When Yuqin heard this, she sat down, and the maid who called Osmanthus on the side helped her so that she would not fall.

Meng Tianchu: "I heard the second lady say about you and the ear, what is the big deal that must be solved in an extreme way?" Suicide is not the only solution to the problem. ”

Yuqin was better now, when she heard Meng Tianchu say, she was sad again, her tears fell straight down like beads with broken threads, and Osmanthus whispered: "Sister Yuqin, the master asked you, don't cry first!" ”

Yuqin nodded, and after a short rest, she stabilized her mood and said slowly: "Master, please be the master of the slave and maid, ear him..."

Zuo Jiayin: "The master will definitely make the decision for you, you can rest assured." ”

Yuqin: "Master, third lady, Yuqin has been married to Brother Xu Hai in the village since she was a child, and the two families have been friends in the era. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, you mean you don't like ears, he has the intention of forcing you, right?" ”

Yuqin hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded slightly.

Meng Tianchu: "The ear said that you already knew each other when you were working in the Liu family, right?" ”

Yuqin: "Yes, Yuqin was only twelve years old that year, and she went to accompany the second miss of the Liu family to study, and the second miss of his family was one year younger than me. ”

Meng Tianchu: "I heard... Ears used to be Mr. in the Liu family? Yuqin: "Yes, teach the second young lady, the third young master, and the fourth young master." I read along. ”

Meng Tianchu: "At that time, the ears liked you?" ”

Yuqin lowered her head a little embarrassed and shook her head.

Meng Tianchu: "Then when did he start liking you?" ”

Yuqin stopped talking, Osmanthus was an anxious person, and hurriedly said: "Sister Yuqin, tell the master everything you have, didn't you say that the housekeeper is a disciple and a wolf in human skin?" ”

Yuqin hurriedly scolded: "Osmanthus, you..."

Seeing that Yuqin was angry, Osmanthus quickly shut up and secretly glanced at Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu saw that Yuqin seemed to have something unspeakable. Maybe he was worried about protecting his ears, so he said, "Okay." You don't want to say. I don't force you, so let me ask you, before you came to Mengfu, did you know that Ear was a housekeeper in my house? ”

Yuqin thought for a while and said, "I don't know." ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Yuqin's eyes were in a trance, and he didn't dare to look at himself, so he said: "Then the first day you came, you should have seen you by ear, and you knew that he was not good at that time." Why do you want to stay in the house and do things? ”

Yuqin: "Master, the salary given by your house is high, and I heard from others, there are not many things, and the master and the seven ladies are good to people, which cannot be found in any big family." ”

Zuo Jiayin motioned to Meng Tianchu not to ask first, and said to Yuqin: "What chores do you want to be mainly responsible for in the house?" Yuqin: "The housekeeper said that everyone who came in should start from scratch, starting from the firewood room, laundry room and kitchen, and then distribute them to each courtyard after a month. Serve the Lord and the Lady. == I'm in the kitchen right now. ”

Zuo Jiayin: "What do you do?" ”

Yuqin looked at Zuo Jiayin, quickly lowered her head, and whispered, "Stove case." ”

Zuo Jiayin and Meng Tianchu looked at each other, Zuo Jiayin smiled and said, "It seems that the ears are really good for your old knowledge." ”

Yuqin didn't speak, her hands on her thighs and she tugged at her skirt tightly.

Zuo Jiayin: "I heard Feiyan say last night that your stove is not good, the thickness of the vegetables is uneven, and you are often lazy to read in the kitchen." Is it? ”

Yuqin listened. was so frightened that his face changed, and he quickly got up and got out of bed and knelt in front of Zuo Jiayin. Trembling to speak, Zuo Jiayin said, "How can you say that the ears don't know?" I heard that people in the house and underground said that the ears control you very strictly, and don't let you make any mistakes, this, osmanthus should be very clear, isn't it, osmanthus? ”

Osmanthus hurriedly nodded and said yes.

Zuo Jiayin didn't look at Yuqin, but looked at Meng Tianchu and said: "Master, except for Yuqin, who is a single room, the others are four or six. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Yuqin, you said that your ears insulted you, is it true?" ”

Yuqin nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, master, it's true, the third lady said that the housekeeper was partial to me alone, I don't deny it, but I think it was his ill-intentioned intentions for me, bad intentions, you don't believe in asking Osmanthus, last night, I forgot to read in the kitchen, and after returning to the room, I wanted to take a shower and sleep again because of the hot weather, Osmanthus lived next door to me, we had a good relationship on weekdays, she sometimes disliked how stuffy people were and came to sleep with me, last night, shortly after I returned to the room, I fetched water from outside and went back to the room to take a bath, at this time..."As she spoke, Yuqin's tears burst out of her eyes again.

Osmanthus took Yuqin's words and said: "Master, third lady, the slave maid really saw it, I heard a sound next door, and I knew that Sister Yuqin came back and got up and wanted to sleep with her, so I walked out of the door, and saw a person standing in front of Sister Yuqin's window peeking, I screamed, Sister Yuqin heard the sound and quickly blew out the light, and then got dressed and came out." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What was your name at the time?" ”

Osmanthus: "I'll just ask Sister Yuqin to have someone peek at you taking a bath." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about the housekeeper?" ”

Osmanthus said angrily: "Because at that time, the light in Sister Yuqin's room was turned off and I couldn't see anything, and then when I came out after I was about to light it, that person was gone." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You didn't mention that this person was the housekeeper from beginning to end, why did you say that he was peeking?" ”

Osmanthus was speechless and looked at Yuqin, who hurriedly said: "Osmanthus didn't see that person is ear, but at that time the slave smelled a very special smell." That smell is the smell of the housekeeper. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Yuqin, isn't it far-fetched for you to say this?" ”

Yuqin was a little unhappy, and muttered, "I knew you would be biased towards him, so it's better not to say it." ”

Zuo Jiayin's face pulled, and he said sharply: "Presumptuous, how can you talk to the master like this?" ”

Yuqin hurriedly said: "Master, third lady, it's a slave who can't speak, and she has her mouth in her hands." $" After saying that, he gave himself two slaps in the face.

Meng Tianchu: "Stop!" Things are not yet clear. Isn't it bad for you to jump to conclusions too early? Besides, I ask you how you can be sure that the smell is the butler's. Convict a person by smell. Don't you think it's a bit far-fetched? ”

Yuqin stopped and said, "Master, it's all Yuqin's fault." ”

Meng Tianchu sighed helplessly and said, "Yuqin, I found that you are too impatient, and you have not found out anything yet, so you have prematurely drawn conclusions, which is not good." ”

Yuqin: "Master." The slave maid also has a basis for saying this. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then tell me your basis?" ”

Yuqin: "Yesterday morning, the housekeeper ordered the servants of the kitchen and laundry room to go to the orchard in the back garden with the maid to hoe and water and fertilize. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You continue." ”

Yuqin: "At that time, the butler was standing next to me, he was also working, it was very hot, he took off his coat, and when he was shirtless, I smelled a particularly bad smell on him. In addition, the weather was hot and humid, and I wanted to vomit when I smelled the smell, so I went to the osmanthus and them. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Haven't you smelled such a smell on him before?" ”

Yuqin shook her head and said, "It's the first time I've smelled so bad since I was a child. Speaking of this, Yuqin frowned again.

Meng Tianchu knew that what Yuqin said was probably the fox odor that people often talk about, some people usually don't sweat, and if they don't do intense activities, they won't have a strong smell. Even if others are not very close to him, they can't smell this smell. The smell is really bad.

Meng Tianchu: "You mean you smelled such a smell outside your room last night?" ”

Yuqin nodded.

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "You just said that you are already engaged to someone else. Does the ear know about this? ”

Yuqin: "I know, when he was doing things in the Liu family, he knew it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then do you know if he has ever insulted other women besides you?" ”

Yuqin hurriedly said: "Yes, at that time, everyone was talking in private, saying that he liked the eldest lady of the Liu family. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Why didn't the eldest lady join you at that time?" ”

Yuqin: "There was before, but soon the master of the Liu family didn't let the young lady read it together, and the maids said behind their backs that it was because the ears and the eldest lady were not clear, and they often frowned." ”

Meng Tianchu looked disgusted and disdainful when he saw Yuqin say this, as if he really hated the person who had ears.

Meng Tianchu: "What happened later?" ”

Yuqin: "There was no later, and soon the Liu family moved to the capital." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You like it very much?" ”

Yuqin lowered her head and whispered: "Master, please be sure to leave the slave maid, the slave and maid will not dare to look at it again in the future." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Let's not talk about this matter for the time being, how many years have you been in the Liu family, and have your ears gone when you go?" Did you already write before you went to Liu's house, or did you start learning when you went to Liu's house? ”

Yuqin: "When the slave maid went to Liu's house, the housekeeper had been gone for more than half a year, and I stayed in Liu's house for less than two years. ”

Zuo Jiayin saw that Yuqin was speechless, so he said: "The master asked you when you learned to write, and you haven't said it yet?" ”

Yuqin lowered her head and thought for a while, then said: "My family is very poor, and there is money there, so naturally I learned the land after entering the Liu family." ”

Meng Tianchu: "The Xu Hai you are talking about, how old is he, when is he now, and when are you going to get married?" ”

Yuqin didn't want to talk about it, so she snorted: "It's just to tell the master and the lady about the housekeeper, what is Brother Hai doing?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Since you don't want to leave the Meng family, and your ears are the housekeeper of the Meng family." What do you think I should do? ”

Yuqin hurriedly said: "In this way, the local people should be driven out of the Meng Mansion, and they don't want a rat feces to spoil a pot of soup." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, Yuqin saw Meng Tianchu smile, as if she knew that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly explained: "Master, the slave and maid don't really want to drive the housekeeper away, but I just hope that the master can strictly discipline him, so that he will not come to disturb the slave and maid again in the future." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Yuqin and said, "You came out to work at the Meng family, does Xu Hai know?" ”

Yuqin nodded. said: "I know, he sent me." ”

Meng Tianchu: "He is still planting in the village

Yuqin: "Master." We don't talk about me Brother Hai. All right? This matter has nothing to do with him, and I don't want to say anything. ”

Meng Tianchu felt that Yuqin was strange, and there must be something strange about it, so he said: "It's okay, you can rest well, don't work for the next two days, and the salary will still be given to you." ”

Yuqin hurriedly kowtowed and thanked her.

Meng Tianchu got up and passed by Yuqin, and found that Yuqin's left ring finger was obviously broken. As if it had been cut off by some sharp weapon, he stopped, pointed to the hand, Yuqin instinctively covered his left hand with his right hand, and said respectfully: "Master, this is when I was injured by a sickle when I was a child, and it has been healed." It will not affect the slave and maid. ”

Meng Tianchu walked out of the door, Zuo Jiayin followed behind him, and at this time Osmanthus chased out the door. Zuo Jiayin: "Osmanthus, is there anything else?" ”

Osmanthus said: "Master, can you allow Osmanthus and Sister Yuqin to live together, I think there are slaves and maids, and that bold pervert will not dare to bully Sister Yuqin so blatantly." ”

Meng Tianchu turned his head and said, "How long have you known Yuqin?" ”

Osmanthus: "Less than ten days." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled slightly and said, "Then what kind of pervert and what kind of disciple are you opening and shutting your mouth." Do you know what a disciple is? ”

Osmanthus language stopper. Said: "Slave... The slave maid just listened to Sister Yuqin say this. ”

Meng Tianchu simply stopped and said, "Have you seen Xu Hai?" ”

Osmanthus: "I've seen it." I saw it once the day before yesterday. ”

Meng Tianchu immediately asked, "Where is it?" ”

Osmanthus: "At the door, Sister Yuqin asked me to accompany her to the market to buy some red silk threads, and we just met Brother Xu Hai when we went out." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Oh, did Yuqin tell you what Xu Hai is?" ”

Osmanthus: "Master, why do you always ask Brother Xu Hai, it's not that Brother Xu Hai is a pervert and a disciple." ”

Meng Tianchu: "In the future, don't just say things from your mouth that you don't know what they mean, be careful when people ask you what you mean, do you know?" ”

Osmanthus didn't dare to speak.

Zuo Jiayin: "Okay, you go, you don't have to go to work with Yuqin in the past two days, and the salary will be paid the same." ”

Osmanthus was very happy when she heard this, and hurriedly thanked Meng Tianchu: "But I want to give you a task." This quest can't be told to anyone, including Yuqin, you know? If you can't, I'll deduct a month's worth of your wages. ”

Osmanthus nodded quickly when she heard this, and said, "Master, please just tell the slave and maid." ”

Meng Tianchu: "The third lady asked you to accompany Yuqin, which means that you will never leave the left and right, wherever she goes, you will follow her, and then come and report to me or the third lady at any time if there is any situation." ”

Osmanthus first nodded, and then immediately shook her head and said, "Didn't the master let me not leave Sister Yuqin even a step?" But if there is anything going on with her, how can I report to you and the Third Lady, then am I going to leave her? ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Then you can ask a maid to look at her for a while, and then come and tell us." ”

Osmanthus nodded, Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin were about to leave, and Osmanthus suddenly said, "Master, but... But what about the above? ”

Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin glanced at each other, and couldn't help but want to laugh, Meng Tianchu said: "Forget it, you just accompany you, don't report to us." ”

Osmanthus: "But what if? ”

Meng Tianchu ignored the wordy maid anymore, turned around and left, Zuo Jiayin couldn't help laughing, and said to Osmanthus: "Go, just accompany it." ”

Seeing that Zuo Jiayin followed Meng Tianchu away, Osmanthus muttered, "What's the situation?" … Why didn't you let me report it again? Don't you think I can't do anything with osmanthus? … Well, I can't let the lord and the third lady look down on me, and I will be divided with these dozens of people in twenty days, these seven ladies heard that in addition to the second lady and the fifth lady, it is a little difficult to serve, hum... No, this is a good opportunity for my osmanthus performance! ”

At this time, Yuqin suddenly walked out of the people behind them, walked to Osmanthus and said, "Osmanthus, what are you talking about?" ”

Osmanthus was thinking about it, and was startled by Yuqin, and quickly turned around to see that Yuqin was already standing behind her, and hurriedly supported her, and said with a smile: "Sister Yuqin, your body is not well yet, what are you doing when you come out, hurry back, come, I will support you." With that, he walked towards the door.