Chapter 558: Orphan Girl Danxin, Scapegoat is easy to find

Sitting on the small pestle under Du Juan's head, although Cuimo was a little uneasy, he was still generous. She is no longer the little girl who has never seen the world in Daxiangguo Temple, and ten years have allowed her to shed her former youthfulness, and she has also become slim. has seen the luxury and wealth of the palace ruthless, personally experienced the Meng family's decline from a high-ranking family to a remote village, and lost her parents without knowing it, and even almost couldn't even save herself, she has matured a lot in the past two years.

Meng Min persuaded her to reply to her real name more than once, but she always used various reasons to prevaricate. Only in the middle of the night, when everyone else fell asleep, but she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, she would recall her childhood over and over again in the bed. The enmity of her parents is not shared, she is a weak woman, even if she can't kill the enemy, she can't just forget this blood feud. Only when others call the name of the enemy over and over again can she use the sting of the knife to remind herself not to forget.

At this time, Du Juan mentioned Zhu Ning's letter, so she no longer hesitated, and repeated what she had said to Zhu Ning a few years ago, and then lowered her head and said: "The county lord told me at that time that it is very easy to expose such things, and it is just a matter of letting people let out some rumors, but the government may not be able to take care of it, and even if it does, it may not be useful." Besides, King Zhao has been running Beijing for many years, and maybe when the government hears the news, this lid will be covered lightly and skillfully, which will cause more trouble. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Mo's hands on her knees couldn't help but twist tightly together, but she knew in her heart that Zhu Ning didn't know about the past, and it was all for her good. She even thought about giving up her life to make a big fuss in the official mansion, but Meng Min got along with her day and night, and she actually saw through her thoughts, and her words completely dispelled her determination.

If you spare your life but can't take revenge, isn't it a greater unfilial piety, and won't your parents' hard work be in vain?

Although Du Juan didn't know what Cuimo was secret, but at this time, she vaguely noticed an indescribable anger, and gradually realized a little bit of the reason why Zhu Ning brought out Cuimo after the letter. Seeing that this girl looked down at her knees, she sighed secretly, rested on the kang table with one hand, and leaned forward slightly.

"At this time and that time, the county lord said this at that time, and she had a reason, but now it is an extraordinary time, and the situation is very different from that time. You said that it was the people from the Anyang palace who went to the Zhuangzi to accommodate the people, so now, are those people still on those Zhuangzi? ”

"Yes, of course!" Cui Mo was shocked in his heart, raised his head suddenly, and nodded again and again without thinking about it, "Not only that, but more than ever!" There are several granges in the area of Zhao Wangfu and Anyang Wangfu in Beizhili, and they have been taking in rich households who have taken refuge, but this year's number has increased more than ten times compared with the past, and it is said that there is also a word that the land will be sacrificed, and then not only will you live forever and never have to serve servitude, as long as you hand over half of the taxes to Zhao Wangfu! ”

Although she asked, Du Juan didn't expect Cuimo to understand so clearly, and when she heard this answer, she remembered that the other party was born in Anyang Mansion in the past, and she felt that there were some inexplicable entanglements here. After pondering for a moment, she couldn't help frowning thoughtfully: "According to what you say, everyone in the countryside should know about it, and the government will never be unaware." ”

"The people's dedication to the Zhao Wangfu was there when the Zhao King was in Beijing, and the government also reported it, but there was a division because of the involvement of the Zhao Wang, and the impeachment was silent without movement, as if there was no such thing. Now that it has intensified, the government only thinks it is an old thing, so it simply lets it go! ”

Du Juan is in Jiangnan, and he has heard of this kind of thing. The hundreds of acres of paddy fields in the family were because my father was not an official and could not be exempted from grain service, so those uncles and uncles in the clan who were admitted to the examination or promoted people used various means, 800 acres became 600 acres, and 600 acres became 400 acres, but after my father simply sold these fields when he entered the court again, it didn't take long for the clansmen to give these fields with both hands, and even attached more fields to his father's name. Even if it's a father's temperament, there's nothing he can do about this kind of behavior in the clan.

In the peaceful and prosperous era, this gap was the tax paid by the imperial court, and it may be possible to turn a blind eye, but when it comes to requisitioning the people, it goes wrong, and this problem is big. Especially the suspicious and irascible emperor, he can't easily tolerate it.

A few days ago, I heard that my father had been ordered to go to the East Palace again after meeting Yang Shiqi, and Du Juan sensed some kind of clue. Now that Zhang Yue is gone, does she take this matter back and ask her father? Just as he was thinking this, a voice of surprise and joy came from outside the door.

"Young grandma, the young master has already returned, now he will go to the upper room of the North Courtyard to visit the old lady first, so he has to come later!" After shouting this sentence in her throat, Cui's mother entered the house, and after curtsiding with a smile on her face, she hurriedly said, "Just now I mentioned to the young master that Miss Cuimo is here, and the young master said that Miss Cuimo is here." ”

For Cuimo, in addition to his father and mother in life, the most reliable ones are Zhang Yue and Meng Min. In that big water, Zhang Yue not only gave them a place to live for their family, but also helped them through the most difficult time in their lives, and later the words in the carriage also spoke to her heart; And Meng Min's help temporarily relieved her and her parents from the crisis, so that her father did not have to work hard to repair the city wall. Even if her parents died tragically in the end, she was wronged and had a debt, and if she didn't distinguish between grievances and hatreds, she would simply not be human. Therefore, when she heard that Zhang Yue was back, she was immediately overjoyed.

And Du Juan was also surprised and happy when he heard this, but he didn't notice Cuimo's face full of joy. But Cui's mother in front of the kang saw it clearly, and couldn't help but glance at Cui Mo's face, thinking that this maid of the Meng family was not only born so brightly, but also seemed to know her own young master. She was carefully selected by the Sun family to serve in the courtyard, and at this time, she did not leave immediately, but stayed with the small pestle opposite Cuimo. Seeing that it was not too early, Amber and Autumn Scar brought snacks again.

After waiting here for more than an hour, Zhang Yue came back. When he first saw his grandmother, he was disgraced, so he casually wrung a towel and wiped it, and covered it with a stone green robe, which was pulled down at this time, and immediately revealed the coat inside that he couldn't even see his true colors. Because there were outsiders, Zhang Yue, who was covered in oil and sweat, only nodded at Du Juan, and waved his hand at Cui Mo and the others who were about to salute, and then went straight to the next room to bathe and change clothes.

After two quarters of an hour, he entered the house again and sat down on the east kang opposite Du Juan. He exchanged a few polite words with Cui Mo, and when he learned the details, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"Cuimo, I know it's not easy for you to inquire about this, and it's also a piece of filial piety, but you still have to be careful when you should be careful in the future. After all, you live on the outskirts of the city, even if the Marquis of Baoding has been taking care of it, after all, you can't stop the dignified palace, and it will be even worse if someone is worried about you. I've written down what you said today, and it's all useful, and I'll think of a way, and you go back, and I have it. ”

Hearing this, Cui Mo hurriedly stood up, knelt down and kowtowed. Du Juan hurriedly ordered Qiu Zhen on the side to help her up, but she didn't want her to be stubborn, so she had to knock three times in a row before she straightened up, and she burst into tears. Seeing this situation, Zhang Yue hurriedly asked Amber to take her down to wash her face, and then said to Cui's mother and Qiu Zhen: "Cui's mother, you go and pick two thick pieces of material for her, the color is lighter, just give her two winter clothes to keep out the cold." Autumn Scar, you go to the kitchen to see if there are any fresh snacks, and bring two boxes back for her to bring back to the others. ”

When everyone was gone, he rubbed his temples, looked up and saw Du Juan staring at him thoughtfully, and he sighed deeply. In the ten years of his second life, he has become accustomed to putting everything in his heart and carrying everything by himself, whether it is his parents or his wife. He was just afraid that they would know too much and be too burdened, and he always thought that only he knew these things was the best, but he was tired alone, and the people who were hidden from him might not be comfortable.

"I knew her family of three when I was in Kaifeng." made such a start, Zhang Yue simply opened the chatterbox.

The first time I saw Daxiangguo Temple, Kang Dahai, who was widowed in words, and Kang Liu, who was sensitive to words, were protecting her to the death, and he couldn't remember her appearance clearly, but he remembered that it was a reed sticks with black eyes hiding behind his parents. At that time, it was just a trivial kindness of the rich boy's brother, but what he thought was that they would have nothing to do with each other from now on, and the future would be indefinite.

And it is the silent and honest Kang Dahai, who once wanted to avenge his wife, in Kaifeng Mansion was not sparing his blood to slash the enemy, when the prefect happened to be the father of the Jin sisters, he was sentenced to the real death penalty by taking bribes, until the new prefect took office, and only built the city of Beijing for miscellaneous capital crimes, and the mother and daughter followed.

The only thing I saw at the gate of Anyang Wangfu was her mother, who was dressed in rags, full of humiliation but still full of courtesy, and her words were also organized. It's just that after hearing that the three of them have entered the palace, he is afraid that the royal family will calculate too much, so he will have the right to pass that period of time. But she didn't expect that she would follow her mother in Anyang Wangfu to appear in the British Mansion, and although she was a little timid when she saw him, her happy expression was overflowing.

Then, she was deliberately sent to the Meng family, but she refused to make eyeliner for the palace because of the old favor. And what is even more unexpected is that not long after, her mother died inexplicably in the palace with her unborn child, and her father initially withheld it, but detonated a cart of gunpowder at a critical moment, exchanging his life for the shock of the entire Jingshi.

When he first made his move, he was just an unkempt girl, but although he became a slim beauty, the family also got out of poverty and lived a good life, but in the end he performed a story that was far more tragic and tortuous than the drama.

Du Juan listened carefully beside him, and when Zhang Yue mentioned the two actions of Nakang Dahai before and after, even if she rarely put joy and anger on her face, she couldn't help but cheer secretly, and her face showed unconcealed respect and gloom: "Twice sacrificed himself for his wife to break the law, but because there was no law to rely on for what happened to him, this is really a hero!" But her father's ending was too tragic, I used to see Cuimo smile generously, but I could always feel a little miserable, it turned out to be because of this reason. ”

Thinking of the earth-shattering noise she heard at the beginning, she couldn't help but pinch her right palm with the thumb of her left hand. To die in such a broken way, to hope for a possibility of revenge in such a fierce and decisive way, she really admires such a straightforward man, but she also sympathizes with the poor girl who has no father and mother at the same time.

"I can't help anything else, so this time, I won't let her send her hard-earned message in vain. About this time, the county lord sent a letter over, also because he heard some rumors. She is a strong girl, and she doesn't want others to pity her, otherwise she wouldn't be so single-minded and thinking about revenge. There is revenge, there is revenge, as you said, if the law is useless, you can only rely on yourself. Speaking of which, I also encountered a heart-wrenching incident on the way back to Beijing this time, and I don't know who to provoke, but I encountered a strange thing again! ”

Seeing that Du Juan was stunned for a moment, he stretched out his right hand and pressed Du Juan's hand on the kang table, and said with a wry smile: "When I passed by the Jiming Post this time, I met a group of assassins dressed as merchants. At that time, I was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and I didn't want to catch any live mouths, so I simply ordered my heart to be killed. If I hadn't brought this matter out in front of the prince today, I'm afraid that the prince, who is also full of grievances, wouldn't know what difficult things he would hand over to me. ”

"Assassin again?"

Du Juan gasped, although she didn't look like Zhang Yue had been damaged, she was still a little afraid. Compared with the gladiatorial battles in the officialdom, this way of directly destroying the whole person is the most barbaric and direct, and at the same time the most difficult to guard against. Do you think that when Zhang Yue went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he was not shot by someone with an arrow and broke his sword, and he almost got into big trouble?

Listening to Zhang Yue's narration of the situation at that time, she suddenly realized: "You didn't leave a living mouth at that time because you were worried that the person would identify him indiscriminately and cause more trouble?" ”

"It's not that you don't know the gossip of Jingshi, I heard that some people even spread some mountain collapses, and I don't know how deep this muddy water is. If people succeed at that time, I am afraid that someone will seize the identity of my envoy to make a fuss, and it is easy to fabricate evidence these days, and it is easy to frame and frame. And if that person confesses and insists that it is the prince who suspects me of carrying a testament and kills people, then things are really bad. Now it's much simpler, that group of assassins can be the King of Han, the King of Zhao, the Princess of Yongping, or even the henchmen of King Shouguang who was imprisoned in Xiyuan, and most likely the White Lotus Sect Mongolian Tartars, it is very easy to find a scapegoat. ”