Chapter 39: The Truth Revealed
The main hall of the Hou Mansion of Changning.
When the old lady arrived, she saw the old marquis who had already returned to the house sitting on the hollow Taishi chair of Huanghuali Wood Fushou with an iron face, and the second wife Luo Shi was kneeling with Aunt Lu and Aunt Hu in the hall, and the crying was about to break through the roof.
"Shut it all up!" When the old marquis saw the old lady sitting down, he finally couldn't help but snort, "What happened?" Say! ”
Luo Shi and the other three were so frightened that their bodies trembled, stopped crying, and bowed aggrievedly, "The daughter-in-law has something to do, and she also asks her father and mother to uphold justice." ”
"What's the matter?" The old marquis asked in a deep voice.
Luo wiped the corners of his eyes with a silk handkerchief, and said with a crying voice, "Because Shutong and Shuquan did not protect Shucheng, Shucheng's leg was broken by the disciples of the side branch of the clan school, so they were punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and were not allowed to deliver food. ”
She paused, and then said, "The daughter-in-law and others obeyed the arrangement of their father and mother, and let them honestly reflect in the ancestral hall, even the two aunts are not allowed to go in to visit easily." ”
"Who knew that early this morning, the mother-in-law who was in charge of the ancestral hall hurriedly arrived at Shu Zhuyuan, saying that the two young masters were beaten to the point that their heads were bleeding and they were unconscious. The daughter-in-law is really distressed, and she also asks her father and mother to know it! ”
The old marquis's face sank again when he heard this, but when he saw that the old lady who should have spoken on weekdays was silent, he felt a little strange in his heart, he coughed and said, "How can this be reasonable, who dares to be presumptuous in the ancestral hall!" ”
At this time, Mama Li hurriedly walked in, walked to the old lady and whispered in her ear, the old lady closed her eyes slightly after listening, and said, "Luo, do you mean that the two children of Shutong and Shuquan are extremely injured?" Is it damaged to the bones? ”
"It's just that I've already broken my bones, so my daughter-in-law is in such a hurry to come to my father and mother!"
"Oh?"
The old lady closed her eyes, raised her hand and said, "Mama Li, you go and bring Shutong and all the books up, and ask the house doctor to come over." ”
Hearing this, Luo's drooping eyes flashed a trace of panic, and she quickly calmed down again, after she learned the news this morning, she arranged for her grandmother to take people to Shu Zhuyuan, and then rushed to find it. Originally, she also thought about directly abolishing one of them, and directly solved Jiang Shucheng on this ground, if she was taken by the old lady to the main hall, I am afraid that this matter would not be done, thinking of this, she couldn't help but say, "Mother, Shutong and Shuquan are deeply injured, and the daughter-in-law who brought the main hall is afraid that her father and mother will be sad, why don't you send it to Shuzhuyuan for treatment first?" ”
"Not necessarily." The old lady was still half-squinting, sitting on the Taishi's chair, and the old marquis didn't speak when he saw this.
This Mama Li moved quickly, and soon the maidservant sent two simple beds, and not long after, the four little maids carried Jiang Shutong and Jiang Shuquan, who were still unconscious, up and placed them on the simple bed.
The old marquis and the old lady glanced at each other and got up. I saw that Jiang Shutong and the two of them were really asleep with blue noses and swollen faces, the old marquis was angry, and was about to speak but the old lady reached out and pressed his hand, he endured his breath and asked, "Why hasn't the doctor come here yet?" ”
"It's coming," Mama Li stood at the door, hurriedly pulling the house doctor who ran over and walked inside, "Hurry up!" ”
The house doctor wiped his sweat, this big long road was pulled by the little guy and ran wildly, almost couldn't change his breath, looked up and saw the old marquis and the old lady face sinking like water, and immediately trotted over again, "The little one has seen the old marquis and the old lady." ”
"Show these two kids." The old marquis looked at the two grandchildren lying on the bed, and he didn't quite understand his wife's abnormality today, but after decades of getting along, he knew that this matter must not be as good as it seems.
The house doctor hurriedly stepped forward to examine it carefully for a while, and then wiped his sweat again, "Back to the old marquis, the old lady, the fourth young master and the fifth young master are flesh wounds, although they look seeping, in fact, the external plaster will be fine after two days." However, the two of them were unconscious, and they were afraid that they were frightened, so the small one was prescribed two calming prescriptions and drank for two days. ”
The old marquis breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "When will you wake up?" ”
The doctor respectfully said, "Wait for the small one to wake up with two injections." ”
"Okay."
The old marquis took the old lady and walked to the Taishi chair, waiting for the house doctor to administer the needle.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Jiang Shutong and Jiang Shuquan to wake up faintly, but-
"There are ghosts, there are ghosts!" Before Jiang Shutong could see the surrounding situation clearly, he shouted, and Jiang Shuquan on the side also shouted, "I don't want to go to the underworld!" Help me! ”
The two described rolling off the bed in embarrassment, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, "My grandson doesn't dare anymore!" The grandson will never dare to murder the third brother again! Ask your ancestors to spare their lives! ”
The old marquis was shocked and angry, and so was the old lady, and Luo, who was also frightened, rushed over to slap each of them when he saw this, and said hatefully, "What nonsense in broad daylight!" I'm not afraid of colliding with my ancestors! ”
The two of them, who were woken up for a while, finally found out where they were, and crawled in front of the old marquis and the old lady on their knees with tears in their eyes, "Grandfather, grandmother, it's the fault of the grandson, beg the grandfather and grandmother to forgive the grandson!" The grandson will never dare again! ”
"What did you just say? What murdered the third brother? The old marquis stretched out his hand and pointed at the two people in the hall and asked angrily.
Jiang Shutong and Jiang Shuquan were woken up by Luo's slap, and at this time they trembled, looking at the old marquis and the old lady, and then at Luo and their own aunt, they didn't know whether to say it or not for a while. Luo looked at the two of them coldly, glared at Jiang Shu fiercely, and frightened him again.
"Don't give me the truth yet!" The old marquis slapped the table suddenly, "Don't you want to serve the family law?!" ”
Jiang Shutong and Jiang Shuquan were so frightened by this scolding that they knelt lower again, ignoring Luo's hints, and honestly told the original thing.
After hearing this, the old marquis was so angry that his fingers trembled, "You two evil obstacles! Come! Drag me down and send me to the clan! ”
When Aunt Hu and Aunt Lu heard this, they hurriedly cried and begged for mercy for their son, and the old lady shook her head and waved her hand to send Luo and the two of them out.
It wasn't until the main hall finally quieted down that the old marquis sighed for a long time, "My Changning Marquis Mansion is such a grandson who is still around, I didn't expect to dare to have the idea of murdering Shucheng, Shutong and Shuquan really disappointed me!" ”
He looked at his wife, remembered Fang Cai's situation, and asked, "Did you know about it early on?" ”
The old lady also sighed, and told Jiang Shuli about going to Shou'an Hall in the morning, "If Shuli hadn't discovered the truth, I'm afraid we would still be kept in the dark." ”
"These two concubines in the second room are really not like words!" murdered his brother and framed the disciples of the side branch, this kind of dirty thoughts appeared on the seven or eight-year-old grandson, and had to make the old couple reflect on the upbringing of the second room.
"It's me who didn't take care of the inner courtyard, so you are worried," the old lady felt guilty, "On the second side, I will pay special attention to it in the future." ”
The old marquis bowed his head, patted his wife's hand, couldn't bear her to blame herself too much, and suddenly stroked her beard and smiled, "That girl in Shuli has my temperament of being a little happy and hateful." Although he beat up the two boys who didn't know what to do, he was measured, but it was good. ”
The old lady couldn't help laughing, "That kid is a straightforward character, dare to act, even me, I can't afford to be angry with her." When Ming Shao was a child, wasn't he also like this? ”