Chapter 147: Pomegranate Beads (5)
"What do you mean by that, Mother?"
Nanjing was directly blinded, and before he could react, those errand servants had already walked up to Li and took out the rope that bound her.
"Master, save me, save me." Li clutched Nanjing's arm and didn't let go.
"Official...... Official, may I ask what mistake my lady has made, and why did you arrest her? ”
"She killed!" As he spoke, the officer kidnapped the Li family.
Homicide!?
All the people present were blinded, including Nam King and Nam Joo. Especially Nam-joo, standing there in a daze, she didn't understand how things had become the way they were. She was willing to be a scoundrel Li and accused her of intending to murder her mother-in-law before she married into the Nan family. Unfilial piety is a big crime, just this one, she will not be able to enter the Nan family in her life and become the head of the Nan family. As for the pair of children she gave birth to, they can only be nameless and worthless children born in the outer room of the Nan family for a lifetime.
"Murder? How could she kill someone, mistakenly, must be mistaken. Nan Jing came back to his senses and hurriedly chased after him: "Official, I made a mistake, I must have made a mistake, my lady is very timid, don't say it's murder, she doesn't dare to kill chickens." ”
"There are many people in this world who dare not kill chickens, but kill people." The official sent Li Shi and said to Nanjing: "Are you her husband?" Since you are a husband, please go back to the yamen with us. ”
"I'm going to the yamen too? No, no, no, I won't go to the Yamen. Nanjing waved his hand again and again: "I don't know anything, I just want to ask the official master, she ...... Who exactly did she kill? ”
"A young man named Shi Junyi."
"Shi Junyi?" Nanjing looked at Li and stammered and asked her, "Who is Shi Junyi?" Who is Shi Junyi? Good manner, why are you killing her? ”
"Concubine...... I don't know about the concubine. Li wanted to cry and looked at Nanjing without tears: "The concubine doesn't know Shi Junyi at all." Master, save me, save me. ”
"There is human and material evidence, and you cannot deny it." The official pushed hard, and Li almost fell to the ground, the originally well-groomed hair bun was also loose, and the delicate makeup on his face was also washed away because of those two lines of tears.
From beginning to end, Li's sons and daughters just watched from a distance and did not step forward. They know some inside information, and they don't say anything, but they are afraid of affecting themselves.
Li was kidnapped by officials from the government.
Nanjing's dejected return to the main hall of the road, when he raised his foot and was about to cross the threshold, he fell headlong. Such a man in his forties actually lay on the ground and cried.
The sons and daughters of Li and Nanjing felt embarrassed, looked at each other, hid their faces and secretly left the main hall, and as for the onlookers, after witnessing such a big farce, they also dispersed.
In the huge main hall of the Nan family, there were only three people left in an instant. Mrs. Nan, Nanzhu, and Nanjing who is still lying on the ground.
Nanzhu was relieved, she knew that after that, even if Nanjing still had a heart, the Li family would not have a chance to enter the door of the Nan family again.
"Did you arrange all this, grandmother?" Back in the backyard wing, Nanzhu asked her grandmother in a low voice.
Mrs. Nan glanced at Nanzhu and replied, "How can grandmother have such the ability to casually charge someone with murder." ”
"So...... What does grandmother mean that she really killed someone? ”
Old Madam Nan nodded lightly: "I also learned about it by accident. Originally, I didn't want to publicize it. This Li family, although I don't like it, is the woman your father raised outside. Once the murder is known to outsiders, my Nan family will inevitably be involved. can't stand your father's dizziness, so he has to marry this woman into the door. If the Li family is just an outer room, even if the incident happens in the future, my Nan family will only be slightly implicated, but if she becomes the head of the Nan family, my Nan family will ...... I was also forced to choose this time to shake things out. Today, with so many pairs of eyes watching, even if there are any variables in the future, my pearl will not be too passive. ”
Nanzhu let go of the hand holding the old lady Nan, and gently blessed the old lady, without saying anything more.
"You've been standing for most of the day, and you're tired. Go back and rest, grandmother and I will rest too. ”
Nanzhu nodded slightly, helped the old lady Nan to the bed, and left after confirming that the old lady was fine.
Under the windowsill, there is an extra pot of pomegranates, similar to yesterday's one, but a little different.
Nanzhu looked at the pot of pomegranates in a daze, entered the house, changed his clothes, and went out in the direction of Babaozhai.
Babaozhai's business is as usual, neither because of Nanjing's marriage, nor because of Li's arrest. Those who come to the shop to buy pastries are not for the Nanjia signboard, but for the taste and reputation of Babaozhai.
The master of Babao Zhai is also surnamed Nan and was adopted by his grandfather when he was a child. Although it is adopted, it is not called a father-in-law, but a master.
"Zhu'er is here?" When Master Nan saw Nanzhu, he stopped what he was doing and walked out with a pair of smiling eyes.
"Master Nan is early."
"It's already noon, is it early?" Master Nan glanced at Nanzhu, "What?" I don't want to stay in the house today. ”
"The house is deserted, not as lively as this Babao Zhai."
"That's the truth, you're here just in time, Master Nan, I just developed a new dim sum. You eat first, and if you feel good, bring some back to the old lady. ”
"What about Brother Hua? If you let me eat it, you might as well let Brother Hua eat it. His mouth is very tricky, if he says it's delicious, there is no one in Luoyang City who dares to say that it's unpalatable. ”
Brother Hua mentioned in Nanzhu's mouth is the only son of Master Nan, named Nanhua, who is seven years older than Nanzhuxu. Because I grew up in Babao Zhai since I was a child, I am used to eating all kinds of dim sum made by the masters in the shop, and I have developed a tongue that is particularly difficult to serve. He doesn't like to study, and he is afraid of hardship, so he can't do anything, and he didn't give Master Nan a headache when he was a child. But who knows, this kid, when he grows up, actually relies on that tongue to mix well in Luoyang City, this day, not only does he eat without money, but people also have to rush to send him money.
The torture shopkeeper of Ruyi Rouge Shop said that she, Brother Hua, was a typical Tang Dynasty gourmand who ate by his tongue.
"Hell knows where that stinky boy has gone." Master Nan shook his head: "You don't have to take your father's affairs to heart, there is still an old lady at home, I don't look at the Li family as a particularly unruly person, at least this bright thing, she has to do it well." Also, that stinky boy in my family asked me to tell you a word, saying that if you don't feel comfortable living in Nan's house, just come out. He arranged all the food and shelter. Don't look at this kid who is crazy all day long, he doesn't look like a serious person, but he won't make any bad intentions towards you. If he says that he can't do it, not only will I not let him go with you, Master Nan, but also the other masters of our Babaozhai will not let him go. ”
Master Nan loves her, and Nanzhu knows it.
Brother Hua is good to her, and she understands it in her heart.
It's just that she doesn't want to implicate them because of her own affairs. Grandmother also once said that although Babaozhai belongs to the Nan family, it is best not to have anything to do with Babaozhai in the affairs of the Nan family, so as not to ruin the reputation of Babaozhai because of some private affairs of the Nan family and ruin the reputation that Babaozhai has accumulated in the past hundred years.
"Father didn't marry that Li today."
"It's good if not, I wonder if the old lady can't let her in."
"It's not about my grandmother, it's about the Li family who caused it themselves." Nanzhu said, glancing into the shop: "In short, Nanfu has caused another joke today, you don't need to deliberately inquire Master Nan, you will know in a few days." ”
Master Nan shook his head and didn't say anything more, just stuffed the freshly made dim sum into Nanzhu's hand.
"Master Nan, where is Xiao Shi, why haven't you seen him these few times?"
"You're looking for a small stone?"
"Well, I asked him to help me do something before, and I said I wanted to thank him, but I didn't meet him after coming to Babaozhai a few times."
"Alas!" Master Nan sighed: "You can't see him anymore, and he won't come to Babaozhai again." ”
"Why? Didn't his father and mother agree to him coming to our Babaozhai as an apprentice?
"He's dead." Master Nan glanced at the sky: "People have been gone for a long time. ”
"What?" Nanzhu took a few steps back in disbelief: "Master Nan, what did you just say?" Who do you say died? Small stones? ”
"Yes, it's the little rock. It's a very down-to-earth child, and he's serious about learning to make dim sum, and he's very perceptive, which is the best among their brothers, who knows...... Alas! ”
He ...... He...... How did he die? ”
"Killed." Master Nan couldn't bear to look back and lowered his head.
Nanzhu took a deep breath and asked Master Nan again: "Then do you know who killed the little stone?" ”
"Yes......" Master Nan wanted to speak and stopped, and after half a sound, he looked into Nanzhu's eyes and said softly: "It's the Li family that your father raised outside." ”
"What?" Nanzhu completely collapsed.
"It was a month ago." Master Nan looked at Nanzhu and quietly recalled: "That child, somehow became obsessed with pomegranate trees for a while, and when he was resting, he always ran to the wild woods outside the city. This little pomegranate tree is only found in that forest, and it was thrown by a Hu man from the past. At that time, the big guys didn't know what the pomegranate was, and the pomegranate trees brought by the Hu people from their hometown were not rare. Somehow, a lot of saplings were grown. I don't know where I found out about the small stones, so I always go there to dig them, and then plant them one by one, and they are quite beautiful.
When I came back that time, I somehow met the Li family, she recognized the little stone, so she put on the style of the nan's housewife and wanted the little stone to do something for her, but the little stone didn't agree, so she recruited someone to beat the little stone. In a hurry, someone picked up the pot with the pomegranate tree and smashed it on the head of the little stone, who never woke up. ”
Homicide?
Nam-joo suddenly remembered the two words that her grandmother in the Xitang looked at Li and said.
It turned out that she really killed someone, and it was the little rock she liked.