Chapter 18: Prison Break
Peony was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was hallucinating, and subconsciously looked at Ming Jin, but the latter naturally replied: "I called her here, but I didn't know my grandmother's side, this is not appropriate, if she comes, it is equivalent to offending grandmother." Someone will always tell her about it, either from her grandmother's people, or..."
Ming Jin paused and said, "My brother will tell her too." ”
Peony knew that the lord had three children under his knees, except for Ming Jin, the other two were concubines, the second daughter Xie Mingyue, and the third son Xie Zhiling.
These two people are compatriots of the same mother, even if they have no feelings, they will be united because of the interests threatened by Mingjin's existence.
Compared with Xie Mingyue's delicate hostility, Xie Zhilin is the biggest threat to the girl, even if it is just a concubine, but after all, he is the only son, if the girl is still in such an antagonistic relationship with the lord now, everything in the future lord is likely to be inherited by him, if the latter is also hostile to the girl, then the girl will have a lot of trouble.
"Ao, I understand, so the girl is deliberately testing the third young master, look at him...."
"It's not."
Peony's speculation was neatly rejected by Ming Jin.
"I'm still tempting my sister Yueyue."
Although Ming Jin was smiling, there was a depth in his eyes, "See if she has been tamed by my grandmother, and see if she really dislikes me." ”
What would her grandmother have raised her son's concubine to be: rude, stupid, easy to control, and not threatening her position.
Anyway, it's just a concubine.
At least not like her mother.
The old lady is indeed such a person.
I like to use everyone else as a pawn.
Peony was suddenly, but she noticed one more thing, and the girl had said in advance, "No." ”
That is to make sure that the dead girl will not come.
Does this mean that the girl is not optimistic about the situation of the Xie family?
The atmosphere was quiet for a while, Ming Jin drank a small pot of sake, slightly sleepy, and Peony was carefully packing up his things, when he suddenly heard a report from the servants outside.
"Girl, the fourth girl has brought someone over."
Peony was surprised, and Ming Jinben, who had just said that the other party would not come, was stunned with his drowsy eyebrows, and there was confusion on his face.
Is it coming?
Could it be that her brother didn't show up?
She pondered in a sleepy state, and after half a ring, she curled her lips and chuckled.
This sister's joys, sorrows, and sorrows are all on her face, and so are her behaviors.
It's not hard to guess what was in mind.
She rarely misjudges, but today's mistakes don't seem to be annoying.
"Actually, you don't hate me that much... Little Yellow Sparrow?"
After talking to herself, she smiled lowly, hoarse, gentle, and a little comfortable.
She finally slept peacefully.
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How could the old lady not know about the changes in Haiyue Tower, but there was not much movement, as always, it was dead and quiet, which made the rest of the Xie family more and more afraid to express their position, and only secretly lurked and watched, if it was not necessary, they would not enter in advance.
It is said that the Xie family seems to be full of wind and rain in the city, but Xie Mingyue, who really moved into Yunqian Building, trembled all night, even if she was determined to be a yellow bird, she also felt that she was in a dormant period, if this scheming sister attacked her, would she endure it or not?
In the midst of the entanglement, the grandmother she sent to investigate came to report.
"Sleeping? She actually slept! ”
Xie Mingyue, who was already very sleepy, and pulled her eyelids that were about to swell, and she was angry, and poured a big bowl of chicken soup made in the small kitchen.
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The next day, Ming Jin finally slept peacefully, and his complexion was much better, and it was also thanks to Xie Mingyue that he moved in, compared to when they first arrived, the people in Haiyue Lou knew more things, and they didn't need peony to go out to investigate, and they soon learned from these people what the meaning of the days after seven days was.
"Cousin Dong Qingxue's and courtesy?" Peony learned the news, and she was angry for a long time before she came over to report to Ming Jin, but looking at it, her girl was very calm, and asked who this cousin was.
"It's the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the big house of the owner, I heard that after the old lady came back from the capital, she liked her very much, and took her to the Xie family early to be pampered, and it has been many years."
Peony refused to mention other rumors she heard, such as the Xie family has long since lost its own place as a girl, such as the Xie family's most precious girl now.....
But she also knew that her girl was smart, and when she looked at her, the latter seemed to be smiling, and Peony could only blush slightly, clumsily changing the topic, "The girl doesn't seem to be very familiar with the old lady's mother's family." ”
Otherwise, I wouldn't even recognize Miss Cousin over there.
"Well, in the past, my grandfather and father didn't like the owner very much, and they rarely interacted with each other."
Peony's worries didn't come true, because Ming Jin didn't talk much about the old lady and the owner, and naturally he didn't mention the cousin.
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After freshening up, Ming Jin asked Peony to call Xie Mingyue.
Xie Mingyue was rude, and as soon as she entered the door, she was quite impatient, "Why did you call me early in the morning, do you want to say hello to you?" You're not a grandmother...."
"Breakfast."
Xie Mingyue was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had heard it wrong, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl, "What, you want to please me?" I'm telling you, I'm not that good...."
As soon as she saw the food on the table, she was about to sit down and immediately got up.
"I'd better go back and eat."
As a result, when Ming Jin looked up, she didn't dare to move, and said in a rambling voice: "What are you doing early, it's too cold, you eat all this in the countryside?" ”
The side dishes were served with porridge, and there was a stack of small white steamed buns, and the rest were gone.
"Nope." Ming Jin drank the water first and said, "Eat less than this, you came, so let them add more." ”
She is pampered in Zhuangzi, but not in terms of food, but in other aspects, but she will not tell Xie Mingyue this, and she is too lazy to take care of her verbosity, just eating by herself.
Xie Mingyue had no one to cheer on, it was boring to talk too much, and she didn't dare to leave, so she could only hold her breath and eat.
After eating a few bites, I think the taste is quite good, the side dishes are sweet and refreshing, the steamed buns are soft and mellow, and the small porridge is also very warm to the stomach.
"Not enough?" Ming Jin looked at her and asked.
"What? No, I can't eat it for a long time. Xie Mingyue blinked her mouth, "Eat, it's okay, it's okay, I'm leaving." ”
"You could have left, but since you've asked, it seems that you have time to spare, so let's wait first."
What are you waiting for? Naturally, wait for Ming to finish eating.
Xie Mingyue was a little impatient, muttering, "It's so slow to eat early...."
She was impatient and laughed at Mingjin, but after a while, her face turned red, because it was pleasing to the eye when she saw the person she hated chewing slowly, and she subconsciously remembered her eating habits, and in comparison, even if she thought highly of herself, she knew that she was dwarfed by the other party.
The grandmothers had taught her some etiquette before, but she didn't listen to it, and no one cared about it, and it became a habit over time.
Ming Jin didn't let people wait long, took care of it after eating, and left with Xie Mingyue.
Don't look at Yunqian Tower, which has not been lived in for so many years, but Xie Mingyue rarely comes, Mingjin noticed her small movements of looking around, and asked, "Haven't you been here much?" ”
"I'm not unusual, eerie." Xie Mingyue was disdainful, but she was very hot when she looked at the antique murals on the wall and on the shelves.
She knew that these were treasures and were worth a fortune.
"It's quite gloomy, it's good to open more windows in the future and brighten up the hall for a while, and if you come a few more times, you will get used to it."
Mingjin said with a smile, Xie Mingyue was surprised, carefully glanced at the former's back, and secretly thought: It sounds so good, but now it's just using me, and when the fight with my grandmother is over, it won't expel me.
She didn't answer Mingjin's words, but her eyes widened when she entered the study.
"Well... And more..."
Ming Jin thought she was going to talk a lot, but the latter paused and said, "Shelf." ”
The old grandmother who followed step by step on the side blushed, and she couldn't wait to cover the mouths of her four girls.
Ming Jin pondered for a moment, slightly amused: "Hmm... It's a lot of shelves. ”
Xie Mingyue's face was slightly red, and she snorted lightly, seeing Mingjin walk to the desk and take out a notebook and hand it to herself.
She suddenly felt like she was facing a great enemy, "What are you doing?!" ”
"Writing."
Ming Jin saw that she didn't answer, so he put the notebook on the side, sat down by himself, grinded it, and said, "If you don't want to write, you can go." ”
Xie Mingyue likes to go against people the most, except that the old lady made her dare not resist, and she was far from obeying Mingjin, so she pouted: "If I want to stay, can you still drive me away?" ”
"Naturally not, you can read books."
Ming Jin was not angry at all, and Gu Zi also took the calligraphy to practice calligraphy.
Xie Mingyue felt that this person was too boring, and taught people one by one, but when she was silent for a while, the whole world seemed to be quiet with her.
The bored Xie Mingyue could only take out a book to read, looking at it and getting sleepy, she didn't dare to sleep, for fear of losing face, and being ridiculed by this annoying sister, so she deliberately pulled it up, this person is also a person who doesn't understand academics, doesn't love female workers, and the things she is interested in are mostly strange anecdotes.
"You just mentioned the case of the only son of the Li family in the city..."
"Yes, I was murdered in an inn, but I didn't expect the murderer to be a husband and wife, especially that wife, it's really vicious and terrible."
Ming Jin lowered his eyes, pinched the pen, and asked lightly: "You said she was arrested, and..."
"Jailbreak!"
Xie Mingyue saw that Ming Jin was interested, as if she had found a way to show off, and immediately chattered.
"She is also very powerful, she was escorted back by the people of the yamen and put in prison, and she was already convicted of her guilt and wanted to be beheaded at noon, and she was stunned by the guards the night before and escaped, and I heard that when she left, she found the prison where her husband was imprisoned, and killed her husband, the means were very cruel, gouging out her eyes and cutting off her head, which is scary!"
"Now the yamen can be in chaos, although the news is suppressed, but some of the officers are not tight-mouthed, and they told their relatives and friends, but it is known all over the city overnight, and now the county guard is very angry, not only severely punishing the officers on duty that night, but also issuing four sea arrest warrants, and the whole city is under martial law."
In fact, it is a murder case, and the murderer is only a businessman and a wife, and the reason why the county is famous is not because the Li family is rich, but because the details of the case are too bizarre, and the means of the businesswoman Li Qingyue alone are enough to make the people in the city chew for a long time.
How can I think that people can still escape from prison.
It is comparable to a chaotic party, and it is like a martial arts master, which has opened the eyes of the people.
In fact, Ming Jin was also very surprised, just now I thought I had heard it wrong, but now I heard it in detail from Xie Mingyue's mouth, although there may be people who spread falsehoods, but probably it should be right.
Li Qingyue really escaped from prison.