Chapter Fifty-Nine: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
"Stop!"
Su Muling shouted loudly, so frightened that Su Wanqing held the box and froze in place.
Su Muling glanced at her, walked up to Ru Yan, took her hand away, and frowned.
"Who hit it?"
Ru Yan glanced at Su Wanqing timidly, but she didn't squeak, and the tears in her eyes rolled down again.
"I did. She is a subordinate, and she dares to block me from entering the house. Su Wanqing didn't dare to squeak when she saw Ru Yan, and the momentum that had been curbed after seeing Su Muling rose a little higher.
"Not really. When the second lady came back, she went to the master's study and rummaged around, as if she was looking for something. Then I went into the old man's house, and I told her that the old man was not at home, and persuaded her to look for something, and wait for the eldest lady to come back, and the second lady would beat me when she came up. ”
"Cherish the spring, let someone help my aunt go to my yard and find Dr. Chu to show my aunt." Ru Yan is pregnant, so you have to be careful.
"Yes."
Xichun called the girl who usually served Ru Yan over and helped her down.
"What are you looking for?"
Su Muling didn't bother with her, and went straight to the point.
"I ...... I'm looking for a ring that my mother gave me. ”
Su Wanqing was a little weak-hearted, the last time she drugged Su Muling, Su Muling did not follow up, but she knew that the eldest sister would not spare her easily.
"Found it?"
Su Muling looked at her with disdain.
"Not yet."
"None? Isn't it time for Ming'er to go through my house? ”
Su Muling picked up the portrait of her mother from the mess on the ground.
It was more than ten years ago that Su Haoran asked the most famous painter in Songjiang to paint his mother, when her mother was pregnant with her, with her hands lightly placed on her slightly convex lower abdomen, smiling quietly!
Gently wipe off the dust with a handkerchief and hang it back on the wall. Su Muling's teeth clenched tightly, as if he could hear the sound of rubbing.
"Not necessarily. My mother's stuff, you won't keep. ”
Something as important as a map would not be placed by my father in someone else's place. So Su Muling's house is not worth the risk. Su Wanqing's brain turned fast enough, and this excuse was good enough.
"In that case. Drop-off. ”
Su Wanqing's move was clearly to find a map. She must have inquired that her father had gone to sea, so she came back at this time, and Su Muling couldn't give her this opportunity.
"Eldest sister, you can't drive me away. No matter what, I am also the daughter of the Su family, don't let my daughter go back to the door, aren't you afraid that outsiders will scold you for being ruthless? ”
"Am I ruthless? No matter how ruthless I was, I didn't put my sister in my man's bed. Su Wanqing, don't think I don't know the purpose of your return this time? Want Daddy's map, you died of this heart before it was too late. ”
If it weren't for the use of keeping her, Su Muling hated to abolish her now.
Su Wanqing was taken aback: How did she know that she came back to find a map? No one knows about this except Song Mingjie and himself.
"Mother Liu, please let the second lady out." Su Muling's voice was gloomy and terrifying.
"Second Miss, please." Mother Liu lifted the curtain.
"You guys? What right do you have to drive me away? I am the second lady of the Su family. Su Wanqing kept retreating, stepping on something on the ground and almost falling.
Finally got through the door, she couldn't leave so easily. Besides, the map hasn't been found yet, and her mission hasn't been completed yet.
"Mother Liu, give her a ride."
"Yes."
Mother Liu beckoned, and two sturdy mothers-in-law came in, these mothers-in-law would not pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, one person and one head, and put Su Wanqing out. Throw it directly outside the gate.
The subordinates brought by Su Wanqing were also driven out one by one by the nurses.
There were many pedestrians passing in front of Su's house, and they all paused to watch when they saw this.
Su Wanqing was kicked out of the family and lost all the people, and when she saw someone watching, she took out her handkerchief and began to cry, scolding Su Muling for being cold-hearted and ruthless, and not letting her return to the door while her father was not at home.
Everyone didn't know the reason, and they followed the discussion and scolded Su Muling. No wonder she divorced after half a year of marriage, it turned out that she was such a heartless person.
Su Wanqing cried for a long time, it was almost dark, and she was hungry, so she asked her mother-in-law to help her up, find an inn to live in first and then think about anything else.
The next day, Su Wanqing knocked on the door of the Li family.
……
On the fifteenth day of this day, the moon hung high, and the earth was white, as if wrapped in a light veil.
A ladder was put on the outer wall of the back door of the Su family, and by the moonlight, a person climbed over the outer wall and entered the wall, looked around, and carefully opened the courtyard door. A petite man was let in.
The two men touched the main courtyard, and just took two steps forward, a deafening dog bark sounded in their ears, and the little man jumped up in fright.
In an instant, the courtyard was brightly lit, and a group of courtyard guards surrounded them with torches, surrounding the two of them tightly.
Two of the guards each held a big wolf dog, and the dog was barking at Su Wanqing and another man who came in from the back door, and their bodies struggled forward.
At this time, the door of the house opened, and Su Muling walked out of Su Haoran's room, looking at the two of them and shouting:
"Grab it."
At the sound of an order, several nursing homes rushed up and tied the two of them tightly with the ropes that had been prepared for a long time.
"Eldest sister, it's me. Let me go. ”
Su Wanqing never expected that the inner courtyard of the Su family would be so heavily guarded, and she regretted that she had acted rashly.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be the young lady of the Song family, what is the intention of the young lady Song in the middle of the night and the thieves to collude and sneak into my house?"
Su Muling circled around them, as if she had just recognized her.
"Wait, eldest lady, it's not a villain, it's me, I'm Li Zhibo, it's the cousin of the Li family. Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. When the man heard Su Muling call himself a villain, he was anxious.
It turned out that this man was Li Xiuyi's youngest son Li Zhibo. When Su Muling recruited his son-in-law, the Yuan family recruited him in, and Su Haoran saw that he didn't learn and didn't know, and he spent a lot of time drinking and drinking a lot of women around him all day long and didn't agree.
"Li Zhibo? Hehe! It turned out that the Li family was so depressed that they needed to steal for a living. ”
"No, I didn't, yes...... Cousin Qing wanted to go home, but she was afraid that the eldest lady would not want to, so she asked me to send her back. Li Zhibo's eyes rolled and an idea came up.
"Su Muling, let go of me. When I go back to my own house, why do you tie me up? ”
How to say that it is also the wife of a dignified official, she was tied up by Su Muling as a thief in public, Su Wanqing's old face was lost, and she ordered angrily.
"Let you go? Give you another chance to scourge the Su family? Su Muling sneered.
"Butler, lock up in the firewood room, and see the official tomorrow."
"Su Muling, I just want to go home, are you so ruthless? It's not the face of the Su family that dragged me to see the official? ”
Su Wanqing didn't want to be arrested as a thief, and she was embarrassed when she arrived at the official mansion, not to mention it, for fear that she would be hit a few times. Now there is only the excuse of going home to make up for this panic.
"Don't go yet."
Seeing the housekeeper's hesitation, Su Muling's voice became a little colder. Mother Liu, who was following on the side, hated him and scolded him.
Cao Gui knew that he shouldn't have compassion at this time, so he hurriedly agreed.
"Yes, take away. Locked up in the firewood room, a few of you are guarding outside, and you can't make a mistake. ”
"Su Muling, you let go of me, you can't do this to me. I am the second lady of the Su family, and my father will come back to settle accounts with you...... Su Muling...... Cao Gui, you dead slave, you dare to lock me up, when my father comes back, I can't kill you......"
Su Wanqing shouted all the way and was taken to the firewood room in the backyard.
Li Zhibo is also like a frosted eggplant, also wilted.
Yesterday, Su Wanqing came to him and asked him to help steal something from Su's house, and promised to give him 1,000 taels of silver after the matter was completed.
Since Li Xiuyi was arrested, the Li family has plummeted. Not to mention spending a lot of money, even the silver that goes out to have a drink with fox friends and dog friends is not easy to ask.
Now that Su Wanqing has given him the opportunity to make money, how can Li Zhibo not want it? But he never expected that he would be arrested before he could enter the door.
Su Wanqing and Li Zhibo sat in the firewood room. Su Wanqing was tired of scolding, sat on the ground and panted, and Li Zhibo hung his head without saying a word. My father helped my aunt to harm the eldest lady several times, but she didn't succeed, and she was exiled to the Northland, where her life and death were uncertain. Now that he has been bewitched by Su Wanqing and has been caught, Li Zhibo regrets this!
At dawn, Su Wanqing and Li Zhibo were sent to the government.
The county ordered Lord Xing to open a court to try the case, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the case was closed.
Li Zhibo was sentenced to 40 canes and 10 years in prison for burglary. Su Wanqing was sentenced to 20 rods and fined 5,000 taels of silver, and those who paid the silver could take it away.
It is said that an attempted burglary should not be sentenced so severely, but who offended them was the Su family.
A few days ago, Lord Xing learned that the Su family had some old friends with the Ningjun Mansion in the capital, and the prince of the county still stayed in the Su family to eat and live.
Wuying took the sign of the guards of his Ningjun Palace, and said a few "good words" for Su Wanqing and Li Zhibo in front of the county order. Lord Xing is naturally willing to sell for the prince of Ningjun. And this sentencing was also ruled by Wuying.
Doesn't Li Xiuyi have many sons? Then lock up one. Didn't Su Wanqing want to ask for silver from Su Muling? Then let her ransom her with the silver.
Su Muling listened to Fengying's sentence and was very satisfied.
I chose a set of thousands of taels of tea sets from my own shop and asked people to send them to Lord Xing. She is not afraid of people saying that she is bribing, and with Xiao Wenxuan as her strong backing, even the prefect will not dare to beat her idea.
When the news of Su Wanqing's arrest reached the Song family, Song Mingjie was so angry that she scolded her for being brainless, and she was more than successful and defeated.
The idea was outstanding for Song Ming, but he let Su Wanqing act in secret. Unexpectedly, Su Wanqing returned to Su's house and saw that the master was not there, so she used the most direct and violent means, but she didn't get the things, and she lost 5,000 taels.
But the news that the young lady of the Song family entered the cell is not good, Song Mingjie's official luck is enough to carry it, he is afraid that because of this matter, he will find the handle again, so he hurriedly sent someone to Songjiang for five thousand taels of silver to redeem the person.
Su Wanqing is currently a piece of chicken ribs in Song Mingjie's eyes, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless.
kicked her into the house with a foot that was not very neat, and Song Mingjie ordered: Su Wanqing must not be let out without his order.
Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Muling calculated that Xiao Wenxuan should be back soon. I don't know if he will stop in Songjiang or go directly to the capital to resume his life.
In the past few days, the spring rain has been raining non-stop, and Su Muling, who has not been out for a few days, suddenly had a headache at dinner.
She put down her chopsticks and went to the window.
"Cherish the spring."
"Miss." Xichun followed to the window.
"Call Shadowless here."
After a while, Shadowless came to the outside room wearing a cloak.
"Did you have a letter from You'an today?"
"Miss Hui, no."
Since Xiao Wenxuan arrived in Qingzhou, he would write to her almost every day or two, either to report his safety, or to tell her about what he had seen there and the situation after the disaster. But recently, it has been nearly ten days, and she hasn't received a word from him, and Su Muling can't sit still.
"I suddenly have a sense of foreboding, I'm afraid that You'an is in trouble, you go and pick him up, it's best if nothing happens."
"But the prince asked his subordinates not to leave Miss." Wuying is worried about his master, and he is not worried about Su Muling.
"I'm okay here, you go and get back quickly."
"Yes."
Shadowless finished speaking and disappeared into the rain.
A day passed, Wuying did not come back, Xiao Wenxuan still had no news, and Su Muling began to fidget.
At night, the rain was still falling, and Su Muling was completely sleepy. When it was three quarters into the ugly hour, the sleepy Su Muling just wanted to close his eyes, when he heard the sound of heavy objects falling in the yard.
Su Muling got up vigilantly, took out a dagger from under the pillow, quickly hid to the window, and looked out by the moonlight......