Chapter 339: Drumming and Crying Out
In the afternoon, Yan Hagi took his youngest son to sit in the house and taught him to tear paper, Yue'er is still young, not suitable for holding scissors, "Yue'er, look, does this look like a puppy?" ”
"Mother teaches Yue'er to tear up puppies." Yue'er shoved a crumpled piece of paper into his mother's hand.
"Okay, Niang Jiaoyue'er." Yan Hagi taught him to tear all kinds of simple small animals.
Yue Erle happily tore one puppy after another and arranged them in a row.
Honeysuckle walked in, "Young lady." ”
Seeing this, Yan Hagi knew that she had something to report, "Help me down, let's go outside and talk." "Her body is bulky and makes it difficult for her to move, but in order to live smoothly, she has to move around.
Honeysuckle and Maique helped her down from the couch, "You guys look at the second young master." ”
"Yes, young lady." The nurse and the prickly rose replied.
Yan Hagi walked slowly down the corridor with the support of Honeysuckle and Wheat Sparrow, "Say, what's the matter?" ”
"The Bao family is going to have a happy event." Honeysuckle Road.
Yan Hao stopped, "The Bao family? Is Old Lady Bao going to remarry? ”
Honeysuckle nodded.
"It's normal for him to remarry when he's only in his fifties." Yan Hagi continued to walk forward, and those seventy or eighty-year-old men still took concubines.
Honeysuckle continued: "The woman he wants to marry is surnamed You. ”
"Surname You?" Yan Hagi frowned, "The sister-in-law of the Ministry of Works? "That little widow that her second uncle once wanted to take in the second room?
Honeysuckle nodded again.
Yan Hagi raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, a young woman was willing to marry an old man in his twilight years and without official position as a steproom, what was the reason for this, Yan Hagi didn't have the energy to think about it, and after returning to the room, he wrote a letter to Yu Qingqing about it, and put it behind him.
A few days later, Tang Hu, Tang Hai and Min Zichang visited together, and the maid was back, and the three of them hurriedly said, "Xiaoxiao, we have discovered something terrible. ”
"Tell me what to say." Yan Hagi laughed, just when they made a fuss.
Tang Hu said slowly: "This matter starts from the day we sent Tang Zhi out of Beijing......
The more Yan Hagi listened, the more solemn his expression became, "Do you suspect that those five pregnant women are locked up in that Zhuangzi?" ”
"Not a suspicion, but a certainty, we had people sneak in and find out that there were seven or eight pregnant women inside, which means that in addition to the five we know, there are three more pregnant women." Tang Hu replied.
Yan Hao frowned, "Whose Zhuangzi is that Zhuangzi?" so that none of you dare to act rashly. ”
"It's the Zhuangzi of Princess Qi's mother's family." Tang Hai interjected. They were not afraid of offending King Qi and the Qiu family, but they didn't want to be caught by King Qi.
Yan Hagi was stunned, "What do you want to do when the Qiu family catches so many pregnant women and raises them in Zhuangzi?" ”
The three of them shook their heads, they didn't find out about this.
"No matter what the Qiu family wants to do, those five pregnant women have to be rescued." Yan Hagi rubbed her forehead, these three guys told her about it, and they also wanted to discuss with her, "You let the family of the missing pregnant woman go to Jingzhao Mansion to file a complaint, and the government will come forward to rescue them." ”
"I'm afraid that the government will hinder the power of the Qi Palace, and I don't dare to investigate deeply." Tang Hu said in a deep voice.
Yan Hao smiled lightly: "Then make a big deal about it, the government that is making trouble will not dare not investigate, and the palace of Qi will not dare to bully people, you should know how to do this, right?" ”
"Yes." The three laughed.
Yan Hagi originally wanted to tell Fu Zhixing about this and let him help secretly, but she was stupid for three years, and when Fu Zhixing came back with the Xue Xia soup from the Cherished Flower Pavilion, she patronized it and ate it, and forgot about it.
Fortunately, the three of Tang Hu had a good ability to do things, and a few days later, the big drum outside the Jingzhao Mansion was sounded by a mallet, and the official ran into the inner hall, "Big, my lord, someone beat the drum and shouted grievances." ”
Jingzhao Mansion Yin frowned, and the people who beat the drum and shouted grievances were generally thorns, and the case was also more troublesome, but knowing this, he also had to go out to the court to try the case. Sit down in front of the desk, pick up the waking wood and pat it, "Bring the drummer to the hall." ”
The official brought an old man in, looking at the old man's dress, it can be seen that it is a Zhuang family, Jingzhao Mansion Yin frowned again, could it be which mansion encroached on the fertile land? Speaking of this, it is too common, is it necessary to beat the drum and voice the grievances?
However, the matter was more serious than he imagined, and the old man kowtowed and said: "Lord Qingtian, Xiao Lao'er is from Wujia Village on the outskirts of the city, Xiao Lao'er's little daughter-in-law disappeared a few months ago, and when she disappeared, she was pregnant with the eldest grandson of my family for three generations. ”
Missing? It sounds good, maybe he eloped with a wild man, this old man still has the face to run to complain, his brain is sick, Fu Yin disdainful in his heart, but he asked: "Have you looked elsewhere?" ”
"Adult, the little old man's family is still good, the little daughter-in-law grew up with the little one, the relationship is very good, the day before the disappearance, the little daughter-in-law is still sewing clothes for her unborn child, she will never disappear for no reason. The child has been looking for his wife for many days, but there is no news, and he is now sick and lying in bed, dying. The old man could tell that Fu Yin didn't care about this.
Fu Yin stroked his beard and muttered silently.
"Xiao Lao'er knows that the disappearance of Xiao Lao'er's daughter-in-law is indeed a trivial matter, but adults, it is not only Xiao Lao'er's daughter-in-law who is missing, as far as Xiao Lao'er knows, there are two families in Wujia Village where pregnant women are missing, and there are also two families in Lianjia Village next door where pregnant women are missing. Lord Qingtian, as the saying goes, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death. I beg Lord Qingtian to help us investigate this matter, and we can't let them disappear like this. The old man knocked his head three more times.
At these words, the old man burst into tears, and the people who watched the excitement showed sympathy, the little daughter-in-law was missing, the child was terminally ill, and the family was about to die.
Five pregnant women are missing, which is really a bit weird. If he ignores it, it will damage his name as the Great Master of the Blue Sky, and Fu Yin said in a deep voice: "This official will send someone to help you find it, you can rest assured." ”
"Thank you, Lord Qingtian." The old man said gratefully.
"Don't be polite, you can step down." Although Fu Yin felt that the matter was strange, he didn't pay too much attention to it, and just sent a few officials to investigate.
The officials went out of the city and walked around carelessly, and then returned to the city to report: "My lord, no suspicious person has been found. ”
If this case was put on hold by Fu Yin, but he didn't expect that in the next few days, someone would come to beat the drum every day to say that the pregnant woman in his family was missing, and then rumors spread in the city.
"I heard that there are demons in the villages near the city fifty miles away, and they specialize in catching pregnant women to practice evil skills."
"You're not right, there are demons who want to eat the brains of babies so that they can live longer."
The rumors are messy, making people panic, and those who have pregnant women at home are even more like great enemies, Yan Hagi listened to it and was dumbfounded, "This is too outrageous!" ”
However, this is also as Yan Hagi said, the matter is so big that the government does not dare not investigate, and even the prince has heard about it, and sent someone to pass on the Jingzhao Mansion Yin to the East Palace for questioning.
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Note: The left side of the face is swollen like a bun, and the doctor said that it will not hurt if the swelling is gone. But it's been three days, when will it go down?