Master Shi was furious like a lion, picked up Aunt Cui fiercely, gritted his teeth and stared for a long time, threw back heavily, and said in disgust: "Take Wanping and get out of here, get out of ......"

Aunt Gao rushed to hear the sound, stood at the door and hesitated for a long time, looking at the anger of the teacher, she didn't dare to come in. I just poked my head out and looked at Riba .

Aunt Cui was like an injured rabbit, falling on Wanying's bed in horror, and then she tossed and turned in a dazed panic and pulled Master Shi's hand. She even thought in her heart: She has been in the Shifu for ten years, even if she wants to be windy and rainy, Shida has always reprimanded herself for being arrogant in front of others, but when the two of them are alone in the same room, they will still be obedient to themselves. As long as you pretend to be pitiful and beg the master, you can solve the big problem, and you can't do it well.

However, this time, Master Shi shook it off fiercely. With an expression of disgust and hatred.

For ten years, Aunt Cui is no longer the rough and playful bright woman back then, ten years, unconsciously, in the indulgence of the teacher, Aunt Cui has changed from being brutal and playful to being sprinkling, and the bright woman has also become a dominatrix.

This slap made the three aunts Lin, Gao, and Li sensitively aware of one thing in their hearts, that is: the little aunts who were loved by thousands of people in the Shifu finally fell from the aura of pampering. Compared with the favor that gradually disappears compared to others, Aunt Cui fell to pieces this time, and she will never recover.

Aunt Cui also seemed to understand the sadness in the air, looking at the face that was obedient in the past, and now looking at herself angrily, she glanced at the teacher in despair and sadness. Pulling the crying Wanping, she left the attic in a gloomy manner.

Aunt Gao pulled Wanfen back. Wanfen shouted, "I'm not leaving, Aunt Lin said to leave me for dinner today." ”

"Gluttonous things, your father is angry, and you only care about eating."

Master Shi sat on the edge of the bed in silence, waved his hand with difficulty, and said, "Let's all go back, the dishes are ready and sent to Wanfen." It's all gone......"

Aunt Gao pulled Wanfen, and Aunt Li hugged Wanrong. The nurse pulled Wanting and went down to the attic in turn.

Hongfu and Lurong picked up the cup on the ground. Close the door from the outside. Only a family of three was left in the house.

Aunt Lin walked up to the teacher and said softly: "The master should also be self-respecting, and if he is angry, he has to look at his body. ”

Master Shi sighed and said, "They are all here to collect debts!" Most of my life will be destroyed at their hands. ”

"Master, angry is angry, don't say such frustrating words. In the month of the Great New Year, you will be unlucky. ”

Master Shi smiled bitterly and said abruptly: "Am I still afraid of bad luck now? ”

"Master, the year is not over yet, why are you so depressed?"

Master Shi took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Aunt Lin, and Wanying also leaned over. Sticking it to Aunt Lin's hand, I read it word for word from beginning to end, and then I asked Master Shi incredulously, saying, "Daddy, could it be a mistake?" ”

Aunt Lin also sat beside the teacher worriedly, and asked suspiciously: "Master, is there any misunderstanding in this, why did you suddenly degrade three levels in a row?" Even the Admiral of the Nine Gates was picked? ”

"Last year, Yanmen Pass intercepted a detailed work and found many confidential documents of the imperial court on him. Yanmen was too guarded to be self-sufficient, and was escorted back to the capital overnight, but this fine work committed suicide by biting his tongue on the way! ”

"I heard Aunt Cui talk about this a few days ago."

"Originally, this incident made a big official panic. The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace Zichen Hall checked them one by one, and killed a few of them. It's finally over. ”

"How did you finally find out to the master?"

"It's not the unsuccessful uncle of the Gao family!"

"It can't be the ring that caused the master's trouble, right?"

"Who else could it be if it wasn't him! Uncle Gao took the ring in our house and went to the jewelry shop of the elder Liu family's sister to sell it, but the Liu family fanned the flames everywhere with this matter, and we can't tell clearly. ”

"Master, since we are innocent, why don't we go to the ministry to make it clear?"

"How can you say this clearly? It is better to believe in what it is than to believe in it. What's more, when I sit in this seat, I can't tell a hundred mouths. ”

"If we don't do it, we can make it clear, it's a big crime to communicate with foreign countries!"

"You have to bite out a person on the left and right, so that everyone can rest assured, and it's not a matter if people are panicked all the time."

"Master, we can't carry this black cauldron. In case we are at ease with others, and there are still people who hold on to it and make a big fuss, let's swallow our anger, wouldn't it be to give people a handle. ”

Seeing that Aunt Lin had begun to be anxious and sad, and she couldn't tell the truth about what the Queen Mother said before, she could only say helplessly: "How can I say this, the more I describe it, the darker it becomes, the more I rush to say it, but I am suspicious." The imperial court is just suspicious, if this matter is really confirmed, how can it be as simple as demotion? ”

Aunt Lin sighed, frowned, turned her face slightly to her shoulder, and said sadly: "If the master can think of it himself, I will rest assured." I'm afraid that the master won't be able to think about it himself. ”

Master Shi squeezed out a gentle smile on his face, and said warmly to Aunt Lin: "I'm also afraid that you will worry about me, so no one said anything, let me tell you first." I don't care about the things in the officialdom, up and down, high and low, I just want our family to be safe and sound. ”

"Master, ten years ago, the master resigned from the post of a general, the master was really depressed during that time, others can't see it, I am the master's pillow person, can I still not see it? The old man was conscientious and conscientious during the day, and even if he was demoted, he still worked hard for the imperial court. Only I know how much the old man sighed and lost sleep at night? Aunt Lin said, wiping away her tears with a handkerchief. I'm afraid that the teacher will see the touching scene and be emotional.

"In the past few years, I have gradually learned some truths, when I am forty years old, I am still too young and will be lost. Not anymore, look away. Besides, this time I'm suspicious. If the court does not demote me, how can it be convincing to the people? ”

"Daddy, if there is, if there is, if there is no, if you don't have it, Daddy has wronged himself like this, and Qing'er can't stand it."

"Good boy, your filial piety father understands that it is just a matter of officialdom, sticky and sticky, vertical and horizontal, don't embarrass the prince for the sake of your father."

"Daddy, how can you bully people like this?"

Master Shi was relieved, smiled heartily on his face, stroked Wanying's shoulder, and said: "Daddy has been tired all his life, so it's okay, being an idle official, you can worry less about it from now on, and you can enjoy Qingfu in peace." ”

"Qing'er, you have to listen to your father's words in this matter, and you can't interfere casually, do you understand?" Aunt Lin instructed Wanying.

"Mother, is Daddy being bullied like this?"

"Silly boy, who bullied Daddy, the court is protecting Daddy, if you really let the prince interfere, things will be tricky, and it will be a capital crime to communicate with foreign countries. When the time comes, the family will be exiled, and the family will be beheaded at the worst. It is estimated that the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment also took into account the face of the prince, so they gently picked it up and put it down, which can be regarded as an explanation to those who stir up the water. Master Shi said indifferently.

"Is the Liu family the Liu family who proposed to Sister Wanrong before?"

"It's that Liu family." Aunt Lin said.

"Shameless, despicable! How can there be such a shameless person in this world, and he is still an old man, which really tarnishes the character of scholars. ”

"Qing'er, don't dare to talk nonsense, the Liu family is the leader of the Qing Confucianism in the court, and we can't afford to provoke these people." Aunt Lin said.

"Yes, our Great Zhou Dynasty emphasized martial arts and light literature, and the Liu family made a fuss about his father and encouraged courtiers from scribes to impeach his father. The Liu family and our family are children and daughters, these are small things, but the situation of the Chinese courtiers dissatisfied with the light text is not a long-cherished wish overnight, and the Liu family can respond to this situation clearly, and they secretly linked up seventy or eighty civilian officials to jointly present their case to the emperor and threaten the criminal department to severely punish this matter. Master Shi said with a smile, as if it was not himself who was impeached and belittled.

"Is it because we don't marry them that the Liu family holds a grudge?" Wanying asked.

"Sort of......" Aunt Lin didn't know if it was okay.

Wanying saw Aunt Lin's vague words, and said a little sadly: "Or did the uncle of the Gao family take out the ring and let people grab the handle?" ”

"Uncle Gao is our relative, others spent a lot of money to buy the ring from him, I was a little suspicious at that time, I have always done business, all of them are bought at a low price and sold at a high price, this ruby ring was sold for a thousand taels."

"That's it, the matter has come to this, it doesn't hurt for us to talk about it, the order has come down, tomorrow, I will go to the yamen to pack my luggage, and in the future, I can read and write at home every day, raise flowers and tease birds, and I don't know if I am blessed?"

Wanying seems to understand, but she doesn't seem to understand. I seem to understand my father's words, but I can't understand the power inside. Seeing that his father could face it so calmly, he repeatedly told himself not to meddle in this matter, so he no longer struggled. Maybe just like Daddy said, Saion is not blessed if he loses his horse, and it is also excellent for Daddy to enjoy his leisure in peace.

After being relieved, Wanying walked to the coffee table, took two teacups, and made tea for her father and mother to drink.

"How are the few masters in the yamen settled?" Aunt Lin asked

"It's still going to be kept as usual...... They have been following me for more than ten years, and they pushed it out all at once, and there was no income, and life was not good, so they let the family account room give them monthly silver as usual. I'll tell the housekeeper when I go back, just double the number of people in the house. ”

"Master, let's rest for a while, drink tea with my daughter, I'll go look at the kitchen, and explain this matter to the housekeeper by the way."

"Okay, you go......"

Wanying held the tea, but before it was handed over to the master, she only heard the master say again: "Yuxin is slow, you go to the housekeeper, and by the way, you will explain another thing to him." ”

Aunt Lin retracted the front foot that had already stepped out, turned around and said, "Master commands......"

"Let the housekeeper clean up a room in the small courtyard where the doormen live."

"yes, got it." Aunt Lin didn't ask why.

"Master Wang in the yamen, he has been with me for seven or eight years, and he hasn't started a family yet, and he has been working in the yamen before, but now he can't live there, so let's find a house for him in our house and settle down first......"

"Well, got it......" Aunt Lin nodded in agreement.

Master Shi explained: "This Master Wang has some kinship with Mei Shan's family, since he has some relationship with the family, let him live at home first...... What's more, when he heard the wind a few days ago, he was also a little embarrassed and said that he had nowhere to stay. ”

"Got it, sir......"

Aunt Lin closed the door and walked out, and Wanying put the second hair tip in the hands of the teacher.

Master Shi took a sip and said leisurely: "Fusheng has stolen half a day......

Wanying saw that her father could say such things to herself leisurely, and her heart was also a little more relaxed.