CHAPTER XVI

"Uncle......" Ping'er was forced to raise her head, and her two eyes could only look straight at Sheng Qian.

Who doesn't know that the people of Bingzhou Mansion Taida are proud of their young youth, and they are also the wishful husband in the hearts of the young girls in the entire Bingzhou City. But in such a state now, being stared at by him like this, it was as if he was looking at the prisoners in the hall, and the years that were in his mind were all faded all at once.

"What did you say?" Sheng Qian repeated it again.

Ping'er had layers of cold sweat on her forehead, but she didn't dare to say anything. She heard Sheng Mingzhu say today, arguing that the court officials and their families are going to go to prison. Mingzhu on the side stood up slowly, "Cousin is very good today, I'm also strange, even I don't know my sister's background, where does my cousin know?" ”

Sister Ping almost blurted out just now that Lingzhu was not her father's own, if it weren't for this, Sheng Mingzhu wouldn't have given her face so much, and directly ordered the gray clothes to take people back.

"No, uncle, that's not the case, I'll ......" Before she finished speaking, Sheng Qian raised his hand, "Ma Liu, go and close the door, no one is allowed to come without my orders." ”

"Yes."

"Mingzhu, you go out too." Sheng Qian turned her head to look at Sheng Mingzhu, she frowned, trying to protest, "Dad? ”

"Get out."

The arms can't be twisted into the thighs. Sheng Mingzhu went out step by step, and in the end, he didn't wait for Sheng Qian to change his mind, so he could only stomp his feet out. Outside, the gray clothes were still outside the door, and she went to the back and commanded softly, "You listen here, and if you have anything to say, come back and tell me later." ”

Gray Yi nodded, and after a while, he said softly, "The subordinates that the girl asked her subordinates to do yesterday have already done it, and Chen Zheng is temporarily detained by the master, what else does the girl command?" ”

Sheng Mingzhu's footsteps paused slightly, and he looked back at the gray clothes suspiciously. She didn't think much of it when she asked for him from Mr. Naguan, she wanted to investigate the matter, but she didn't have anybody. The people in the house don't dare to use it, and her father won't help her, Mr. Guan is an outsider, and he has no interests in the house, so he will use it.

I just didn't expect this gray coat to be really satisfying.

"I see." Sheng Mingzhu thought for a moment, "What about her movements?" ”

"After I released the news yesterday, Mrs. Zhou Mazi came out to investigate." Speaking of this, the gray clothes blushed slightly, leaned in front of Sheng Mingzhu, omitted some words that the girl's family should not listen to, and repeated what he said to Guan Ping yesterday.

Sheng Mingzhu's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said, "You go and bring Chen Zheng and the others over." ”

Gray looked at her with some hesitation, she had asked him to eavesdrop here just now. Sheng Mingzhu saw that he hadn't left yet, and urged, "Go." ”

After the gray clothes left, Sheng Mingzhu pushed the door into the house brightly. At this moment, Ping'er was sitting on the ground, her head was sweating all the time, and her original elegant makeup was melted, looking embarrassed, "Uncle, it's true, I heard my mother say that day - my uncle was at home with my aunt at that time, and he ate those things in the meals he used day and night, how could there be a spirit bead during that time?" ”

Sheng Mingzhu's brows sank and he looked at Sheng Qian puzzled.

"Didn't you get out? How did you get in? Sheng Qian looked at Sheng Mingzhu and didn't want her to hear this.

"Dad", Sheng Mingzhu didn't dwell too much on these, turned his head and said, "Didn't you say a few days ago that if you don't have evidence, you can't commit crimes at will. But what if I have proof now? What is Daddy going to do? How to deal with my mother's grievances? ”

Sheng Qian looked at his daughter, there was still childishness on her face, but the phoenix eyes were getting sharper and sharper. She is not like herself, nor is she like Yun Niang's soft character, her voice is gentle, "If you grow up in Beijing, you will definitely be loved by your grandfather." "Sheng Guogong is a person who is extremely strong.

looked back at Sister Ping'er again, "Let's go." ”

Sister Ping'er was sweating early, and as soon as she got up from the ground, she listened to him again, "Don't let me hear a trace of news I don't want to hear." ”

Her legs were clumped again, and she bit her lip and whispered, "Ping'er knows, she won't talk much." No matter how girlish feelings are looked at with such eyes, they will fade a little, not to mention that now it is obvious that Sheng Qian has a bad impression of her, and for the time being, she will no longer dare to move forward.

Not long after Sister Ping withdrew, Gray Yi came. With two people together, Chen Zheng who was escorted and the widow who was messing with Chen Zheng before, "Dad, do you want to know what Chen Zheng and this widow were talking about when I sent gray clothes over yesterday?" ”

Sheng Qian is the governor of the state, and the widow naturally recognizes him, so she hurriedly said, "Lord Futai is aware that the little woman and this man are just dewy lovers." The little woman didn't know what he was doing! ”

"Gray, you come." Sheng Mingzhu turned his head, "Say it word for word." ”

The gray clothes arched his hand and looked at Sheng Qian again, "The villain released Chen Zheng yesterday, and he has been sending people to follow him since then." About the third watch at night, Zhou's mother in the house suddenly went out and was sneaky. I became suspicious, so I followed her all the way to the widow's house. I only saw through the window that Zhou Mazi handed him a heavy bag of silver taels and let him go far away. ”

Then Chen Zheng got mixed up with the widow, and during the lingering, he said the name of the lady.

"Don't say it", Sheng Qian looked up at the gray clothes, it turned out that he was the one who released Chen Zheng yesterday, "Mr. Guan's person, good ability." Gray clothes hung his head, he shook his head, "You go out, our father and daughter have something to say." ”

The gray clothes quickly withdrew, leaving the father and daughter,

"Nan, take a look at these." Sheng Qian opened the small compartment under the desk and gave Sheng Mingzhu a letter, "This is rubbed from your mother." ”

Sheng Mingzhu looked at her father in confusion, and then looked at the letter. It was all correspondence between the Song family and the capital, and when she read it, Sheng Qian continued, "The Sheng family is not as simple as you think. I also know that your mother is a person, she is soft-hearted and has no opinions, she is wrong about this, but it is estimated that there is someone else behind the scenes. ”

Most of the contents of this letter are from the Song family and the old lady of the Sheng family, but it also vaguely involves the tax account books of the state, which she can't understand no matter how she looks at it.

"Dad, I know you grew up with your mother, I don't want to embarrass you? But is that the end of it? Sheng Mingzhu put down the letters, "Do you know what those people say about Lingzhu?" She's almost ten years old now, the age to remember. In the dream, Lingzhu and the Sheng family turned against each other, and she never wanted to see that scene again.

"And my mother." Everything has a degree, and Sheng Mingzhu also knows. How did the Song family harm her mother, but now her mother is fine. Song is not her father's wife, but also a relative.

Sheng Qian actually didn't want to tell his daughter about this kind of thing, but he was about homesickness, he wanted to reconcile with Yun Niang very much, but he didn't dare to find her directly, "At that time, your mother gave birth to you with dystocia, and the doctor said that it was best not to get pregnant within five years." I'm afraid that the dansha and other drugs used by the women in the workshop will damage your mother's body, so I will find some rush. ”

He said it implicitly, and Mingzhu also understood, "But Dad, you ate these rushes, and my mother still has a spirit bead?" ”

Sheng Qian nodded, "At that time at your mother's house, I could always hear others say how good Chen Zheng and your mother had when they were young. One day later, I saw your mother asleep, and Chen Zheng was beside her—" Speaking of this, Sheng Qian also sighed, "It's just that the authorities are confused." Now it seems that it is all loopholes, but I couldn't see it clearly at the time, and then Lingzhu was born, and I also misunderstood your mother for nearly ten years. ”

Sheng Mingzhu choked and coughed when she heard it, she felt that her father was sorry for her mother before drinking this bowl of tea.

Which man has doubts that wearing a green hat can raise someone else's daughter for ten years, Sheng Mingzhu doesn't know what to say. I was very angry, and I was a little happy, you deserve not to believe my mother, and after holding it for a while, I told Sheng Qian everything that happened in today's genealogy.

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After Chen Zheng was released, Song always felt uneasy.

That day, Zhou's mother got the news that the guards had drunk alcohol, and Chen Zheng had found a chance to escape. According to the meaning of the old lady of the Sheng family, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, kill Chen Zheng, so as not to leave future troubles. But Song was a woman after all, and he didn't see much blood, so he asked Zhou's mother to bring a hundred taels of silver to seal his mouth.

"Madam", the Zhou family hurriedly walked in, and followed the Song family's ear and said, "Today, the old man has resigned from the gentleman of the clan study, and the Sheng family study over there in Maoshan is said to be demolished." ”

"What's going on?" Song's brows furrowed, "Don't you have to wait until you return to Beijing?" Is there still more than half a month? ”

Zhou patted his thigh, "It was said that the eldest lady had a quarrel with the girls from the Sheng family branch in the clan studies, and it seemed that she also gossiped about Aunt Liu." The second lady seemed to have been beaten, and the eldest lady went back to complain to the master, and he was angry and let people resign. ”

"Madam, if this eldest lady's arrogance is not suppressed, it will be difficult." Zhou said, "Bingzhou can't hold her, and when she arrives in the capital in the future, I'm afraid that Aunt Liu will make a comeback." As soon as the words fell, the girl who was waiting in the outer courtyard said that there was something to report, and Zhou went out for a while, and when he came back, his face was even darker.

Song hurriedly asked her what had happened.

"The master went to Aunt Liu's", Zhou said.

Song sat on the chair, and in the end the two of them reconciled, which made her feel like a villain, and Zhou said, "Sheng Yan's girl is waiting outside, saying that she has something to see Madame." ”

Song rubbed his temples, "What can she do, I have a headache now, let her go back first." I'll talk about that another day. ”

Zhou nodded.

Sheng Yan waited outside for a long time, but he only waited for a missing news. The whole person is cold from beginning to end, except for the family study, it is okay now, but once Sheng Qian leaves the whole house and merges the state, the rest of the Sheng family will only become a family that does not enter the stream, and there is not even a family study.

Even Sheng Yan's younger brother Sheng Cheng, who is about to enter school next year, has no chance.

It is difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family, and everything is broken in Sheng Mingzhu's hands. Sheng Yan was a little dizzy from being shaken in the future, but she just saw Sheng Luo on the side, as well as her mother, probably also asking to see her uncle, she walked over and looked at Sheng Yan dressed in coarse cloth, "Luo'er, why are you dressed like this?" ”

"I should have dressed like that." Sheng Luo still doesn't like Sheng Mingzhu, who is high above, but now she hates Sheng Yan even more, "I offended Sheng Mingzhu because I spoke for you, and now I have offended Sheng Mingzhu, the Sheng family has dismantled the clan study, and the patriarch blames me for everyone in my clan." My father is a gambler again, and the city can't accommodate me and my mother. But Sheng Yan is still fine, and she still has a wealthy fiancé.

"Luo'er ......"

"Don't talk to me, I don't want to see you again." Sheng Luo left her alone and quickly helped her mother to leave.