Xi Yuan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, pointed at the second lady who covered her face and didn't dare to speak, and said menacingly: "Lord Prefect, it's all the fault of the lowly position, I will divorce this woman, such a woman's uncle is right, sooner or later, the family will give the lowly job trouble one day, come on, drag this poisonous woman out for me and give me a letter of resignation." ”

The second lady was so frightened that her body trembled, dragging Xi Yuan's sleeve and not letting go, Zuo Jiayin could see that Xi Yuan was reluctant, so he opened his mouth to make a round and said: "Lord Lizheng, although it is said that women marry home to teach you, the head of the family, but today's incident can't be blamed entirely on your wife, you naturally don't have much time to teach them when you are out all day, this task is still your eldest lady's business." Forget it, I've changed my clothes now, so that's it. ”

Xi Yuan's face softened, but who expected Xi Rui to say: "Xi Yuan, let me tell you, today is the Heavenly Master's kindness and let you and a few of your insiders go, but this matter spreads, how can our Xi family stay in Hangzhou Mansion, how can we stay in the walled village, you look at it yourself, whether it is important to be a useless woman, or the face of hundreds of people in our Xi family is important." ”

Xi Yuan listened, thought about it, got up and walked to the door, and after a while, Xi Yuan's housekeeper walked in viciously with two subordinates, first giving gifts to Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin and Xi Rui, and then dragged the second lady out without saying anything, the second lady saw that Zhenge'er moved, it was useless to beg her husband this time, and hurriedly shouted to the prefect and the heavenly master to spare his life, Zuo Jiayin looked at Meng Tianchu, and saw that he was silent, so he got up and said: "Slow!" ”

At this time, Meng Tianchu spoke and said, "Jiayin, this is the Xi family's housework. We don't meddle well. ”

Xi Rui hurriedly accosted and said, "What the prefect said is true. ”

Zuo Jiayin: "Although it is said to be a housework of Lord Lizheng, it was caused by one of my accidents. I think if Master Xi gives me Zuo Jiayin a thin noodle, you see that it will be the New Year soon, or it will be a jade silk, and everyone will forget it, it is not a big deal. ”

On the side, a woman of the same age as Zuo Jiayin was very thin, with high cheekbones on her face, rouge rubbed heavily, and a big red flower on her head looked particularly dazzling. Like a clown singing on the stage, but with big eyes.

The woman got up. First of all, he humbly gave gifts to Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin. Then he said softly: "Heavenly Master is kind and tolerant, and I am a model for the three concubines of my Xi family, but the second lady made a mistake first, I think if our Xi family forgives the second lady today." Naturally, outsiders want to laugh at our Xi family, who can't be a person, who shields his own concubine, who doesn't know how to be a person, and who is fair, or a cheap concubine who intercedes for the second lady, I am also at fault for not preaching well in this matter, and I can't only punish the second lady. Moreover. Now that the second lady is pregnant, if she is divorced, she will be young. But the blood of the Xi family has been wronged, so the concubine knelt down to beg the prefect and the heavenly master, spared the second lady, and if you want to punish it, you will punish me, the eldest lady, for dereliction of duty. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that although this woman looked mediocre, her words and deeds were decent, and her speech was not rude, not like a woman from a small family, so he said: "Xi Yuan, the painting in your workshop was painted by this eldest lady of yours?" ”

Who wants Xi Yuan to listen, his face suddenly changed, and his tongue was knotted as soon as he spoke, and the eldest lady looked at Xi Yuan suspiciously, but she didn't speak.

Xi Yuan: "No... No, it's just a lowly graffiti, which makes the prefect laugh. ”

Meng Tianchu probably knew a little bit in his heart, it seems that this Xi Yuan still has his own little secret, what he said to himself just now and what he said in front of several ladies turned out to be sick, this Xi Yuan is tired.

Meng Tianchu did not pursue it, but said: "Xi Yuan has a virtuous and open-minded wife, it is really rare, Yuling Tianshi is right, the New Year is coming soon, not to mention that the second lady is pregnant, don't make a big move, Lord Xi, Lord Lizheng, this is your local family affairs, and it is inconvenient for the official to interfere, but you can't make everyone have a bad New Year, so forget it." ”

As soon as the second lady heard that the prefect and the Yuling Heavenly Master had calmed down, she felt that there was hope, so she quickly broke free from her subordinates and rushed to the hall to kowtow to Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin.

Meng Tianchu said to the second lady: "Forget about today's matter, you get up, if you really think about your family, don't do this in the future." Madame was about to get up with thanksgiving, Xi Rui shouted, the second lady quickly knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, Xi Rui said sternly: "Big man, don't think that the prefect and the Yuling Heavenly Master have spared you, and you can be fine, from today on, the moon silver in your room will be completely deducted for me, and I will copy the "Daughter Sutra" ten times a day, and send it to me in person after writing it, until the child in your womb is born, do you understand?" ”

The second lady nodded hurriedly.

Xi Rui: "In addition, the child in your womb, whether male or female, is not allowed to be taught by you before the age of seven, and I will find someone to teach it directly to my house after birth." I look at you like this, I don't know what etiquette, righteousness and shame are, how to teach my descendants of the Xi family well, that's it, Lord Prefect, let's go back to the old mansion to eat, this place looks at me and let me nest fire, you see, I still have some good wine there waiting for adults to come to drink, let's go. ”

The second lady was suddenly stupid, she could cope with the difficulties of the first two two, but Mrs. Xi was too domineering, and she didn't even let herself raise her own children, what kind of truth is this, where in the world is there a reason for mothers and their children to be together, thinking of this, the second lady doesn't care about any reason for dignity and inferiority, and she doesn't want this old man to be her own elders, seeing that Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin have already walked out of the door, Xi Rui is also about to go out, and the second lady is in a hurry, and blurted out: "No, I can't be separated from my own children! ”

Everyone was taken aback, Xi Rui was naturally among them, and after a pause, Xi Rui sneered: "Look, Xi Yuan, this is the girl you trained, hum!" After speaking, he walked out of the door angrily, then stopped, pointed at Xi Yuan and said fiercely: "No one can change my decision, and when that child is alive, I will give that a divorce!" With that, he turned and left.

The eldest lady walked up to Xi Yuan, who was already stunned. said softly: "My lord, you are going to tell Mrs. Xi about this matter..."

Xi Yuan angrily pointed at the eldest lady and said loudly: "You shut up for me." If you have the ability, you go and tell the old man, I tell you, I don't have that ability! After speaking, he also brushed his sleeves away, leaving only a room of ladies and maids, the sky suddenly thundered, the second lady's body trembled, the fetus in the belly seemed to be frightened by the thunder, moved, and the second lady hurriedly protected her abdomen with her hands. After a pause, he began to howl.

The eldest lady stood aside and frowned. Without saying a word, he was going to leave with his maid. Suddenly, the second lady behind her said with a crying voice: "Big lady, don't go." ”

But the eldest lady did not stop, and walked straight forward. The second lady shouted loudly: "What, you are satisfied, your goal has been achieved, you can't have children yourself, do you hope that Xi Yuan will not be able to have a child by his side for the rest of his life, are you too vicious like this?" ”

The Grand Lady finally stopped, but did not turn around. Just smile a little. He said softly, "Don't be angry with me, that Heavenly Master didn't come to me to borrow clothes. It's not that I offended the prefect's wife, and besides, I also interceded for you, it's you who don't choose what to say, and you don't blame me. ”

The second lady looked at the weak back of the eldest lady, and laughed mockingly: "You help me?" Do you think I'll help me on the first day I enter the door of your Xi family? Hahaha, you wish I was beaten to death by the prefect immediately, but unfortunately they didn't, so you're disappointed, right? ”

The eldest lady turned her head and said with a smile: "Second lady, this is not right, do you really want to cause public anger and public anger?" I don't care about you, I know you're in a bad mood, when you're in a good mood, I'll talk to you about it, this is still a science to interact with people, if your family had found a fortune teller to calculate for you earlier, knowing that you were fifteen years old to be my Xi's concubine, then your father wouldn't be thinking about the money from killing pigs all day long, how much let your baby girl read and write, see and write, and don't come over, one day let me and the third lady work so hard, but you can't even read a word account book, oh, no, it's more than that, You don't even know your own name, how can you read any accounts, alas, it's really hard for you. ”

The second lady was so angry that she couldn't even speak, pointed to the back of the eldest lady who was gradually walking away, and said, "You... You..."

At this time, the third lady, who had been silent, tiptoed past the second lady, and the second lady shouted: "You also want to go, it's really the wall that everyone has pushed down, and even you don't want to take care of me, do you remember when you first entered the study house, I..." ”

The second lady smacked on the ground, and said with a disdainful face: "What's the matter, a fallen Xiucai hasn't found a family that sells rice, so he has some stinky money, what's the big deal." ”

The third lady didn't finish listening, so she hurriedly took her maid away, the second lady got up from the ground in a daze, the maid hurriedly stepped forward to help, the second lady said to herself: "I want to think of a way to keep my child by my side, even if Xi Yuan, a bad breed, wants to leave me, I can't leave the child to the Xi family, hum, let's see!" ”

After Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin had dinner, they returned to the small courtyard where they lived last time, and the brazier had been placed in the house beforehand, so it was very warm, and Tulong went back to the next room to sleep. The day's snow stopped at this point, and the moon was particularly cunning, hanging above the sky like a large jade disk, illuminating the heavens and the earth as if it were day.

Meng Tianchu took Zuo Jiayin's small hand and the two of them walked to the window, Zuo Jiayin gently leaned on Meng Tianchu's shoulder, and said, "It seems that the two of us haven't stayed together like this for a long time." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Yes, it seems that the time that belongs to you and me has been occupied by more people or things, thinking of this, I, who are your husband, feel guilty again." Zuo Jiayin smiled and said: "I don't mean that, I mean to say, is it that if two people have been together for a long time, they will naturally not be like when they first fell in love, and they can't be together all the time?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Maybe yes, that's a natural law of love." ”

Zuo Jiayin raised his eyes to look at Meng Tianchu and said, "What is the natural law of love." What does the laws of nature mean? “

Suddenly, a piece of snow fell from the eaves and fell to the ground with a muffled sound, Meng Tianchu looked outside. Zuo Jiayin secretly pinched Meng Tianchu's hand, the two of them smiled knowingly, Meng Tianchu deliberately said loudly: "Love is to let two strangers fall in love with each other, and then stay together, and then until a lifetime, from the initial throbbing, to the peaceful life in the back, all people live like this, and you and I are the same." ”

Zuo Jiayin: "I brought Xiao Lai." This kind of moonlit night is the best, I'll blow you a song. All right? ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's okay." I can't sleep right now anyway, so when you're done, we'll play chess for a while. It's been a long time since I've played chess with you, I wonder if you've grown at chess? ”

Zuo Jiayin chuckled twice and said, "Just don't lose too much to me." ”

Long...

There was a melodious sound of the piano not far away, the door next door opened, and the dragon slayer walked into Meng Tianchu's room, leaned into Meng Tianchu's ear and whispered a few words, Meng Tianchu nodded. Then he said to Zuo Jiayin: "The person on the roof is gone." ”

A man in night-walking clothes bowed down and stood in front of Xi Rui. Xi Rui stood in front of his bookshelf and did not look back. The man could only see Xi Ruidi's back.

Xi Rui said casually: "Are they really talking about the wind and snow? ”

Man: "Yes, I stayed on the roof for two hours, Meng Tianchu and his wife first laughed, and then the woman gave a, and then the two of them played chess, knocked the second watch, and the two of them didn't sleep yet, but when they played chess, no one spoke, as if they were playing a very serious game." Xiaodi has just returned. ”

Xi Rui snorted, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, you go back and rest first, and continue tomorrow night." ”

The man quickly went out, and after the door closed, a person came out from behind the screen, and this person was none other than Xi Yuan.

Xi Yuan cautiously walked to Xi Rui's side, and before he could speak, Xi Rui said: "Xi Yuan, I know what you want to say, thanks to you today, if it weren't for you, Yue'er she..."

Xi Yuan hurriedly said: "Uncle, don't do this, these are what Xi Yuan should do." ”

Xi Rui took out a book from the shelf, didn't read it, but kept holding it in his hand, looked at Xi Yuan and said to him: "I know you came to talk about the woman in your family who doesn't understand the rules." ”

Xi Yuan: "Uncle, I'm not here for this. Xi Rui was very surprised, looked at Xi Yuan, and said, "Oh? So why are you here? ”

Xi Yuan thought about it, and Xi Rui saw that Xi Yuan was very hesitant, so he said, "Just say anything." ”

Xi Yuan: "A few days ago, I asked a spy who had been following Meng Tianchu to come back and tell my nephew something, and my nephew didn't know if he should tell your old man." ”

Xi Rui saw that Xi Yuan was so hesitant, so he said: "If you have anything, just say it, don't give me any support, I hate men who are not good at asking for advice the most." ”

Xi Yuan leaned over to Xi Ruidi in a low voice and said, "The spy saw a person. ”

Xi Rui became alert and said, "Who! ”

Xi Yuan: "Big brother Mrs. Di." ”

Xi Rui couldn't help but sigh and said, "Who are you talking about?" To be clear, which big brother Mrs. Di? ”

Xi Yuan swallowed his saliva with difficulty and said, "It's Yue'er's mother, Du Qin." ”

Xi Rui's body shook a few times, Xi Yuan hurriedly helped Xi Rui to sit down, Xi Rui looked at Xi Yuan, and whispered: "No... No way, Du Qin has been dead for thirteen years, is that spy of yours mistaken? ”

Xi Yuan said cautiously: "At first, I thought so, but then I went there myself and found that... Be... It's true. ”

Xi Rui: "How is that possible? I saw her fall off a cliff with my own eyes thirteen years ago, how could it be? No, it's probably a woman who looks very similar to Du Qin, you should hurry up and check it out. ”

Xi Yuan couldn't help but sigh and said, "Du Qin happened to have something to do with Wu Min's murder case, so he has been imprisoned by Meng Tianchu in the government prison." ”

Xi Rui: "What, Du Qin is related to the murder of Wu Min, how is that possible?" ”

Xi Yuan: "I have already inquired about finding someone, and it is said that it is the relationship between Du Qin and Wu Min..."

Before Xi Yuan finished speaking, Xi Rui raised his hand and waved his hand to block Xi Yuan's words behind, and Xi Yuan saw that Xi Rui's expression was solemn, and he didn't dare to speak.

Xi Rui thought for a while and said, "Xi Yuan, make your conditions." ”

Xi Yuan: "Uncle, what do you mean?" ”

Xi Rui smiled indifferently, walked to the chair and put the book in his hand on the table, then sat down slowly, and said: "Don't beat around the bush with me, you and I are an uncle and nephew, I naturally know you, three years ago, you asked for your current position because of Yue'er's affairs, so three years later, Yue'er's mother died and came back to life, what are your requirements?" ”