Zheng Xian'er came home with a sullen stomach, and slept without eating well at night, and scolded the unconscionable Lou Que three or five hundred times in her dreams.

But the next day she couldn't scold.

Chu Zhongtan's anti-poetry case has been concluded and convicted!

Zheng Xian'er jumped up when she heard the news: "Why are you convicted?!" ”

Mrs. Han's face was sallow, and she was depressed: "I don't know, let's just say that it is a conviction, everyone involved in the case will be beheaded all over the house, regardless of the master and slave, and they will be executed when they leave the New Year!" ”

Zheng Xian'er only felt that her eyes were black for a while, and she almost fell.

Xiaozhi hurriedly came over to support her, but she couldn't speak when she wanted to be comforted.

Zheng Xian'er stood firm on the windowsill, and was stunned for a long time.

"Grandma, you're going to think of a way!" Mrs. Han was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

Zheng Xian'er smiled bitterly in a hoarse voice: "If you want to kill people from above, what can we do?" I'm a small citizen...... Now I'm afraid I don't even have the qualifications to mess around with them. ”

Mrs. Han knew that this was indeed the case, and she was silent for a while.

Zheng Xian'er sat back slowly, her heart seemed to be pierced by something, and it hurt for a while.

Full of slashes? That is, the whole family, whether it is the master or servant, the old or the young, will all die?

Lou Que, that bastard...... He's going to die?

No, didn't he say there would be a way? Hasn't he been secretly asking the capital for help?

How could they be so easily condemned by their abilities?

The more Zheng Xian'er thought about it, the more irritable she became, and she couldn't help but stand up again: "Xiaozhi, accompany me to the county office!" ”

Xiaozhi didn't dare to ask anything, so she hurriedly helped her out and called a carriage to go straight to the county office.

but ate the closed door.

Li Xian Ling didn't show up directly, and casually sent a small guy out to reply, saying that he was busy.

Zheng Xian'er proposed to visit the prison, but was ridiculed by the little guy and closed the door directly in front of her.

This is the tiger falling Pingyang being bullied by dogs.

Zheng Xian'er stood at the gate of the county government for a while, and no one came out to pay attention to her. In desperation, she had to take the car back home.

I happened to bump into a group of officials who came out of the mansion scolding, and one or two people dragged a domestic servant with a lot of flowers in their hands, as if dragging an animal to be slaughtered.

The servants cried loudly, and the ears were heart-wrenching.

It's no wonder they're like this, it's really that everyone before miscalculated the ending.

Everyone originally thought that even if it was to punish the whole clan, there was no reason to kill the house slaves in the house together, at most it was just a sale.

Who would have expected that the case would end up with such a verdict: there was no sale, no confiscation, no exile, and everyone was a "beheading"!

Zheng Xian'er's heart was so anxious that she felt as if she was being roasted on the fire, but at this time, she still had to hold on and greeted her: "Where are you going to take people?" ”

The officials had been angry in front of Zheng Xian'er before, and of course they would not be polite to her at this moment: "Do you need to say it?" This is a death row inmate! Of course, it was directly dragged to chop! ”

When the servants heard this, their cries became louder. Most people began to regret that they did not run away in the first place, and regretted that they did not leave Lou's house as soon as possible when this case first came out.

Zheng Xian'er knew everyone's thoughts, and she couldn't blame them.

She had to suppress her impatience and asked the official in a good voice: "It's still far from the day of execution, why do you have to drag it away today?" ”

The official at the head smiled "hey": "What's the matter if you don't drag it away?" As soon as these dogs heard that they were going to cut off their heads, they were so scared that they peed their pants and soiled the house. Now that this mansion is the government's, why should these dogs be defiled? ”

When Zheng Xian'er heard that she was not going to kill immediately, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from her sleeve and handed it over: "Although it is a capital sentence, it is not dead after all." Go back and don't care where you lock them up, please be lenient and don't be too aggressive. ”

The official looked at the silver ticket, his eyes a little straight.

Zheng Xian'er explained with a smile: "Don't worry, this is my private room, not the official's." ”

When the official heard this, he hurriedly picked up the silver ticket, and couldn't help but laugh: "One hundred taels of silver is enough to buy several slaves, why bother for a few cheap slaves who are about to die?" ”

Zheng Xian'er raised her hand and wiped her eyes, and looked at the servants in the mansion.

By this time, the cries of the crowd had been lowered. Seeing Zheng Xian'er taking money to do some official errands for them, the resentment in the hearts of the slaves was less, but the fear was not so easy to overcome, and everyone was still a little weak.

Zheng Xian'er looked at them and said astringently: "No one expected to come to this point. Now I don't dare to promise you anything, I just hope that you will live...... There is still more than half a month, and this case may not have turned around, you ...... Hold! ”

There was a cry in the crowd, some people were shaking their heads and sighing, and some people turned their backs and refused to listen to Zheng Xian'er's words. But until Zheng Xian'er finished speaking, no one jumped out to scold her.

That's already good.

Zheng Xian'er told the officials a lot of words in a good voice, and was about to go back to the library, but in a blink of an eye, she saw a team of officials escorting the girls and mothers-in-law of Luotongju to come.

When Mrs. Han saw Zheng Xian'er, she wiped her tears: "Grandma, they don't tell us to live here!" ”

Zheng Xian'er took a closer look, and sure enough, all the girls and mothers-in-law had a big burden on their backs, as if they were fleeing.

When the official led by this team saw Zheng Xian'er, he bowed politely: "I have to offend Lou San's grandmother today-the entire mansion of Lou Mansion is going to be confiscated, and your yard is not easy to separate separately, so it is not suitable for you to live here." Lord Qincha specially allocated three hundred taels of silver from the official to pick a courtyard for you on West Street, although the ground is not big, it is also quiet and elegant, can you move there? ”

Zheng Xian'er's heart was in a mess, and she didn't react for a long time.

Xiaozhi still knew her thoughts, and said for her: "Thank you for the kindness of Lord Qincha for our grandmother." We don't accept that yard, grandma has a place to live in two shops, and there is no need for the government to break the bank. ”

Zheng Xian'er heard what Xiaozhi said, and immediately came back to her senses.

Yes, the top priority is to take care of yourself first, and the premise of managing yourself well is to keep her own property - she must personally guard the Jinge, and no one can make up her mind!

So after Xiaozhi finished speaking, Zheng Xian'er immediately echoed: "That's how it should be." ”

"This ......" the official secretly complained, "Lou San's grandmother is a virgin, and it is reasonable for her to be supported by the government......

"Needless to say," Zheng Xian'er interrupted him, "Xiaozhi go back and pack my things, and we'll live in the Decoration Pavilion tonight!" ”

The official did not dare to say much, so he had to help pull the carriage and wait by the side with a good voice.

There is no way, Lord Qincha ordered: How is this woman doing, it is related to the face of the court, and no one can wronged her!

Most of Zheng Xian'er's things had been burned on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and the remaining clothes and jewelry, together with the unfinished embroidery, had only packed a large box, and the two people carried it and put it on the carriage.

Zheng Xian'er and the maidens took another carriage, silently walked out of the side door of the building, and went straight to the Jingge.

The officials offered to escort them, and Zheng Xian'er asked the carriage to run at full speed and asked the officials to follow on foot beside them.

It's not that she's willing to swagger through the market like this, but she needs to check the current situation of the Pavilion in front of the officials - if someone does anything to the Pavilion when she can't go out, she will fight for her life to make trouble.

Thankfully, everything is working fine.

Zheng Xian'er politely thanked Lord Qincha for his kindness, turned around and asked someone to drive the carriage to the back door of the Decoration Pavilion.

On the carriage, Xiao Zhi sneered: "Lord Qincha is really 'generous', three hundred taels of silver to buy a courtyard for us to live in, he is called Huazi who has never seen the world?" ”

Zheng Xian'er was in no mood to pay attention to her words, but Mrs. Han answered for her: "People are Qincha adults, even if they buy a horse shed for grandma to live in for three taels of silver, people outside will still praise him for his kindness and thoughtfulness when they hear it!" ”

Xiaozhi pouted: "So, let's just not accept the yard he sent, we don't have to lose our identity, but we have earned a good reputation for him!" ”

As he spoke, the carriage had stopped at the back door of the Pavilion of the Pavilion.

Xiaozhi got out of the car and opened the courtyard door, but he jumped up in fright: "Ershanzi, you ...... How dare you be a thief here! ”

Ershanzi is a young man from the Jin Pavilion, and he is walking in the courtyard with a bucket at this moment. When he looked up and saw the twig, he was also stunned.

At this time, Zheng Xian'er and a large group of girls and mothers-in-law got out of the car, and immediately surrounded them when they heard the movement: "What's wrong?" Who's doing the thief? ”

When Ershanzi saw Zheng Xian'er, his face suddenly showed joy, and he hurriedly shouted inward: "Shopkeeper!" The owner is coming!! ”

Before his shouting landed, a large group of people ran out of the room on both sides.

Zheng Xian'er's vision immediately blurred.

She stood there for a moment, raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, and greeted her: "Shopkeeper Cheng, why are you ......?"

Shopkeeper Cheng smiled: "We didn't leave!" Not only us, but also the people in the teahouse did not leave! ”

Only then did Zheng Xian'er see that the person standing next to the shopkeeper Cheng was the shopkeeper Liu who was "drinking a cup of tea", and her heart was feverish.

Shopkeeper Liu smiled and bowed: "Grandma's previous words are clear: we are guys, not house slaves, no matter what the Lou family is, there is no reason to ask us to be buried together!" - Since we can't die, what are we going to run? ”

Shopkeeper Cheng took over the conversation, wiped the corners of his eyes and smiled with satisfaction: "We knew that the owner would be back soon, but I didn't expect it to be so soon!" Owner, let's ...... When will it open? ”

"Okay, you eyeless old thing!" Xiaozhi crossed his waist and scolded, "Something happened to the Lou family, grandma's heart is not settled, are you embarrassed to make her open now?" ”

Shopkeeper Cheng sneered, rubbed his hands and smiled: "It's not that we want to upset the owner, it's just ...... So many people live here, and they have to spend money every day to eat and drink......"

Xiaozhi interrupted angrily: "Don't worry, grandma can still afford to support you!" ”

While talking here, the girls over there had already moved Zheng Xian'er's luggage into the bedroom of the main house, and they had found a place to settle down.

Zheng Xian'er saw that everyone in the yard was busy in an orderly manner, and her heart couldn't help but feel sour: "These days, you have been living in the lower room in the backyard? ”

Shopkeeper Cheng smiled: "The inner courtyard is the residence of the owner, we don't dare to enter it easily; The outer courtyard has been cleaned up, and it cannot be regarded as a 'lower room'. These days, we don't dare to go outside, we all send one or two people out to buy rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables and come back to secretly start a gang. - Fortunately, the 'severance pay' given by the owner is enough, and we have not been wronged. ”

"You ...... Alas! Zheng Xian'er didn't know what to say for a while.

The two shopkeepers accompanied her to sit down in the pavilion, and the shopkeeper Cheng persuaded her: "We have also heard about the affairs of the house." At this point, I had no choice but to accept my fate...... Fortunately, the owner guarded the archway and was not implicated. In the future, we will help the owner to do business and make money, and life will be better. ”

"Yes, yes," Shopkeeper Liu also hurriedly persuaded her, "Although grandma is sad, she has to take good care of herself." To put it mildly, grandma, when you were a girl, you saved a lot of money with your craftsmanship, and it was not uncommon for the Lou family to be rich. If you want me to say, if you hadn't married the Lou family, you wouldn't have been so frightened! Now that the Lou family is gone, it will be gone, at most you can quietly get a tablet for them to be dedicated, and you don't have to ...... to be sad."

"Say no more!" The more Zheng Xian'er listened, the more she felt stuffy in her chest, and she couldn't help but interrupt Shopkeeper Liu's words sharply.

She knew that Shopkeeper Liu was right, and she really wanted to comfort her, but ......

She also wants to care, but this heart doesn't listen to her, and it always hurts, what should I do?

Zheng Xian'er has always thought that she is a free and easy person. In the past few years, except for crying for a few days when her mother died, she has never seriously cared about anyone's affairs.

For the people of the Lou family, she originally treated it with the mentality of "it is better to live a harmonious life than to be evil", and she didn't think that she would be sad about anyone's death.

Only in Lou Que went wrong.

That man......

From the beginning of the fun and excitement-seeking mentality to get together with him, it has been more than half a year in the blink of an eye. She has been carefully keeping her distance, and has been sticking to the bottom line of "emotional and untouched" in her heart, she thought that she could wave her sleeves and retreat at any time, but who knew that things were already out of her control when she didn't know!

Zheng Xian'er was horrified to find that at this moment, when she thought that Lou Que was about to die, she felt a heart-wrenching pain, and she couldn't wait to die with him.

How did it come to this? In this way, what is the difference between her and those stupid women who are going to die and live without a man in the play!

God knows, she's just casually stealing a relationship, how can she ...... Why did you put your heart into it in a daze?

Isn't this a pit for yourself!

Zheng Xian'er hated herself to death.

If she had known that it would be like this, she should have tried to endure it, tried to endure it, and tried her best to endure it......

Forget it, can't help it.

Zheng Xian'er understood. Lou Que is the big pit in her life, she can't jump over, she can only plunge into it and die happily in it.

Who told him to be good-looking, to speak well, to do things properly, and to be very energetic in bed?

That's it, admit it!

Zheng Xian'er despised herself fiercely in her heart, and then smoothly accepted the fact that "I am a stupid woman who can't live without a man".

There are thousands of men in the world, but she has already hung on the crooked neck tree of Louque, and she is almost inseparable if she does not die!

Seeing Zheng Xian'er angry for a while, distressed for a while, and inexplicably smiling for a while, the two shopkeepers were a little scared:

The proprietor can't be crazy, right?

Of course, Zheng Xian'er is not crazy.

She's not too dead-eyed. Since the knot in my heart can't be untied, let it mess up, and don't let it delay the right thing.

Therefore, Zheng Xian'er quickly adjusted her mood and sat up straight as usual: "The case of the Lou family has been decided, so we have nothing to fear." Tomorrow, let's open. ”

The two shopkeepers agreed in unison, and immediately went out to report the good news to the guys.

Zheng Xian'er stopped them: "Don't be happy first. Now that something like this has happened to the Lou family, even if we open, there will be no business for a long time. This time, the Lou family has a big case of rebellion, and it's useless for us to think of any ideas, so we can only wait for things to cool down...... It would be nice to be able to recover in half a year. ”

The two shopkeepers stayed for a long time and laughed bitterly.

Shopkeeper Liu sighed: "That's really the case. Not to mention ordinary guests, even ourselves, we will feel numb when we hear the words 'full of copies'. In that case, why rush to open? ”

Shopkeeper Cheng pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Why don't we change the name of the store, and say to the outside world that we have changed the owner's house?" ”

"It's useless," Zheng Xian'er shook her head, "Even if we announce to the outside world that we have changed the owner's house, our shop will not be able to wash off the mark of the Lou family, unless we sell the shop and reopen it in another location." - The problem is that the two shops can't be sold right now. ”

Shopkeeper Cheng patted the table and sighed: "Yes, even if we want to sell it cheaply, no one will come to buy it." ”

"Why don't we stay out of business for half a year?" Shopkeeper Liu asked with difficulty.

Zheng Xian'er shook her head: "Don't stop, it will open tomorrow." Anyway, there will be no guests coming, so clean up slowly inside, no need to rush. ”

The two shopkeepers were confused: "Since no one will come, what are we going to do when we open the store?" Waiting? ”

"Yes, just wait!" Zheng Xian'er patted the table and stood up, "Clean the store every day, open the door and wait!" Even if I can't do a business in the past six months, I can still afford the guys' wages! ”

"Grandma, why are you doing this?" Twigs burst in with a teapot and bowl.

Zheng Xian'er took the tea tray, poured tea for the two shopkeepers, and said calmly: "I just want the whole city to know that I am still here, and the Lou family is still there!" Even if they really raid the family and destroy the clan, I don't allow them to forget that there is a family surnamed Lou in this county! ”

Xiao Zhi immediately became angry when he heard this: "I think you are crazy!" It's only a year since you marry into the Lou family, and that's ...... Do you really want to be a widow for him for the rest of your life? ”

"Or else?" Zheng Xian'er asked rhetorically.

Twigs were speechless for a moment.

However, the two shopkeepers were a little emotional, and they praised Zheng Xian'er for being really worthy of the four words "chastity, filial piety, and martyrdom".

Zheng Xian'er didn't intend to explain, but felt funny in her heart.

She has never had the words "chastity, filial piety, and martyrdom" in her heart. It's just that at this moment, she is willing to lock herself in this "building" word.

If one day she changes her mind, has a new love, and forgets the bastard Lou Que behind, she will also happily change her name and surname, find another way out to live a more comfortable life, and forget about today's belly hypocrisy.

In short, whatever you want.

The two shopkeepers sighed after Zheng Xian'er's "chastity and filial piety", and began to lament the Lou family's "bad luck".

Zheng Xian'er also learned some details of the case from their mouths.

To put it simply, it is four words: bending into a move.

It is said that all those who went to court were punished, and the young and strong were beaten twice, and the women were put on the hammer, and the children were pricked with needles.

That's right,.

Listening to the younger children of your own family crying heartbreakingly in the hall, you can't stand it even if you are an iron heart.

Because of this, the trial of this case went exceptionally smoothly, and it took almost no effort to confess the guilt of those scholars one by one.

With Lord Qincha here, even the plea was saved, and after the confession was obtained, he was sentenced to be beheaded.

At this time, all the scholars and their families were locked in prisons, and a large family lived in a cell, like raising livestock.

After reading books all my life and being decent all my life, I am afraid that I will no longer be decent if I end up like this.

……

Zheng Xian'er listened to the gossip in the mouths of the two shopkeepers, and her eyes became dizzy again.

She couldn't imagine what it was like for Lou Que to be pressed on the court and hit the board, and she couldn't imagine what it was like for Brother Zheng, a little doll who couldn't even speak clearly, to be pinched and pricked with needles.

Is it still a human being who tries a case like this?

Zheng Xian'er clenched her fists, almost crazy with hatred.

Xiaozhi held her hand, but there was no way to comfort her, so she had to accompany her to feel uncomfortable.

Zheng Xian'er quickly adjusted herself, and gently broke away from Xiaozhi's hand: "What's the big deal!" I've even been in a coffin, so what's wrong with how many hits he gets on the board? I don't feel sorry for ......."

"Who is the proprietor talking about?" Shopkeeper Cheng looked confused.

Zheng Xian'er shook her head and waved her hand: "You guys go and get busy, you don't have to accompany me!" ”

The two shopkeepers knew that she was not in a good mood, so of course they didn't dare to make noise.

After the two left, Xiaozhi helped Zheng Xian'er back to the bedroom, and sighed with a smile: "This residence is no worse than the Lou family's Luotong Residence, but there are fewer flowers and trees in the yard." After a few days of thawing, we can tear down all the stone slabs in the open space and turn them into flower ponds......"

Zheng Xian'er put the tea bowl in her hand on the table heavily.

Xiaozhi only pretended not to understand, and babbled again: "This house has not been occupied for a long time, and I always feel a little earthy smell when I first come in." This brazier has just been lit, and I'm afraid it will have to be baked for more than half the night to get rid of this strange smell. By the way, I ordered a few sticks of sandalwood, what do you think? If you don't like it, you can change it to another ......"

"Xiaozhi," Zheng Xian'er couldn't bear it anymore, "you let me be quiet for a while!" ”

Xiaozhi stopped talking and looked at her worriedly.

Zheng Xian'er smiled instead: "What are you afraid of?" I'm not going to wipe my neck and hang myself, so I don't need you to talk about me here like an old mother? ”

Xiaozhi glanced at her when he heard this: "Phew, who cares if you wipe your neck and hang yourself!" If you die, I will go back to the embroidery workshop to be an embroiderer, who wants to be a slave for you? ”

Zheng Xian'er played with the tea cup and said leisurely: "As for your hand needlework, it's better to go home and collect the soles of your shoes!" ”

Xiaozhi was so angry that he smoked: "Your men are dying, you don't know how to accumulate some virtues!" I see that the widow's life in your life is the retribution of your own conscience! ”

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