Ah Niu said that the cook had known Zhu long before she married Wang Jiang.

This Zhu family was originally singing in the teahouse, and it is impossible to say when she came to Yunjiaji, only that her surname is Zhu, she is good-looking, and she sings well, but her temper is a little twisted.

When she first came to Yunjiaji, someone fell in love with the Zhu family and proposed to marry her back home and settle it well, but the Zhu family was only willing to be a wife and refused to be a concubine.

Most of the people in this family who are better off have already married and had children, and even if they don't, they will not allow their sons to marry a woman who sings music in the teahouse as the main house. In poor families, there are many men who have not married wives, but Zhu claims to be from a poor family, and he doesn't want to endure hardships with others, so he doesn't look down on any of them until he meets Wang Jiang, which can be regarded as a phoenix and has a good home.

"Then how did this cook meet this Zhu family?"

"It's a long story. According to others, there was a time when the Zhu family was singing in the teahouse and was looked down upon by a few bastards. These people were obviously drinking tea, but they wanted to pretend to be drunk and take the opportunity to slighten the Zhu family. There was a man who couldn't see it, so he came forward to help the Zhu family. Who knew that he was hated by these people, and within a few days, these people took advantage of the fact that the man was alone and drove him to the dark alley and beat him to death. When Zhu heard about this incident and knew that it was all because of him, he used a trick to lure those people into a guest room, and used his beauty to make them tell the truth, and the official was sitting in the adjacent room at that time. The truth was revealed, and none of those people escaped, and they were all imprisoned. The cook lady is the widow of that man, who was brought into the Wang family by the Zhu family. Therefore, what Brother Li said just now is right, the relationship between this cook and the Zhu family is indeed a little different. ”

"I only remember that this cook didn't seem to say much, but in the face of Zhu, the words she said carried a little bit of intolerance to Zhu's refusal. It's just that at that time, I didn't take it to heart, thinking that this cook, like Aunt Lu, belonged to the kind of person who had a big temper and loved to worry. But it turned out that there was still such a story between the Zhu family and the cook. ”

"I didn't even ask about the small part of this story." Li Mao rubbed his nose.

"It's normal for Brother Li not to know, because these things are rarely mentioned now. If it weren't for the conversation between Madame and Brother Li just now, Ah Niu would have almost forgotten these things. ”

"Though I did not kill Beren, he died because of me. It is said that this cook should have a grudge against Zhu, after all, her husband died because he took care of Zhu's affairs, but what Zhu did afterwards made the chef who was a bitter master unable to find fault. If I were a cook, although I might not hate it anymore, I would definitely not be grateful to the Zhu family in my heart. ”

The little one looked at the cook and didn't look like such a magnanimous person, and when she was in the rouge shop that day, although she was respectful on the surface, there was a bit of hostility in her eyes that defied the Zhu family. Perhaps, on the surface, it is the cook who respects the Zhu family, but secretly, maybe it is the Zhu family who let the cook girl. The little one just said that it was wrong, this cook can't be compared with our aunt deer, the aunt deer is talking about the shopkeeper, but in her heart she definitely respects the shopkeeper as the master. ”

"I hope that Aunt Lu only treats me as a family member, not as a master." Xing Ruyi smiled slightly bitterly and shook his head: "This man helped save the Zhu family, but he got into trouble and lost his life. From the position of the cook, it is normal for her to resent the Zhu family, be angry with the Zhu family, and even hate the Zhu family. After all, all of his good and decent homes were dispersed because of the Zhu family's red face. If the chef's heart is smaller, maybe she will be jealous of Zhu's finding a good family in her heart, and the more time passes, the more unfair her heart will be. ”

"That's because my husband wants to save you from a fox...... The little goblin died unexpectedly, what about you, but you married a good family smoothly and became a young grandmother, why? Li Mao learned the appearance of a brutal woman on the street, stuck his waist, made a jealous and hateful expression, and only looked at Xing Ruyi and Ah Niu and wanted to laugh.

"Zhu's family, she may not be unaware of this matter, she brought the cook back to the Wang family to settle down, it was nothing more than that the cook's husband had helped her out of the siege, and in the end she suffered an accident. So she did her duty, first using her beauty to kill the murderers who hurt her benefactor, which shows that Zhu is a woman who is brave, resourceful and grateful. Moreover, the lord in this official mansion is not invited to come out if he asks for it, and he may not be able to judge the case clearly, and the little beggar is an example. At the beginning, the reason why the Zhu family was able to invite the old man to the guest room was definitely more than just silver. Judging from Zhu's side, she can be regarded as doing her best to repay the kindness of her husband.

Zhu is a smart person, and she also knows that the cook may not be grateful for what she does, so no matter whether she is open or secret, she treats the cook with courtesy and gives a lot of tolerance. Even, the cook was specially arranged to live in the guest house across the wall. These are all Zhu's kindness, that is, to avoid the discomfort of the cook living in the Wang family, to give the cook more space for activities, and to avoid the embarrassment of the two of them meeting, but the cook may not think so in her heart.

Now, here comes my second question. If the cook was summoned to the main courtyard by the Zhu family late at night, then why didn't the Zhu family wait for the cook to arrive before leaving? In the Wang family, apart from the male protagonist Wang Jiang, who else and what else is enough to make the Zhu family leave so suddenly, so that on such a cold winter night, he didn't even bother to put on socks? The third question is, was the cook killed before Zhu was killed, or after Zhu was killed? ”

Zhu didn't wear socks on her feet, which means that she went out temporarily, maybe she didn't think she would go so far when she went out, so she didn't wear socks, and she didn't say hello to the cook, because Zhu thought she would come back if she went. As for whether the cook was killed before or after the murder of the Zhu family, this question cannot be answered. The little one still remembers that the shopkeeper said that this dead man can also speak, who is before and who is behind, as long as he has seen the corpses of this cook and Zhu, he will naturally understand. ”

"You think that this Yunjiaji is Luoyang, the divine capital, and you think that the official yamen of this Yunjiaji is the Jingshi Mansion, let's enter when we say it, and we will go out when we say it. A dead man can speak, but right now, don't we see the dead man? Besides, let's just talk casually, guess, neither to help the little beggar cry grievances, let alone to be the master of the blue sky to help him overturn the case, why bother to say so seriously. ”

"It's obvious that the shopkeeper is serious, and he said that we are serious." Li Mao pursed his lips as he spoke, picked up the whip and threw it to the ground, and then shouted, "Drive!" ”

"Compared with the previous dynasty, the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were much more tolerant of women, but even if they were tolerant, it was not appropriate for the female dependents of normal people to meet guests barefoot. Don't say that he is an outsider, even in front of his husband and father, he is also a little disrespectful. However, the requirements are requirements, and the rules are rules, and in the poor people's homes, there is no such exquisiteness.

It's not that it's not unsophisticated, but the actual situation doesn't allow it. For example, in a peasant family, unmarried women and married women also have to work in the fields like men, and the family does not have much money, so in order to save money on shoes and socks, they will choose to go barefoot when the weather is still permitting. But even in the farmhouse, in this cold winter, you will not walk barefoot.

Therefore, Ah Niu guessed whether there was such a situation, Zhu She didn't get out of the bedroom alive at all, the cook was in the main courtyard after Zhu's murder, and happened to meet the murderer who came out of it, and the murderer was also recognized by the cook, so she let the murderer kill him.

In other words, what the murderer may really want to kill is only the Zhu family. ”

After Ah Niu finished speaking, he looked at Xing Ruyi with a rather unconfident gaze. Xing Ruyi nodded lightly, Ah Niu let out a breath, and was about to say something more, when he suddenly felt that the carriage stopped again. When he looked up, the cotton curtain in front of him was just opened, and an old woman standing against the door met his eyes, which made him stand up unconsciously, and hit his head with a "bang".

"Who are you? What are you doing in the mountains? The old woman's eyes were blind, but her ears were very sensitive. When you hear the sound of horses' hooves, you know that it is not an ordinary mountain visitor. "If you are lost, please follow the road you came from and go back, and when you reach the seventh junction, turn right, and after walking for a short time, you will see that if the town is going into the mountains to look for mountain goods, please also go back, you don't see that the mountains are densely planted, but there are no wild things. Don't say that it's winter, it's summer and autumn, it's all quiet here, even a bird can't see it, if it's a medicine picker, please follow the path in front of my house to the south, over two mountains, you can get to the wild medicine valley. There are plowshare grass, lychee grass, lowland tea and some white hair, although I don't understand, but I can also sell some money If you go to see the Niangniang Temple, please go back, the temple is unlucky, and there is nothing to see. ”

"Mother, it's me, Ah Niu. Ah Niu brought back a female doctor, who can help you treat your eyes. Ah Niu said, jumped out of the carriage, and walked to the old woman: "Madam, this is my mother." Normally, there are people in this mountain, but my mother's eyes can't see, and when she hears the sound of horses' hooves, she thinks that those strangers have come into the mountain. Don't mind, ma'am, please sit at home! ”

Although she knew that the old woman's eyes couldn't see, Xing Ruyi still smiled a little shyly, walked up to the old woman lightly, and also grabbed her other hand: "Hello A-Niang, my name is Ruyi." I heard Ah Niu say that your eyes are not very good, it just so happens that I have studied medicine for a few years, and I also treat these eyes, so Ah Niu asked me to come over and help you take a look. ”

"Ruyi, it's a good name, I think your father and mother also wish you all the best." The old woman said, patting Xingruyi's hand. When she looked down, she smelled the rouge incense on Xing Ruyi's body and the faint smell of Chinese herbs mixed with those rouge incense. Her frowning brows stretched a little, and she held Xing Ruyi's wrist weakly, and led her to the house: "In the countryside, in this mountain and wilderness, there are no good things to entertain distinguished guests. Ah Niu, hurry up and take out the wild chrysanthemums we picked. Madame, don't look at this wild chrysanthemum is not expensive, but it tastes good, and clears heat and fire, which is the most suitable for this dry season. Also, take out all the mountain goods you have in stock. Madame is rare to come once, and she is a noble person who can see a doctor, so she has to be entertained well if she says anything. ”

"Thank you A-Niang, it's just that you don't need to sell mountain goods or anything, I just ate radish cake at home, and now my stomach is still panicking. Wild chrysanthemum tea is very good, just to clear the stomach. ”

"Madame also loves turnip cake?"

"Love to eat is love to eat, but it's not very good." Xing Ruyi said, glancing at the stove.

(Education 123 Literature Network)