After listening to her, Mama Li closed her eyes again.

"Young Master, is there any injury?"

Mama Liu immediately replied: "No, no, Miss Young Master is fine, she is not even frightened, and the rest of the people are not injured." ”

Mama Li nodded, pointed to her shoulder and motioned for Mama Liu to continue pinching.

Mama Liu served even harder, while paying attention to what Mama Li had to say.

Mama Li didn't speak again, just closed her eyes and recuperated. Mama Liu observed her words and felt that this incident should cover up the past, so she let go of half of her heart. couldn't help but glance at Mama Li's cuffs again, and she was a little distressed. Originally, I only planned to give ten taels of silver today, but thinking of asking Mama Li to help cover up this time, she gritted her teeth and added another ten taels, which made her hurt more than ripping her flesh.

"It's not big, it's not small. It's good that you're smart enough to come to me for advice. This time, for the sake of your daily dedication, I will help you cover it up, but you remember, there is no next time. Mama Li suddenly spoke.

Mama Liu immediately swore an oath, saying that there would never be a next time, and she made another courteous statement, saying that she would definitely be more filial to Mama Yunyun in the future.

Mama Li was very satisfied with this attitude.

Mama Liu said tentatively: "There are more than a dozen maids and women present today, will they ......?"

Mama Li interrupted Mama Liu and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to keep them from talking nonsense." ”

Since then, Mama Liu's heart has been completely let go, and she has been more convinced of Mama Li since then.

In the evening, Mama Li served Sun to rest. After seeing that Sun was lying down, he personally took the fan in the little girl's hand and helped Sun fan the wind.

"Did Gorou and Sanniang go to the temple today?" Sun asked casually.

Mama Li smiled and replied, "Don't worry, old lady, it will naturally go well." I just heard that something happened when I was going home. ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Mama Li smiled again and said: "When I returned home, the enlightened master of the temple personally sent it out, and was talking by the carriage, saying that the old lady was devout to the heart of the Buddha, and the abbot often praised the old lady for her understanding of Buddhism very uniquely, and said that in a few days, the lotus root powder in the temple this year will be made and will be given to the old lady." ”

Sun smiled and nodded, "The master has a heart." ”

Mama Li smiled and played: "It's not, who in this Qingcheng doesn't know that the old lady is pious to the Buddha, and every year the local products of the temple that are stained with Buddha gas in the Qingming Temple give you this first copy, and no one else can say anything." ”

Sun was very helpful when he heard this.

Mama Li continued: "This master was talking to Mama Liu, and suddenly a group of nearby villagers came over with a dog that had been stabbed to death by a carriage, saying that a carriage had stabbed someone's guard dog to death when it passed by the entrance of the village. They had come to find the main recompense, but as soon as they got closer, they saw that the Master of Enlightenment was there, so the leader said that it was definitely not our family's carriage, and that the people who could send it out by the Master of Labor himself must be people who have devoted themselves to the Buddha and have compassion. Some villagers said that they vaguely saw a red-painted carriage, while ours had six black-painted carriages, so the names of the villages dispersed. ”

Sun nodded and said, "It must be so." ”

Mama Li smiled and said, "So what do slaves and maids say on weekdays?" Old lady, you are kind and generous, generous and benevolent, which is not only a shame for future generations, but even for us slaves to go out more dignified than Beppu. ”

Sun nodded, and it didn't take long for him to breathe peacefully and fall asleep.

Mama Li put down the fan in her hand, leaned over to put up the cool thin silk quilt for Sun, blew out the candle flame on the side and went out.

In that scene just now, if Sanniang saw it here, she would definitely clap her hands and shout hello for Mama Li. She seemed to have explained everything, but she disrupted the order, so that Sun's attention was not attracted by the original incident, but if she pursued it carefully, it would not be considered a lie.

I have to say that Mama Li's series of tricks of diverting attention, blurring the focus, and waiting for the opportunity to slap the horse are actually perfectly combined. It can be seen that her position as a deputy under one person in the inner courtyard of the palace today was not obtained out of thin air.

Sanniang hadn't slept at this time. After returning from the temple today, I felt a little tired, so I planned to lie down and rest for a while, but I didn't want to wake up to the lamp. At this time, when it was time to sleep, I couldn't sleep at all.

Sanniang asked Mama Li and the girls to rest, leaving only Bai Ying who was on duty at night.

"Go to the third compartment of the bookshelf and help me get a random book, and leave the candlestick and rest." Sanniang explained to Bai Yingdao. The maids are all on the floor outside.

Bai Ying answered, and Sanniang leaned on the head of the bed with her eyes half-closed, trying to see if she could cultivate some sleepiness. Thinking of what happened during the day, there has been no other movement since Mama Liu went to Songling Hospital to resume her life today, and it seems that the matter was hidden by Mama Li after all. That Mama Li's power in the backyard can be regarded as being able to cover the sky with one hand, I heard Bai Ying say that Mama Li has always been cautious when she was young, but in the past few years, she has slowly stretched her hand longer and longer.

Power is such a terrible thing, it can make people's inner desires like a bottomless pit, which cannot be filled. It's just that I don't know how long her strong grandmother can tolerate Mama Li. Since ancient times, the most intolerable thing for those who have tried the taste of power is that they dare to challenge their authority. It's a pity that Mama Liu was blinded by the immediate interests.

Li Da's group seems to have escaped. Wang Jing is getting older, he is a boy, it is impossible to stay in the backyard, and in the future, he will mainly contact people from the outer yard, which is why she will be kind to Li Da today. It's nothing to have a thin foundation, and the network can be built step by step. Even if the road of the imperial examination does not work, as long as Wang Jing is surnamed Wang, he is a boy who can continue the incense, and his power can be managed. Because the Langya Wang family can come to this day, it is impossible to rely only on the support of a few people who enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister in each dynasty and generation.

Sanniang's thoughts drifted farther and farther away, but she was getting farther and farther away from the original intention of wanting to cultivate sleepiness. When she came back to her senses, she saw a little girl by the bed helping her fan, and after a closer look, it was indeed the girl named Baiguo.

"How are you? What about Bai Ying? Sanniang asked the girl with a smile.

"Sister Bai Ying said that she was going to make a bowl of soothing tea for Miss, and asked me to serve you." Ginkgo fruit is crisp and raw.

Sanniang really likes this honest girl.

"I don't have to fan it all the time, I'm not hot." Sanniang picked up Bai Ying's "Anecdotes of the Jianwu Dynasty" that Bai Ying put on the bedside and explained to Bai Guo.

"Miss, you're always reading, aren't you smart?" Bai Guo blinked his big eyes and looked very curious.

Sanniang laughed and said, "Who said that reading books will make you smart?" ”

Bai Guo said seriously: "There is a teacher in our village, and he has several boxes of books at home, so the people in the village always ask him for attention when there is anything. Isn't it because he's smart? Isn't he smart because he reads a lot of books? ”

Sanniang was amused by her.

Bai Guo was also happy when he saw Sanniang laughing, and continued: "But no matter how smart he is, there are times when he can't think of a way. ”

"Oh?"

Bai Guo was even more interested when he saw Sanniang asking.

"Miss, you don't know, the people in Zhangjia Village couldn't think of a way to do that thing of blackmail. Some time ago, there were several cases of shop theft in Xicheng, and the county lord checked and found more than a dozen families in Zhangjia Village and our Niujia Village, saying that they had committed the crime with their relatives. ”

Sanniang couldn't sleep anymore because of this girl's trouble, so she simply put down the book and listened to this girl.

Sanniang pointed to the footsteps outside the bed and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Bai Guo didn't make any excuses, and sat down happily.

"There was a big drought the year before last, the harvest in the village was not good, and many families did not have enough to eat, and I was sold by my father at that time." Speaking of this, Bai Guo's eyes darkened, but he immediately became energetic again, "Many families either bought the girl in the family or fled to other places, and then the year got better, some people returned to the village, and many people never came back." The county lord said that these cases were done by those people in the village who fled the desert back then. He locked up each of the families with whom he had a relationship with these people and put them in prison, saying that he would not release them until he handed over the stolen goods. ”

"These people are all well-off families in your village, right?" Sanniang asked.

"How does Miss know?" Bai Guo blinked his eyes and said in surprise, "Most of those families have some acres of land in the village. ”

Sanniang said in her heart, that is natural, otherwise how can you hand over the redemption money. The government is just taking the opportunity to make money, and this kind of thing is not uncommon in history. In local theft cases, the government has the right to suspect those suspects who may have committed the crime, and it also has the right to take the suspects into custody, so even if these "suspects" bring the lawsuit to the top yamen, these local officials are still standable. So this trick is also tried and tested.

"What happened after that?"

Bai Guo was thinking, and sure enough, the person who read the book was smart, and when he heard Sanniang's question, he replied again: "The government asks for too much silver, and some families can't afford it." That Zhang San was involved because he had a few friends, and those who couldn't afford to pay the ransom money, so several families in the village started the business as soon as they discussed. ”

"Who is that Zhang San?" When I was in the car during the day, I was listening to Bai Guo talk about the three, but he was interrupted.

"Listen to my sister-in-law, this person is a dutiful son. He was living a good life in the capital, but he came back to take care of his blind aunt at home. He thought about it and said, "I also heard that the descendants in their village all listen to him, and this time he went to the county yamen to talk to those officials about ransom." Anyway, it should be someone who is more capable than the teacher in our village. ”