497 Ladder crossing
When the old lady said this, the expression on her face seemed to be happy and sad. Her life is worth living in the eyes of others. When I was in my mother's house, I was loved by my parents, taken care of by my brother and sister-in-law, and humble by my younger siblings. When I arrived at my husband's house, I gave birth to four sons and two girls in one go. Jiangji Village is a well-known wealthy village, and her father-in-law and sons also competed to make the family prosperous. In other villages, she can't eat a meal of meat or wear a new dress during the New Year's holidays, which is not a problem for her at all.
There are all kinds of meat in the house, fine rice and white noodles, and she wears muslin, and occasionally she can even go to Tongzhou Mansion to buy a few pieces of silk to wear.
The food and clothing are good, and the father-in-law still makes a face for himself, and he will never let her take less things when she goes back to her parents' house...... If she is no longer satisfied in this life, she will be hypocritical in the eyes of others.
But there is a saying in this world, which is like a person drinking water, knowing whether he is warm or cold.
The old man also respected her, but there was a kind of alienation and indifference in addition to this respect. They even rested in separate rooms from the day of their wedding.
Couples in the countryside, whose family lives like this? At the beginning, she was thin-skinned, and she couldn't ask this question, but when she could ask, she was already pregnant, and even if she was complaining to her mother's family, all she got was relief and comfort.
The old man was even more excessive, and when he learned that she had told the public about it, he was furious, and his face turned red as if Guan Gong was angry, and she was red that night. It was also the first time that the old man had stayed in her room for so long since he got married, and he usually got up and left after finishing his work. But it's not good to stay, but to tell her that he has been used to sleeping alone since he was a child, and he doesn't sleep well, and he is worried about kicking her, and she was a little unhappy and a little disheartened. She saw the old man's disgust hidden beneath his alienation and indifference. But she couldn't figure it out anyway, since he was the one who sincerely sought her at the beginning, why did he get disgusted now? It was as if he had entered next to her and had tarnished his surname. In that case, why did you ask to marry in the first place? Why should you be wronged to have sex with her?
Not only did she not see through this father-in-law, but the sons she gave birth to one after another were also not intimate with him. If the eldest son was born prematurely because of her for some reason, she had a dislike with him, but premature birth was not what she wanted, and her son's body was not damaged because of premature birth, and more importantly, it was clear that the child was very close to her as a mother before the age of five, but as soon as the fifth birthday passed, the child's eyes changed when he looked at himself.
The old lady was reluctant to investigate the cause of this change, and she could not pursue it. The child's mouth was like a clam shell, and it couldn't be pried open at all, and the old man was even more defensive of himself and his stepmother, as if she could kill the child if she wasn't careful.
After that, the second and third men were the same, they were close to her when they were young, and when they got older, they found various reasons not to come with him.
She couldn't sleep at night because of this, and thought that her mother was too a failure, and even got up to die. If it weren't for the filial piety of the two daughters she got later, and her heart as a mother, she really felt that this day was just enough.
Later, there was a fourth boy, but unfortunately because this was the sixth child, she was already very old when she was pregnant with this child, and the fetus was a little unstable. When the fetal position is not correct during delivery, the child is held in the womb for a long time before being born. She didn't have time to look at the child after giving birth, she closed her eyes and fell asleep tired, but she heard it really well, the midwife patted the child's buttocks, and the voice of the child's crying was small, but in the end she was alive. When she woke up, she heard the news that her son was dead, and she felt that the sky above her head had fallen. Later, she asked how the child died, and the old man told her that the child had been holding in the stomach for a long time, and it had not slowed down, and it had not been long since he landed. He also asked her to look away, saying that he didn't blame her, but that the child was blessed and had no fate with them.
The child went early, and she also felt that she had hurt him because she hadn't taken care of her body all these years, so she became more and more distressed. In addition, there is always a feeling in the dark, as if the rest of the sons are not biological, only this is, so I feel more and more that it is a pity that the child died, and when I think of him, I feel more and more distressed.
The old lady took a basket of folded gold ingots and threw them into the brazier one by one, "Son, your father and your brother have no conscience, and now your mother is still there, you can still get some gold and silver clothes on your birthday, and when your mother goes, I am afraid that no one will think of you again." Son, don't be afraid, my mother will send you some silver every night from today, and my mother will give you everything that should be given to you in advance, son, don't be reluctant to spend, and when my mother passes, I won't be afraid, and my mother will take care of you when the time comes. ”
The old lady sang and played, crying snot and tears. The old lady's voice was not suppressed, it was very clear and bright in the silent village, but even so, no one came out of the other lighted rooms in the courtyard. However, when the old lady finally burned the gold ingots, and only a pot of ashes remained in the brazier, the head of the family came out of his room, "Why don't you sleep at night?" If you are really good, you shouldn't disturb him at this time, you don't know what time it is? ”
The old lady heard his question, but did not answer anything. Her neck is about to sink into the ground, and her children and grandchildren don't have to take care of it by themselves, and she wants to live for two days according to her own heart.
The old lady stood up tremblingly, picked up the basket containing the gold ingots, and then muttered something to her mouth, and then stood up and went to the room behind her.
Only the old man with white hair and the only servant in the house stood in the courtyard. The old woman said, "Master, Madame is becoming more and more reluctant for the old slave to be in front of her. ”
The old man's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he slowly let go after a while, "It's okay, don't worry about her in the future." As she gets older, she can't do anything bad. ”
"Yes."
"Pay more attention to your home these days, and don't let irrelevant people in."
"Alas, the old slave has written it down."
Jiangji Village was quiet again, and all the undercurrents were only surging in the dark where no one could see.
Xu Erlang and the others had already entered Tongzhou Mansion at this time, it was very late at this time, but Jin Niang had not fallen asleep, and when she heard that the master had come back with a few sons, she hurriedly asked people to prepare a good dinner.
As soon as Jin Niang's words fell, Xu Erlang came in, and he obviously heard Jin Niang's instructions, so he said to the maid, "Send Chang'an's food to the front yard." ”
"Ugh." The maid answered, and hurriedly went down to pass the word.
Jin Niang didn't have time to ask too much, so she hurriedly took two steps forward, waited for Xu Erlang to take off his clothes, and went to the bathroom with him to wash off the dust on his body.
When they came out of the bathroom, Jin Niang asked Xu Erlang to sit on the recliner to rest, and she took the towel with her hair twisted and twisted Xu Erlang's hair, and then asked, "Are things going well?" ”
Xu Erlang thought about his head and remembered his current posture, and said with a sullen smile, "It's smoother than I imagined." ”
Jin Niang didn't know what he was laughing at, but if he could laugh, it would prove that things were really going well, and it wasn't him who came to coax her to rest assured, so Jin Niang was naturally happy. Her voice raised a cheerful tone, "It's good that it goes well, I'm still worried at home that you will run in vain." I almost thought you wouldn't be back tonight when you came back so late. ”
"In total, I didn't leave Tongzhou Mansion far, but after going to Jinghu, I went to Jiangji Village on a whim, and I came back late."
Jin Niang nodded when she heard this, "Is that thing in Jiangji Village or in Jinghu?" ”
"Unsurprisingly, it's in both places."
"Huh?"
"There are a lot of boxes hidden in the mirror lake, and the boxes are covered with aquatic weeds, and you can't really find them if you don't go to check them out of time. However, someone here has already come to report, and Huihe personally went down to check, and there is no doubt that the box contains gold nuggets. Earlier, the informant also said that he had witnessed people from Jiangji Village throwing boxes into the water and leaving...... This person reported a homicide, and thought that the box contained dead bodies, so he didn't go down to look at it, and provided us with directions by the way, otherwise it would not be easy to dig out the Sheng family's private treasury. ”
When Xu Erlang said this, the maid came up with the food one after another, Xu Erlang was also really hungry, smelling the fragrance of the fish soup and the stomach was still drumming, so he stood up, took out the towel from Jin Niang's hand, and put it on the chair behind him, "Eat something with me first, and talk while eating." ”
Before Jin Niang could respond, she was pulled by Xu Erlang to sit down at the table. A pair of chopsticks were stuffed in her hand, and Jin Niang picked it up to pick up the vegetables. She didn't eat it herself, but sent it to Xu Erlang's bowl.
Ben San's people, Jin Niang is very compelling. In order to maintain her good figure of convex and backward curl, Jin Niang did a special job of keeping her mouth shut and opening her legs. She only eats five minutes full for dinner, and she will have yoga and jiu for a while before going to bed at night to keep her body free of fat and her body not out of shape.
Jin Niang's self-control in beauty and beauty is always strong, Xu Erlang knows her stubbornness in this, and he doesn't talk about her, in the end, he is the one who benefits, can he still raise objections?
Xu Erlang was in a hurry, so Jin Niang didn't ask anything, and when he ate a bowl of rice and his movements slowed down, Jin Niang spoke, "It's not easy to get the silver on both sides." ”
One is in the lake, the water of the mirror lake is generally very deep, even if the box is thrown at the edge of the lake, but who knows how many rolls it rolls when it falls into the lake, and how deep the water where it finally died?
Xu Erlang said before that Huihe had personally explored it, but if he wanted to salvage these golds, he couldn't catch them at a glance from a distance. At least to tie up the box, it's not easy, after all, the size of the box is designated small, it will definitely take some effort to bundle the box, then you have to find some people who are particularly reliable and water-based. Don't just that the gold didn't come up, but paid two lives to go in, and the joke was bigger.
As for the belongings in Jiangji Village, Jiro said before that the most likely place to hide the treasure is in the cemetery over there. If this is simply buried around the cemetery, it is better to say, if the gold and silver are packed in the coffins of the dead, this will dig the graves of the ancestors, and it is strange that the people of Jiangji Village do not enter Beijing to sue the emperor.
Uh, in the coffin......
Jin Niang looked at Xu Erlang tangled and said her guess, "How likely is this guess of mine?" ”
Xu Erlang drank a bowl of soup unhurriedly, put down the spoon and looked at her and said, "Ten percent." ”
Jin Niang covered her heart, feeling that the whole person was not good.
Perverts, this is, they hide gold and silver in the coffins of the dead, and they are not afraid of those who die and sit on their beds and sleep with them at night.
Well, I can't think about it, or I'm going to lose sleep tonight.
Jin Niang asked a few more questions, and Xu Erlang answered them all for her. Jin Niang knew that he had a complete plan, so her heart let go of it a little, but she thought of something again, and her heart immediately brought it up, "Didn't you say before that the Sheng family has a prescription for a bomb, and whether it is a prescription or a bomb, it is entirely possible that it will be safely handed over to the remaining Sheng family." Then you say, will there be a bomb in Jiangji Village? Your trip to Jiangji Village has been exposed, and those people will easily guess that you have spied the truth. Do you think they're going to choose to break the net, or is it some other surefire solution? If it were me, I would use explosives to make a big mess, so that you would not be able to reach Jiangji Village for a while, so that I could fish in the water and successfully transfer things out. Alas, I have to say, the more I think about it, the more I think it makes sense. Jiro, do you think what I think is superfluous? If you were a descendant of the Sheng family in Jiangji Village, what would you plan? ”
Xu Erlang said slowly, "I will not do anything and blow up the Governor's Mansion directly." ”
Jin Niang didn't horn anymore, she looked at Xu Erlang indescribably, and felt that his method was really damaging. But I have to say that directly blowing up the Governor's Palace, or directly assassinating Xu Erlang, this is a good way to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle.
As long as Xu Erlang dies, all the actions of the entire Tongzhou Mansion and even the entire Jiangnan will slow down. All his previous preparations and plans will be in vain, and even the several families who have been killed and have been fixed on the shame board will also resurrect and jump again.
There is only one Xu Erlang in this world, and at the will of Emperor Yunwen, he wants to pull the family down. He is the invincible sharp knife in the hands of Emperor Yunwen, his arm is pointing, fearless, and omnipotent.
But people in Jiangnan officialdom also know that Xu Erlang is not a powerless scholar. With all the strength of the five great families, Yingkou Yangmou was exhausted, and he was not killed, even if explosives were used, the possibility was very small. In the face of unrivaled strength, all conspiracy measurements are paper tigers!
Jin Niang looked at Xu Erlang gloomily, not wanting to talk to him, but she couldn't bear it in her heart, so she said again, "No matter what, you have to know in your heart." Let's see if you can plant someone in Jiangji Village, on the one hand, to monitor the movement over there, and on the other hand, to see if you can find the bomb. The harm was so great that I couldn't sleep at the thought of them having such a magic weapon in their hands. ”
Xu Erlang finished eating, wiped his hands, and pulled Jin Niang to the room. The little maids outside heard the movement and hurriedly came in to pack up their things, and at this time, Xu Erlang asked Jin Niang to give him his hair, and the whole person was a little sleepy, "Don't think about it so much, the sky is falling and there is a tall one." ”