The weather in April is still a little cold, and although I have taken off my coat, I still have to wear a jacket. This Lianxiu was originally sleeping in a warm quilt, but was suddenly dragged to the yard, wearing a thin middle coat, cold and shy, and asked with a stiff neck:

"Young Master Ming, the slave thinks that she has done nothing wrong, may I ask the young master why you are ......?"

"The head of the village in Qiyun Mountain is your uncle. His daughters have climbed into my dad's bed, and you still think you haven't done anything wrong? Li Ming stood on the steps and looked at the embroidery kneeling in the courtyard. In the past, you saw that you did your best to my mother, and you thought you were a good man. As a result, I didn't expect that your family's heart is so big, you have a few dares to reach out to my father's room! ”

Lian Xiu heard that it seemed that his cousin had won it, and he was overjoyed.

Her mother once said that if her cousin could become an aunt, or give birth to a son and a half daughter, in order to raise her status, their whole family would get rid of slavery, and she could also find a scholar to marry, and she would also be an official wife or something in the future.

She is not good-looking, so she can't get the favor of the master, but her cousin, even if she is a girl, often shakes her mind for a long time, let alone a man!

She was happy in her heart, but she made an inexplicable look on her face.

"Young Master, the slave you said is confused. What did the cousin of the slave maid do, how can the slave and maid know the Tao when she is in the house? You said that the slave has been serving the lady with all her heart, and the duty of the slave is to serve the lady, and Xiao has never thought about anything else, the slave can only control herself, how can she manage what her cousin thinks? ”

Lian Xiu kowtowed to Li Ming and said: "The slave maid can't go out once a year, the slave maid's cousin has lived in Zhuangzi since she was a child, how can the slave and maid control her!" ”

Li Mingqi knotted. He admitted that he was angry when he came over, but he blocked Lian Xiu straight and straight, and the anger in his heart not only did not disappear, but also became more uncomfortable, and he was even more angry when he spoke:

"Your father personally took your cousin to my father's room, and you actually said that you didn't know? If you don't deliberately have the intention of climbing up, where is there such a coincidence! When my mother knows the face of your family, can she still keep you? ”

He hatefully said:

"If you know each other, just pack up my things and get out of here, and live in the torture room with your family, otherwise the master will directly cripple you and throw you into the torture room!"

He hated the second steward and his family very much in his heart. His daughter was on an errand in his mother's room, and she still wanted to stuff a junior into the house to be an aunt. If this thing is going to be done, won't his father be a generation shorter than the second steward? Will Lian Xiu help this cousin or help his master at that time?

The answer, of course, is self-evident!

Even if the daughter of the head of the village hadn't climbed into his father's bed now, he wouldn't want to keep such a scourge!

"Young Master Ming, the slave maid is a slave who was assigned to the Splendid Courtyard, not to the West Garden. Even if the house wants to cripple the slave and maid to death, it should be the order of the lady. The slave and maid are the people in the master's room for a day, and they will never do such a thing to the master. Madame knows everything, and she will definitely give justice to the slave and maid! ”

"What a sharp-toothed!" A cold snort came from the doorway.

The one who spoke was the flower mama who was sent because Gu Qing was not worried about Li Ming.

"Mama Flowers." Li Ming looked at Mama Hua who came over with a few healthy women, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

"I'll take this servant to the torture chamber. His father and mother have been put in a torture cell, and his family has to be interrogated carefully. The old lady was afraid that you would come in a hurry and scare Madame, so she asked me to come and take a look, and by the way, I would take this servant away. ”

Mama Hua nodded to the few healthy women in the back, and these women with big shoulders and round waists immediately rushed up, regardless of the fact that they didn't even wear their clothes with their bare feet and covered heads, they directly tied up the five flowers.

"Madame, Madame, save the slaves, ma'am! The slave and the maid are wronged...... Hmm, hmm! A healthy woman took off her socks and gagged her mouth.

Lian Xiu's mouth smelled strange, and he almost didn't vomit. She was really scared now.

Listening to Mama Hua's meaning, it seems that her cousin did not succeed and angered the master? Then why do you want to lock up his father and his mother? Could it be that my cousin has done something bad?

She was so sad in her heart that she couldn't even care about the cold, her eyes couldn't stop crying, and she looked expectantly in the direction of the door.

Her only hope now is the Duchess of the Kingdom, and if the lady can intercede, she can be saved.

Lian Xiu was also self-inflicted, if she hadn't been drugged yesterday, Fang's was still awake today, maybe he could really ask her to come down. It's just that the pregnant woman was already sleepy, and Fang Shi fell for her conspiracy and didn't sleep all night, and now she finally closed her eyes, and she wouldn't be able to wake up for a while.

Wen Xiu and Juan Xiu got the news, and hid behind the moon gate to watch Mama Hua carry Lian Xiu away, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and she didn't know if it was blown by the wind or frightened, and she was trembling all the time.

They originally dreamed of becoming a master in the room, and even Zhu Xiu secretly wanted to go to the study to try their luck or something, seeing that Lian Xiu was dragged away just because his cousin climbed the bed, and their hearts were cold.

She didn't do it, the whole family was locked up, if she really did it, would she still have her life?

"Sister Wenxiu, you say, is Lianxiu really unknown?"

"I don't know if it's true or not, it's already like this, what else can I do?" Wen Xiu said with a white face: "This matter is not a big deal in anyone's house, only in our house, we still have to sit together!" ”

Her tone was already a little indignant.

"I don't think she usually shows any intention to get close to the master, but this time Mrs. breathed a sigh of relief, and she also wanted to marry her family as a housekeeper. It turned out that it wasn't that she didn't want to, but that someone in her family wanted to sit in that seat. Zhu Xiu lowered her head and muttered, "Otherwise, this heart will die." ”

"I advise you all to put away the thoughts you shouldn't have thought about!" Li Ming's voice came from their side.

Seeing that it was the little master, Wen Xiu and the three of them hurriedly saluted.

"Young Master Ming."

"My father doesn't have the idea of taking an aunt at all, even if you want to do something, it is impossible to succeed, and I am afraid that you will end up with the same fate as the daughter of the head of the village." Li Ming beat a few girls for his mother, and he said a lot.

"Do you know what happened to the daughter of the head of the village......

These three girls watched him grow up, and they were his mother's companions, he really didn't want them to hurt his mother, his mother had just a few henchmen in the house, if they were all changed, I don't know how to rush in the future.

"The woman tried to climb my father's bed, but before she could get up, she was hit on the head by my father and bled and kicked again, and she was seriously injured, and now she has been sent to the government on the charge of 'assassinating the court officials'."

Li Ming looked at the three girls whose faces were getting worse and worse.

"I advise you, at least leave yourself with dignity, don't be a master and servant, and you won't even lose your reputation."

Li Ming finished beating, walked straight past them, and walked away without looking back.

In the torture chamber.

Zhuang, who had just been tortured, fainted and was woken up by a basin of water poured by the subordinates in the torture room.

"I advise you to clean the contents of your stomach, who instructed you, and what did you send your daughter to do, suffer less, and still have the strength to get out."

The head of the family in charge of the torture was the head of the house with a straight face.

"I, I'm not commanded, there's really no one! My daughter has been beautiful since she was a child, and some people say that she has a great creation, and at first glance she wants to be the lady of a rich and noble family......"

"Who said she had a great creation?"

“……”

When the head of the village saw that the whip was raised again, he hurriedly shouted: "It's the big grandmother!" Big Granny! ”

Li Mao, who was sitting on the side to listen to the trial, stood up suddenly.

"Which big grandma?"

"It's the grandmother who committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake." Zhuang shivered with a headache. "In the past, my mother-in-law once took my daughter to the house to find my sister, and was seen by the grandmother, saying that my daughter had a great creation, and asked our family to cultivate it well. My sister said that she was afraid that the eldest grandmother had taken a fancy to my daughter, and she wanted to stay for Master Rui to make a room, and she would open her face in the future, so our family has been raising my daughter according to the example of someone else's young lady......"

"I think your family is a whole family, and you have been thinking about planning your master!" Li Mao cut his heart, if he didn't want to spit out something, it would definitely not be a matter of just a few angry reprimands!

The head of the village has started to say everything, so naturally he won't hide it.

"Although I am the head of the village, but in those years there was not much production on the Zhuangzi, I was timid and small, never greedy for money, our family did not have so much money to pamper this child, my sister often took some money and good materials to come, said that the grandmother rewarded, we all rely on the grandmother's reward, brocade clothes and jade food to raise her, and teach her to read and write, and see that she is about to be sent to the house......"

The head of the village recalled, "But it was the year when my daughter was going to enter the mansion, first the eldest lord went, and then the eldest grandmother also threw herself into the lake, and my daughter did not enter the mansion at once." ”

"Then you should arrange for your daughter to climb Rui'er's bed, how did she get it to me!" Li Mao asked loudly.

"I have been urging my sister to send my daughter into the house as soon as possible, she is getting older, and she is not high or low, she would rather die than marry, and really decent people don't look down on us. As a result, there was filial piety in the house for a few years, and there was no one at all, and then the lady in the house took charge of the house, and my sister also came down from the position of the slave and maid, and the person who changed the lady went up, and I couldn't find a chance. Zhuang Tou gritted his teeth and said all the calculations in his heart. My daughter has always thought that she is going to be an aunt in the Xinguo Mansion, and she is already frightened......"

When he saw that the generals took out the "freshening" board, he thought that he really couldn't stand such torture, so he simply made it clear. Anyway, it's just a matter of sending a daughter into the house, and the crime is definitely not to death, at most she will be beaten and driven out.

"Later, my sister said that Young Master Rui has been raised in the Splendid Courtyard, and there will be a room in the future, which must be what this lady is referring to now, and it must not be sent to him, and Young Master Rui has no title, so it is better to raise it for a few more years, and find a way to send it into the house to be the grandfather of the country......"

Li Mao didn't want to listen to it anymore.

This is a slave who is hungry for profit, and he wants to climb up after getting the benefits of the house!

Obviously they are already tenants, and they still want to be masters!

"My daughter is nineteen years old this year, and she will become an old girl if she continues to stumble. In addition, she regards herself as her master every day at home, and she is the master's style, pointing me and her mother to drink as people, I really can't stand it, so I told my sister that if there is no way this year, I will find a rich family to marry her. As a result, I happened to meet the master, and you spent the night on the Zhuangzi......"

Here's what happened last night.

"But we never thought of assassinating the Lord! Although my daughter is shameless and wants to climb the master's bed, she definitely doesn't want to hurt the master! The charge of 'plotting to assassinate the court officials' is unjust! Master Guogong, for the sake of me taking care of Zhuangzi for so many years, spare my daughter's life! The head of the village howled loudly, "My daughter was mistaken by the grandmother!" ”

"Shut him up." Li Mao was afraid that what he said would tarnish the reputation of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, so he hurriedly asked someone to shut his mouth.

It's almost the right thing to ask, and it's not interesting to spend time on him.

There are few people in this world who know that his sister-in-law is wrong. This Zhuang Tou should not know the identity of Lu Dao's sister-in-law, so he is convinced that this "big grandmother" is training his daughter to be an aunt.

There must have been some conspiracy back then, because the death of the sister-in-law was not realized, so such a beautiful snake fell in the Zhuangzi, and it only happened until now, and it was useless.

No matter how vicious the sister-in-law is, it is impossible for her son to arrange such a room, not to mention that they all know what kind of family Li Rui is marrying each other, and before marrying the Lu family, Li Rui will not have any intercourse. Then, at that time, he was the only man who was of the right age to marry in the house.

What kind of "room for the eldest young master" is not for Li Rui, but he is the one who planned from beginning to end.

What does the sister-in-law want to do? Use this woman to alienate him from his wife's feelings?

Whatever she wanted to do, she couldn't do it now. And she also successfully changed his wife with her own death, and achieved the best plan, even her own son was involved.

Before the sister-in-law died, I am afraid that he did not expect his father to die within a few years, and he did not ask Li Rui for a knighthood. And she and his wife, who have always looked up to the eldest brother and his wife, did not raise Li Rui as she imagined, but went astray and almost raised the child.

In this world, things are so impermanent, who can guarantee that all plans will be successful?

Who can think that as long as you die, you will be able to change the status quo?

No matter what the sister-in-law wanted to do back then, she can't succeed now.

Li Mao left the torture room and went to interrogate the second steward and his wife who were locked up next door.

The second steward was sentenced and blamed all the involvement on his wife. He was originally afraid of guilt, and his mother-in-law was powerful, and many things were decided by this wife on weekdays. This incident was also what she agreed to as soon as she heard that she might spend the night in the Zhuangzi after sweeping the tomb, and tried her best to grind him at home.

This is similar to Li Mao's guess.

These two stewards used to be his brother's eldest followers, and later married this housekeeper lady and gradually became more powerful. Although he is the second manager, he is in charge of things such as Zhuangzi and house rent collection in Beijing, and does not interfere in the affairs of the house. Since his mother-in-law no longer manages the monthly rewards and punishments of her subordinates, she has gradually lost her position, and is only responsible for managing some trivial arrangements for her subordinates.

When the interrogation of this servant woman, known as the "Red Lady", came to an impasse again.

She insisted that it was her grandmother who said that there would be an aunt in her family, so she had been taking good care of her brother's family. Otherwise, a brother who sold himself, she took the relationship of her own master, and arranged him to be the head of the Zhuangzi is already the sky, why did she take care of it for so many years?

Li Mao believed what he said softly, but when he saw this kind of hard-mouthed person, he was full of suspicion. He asked people to torture this servant woman in various ways, and only tortured her brother more after she got married, and then posted it and wanted to admit his relatives, and this circle went around to Zhuang Tou, which made Li Mao's head swell for a while.

Li Mao saw that he couldn't ask anything no matter how much he asked, so he had to ask someone to check the matter of the Zhuang Tou and the red lady first, and then come back tomorrow to interrogate.

Because of the last time there was a dereliction of duty in the torture room that caused Mama Liu to kill Chu Wu, this time Li Mao no longer dared to be careless, in addition to sending a general to guard, he also called Dr. Hu to be on duty here all night, and he must not die.

Li Mao left, and the red lady was thrown into the women's room in the torture room again, and was locked up with her daughter who was sent by Mama Hua.

"Why did they lock you in? Aren't you on an errand in the lady's room? "When the red lady came in, she was already completely skinless, but she was casually stopped by the Hu family doctor. The Zhuang family is just a tenant, and the punishment cannot be severe, but they have a deed of sale in the house, and they only need to pay some money if they are killed.

Lian Xiu looked at her mother's miserable appearance, and tears burst out of her eyes at once.

"Mother, why did they make you like this? Isn't it just my cousin who climbed out of bed? At most, one beating is enough, why do you want to torture ...... "Even the embroidery doesn't know where to put it on her mother, and she can't wait to suffer for her mother."

"Lian'er......" The red lady said softly in her daughter's ear: "Have you put the medicine in?" ”

Lian Xiu nodded.

"Then you will avenge your mother." The red lady said faintly.

Lian Xiu was shocked.

"I'm afraid my mother won't be able to escape this catastrophe. Your uncle's cousin is so stupid that she can't climb into bed, and she tires us. When the red lady heard that she would be interrogated tomorrow, she already had a will to die in her heart, and she was lying on the ground with her eyes blank at the moment.

"If you can go out of the house, go far away. Wherever it is sold, it is better than here. Don't think about revenge or anything, it's only right to live well. Don't believe your father, your father is a soft-eared and black-eyed man who won't care about you. ”

"Mother, what are you talking about, don't scare my mother!"

"I regret it so much, I regret it so much...... "the red lady muttered, "don't follow my old path, you have to live well." ”

She closed her eyes, and the scene of the year was in front of her again.

A humanoid object was thrown into the city, and there were torn, rotting, stinky corpses everywhere, and his father and mother coughed day and night, and medicine could not be bought everywhere......

Her father and mother died, and her brother couldn't survive, so he discussed selling her. She knew that if she stayed, the two of them would starve to death together, so she gritted her teeth and agreed.

If she had to choose again, she would rather starve to death.

Li Mao left the torture room, felt that there was a smell of blood all over his body, and went straight to the East Garden, wanting to go back to the room to freshen up.

When he entered the courtyard gate, he did not find the familiar scene of his wife standing by the door to greet him.

On weekdays, when he enters the second gate, someone will go to report quickly, no matter how busy Fang Wan is, he will also put down what he is doing and stand at the door waiting for him......

This is already a tacit understanding between the two.

What is wrong with it?

Is it that there is a woman who climbs his bed, gets jealous, and makes him petty?

Li Mao smiled and shook his head. has been married for so many years, and she still doesn't know her character? He was dirty when he was touched by the woman next to him, how could he want such a woman who didn't know his origin!

While thinking about how to appease his wife, he secretly enjoyed himself in his heart.

In any case, some people will be jealous, it must be because they love him.

When he walked to the porch, he saw Sanxiu standing at the door next to his wife, and the mother-in-law who came to report the news was standing next to him. Obviously, the mother-in-law didn't even enter the door.

Suddenly, Li Mao's heart was lost.

It turned out that he was not jealous, but he didn't notice that he was coming.

"What are you doing standing in the doorway?"

As soon as Li Mao spoke, the girl and mother-in-law who were talking raised their heads with panicked expressions.

Li Mao looked at these subordinates suspiciously, frowned and reprimanded:

"Get out of the way, get out of the way."

Sanxiu pulled the mother-in-law who reported the news to the side in a panic, Li Mao stepped back left and right, gently pushed the door open, and entered the outer room silently.

There was no one in the outer room, but the voice of his wife could be heard in the inner room.

Li Mao was shocked.

Someone in the inner room? Who is it?

Why do you want a girl to guard at the door?

“…… Mother, don't talk nonsense! ”

Li Mao breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be Ming'er.

What are these two whispering about? Could it be that his little dog-legged son knew that someone wanted to climb out of bed, and came to make a small report to his mother, and by the way, he discussed countermeasures?

He was immediately curious about their conversation, and crept to the door of the inner chamber like a young man.

"Ming'er, my mother is definitely not hysterical! My mother woke up in the middle of the night from sleeping until last night, not a nightmare! My mother did see your aunt standing in front of my mother's bed! Fang's slightly high-pitched voice came from the inner room. No one could see her. I called the girls over, and she was standing there smiling at me! ”

"She must have known that I was hiding behind the screen at the time, and that I had come to take revenge on what I had done to her son!"

"Mother, wake up, you must have a nightmare! Even if your aunt has a grudge against you, she won't come now. You've changed it now, and so has your father! I've never been here before, let alone now! ”

"You don't understand, your aunt is such a person, she just waits for you to get everything and then takes it away. Good boy, you believe in your mother, you believe in your mother once, doesn't your brother know that Zhang Tianshi? I was with you yesterday, and you asked him to come and see if your aunt was back! ”

"Zhang Xuan didn't live with us in Zhuangzi yesterday, he left in the afternoon after sweeping the tomb!"

Bang!

"What aunt, what Zhang Tianshi!"

As soon as Li Mao heard Fang Wan's conjecture of coming to the ghost god again, a depression in his chest suddenly rose again.

Fang and Li Ming looked at the door that had been pushed open with expressions of dismay.

"Daddy!"

"Sir!"

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

I won't tell you, I wrote and found out that our mascot was missed after sweeping the grave yesterday.

So the author didn't carelessly let Zhang Xuan go home bored, so he didn't live in Zhuangzi.

Well, I'm just a little theater that reveals the truth.