Chapter Thirty-Eight: Revenge on the Grudge
In the past few days since Shi You buried Leng and Shi Yi, Shi Nian felt that she seemed to be a different person, not at all like the thorns she was before, but more like a docile little sheep. Even Mrs. Qin sneered when she saw her: "I think this Shi You has become a fool." ”
Mrs. Qin originally wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Shi You again, but because of her uncompetitive daughter, she dragged it out until now. And now that Shi You has become a fool, Mrs. Qin gradually dispelled this idea, but she still did not forget to ask her subordinates to bully Shi You, so that she would always be so stupid.
On this day, Shi You was looking at the orchids in the yard that had just bloomed in a daze, and he heard the two maids behind him muttering something in a low voice, although it was a small voice, it was more like he was deliberately telling her.
"In the past, I looked at her so vigorously, and I didn't like anyone, but now my dead mother has become a frosted eggplant, wilted like this, she really deserves it!" One of them said.
"I can't say that, she's only eleven or twelve years old, and it's quite pitiful for her dead mother." The other said hypocritically, "I think that although the people in their western courtyard are a little sideways, their character is still good." ”
"As soon as you mention this, even I feel ashamed of her mother!" The first maid spat on the ground and said, "Isn't her mother driven home because she entered the palace draft to seduce the crown prince, that is, the saint is not successful today?" In those years, who in the capital didn't know the notorious reputation of her mother's vixen? Later, it wasn't the old man who reluctantly married her secretly when he saw her mother's good looks......"
Shi You looked at Orchid blankly, knowing that these two were here to ridicule her, and she didn't bother to pay attention to them, but who knew that they were actually saying bad things about her newly buried mother. So he turned around and walked to the maid's side, grabbed the maid's neck like a vicious tiger, and said with red eyes: "My mother didn't seduce the prince, it was the prince who seduced her!" ”
The one who was choked by the neck broke free, but she knew that Shi You's strength was so great, she looked at Shi You's terrifying gaze, and was shocked by an eleven or twelve-year-old girl.
The other maid was afraid that things would make a big fuss, so she hurriedly said to the maid who was choked by Shi You's neck: "Juan'er, the third lady has secretly practiced martial arts for a few days, you quickly admit your mistake to the third miss and let her let you go, hurry!" ”
Na Juan'er was pinched by Shi You, how could she still speak, but her face was red, and she didn't know what sound she made with her mouth open.
Seeing this, the other maid hurriedly knelt down to Shi You, and said in a panic while fanning her face: "Third Miss, you don't remember the villain, just now we said the wrong thing and slandered Aunt Leng." I begged Miss San to let us go, and we went back here to burn incense and paper for Aunt Leng every day. For the sake of Aunt Leng's gentle temperament on weekdays, Third Miss, you have a large number of adults, so let go of the slaves and maids! ”
When Shi You heard the last words she said, tears couldn't help but drip in her eyes, and she gradually let go of the hand holding Na Juan'er.
After Na Juan'er was let go by Shi You, she kept coughing hard, and then breathed heavily. Another maid hurriedly hugged her who was about to faint and slapped her on the back.
took Na Juan'er to breathe a sigh of relief, and the two hugged each other, staring at Shi You as if they were looking at monsters, and fled all the way.
After the two left, Shi You squatted on the ground, his eyes were red and swollen, and his ten fingers were tightly clasped to the ground.
That night, Shi You's thin body sneaked into Mrs. Qin's courtyard, and the dagger in his sleeve flashed with cold light under the moonlight.
With the resoluteness in her eyes and the flame of revenge, she quietly walked to the door of Madam Qin's room step by step, and suddenly heard the voices of two people inside.
"Why does the master always sigh today?" Mrs. Qin took off her coat for Shi Zixiu and asked.
Shi Zixiu sat on the edge of the bed with a solemn face, "It's not the flood in Fengping County. ”
"Could it be that the emperor noticed something?" Mrs. Qin covered her mouth in fright and said.
"It's not that the emperor noticed something, but that someone asked the emperor for a copy of my ......," Shi Zixiu sat down and stood up again, and said with a sad brow.
"Then what did the emperor say?" Mrs. Qin hurriedly asked.
"Listening to the meaning of the chief eunuch around the emperor, it seems that the emperor is angry and is ready to send someone to investigate." Shi Zixiu began to pace around the room.
Mrs. Qin's eyes widened when she heard this, and she sat down on the bed straight back, and she said with a crying voice: "What can I do about this?" If the emperor finds out that the lord has embezzled disaster relief money, our whole family will be finished! Before the words fell, Shi Zixiu slapped Mrs. Qin's left cheek. Mrs. Qin covered her face, looked at Shi Zixiu with tears in her eyes, and said, "My lord, you should think of a way." ”
Shi Zixiu looked at the lady in front of him, who loved to play majestic and only knew how to cry when she encountered something, her stomach was full of fire, and she couldn't help but think of the well-informed Leng family.
"Sir!" Mrs. Qin grabbed his sleeve and cried, "Master! What can I do? ”
Shi Zixiu looked at this lady, although he was angry, but when he thought of her mother's family, he suppressed his anger and said: "I'm telling you this, aren't you thinking of a way?" Cry cry cry, know to cry! ”
When Mrs. Qin heard this, she sat on the edge of the bed and whimpered. Shi Zixiu sighed, sat on the edge of the bed, took Mrs. Qin's hand, and his tone became gentle, "Madam, I just wanted you to go back and find your father-in-law, he was a little hypocritical with Inspector Zhang of the Pure World Academy, let him go and ask Supervisor Zhang to help, so give me a word......"
"How does this matter have anything to do with the Pure Temple?" Madam Qin stopped crying and looked up and asked.
Shi Zixiu wanted to dislike Mrs. Qin for asking too much, but when he thought that he still needed her to intercede with his father-in-law, he said patiently: "At the beginning, I embezzled those silvers, and it was Governor Zhang of the Jingshi Academy who instructed me, but now that something happened, he took the silver and slapped his ass and left, and even my face was gone!" ”
Mrs. Qin heard and thought about it, and she didn't say anything. Shi Zixiu looked at her anxiously, not knowing what this stupid lady was thinking.
Suddenly, Mrs. Qin spoke: "Master, I have a good idea......
Shi Zixiu expected that Mrs. Qin would not come up with any good ideas, and what she wanted to come up with must be some bad ideas, so he asked impatiently, "What good ideas?" ”
"Since that Inspector Zhang crossed the river and demolished the bridge, we might as well bribe the person who the emperor is about to arrange to investigate this matter and splash all this dirty water on that Inspector Zhang."
Shi Zixiu heard that his heart was happy, and he thought that this is the great wisdom and foolishness? After thinking about it, it was so complicated that it was not as practical as the simple method that his stupid lady said. What's more, even if the bribe fails, there is nothing to lose to yourself.
Shi You listened to all the conversation between the two outside the door, she covered the dagger in her sleeve, rolled her eyes, and sneaked out of Mrs. Qin's courtyard again.
As soon as it was dawn the next day, Shi You pretended to be a little girl, smeared some soot on his face, and his whole body was dirty, and sneaked out of the corner gate of Shifu.
Shi You has never been out of the house alone since he was a child, so he came to the door of the Jingshiyuan from the east hall and the west hall to those hawkers who got up early to do business. She looked up at the three big words "Jingshiyuan" on the plaque at the door, and smiled coldly, then let everyone bury my mother and brother together!
As soon as Zhang Enjin arrived at the gate of the Jingshi Courtyard, he saw a child dressed as a maid standing there, looking up at the words on the plaque. He waved his hand to his subordinates with a look of disgust, and the people behind him set Shi You up, twisted an ant at him, and prepared to throw it elsewhere.
"Wait!" Shi You struggled and shouted, "Are you from the Pure World Temple? ”
Hearing this, the subordinates stopped their movements and looked at Zhang Enjin, ready to wait for his instructions. Zhang Enjin still raised his hand, signaling them to stay away.
"Wait! Wait a minute! Shi You saw that he didn't mean to listen to what he said, so he shouted directly: "I am the little servant of Shifu, and the master of Shifu wants to frame Master Zhang!" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Enjin frowned, and motioned for those subordinates to bring Shi You to him.
"What did you just say?" Zhang Enjin asked, "Explain it carefully." ”
Shi You lowered her head as if she didn't want to be recognized by him again, in fact, she dressed herself like this, Zhang Enjin couldn't see her original appearance, and only listened to her say word by word: "I happened to hear the conversation between the lord and the lady that day......"
Shi You told Zhang Enjin everything she heard. Zhang Enjin laughed, "How can you make me believe you?" Besides, do you know that if this is true, then the whole family of Shifu will suffer? What is your deep hatred for the Shi family and the Shi family? ”
Shi You was asked by him and didn't know which one to answer for a while, but as long as he could make him believe in himself, he hoped to avenge A-Niang and his younger brother, so he said: "My mother is the grandmother in the house, because she offended the master of Shifu because of her unfavorable affairs, she was beaten to death by him, I hate him so much!" ”
Zhang Enjin put away his smile at this time, squinted his eyes and stared at Shi You, and after looking at him for a while, Shi You also looked at him without changing his face. After a while, Zhang Enjin spoke: "You will come here tomorrow to wait for me, don't be discovered." After speaking, Zhang Enjin led people into the Pure World Courtyard.
Shi You looked at his back and came back to his senses for a while. Her clenched fists trembled slightly, her fingertips were cold, and her palms were full of sweat.
On the second day, Shi You heard that Zhang Enjin, the governor of the Pure World Academy, suddenly came to the mansion to discuss with the master, and she really felt that Zhang Enjin believed her words yesterday, and Zhang Enjin came here today because of her leak yesterday. Thinking of this, she felt that A-Niang and her younger brother would not die in vain after all, and she would have the face to see the undead under their spring another day.
According to the agreement, Shi You was still dressed that day, and came to the gate of Jingshi Courtyard early in the morning, and after a while, Zhang Enjin appeared.
He bent down in a rare way and said to Shi You: "I went to the mansion yesterday to test the truth and secretly investigate this matter, and what you said is indeed somewhat credible." But ......"
"But what?" Shi You was afraid that he still wouldn't fully believe in himself, so he hurriedly asked.
"But I have to do me a favor before this can be done." Zhang Enjin's eyes became vicious.
"What's the matter?" Shi You asked, as long as she can avenge A-Niang and her brother, she is willing to do it!
Zhang Enjin took out a packet of medicinal powder wrapped in yellow paper from his arms, handed it to Shi You and said, "If you don't tell a lie, an official sent by the emperor will come to your house in a few days, and you will find a way to put this bag of things in his tea." ”