Chapter 57: The Night of Terror
It was almost unitary, the back door of the Fortune Restaurant creaked open, and two women in cloth clothes with happy faces came out. The older woman was still wearing her sleeves on this hot day, but the younger woman was staring at the older woman's hand hidden under the white sleeve of the blue background as she walked, and when she crossed the threshold, she tripped and almost fell, but fortunately she held on to the door frame in time.
The old woman glared at the young woman when she saw this, but she looked around, and saw that there was no one in the back alley except a dozen carriages lined up in the back street, and her face was happy, and she stretched out the hand hidden in her sleeve.
In each of his hands was a silver ingot of white flowers, and each ingot was fifty taels, dazzling in the sun.
The woman squinted at the silver for a long time, as if she couldn't get enough of it.
"Mother, take a bite and see if it's true." The young woman swallowed and reminded.
When the old man heard this, he couldn't wait to reach out and lift the silver between his teeth, and bit it hard, but he grinned in pain because of the exertion. But I still didn't forget to carefully observe the bite marks on the silver, and saw that there were slight shallow marks on the silver ingots, and the hardness of the silver was moderate, and a flower bloomed on my face.
When he raised his eyes, he saw his daughter-in-law looking at him with a blank eye, remembering that he had just listened to his daughter-in-law's words, and he was so eager that he felt a little embarrassed, so he turned his face and scolded: "I don't know!" Your father said that this lady inside is an official lady, can you give us fake silver? ”
When the young woman heard this, her eyes were full of envy and said, "My little sister is really blessed to be able to marry into such a family." ”
When the old lady heard this, her eyes widened: "You married into our family, and you still lost it?" ”
The young woman hurriedly said, "The daughter-in-law didn't mean that, the daughter-in-law said...... It means that we are all stained. ”
The older lady didn't have time to worry about her daughter-in-law at this time, so she nodded very proudly when she heard the words: "Of course, although that girl is good-looking, her father is a stammerer who can't say anything, and her mother is a dumb person who can't fart." Isn't everything at home dependent on us being in charge of the family and helping the village with me? Your father heard that man said that her nephew's family is also a foreign master, and after that girl follows that person, we are still worried about not having a good life? ”
"After all, the lady's family is an official, can we get cheap if we make such a fuss?" Her daughter-in-law was a little worried.
The old woman gave her daughter-in-law a blank look: "Isn't that silver in my hand?" Your father said that if we let go of the trouble, the person behind that person is bigger, and there is no need to be afraid of this lady. You're less timid here. ”
The young daughter-in-law was relieved, thinking of the brocade clothes on the lady just now, and thinking of the mother-in-law standing beside her who was also a general, and she couldn't help but dream with a light in her eyes. Seeing that the mother-in-law stared at the white silver again, she remembered that the silver was added by the lady to the little sister's clothes and jewelry, and couldn't help but worry: "Mother, do we want to return this silver to the second uncle's family?" ”
Hearing this, the older woman subconsciously retracted her hand, looked around, and scolded, "Let your mother's fart!" Don't use silver for a dowry for your little sister? In the end, these things don't want my wife to Zhang Luo? ”
The young daughter-in-law slandered in her heart: Didn't the second uncle's family entrust you with the dowry of the little sister a long time ago, and you also secretly made a closet for yourself with the wood of the second uncle's house.
The two of them walked out of the back alley as they spoke, not noticing the figure flashing at the back door where they came out.
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"They didn't say who the man was?" Zheng pondered while listening to Mama Tang's reply.
"No, it's just that the person seems to have deliberately misled the identity of the son, making them think that the son is just a young master from a foreign family." Mama Tang thought about it and replied.
Zheng nodded: "Can you inquire about the situation of their family?" ”
Mama Tang said: "The slave maid carefully asked the female shopkeeper here, that Chen Xiaomei's family sells tofu in the vegetable market, her father is a stammer, her mother is a mute, they are all honest people, and she is the only daughter in the family. Her second uncle's family runs a grocery store and is an authentic Puji town. The prince secretly came here from Yanzhou five days ago, and met Chen Xiaomei who went to the stream to wash clothes......"
Zheng waved his hand to stop Mama Tang's words, turned his head and asked Sanniang, who was sitting on the side, "What do you think?" ”
Sanniang was stunned, the Zheng family trusted her so much? Just now, after the Zheng family saw the Chen family's people back, they sent Wei Yunying back to the room, but left her behind.
Sanniang pondered for a while and said, "That person misled the identity of the prince may be afraid that the Chen family will not dare to let go of us after knowing the true identity of the prince." The people still don't fight with the officials, let alone the relatives of the emperor. ”
"Our lord is a prefect anyway, and they dare to make trouble like this." Mama Tang frowned.
"That person may not have told the truth about the identity of his wife, and he also made the Chen family think that the person behind them has a great backing."
"What the hell is that man trying to do?" Zheng frowned.
"Sanniang has no way to guess." It's impossible, it's not powerless.
Everything has a motive, she just saw the son who was "forced to marry" today, and she was not familiar with him at all, and she couldn't sort out the interests behind him, so she couldn't judge.
Zheng nodded, although Sanniang is smart, but after all, she is still young.
"You ask Gao Yuan to send someone to follow Chen Xiaomei's second uncle, Chen Chuwu, and then inquire about who he has been in contact with in the past few days." Zheng instructed Mama Tang.
Mama Tang hurriedly answered.
Sanniang saw that Zheng's eyes were tired, knowing that she had been on the road all morning today, and had worked hard all afternoon, and she must be tired at this time, so she persuaded: "Madam, now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, it is useless to worry about it, I can only see the move." Instead of worrying about pondering, you should rest a little and recuperate your energy, and you may have to worry about it tonight. ”
When Zheng heard this, Sanniang went out to find Zheng's maid, asked her to wait for Sun's rest, and exited Sun's room by herself.
Sanniang sat in the carriage for a day today, and she was a little tired, so she also wanted to go back to the room to lie down.
As soon as she walked to the door, she saw two people coming against the light, and Sanniang couldn't help but stop.
Half a step ahead was a mother-in-law walking sideways, but behind was a man.
Because of the backlight, Sanniang couldn't see the man's face clearly, only that he was dressed in dark clothes, and his calves were wrapped around his head. is obviously dressed as a reckless man in the countryside, but along the way, it seems to be a lotus step by step, with infinite elegance, but even the slight footnote is cold like a drop of water into a pool, so far away that the world is excluded from his world, leaving only the rhyme.
The people approached step by step, and Sanniang finally saw clearly that the mother-in-law was the mother-in-law sent by Mama Tang to guard the door downstairs.
Behind her was a very handsome face.
Inadvertently facing the calm gaze of the person who came up and the age did not match, Sanniang couldn't help but be stunned.
Bai Ying reacted first, and stepped forward to block in front of Sanniang.
"Third Miss." The woman hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Sanniang smiled and nodded, and blessed Junyi behind her again.
The man also stopped, but he looked at Sanniang several times before nodding slightly.
Although Sanniang had some doubts in her heart, she was not moved, and only asked the mother-in-law: "Mama, what is this?" ”
"It's the young master who heard Mama Tang say that Madame's face is not good, and she can't eat today. Hearing that the young master said that this son's medical skills were very good, he asked the slave maid to bring him to give his wife a pulse. ”
Sanniang thought for a while, and said softly: "Madam, she just rested, if she wakes up now, I'm afraid she will be even more tired." ”
"I'll come back later." A cold voice spoke: "Mrs. Wei must be tired from the journey, it would be better to take a rest." ”
After the young man finished speaking, he nodded to Sanniang and turned around.
The mother-in-law hurriedly saluted Sanniang and followed the black-clothed young man.
The young man in black went downstairs, walked through the patio, and entered the guest room opposite. didn't go back to his room, but entered Xuanyun's room.
"Have you seen my cousin? So fast? Xuanyun, who was lying bored on the bed, was stunned when he saw someone coming.
The young man said lightly: "Mrs. Wei has rested. ”
Xuanyun propped up his head with one hand, lay on his side and said, "You saw that Gao Yuan secretly arranged people, and my cousin must have noticed it, and it is worthy of following the general in the barracks." Forget it if you don't see it, anyway, I didn't want to drag my cousin's family into the water, these people are here for this world. ”
Xuanyun rolled his eyes, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Cousin can't count on it, you can still count on it." Junyi, this son is injured now and can't move easily, so I'm going to bother you to help me block it. ”
Junyi glanced at Xuanyun lightly, walked to the table and poured himself a cup of tea, ignoring it.
Xuanyun blinked: "You can't write two Xuan characters in one stroke, Junyi, for the sake of my old man, you can't leave others alone." ”
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The afternoon was quiet, and by the time I arrived, the entire Puji Town was already gone.
At this time, most of the common people lit oil lamps. It's just that for ordinary families, lamp oil is also expensive, so when the sun goes down, in order not to waste lamp oil, the poorer people in the family will rest early.
Although there is no shortage of honest people in this town, there is no luxury enough to light the lamp until dawn, but fortunately the stars are bright and bright in the summer night, so that they will not reach out and lose their fingers.
Wang Jing ate more plum cabbage and meat during dinner, and drank more water before going to bed when the vegetables were salty. After lying down, I found a thatched toilet and a gong bucket in a dream, but unfortunately either someone occupied the thatched house and didn't come out, or the gong bucket was hidden in an unknown corner by cinnabar. Finally, Angelica found the Gong bucket that was hidden by cinnabar, but when he was about to make it convenient, he found that the red lacquer Gong bucket suddenly turned into a big red toad with a big mouth open all the time, and the toad pounced, and in a moment Wang Jing found that the clothes on his body were gone, and his body was cold, but the big toad was chewing something while looking at him with a cruel smile.
Wang Jing was startled, woke up, and found himself lying on the bed, and his bladder was swelling violently.
Wang Jing got up, found the bucket behind the screen, and put the water.
Stretching comfortably, because Puji Town is at the foot of the mountain, the temperature drops down at night, and it is very cool. Thinking of the unbelievable dream he had just had, Wang Jing looked at the open window, touched his head and wanted to close the window.
I didn't want to just approach the window when I saw a dark shadow flashing outside the window.
Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to think about it, he quickly walked around the door, opened the door and walked out.
Wang Jing chased towards the side where the figure passed, but he didn't see anyone until he reached the last room. I couldn't help but wonder if I was still in a dream, but suddenly I had a sharp pain in the back of my head.
Before he had time to think about anything, Wang Jing fell.