Hou Ye said that after the people of Lu Wangfu picked up the girl, they went to the Qiantang River, went to Hangzhou to the sea, took the sea route to Dengzhou to go ashore, and drove to the Lu Wangfu in Mizhou. After the girl entered the palace of King Lu, she ...... It will become the side room of King Lu Saburojun......"

The side room is just a nice saying, how can there be a side room in the law of this dynasty, the official saying is "concubine".

But as long as a girl from a good family is a girl, there is no one who wants to be a concubine, and the concubine has wealth and goods, and can be bought and sold at will. A famous family like the Meng family, the leader of Shilin; Meng Qingyun's father was born in Jinshi, and she was the former governor of Laizhou, but she was an official dependent. King Lu's Mansion was so bold that he dared to use her as a concubine! Especially when her mother has just passed away and is still in the period of filial piety, she is simply heartbroken!

As soon as Asakusa, Bauhinia, and Xiu'er heard these two words, their faces changed greatly, so the lord was worried about the humiliation, and Meng Qingyun, the master, didn't say anything, and the maids felt ashamed first.

"Bastard! Our girl is the daughter of an official family, a prestigious family, why should she be a concubine for a stinky man who doesn't know what's so-called! ”

"Our mistress has just passed away, and the girl is still in the period of filial piety, what nonsense are you talking about!"

The maidservants were very angry and scolded one after another.

Li Shun said aggrievedly: "It's not me, it's all what Master Hou said." ”

Meng Qingyun was also affected by the word "side room", mainly because it was too sudden. She also slowed down before she reacted.

"Let's not talk about anything else, Lu Wangfu accepts a woman in the filial piety period as a concubine, but if you break the law, aren't you afraid of being punished?"

According to the law of this dynasty, marriage during the period of filial piety is a great crime of disobedience, and the sentence is very serious.

Li Shun shrunk his neck and said timidly: "Naturally, I won't take a concubine openly, first hide the girl secretly in the house, cook the raw rice to mature rice, and wait for the filial piety period to pass, and then perform the concubine ceremony......"

Zijing really couldn't help it, and went up and slapped him.

"Beast!"

Half of Li Shun's face was swollen, but both arms were removed, there was no way at all, it was really a knife for me and I was for the fish, so I could only cry and mourn with a sad face: "I am just a subordinate who acts according to orders, this is not my idea......"

Meng Qingyun groaned, and suddenly said: "Who else is involved in this matter besides the Lu Wangfu and your Yongkang Hou Mansion?" ”

Li Shun paused, anyway, he had said so much, so he simply sold his teammates clean.

"And the eldest lady of your mansion. I was worried that I would be recognized if I pretended to be the Bai family, but Hou Ye said that the Ji steward of the Bai family had never been to Yaxi, and the eldest lady in your house would cover for me and keep it safe. ”

Asakusa, Bauhinia, and Xiu'er were all stunned.

Big lady! How can the eldest lady do such a thing that is inferior to a beast! This is her cousin's niece!

Meng Qingyun sneered: "No wonder, no matter how much fanfare we went to Qianzhuang, the eldest lady didn't say anything, it turned out that she had already made up her mind to send me into the fire pit." ”

Asakusa couldn't figure it out: "Even if the eldest lady doesn't like Yuan Niang, she won't be so bad." Why is she? ”

Meng Qingyun looked at Li Shun: "Yes, why?" When she gives her niece to someone else as a concubine, isn't she afraid of the reproach of the clansmen? Li Shun, why do you say that? ”

Li Shun really begged for mercy this time: "Girl, I have already said everything I know, and I really don't know about the others." I'm just a subordinate, no matter how much you trust Master Hou, it's impossible for me to tell me all the confidential things. ”

Ma San and Wang Wu, who have only listened to it all the time, have a little aftertaste.

Ma San said: "The big officials in the girl's mansion, aren't they involved in the Chunfu fraud case and imprisoned?" In the past two days, we have heard some news on the street, saying that among the officials who were imprisoned with the big officials, there was a Master Ma of the Hanlin Academy, who had been acquitted, and it was said that he had taken the road of the Lu Wangfu. ”

Meng Qingyun raised his eyebrows: "This makes sense, the eldest lady also wants to go through the path of King Lu's mansion to exonerate the uncle and save him from prison." ”

Asakusa said: "She is so sure that the Lu Wangfu can exonerate the big officials?" ”

Meng Qingyun sneered: "These days, the eldest lady and the eldest lang are running around begging for help, but no one can help, and all kinds of relatives, friends, and colleagues of the uncle are in the same year, and they have no way to beg." Now that she finally jumped out of a Lu Wangfu, the eldest lady is naturally like a drowning person who has grabbed the last life-saving straw, so she has to give it a try. ”

Asakusa said angrily: "Then why does she take the girl as a favor, doesn't she have a daughter herself." ”

Meng Qingyun glanced at her: "Her daughter is going to marry into the Yongkang Marquis Mansion as the head lady, how can she be willing to be sent to the Lu Wangfu as a concubine." ”

The maidservants were furious, and at the same time began to be afraid.

"Lu Wangfu is a royal family, they want girls, can we refuse? The big officials can't be counted on, and the life and death of the second officials are unknown. ”

The youngest embroidered child was about to cry.

Meng Qingyun shouted: "What are you afraid of? Forcibly accepting official women as concubines, or during the period of heavy filial piety, the Lu Wangfu was also afraid of breaking the law, otherwise why be so sneaky. For them, this matter will not see the light of day. ”

She thought about it for a while, and said to Ma San and Wang Wu: "Please interrogate this Li Shun again to see if he has any concealment, and at the same time, you have to ask how many accomplices he has, if they are all on the boat, then none of them will be pulled, and they will all be bundled!" ”

"Yes!"

Ma San and Wang Wu responded.

Meng Qingyun took the maidservants to hide in the inner room and left the outhouse for them to perform.

Ma San and Wang Wu have all kinds of tricks, Li Shun is just an ordinary steward, and he is not a dead man, how much can he carry, it didn't take long to recruit him, and there were three accomplices on the ship, two of which were arranged by the eldest lady Lu Shi, mixed in with Meng Qingyun's entourage, and one was used as a helper on the ship.

After asking these three accomplices to be just ordinary people and not have superb martial arts, Ma San and Wang Wu didn't need any strategy, first gagged Li Shun and tied them up, found an empty room and closed them, and then went out to break them all, and it didn't take long to take down these three accomplices, tie them up, and throw them together with Li Shun.

In the process, it was inevitable that other people on the ship were alarmed, such as mother-in-law, small servant, long-term follower, boatman, etc., and it was inevitable that some would come to ask.

Meng Qingyun sent Asakusa out to shock everyone with Ma San and Wang Wu. It is only said that Steward Ji is a thief outside the house, and he stole the property on the ship with these people, and now he is tied up first and handed over to the government for disposal, and the others just do their own thing, don't ask around, otherwise they will be treated as accomplices.

In addition to the boatman and the real helper on the ship, the rest are all the subordinates of the Meng family, and they don't know Ji's steward, so they naturally won't cry out for him, even if they feel strange, they are afraid that they will be regarded as thieves, so they don't dare to say anything.

After stabilizing the situation, Wang Wu, Ma San, Asakusa, Bauhinia, and Xiu'er all returned to Meng Qingyun.

"Yuan Niang, what should I do next?"

"Do you want to hand people over to the government?"

"Should we turn around and go back to Yaxi?"

Meng Qingyun slapped the table with his hand.

"Nope! Let's go to She County! ”