Chapter 59: The Fear of the Unknown
Why did the Li family lose money, it turned out that Zhao Zhengxin and the other guests dispersed yesterday, and ran to the Li family angrily to ask the truth of the matter.
Where did Li expect things to turn out like this? He was beating his chest in the room, feeling remorseful. When he saw his son coming, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to put it together.
Zhao Zhengxin listened, and he was so angry that he couldn't wait to hit his head on the wall. There was no way to get out of his anger, so he only scolded the aunt who knew the inside story.
Aunt Dan was scolded to death with shame, and she couldn't do it in her heart, so she cried loudly.
Zhao Zhengxin saw it, and his anger surged more and more, and he shouted that he wanted to take a pen and paper to take a break from this stupid woman.
When Aunt Tan heard that the man who had been waiting for twenty years didn't miss the old love and wanted to abandon her, she took a pair of scissors directly from the sewing basket and stabbed her in the chest. Fortunately, Li's personal maid was quick-eyed, hugged her arm, and snatched the scissors.
Zhao Zhengxin saw that she not only did not repent, but also made a fuss, so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Aunt Dan's face heavily, which made the corner of Aunt Dan's mouth bloody, holding her face and whimpering, she didn't even dare to come out.
As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog. Zhao Zhengxin's slap not only landed on Aunt Bai Jing's face, but also on Li's heart. Li held his chest and hummed for a long time.
Zhao Zhengxin looked at his mother's appearance, where could he still get half a point of anger? waved the maid away, knelt down in front of the old mother and mourned: "Mother, don't you know the current situation in our house? My great-grandfather made a meritorious service. created this family business. Although the people of the Hou Mansion are prosperous, the expenses are also large, and they have passed on to me. There is already a famine. ”
"The Su family's dowry is quite rich, and we have been able to be stable and rich for twenty years by taking advantage of the Su family's strength. As soon as the Su family fell, the shop's business plummeted, and none of the dozen or so could make money. Coupled with the incident in Zhuangzi a few days ago, the silver in the treasury took out **. Mother, all these years. Our Hou Mansion is just a false name, and the inside has long been unable to make ends meet, and the mountain is empty! ”
Li only heard the old tears. Holding his son's hand, the regret in his heart went straight to his grandmother's house.
Zhao Zhengxin saw his mother crying, and also cried: "This is just one of them. Second, Brother Han is for her mother's business. I'm afraid I'll hate me to the bottom. Now he's in power. The new emperor, King Ping, the Du family, the one who doesn't help him speak? If he wants to bring out the events of the year, where will we have good fruits to eat in Houfu? Only by coaxing him back can we keep our wealth and glory. Su Shi and I finally coaxed people into the door, you are good, this trouble pushed him out. Mother, my son does not dare to complain against you. But before you do anything, you should also tell me about it. ”
Li couldn't cry and said, "My son, I don't know the situation in the house? I thought that as long as Junwu and the princess became married, why should we bother to look at the faces of the Xiao family and live! How do I know...... Where to know...... This kid ...... It's a useless one! ”
Don't mention Zhao Junwu, it's just a matter of mentioning it, and the fire that Zhao Zhengxin had just extinguished has gone up a few points.
Although Li cried a handful of snot and tears, his eyes kept rolling on his son, and he hurriedly said: "Don't be annoyed with him, things are already like this, we have to think of other ways." Tomorrow, I will give up this old face and go to beg Jiang Xinyao in person. ”
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Li originally thought that with her old face, she would sing a bitter trick to Jiang Xinyao, maybe Jiang Xinyao's heart would soften, and the matter would be done.
Where did she expect that from the moment she entered the door to the present, except for a few little maids who had not yet left their heads waiting, she had not even seen a slightly decent steward, let alone the main master.
Only then did Li find out that her old face didn't seem to be very useful in the Xiao family.
The three women of the Zhao family waited for a long time, but they didn't wait for the figure of the grandmother of the Xiao family, so they had no choice but to go home!
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Let's say that in the morning of this day, after the new emperor dealt with the major affairs in the court, his face suddenly changed, and in front of everyone's eyes, he named the name of the loyal and brave marquis.
Zhao Zhengxin was nervous for a long time, and he would stand alone in the center of the hall, but he stabilized his mind.
Yan Songyuan glanced at Li Zonggui, Li Zonggui understood, picked up the music handed by the chamberlain, and read it out loud.
The chapter is presented by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and it records in detail the origin and ins of Zhao Junwu and Li framing Qiu.
If you want to ask why the people who were arrested yesterday were arrested yesterday, there was a conclusion in the early court today, could it be that this criminal department, Dali Temple is all a volume.
It's funny to say, that Zhao Junwu shouted injustice in the main courtyard of the Zhao Mansion with a reasonable attitude, comparable to Dou E, only a few snowflakes were missing. As soon as he entered the prison of Dali Temple, he rolled his eyes and fainted.
When the cell boss saw that there was a bad seed, he poured a bucket of cold water unceremoniously, and when the people woke up, they only showed up a dry torture instrument, and Zhao Junwu softened into a mess of mud.
didn't consume half a pillar of incense, and didn't even need to be judged, so he spit out all the good things he had done.
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As soon as Li Zonggui's voice fell, the hundred officials over there whispered.
Zhao Zhengxin had an old red face, and he just wanted to find a hole to drill into. I saw his robe lifted, his tall body knelt on the ground, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't expect that this son would dare to hide from the minister to do such a heartbreaking thing, the minister has no way to teach the son, it is difficult to escape the blame, please punish the emperor!" ”
Zhao Zhengxin's words clearly conveyed two meanings.
Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with it! I don't know, I don't know!
Your Majesty, I am willing to admit my mistakes, for the sake of my sincere attitude of admitting my mistakes, just pick it up high and put it down gently!
The new emperor coughed twice, and actually said with a slight face: "The son does not teach, the father and son have been, the teaching is not strict, and the teacher is lazy!" Although Hou Ye didn't know it, it was also the result of your connivance in the past, so I will punish you for a month and reflect on it! ”
When Zhao Zhengxin heard that he was just grounded for a month, he was ecstatic in his heart, and he was about to kowtow to thank him, but he heard Li Zonggui shouting: "Retreat!" ”
The new emperor glanced at Zhao Zhengxin with a smile and walked away.
When the new emperor left, the ministers realized that something was wrong.
The son sinned. Lao Tzu was punished, what is the saying of the son? Didn't you hear that there was a princess yesterday, why didn't the new emperor even mention it? According to the laws of Nanyan.
Framing the princess is not a trivial matter!
Such a non-logical card play, the civil and military officials are puzzled! Could it be ...... Don't...... Maybe...... Possible...... Is this matter for the sake of Commander Xiao's face?
How did they know that Zhao Zhengxin, who was kneeling on the ground, had been soaked in cold sweat by the faint glance of the new emperor, and there was a dead silence in his eyes!
The moment Sadako crawls out of the TV is the most terrifying, because you don't know if it's a peerless face or a demon under the face covered by her long hair.
That's why it's the most torturous thing in the world. It's not that you meet a ghost while walking at night, but that you walk on a night road and the wind is roaring all around. But I didn't even see a ghost.
The fear of the unknown is really terrifying.
"Punishment first", that means that there is also "punishment later", what is punished later. How to penalize. Nobody knows.
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Zhao Zhengxin returned home in despair, just drank a sip of hot tea and took a breath, but saw his old mother Li and the concubine walking in with an angry face.
As soon as Li saw his son, he was busy spitting out bitterness: "My son, that Grandma Xiao is really big, and she can't say that she is sick, how can you say this is good!" ”
Dan is worried about his son. But he didn't dare to complain, with tears in his eyes. Softly and softly, he shouted: "Master Hou! ”
If on weekdays, Dan's pitiful appearance may be able to arouse Zhao Zheng's confidence and pity, but now that Zhao Zhengxin is too busy to take care of himself, where is there time to worry about the worries and sorrows of a concubine.
Zhao Zhengxin glanced at the Dan family coldly, helped the Li family to sit on the head, and told the Li family about today's early dynasty.
The old man of the Li family, where can he not hear the strangeness here? However, Aunt Tan didn't know what to do, and when she heard that she had only punished Hou Ye for a month, she raised her eyebrows and said: "In this way, the new emperor is still thinking about our Hou Mansion." ”
Zhao Zhengxin's anger that he had been holding back for a day finally gushed out after Aunt Dan's words, and said angrily: "Ignorant mother-in-law, don't go back to your own room quickly!" Get lost! ”
Aunt Dan and Zhao Zhengxin are both cousins and husband and wife, and they have been married to the Hou Mansion for 20 years, where have they heard such heavy words? Ashamed and angry, frightened and frightened, he hid his face and came out.
The Li family was worried about his son's future, and he couldn't take care of the Dan family, and sighed: "Son, you tell me the truth, what does the new emperor mean?" ”
Zhao Zhengxin gritted his teeth and said: "Mother, slandering the royal family and destroying the princess's reputation is a capital crime of raiding the family and destroying the family. ”
"What?"
Li didn't notice it, and the Buddha beads in his hand fell in response. How did she know that her grandson made a fuss yesterday, and he actually caused an earth-shattering disaster, and she couldn't help wailing again and again.
"Son, what can I do about this, it's all my ghost! It's really not good, let's go directly to the Terracotta Division to ask Brother Han. After all, he is your own son, so you can't just watch you unlucky. ”
"Mother, did you forget the broken knife that day?"
While wiping her tears, Mrs. Li looked at her son's face and cried: "Son, even if he refuses to enter the Hou Mansion, it is always right to say a few words for us in front of the new emperor." With his relationship with the Du family, even if he gently erases this matter, it is not a difficult matter! ”
Zhao Zhengxin's head moved, but he sighed: "If he can intercede for us in front of the new emperor, it will be a great thing." It's just that now that the new emperor has punished me for grounding, I can't even go out of the mansion, how can I beg him? Even if we have a lot of money in our house, we have nowhere to go. Old mother, the Zhao family is in danger! ”
Li Shi hung his head with a look of remorse and said, "Son, tomorrow I will go to Xiao Mansion with your daughter-in-law, do you see if it is useful?" ”
Zhao Zhengxin nodded and sighed: "That's it." It's just that the mother has worked hard, but as long as the son can move around, he doesn't need his mother to run back and forth......"
Zhao Zhengxin's voice did not fall, but he heard the maid outside: "Second master, Aunt Lu and Grandma Lu are here!" (To be continued.) )
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