Mei Zhi took Nie Erlang and the three of them to a small courtyard, and Yu Shi looked at her vigilantly, "What are you bringing us here for, what about your master?" ”

Mei Zhi smiled, "Don't worry, my wife said that it is not appropriate for outsiders to know about this matter, so let the three of you rest here first, and she will come to see you in person tomorrow." ”

Nie Chengcai followed his father and mother to sleep out for a few days, and he had long wanted to eat and sleep. He said to him: "Mother, just promise her first, I'm hungry and tired now, and I can't hold on anymore." ”

Mei Zhi said: "Come in, three, someone will bring you wine and food in a while." ”

Hearing this, Yu Shi couldn't help swallowing her saliva, she looked at Nie Erlang, and saw Nie Erlang nodding slightly.

The three of them followed Mei Zhi into the small courtyard, Mei Zhi explained a few words and left, and after a while, someone knocked on the courtyard door.

Yu Shi and Nie Erlang opened the door, and a young man who looked like a shopkeeper stood outside, "Guest officer, this is your wine and food." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a four-layer food box, and Nie Erlang took the food box, "Yo, it's quite heavy." ”

The young man smiled and said, "We have plenty of food and drink. ”

Nie Erlang and Yu Shi were so hungry that the smell of food in the food box kept coming out, and after they sent the young man away, they couldn't wait to enter the house.

After opening the food box, I saw that it was full of big dishes, including braised hooves, sauced beef, eight-treasure duck, lion's head, etc., and a pot of mellow wine.

Seeing this, Nie Chengcai's eyes lit up, he didn't use chopsticks, and grabbed two slices of sauced beef with his hands and stuffed them into his mouth.

Yu Shi tapped his hand with chopsticks, "Hungry ghost reincarnated, don't you see that your father and I haven't started yet?" ”

Nie Chengcai shrank his hand, "I haven't eaten for a few days, mother, don't you beat me?" ”

Nie Erlang said: "Let's eat it while it's hot, we haven't eaten these dishes in our lives." ”

After speaking, he poured himself a glass of wine, "Well, this wine is too delicious, it's the first time I've drunk such a good wine." ”

Yu Shi also poured a little for himself when he heard this, and Nie Chengcai saw that his father and mother were only concerned about drinking, and they were busy eating. After Shi and Nie Erlang finished tasting the wine, more than half of the dishes on the table were missing.

"Eh, you've eaten all the dishes." Seeing his son rudely stuffing vegetables into his mouth, Yu shouted in distress.

"Dad, don't worry about drinking, eat quickly." She hurried to greet her husband. Nie Erlang nodded, and the couple also began to taste the delicious food of the table.

A table full of dishes made the corners of the mouths of the three of them droop with oil, and after they were full of wine and food, the three of them collapsed on the chairs without any posture.

Yu Shi was satisfied: "Hey, I haven't eaten these good things for many years, and today I really treated my five internal organs temple." ”

Nie Erlang also said: "If only I could eat these every day in the future." ”

Nie Chengcai ate the most, and it was very uncomfortable. He touched his belly, "Dad, mother, why do I feel a little sleepy?" ”

After saying that, I couldn't support it anymore and fell asleep.

Yu Shi scolded: "It's really a useless thing, it's a pig when you're full, hey, why do I want to sleep?" ”

Her eyes became confused, she pinched herself hard, and said anxiously: "Dad, is there a problem with this wine and food?" ”

The only thing that answered her was Nie Erlang's loud snoring. At this time, she couldn't hold back any longer, and fell asleep with her head tilted.

When there was no sound in the house, the closed door was opened from the outside, and Umeeda walked in with a young man. If Nie Erlang and Yu were still awake, they would definitely be able to recognize the man as the one who brought them drinks and food before.

"Mud legs are mud legs, and good wine and good food are wasted for you." Mei Zhi glanced at the three of them with disdain.

Then he said to the young man, "Let's start, do it naturally." ”

The young man answered, lifted the lamp to the table, and then took out a ball of cotton thread from his bosom and kneaded it into a rope the thickness of his little finger. He dipped the rope in oil, stuck one end in the oil lamp, and lit the oil lamp with fire.

Then he poured some oil on the table, and the other end of the cotton thread was tied to the leg. As soon as the cotton thread on one end of the oil lamp burns to the other end, the whole table will burn.

Mei Zhi watched him finish all this, and asked with some anxiety: "Your drug doesn't work, don't they wake up before the fire burns." ”

The young man patted his chest, "Don't worry, Steward Mei, even a tiger can be stunned by my drug, they won't wake up if they don't sleep until tomorrow morning." The thread burns out in the middle of the night. ”

Hearing this, Mei Zhi was much more relieved. "As long as you do this errand well, your benefits are indispensable."

The young man rejoiced, "Thank you for taking care of May, thank you Madame." ”

Mei Zhi waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and do something, let's leave when we're done." ”

The young man nodded with a huff, "Steward Mei, you go out first, and I'll check it again." ”

Umechi glanced at him, "I'll watch you check." ”

The young man had to check in front of her, and when he saw that the doors and windows were closed, and the oil lamps and cotton threads had been lit, the two of them left the small courtyard after confirming that they were correct.

After they had left, a young woman in a gray cloak came out of the corner, glanced at the closed courtyard door, and hurried into the house next door.

The young woman in the gray cloak was none other than Liu Chun'er, the eldest granddaughter of the wife of the Marquis of Yongyi.

After the execution of the Marquis of Yongyi, all the men in the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion were exiled, and the women had no men to rely on, and they had no money to live by, so they had a very difficult life.

Most of the in-laws of the Marquis of Yongyi were killed, and those who were not implicated did not want to associate with them, let alone help them.

The aunts and concubines who were used to being served by others couldn't stand it at first, and fled with money overnight. The rest were the main room wives and girls.

Mrs. Yongyi Hou Shizi is the oldest of all the female dependents, and the fall of Yongyi Hou's mansion and the exile of her husband's children and grandchildren have stimulated her to become ill.

This is very bad for the younger generations below, especially Liu Chun'er, who she loves the most on weekdays. Seeing that her grandmother's condition is getting worse and worse, the concubines in the palace don't care about their life or death, her mother and two aunts have no opinions, and her sisters are young, Liu Chun'er made a decision that she wants to support the family instead of her grandmother.

She went to find her son-in-law Wang Mingya, who had expressed her admiration for her before, and said that she was willing to be his outer room, as long as he could help her support her family.

That Wang Mingya was originally instructed by his family not to associate with the people of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion. But he couldn't bear his boldness, and he couldn't walk when he saw Liu Chun'er's hibiscus noodles, so he agreed to her request.

Wang Mingya bought a small house in Huaishu Lane, where he had a tryst with Liu Chun'er. Today is the day they meet, Liu Chun'er took advantage of the curfew to go out, and when she first arrived at the alley under the locust tree, she saw the plum branch.

She was afraid that Mei Zhi would know her current identity, so she hid. Liu Chun'er waited in the house until the end of the unitary time, and Wang Mingya did not come, according to the agreement between the two, as long as he did not come after the unitary time, he was tripped by the wife of the family.

She remembered the small courtyard where Mei Zhi went in and out, and then asked the old woman who was waiting, "Mom, do you know who lives next door?" ”

The mother-in-law said: "Originally, it was the father and mother of a small official in the capital, but later their son was promoted, so they took them to live together, and the house has been empty until now." ”

Combined with her mother-in-law's words and what she saw, Liu Chun'er deduced that next door was the courtyard of the Ling family.

Thinking about it, she was a little curious about what Meizhi was doing here, so she put on her cloak and planned to go next door to have a look.

The door of the Ling family's small courtyard was closed, she pushed it a few times without pushing it open, and when she was about to go back, she suddenly saw a group of people coming not far away, coming in her direction.

She hurriedly hid, only to see the pedestrian go straight to the house where she had a tryst with Wang Mingya, tyrannically smashed open the door, and vaguely heard the sound of a woman cursing.

Liu Chun'er's heart was beating non-stop, and the only thing she could think of was that Wang Mingya's wife came to catch the rape, and she was glad that she avoided it in time.

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