Hearing the empty drum beat from the Qiaolou in the distance, it was the third watch, Zhang Yuan was running around for a while, and was bathing at this time, Wu Ling was helping to add water on the side, and heard the wooden door knocking lightly, Mu Zhenzhen's voice said: "Xiao Wu, is the young master taking a bath, I will wash the young master's clothes." ”

Wu Ling said: "Change your clothes here, Sister Zhenzhen, you come in and get them." ”

Mu Zhenzhen pushed the door in, holding a bamboo basket in her hand, she had just bathed, her long hair was still a little shiny in the light, obviously still wet, as soon as she came in, she saw Zhang Yuan sitting naked in the bathtub, although she only showed her upper body, but she was also embarrassed and blushed, and quickly bent down to pick up Zhang Yuan's changed clothes into the bamboo basket, turned around to go out, but stood still, neither left, nor turned around, I don't know what to hesitate?

Zhang Yuan looked at the back of this fallen girl with long legs and a thin waist, and asked, "Zhenzhen, what's the matter?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen turned around slowly, but suddenly knelt down to Zhang Yuan, and said with tears in his eyes: "Young Master, I'm sorry-"

Zhang Yuan rested his elbows on the edge of the barrel, sat up straight, and said strangely: "I'm sorry for what you say, hurry up." ”

Mu Zhenzhen cried: "It's all bad for the maid, and it affects the eldest lady and aunt, as well as the young master-"

It turned out that it was for this, Zhang Yuan leaned back to make himself sit more comfortable, and said, "You get up and talk first, if you don't get up, I'll get up." ”

Wu Ling on the side covered his mouth and smiled.

Mu Zhenzhen quickly stood up, she didn't laugh, she couldn't laugh, she saw that the young master was suing for her matter today, and her aunt was scolded by Mrs. Lu to the point that her head was bleeding, she was very sad, but she didn't know how to remedy it, if the young master scolded her, it would be better, but the young master didn't scold her - Zhang Yuan said: "Oh, it turned out to be this thing, then where do you say you can't stand me?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "The servant is in trouble." ”

Zhang Yuan asked, "Why are you causing trouble?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen looked at the young master a little blankly, and said, "The maid hit someone." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Shouldn't you be beaten, do you like to be robbed?" ”

"No, no, no." Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly shook his head, the long hair scattered behind him fluttered, but it was eye-catching, "The maid feels that she has caused trouble for the young master and the eldest lady, and she is very sorry." I thought to myself: "If I had beaten those people away and came back by myself, why should I arrest the servant woman as a witness, I thought that those people were coming for the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Zhenzhen, let me tell you, next time if you encounter such a thing, you will have to beat me hard, if you are weak, I don't like it, you know?" ”

Wu Ling said: "Yes, hit hard, but it's a pity that I'm not here today, I didn't see Sister Zhenzhen show her skills, and I regret dying." ”

Mu Zhenzhen was finally amused and laughed, but said again: "But this time it's a lot of trouble, and it hurts the eldest lady-"

Zhang Yuan interrupted her and said: "This is a fierce medicine for a chronic disease, my sister was wronged in the Lu family for not one or two days, let my sister go back with us this time, if Lu Zhaofang is unrepentant, there will be hardships, the Lu family does not dare to do anything to my sister, one Songjiang Dong family is enough for Mr. Lu to beg grandpa to tell grandma, what else can he do!" He said in his heart: "I hope that my brother-in-law will no longer be just a fool and filial piety after this incident, and it is great filial piety to revitalize his voice." ”

Wu Ling said: "Yes, what are you afraid of, as long as my uncle is good to the eldest lady." ”

Mu Zhenzhen was still a little uneasy and asked, "Young Master, it really doesn't matter?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It doesn't matter, if you really do something wrong, I will definitely scold you, don't look for scolding now, hurry up and wash your clothes and rest." ”

Mu Zhenzhen smiled at this time, blessed the young master, and went out with a bamboo basket.

Wu Ling said at this time: "Does the young master feel that Sister Zhenzhen is getting more and more beautiful?" Seeing Zhang Yuan turn his head to look at him, Wu Ling was also very clever, and said busily: "Xiao Wu just said, there is no other meaning." "Sister Zhenzhen is obviously a young master's person, how dare he Xiao Wu think about it, how can he do it without such a little eyesight.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "You mean to say that she is really beautiful, so she always causes trouble, right, last time it was Dong Zuchang who wanted to buy her, and this time it was Lu Yangfang?" ”

Wu Ling said continuously: "Yes, that's what Xiao Wu meant." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Those people don't treat slaves and maids as people, they think they can buy and sell casually, they are really beautiful, especially when the nunchucks are in hand, she used to sell fruits in Dashan Temple, her clothes were ragged, and she was still young and unnoticed, but now she has grown up, and she is wearing a new dress that fits, so naturally there are lustful people who covet it." ”

Wu Ling suggested: "Sister Zhenzhen can tie the small pan dragon stick around her waist in the future, you don't have to hide it, and you can dance with it in your hand if you have nothing to do, so that those lustful people will be afraid and dare not provoke them." ”

Zhang Yuan laughed and said repeatedly: "Good idea, good idea." ”

…… The next morning, Zhang Yuan got up a little later, Lu Tao had already been ordered by his mother to go to the county prison to visit his younger brother Lu Yangfang, the jailers knew that Lu Yangfang was the second son of Lu Zhaoshen, but they did not embarrass Lu Yangfang, but squatted in the cold cell all night, Lu Yangfang was extremely frightened, when he saw Lu Tao coming, he threw himself on the fence and cried, begging his brother to save him quickly - Lu Tao saw that the second brother was much haggard overnight, and the frightened look made him feel sad when he looked at it, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, I will take care of this prison." , it won't make you suffer, but your sin this time is not small, and it's useless for me to plead, I have to wait for my father to come back. ”

Lu Yangfang hurriedly said: "Then hurry up and let someone go to Huating to call Daddy back." ”

Lu Tao said: "I have already sent someone to Huating, but Daddy will not be able to rush back until tomorrow evening at the earliest." After comforting the second brother for a while, he went back to his mother to return to his life, and just turned around and didn't walk a few steps, he heard Lu Yangfang shouting behind him: "Brother, I know it's wrong, Brother forgive me once." ”

Lu Tao came back to see that the second brother Lu Yangfang's head couldn't come out, so he only stretched out his hand and kept shaking.

Lu Tao's heart was sour, this is his own brother, although yesterday he instigated in front of his old mother, which was extremely bad, but now looking at his brother's pitiful appearance, he really can't hate it, and responded: "It's good to know your mistakes, I'll come to see you again in the evening." ”

After dotting the jailers and prisons, and then going to the torture room to send five taels of silver, Lu Tao took the servant Lu Dayou home, and first went to report to his mother Liu about the situation of the second brother, and Liu cried: "Fang'er has suffered like this, this doesn't frighten him." ”

Lu Yangfang's wife Wang on the side also cried sadly.

Liu said: "Tao'er, can't you let your brother-in-law go to the county magistrate to withdraw the lawsuit, that Zhang Yuan is too ruthless, and he opened the door to let someone arrest Fang'er, it's really hateful!" ”

At this time, if Lu Yangfang is a little provoked on the side, Liu's anger will rise, fortunately, Lu Yangfang is still in prison, and Liu's only cares about Lu Yangfang's safety, and he can't care about hating Zhang Yuan - Lu Tao said: "Zhang Yuan is going back to Shanyin today, he is also a young man, he can't swallow this breath, as soon as he leaves, no one will pursue the case of the second brother, and the second brother will be released soon." ”

Liu said: "Then let him go quickly, hurry up." ”

Lu Tao said: "Ruoxi wants to take Lu Chun and Lu Jie back to Shanyin to visit her mother, and she said that her father had agreed before going to Huating, and her son would let her say goodbye to her mother later." ”

Liu Shi said with a straight face: "No need to resign, let her go." ”

Lu Tao returned to the small courtyard and said this to Ruoxi, Ruoxi said: "If you don't say goodbye to your aunt, how can you return to Ning without permission." Immediately took Lu Chun and Lu Jie to the compound, and quietly told the two children on the way to say something, Lu Chun and Lu Jie nodded and said, "Remember, mother." ”

Seeing the grandmother Liu, Lu Chun and Lu Jie immediately stepped forward and kowtowed, and then looked up with two small faces, and the six-year-old Lu Chun said: "Eldest mother, my grandson is going to visit my grandmother in Sanyin, and I have come to say to my grandmother, my grandson will miss my grandmother, and my grandmother has chestnut cakes to keep for my grandson." ”

Lu Jie said: "Mother, I also want to eat chestnut cake, and my mother doesn't want to give it all to my brother." ”

Liu's age is nearly sixty, just these two grandchildren, Liu's don't like the eldest son Lu Tao, but he still likes these two grandchildren very much, seeing the two of them coming, he frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "You two think about the eldest mother, don't you think about the eldest mother's cakes?" ”

Lu Chun and Lu Jie got up, took their mother Ruoxi's hand left and right, and Lu Chun said: "No, my grandson misses my eldest mother the most, and my eldest mother loves my grandson the most." ”

Four-year-old Lu Jie said: "My mother loves me more. ”

The two children quarreled again.

Liu Shi hurriedly said: "Come here, come here." He took his two grandchildren in his arms and coaxed: "You two, your mother likes it, and you love it the same." Looking up at Zhang Ruoxi, who was standing timidly on the side, he snorted coldly and said, "You, it's better than two children." ”

Ruoxi hurriedly knelt down, and when Lu Chun and Lu Jie saw their mother kneeling, they also broke away from their grandmother's arms, knelt beside their mother, looked up at their grandmother with their little faces, and looked at their grandmother innocently with big black eyes.

Liu sighed and said: "Get up, get up-Ruoxi, I won't say much about you in front of the two children, if you still have a conscience, you should reflect on yourself, this time you go to Shanyin and only take care of my two grandchildren, otherwise-" Don't say anything unlucky, change your words and ask: "Then when will you come back?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi didn't dare to say that he would stay in Shanyin until the end of the year, but said: "I'll come back in a few months when Lu Lang is free to pick him up." ”

Liu's family was too lazy to talk to Zhang Ruoxi more, not for the sake of the two grandchildren's faces, she was going to scold Ruoxi today, think about it, forget it, more is better than less, the most important thing now is to rescue Lu Yangfang, Ruoxi went back to her parents' house for a while, so as to save yourself from looking upset - Liu asked the maid to take out the cakes for the two grandchildren to eat, and then asked Ruoxi to take the two children out, and said: "Ruoxi, I told you directly, your younger brother should not come again in the future, my Lu family does not welcome him." ”

Ruoxi came out of the courtyard, wiped her tears and led the two children away, Lu Chun and Lu Jie were silent, and after walking for a while, Lu Jie raised her head and asked: "Mother, didn't my brother and I speak well in front of my eldest mother?" ”

Ruoxi squatted down and hugged the two children, and said with a tearful smile: "You two are very good, if you weren't here, how would my mother dare to come alone." ”

Only then did the two children come to life.

(To be continued)