When Cheng Qi woke up the next day, it was not because the sun had hit his buttocks, but because the next door seemed to be arguing.

"What's wrong?" He was in a daze changing clothes and washing under the service of Nadeshiko, who was also a maid, but he heard the noise of the neighbor's quarrel seem to be louder, and it seemed to be smashing things.

"The slave doesn't know why." Nadeshiko said cautiously: "But I heard Wu Jun say that it seems to be because of some disputes in Mr. Zhang's family next door." ”

Cheng Qi remembered that the family surnamed Zhang who lived in his left neighbor was also a teacher, and it seemed that he had taught Cheng Qi. His wife seems to have been in poor health all the time and is rarely seen. However, his daughter Zhang Yan has known Cheng Qi since childhood, and she has a bit of a little guess.

Hearing the louder and louder voices next door, Cheng Qi picked up a piece of white cake and walked to the back garden - because they are all old neighbors of two or three generations, the back gardens of all the houses are connected, but there is a bamboo fence in the soil that even the raccoon cat can't prevent, and the bamboo fence is crawling with morning glory vines, if it is in full bloom, it is also a beautiful scenery.

Cheng Qi stood in the courtyard and listened to the voice next door as if it was clearer: a man was angrily scolding his mother-in-law, as if he was blaming her for hiding all the money, was it to raise a man?

This is really ugly, the women of the Great Song Dynasty still care about the name and honor, and when a man says this kind of thing, she really cries and cries to die or live.

And the sound of falling things and fighting inside seems to be getting more and more intense.

Cheng Qi felt that something was wrong, this was when he saw a girl running out of the house, who seemed to be wearing only a layer of light veil, and the red belly pocket on her chest appeared very abruptly in front of him - he subconsciously swallowed his saliva and swallowed the chewed cake.

"Cheng Qi! Brother Cheng Qi! The girl ran to the fence wall: "Do you have anyone in your house?" ”

"What's wrong, Zhang Yan?"

"Come on, my dad is going to beat my mom to death!"

As soon as he heard that someone was going to die, Cheng Qi immediately became nervous: "Quick, call everyone in the family - Zhang Yan, quickly, open the fence door." ”

Between the fence walls of the two houses, there is a firewood gate, which is unlocked and can be pushed away from any side.

Cheng Qi stuffed all the uneaten white cakes into his mouth, and Nadeshiko also ran to the front yard of Cheng's house to call someone. By the time Cheng Qi and Zhang Yan ran to the back door of Zhang's house, the rest of the people hadn't followed, but the sound of beatings inside was getting clearer and clearer.

It was a scene of a man mercilessly beating his wife, who no longer had the strength to struggle and scream, and she was prostrate on the ground paved with blue bricks, no longer resisting in vain despite her husband's punches and kicks.

Cheng Qi was shocked, seeing the appearance of this woman being beaten, he didn't have time to think about it and quickly went up to pull the man away: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang...... Don't fight, don't fight......"

"This mother-in-law can't teach me a lesson, she takes the money that Lao Tzu has worked so hard to earn, and I don't know where to spend it! Do you think you should fight or not? Should be beaten or not! ”

The so-called clean officials are difficult to decide family affairs, if Cheng Qi hadn't been confused by the jumping little white rabbit when Zhang Yan ran over just now, how could he take care of this. But now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and he can only experience dragging people away - he looked back and saw that Zhang Yan had helped her beaten mother who vomited blood to lie on a low couch. hurriedly said to Zhang Yan and her father; "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang. You should go to my house and sit down and have a cup of tea. After all, they are all in the streets, and if they continue to fight and die, they will have to report to the official, and the reputation of Mr. is also ......."

Mr. Zhang seemed to sober up a little. He cursed fiercely, and when he saw a few servants of the Cheng family coming, he felt that it seemed that it was not good for him to make a big deal about it, so he shouted to his daughter: "Take the money, I will spare this cheap maid today." ”

To Cheng Qi's surprise, Zhang Yan, who was sitting on the low couch to take care of her mother, raised her head, although she was silent, her eyes were full of resentment, and the decisive look of "today is not over, until death is over" made Cheng Qi, who was standing on the side, feel as if he was falling into a cold ice cave, not to mention Mr. Zhang himself, who was staring at her. He seemed to be afraid of his daughter's eyes, and went out empty-handed with a scolding scolding.

Cheng Qi saw him slam the door and leave, looked at Zhang's mother on the couch, and said to Wu Liwei: "Xiaowei, you go and call Fuzi to come over and help take care of Zhang's mother." ZHANG Yan...... Can you come out for a while? ”

The mother of the Zhang family, who was lying on the couch with closing eyes, raised her hand: "Good girl...... Mom doesn't matter. ”

Cheng Qi blinked: "Third uncle, go and invite a doctor." ”

"No...... Don't ...... it," Zhang's mother said with great difficulty, looking at the shape of her mouth, she seemed to say: "Don't waste money." ”

Cheng Qi still made a look at the third uncle and asked him to listen to his own words and go out. Zhang Yan also stood up, nodded to Cheng Qi, and the two walked together under a locust tree in the backyard.

"What's going on?" Cheng Qi asked in a low voice.

"My dad has a woman outside, a woman in a green house." Zhang Yan said expressionlessly. Cheng Qi stood on the raised knotted rhizome on the ground, condescendingly looking at Zhang Yan who was only wearing a light veil, her white arms, and her cute red belly pocket, oh...... Thanks to the Buddha, and the cute little white rabbit. Cheng Qi felt that it was a little difficult to breathe...... It was a pair of white rabbits, at least for Zhang Yan's age. He desperately suppressed the urge to hold the pair of white rabbits in the palm of his hand, and concentrated on listening to Zhang Yan's words:

"He spent a lot of money on that woman, and he never got the money back, and his mother had sold all her dowry to make ends meet. The servants of the family have also been dismissed, and how long will they survive by selling their dowries? Mom still needs to see a doctor...... Taking medicine is also extremely expensive. But he also wants to give my dowry to the woman. Mom saved all those dowries in advance to the ticket number and exchanged for this. ”

Cheng Qi watched her take out a stack of bills from under her belly pocket - but this young man was so ashamed that his face turned red, and he couldn't wait to crack a crack in the ground to get in.

"If you put it anywhere else, he will find it. Mom said it was only safe if it was put on me. Zhang Yan said indifferently; I don't think it's safe to put it on me, he's going to search me, and if he can't, he'll probably sell me to the Qinglou and ransom that bitch......"

Cheng Qi felt as if he was listening to a book from heaven: selling his daughter to the Qinglou and then ransomed another woman. Is this still human? That's what beasts can't do.

But the exposed man's punching and kicking of his wife just now made him have to believe that this is very likely.

"Please keep these things for me." Zhang Yan bent down when she handed over the things, which was simply the essence of "asking someone to do an errand and exposing her chest is the essence of basic common sense", for the sake of the pair of scars that do not need to be squeezed and are incomparably distinct. Cheng Qi reluctantly said: "I'll take you to keep it...... What will you do in the future? ”

Zhang Yan stood on tiptoe and whispered softly in his ear: "If he really sells me to the Qinglou, then I will let all the men know whose daughter they sleep with." ”

Cheng Qi shuddered: It seems that autumn is really coming...... Also, this woman seems to be very prickly.

She suddenly smiled, it was simply thrillingly beautiful: "I'm joking, he doesn't dare." I know he'...... only dared to play prestige against his mother, and when he met someone who was even more powerful than him, he immediately didn't plant. ”