In the seventh year of Qianxu, he went to Beijing

In the middle of winter, the clouds are low, the north wind is strong, it is dark, it snows, the snow flakes like cotton wool fall all night, in the morning, the snow lives, the sky is hazy, the roof eaves is white, the snow on the road is surplus, the people of Changyi Bofu will open the door early in the morning to clear the snow, clear the way.

At this time, several sedan chairs on the official road hurriedly ran to the front of the house, got off the sedan chair, and a group of men and women came down in the sedan chair.

The group entered the second gate, and the courtyard where the second son of the Zhan family lived in the northwest suddenly came from a sad sound, and Mrs. He's feet were soft, but fortunately the maid supported her, and she ran to the upper room with a belt.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, the earth-shattering cry came from the main house,

The second young lady of the Zhan family, He Shi, had already choked her breath, and her body was cold.

Mrs. Zhan hid her face and couched on the couch and cried, while the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law of the Zhan family wiped their eyes with a handkerchief while comforting their mother-in-law.

A maid outside the door shouted: "The He family has arrived." ”

Mrs. Zhan turned around, whimpered with tears, and called: "In-laws", and she couldn't cry.

He stumbled to the couch, trembling to remove the masked white cloth, his daughter's eyes were wide, her face was white, her lips were bloodless, and He shouted: "Son! And he passed out.

Everyone was frightened, panicked, Mrs. Zhan was at a loss, and she was overly sad, she was confused for a while, I don't know what to do, fortunately, there was the young lady of Zhan Mansion Zhao who was calm, and she was busy directing the maid to give first aid.

Looking around blankly, he cried out with empty eyes, "My son! ”

Seeing her daughter lying on the couch silently, she struggled to crawl over, lay on her stomach, and wailed, "My hard-working son, why did you go at a young age, and you didn't wait for your mother, let your mother send a white-haired person to a black-haired person." ”

He's sister-in-law couldn't help crying when she saw that her sister-in-law was so thin that she was out of shape, and her shoulder blade and collarbone were clearly visible: "Sister, why are you so troubled?" You don't say anything to your mother's family, hold it in your heart, you have ruined your life, you feel sorry for your sister-in-law! ”

Mrs. Zhan saw her mother-in-law crying so much, and she also shed tears while accompanying her, and persuaded: "People can't be resurrected after death, and Mrs. Zhan mourns!" ”

At this time, the second young lady He's wedding maid named Xing'er, who was stopped outside, tried her best, and the maid who was blocking separately rushed in, and suddenly threw herself at Mrs. He's feet, crying: "The girl died so unjustly!" Madame wants to avenge the girl! ”

At this sound, the room suddenly fell silent, Mrs. He stopped crying, stared at her with wide red and swollen eyes, and asked, "Why did the girl die unjustly, tell me quickly?" ”

The eldest young lady of the Zhan family shouted: "Human life is at stake, Hugh said!" ”

Seeing this situation, He Shi knew that there was something wrong with him, and forced him to ask: "Xing'er, you have been following the girl, if you have anything to say according to the truth, I will call the shots for you." ”

Xing'er cried and said: "The girl has been married into the Zhan Mansion since she married into the Zhan Mansion, and the son rarely enters the girl's house for a year, so she spoils the aunt who eloped and treats her as a serious master. ”

With these words, Mrs. He's lungs exploded.

turned over and got up, looked around for the second son of Zhan, but did not see the figure of Zhan Shaoting, and asked Mrs. Zhan: "The daughter-in-law is gone, why doesn't my uncle show up, what is the reason?" It seems that what this girl said is true. ”

Mrs. Zhan's head shook like a rattle, and she denied it repeatedly, saying, "In-laws, don't mishear the little girl." ”

turned around and scolded the girl again: "The in-laws are sad and sad, you girl don't say to persuade well, but turn the fire, look back and I will discount your legs." ”

When He heard this, he looked at Xing'er with suspicious eyes.

Xing'er raised her teary eyes, looked at He Shi with tears, and distinguished: "The slave maid is true, I don't believe you always ask the girl who is waiting." ”

The maid in the second room was a little sympathetic to the young lady, the young lady was usually generous, so she bowed her head and was silent, Mrs. He believed that this girl was not lying at the moment, looking at Mrs. Zhan's eyes like a knife, she gritted her silver teeth and said, "It seems that what this girl said is true?" ”

Mrs. Zhan hurriedly waved her hand and explained: "In-laws, Hugh listens to the little girl's nonsense, what's the matter, this girl is also sad for a while, crying confused." ”

Xing'er held back tears with grief and said, "The girl married into the Zhan Mansion for a year, and she is still a daughter. ”

At this sound, there was an uproar in the room, and Mrs. Zhan was also taken aback, shook her head and said, "No, the red on the handkerchief on the night of the cave room..." ”

Xing'er cried even more sadly, and said, "The handkerchief was brought by the son from somewhere and asked the girl to hand it over to Mama Wang." ”

Mrs. He understands now, no wonder her daughter died in such a good way, because she was so snubbed and humiliated.

Mrs. He was born in Jiangmen, had a strong temperament, and was extremely angry, and pointed at Mrs. Zhan and said, "Is this what your Zhan family did?" If you don't want to, you don't want to be this family, why bother my son's life, my He family and your Zhan family have no grudges in the long future, and there is no enmity in the near future. ”

As he spoke, he rushed towards Mrs. Zhan, and everyone was stunned for a while.

He rolled in Mrs. Zhan's arms, Mrs. Zhan has been rich and noble all these years, and when she saw this formation, she stepped back, leaning against the table behind her, and there was no way out, so that He rubbed his body with tears, and explained while parrying: "In-laws, I really don't know what to do, I have always treated my daughter-in-law as my own daughter." ”

He rolled around, bumped into her, and said, "You give my son back." ”

Mrs. Zhan couldn't do it, and cried: "In-laws, you ask if I am talking about my son, towards my daughter-in-law." ”

Mrs. Zhan didn't look like she was making trouble, so she was about to step forward to persuade her, but she was pushed aside by the grandmother of the He family, and the third young lady of Zhan Mansion was pregnant at the moment and didn't dare to step forward.

The maid didn't dare to pull Mrs. He, after all, she was the master of the family, and the brother of the He family practiced martial arts, heard that the sister died, but she didn't care about the big trouble of men and women, rushed in, looking for her brother-in-law everywhere, Mrs. Zhan was surrounded by the maid and the daughter-in-law, that could resist it, the sister was dead, and the brother of the family should be able to see each other, the He family has gone downhill in recent years, so what kind of face does it take care of.

The He family's desperate posture frightened the young lady to stop her mother-in-law regardless of her own safety, and persuaded her with kind words: "My brother and sister can't be resurrected after death, and my Zhan family doesn't want to." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the bowl of leftover medicinal soup on the table, as well as half a cup of bird's nest porridge, and said: "I don't believe the in-laws, my mother-in-law spent thousands of taels of silver alone in order to treat her younger siblings. ”

When the subordinates heard the question, they hurriedly echoed: "Yes! Mrs. in-laws, our wife is ten percent good to the second young lady. ”

Mrs. He was tired of fighting, and after listening to the persuasion of the young lady and the others, her heart calmed down a little, and she asked, "Then why don't you notify my house?" ”

Mrs. Zhan was choked by He's work, and at this time, she cried and said: "It's not that I won't tell you, it's that my daughter-in-law won't let me say it, I'm afraid that my in-laws will be sad to hear it." ”

Everyone persuaded and said good things again, and He sat on the chair, panting.

As soon as this car stopped, two people walked in outside the door, it turned out to be Zhan Shaoting, the second son of Zhan Mansion, and a delicate woman in red clothes, holding hands affectionately.

In winter, Zhan Shaoting's concubine was afraid of the cold, so Zhan Shaoting took her to Zhuangzi outside the capital of Bofu, geothermal hot springs, men's pets, nourished this little concubine like a peach blossom, delicate, and lying on the collapse of the less than twenty-year-old Mrs. Dry Room, it is really a heaven and an underground.

This concubine was originally the daughter of a good family, and she fell in love with Zhan Shaoting, abandoned her father and mother, and eloped to Zhan's mansion, but before Zhan Shaoting married a wife, just because of Mrs. Zhan's words: "If you marry, you will be a wife, and if you run, you will be a concubine." "It's settled.

Everyone got out of the way, Zhan Shaoting looked through the noisy crowd, fixed on the young woman lying on the bed, stunned for a moment, stupid, couldn't say a word, pulled the concubine's hand and let go, the little concubine looked at the bed, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, seeing everyone's eyes shooting towards her, she hurriedly lowered her head in disguise, and hid behind Zhan Shaoting.

It turned out that the young lady was seriously ill, and Mrs. Zhan had sent someone to deliver a letter to her son, but the concubine insisted on stopping her and not letting her come back, until yesterday, the house sent someone to say that the young lady was not good, and she was afraid that she would not be able to endure it for two or three days, and the two reluctantly returned home.

Mrs. He lost her breath, and rushed up again, staring at the two of them, her eyes seemed to be able to spew fire, and she stepped forward, and couldn't help but say, and hit the little concubine with a scraper on both ears, and cursed in her mouth: "Shameless slut", and then the fox spirit and the little hooves kept scolding.

When he was angry and was about to fight, Zhan Shaoting came to his senses, stood in front of the concubine, and shouted: "The dignified uncle's mansion, how can you allow it to be wild here." ”

Mrs. He was furious, seeing that he was protecting the concubine, she couldn't help but explode in her lungs, pointed her finger at Zhan Shaoting's forehead, and scolded: "I will marry you for a year, my little beast, and I will fight to death. ”

Let's say, I hit him headlong, Zhan Shaoting was caught off guard, and was almost hit by her, everyone stepped forward to persuade him, as soon as Zhan Shaoting stood firm, Mrs. He bumped into him again, Zhan Shaoting pushed it with his hand, and whispered in disgust: "A rough family like the He family knew that Lu Dao should not be this family." ’

Mrs. He sat on the ground and cried, beating the ground with her hands, "There is no reason, the Zhan family's favorite concubine killed his wife and killed people." ”

Uncle He saw that his mother was pushed to the ground by his brother-in-law, took three steps and made two steps, stepped forward and grabbed Zhan Shaoting, and when he was in the chest, it was a punch, and this punch knocked Zhan Shaoting a few steps away, covered his chest, his face turned white, and he was supported by his family.

Zhan Shaoting lost face in front of people, and he was very angry, so he felt a little guilty, and he was completely gone, pointing at Uncle He and said resolutely: "It was your He family who forced my daughter to me, I didn't want it in the first place, your He family is now broken, and I want to slap my uncle's house, and your sister's death has nothing to do with my Zhan family." ”

Uncle He suddenly became angry, caught up and flew up again, kicked him on the waist, and scolded: "You unkind and unrighteous beast, you are saying that I killed you with a knife." ”

Uncle He is a six-grade guard with a knife in the imperial court, a person who practices martial arts, and he shoots hard, Zhan Shaoting screamed, curled up and lay on the ground, his face was pale, beads of sweat rolled down, and he wailed in pain, it seemed that his ribs were broken.

Uncle He was stopped by the Zhan family, and the officials and servants of the court did not dare to make a move, and the master was beaten a few times in vain.

Mrs. Zhan saw that her son was seriously injured, so she threw herself on her son desperately, and shouted with a crying voice: "Quickly find a little maid to protect the son, it's the other way around", and the people looked at Uncle He's skills and didn't dare to step forward.

At this time, Zhan Shaoting was so painful that he squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "It's all dead people, watching the master being beaten, look back at what I do with you dog minions." ”

The little guys were scared, so they were eager to try, Uncle He looked at it contemptuously, and said, "This group of rabble is also worthy of doing it with the master." ”

Mrs. He sat up, stepped forward and twisted Mrs. Zhan, and said angrily: "Your son, you know that Lu Dao is distressed, but my daughter is a life!" You and I went into the palace to meet the Queen Mother, and let the Queen Mother and her old man comment on the reasoning, there are still such spoiled concubines and wives in the world, and they are bullying. ”

At this time, Mrs. Zhan panicked, knowing that her family was at a loss, she knew that the current queen mother was the queen of the first emperor's palace, and she was suppressed by the power of the virtuous concubine, and she was cautious for many years before she kept the position of the prince, so she hated this kind of court official who broke the rules the most.

Just when Mrs. Zhan didn't know how to explain, Uncle Changyi rushed back to the house when he heard the news, and he already knew that there was a mess inside, walked a few steps quickly, came up to the hall, played a round field, and said: "Mrs. in-laws, I apologized for this, you have beaten and beaten, and the anger has come out, the in-laws have a game, it is better to sit down, if the in-laws have any requirements, the Zhan family will definitely agree."

Mrs. He saw that her son beat her son-in-law, venting her evil anger, her heart was much more comfortable, and she was persuaded by everyone's kind words, thinking that her daughter was dead and could not be resurrected, or made her Zhan family uncomfortable, so she agreed to reconcile.

As a result of the negotiation, the Zhan family buried the He family, paid a heavy filial piety to the funeral, built a funeral shed for 7749 days to pay tribute to the deceased, and gave 5,000 taels of silver as compensation for the He family, and drove the concubine out of the Bofu.

Uncle Zhan said: "The rebel son was not lightly injured, he couldn't get off the kang, he was mourned heavily, and his daughter-in-law's funeral was decent, which was all the thoughts of the Zhan family." ”

On the day of the funeral, the He family stopped the crowd of Fuling, and made a big fuss on the street, Mrs. He howled and threw herself on her daughter's coffin, counting the Zhan family's favorite concubines to kill their wives and forcing their wives to death.

Uncle Changyi tried his best to suppress this matter, but in the land of the capital projectile, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military did not know, did not say it to the face, and had a lot of complaints about the Zhan family behind his back, so angry that Uncle Changyi detained his son at home to recuperate from his injuries and was not allowed to go out, until half a year later, the rumors gradually subsided, and Uncle Zhan and his wife finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Uncle Zhan instructed his wife: "Take care of the second child, don't let him mess around, wait for the rumors to subside, and find a better girl to marry." ”

Mrs. Zhan was about to talk about this, and sighed sadly: "Now who in the capital doesn't know about the Zhan family, and the crime of spoiling the concubine and killing his wife is charged, who is willing to give the girl to our family." ”

Uncle Zhan hugged his beard, pondered, and said: "I can't find it in the capital, go to the distance to find it, the second child ran to the farm when he saw the sky, fooled around with the concubine, if people knew, he didn't hit the Zhan family in the face." ”

Mrs. Zhan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said: "Yes, the tenth day of the ninth month is the birthday of the old lady of Wufu, and the girls of Wufu have to rush back with their children and daughters to make the old lady's birthday. ”

Mrs. Wu is Mrs. Zhan's stepmother.

Uncle Zhan nodded and said, "Madame's idea is good, but I am optimistic about the evil obstacle these days, don't let him go to the farm." ”

Mrs. Zhan agreed, and after a while, she said leisurely: "The second sister married to the northwest, and the third sister left Beijing and went to Shandong with the Shen family, and my sister has not seen each other for more than ten years." ”