In the early morning, the Zhu Mansion resumed its busyness, because today was a small year, and the three-room uncle arranged for the various stewards in the house to decorate the Zhu Mansion a few years in advance according to the instructions of the three-room master.

The Zhu family was full of joy.

The fourth grandmother, Chunmei, kept her eyelids jumping last night and didn't sleep well. I got up early this morning, and simply looked around the front yard and back house to check the work of the stewards.

As soon as I got out of the hospital, I saw the subordinates, house slaves, and slaves kneeling in a long row according to their status, and greeted Chunmei in unison.

The hostesses of each room have a lot of monthly money, if it was in previous years, Chunmei really couldn't take out too much money to send these people, even if the grandmother was just a few red envelopes casually at this time of year, each of them was very cold. However, Chunmei made a small fortune this year, and there is naturally a big gap between her strength and the big grandmother, she has the heart to show off her financial resources today, in order to grab such a limelight, she doesn't mind spending more money, but is willing to take the opportunity to see the big grandma's jokes.

Lan Xin was ordered by Chunmei to go back to the room and take out two hundred taels of silver, announcing that the fourth grandmother was merciful and gave each person a reward of one or two coins.

Chunmei is not distressed, more than a hundred taels of silver, and now she has more silver money in her hand and ** sand under her hand than this.

Seeing that everyone received the same, Chunmei began to make a mistake, she stood at the gate of the courtyard, cleared her throat at the people, everyone had just taken the reward of the fourth grandmother, and was on the rise, seeing that the fourth grandmother was about to speak, they all closed their mouths and waited quietly for Chunmei to speak.

Surprisingly, Chunmei first reviewed the dedication of all the slaves in the past year, praised the outstanding performance, and also reprimanded those who did not abide by their duties and violated the rules and disciplines. As soon as the words changed, she said again: "The Zhu family is the most important rule, orderly up and down, different from inside and outside, now it has reached the end of the year, according to the rules, everyone should also go to the owners of the house to say hello, pay a New Year's greeting, and ask for a reward, but the master and the uncle have been working hard recently, and I am afraid that I have not gotten up at the moment, so you will go to the other masters to pay New Year's greetings first!" ”

Other masters? Chunmei's words reminded that the rules of the Zhu family are orderly up and down, different from inside and outside, and the subordinates also understood all kinds of hints in the mouth of the fourth grandmother, but they are not interested in participating in this kind of struggle between masters, and it is a legitimate reason to ask for rewards.

After hearing this, a large group of people thanked the fourth grandmother, and the black pressure pressed a large tide towards the eldest grandmother's residence.

"Giggle...... Chunmei watched the "tide" go to the north, smiled happily, and hurriedly called Lan Xin: "Go!" Follow my aunt and grandmother to see the old pious woman's good show! "Just follow the crowd and go.

The grandmother's yard has not yet opened, and the people are all blocking the door, kneeling together, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one shouting in unison: "Grandma is rich and glorious, congratulations to the grandmother on her fortune at the end of the year." Undoubtedly, this is also Chunmei's instigation.

Looking at the fence that was much taller than her own courtyard, Chunmei couldn't help but sneer, waiting to see the embarrassment of the eldest grandmother.

A terrible shout suddenly came from the courtyard, which was particularly piercing in this jubilant atmosphere: "Uncle! Uncle! It's a big deal! ”

As soon as the courtyard door opened, Xiao Ju ran out in a panic, hit the human wall, and was knocked back again, shouting anxiously: "Grandma is dead!" Big grandma is dead! ”

Chunmei, who was going to watch the play, laughed and laughed, and said with a teasing smile: "This old pious woman can't take out the money, and she doesn't have to curse herself to death!" Lined up the crowd, pretending to suppress his voice and scolding Xiaoju: "Bastard! Today is the New Year's Day, if you don't say an auspicious word, how can you curse your master in the morning? Isn't it just money! Your master can't give it to her, I'll just send it for her! Lan Xin! ”

Lan Xin followed closely behind the fourth grandmother, opened the money bag knowingly, and said to the people around her: "The eldest grandmother is unwell, the fourth grandmother will give everyone happy money on behalf of the eldest grandmother, the same one or two per person!" ”

Everyone suddenly realized, it turned out to be like this! However, as long as everyone has money to take, they naturally don't care who sent the money, so they all consciously lined up in a long line and received rewards from Lan Xin in turn.

Chunmei was triumphant in the crowd, and glanced at the small building in the courtyard with her eyes, but saw Xiaoju get up from the ground again, and shouted anxiously with a crying face: "Fourth grandma!" The slave didn't lie to you, the big grandmother is really dead! Tell the old man and uncle that the big grandmother died not long after drinking the medicine in the morning......"

This shout stunned everyone, thinking that the uncle might be furious after hearing the news, everyone no longer dared to gather outside the grandmother's courtyard, "boom", and all walked cleanly, as if no one had come.

"What you said is true?" Don't look at Chunmei looking forward to her grandmother's early death all day long, and she can't wait to wake up in the morning to hear such good news, but now that she really heard such shocking news, she trembled when she spoke.

Xiao Ju knelt on the ground and cried, "How dare the slave deceive you!" Fourth grandmother, you have to call the shots! ”

Chunmei was in a panic at this time, and hurriedly followed Xiao Ju Dengden to trot upstairs a few steps, and as soon as she entered the bedroom, she saw the body of the eldest grandmother lying on the dresser, bleeding from seven holes, and she was really dead that she couldn't die anymore.

Chunmei looked at it in a daze for a long time, almost fell to the ground, turned around and ran out, crying and shouting: "Lan Xin! Go and invite the lord, uncle! It's a big deal! Big grandma is really dead! ”

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The third room master and the uncle all arrived at the scene, Chunmei didn't dare to make a sound, and waited obediently aside, Xiaoju knelt on the ground and told the ins and outs of the future.

In the morning, Xiaoju decocted medicine for the grandmother as usual, and the grandmother was in good spirits after taking the medicine, but when she combed her hair, she found an abnormality, and the grandmother lay on the stage as if she was asleep.

"Who prescribed this medicine? And who sent it? Who else has been exposed to medicinal herbs other than you? After all, Zhu Dayan and the eldest grandmother are the original husband and wife, and the relationship is naturally there, when they first heard about the death of their wife, a cup of ginseng tea fell directly to the ground, and when they heard Xiaoju's confession, their thoughts became lively, and Tie Qing's face also recovered a little human blood.

Xiao Ju was stunned when she heard it, the uncle's question was very meaningful, remembering that the boy also came to decoct the medicine yesterday, although yesterday's medicine was not abnormal, there is always a problem with his own link, if the uncle uses this as a reason, his little life will really not be saved. At the moment, he swore solemnly: "Uncle, the prescription was prescribed by Dr. Su Jicai Su himself, and the medicines were all sent by the miscellaneous black dogs of the pharmacy in the house, and there are only slaves and maids in the courtyard of the eldest grandmother, and I am willing to decoct the medicine for the eldest grandmother, and I am angry that others have never touched it at all!" The slave maid has been decocting the medicine for more than ten days, and she has never made a mistake, and she has never let people get close to the medicinal materials, but she is afraid that something will happen! Ask the lord and the uncle to be clear! After saying that, in order to show his loyalty, he performed another drama of hitting the wall to kill Mingzhi, but the direction of the collision happened to be the fourth grandmother, of course she couldn't die.

"Someone! Go and arrest Su Jicai's doctor, as well as the miscellaneous black dog from the pharmacy, and bring them together. As soon as Zhu Wuming, the master of the third room, spoke, there were already six or seven house slaves with big shoulders and round waists waiting for orders, so naturally they would not be polite.

After half an hour, the disheveled and trembling doctor Su Ji was "invited" back, and the senior executives also ran in a hurry, but the black dog was nowhere to be seen.

Zhu Wuming quietly asked Su Jicai: "Did you prescribe my eldest woman's prescription?" ”

Su Jicai trembled all over his body and hurriedly said yes.

"Then why did the lady lose her life after using your medicine?"

Su Jicai was so frightened that he was speechless, gesturing left and right, but he couldn't say anything.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, the executive said in a deep voice: "When the master asks you, you will answer truthfully, if the pharmacy is fine, is it a problem with medicinal materials?" ”

Su Jicai panicked and hurriedly said: "Yes! Right! The grandmother of your house is because of the thick taste of the ointment, so that the viscera contains heat, the poison comes from the inside, and the evil heat is condensed. ”

Zhu Wuming squinted at the senior affairs, instructed Xiao Ju to take the medicine residue, and said to Doctor Su: "Look at this furnace medicine residue, the old man must know what medicinal materials are in it!" ”

Dr. Su wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, carefully poured the medicine residue on the ground, picked it up or smelled, tasted, or looked at it in turn, and after a while, he suddenly pinched a piece of medicinal herb and said, "Master Zhu, this medicine is not right!" This medicine is not right! This medicine is not right! ”

Zhu Wuming and his son glanced at each other, and each saw the uneasiness in each other's eyes, and the old man urged: "What's wrong?" ”

Su Jicai had a spectrum in his heart, and his tone was much more stable, and he said thoughtfully: "It is recorded in the medical book that this thousand gold disinfection powder should be two coins for forsythia, one coin for skullcap, one penny for the tail of angelica, one penny for honeysuckle, one penny for honeysuckle, one penny for soaphorn thorn, one penny for red peony, one penny for smallpox pollen, and one penny for oysters......

Zhu Dayan hurriedly said: "I didn't let you report the prescription, just say what's wrong!" ”

Su Jicai said: "There is a honeysuckle medicine in the formula, but the residue in this medicine is not honeysuckle, but hook kiss, also known as Hu vine, big tea medicine, wild kudzu, poisonous root, mountain arsenic, it is a poisonous herb. ”

When Zhu Dayan heard this, he was so angry that he didn't care about his father's presence, and he was furious on the spot: "Bastard! What about the pharmacy handyman? Grab it! The fourth grandmother shivered all over her body, leaning against the wall and wanting to slip away.

The executive said: "I just heard from the porter that the black dog pushed a car out of the house in the middle of the night and has not returned!" It is said that he went out to deliver goods on the errand of the fourth grandmother! ”

"Fourth grandmother?" Zhu Dayan was stunned for a moment, and when he turned back again, he was already glaring angrily.

Chunmei was so frightened that she knelt on her knees and cried and begged: "Uncle spare your life!" The slave family really doesn't know! ”

Zhu Wuming's face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Take her down, take care of her!" ”

A few house slaves behind him stepped forward to take Chunmei down and take her out.

The senior executive said: "Although the pharmacy miscellaneous staff have not returned, the medicinal materials are all there, and now the medicinal materials imported from the house are stored in the garden basement, and you will know when you go." ”

The old man in the third room took his son, the stewards, and the upper and lower people around the outside of the basement, only to hear someone report inside: "My lord, except for the dozen boxes in the basement in front of the real medicine, the medicine in the back has been replaced!" ”

There was another person behind him: "Master, the other people in the pharmacy have already confessed, it was the fourth grandmother who teamed up with Heigouzi and others to replace and sell the medicinal materials, and the others did not participate." ”

Zhu Wuming's face was not good, Zhu Dayan was so angry that his hands trembled, knelt in front of his father, and said angrily: "The child is not strict in governing the family, and there is such a slut in the room, please punish my father." ”

Zhu Wuming was gloomy, and only after a while did he say, "What do you have to do with it?" Come on, sink all the sluts, pharmacy and others into the lake, and leave no one behind! ”

Everyone gasped, the ruthlessness of the three-room master can be regarded as insightful.

At this moment, someone ran into the garden, shouting as he ran: "Master, master, the eldest master of the long house has entered the door of the house, saying that he is coming to pick up Young Master Sun and return to the fortress......" Before the words were finished, the old man Zhu Wuzhan behind him had already stepped into the garden and looked at Zhu Wuming from a distance.

Another slave came in a panic, shouting as she ran, "Uncle! Uncle! Oh no! The third steward and Baya in the Huan Washroom were both killed! ”

Zhu Wuming hated it a lot, and he was most reluctant to show his tired ugliness in front of Zhu Wuzhan's younger brother, but he showed his face today. couldn't help but roar angrily: "What's wrong today? Rush to the market? Turning his head to look at Zhu Wuzhan, he tried his best to control and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing again?" ”

"Now, can't I, the head of the family, enter this Zhu family's mansion?" Zhu Wuzhan sneered, "I heard that there is a child named 'Liu Sheng' in this house, he is from my long house, I want to take him away!" The third brother won't refuse to let go, right? ”

At this time, I only heard the voice of Zhu Dafang, the young master of the sixth room, shouting: "Don't catch Liu Sheng!" I've killed him! ”

"What?" The two brothers, Zhu Wuzhan and Zhu Wuming, were shocked and shocked.

In the crowd, the executives watched coldly, pondered all kinds of things, and sighed heartily: "What a five-year-old demon barrier! What a good idea! ”