Chapter 42: Finding a Scapegoat
In the carriage, the man looked at the frozen pears that looked black and cold to the touch, lifted the curtain, stuffed it into Yan Heng's hand and said: "Yan Heng, I see that your eyes and brain are becoming more and more useless, how can you follow me to fight against the Nine Princes in the future?" When will the revenge of one hundred and twenty members of my Yan family be avenged? ”
Yan Heng was stunned, his hand frozen by pears did not dare to let go, and he said: "Young master, my subordinates know, this time in Liaobei, I must be careful about my whereabouts and find out the evidence of the Nine Princes' collaboration with the enemy." ”
The man's eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth rose, and he seemed to have a smile and said: "Evidence, not necessarily found, maybe, made." ”
Yan Heng's body trembled for a moment, only to feel a chill through the bones welling up in his heart, I don't know if he was frozen by pears, or shocked by the young master's words.
In his impression, the eldest young master in the past was even more simple and harmless than the second young master.
But overnight, conspiracies and calculations emerged one after another; Ruthless and never soft-hearted.
Seeing that the young master was no longer speechless, Yan Heng asked tentatively: "Young master, what to do with this frozen pear?" ”
The man snorted disdainfully, lowered the curtain and said, "How can this vulgar thing enter the mouth of this young master?" Naturally, it was left to punish you! Eat now, don't stop!! ”
"Huh?" Yan Heng's face wrinkled in one place, the frozen pear had not melted, it was as hard as iron, colder than ice, and he ate it hard, twenty-eight teeth, and it was estimated that he would be away from him.
Yan Heng opened his mouth helplessly, took a bite of the frozen pear, and the cold penetrating through the bones penetrated his whole body along the gap between his teeth, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it turned out that there was a kind of punishment, called iron tooth copper tooth frozen pear......
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In the street market, catkins and Zhao Hong, Liu Cuihong, and Liu slightly faked and pretended to be warm for a while.
Liu Fu turned to Wen Sheng and smiled: "Uncle Wen, I haven't left home, I have seen my relatives, and I am even more homesick, can I let my sister-in-law, second sister and Da Hong go to the house to sit, I will cook a delicious meal at noon, and my relatives will be homely." ”
Wen Sheng glanced at Zhao Ergang with slanted eyes, and Liu Wu hurriedly explained: "Brother Ergang is Dahong's elder brother, he still has something to do, he won't go." ”
Wen Sheng looked at the four little girls standing in a row, not to mention ironing in his heart, and couldn't wait to bring all four of them home, just matching the four brothers of his Li family.
Liu was a little reluctant and said, "What am I going to do at Li's house?" I'm going with Brother Ergang. ”
Zhao Hong pursed her lips and coaxed: "Liu Xiao, my eldest brother is going to help Zhao Butcher kill pigs, and blood and intestines are flowing all over the place, so you are not afraid?" Let's go to Li's house to rest first, and then come to us when my brother is done. ”
Zhao Hong attached his ear to Liu Cuihong and Liu Xiao and said: "Accompany me to open my eyes, I heard that Li Gongzi is a scholar of Wenchang Academy, his family lives in another county, and he came to Jiangyin County with Mr. Li's knowledge. If you win the case in the future, you will be able to sit in the government to try the case, maybe it will be the county master of our Jiangyin County, I have to go and see, and I will say it in the future, and I will be angry with the big girl and little daughter-in-law in the village. ”
Liu Wu shook the sugar in his hand and said, "What are you talking about, let's go home quickly, my son wants to eat braised pork and stewed bone broth." ”
Liu swallowed his saliva slightly, and secretly blamed himself in his heart, the willow tree was too eccentric, so he let the catkins come here to eat and drink spicy food, and let himself do rough work at home.
Liu Cuihong looked at her white and tender hands, and compared with the vulgar hands of the catkins, she also felt that she was the material for the lady who was the palm print, and the catkins were the life of being a maid for herself.
Looking at the wandering look of the catkins, a picture of a cat with spring in spring, how unpleasant it looks at.
Liu Cuihong and Aunt Liu Xiao's niece both had unhappy faces.
The two made up their minds to see the "wealth" that Liu Wu said, so they followed Liu Wu to the Li family's courtyard.
Although the courtyard is not large, there are two main rooms and two side rooms, where a master and a servant live, which is more than enough.
Compared with a few rural girls who are used to seeing yellow adobe houses, this is already a good configuration.
Liu Xiao wanted to see the legendary "Li Gongzi", but Liu Wu stopped him outside the door: "Second sister, don't be unreasonable, the Li family is a big family in the south, with thousands of mansions, 10,000 acres of fertile land, calling slaves and maids, paying the most attention to etiquette, and women can't enter the door of Gongzi's house at will." ”
"Then how can you?" Liu Xiao's eyes stood up.
Liu Wubei bit his lower lip tightly, his face turned red, and he twisted: "I, I can naturally, I still have to take care of my son for two or three months, bring tea and water, feed medicine and clothes......"
Liu Fu looked full of spring, and his eyes were red, and he said hatefully: "Ugly people do a lot of weirdness." ”
Liu Fu's face sank, and he said angrily: "Don't say this about the son, the son is suave and suave, and the exit is a chapter, comparable to an immortal, and the son also went when the eldest brother got married that day, and he is the most elegant one in it." ”
In Liu Cuihong and Liu Xiao's minds, the two best-looking sons who surrounded Mr. Li on the day they got married naturally came to mind, and they looked arrogant and outstanding.
Liu Xiao couldn't help but feel very confused, she was originally deceived by Zhao Hong to find Zhao Ergang, she was a little girl, thin-skinned, and it happened that her sister-in-law Liu Cuihong avoided the willow tree every day, afraid of asking her about the dark clothes, so she pulled her along.
On one side is Zhao Ergang, who was born in Orion and is in danger of entering the mountains at any time, and on the other hand is Li Gongzi, who is on the rise and has a wealthy family.
Liu Wu saw that Liu Cuihong and Liu Xiao were a little moved, so they went to the room to eat.
If you want a horse to run, you must first eat grass.
In order to give the two of them a fixed pill, this meal Liu Wu sold twelve points of strength,
One dish is smoked bones; One dish is bone broth cabbage; One dish is Cantonese-style braised pork.
First, boil the big bones and pork belly in water, put cabbage and salt in them, take out the pork belly that has been foamed, and continue to boil the big bones until the soup turns white and completely absorbs the flavor;
Take out the big bones, put a little water in the pot, then add sugar, boil out the sugar color, put the bones on the bamboo curtain on the upper shelf, and smoke the caramel to color;
Finally, start the pot again, put in a little oil, then add sugar, and then put in the pork belly cut into meat pieces, put a little water while getting out of the oil, until the meat is not greasy, then put salt out of the pot, and then spread a little green on the frozen cabbage.
Wensheng rarely showed the consciousness of the servants, and took the initiative to bring Li Wencai's food into the main room, and let several female guests eat together in the side room.
From beginning to end, the legendary "Li Gongzi" did not show up, and he was as mysterious as a long-term immortal in the sky.
What you can't get is the most beautiful, and what you can't see is the most important.
Liu Cuihong and Liu peeked in the direction of the main house from time to time, but they couldn't get their wish.
Li Wencai in the main room, like air, did not make the slightest sound.
Wen Sheng is very good at looking at the eyes, and has a kind attitude towards a few little girls, except for the strange eyes, he looks like an uncle next door; For the "Li Gongzi" in the main room, he is even more respectful and impeccable, which increases the credibility and mystery of "Li Gongzi".
After eating, Liu Wei said unintentionally: "Liu Wu, your brother Liu is seriously ill......
"What did you say?" The catkins stood up in shock and paced back and forth in panic.
Liu looked concerned and said, "It's better for you to go home and have a look." ”
Liu Fu said with an embarrassed face: "No, the eldest brother asked me to stay and take care of Li Gongzi, if I go back, if Li Gongzi's leg is good, the eldest brother will scold me." ”
Liu said with a kind face: "We are sisters, I will stay and help you take care of it for a day or two, and the eldest brother will not scold you." ”
Liu Fu said worriedly: "Eldest sister, Gongzi Li is a nobleman and has a lot of exquisiteness, so it is better to let my sister-in-law stay with you." ”
Liu Cuihong's face showed joy.
Liu Xiao said firmly: "My sister-in-law has never done any rough work since she was a child, unlike me, she has been rude since she was a child." ”
Liu Cuihong was not happy at the moment, and said angrily: "Second girl, what are you talking about?" Are you trying to say I'm lazy and used to it? Or is your mistreating you and making you 'rude'? If you go home, you will go home, what so much nonsense. Taking care of Li Gongzi this time, it was Liu Wu who came on my behalf, since Liu Mao is seriously ill, everyone should go back, and I will come back. ”
Unexpectedly, it was a great irony to hear such unfamiliar words as "sister and brother" in Liu Cuihong's mouth.
Liu Xiao wanted to say something, Liu Cuihong's face had already sunk: "Second girl, although I am only a few years older than you, but what's the matter with your aunt, my parents are not there, even if I say, you go back, this little work is nothing, I can do it!" ”
Liu Wuhu said suspiciously: "Sister-in-law, the work here is not easy at all, not only to help the son wash clothes and cook, but also to boil soup and feed medicine, are you sure you want to stay and take care of him, and you will never regret it?" ”
Liu Cuihong thought that Liu Fu was unwilling to give up Li Gongzi, and the more she asked, the more determined she was to stay.
Especially since she is sixteen years old, she is not high or low, so she will find a dealer and dislike dirty mud legs; Let's find a businessman, and I dislike being in a low position, this "Li Gongzi" is like a pie falling from the sky, specially prepared for her, and it fell directly into her mouth, and no one wants to take it away again.
Unable to bear the catkins to continue to be verbose, Liu Cuihong pushed the catkins out of the house and said: "I said help you, what so much nonsense, you go home, don't be in a hurry to come back......"
"Uh, okay, I'll take something." Liu Wu hid the smile in his mouth and held the remaining handful of sugar and a frozen pear in his arms.
I have to say a few more words, and Liu Cuihong pushed out of the yard again, and with her, there were Liu Xiao and Zhao Hong, and the gate was closed with a "bang".
Liu Wu looked up at the tall wall of the courtyard, tried to suppress the guilt that occasionally came up in his heart, and silently said in his heart:
You were chosen partly because you turned a blind eye to the misery of the third room in the past, and half because of your own choice. If you want revenge, go find the willow tree.
Liu Xiao was a big life, because he couldn't compete with Liu Cuihong, but he saved himself.
The three of them left Li's house, and at the corner of the street, they saw Zhao Ergang waiting anxiously.
Seeing Liu Fu coming over, he let go of his hanging heart and said eagerly: "Yesterday Da Hong told me that Uncle Niu brought back the letter, I was a little afraid, the key is that I don't know what's going on, I don't know how to help you." ”
Liu Wu blinked hurriedly, glanced at Liu Xiao, and signaled Zhao Ergang not to talk more, so as not to be seen by Liu Xiao, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I eat well, live well, I asked Uncle Niu to carry the letter, just to ask Liu Mao's illness what's wrong." Let's hurry up and go home. ”