Chapter 3 The Zhilan Jade Tree Grows into an Old Mulberry Tree
Yin Yukui then said, "What did the eldest lady say? I guess she is unwilling to go along with the second room, but the second room has already instigated the old lady of the Luo family, so so many things are caused by their mother and daughter. ”
Fang Fei nodded, and had a further understanding of Yin Yukui's cleverness: "That's true, the eldest sister's in-laws came to find the eldest aunt, but the eldest aunt didn't answer on the spot. The big sister means that she will never give in. Our eldest sister is a very smart person, I think that after she marries in the future, the old lady of the Luo family may not be able to control her. But what I hate is not that my second aunt is calculating me, but that she dares to put her hand on my grandmother. That's it, I didn't press her into the pool today, even if it was polite. ”
"That's—but it's inconvenient today, and in full view, we have to save some face for our grandmother. Rest assured, she won't be away for long. I'll tell you the truth, this matter is Sun Tonghan's head. Don't ask me how I know, anyway, their purpose this time is to take your dowry first, and then try to send you back to the capital. As for what you can do when you go back? Your good stepmom is waiting for you, what kind do you think she can do? ”
Hearing this, Fang Fei put down the bamboo skewers she had eaten up in her hand and nodded in a sudden understanding. I didn't expect that I was so stupid in my previous life, Mrs. Lu only sent Su Linglong over, and then led her by the nose and obediently followed her back to the capital, but the Yin Mansion that raised her was still in the back of her mind.
Now that I think about it, what Su Linglong said is really good, she was stupid to death by herself!
"Third sister, what you said makes sense, I also think that the second aunt and Sister Qiongzhi don't have this brain at all. If someone hadn't given them an idea, they wouldn't have done it a long time ago if they wanted to take my dowry. But I'm curious, how did Sun Tonghan get on the door with my stepmother? ”
Yin Yukui then smiled, approached closely, and whispered a few words to Fang Fei, which immediately made Fang Fei's face red and red, and she couldn't believe it: "Won't it?" This Sun Tonghan is so romantic outside, look at him still pretending to be very infatuated and attentive. Then when the fifth sister knows, she still has to be angry? ”
"Oh yes! Who made her have long eyes and not even see the beast clearly? Wait, and the days of her crying are ahead! ”
After Yin Yukui finished speaking, he said: "I received news, it seems that someone in the capital will come to Los Angeles in a few days, so it is imperative that they want to start with you first, and first get enough of what they can fish." But since you know what the situation is, I won't dwell on the rest. Come, duck blood vermicelli soup touches one, I wish us a successful start this time! ”
Fang Fei smiled and finished eating the bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup with Yin Yukui, and began to have an indescribable expectation for Su Linglong's appearance in her heart.
As soon as the sky was bright, next to the Bilian Pond in the backyard of the roadhouse, it was full of people watching the excitement.
Soon, Mrs. Wu, the mother of the house, knew that an embroidery girl drowned in the Bilian Pond, not only died, but also died pregnant.
In the spring, the water lilies in the pond have grown new leaves, crowded next to each other, the embroidery girl was found face down, and her facial features have long been soaked so that she can't see what she looks like, but the spring shirt embroidered with spring flowers and the moon-white horse-faced skirt on her body make people recognize her identity at a glance.
"It's Qiu Rong!"
At this time, the beautiful spring shirt was soaked in the pool water, showing the bulge of the lower abdomen, which seemed to have been in place for three or four months.
At this moment, Mrs. Wu's face was also ugly. Because this Qiu Rong is not sold to the slaves and maids in the house, but the embroidery girl who lives in the house and receives a monthly salary, which is considered a good family. According to the law of the Dasheng Dynasty, the death of a slave and a maid is very different from the death of a good family.
Now that she is pregnant and drowned in the backyard pool, she will not only face the responsibility of her family, but also say that it is unpleasant.
Besides, whose kind is the child she is carrying in her womb? If she has a secret knot with the little maids, it would be better, at most she can find out the main owner and have an explanation with her family and the world.
But in case, it was not the subordinates in the house who made her pregnant, but Langjun Xiaolang in the house. Then this matter spreads, but it is related to the family style of the Lu Mansion and her skill in governing the family.
If you can't say it, as the Lu family, if you really want to be sued by your family members in the yamen, you will also be punished.
Therefore, Mrs. Wu did not dare to be careless, and immediately asked people to carry the body to a deserted subordinate room, and called several subordinates who ate and slept with Su Ri and this embroidery girl to her, and interrogated them harshly.
And these maids said in unison, only saying that the drowned embroidery girl Qiurong had the best relationship with Tie Sheng in Xiaolangjun's house in the past, and the parents of the two families had already met, and they originally planned to settle the family affairs at the end of March, but they didn't expect that such a thing suddenly happened at this moment.
But Mrs. Wu couldn't help but have doubts when she heard this, and asked: "Since both of their parents have agreed to this family business, and Qiu Rong has not sold himself to our house, then even if the two of them have some indecent things in private, now that they are pregnant with a child, they should have done the family affairs as soon as possible, and there is no reason to seek death?" Still dead in our house! ”
After looking at it again, I saw that these maids' eyes were flashing at this time, and they must have something to hide, so they reprimanded: "When is it, you still dare to hide it?" If I don't tell the truth anymore, I'll start the family law! ”
"Madame Mingjian! The slaves and maids did see that Qiu Rong always went to find Tie Sheng, but according to what she told us, her relationship with Tie Sheng was just the meaning of the family, and she didn't want to. She...... She likes our Da Lang Jun! It's Ming Gongzi! ”
"Yes, she went to Tie Sheng to have a chance to meet Ming Gongzi, not because she liked Tie Sheng."
Hearing that these maids were all in the mouths of the people, Mrs. Wu was angry and slapped the case: "Presumptuous! You are all one by one, the meaning of these words, does it mean that the child in Qiu Rong's womb is the blood of Da Langjun? It just doesn't make sense! Come on, drag these cheap women down, and reward each of them with twenty
Palm! ”
After saying that, he didn't allow these maids to tell the difference, so he just let them be dragged out for execution. After a while, I heard the undulating "Bang Bang!" sound in the courtyard. Sound.
Then, before these maids were beaten, I saw someone rushing in like a gust of wind, holding a tray in his hand, and sending it to Mrs. Wu and saying, "Madam! This was found in Qiu Rong's underwear! Be...... It's the jade pendant of Ming Gongzi! ”
Mrs. Wu was shocked when she heard this, and stretched out her hand to grab the jade pendant. When it was about to reach it, he retracted it, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and after a moment turned his head, and commanded: "In that case, then go and ask your lord to come back and judge!" After all, Ming Gongzi was not born to me, and I, a stepmother, must always avoid suspicion. ”
The man took the order and left, but after an hour or two, the dozens of families living in the area of Tsing Yi Lane who lived in the four or five grades of official residences also knew that there was such a troublesome thing in the Lu Mansion.
And Lu Xu, the head of the Ministry of Works, transferred the case to the Jingzhao Yin Yamen Office after knowing about it, and he only asked a few words from beginning to end, and seemed to be as indifferent to the eldest son born to the original partner as ever.
Everyone in the capital knows that the eldest son of the Lu Mansion Changfang was born to the original Mrs. Lin, who died early. Mrs. Lin's cousin is today's wife, Queen Lin, but unfortunately neither sister will live long. Mrs. Lin died of illness less than two years after giving birth to this son, and her mother's mansion of Lin Guo gradually fell into decline with the death of Empress Lin.
Fortunately, now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince born to Queen Lin has a solid foundation in the court, but with King Qin born to Zhou Guifei as a constraint, the two factions are also fighting openly and secretly.
Today's Mrs. Wu, as a step-room, gave birth to two sons and two daughters for her husband after entering the door, and she has already firmly held the middle feed of the road mansion in her hands.
In addition, this eldest son, Ming Gongzi, although he was born with a dignified appearance, he has the clean temperament of the Lin family's Zhilan Yushu. It's a pity that since he was fourteen years old, his father and stepmother Mrs. Wu have been matched by three family affairs, but no girl can live to get married.
Now counted, this Zhilan jade tree has grown into an old mulberry tree, and it is even more respectfully called: "the first person in the world to be a wife".
With this name, Lao Mulberry Lu Zhaoming is living more and more lonely, and no one is willing to marry his daughter to him.
Because the jade pendant belonging to Lu Zhaoming was found on the embroidery girl, Yin Yang Yanming of Jingzhao Mansion passed him to the case according to the chapter.
However, it was Xu Zhizhang, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, who made the record, watching Lu Zhaoming sign and draw the charge, his sleeves moved, and he flew the entire ink table to Lu Zhaoming.
"Oh, I'm sorry! stained Ming Gongzi's clothes, and the lower official will let someone wipe it clean for you. ”
Lu Zhaoming looked at the bad energy in the other party's heart, smiled twice, and obediently entered the back room.
Who knew that when the door was closed, Xu Zhizhang really took the handkerchief and continued to rub it on the person's face.
Lu Zhaoming didn't resist either, only reminded lightly: "Sao, then Sao." Don't blame me for not reminding you, I can bring a big edible rose water with me today, turn around and drop a few drops on you, make sure that you are fragrant enough for a year, and go back at night to kneel and break your leg. ”
Xu Zhizhang suddenly took a few steps back, and then asked in surprise: "What are you buying big food rose water for?" It's more expensive than gold. ”
Lu Zhaoming glanced at him coldly: "Give it away, it's good." Rich and willful—no? ”
"Hahaha! Can you still have a good match? Pull it down, others don't know you and I don't know what's going on? You just shy away when you see a woman! Oh, Zichu, look at you, how many times have I urged you to refuse to get married. Okay now, people pick this basin and put it on your head. If you have a lady in the inner house, where will you .......?"
"So what? I'm single, or you're going to try it too? ”
As he spoke, Lu Zhaoming's eyes swept over the placket of his clothes, and then he hooked his lips and said, "Look at you like this, you were trained by your sister-in-law again last night?" Oops, this scratch is not the same as the last time, it is obvious that the nails are much longer than the sister-in-law's, is it the aunt you newly received? Well done! ”
"You! Hmph, I don't understand it when I tell you - single dog! ”
"It's better than you, every day when you go back, you will be bullied by women, and your wife will be a slave."
After such a war of words, Lu Zhaoming, who is called the little character Chu, is still peaceful. When fighting with the other party, he even wiped the cloud shoes on his feet for a long time.
"This embroidery girl is a person sent by King Qin, but now this corpse is not her own. I got the people away, and when the time came, I used this mother and son to exchange for Tu Chang's upward head. It's a good deal, so don't worry about the stigma outside, I'll take it all. ”
Hearing him say this, Xu Zhizhang immediately nodded, walked out of the door and whispered a few words to the left and right.
Shaoqing came back later, bolted the door with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Early this morning in the Golden Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qin had a dispute over the matter of Jiuqu Lane. Later, it was General Song who came forward to testify and tried to ensure that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not leave the school at that time, which calmed down the dispute. ”
Lu Zhaoming was a little surprised when he heard this: "General Song? Is it Song Menglin, the mighty general who just quelled the Xiyi Rebellion and returned to the dynasty after the victory? ”
"Surprised? In fact, like you, I couldn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that this General Song, who has been neutral in the battle for the succession over the years, is actually our own people! ”
Saying that, Xu Zhizhang couldn't help but get slightly excited, and said after a while: "Because of this matter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially instructed me to arrange a reliable person to secretly protect General Song and his family." And it just so happens that I heard that your cousin, surnamed Su, is preparing to leave for Los Angeles these days. ”
"L.A. The cousin surnamed Su, what you said, but that Su Linglong? ”
After Lu Zhaoming finished speaking, he couldn't help frowning with disgust.
Seeing his expression as if he had seen a piece of shit, Xu Zhizhang couldn't help laughing, patted his shoulder and said, "Oh, Zichu, you must know that your cousin is one of the best beauties in the capital!" How are you-"
"Rulin, she is not my cousin, and there is no one surnamed Su in the five suits of my mother's family. Therefore, she is just a cousin of Lu Mansion now, and she has nothing to do with me. ”
Since he specially spoke out to correct it, Xu Zhizhang knew that he was very disgusted with Su Linglong, so he solemnly said: "I'm sorry, Zichu and I ........"
"It's okay, I know you're just joking. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants me to secretly follow the surnamed Su to Los Angeles? Could it be that someone wants to be unfavorable to General Song's daughter? ”
Xu Zhizhang said: "This layer is not yet known, but General Song's original wife, Yin, is in Los Angeles. Moreover, after General Song's youngest son was lost, this little lady was rumored to be an ominous person, and was later picked up by her uncle and others, and has lived in Los Angeles for a long time. In the past ten years, your aunt married into the Song Mansion as the wife of the house, and there has always been little contact between the Song Mansion and the Yin Mansion. Do you think she suddenly remembered to go to her relatives? ”
Lu Zhaoming sneered, how could he not understand in his heart that the reason why General Song fostered her in Luocheng's wife's uncle's house under the pretext that his daughter Ke's mother and brother were unknown was just to get her out of these battles in the court.
After all, in order to support today's son to succeed to the throne, he lost his beloved young son and wife. This only daughter must have to find a way to save it.
Now, after more than ten years, the situation between the DPRK and China is about to change again. The dispute between the crown prince and the king of Qin was inevitable, and before he could take a stand, someone immediately thought of this little lady of Song, which shows that in the mind of General Song, this daughter still has a lot of weight, which is enough to affect his decision-making.
Thinking about it again, the Song lady Yin was also very close to the time of her mother's death.
Like a reincarnation in the underworld, fate pushed him, Song Xiaoniang, and the prince Qin Wang and other descendants who lived for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe to the inevitable sea of swords and fires again.
In troubled times, everyone wants to live, and who wants to die?
But the blood feud of the ancestors has not yet been avenged, and now what is imminent is another battle of life and death.
Then he sighed secretly in his heart, and nodded his head to deal with the matter.
When he was about to leave, the man in the green robe grabbed his sleeve and said, "Zichu, tell me the truth, do you really love me?" If so, brother, I have nothing to say, and when I go back, I will dismiss my wife and concubine to be with you all the time. If not, can I ask you, how about thinking about the Jing'an Division that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to entrust to you, and cherish your own wings? You have already found out the cause of death of the three women who were married to you back then, why don't you simply make it public to clear your innocence? ”
Lu Zhaoming turned his head and replied: "I'm going to Jing'an Division, what does it have to do with my reputation?" Could it be that a good name can make the wicked subjugate themselves, if this is the case, I will mold a golden body and become a bodhisattva tomorrow. ”
After speaking, he flicked his wide sleeves, and his own entourage rolled up the curtain for him and pushed the door open.
"Zichu, why can you always take other people's sincerity as the wind in your ears? Why, you just like to throw dirty water on yourself? ”
Hearing this extremely sad and lingering words behind him, Lu Zhaoming had to turn around, but his eyes turned, his white teeth were clear, revealing a trace of evil and unruly romance: "Because I am a crow, quack ......"
"....... grass! I'll fuck your uncle! ”
"My father is the boss, I don't have an uncle, or will you just take it, just him?"
"—Get out!"