Chapter 27: A Tooth for a Tooth
The three of them were tossed in the carriage, and the last time the world whirled, the carriage finally couldn't withstand such a violent shake, and turned to the ground, Liu Ruxue's face was stinging, and before she could think about it, the whole person fell into a coma.
The carriage overturned to the ground, and the horse that somehow went crazy quickly disappeared, and the little guy who drove the carriage fell to the ground for a long time and couldn't get up, everyone gathered around and pointed, and finally Jing Zhaoyin rushed over when he heard the news and sent someone to rescue the master and servant in the carriage.
"Oops, that young lady's face is broken! There's a lot of blood! In the crowd of onlookers, I don't know who shouted, and then people looked over, and sure enough, they saw that one of the ladies at a table was full of blood on her face, and there was a deep scar on her right cheek.
Someone who recognized it immediately shouted, "Isn't this the eldest lady of Prime Minister Liu's family?" How good is that? ”
Jing Zhaoyin hurriedly sent someone to send Liu Ruxue back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and scolded the people around him, "What are you talking nonsense about here?" It's all scattered! ”
But the news couldn't be covered, but in one morning, the entire Yujing City was spreading, and Liu Ruxue, the first beauty in the capital, was disfigured!
As soon as the news came out, a few families were happy and a few worried, of course, the majority of the happy ones, the young ladies in Yujing City have always been pressed by Liu Ruxue's good name, and they have a queen aunt, whose identity is much more noble than them, everyone is more or less jealous of her, and they can't help but be secretly happy after hearing the news.
The happiest is probably Chen's, she pretended to be concerned and went to Ruxue Pavilion to visit, confirmed that Liu Ruxue really ruined her face, and when she came back, she closed the doors and windows, laughed in the house, and finally was her nurse, and now Linyuezhai's housekeeper mother Zhang's mother couldn't stand it, so she stopped her.
"Ma'am, beware of the ears on the wall! Now that Xiangye is in a hurry, if he knows that you are gloating here, I am afraid it will not be good. Mother Zhang frowned a little disapprovingly, and persuaded the somewhat crazy Chen.
Chen stopped at this time, took a handkerchief and wiped the tears that flowed from his eyes due to laughter, "What my mother said is that I am too sad, so I lost my sense of proportion." ”
In the lively Kyoto Restaurant, Shen Qian was sitting in the private room on the second floor drinking tea, this was his fixed position, only when he came would it be opened, there was a sound outside the window, and after a while, a figure came in from the window facing the street.
"How?" Shen Qian quietly put down the tea in his hand and asked without raising his head.
"Everything went according to our plan." Qingfeng's still somewhat immature voice was also cold at this time.
"What about the horse?"
"The horse has died of exhaustion, and the subordinates have also disposed of the things under the horse's hooves, even if they want to track it down later, they can't find anything."
Shen Qian nodded, "Very good, let's wait and see what happens." ”
In the Snow Pavilion, Liu Zhengyuan's face was exposed, he looked angrily at a few people kneeling on the ground, Xia He and Qiu Lu were also injured, lying on the ground and not daring to make a sound, and the little guy who was driving the car was also trembling.
"Tell me to tell me from beginning to end, what the hell is going on?"
Xia He raised her body, a bruise on her forehead looked very terrifying, and she said with tears on her face: "Today, the eldest lady took the slave maid and Qiu Lu to the Treasure Pavilion together, and when she came back, the carriage suddenly shook and stopped, Liu Dalang said that the horse was frightened, and suddenly went crazy, and rushed on the street, and finally the carriage overturned to the ground, and the slave and maid fainted. ”
Liu Zhengyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Liu Dalang who was kneeling on the ground, "Tell me, what's going on?" How can a horse be so frightened? ”
Although Liu Dalang didn't raise his head, he was also cold by Liu Zhengyuan's gaze, and he quickly said everything he knew, "The minion doesn't know either, it was fine when he went, the minion deliberately checked that there was no problem, who knows, when he came back, he didn't go far before the horse suddenly went crazy, first raised his front hooves, and then began to rampage, the speed was very fast, and the minion couldn't control it at all......"
Liu Zhengyuan seemed to sense that something was wrong, "Where were you when Miss went to the Treasure Pavilion?" But all the time in the carriage? ”
Liu Dalang's body stiffened, the cold sweat on his head kept flowing, the atmosphere seemed to freeze for a moment, Liu Zhengyuan stared at him coldly, and didn't speak, as if he was waiting for him to confess, and finally Liu Dalang couldn't stand it, and called with a crying voice, "Master, the slave should die, when the eldest lady was in the Treasure Pavilion, the slave asked the second child of the Treasure Pavilion to help watch the carriage, and the slave went to walk around a few laps around...... "In fact, he went to the gambling house, but he didn't dare to tell the truth at this time, otherwise his life would definitely be gone."
Liu Zhengyuan snorted coldly, "Come on, pull this unruly slave out and beat the fifty boards!" ”
"The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life...... Liu Dalang kept begging for mercy, and the fifty boards were crippled even if they didn't die.
Xia He and Qiu Lu should also be punished for not taking good care of the eldest lady, but Liu Zhengyuan considered that his daughter would need them to take care of him in the future, so he only asked people to beat them ten times, and the rest will be made up later.
Liu Zhengyuan called his most trusted subordinate Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng is an orphan and was raised by the prime minister since he was a child, so Liu Zhengyuan gave him the surname Liu, and even the name was taken from the generation of men in the Liu family, Liu Cheng has a withdrawn and weird personality, but he is loyal to Liu Zhengyuan.
"You go and find out the ins and outs of this matter, and the horse, you go find it, and see if you have been passive?" Liu Zhengyuan didn't believe that all this was just an accident, so he asked Liu Cheng to check it out.
"Yes!" Liu Cheng didn't say much, and took the order.
Liu Zhengyuan frowned, his face was full of exhaustion, he walked into the inner room of Ruxue Pavilion, the doctor was cleaning Liu Ruxue's wounds, Liu Ruxue was gasping in pain in a coma, her white face was frowning, Liu Zhengyuan was distressed.
Seeing that his daughter's originally flower-like face was now covered with a huge opening, his heart was pinched together, and when he thought of his deceased wife who died early, he felt even more ashamed.
"Doctor, can the little girl's face be restored?" Liu Zhengyuan looked at the doctor who stood up eagerly, this time it was the doctor Chen again, he gently stroked his gray beard, hesitated, and Liu Zhengyuan's heart sank when he saw this.
"Ling Qianjin's wound is too deep, and the old man can only do his best, but if he wants to recover as before, I'm afraid it will be difficult." Saying that, he shook his head and sighed, "I will prescribe some ointment, let people apply it to her three times a day, and it is not suitable to eat spicy food during this time, the diet must be light, and finally clear porridge, which is conducive to wound healing." ”
Liu Zhengyuan nodded again and again, and instructed Dongshuang on the side to go down with the doctor to get the prescription, and then sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the unconscious Liu Ruxue, with a heavy face, he reached out and gently stroked his daughter's hair, "Xue'er, Dad will definitely avenge you." A cold light flashed in his eyes as he spoke.
On this day, Meng Xiaoran had already returned to the big kitchen to do things, although Aunt Hu came back, but Li's mother still asked her to be a sous chef, because she gradually found that Meng Xiaoran was very talented in cooking, and she made many novel dishes during this time, and got a lot of rewards for the big kitchen.
Meng Xiaoran was serving dishes in the kitchen, Xiao Cui suddenly ran in with a happy face, leaned over to her and whispered: "Sister, Xiao Gu told me just now that there was an accident over there in Ruxue Pavilion, and the eldest lady's face was scratched, which seemed to be very serious. ”
After speaking, she looked at Meng Xiaoran's face, although it was much better than before, but at this time there were still some red marks, and the wounds on the corners of her mouth were not yet complete.
"What's going on?" Meng Xiaoran didn't feel anything, just listened to a piece of news.
Xiao Cui shook her head, "I haven't heard about the little drum, but this matter will come out sooner or later, I heard her say that the eldest lady went out well in the morning, and she was just sent back by Jing Zhaoyin, the old man was furious, and he also attacked Liu Dalang who was driving the car." ”
Meng Xiaoran nodded, then looked at Xiao Cui, and saw the joy on her face that couldn't be hidden, so she said with a straight face: "Xiao Cui, it's good that you know about this, don't show your happiness in front of others, you know?" Xiaocui originally had a smile on her face, but as soon as Meng Xiaoran said it, she immediately stuck out her tongue, "Got it, Sister Ruhua, I'm going to do something!" After saying that, he ran away.
Meng Xiaoran watched her run away from each other, couldn't help but shake her head, lowered her head and continued to be busy with the things in hand, but she was thinking about what Xiaocui said to herself just now, Liu Ruxue's face was scratched, what the hell is going on?
Who is so bold to dare to scratch the face of the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it seems that these Prime Minister's Mansion will not be peaceful again, she better be careful.
At this time, Lu Ziqing of Mo Yuzhai also received the news, "Is your face scratched?" ”
Lu Ziqing put down the book in his hand, pondered and asked, "What is the reason for the investigation?" ”
The little guy in Tsing Yi standing on the side was the close attendant Lu Ziqing brought from the Lu Mansion, called Lanyue, he shook his head and said: "After the subordinates knew the news, they went to check, and it seemed that they were immediately passive, but when they went to check, the horse was already dead, and they couldn't find any clues." ”
Lu Ziqing suddenly chuckled, "It's a powerful character, it's okay to let their father and daughter stop for a few days, I asked you to investigate, can you find out?" ”
Lanyue took out a letter from her arms, "I was about to report this matter to my son, and I went to Hepeng Village on the outskirts of Beijing, where there is indeed a farmer surnamed Xia, and the eldest daughter of the family, Xia Ruhua, was sold a month ago, but the subordinates continued to track it down but found that this Xia Ruhua in the Prime Minister's Mansion has dropped her bag, and the real Xia Ruhua is now in Shenfu Beizhuang." ”
"Shen Mansion?" Lu Ziqing frowned and fell into deep thought, "Is it the Imperial Merchant Shen Mansion?" ”
"Exactly." Answering the month.
Lu Ziqing lowered his head and didn't speak, and suddenly hooked his lips and smiled, "She is actually from the Shen Mansion, which is even more interesting now." As he spoke, he looked at Lan Yue, "You say, could today's incident be the handiwork of the Shen Mansion?" ”
Lan Yue was slightly stunned, and only after a moment did he realize that what his son-in-law said was Liu Ruxue's shock, he hesitated and shook his head, "My subordinates don't know." ”
Lu Ziqing still smiled, waved his hand to let Lanyue go down, sat down at the desk and continued to flip through the book, and after a while, he said as if talking to himself: "Shen Qian, it's going to be a while." ”