establishment of the Jinlan Society, everyone has been grateful for their abnormal life experience, and they have become brothers and sisters with different surnames, although they have also done a lot of big things secretly, but it is the first time that the open fire insists on killing a close minister of the Son of Heaven and an official of the imperial court, and he can't help but feel a little worried in his heart.
The eldest brother's gaze slowly swept over everyone, "We are all eunuchs of the family, since we were all dressed in brocade clothes and jade food, maids and servants since we were children, and now we have fallen to this step of the field, and we don't dare to talk about any more temperament, just to survive - now, someone wants us to live, so we have to send him to the underworld to see the king of Hades!" ”
The crowd was silent for a while, and then someone asked, "What should I do?" ”
Some people volunteered to stab him to death while shaving his head, some objected that it was safer to poison the rice, and some even said that he would be "immediately winded" when he went to the Qinglou to seek pleasure, and he would have a dirty reputation if he died.
It is not difficult for all of the people present to be immersed in the quagmire for a long time, working as a low-class business: pawns, good servants, prostitutes, coolies, drummers, etc., and it is not difficult to do all of the above. But the eldest brother's words shattered everyone's excited reverie-
"Once he is killed, under Zhu Di's anger, there will be countless people who need to be buried for this - whether it is ourselves or others, we must leave a useful body, and we can't sacrifice in vain!"
Everyone was immediately deflated: Yes, killing a court official is not trivial, no matter what, there will always be traces, even if it is seamless, the people on the scene will never escape the anger and sit down.
Just when he was at a loss, someone at the bottom said in a low voice: "I'll come." ”
Everyone turned their heads sideways together in astonishment, and it turned out to be the twelve mothers who had never been silent and silent!
The light in the room was like a bean, and the thin figure in the corner sat quietly in a dim place where the light could not illuminate, dressed in blue and quiet and demure, and no one could see her expression clearly with her head lowered-
"I have a way."
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Nearly two watches at night, but the Qingqu Courtyard of the Shen Mansion was still lit up.
The second lady Wang carefully read the account book of this month, rubbed her eyebrows tiredly, and Yao's mother, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly helped her sit on the Yunjin soft couch, and handed the pile of flowers and flowers to the soft core pillow on her waist, and Wang breathed a sigh of relief.
Yao's mother took care of her since she was a child, and she couldn't help complaining, and her voice was a little louder: "The old lady is really too good at using the topic to make trouble - just because of the old man's idea, I called all four of you to admonish." In the end, this is the scandal of the big house, and it has nothing to do with our second room! ”
Wang glanced at her coldly, Yao's mother was about to kneel down when she was startled, Wang supported her with one hand, "I know that my mother feels sorry for me, I just didn't listen to what I said just now - out of this room, if you complain like this again, don't blame me for not giving you dignity." ”
Yao's mother broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "I'm really stupid, old woman, and what Madame taught me is——"
Looking at Wang's calm face, she whispered in her ear: "But this old man is really not worried at all, and even the emperor's condemned sin slave dares to mess with it, it is really scared to death - fortunately, this time the old lady beat the little hoof to death in time, otherwise I really don't know how much trouble I will cause in the house!" ”
Wang sighed and interrupted her chatter, "The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change—let's see, there will be trouble in the future!" ”
She gestured with a look, and the big girl Jiaoliu standing behind her immediately stepped forward, and unloaded her head and face jewelry in the mirror with her hands and feet, and Yao's mother helped to put them into the large dressing box with gold thread inlaid with luodian eight treasure group flowers and yellow pears.
Another second-class maid, Chunxing, took the silver basin and knelt down to present it steadily, and Jiao Liu wrung hot water with a towel for her to apply it under her eyes to get rid of the fatigue and dark circles of the day.
Wang closed his eyes, as if he was explaining to Yao's mother, and seemed to be saying to himself: "The eldest lord is lustful and uninhibited, when he was a popular fan in Tianxiang Pavilion, he left his sister-in-law who was pregnant for eight months and ignored it, and the sister-in-law was so angry that she died of blood, and the old lady was so angry that he beat him with forty rods and put him in the ancestral hall, and he almost died without water and rice for three days...... I can't change it in this life! ”
She turned her head slightly sideways, and let Jiao Liu do it, but there was a sneer on her lips: "The old lady is pouring tea and angry scolding today, making us cry and kneel again, but she is happy - why bother, the people who have half their necks in the ground are still calculating all over the door." ”
"The old lady is only afraid that it is for the fourth master......"
"I want to go crazy with her heart!"
Wang's voice was sharp, "The son of the step-room, dare to think about this title!" ”