"How can it be stolen? This Wang Laifu is not stupid, he was accidentally stolen once, if he is stolen again, what face will he take to see his sister. Xiao Shengzi looked left and right, and lowered his voice: "This time, it's good luck!" ”

"What do you mean? Could it be that this sister is alive again! "Since the events of last night, Chang Tai's outlook on life and worldview have changed, if a soul bell can become a person and spend months with him day and night, it doesn't seem to be a strange thing for this person to suddenly come back to life.

"Brother Chang, are you okay?" Xiao Shengzi thoughtfully measured Chang Tai's forehead with his hand: "This is not a fever, how can you say these bizarre words?" How can this dead man be resurrected! I'm talking about Li Tai, the squire of the military department! ”

"How did this Wang Laifu's niece get involved with the squire of the military department?"

"How else can you say that this king is blessed with good luck?" Xiao Shengzi didn't know whether to sigh or be jealous, so he shook his head a few times in a row: "This soldier Li Tai has two sons, the eldest son Li Long is now serving at the border pass, but I heard that he was placed in an idle position, and he didn't need to lead troops to fight, but the credit could be stopped on him at will." The youngest son, Li Hu, was sick in the womb and has been raised in the house all the time, and he has to be fifteen when he counts his age. In the past, Ji Shengtang's shopkeeper Liu often went over to help him see a doctor, but later when something happened to the shopkeeper Liu's family, he changed doctors. I don't know if it's because the doctor's medical skills are not up to par, so he didn't watch it long ago, and Li Hu died. After Li Hu's death, the doctor was also arrested by the people in the yamen, and as for the crime, Brother Chang also guessed it, is it unwarranted? ”

"There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, the official evaluation and character of Li Tai, the squire of the military department, are indeed not very good, and the baht must be compared." Chang Tai is no stranger to this squire, to be honest, he doesn't like it in his heart. This person has no real skills, but he is good at observing words and feelings, and even knows how to understand the sacred heart, so he has won the favor of the Holy Queen over the years. As for himself, he is just an ordinary little catcher in the yamen, no matter how much he doesn't like this squire of the military department, he has only thought about it in his heart. The officialdom is dark, and all they can do is to strive for a little more light for ordinary people in this dark officialdom, such as handling cases meticulously, trying not to wronged a good person, nor to let go of a bad person. "That doctor is only afraid that he will be more than lucky."

"No, fortunately, Miss Ruyi didn't agree to Li Tai to treat his youngest son, otherwise it would be the girl who would be unlucky today. The doctor was sentenced to beheading, and he will be beheaded next month. ”

"Wait, you said that it was fortunate that Miss Ruyi didn't agree to Li Tai to go to Li Hu's diagnosis, what's the matter?"

"Brother Chang doesn't know?" Xiao Shengzi raised his face, looked at Chang Tai, and saw that he really didn't know, so he said, "I thought that you knew about Miss Ruyi's affairs, Brother Chang?" ”

"Less nonsense!" Chang Tai knocked on Xiao Shengzi's forehead: "Say it quickly, what's the matter!" ”

"After something happened to Shopkeeper Liu's family, Li Hu's illness naturally couldn't be taken care of. This Li Tai, although he is not a good person, but in the face of his youngest son, he did not embarrass the shopkeeper Liu's family. Just asked the shopkeeper Liu to help recommend a doctor, Mrs. Liu may have mentioned the Ruyi girl between her words, so this Li Tai asked the housekeeper in the house to invite her. What about our Ruyi girl? is also powerful enough, and immediately with a cold face, he kicked out Li Tai's housekeeper, saying that she was a rouge shop, specializing in rouge gouache, not a medical hall, and was not responsible for helping people see a doctor and administer medicine. ”

"Li Tai didn't care?" Chang Tai asked worriedly, and at the same time felt a little blame in his heart, because Xiao Shengzi knew these things, but he didn't know. He thought in his heart that if he had helped him in everything, there might not be today's Yin Chensi. It's just that such a thought only shook in his heart and passed. He understands that fate is determined and cannot be forced.

"How could it be that you didn't care? This Li Tai deliberately asked the concubine in the house to go to the Ruyi girl to buy rouge, and within two days, the concubine died, saying that it was poisoned, and the spearhead was directed at our Ruyi girl. I also reported the case at that time, but Brother Chang, you were working on your business at that time, not in Beijing, so you don't know these things. ”

"What if"

"Of course, it's to save the day!" Xiao Shengzi looked arrogant, plus a look of blind worship: "Although this Ruyi girl was arrested, she didn't look panicked at all." Brother Chang rest assured, we were just acting like it at the time, and there was no embarrassment for her. Because we all know that this must be a bureau set up by Li Tai, who wants to pit the girl.

The girl was also calm at the time, saying that since there was a problem with her rouge, whether it was life or death, she was willing to bear it, but she couldn't die unclear, she wanted to go to the scene to see, and personally inspect the box of rouge, if it was really a problem with rouge, she didn't need Li Tai to ask the guilt, she should judge herself. To be honest, Xiao Shengzi was scared at the time, but the girl said it was okay, so let's go. As a result, Brother Chang, guess what? The real culprit was found by the girl. It turned out that it was the Li family's concubines competing for favor! ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Brother Chang, don't worry, the rest of this is exciting."

Chang Tai looked anxious, but Xiao Shengzi was slowly and leisurely like a storyteller, not in a hurry at all: "If you want to say that this Li Tai is really a ruthless master, just to pit the Ruyi girl, he actually counted his two concubines into it." This brain, we ordinary people, is really incomparable.

This Li Tai only has two sons, and they are both born to his wife, and this little one is sick in the womb, even if he is well healed and raised, it will not be a big deal. In addition, the lady is old and decrepit, and she has been concentrating on worshipping the Buddha all these years, and she doesn't pay much attention to the affairs of the house, so the following concubines are jealous openly and secretly, and they all want to give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible to consolidate their position in the house.

Li Tai knew this, so he took advantage of the jealousy of these concubines, and deliberately arranged for one of them to go to the Ruyi girl's store to buy rouge, and deliberately emphasized that he gave it himself. This little concubine is not a master with brains, and she suddenly got such a big benefit, so she didn't hurry up to show off when she returned to the mansion. As a result, it aroused the eyes of other concubines in the house. At this time, Li Tai was secretly fueling the troubles, and it seemed that he was so casually reminded that someone had poisoned the rouge of this concubine.

This poison is not important, but for these concubines, it is fatal. Because his face was ruined. The concubine who used rouge couldn't think about it all of a sudden, so she hanged herself.

Judging from the bright face, this rouge was bought from the Ruyi girl's shop, and the concubine's face was disfigured after using this box of rouge, and then she hanged herself. And this Li Tai also specially invited the doctors from the Tai Hospital to test this box of rouge, and it was also confirmed that this box of rouge was indeed mixed with poisonous substances. If it weren't for our Ruyi girl peeling back the cocoon and digging out the truth, she would really be unjustly killed. Even if the crime is not to poison the concubine, just the sale of toxic rouge is enough to kill the girl. ”

"Then Li Tai admits that he is pulling behind his back?"

"How could he admit this." Xiao Shengzi wrinkled his nose: "He only admits that there is indeed a phenomenon of concubines competing for favor in the house." But what we're looking for is the real culprit, as long as it has nothing to do with Miss Ruyi, no one cares about the things on the side. After all, offending this Lord Li is like being haunted by a ghost. Speaking of this haunting ghost, I think of one more thing. ”

"It also has something to do with Ruyi?"

"Whether it matters or not, I'm not sure. Brother Chang, you also know that our Ruyi girl is good at medical skills, and she is not bad. was put on the spot by Li Tai like this, maybe he would really give him a drug or something. However, this is all speculation, there is no real evidence, and besides, Li Tai's incident, I don't think it has much to do with the girl. ”

"Tell me what the hell is going on?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, but I heard that Li Tai was originally unwilling and wanted to make a bad heart to deal with Ruyi girl. As a result, he was haunted by evil spirits night and night, and in the end, he was half dead, and he couldn't care about dealing with the girl. I also heard that the evil ghost that haunted him was the concubine he designed to kill, the one who was disfigured and hanged. We don't know if it's true or not, but at that time, the Li family did invite monks and Taoists to take turns to do things. Perhaps, it was also because of this incident that after the death of his youngest son Li Hu, he thought of matching his yin relatives. ”

"With a kiss?"

"That's right! This marriage is also called a yin marriage, also known as a ghost marriage, which is to find a spouse for the deceased. Some sons and young ladies were not married during their lifetimes, and the old people believed that if they did not marry them, their ghosts would make the house uneasy. Therefore, it is necessary to hold a yin marriage ceremony for them, choose an unmarried man and woman of the same age, bury them together, become husband and wife, and bury them together, so that these young masters and young ladies will not be lonely underground. Others believe that this is matched with the soul of the underworld marriage to protect the whole family. This Li Tai was originally a big official, and it was his youngest son who died of illness, emotionally speaking, he didn't want his son to leave alone. Coupled with the fact that he was haunted by evil spirits before, he attached more importance to the matter of marrying his youngest son. ”

"That's what you said, Wang Laifu's family has good luck?"

"This is it! This Li Tai originally wanted to find a good match, but in these years, there are not many official ladies who have died young, so he lowered this requirement, only requiring that the other party be unmarried, no more than sixteen years old, beautiful in appearance, and preferably newly deceased. No, the little niece in Wang Laifu's family just met this requirement, so she was selected. ”

Xiao Shengzi said, took out a folded paper bag from his arms, and handed it to Chang Tai. Chang Tai opened it, and it was a notice with black letters on a red background, the content of which was exactly what Xiao Shengzi had just said, the Li family's requirements for selecting a secret marriage partner, and there was indeed a letter from the Li family at the place where the payment was made.

"This is what I got from a matchmaker in the capital, it is said that in order to choose the most suitable marriage partner for Li Hu, the Li family sent this thing to the matchmakers of all sizes in the city. If a girl from any family is selected, the Li family will also hire according to the normal process, Brother Chang, think about it, the daughter-in-law of the squire of the military department, how heavy is this dowry. ”

"So what you mean?"

"That's not what I meant!" Xiao Shengzi waved his hand: "This is something that the big guys are speculating about in the capital recently." This Wang Laifu family first died his eldest niece, but before he was buried, the body was stolen. Within a few days, this little one also died, and it was still at the juncture of the Li family's selection of a daughter-in-law for the underworld marriage, and in the end, the person was selected by the Li family. ”

"It's a coincidence!" Chang Tai's eyes sank: "It seems that we are going to go to Feijuan Village in person." ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)