Chapter 8: Murder of Husband
After talking for a while, Liu Chengfeng took Wen Chenxi back to rest.
The hall was silent for a moment.
Although it was daytime, the light in the room was dim, so the little maids lit a few oil lamps, and the lights of the beans flickered, illuminating the old lady's face red.
The old lady sat cross-legged on the couch, put the wind stick across his knees, and said slowly: "This grandson-in-law is not as unbearable as you said, they all say that reading and medical skills are not separated, and Nian quietly has such a wonderful hand, presumably learning is also good, but it's a pity that the fame has been removed, otherwise our Wen family may not be able to really produce a jinshi." ”
Wen Zheng listened to the old lady's words, and made a gesture to drink tea, neither affirming nor objecting.
The old lady sighed and continued: "Anyway, this grandson-in-law, the old body is recognized, as for what you just said, don't mention it again in the future, there is still something for you to do." ”
Wen Zheng was a little unhappy in his heart, but he still said, "What does my mother command?" ”
The old lady smiled faintly and said: "Since Chenxi's illness has been cured, the old body can be regarded as relieved, but this grandson-in-law will be regarded as a member of the Wen family after all, and now he has made a name for himself, so he can't be asked to go back to the beach, right?" You are his father-in-law, so it is better to arrange an errand for him in the town government department. ”
Wen Zheng frowned again and again when he heard this, he was really afraid of something, in fact, this time Wen Chenxi got married, he was also a figure with a head and a face in the command of the brocade guard, and now he recruited such an unknown son-in-law, he couldn't raise his head in front of his colleagues, and there were many daughters of a thousand households in the guard, and there were many people who married into the Houmen.
In the past, when I recruited my son-in-law, I was sick and rushed to the doctor, and I couldn't take care of it so much, but now that I think about it, I feel a little unbearable on my face. Wen Zheng is now afraid that others will think of the relationship between himself and Liu Chengfeng, and if he wants to arrange Liu Chengfeng into the guard, he doesn't know how people will laugh behind their backs.
Wen Zheng coughed and said: "Mother, let's talk about this matter slowly, after all, Chenxi's illness is just healing, and there must be someone to take care of him, besides, he is a scholar, and the prison may not be able to do it, so I will think of a way." ”
The old lady sat firmly on the couch and did not move, but her cloudy eyes had a sharpness that penetrated people's hearts, and she glanced at Wen Zheng carelessly, and then said lightly: "What do you think, the old body will not know?" You're the one who is afraid that this grandson-in-law will lose you, hmph, what a bastard! You don't want to think about it, the old body is also from a small family, and it took you to marry your father, you dislike riding the wind, why don't you even dislike the old body? This matter must be fast, and I will ask you again in a few days. A good son-in-law who keeps it at home all day is a shame. Besides, the old man sees that his heart is not bad, and he is not bad at Chenxi, he is knowledgeable and understands medical skills, which one is not enough to be a captain in brocade clothes and a pro-army of the Son of Heaven? ”
Wen Zheng was scolded all over the place, so he had to reluctantly say: "Yes, the child will do it." He was most subservient to the old lady, and when he saw that the old lady showed signs of real anger, he didn't even have the last words of argument.
The old lady laughed and said, "That's right, it's not too early, you go to the court, you don't need to serve the old body." ”
Wen Zheng went out resignedly, and when he walked out of the old lady's room, his face suddenly turned blue, and it happened that a servant was talking with the girl under the eaves with his head bowed, and Wen Zheng shouted: "The old man raised you, did you let you steal here?" ”
The servant and the girl were startled, and they were too busy to kneel down to plead guilty, Wen Zheng snorted coldly and walked out of the house with his sleeves brushed.
The Yamen of the Nanzhen Mansion is adjacent to the Imperial Prison, and on the main street of the front gate, there are almost no pedestrians to be seen, and there are occasional passers-by passing by, seeing this quiet and terrifying Imperial Prison and the Imperial Prison of the Town Government, most of them are also lowering their heads and hurrying their steps.
Unlike the North Town Mansion Division, there are not many captains in the South Town Mansion Division, but the stone lion standing at the gate is angry and hideous, which makes everyone more awe-inspired.
Wen Zheng's command is almost equivalent to the head of the Nanzhen Mansion Division, and the three lieutenants of the Nanzhen Mansion Division all take his head as the leader. When his sedan chair arrived, the captain who was standing at the door with the Jinchun knife couldn't help but puff up his chest, and when Wen Zheng got off the sedan chair, the captain said in unison: "Hello, my lord." ”
Wen Zheng didn't pay attention to them, but walked through the hall steadily, arrived at the main hall with familiar steps, sat down on the case, and in an instant, the old priest came to send the captains, generals, and officials who reported from the Beizhen Mansion Division to the illegal Wenzong, in addition, the Nanzhen Mansion Division is also in charge of the information collected from various places, and the relationship is not small.
Wen Zheng first took a sip of hot tea slowly, if it was usual at this time, he would have begun to pass through the Wenzong, but today it was very strange, he lightly put the tea cup on the case, casually picked up an unopened document and did not open it, but said casually: "Is there a vacancy in the Beizhen Mansion Department recently?" ”
was asked, of course, it was the old priest who was sorting out the documents for Wen Zheng, and the old clerk hurriedly said: "Back to the Lord Shi, there is a vacancy in the Thousand Households Office in the West City of Beijing, there is a school captain who has died and has no heirs to inherit it, and the Thousand Households Lord of the Inner West City has already reported to the Beizhen Mansion Division, and it is estimated that he wants his nephew to replace him." ”
Wen Zheng said lightly: "Nephew? His eyebrows furrowed, and he said with a bit of anger: "What does Liu Zhongxia of Inner West City think of the guard?" Today I brought in a nephew, and tomorrow I called in a nephew, this is the Son of Heaven's army, not a place where his surname Liu eats people's heads. Later, you go to the division and say that Liu Zhongxia's nephew can't come in. ”
There are a total of three yamen in Jinyiwei, one is the Department of History, followed by the Department of the North and South Town Governments, which has been supervised by the Department of Jinyi Wei's official documents, transcription and file sealing, as well as the entry of Jinyiwei, the Nanzhen Government Department is a full-time military law, and the North Town Government Department is the executive agency. As a commander, it is certainly not a problem to go through the division to entertain you.
The old priest hurriedly responded: "The villain will go to the division later, I don't know what else the adults have to order?" ”
Wen Zheng's face gradually softened, and he took a leisurely sip of tea from the teacup before he said: "There is a person surnamed Liu, I heard that he is quite capable, called Liu Chengfeng, who is from a white family, let him replace the vacancy in Inner West City." But when you go to go through the dredging of the division, don't say that I recommended it, just say that it is your distant relative. ”
A trace of understanding flashed in the old official's eyes, and he said with a smile: "The villain understands, the villain has a distant relative named Liu Chengfeng, a pure and innocent family. ”
Wen Zheng smiled quietly, flicked his sleeves and said, "Go ahead, come and repay early." ”
The reason why Wen Zheng was reluctant to recommend in person was that he was afraid that Liu Zhongxia would not be convinced, although with Wen Zheng's identity, Liu Zhongxia did not dare to do anything, but after all, he still scolded Liu Zhongxia for appointing a private person, and at this time, he came out halfway, and his face was a little unbearable.
On the other hand, the old lady asked Wen Zheng to find an errand for Liu Chengfeng, and Wen Zheng had to respond, but in this health center, he was not willing to arrange Liu Chengfeng to his side, naturally the farther away from him, the better, it was best for everyone not to know the relationship between the two Weng and son-in-law, and in the future, this nerd made any jokes in Jinyiwei, and he didn't have to get involved.
"This nerd, let him fend for himself in the Thousand Households, and when he suffers in the future, he will retreat sooner or later." Wen Zheng thought so in his heart, picked up the document again, tore open the seal, and slowly flipped through it.
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Liu Chengfeng and Wen Chenxi came out of the old lady's living room to say goodbye, along the way, the servants and maidservants came to salute from afar, calling Liu Chengfeng as an uncle, compared with before, these people's attitude towards Liu Chengfeng was much more respectful, Liu Chengfeng thought to himself, these people's ears and eyes are well-informed, presumably the change in the old lady's attitude towards himself has already spread in the house.
In a sense, Liu Chengfeng can be regarded as a temporary worker and has become the uncle of the Wen family, and the people who were disrespectful to him in the past did not dare to disobey at this time.
This feeling is not too good, nor is it bad, Liu Chengfeng does not want to continue to live in the Wen family, not that he has any arrogance, but he doesn't like the constraints of so many rules.
Talking and laughing with Wen Chenxi and returning to the bedroom, Wen Chenruo came early in the morning, and said angrily to Liu: "I have been serving a copper basin for two days, what is the use of this copper basin?" ”
Wen Chenxi was a little tired, so she sat down on the couch to rest first, and Liu Chengfeng smiled at Wen Chenruo: "What copper basin?" ”
Wen Chenruo listened to Liu Chengfeng's rhetorical question, his eyes were on fire, and he said viciously: "You told me to stand under the eaves with a copper basin." ”
After Wen Chenruo's prompt, Liu Chengfeng suddenly realized and said, "Oh, it turns out that this is the case, I just think Chenruo looks good with a copper basin." ”
It's just that...... Pretty...... That's it......
Wen Chenruo's little ** was already violently rugged, obviously angry, his silver teeth were clenched, his hands were clenched into fists, and he said angrily: "I thought it was for my sister's treatment, it turned out that you were playing tricks on me, dog thief, take your life!" ”
Liu Chengfeng had long been wary of this girl, and as soon as Wen Chen's body moved, he had already retreated, and hurriedly shouted: "Oh no, the second lady murdered her husband." ”
Wen Chenruo was so angry that a layer of blush appeared on his face, and his face was frosty: "Nonsense, dare to speak cleverly!" ”
Liu Chengfeng laughed and said: "Murdering your brother-in-law, in short, isn't it murdering your husband?" ”
The two of you said a word to me, sarcastically mocking each other, so that Wen Chenxi, who was sitting on the edge of the collapse, couldn't help laughing, and said: "Okay, okay, the family is like an enemy, Chenruo, your brother-in-law has something to do later, you come over to embroider with your sister." ”
Wen Chenruo pouted and said, "What can he do?" Sister, you haven't recovered yet, what are you doing embroidery? That's it, I'm going to go out for a walk, it's too boring to be locked up here. ”
Hearing the word embroidery, Wen Chenruo ran so fast that he couldn't avoid it at all.