When Xiang Wanji came back from Shenxiu, he heard that Dou Yanzhang was coming, and he heard that Lin Qingmei had also come back, so he slapped his hands and said: "Mei'er and Brother Dou have never had a chance to see each other, but today is a coincidence." Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Testing"

As soon as he entered the study, he saw Dou Yanzhang reading quietly, leaning on the carved chair leisurely, holding a scroll in his hand, giving people a feeling of quiet years. When he saw him coming, he put down the book, and a smile bloomed on Wenxiu's face.

"I haven't been separated for a long time, and I'm bothering Brother Ji again." He said politely.

Ji Shenxiu stopped: "Brother is in a hurry today, my cousin is also in the house, how about taking you to meet him?" “

Dou Yanzhang shook his head with a smile: "No need." I have found Qingqing, and I plan to marry her, so I have come to bother Brother Ji to be an iceman to propose marriage. “

There are three thousand weak waters, and I only take one scoop to drink. There are countless beauties in the world, but you are the only one I love.

Ji Shenxiu sighed and said, "Brother and cousin, it's really unrelated. “

Many years later, Dou Yanzhang recalled this scene and realized that he had become a prophecy: he and the cousin of the Ji family. It's really a no-brainer.

Ji Shenxiu asked: "Who is my brother's daughter?" I'm going to find out. “

"Surnamed Lin, she said that her parents died early, she grew up with her grandmother, and lived in her uncle's house." He said and wrote down the words "Lin Qingmei" on a small note and handed it to Ji Shenxiu, Ji Shenxiu took a look at it and said in surprise: "Is my brother joking?" This is my cousin's name. “

Dou Yanzhang sneered: "Don't make trouble, Qingqing is innocent and cute." How can it be my brother's idiot cousin? “

Ji Shenxiu put down the note and gave him a finger in a serious way: "My cousin's surname is Lin, his name is Qingmei, he was young and lost, he was raised by his grandmother and lived in Lin Shangshu's mansion. My cousin was kidnapped by gangsters and didn't know where to go when he was in Shangyuan, and he suddenly came back today, could it be that Brother Dou brought it back? “

The more Dou Yanzhang listened, the more surprised he became: The two of them had been talking for so long, and they didn't know that they were talking about the same person?

"Brother invited my cousin here for me to confirm." Ruoqingqing is really Ji Shenxiu's cousin, he has been tricked by God for so long!

Ji Shen Xiufang got up, and Lin Qingmei's voice sounded in the courtyard: "Is Cousin Shen back?" A maid replied, "I'm back" and lifted the curtain for her, she poked a little face at the door, and smiled when she saw Ji Shenxiu.

"Mer!"

"Qingqing!"

The two spoke in unison.

Ji Shenxiu and Dou Yanzhang looked at each other, and said in unison: "Is it really cousin?" “

The atmosphere was silent for a while??

Ji Shenxiu: I treat you as a brother, but you want to be my brother-in-law??

He clapped his hand and said: "Since my brother has a crush on my cousin, then I am obligated to be a matchmaker for my brother!" “

That night, Dou Yanzhang asked to send Lin Qingmei back to Shangshu Mansion, but Ji Shenxiu stopped him and said: "Brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to go crazy looking for Mei'er, if it is a long-term plan, Mei'er is better to stay in my mansion." “

When it comes to the prince, Dou Yanzhang remembered the guards and courtesans he met on the official road in Jingzhou, the prince does not sit in the capital, and he must go to Jingzhou to find Qingqing. He felt the pressure multiply.

The crown prince is the prince of a country, and he is enthroned and granted, and there is no one in the four seas. And he doesn't even have fame, he is constrained by people everywhere, what can he do to fight with the prince?

Ji Shenxiu seemed to see his worries, and he said: "Brother, don't worry, the marriage between my cousin and the prince is hindered by the saint and the queen, and it can't be done." Mrs. Lin wanted to marry her to a rich family in the countryside because of Mei'er's idiocy, and her brother was a scholarly heirloom, I don't know how many times more expensive than that mud leg, why should I be ashamed of myself? “

Dou Yanzhang listened, refreshed, and the fatigue and worries in his heart all disappeared.

Ji Shenxiu suppressed Lin Qingmei's return to Beijing and was not allowed to report to the Lin family. And he chose to go to find Mrs. Lin when he was resting, and Mrs. Lin was sad for Lin Qingmei's loss for a while, and she had been sick for several days.

Ji Shen said: "The old lady hurry up and take care of herself, Mei'er is old, waiting for you to marry her!" “

Old Madam Lin wiped her forehead wrapped around her head, wiped her tears when she heard the words, and cried: "Mei'er's life and death are uncertain now, where does the old body still have the heart to choose a husband for her?" “

Ji Shenxiu didn't speak, and took out Taishan's old mother from his arms to look at her: "Old lady, the plums are ripe, it's time for someone to pick them." “

When the old lady saw Taishan's mother at first glance, she was stunned for a moment, and her spirit was immediately lifted, and she asked in surprise: "This is Mei'er's thing." Where did the grandson come from? Her cloudy eyes were still filled with tears, but she forgot to wipe them.

"The younger generation has a wide range of friends, and when a childhood companion was serving as a staff member in Jingzhou, he met Mei'er who was sold into the flower building, and he borrowed money to collect 200 taels of silver to redeem Mei'er, and begged the younger generation to come to him as a matchmaker. The reason why the younger generation did not let Mei'er return to the Lin family was because he was afraid that the news would leak and make the prince move, and according to the prince's temperament, he was afraid that Mei'er would be put on the palace wall from now on and would never get it again. “

He told Mrs. Lin what Dou Yanzhang had met in Jingzhou, and said sincerely: "The younger generation makes the decision on his own, which makes the old lady worried." “

Old Madam Lin listened, and hated and rejoiced: "You did the right thing, my Lin family has no relationship with the royal family, so it's good for the prince to break his mind." Finally, he said cautiously: "What is the situation in your friend's house?" “

"Brother Dou is a family of staff, and he studied in the same private school with his juniors when he was young, and he has a very good relationship."

After hearing this, the old lady leaned back on the couch with a difficult face: "Since the scholarly heirloom, it must be extremely noble." It's just that he doesn't have a reputation for himself, and he looks up to people everywhere. “

Staff members do not earn much. Only able to support a family. Lin Qingmei got married, and the old lady planned to give her a heavy dowry, but Lin Qingmei was stupid, what should her husband do if she coaxed her to take the dowry to support the family? In addition, there is a lot of uncertainty in the work of the staff, and many people take the letter to serve as the staff, only to find that the official has died or left the office when they arrive at the office, and they can only return depressed.

Such an errand wants to give Mei'er a stable and prosperous life, which is a fool's dream.

Dou Yanzhang's talent is not low, but he is uninhibited by nature and unwilling to shackle officialdom. This time, if he is allowed to participate in the scientific examination under the pretext of marriage, it will inevitably be difficult for some strongmen.

Ji Shenxiu had to force him to be difficult, he said: "The old lady is worried, and the younger generation empathizes. Brother Dou is talented. It's okay to be filial piety, but he hasn't liked to be in the officialdom, and the younger generation will try to persuade him. “

Old Madam Lin waved her hand, and he retreated. The old lady got up from the bed, went to the porch to tease the parrot under the porch with a cane, and Hongyu said: "The old lady now knows that the seventh girl is fine, and the whole person is in good spirits." “

"Mei'er has been well-behaved since she was a child, although she is stupid, but she is painful, and she is like my heart and liver." The old lady added a handful of melon seeds to the small food cup, and the parrot deftly pecked open the shell with its curved beak, and said while eating: "I'm tired!" I'm tired! “

The old lady smiled and scolded: "The little animal is greedy and lazy, eat a few melon seeds and think that the old woman will peel them for you." “

She said while peeling melon seeds: "If Mei'er is at home, she can peel a plate for you, that child is pure by nature, and she loves you little animals the most." “

It's not for nothing that Mrs. Lin likes Lin Qingmei, and the Lin Yulan she hates is careless about people's lives again.

Lin Yulan was trapped in the middle of Xianglan, disgusted with the new maid all day long, and then thought of Lotus Hua'er betraying her, so she looked for a reason to see her.

Lotus lives in the side house of Xianglan Ju, and it is very easy for Lin Yulan to start.

She ordered someone to take a small copper kettle and boil tin water, which melted when it was hot and condensed when it was cold, and it was extremely spineless.

Lin Yulan felt that the lotus flower was the same as this tin. The prince only flogged a few sticks, and she sold herself.

After more than half a month of recuperation, the lotus flower has almost recovered from the staff injury, and she can only lie on her stomach, but now she can rely on her back. Lin Yulan said: "Your body is too weak, how long do you need to recuperate?" Those pressure rings are thick and clumsy, and they are not as clever as you at all. “

As soon as Lotus saw the small copper kettle behind her, she knew that the person who came was not good: the fourth girl was vicious, and rarely praised people, and when she praised people with a smile, her heart was already full of poisonous schemes. The so-called dedication to nothing is either a traitor or a thief, and this is the case.

She said, "The girl laughed, and the slave was also stupid. “

Lin Yulan held the small copper kettle in front of her and said with a smile: "Open your mouth, this is a good medicine for you, and the temperature is just right." “

Lotus Hua'er was shocked, closed her mouth tightly, with tears in her eyes, looked at her resistantly and pleadingly, and couldn't help shaking her head.

Lin Yulan looked at her for a while, and when she refused to cooperate, she ordered her mother-in-law to knock her unconscious, pry open her mouth and pour hot tin water into it.

Tin water scalded the esophagus, cooled down and then blocked the throat and suffocated, and the Adam's apple blocked it during the autopsy, such a covert murderous method would not be detected.

After the tin water is melted, it has strong fluidity and has no residue after pouring. Lin Yulan is not afraid of people finding such exquisite crime tools at all.

When the servant told Mrs. Lin that Lotus died in her house, although the old lady was angry about her participation in the abduction and sale of Lin Qingmei, she still allocated ten taels of silver for the funeral. Lotus is the son of a family, and her parents know that her death is strange but they can't redress her grievances. The slave sued the master, and was subjected to extremely severe flogging before entering the court, and most people could not pass this hurdle.

Yuhong knocked on the side and reminded the old lady: "Old lady, Lotus Flower was beaten at the beginning, and her legs were almost broken, but she still survived tenaciously. Why is it that now that the injuries are almost healed, they are dying? “

The old lady was smoking wormwood, the wormwood was fragrant, and the acupuncture points were warm and relaxing, she listened to Yuhong's words, and suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were sharp: "You want to say that she was killed?" “

Yuhong was a little cramped again: "The slave maid is just guessing, I heard that Xianglanju was grounded because of the four girls, and there are very few people in and out, and the quiet environment is very suitable for recuperation." How could it suddenly be gone? “

She pointed to Lin Yulan between the lines. There are few people in and out, which means that only the people in the courtyard are the ones who do it, and Lin Yulan is the master, and the people in the courtyard only listen to her dispatch.

After hearing this, Old Madam Lin nodded and pondered: "What you said is very reasonable. My Lin family is a good family. If you abuse your servants, you will be wrathed by heaven. You go find a post-mortem to see if there's anything wrong. “

However, after the autopsy, he said that it was normal suffocation, and someone echoed: "Lotus Flower slept on her stomach for several days before, and when she turned over at first glance, she didn't know that she was covered by the quilt, and she must have suffocated to death." “

And Lin Yulan on the side pretended to cry. said that Lotus was her most trusted maid, and her sudden death made her collapse.

Seeing that she didn't find out what was wrong, Yuhong sighed privately and said to Lotus Flower's father: "You have seen the means by which the four girls killed Aunt Ming, if there is no testimony from the seventh girl, no one will know the grievances of Aunt Ming when she enters the ground." Think about it, Aunt Ming had just given birth to a fetus at that time, and her belly was still bulging. If you hadn't known that there was something in it and touched it very carefully, I'm afraid you would have said that there was no such thing as today. If you want to wash away the grievances of the lotus flower, unless you know what means the four girls used. Otherwise, the deceased is great, so let's bury it as soon as possible! “

She found out the funeral expenses from the old lady, comforted her again, and hurried away.

Lotus's father and mother have been servants all their lives, and they know the truth that the grasshopper shakes the tree, so she took the money and wiped her tears, and put on a smiling face to serve the master.

Mrs. Lin also had deep suspicions of Lin Yulan in her heart, but she didn't find anything, so she had to swallow the fox suspicion back into her stomach, and said to Yuhong in private: "It's better to raise ten Mei'er than to raise such a bad-hearted harmful spirit." “

The old lady's heart is boundless.

Speaking of Mei'er, the old lady was itching to see her, and called the sedan chair to go to the Ji Mansion.

The pavilions in the Ji Mansion are like, the lush forests and bamboos, the flowers and the stamens, like a picture scroll. Lin Qingmei climbed to the highest pavilion every day to look north, there were many high-rise buildings in Beijing, and the towering Xuande Gate could only faintly reveal a corner. She often crouched on the railing, looking at it for most of the day.

She missed Brother Ling very much, but he forgot about her. I haven't come to play with her for so long.

Old Madam Lin walked downstairs, raised her head and called, "Is Mei'er really looking at grandmother?" “

Xiao Qingmei heard the voice, "Ah" and ran downstairs quickly: "Grandmother! Meier misses you so much! "The big eyes were full of admiration.

Mrs. Lin deliberately lowered her face: "I miss my grandmother and don't even go back to see it, grandmother has heard that you have been back for several days." “

Xiao Qingmei rubbed her fingers shyly, quite embarrassed: "No, it's Cousin Shen who doesn't let Mei'er go home, it's not that Mei'er doesn't want her grandmother!" She blinked and looked at the old lady wistfully. The old lady smiled: "It's still obedient and sensible." “

She asked about Dou Yanzhang and asked her if she liked him. Lin Qingmei shook her head and said, "I don't like it as much as my grandmother." He added: "Yanzhang is very stupid!" Meier was so tired and tired from talking to him. Mei'er wanted a baby, so he bought Mei'er a little clay figurine. When Meier asked him why he came to his grandfather's house, he said that it was not his grandfather's house. He's so stupid, so stupid, so stupid! Xiao Qingmei never repeats words to emphasize, but she used three "so stupid" to describe Dou Yanzhang today, she must be very tired.

Being able to force such a soft-tempered idiot as her to complain, the image of a pedantic scholar suddenly appeared in Mrs. Lin's mind. This scholar must be handsome and polite, but when he speaks, he is "the one who cares", and he cites scriptures and classics at every turn to explain the truth, which makes people stay away.

When Mrs. Lin was young, there was a bookworm living next door, thinking that "pigs" were "pearls", and said: "Pearls are treasures in the world, and the price is expensive, so it is advisable to stock up." So he spent all his family wealth to buy hundreds of pigs, and the dung at home smelled every day, and Mrs. Lin's family moved out because they couldn't stand it.

Xiao Qingmei never lies, if she marries such a nerd??

Mrs. Lin was indignant: This kind of thing must never be allowed to happen!

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