Chapter 294: Male Sheep and Female Tiger
The maid nodded, snapped, and closed the door.
Chen Wangshu was embarrassed, glanced at Yan Jue with disdain, turned around, and looked around with contempt, "Qiao Guanbai, Chen Changge, get out!" ”
As soon as her words fell, the two of them poked their heads out of the corner of the wall, followed by Mrs. Qiao, who was bored and eating finger orchid roots, and when she saw Chen Wangshu, Mrs. Qiao seemed to have seen her relatives.
"These two useless things, we just entered the door, and before we could finish speaking, we called people to drive them out. They said that the two of you were going to come in a while, so that people would know that we were together and that we were ready. ”
"Otherwise, call Yan Jue and say that the three envoys sent him to visit other orphans and widows, and they can tell him to eat behind closed doors? The braincase is really bad. I look at the magistrates of our Lin'an Mansion, they can't do anything like this...... It's no wonder that I can't dissect a corpse in ten days and half a month, and my hands are raw. ”
"I can only go to Huohuo Pig and Sheep, and the butchers around here are about to regard me as an enemy."
Chen Wangshu laughed, "What my sister-in-law said is not!" ”
When Chen Changge heard this, he muttered, "You are so powerful, didn't you go in too?" ”
When Mrs. Qiao heard this, she immediately stopped, she turned around with a fierce tiger, looked Chen Changge up and down, and slapped her face violently, "It just so happens that Master Zhang, ask me to talk to the officials of the yamen about how to dissect the corpse." ”
"I drew some pictures, but I didn't know whose braincase was on top, because it was a bit unlucky. I was thinking about using our old Joe's. Now look at it, you kid, just right! ”
When Chen Wangshu heard this, he slapped Chen Changge on the back, "Admit your mistake." ”
Chen Changge's face was as green as spinach, and he bowed, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong!" ”
If he is painted as a corpse in various dead forms, how can he mix it up in the Lin'an Mansion in the future!
He thought about it, glanced at Qiao Guanbai, who was trembling and waving at him, and decisively chose to stand behind Chen Wangshu.
In these days, rams are inferior to tigresses.
Mrs. Qiao snorted, didn't look at Chen Changge anymore, and grabbed Chen Wangshu's hand, "What now?" ”
Chen Wangshu blinked, stepped forward, and gently knocked on the door, the maid with a double bun opened the door again, revealing two eyes, "My wife has already said that the head of the family has settled in the earth, and the orphans and widows in the family don't want to cause trouble in their lives, please don't make people embarrassed." ”
"If you want to break into the house, then don't blame us for looking for a copy of the Imperial History."
Hearing this, Chen Wangshu nodded lightly and inserted a hand into the crack of the door to prevent the maid from closing the door.
"Madame's discrepancy, since we are already standing in front of the door, what does that mean? It shows that the old things have been recalled, and the calamity is like the flood that bursts the embankment, which cannot be stopped, and there is no escape. ”
As she spoke, she lowered her voice and said in a voice that only she and the maidservant could hear, "Look at your right diagonally, and look out of your spare eye, so that no one will notice." Did you see the door, and opened a crack. ”
"That family has been paying attention to this side, this alley is unremarkable, but their family moved here before and after Master Tao's accident, what is the purpose, you can think about it carefully."
She said, pausing, "And, lately, don't you feel like you've had eyes that are always staring at you?" ”
Chen Wangshu sighed, "The master's house is gone, you have no livelihood, orphans and widows, anyone can come to the door and bully them." Both adults and wives have backbones and don't want to cling to the powerful. But if the adult died in the line of duty, then the court will definitely posthumously crown the adult. The lady should not give alms, but she should not even give to the children of adults. ”
The maidservant looked hesitantly into the room, and thought that she had gotten permission from the inside, and opened the door a little.
Chen Wangshu turned around, waved heroically to several men, and strode in.
Although this small yard is not large, it is cleanly clean.
In the corner of the wall, there is a whole row of pickle jars, and as soon as you enter the door, you can smell the smell of sauerkraut.
Mrs. Tao was not very old, a woman in her thirties, dressed in plain clothes, standing a little cramped in the middle of the courtyard, and in the hall behind her, three children were patting and sitting, holding pens and writing.
In the room to the west, the coughing of the old man could be heard from time to time.
Mrs. Tao looked around a little embarrassed, not knowing where to let everyone sit down, so she gritted her teeth and led the four into the main house.
"It's not a good tea, and it makes you laugh. My family comes from a remote village, and I am the daughter of his master. This lady is right, we are destitute, orphans and widows, and indeed we have no livelihood. ”
"Since the adulthood, my in-laws have both fallen ill. I had planned to take the family back to my hometown when the weather warmed up. But the strangers who have come to this neighborhood have suddenly become more numerous. ”
"After my husband became a scholar, he did the imperial history for many years, and only five years ago did he enter the Yamen of the Third Division. In the past, when we were doing imperial history, we often had this situation. ”
"I guess he's got something big going on. But I never thought of it...... Today, I suddenly heard two magistrates say that my husband's death is strange, and I don't know whether to believe it or not. ”
"Second, you have also seen that our family, women and children, this small family, really can't stand any storms."
However, Mrs. Tao said, looking at Chen Wangshu seriously, "Madame is right, that family is indeed suspicious, the day after my husband returned from Shudi, they moved over." ”
"I remember very clearly, the lady of that house is good at making wine. After moving here, she gave a small jar of her own wine to every household in this alley. And in my family, my husband is the only one who drinks. ”
Chen Wangshu and Yan Jue glanced at each other, and praised themselves from the bottom of their hearts.
She is not the granddaughter of the old god stick, originally she saw that the small wooden sign with the word Li Zhai hanging on the door of the house was exceptionally new, and she looked at the Spring Festival couplets, which contained the meaning of housewarming, thinking that they should be new to move in not long ago.
It happened to be used to trick people, and I talked about it first, but I never expected that it would be a suspicious character.
"That's right, so, madam, please allow us to open the coffin of Lord Tao for an autopsy. We can't let him go unclear, let the murderer of Lord Tao go unpunished. ”
Mrs. Tao hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, "Okay." ”
Mrs. Qiao gave Chen Wangshu a thumbs up, didn't say a word, picked up the big cage she was lying on the ground and left.
"Shall you go now?" Mrs. Tao panicked.
"Go now, lest you have too many long nights. Madame, don't worry, I have prepared all the incense and candle scriptures, and I will not disturb Lord Tao's peace. ”