Dian Cui and Yuan Zhiheng wrote a letter and wrote about the trivial matters of these days, of course, about the governor Lord Zhao and Xue Dachuan, who was bitten by Qiu Yue, is the most important thing to say. Diancui also asked about how to deal with this Xue Dachuan, whether to buy a generous gift as a thank you, or to find an errand with him in the mansion.

According to what Lord Zhao meant, this Xue Dachuan is not his subordinate, but he has a kindness to him, and he protected Diancui this time to repay his kindness, and after paying it back, they will go their separate ways.

Dian Cui saw that he was a capable person, although he was a person from Hangzhou, but he used to be in the border with the army all the year round, with the shrewdness and eloquence of a man in the south of the Yangtze River, and the boldness and uninhibition of a man in the north. Now this government is short of manpower, a few days ago posted on the city gate building to recruit talents, at the beginning of the time was a heated discussion, but the strange thing is that no one went to unveil the list, and gradually no one cared.

Diancui sent Du Xiaozhu to go there three times a day, but there was no movement.

Dian Cui only felt that she had a long way to go as the prefect's wife.

According to the meaning of Diancui, Xue Dachuan temporarily lived in the front yard of the government and was with the officials, so that it was convenient for him to recuperate from his injuries and protect Diancui and the others.

Xue Dachuan was noncommittal, the injuries on his left and right legs were supported by silver, and he was also happy to be at ease.

As for Zhao Quai, Lord Zhao didn't dare to settle him, he still lived in a courtyard somewhere in Hangzhou City, and lived a haunted life.

Those scar-faced men were finally arrested by the officials, and these young people dared to hit the head of the prefect's wife, if the officials did not arrest them day and night and put them in prison, they would have no face to mess around in the government.

After some interrogation, it was not someone else who instructed these bastards to do some Cui's idea, it was one of the colleagues who was dismissed, who was resentful, and took advantage of Yuan Zhiheng's absence in the city to wait for the opportunity to take revenge on his family!

It's just bold, there is no need to send a letter to ask Lord Yuan, the Tongzhi Lord who is in charge here immediately issued a wanted warrant, and together with the other three people who were dismissed, a total of four people became wanted criminals.

It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go, and when the four were deposed, they all left with resentment, one of them had already had evil intentions, and the other three would not be able to think of following suit one day. This fellow confidant is the only way to be so iron-blooded and resolute, which is the style of their prefect now.

Moreover, Yu Shuqing also knew that Dian Cui was in danger on the way back to the mansion from their Yuan Mansion, and she was very guilty and uneasy, and ran to the inner courtyard of the mansion several times.

The eldest lady even sent someone to send a whole jade bottle of dough made of lotus magnolia flowers to apologize.

Diancui took the bottle of transparent magnolia grease that had not yet been opened and could ask for an extremely rich aroma, sighed, and said to Xin'er leisurely: "This small bottle can probably buy a small shop or a hundred acres of fertile land. ”

The more Dian Cui said, the more he felt that such precious things could not be collected, so he immediately asked Qiuyue to ask her to return to the eldest lady of the Yuan family, and after thinking about it, she felt that it would be better to show her sincerity by herself.

After all, Shuqing is now living under the hands of that eldest lady, and she is friendly and friendly with others, and it is estimated that people will also think of this to be better for Shuqing. In that way, as long as there are ideas leaking between the fingers and her in the family, Shuqing's life will be better, at least some fashionable dim sum fruits can be bought and eaten openly.

Diancui sent the bottle of expensive flour fat back, and Mrs. Yuan repeatedly left Diancui to eat in the mansion. Diancui refused, but he couldn't stay.

However, the lady in the back handed over posts to her many times, and made appointments to visit the lake to enjoy the flowers, but Diancui found an excuse to shirk it. I heard that the lady also said some yin and yang weird things at home, saying that this Mrs. Yuan didn't know how to do it, and it was not as good as that Mrs. Wang who was reasonable, cordial and easy to get along with.

When Dian Cui heard this, he smiled bitterly and said that Mrs. Wang's demeanor was liked by everyone, and I sighed to myself. Even when she was kicked out by her family and met in the teahouse, she was still smiling and laughing. Such a good self-cultivation, even if it is pretended, it makes people feel comfortable and ironed.

Mrs. Yuan saw that she couldn't do it, so she no longer diligently handed over the post to Dian Cui, and Yu Shuqing somehow rarely came out to find Dian Cui and Qin Xiaolan to eat tea and listen to the play.

It has been more than a month since the prefect Yuan Zhiheng left, and it has been five or six days since Diancui sent the letter, and he has not yet received a reply.

The notices posted on the city gate tower were broken and faded by the wind and sun, and they were about to disappear, so Diancui went to the front of the yamen and asked a clerk to rewrite a few red-headed notices, and instructed a few officials to post them all over the city.

On this day, Dian Cui was waiting for news in the inner courtyard, and news came from the yamen in front of him that there was still no one to unveil the list. But at noon, a small servant came from outside, and Qiu Yue looked carefully at the one who led her wife to Yuan's mansion a few days ago.

This little guy claimed to be the janitor in Yu Shuqing's yard, and said that the day before yesterday, his young grandmother was locked up by the eldest lady of the family for committing a crime. The young master of his family was also imprisoned in the firewood room because he begged for a few words of love in front of the eldest lady.

It's been almost three days, and I haven't released anyone yet.

"What happened to your young grandmother?" Diancui asked.

The little girl shook her head and said I don't know, I only heard that I went to the eldest lady in the morning to say goodbye, and the disrespect between the words annoyed the eldest lady and the eldest lady was imprisoned, and the eldest lady also ordered that no one should be allowed to send food to the husband and wife.

"Your eldest lady is really majestic, but after two quarrels, she locked up the person and didn't give her food?" Diancui sneered.

"Madame misunderstood, how could the eldest lady of our family lock up the young grandmother until she is old, but she is not angry for a while. If someone says a few soft words, they will let it go. The young grandmother has always been accustomed to fine clothes and food, how can she stand such a detention. I know that you have always been good friends with my young grandmother, please save my young grandmother, please. When the little man had finished speaking, he knelt on his knees and pleaded.

The lady was amiable on her face, but Diancui already knew in her heart how she could be truly amiable. The previous intimacy was to send face fat to Hangzhou satin and invite to enjoy the flowers and visit the lake, but it was just because he was the prefect's wife and intended to make friends.

Dian Cui refused to go to the appointment, so she tore her face, and simply came to be hard, and found an excuse to lock up Yu Shuqing. This little guy was obviously instructed by the eldest lady of their family, and he wanted to put down his body and go to make peace in person.

It seems that whether it is a good friend or a bad friend, this eldest lady is both soft and hard, and her wishful thinking seems to want to control herself.

These big families are really arrogant, and how can she be a prefect's wife if she wants to.

Diancui snorted coldly, and said That is the housework of your Yuan Mansion, even if my family is here, it is difficult for the Qing official to judge that housework, and it is not easy to deal with your family's private affairs, let alone me, you go, I can't do anything about your young master and young grandmother. According to what you said, your eldest lady is merciful, but it is only for a few days, and no one will be killed.

"If you hurt someone or even kill someone, then it is not just a family matter of your Yuan Mansion, but a lawsuit that our yamen should manage!" At the end, Diancui coldly admonished a few words, which was regarded as a warning.

It means that your wife can lock people up, but she can't hurt people and kill people, so if you hurt people, it's time for my state government yamen to take action.

Xiao Wu didn't expect that this young prefect lady, who could only smile and look at the flowers and was silent and didn't talk much at the eldest lady's flower-viewing banquet, would have such a loud statement, which is the bearing and elegance that a dignified official lady should have.

The little girl came back from the courtyard of the government in a gray manner.

Diancui saw that he was gone, so he stood up and paced back and forth in the courtyard, that Yu Shuqing was delicate and weak, and she had been locked up for three days, could she stand it? Diancui pretended to be indifferent and businesslike in front of outsiders, but she was worried in her heart.

If you want to send a few officials to check, the gates of the Yuan Mansion are guarded like copper walls and iron walls, which are stricter than the yamen of the city government, and you can't get the slightest news from them.

When the sun set, Diancui looked at an eight-clawed climbing hook on the desk in a daze, and mustered up several courages. She looked at Yuan Fu's courtyard wall, which was a little taller, but if she wanted to climb in and out, there was no problem with her ability to climb the wall.

But if she is seen, she will lose face, not only her own face, but also the face of her family.

Diancui sighed again and again, and didn't use a few grains of rice for dinner. Qiu Yue and Xin'er looked at each other, looking at the climbing hook on the table, the two of them made up their minds, if the lady didn't want to climb the courtyard wall of other people's houses, they would have to stop her from going to death!

The sky outside was getting dark little by little, and Diancui said intentionally or unintentionally: "The clouds are thick tonight, and I can't see a trace of starlight." ”

It's a good time to climb the wall.

"Madam, I beg you, but don't do anything stupid." Xin'er is straightforward and fast-talking, and now what Mrs. wants to do is really stupid.

I don't know why, when I came to this Hangzhou mansion, my wife seemed to have become less shrewd and confident than when she was in the capital. And now he has come up with the idea of such an adventure.

"Madam, you can't go, if you really can't rest assured that lady, Qiuyue will go for you." Qiu Yue felt the hook on the table.

A little embarrassed, a few days ago, Qiuyue fought hard to save herself, how could she use this hook to climb the wall, if it wasn't for someone who accidentally fell off the wall and broke an arm and leg, it would be light.

She took the climbing hook in her hand and placed it on the table, sighing.

At this time, the gate outside the courtyard was knocked on by someone, and I heard the voices of several officials scolding and the voices of men crying out in pain.

I saw Du Xiaozhu running in, and hurriedly said Mrs., there was a man and a woman outside who said that they wanted to see Mrs., and the woman said that she was a friend of Mrs. Yu, and the man had the same surname as our adults and was also surnamed Yuan.

Then Yu Shuqing and Du Xiaozhu have seen it, but today's black light is blind, and it is really not clear to see.

Diancui was startled, stood up, and ordered: "You hurry up and take a look, if it is really Shuqing and her wife, bring them in immediately." ”

Du Xiaozhu carried a lantern and took the order, and after a while, he really brought the man and a woman in.

"Diancui......" The woman was indeed Yu Shuqing, but she was covered with a cloak and pale, and she fainted after calling Diancui.

The man held her in one hand and bent the other, as if wounded. knelt down in front of Diancui and begged:

"I heard Shuqing say that Mrs. and her are close friends, and today my husband and wife are desperate, so we have to come to ask Mrs. for protection, and ask Mrs. to be merciful and take in our husband and wife." The man kowtowed three more times as he spoke.

As soon as Yu Shuqing fainted, Diancui hurriedly went to call the doctor, and he really didn't have time to listen to his chattering pleas there.

When the doctor came, he called Yu Shuqing, and said that this lady was happy, and this fainting should be caused by lack of qi and blood, and diagnosed the son, saying that he had injured his arm, and there was no other major problem.

Diancui instructed his subordinates to go to the treasury to get nourishing medicinal herbs, and then went to the kitchen to make some Yikehua porridge and poured it into Yu Shuqing.

Only then did he take a breath of relief, and asked the son, who was also surnamed Yuan, with a cold face, what happened.