Chapter XVIII: Punishment
Chang'an, Xiliang guards Ma Teng's mansion, although Ma Teng is dead, but Dong Taishi remembers that he has meritorious service in guarding Xiliang, and his son Ma Chao is the general of Jianwu, and rewards the mansion for him to live in, and Ma Teng's daughter Ma Yunlu also lives here with his brother. At this moment, Ma Yun is in the green room......
"Is there such a vicious woman in the world?" Ma Yunlu, who was dressed in filial piety clothes, turned blue with anger, and grabbed his sword, "I'll go to her to settle accounts." β
Zhao Yun hurriedly stopped her and waved his hand again and again, "Yunlu, be quiet, don't let others hear it, it will hinder the reputation of the Taishi." "He and Ma Yunlu are an unmarried couple, although the fiancΓ©e's boudoir before marriage was not in accordance with the etiquette law at that time, but the Ma family is from the remote Xiliang and does not care much about the etiquette and trivialities, so Zhao Yun can stay in the same room with Ma Yunlu alone and Ma Chao does not care.
Ma Yunlu was angry, "No, I won't teach that sinister woman a lesson today, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart." and that Mrs. Dong, who actually connived at that woman to bully her own son like this, I still have to find him to reason. β
Zhao Yun gave up and made a gesture again, "Yunlu, Taishi is always our lord, and Mrs. Cai is also our master's mother, we are courtiers, and we can't commit any crimes." β
To put it mildly, Zhao Yun finally persuaded Ma Yunlu to go down, and the young couple discussed and decided to open a few empty rooms in the backyard of Ma Teng's mansion to bring Princess Anyang's mother and son to live at home, and Ma Yunlu protected the poor mother and son.
Discuss certainly, at noon that day, Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu quietly came to the Taishi Mansion, Zhao Yun first found Kang Peng, told the situation, Kang Peng was overjoyed, and immediately arranged for Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu to pick up Princess Anyang, at the same time, Kang Peng felt guilty, shameless to go to see Princess Anyang, and after the order, he used the excuse to check the public security situation in Chang'an and hid in Gao Shun.
Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu immediately went to find Princess Anyang, who knew that as soon as they entered the door, they saw Dong Yi crying again, Sun Shangxiang, Zhen Mi and Wu Xin, the three little girls were still there and scolded Dong Yi for being unbehaved, Sun Shangxiang was still holding a pair of scissors, threatening to cut off Dong Yi's nose, and the maid arranged by Kang Peng was also missing, leaving Princess Anyang sitting on the edge of the bed and wiping her tears.
"Stop!" Ma Yunlu shouted, snatched the scissors from Sun Shangxiang's hand and threw them away, "Smack!" "Smack!" gave Sun Shangxiang two slaps with his backhand, and pulled Zhen Mi and Wu Xin, who also rewarded a slap by himself, Ma Yunlu was furious, and he was ruthless, and a few red five-finger prints suddenly appeared on the snow-white faces of the three little girls, and tears flowed down.
"Woo...... why did you hit me?" Sun Shangxiang was crying and flew to kick Ma Yunlu, but unfortunately her little martial arts was to deal with a waste like Kangpeng, but Ma Yunlu was passed on by his father, brother and Zhao Yun, the three masters, and grabbed her little feet, and lifted it upside down, and slapped her twice.
"Why did you hit you?" Ma Yunlu was still angry, "Smack! ''Smack! slapped Sun Shangxiang twice, until Sun Shangxiang's little face was swollen, and then he said viciously: "How old is Dong Yi?" What are you doing with scissors to him? Who taught you? β
Sun Shangxiang was so painful and scared that he forgot to cry, "It's Cai ......, I'm just teasing Dong Yi and scaring him." β
"Scare him? Is it so scary for a child under the age of one? Ma Yunlu slapped him several times, and the corners of Sun Shangxiang's small mouth were bleeding, "I swear, I will never bully Dong Yi again in the future!" β
Sun Shangxiang was a little hesitant at first, but when he saw Ma Yunlu raise his hand again, he was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted: "I swear, I will never bully Dong Yi again, and I will never bully him again." β
Ma Yunlu snorted coldly, turned to Zhen Mi and Wu Xin again, and before she could speak, the two little girls were already screaming in fright, "We don't dare." "Don't dare anymore."
"Ouch!" Ma Yunlu shook his hand, Sun Shangxiang fell heavily to the ground, so painful that she screamed, Ma Yunlu said coldly: "Don't think that you are little girls, someone spoils you, no one dares to teach you a lesson, in the future, I will hear and see you bullying Dong Yi, I will see you beat you once." The three little girls dared to distinguish and ran away with tears.
"Thank you, General Zhao, thank you, Miss Ma." Princess Anyang wiped away her tears and hugged Dong Yi to come over to greet him, Dong Yi, the little guy, was very smart, and opened his little hand to hug Ma Yunlu.
Ma Yunlu smiled, took Dong Yixian and kissed him on the face, "It's so good." Only then did he give Zhao Yun another look, and Zhao Yun, who was also frightened by Ma Yunlu, had a chance to speak, while secretly worrying about the terrible life after he became married, he took out Kang Peng's handbook and handed it to Princess Anyang, "Mastermother, the lord asked us to take you and Young Master Yi to a place to live temporarily." Princess Anyang nodded weakly, she also understood that this was her husband's kindness, packed up a little poor luggage with tears, and went out with Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu.
The four of them got out of the gate, and after walking a few streets, a team came to them, and when the two people who rode first saw them, they immediately reined in their horses, and one of them shouted: "Zilong, Miss Ma, where are you taking the mistress?" Zhao Yun and the others looked at each other, but it was Li Ru and Jia Xu.
Zhao Yun hurriedly went up to greet him and explained the situation softly, and Li Ru, who had always hated Cai Wenji, was suddenly furious and scolded: "This fox son dares to treat my father-in-law's blood like this? β
"Silence." Jia Xu stopped Li Ru and said softly: "There are too many pedestrians on the road, don't spread the ugliness of the lord's family." Let's find a hidden place and discuss countermeasures. "There happened to be a restaurant on the side of the road, and a few people went up to find two compartments, and asked Ma Yunlu to take Princess Anyang's mother and son to rest in a side room, and the people guarded the corridor, and Jia Xu and others discussed in the other compartment.
"In any case, she is also our mistress, and we can't do anything wrong."
"No, since ancient times, the elder is not young, not to mention that the young master Yi still has royal blood, she treats the young master Yi so much, it must be for her son to compete for the throne, if we ignore it, the father-in-law also favors her, wouldn't it hurt the eldest son of the father-in-law?"
"Xianjia is a little restless, it's just that we can't commit the next offense, but we don't say it doesn't matter, we have to teach this master mother who has caused us a lot of trouble, so that she can be more peaceful in the future."
"Strategist, sir, we can't make such a big rebellious statement, we have no right to ask who the lord favors is the lord's family matter."
"We have no right to intervene, but there is one person who can justifiably ask questions, and can also cure this troublesome mistress."
"Who?" "Who?"
"Come ...... with your ears"
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Dong Zhuo's mother is nearly ninety years old, she is middle-aged and widowed, and she has worked hard to raise several sons, the difficulties of which are by no means known to outsiders, but fortunately, her sons are very competitive, and the eldest son has repeatedly made military exploits for the imperial court, and exchanged the military exploits for the re-prosperity of the family, and finally became the prince of the dynasty, and Dong's mother was also named Mrs. Rongyang, which is considered to comfort Dong's mother in her old age.
On this day, Dong's mother was listening to the maid playing the piano and singing at home, she was blind, and listening to the music was already her only entertainment pastime, when suddenly the maid came to report, "Old lady, your eldest daughter-in-law took your eldest grandson to ask for a meeting, and asked if you had time to see them." β
Dong's mother was overjoyed and hurriedly called them to come to see her, Shaoqing, Princess Anyang came in with Dong Yi in her arms, "My daughter-in-law has seen my mother-in-law, and my mother-in-law is blessed." β
"Good daughter-in-law, get up quickly, bring my eldest grandson over and let me touch it." Dong's mother shook her thin hands and wanted to hug Dong Yi.
"Xiaoyi, see grandmother." Princess Anyang handed Dong Yi to Dong's mother, and said in her heart, good boy, call it quickly, my mother has taught you for more than an hour, you must call it out, this is related to your future.
Dong Yi did not disappoint Princess Anyang, and called out in Dong's mother's arms, "Ancestor... Mother", the two vague words made Dong's mother's blind eyes full of tears, and the muddy tears drew a stream on her wrinkled face, "My good grandson, you will call grandmother, you will call grandmother." β
Princess Anyang wiped away her tears for Dong's mother, and gently beat her back, Dong's mother choked and said: "Good grandson, your deceased eldest brother also called me that back then, but he has been sick and died, it has been more than 20 years, and finally a grandson calls me grandmother, good grandson, you must grow up well, don't let your grandmother be sad anymore." β
Dong's mother cried sadly, Princess Anyang suddenly cried out, Dong's mother was strange, stopped crying, and asked, "Daughter-in-law, what are you crying for?" β
Princess Anyang sobbed and said: "Back to my mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law is bringing Yi'er to say goodbye to you, we are going to move out to live, and we can't see each other often in the future, mother-in-law, you must take care of your health, and when Yi'er grows up, my daughter-in-law will bring him back to sing songs to my mother-in-law......"
"You're moving out? Why? Is it my unfilial son bullying you? Dong's mother asked repeatedly, but Princess Anyang just cried non-stop and didn't answer anything.
Dong's mother was puzzled, and was about to ask the maid to call her son to ask about the situation, suddenly, Dong Yi called her grandmother in her arms again, Dong's mother was busy touching him, but when she touched it, she felt a strange thing on Dong Yi's face, bulging soft, like a strip of cloth, Dong's mother leaned over the strip of cloth to smell it, but smelled a faint smell of blood.
"Bold! Is my grandson hurt? Did you hurt my grandson? Dong's mother was full of anger and reprimanded loudly: "Come on, let's see if my grandson's face is injured." β
A maid replied in a low voice, "Back to the old lady, Young Master Yi has a wrapped wound on his face, and there is a little blood. β
Mother Dong's thin hand grabbed Princess Anyang and shouted, "Who injured my grandson?" Princess Anyang cried even louder, but never said a word.
At this time, there was a sudden noise in the compound, and the sound of flower pots being broken, and Dong's mother was even more angry, "Come on, help me out, I haven't taken care of this family for a few years, this family is about to turn the corner, noisy and noisy, and dare to hurt my eldest grandson." β
Several maids immediately carried Dong's mother out of the room, and Princess Anyang hurriedly picked up Dong Yi to follow. There was still some distance from the place of the quarrel, and Dong's mother heard the arrogant voice of her other daughter-in-law, Cai Wenji, from a distance, "Ma Yunlu, why did you beat my sister?" Do you want to rebel? β
The other voice was also female, and it was also very sharp, "Why? Your sister took a kitchen knife and slashed on the face of Master Yi, and injured Lord Yi's face, and I was beating them! Also, did you instruct them? β
Another smaller woman's voice sounded, "Sister, she's talking nonsense, we're holding scissors, not kitchen knives." Sister, you see, my mouth was beaten and bleeding from her, and the faces of Sister Mi and Sister Xin were also swollen by her. β
The other two little girls also shouted: "We are holding scissors, not kitchen knives, she will beat us hard, Sister Cai, you have to help us get angry." β
Cai Wenji was furious and screamed: "Come on, tie up this woman for me, draw forty ring rulers, don't think that you are Zhao Yun's wife who has not passed through the door and can beat my sister, today I want you to know, what is dignity and humility!" β
Before Cai Wenji's words fell, another majestic old woman's voice said: "Come on, take Cai Wenji down for me!" Cai Wenji turned her head and was dumbfounded, "Mother-in-law." β
Dong's mother's thin body straightened up, and she said angrily: "Take down Cai Wenji, and the little girls who hurt my grandson with knives, also take it down for me, and then go and find that evil animal, today I will implement the family law." β
If someone else dared to speak to Cai Wenji like this, Cai Wenji would have to jump three feet high, but when the usually serious mother-in-law spoke, Cai Wenji didn't dare to resist, and was obediently tied to the tree by a few stout maids, and Sun Shangxiang and a few other little girls were not spared.
Not long after, Kang Peng hurried over and knelt in front of Dong's mother, "The child has seen his mother." β
Mother Dong handed the dragon head crutch in her hand to Kang Peng, "Evil barrier, if you still have a blind mother like me in your eyes, take this crutch and whip those women hard." β
Kang Peng glanced at Cai Wenji, Sun Shangxiang and other women tied to the tree, they were already full of tears, Kang Peng was embarrassed: "Mother, Wen Ji has just given birth, Shangxiang and they are still young, if there is anything ......"
Mother Dong didn't say a word, turned to Princess Anyang and said, "Daughter-in-law, the old body will go with you, leave this family to this evil obstacle, and these women who have no family education." β
Kang Peng was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged Dong's mother's legs, and said in a loud voice: "Mother, just go and beat them, you are old, you can't go there." β
The four-foot-long dragon head crutch, with thick wrists and sandalwood, although the carved dragon and phoenix are very beautiful, but they must also hurt when they hit the body! Kang Peng held this crutch, as if he was weighing a thousand pounds, slowly walked to Cai Wenji's side, and said in a low voice: "Wenji, I'm sorry." β
"Smack!" "Smack" "Smack!" "One hit, two times, three times, although Kang Peng's subordinates didn't dare to show mercy, they picked Cai Wenji and a few little girls to beat the thick flesh on their bodies, Rao is so, and it also made them cry in pain and cry their mothers.
Cai Wenji was beaten with twenty canes, and several little girls were also beaten with ten canes, Kang Peng stopped at this time, turned around and said, "Mother, is it okay?" β
After listening to the whispers of the personal maid, Dong's mother verified the authenticity before nodding and walking to Cai Wenji tremblingly, "Do you dare to be pampered and coquettish in the future?" Do you dare to let someone abuse my eldest daughter-in-law? Do you dare to send someone to hurt my eldest grandson? β
Cai Wenji cried into a tearful person early, and choked up: "Don't dare, don't dare anymore." β
Mother Dong snorted coldly, turned her head to Kang Peng and said, "I have been married to your father for exactly seventy years now, and your father also has a few concubines, but when have I ever competed for favor with your little girls?" When did you use such vicious means against your brother? If you indulge her so much, aren't you afraid of a fire in your backyard, and aren't you afraid that our Dong family will be the last one? β
Kang Peng made a bitter face and kowtowed: "My mother has taught me the right lesson, and the children will definitely be strict with them in the future." β
Mother Dong handed the dragon head to Kang Peng, "This crutch will be rewarded to you, if they dare to do this again in the future, they will beat me to death!" After Kang Peng took the crutches, Dong's mother said again: "From today on, my eldest daughter-in-law and eldest grandson live with me, and the old body wants to listen, who dares to abuse my daughter-in-law and grandson?" β
More than an hour later, Cai Wenji was in the room.
"Ouch, it hurts me." Sun Shangxiang covered his thighs and snorted, "Bad Taishi, stinky Taishi, hit me so hard." β
"I'm in pain too." Zhen Mi also covered her ass and shouted, "Bad master, I won't marry him in the future, he beat me so hard." β
"If you don't marry, I won't marry a bad master." Wu Xin also injured her thigh, but her scream was the sharpest.
The three little girls screamed in pain one after another, and kept scolding Kang Peng, only Cai Wenji had a gloomy face, without saying a word, and after a while, Cai Wenji suddenly said: "Sisters, my sister has one thing to ask you, you must help me deal with that princess." β
"How can we help?"
"In the future, you will all marry the Taishi and join forces with me to ......"
After a while, a maid in Cai Wenji's room went out of the room to get medicine, but instead of going in the direction of the home pharmacy, she walked through several sections of garden paths, and came to the bottom of a rockery in the garden.
The maid gestured a few gestures to Dong Man, Dong Man waved his hand, and the soldiers pushed open a stone door, revealing a secret passage, and the maid bowed her head and walked to the deepest part of the secret passage, knelt in front of a desk and whispered: "Swallow No. 64 report, the fourth lady decided to let Sun Shangxiang, Zhen Mi and Miss Wu Xin marry the princess together, and compete for favor with Princess Anyang with beauty." With that, the maid bowed down and pushed out of the secret passage.
The man behind the desk whispered: "Silly girl, agree to those little beauties to marry me earlier, and you won't be beaten." He casually threw a piece of paper on the desk, and on that piece of paper was a record of the conversation between Jia Xu, Li Ru, and Zhao Yun in the restaurant......