CHAPTER IX
Chu Cheng has been in the palace for seventeen years, which one is not respectful to her?
Even if someone covets her beauty, they only dare to hide in the dark and sneak a peek.
So she was suddenly molested, and she thought it was funny.
Seeing that Chu Cheng was not shy, the gentleman on the canopy boat was very interested, and "snapped" the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile at Chu Cheng: "Little lady, you are staring at the lower with such a straight eye, are you not interested in the lower one?" ”
Chu Cheng was reminded by him, and then he was relieved.
She looked each other up and down carefully, only to feel that she looked ugly, and couldn't help but say with disgust: "Look at the lake." ”
The man listened to her words and did so, looking at the reflection on the lake, but he didn't know what he meant: "What is the little lady letting me see?" ”
"Didn't you see a pig's head?"
Wen Lanxin on the side reacted, looked at the man, and couldn't help laughing. When she laughed, the gentleman also understood, and glared at Chu Cheng angrily: "Okay! How dare you sarcastically mock me as a pig? Do you really think that I dare not do anything to you, sir? ”
Before Chu Ji could answer, she saw two strong house slaves coming out of the canopy boat.
The gentleman commanded the two of them: "Quick, get those two little ladies here!" ”
Wen Lanxin was taken aback, and Chu Cheng hurriedly protected her behind her. Seeing that the two house slaves were about to cross the boat, Wen Lanxin shouted loudly: "Bold, you, do you know that my cousin is the county magistrate of Qingyuan County, and Siniang is the county lady!" ”
The man glanced at Chu Cheng, and immediately raised his head and laughed, obviously not believing it: "Who doesn't know that the county magistrate married an old and ugly widow, and this clever little lady can be the county lady, and you are a ghost!" While speaking, the two house slaves had already jumped on the Lan boat, and suddenly the boat was draught, rocking from side to side.
"Ahh
Wen Lanxin couldn't keep her balance, and grabbed Chu Cheng's sleeve in fright, her big eyes were full of frightened tears: "Siniang, what should I do?" ”
Chu Cheng learned from Huo Ying, and she was a master of art and bold, so she was naturally not afraid of these two house slaves, but she is now Li Siniang, a Li Siniang who does not know martial arts.
After hesitating, the two house slaves strode forward, grabbed Chu Hui's arm one left and one right, and the boat shook more violently, as if it was about to capsize in the middle of the lake in the next second. In the crisis, Chu Cheng couldn't care so much, she hurriedly said: "This boat is going to capsize, Lan Xin quickly closes her eyes!" ”
Wen Lanxin didn't know why she had to close her eyes when the boat capsized, she just hurriedly did it, and at this opportunity, Chu Cheng grabbed the arms of the two slaves with her backhand and shouted: "Oops, I can't stand firm!" Saying that he poured his arms hard, and pressed his hands down along the meridians of his arms, the two slaves suddenly felt that half of their bodies were paralyzed, and before they could react, their waists were pushed hard, and they fell into the lake with "plop" and "plop".
The gentleman didn't expect his two house slaves to fall into the water, and he was shocked. And Chu Cheng pretended to have palpitations and covered her heart: "It's really scared to death." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, one of the house slaves swam over, and "snapped" to climb on the side, and Lan Zhou ate heavily and suddenly tilted.
Chu Cheng raised her foot and stepped on the back of the slave's hand, and with a twist of force, the slave's face turned pale in pain instantly, and he swam towards the canopy boat with a loud scream. She had just stabilized her figure, but she heard a "help" behind her, but Wen Lanxin did not stand firm and fell into the lake.
"Fourth, four mothers...... I won't ......."
Wen Lan's heart fluttered in the water, but it fluttered farther and farther.
Chu Cheng was startled, and hurriedly jumped into the lake and pushed her onto the water: "Lan Xin, don't move, relax!" "Lan Zhou has drifted away, but fortunately, there is a reed Zhou Zhu near the center of the lake, and Chu Ji pushed Wen Lanxin hard to go to Zhou Zhu.
Wen Lanxin no longer struggled, and when she got close to the middle of the lake, she was busy pulling the densely growing reed leaves on the shore and climbing up.
Chu Ji was also tired enough, and she lay directly in the reeds panting.
The two looked at each other, but they didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Wen Lanxin stepped forward to help Chu Cheng up, looked at the two of them who looked like chickens in soup, and said, "Today's matter, Lord Lin must give us justice." ”
Chu Cheng nodded perfunctorily.
She looked around and saw that someone had come to rescue her, and she felt a little relieved.
"This continent is not big, but the reeds grow very well." Chu Cheng shook the water from her sleeves and raised her hand to touch the reed leaves. Wen Lanxin glanced at her line of sight, and suddenly said "Huh": "Siniang, look, there is a beaded shoe there." ”
Saying that, Wen Lan stepped forward curiously, bent down and picked up the beaded shoes: "Ah, it's still a brocade with water cloud pattern, this material is very good......
Before she could finish speaking, her eyes suddenly widened, and she threw away her beaded shoes and shouted, "Ahh
Chu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly stepped forward and supported Wen Lanxin, who was paralyzed.
But in the dense reeds, there was a young woman lying without an inch, the woman's face was gray, there was a trace of blood left on the corner of her mouth, and her body was covered with large and small bruise scars, which looked extremely terrifying. Due to the hot weather, the smell of the lake water is indescribable, and there are a few flies hovering around and "buzzing".
"Yes, there are dead people!" Wen Lanxin didn't cry when she fell into the water, but now she buried her head in Chu Hui's arms in fright, crying loudly.
Chu Cheng swallowed her saliva, still calm.
After all, I was born in the palace and has seen a lot of dead people.
It's just the first time I've seen a shocking naked corpse like this.
Chu Cheng informed the boatman who came to rescue him of the discovery of the woman's corpse, and the boatman immediately reported to the official. The two of them went to the shore to rest, and when the cold wind blew, they were cold all over.
Wen Lan hugged her shoulders tremblingly, and seemed to be a little frightened.
She looked at Chu Cheng with tears in her eyes: "Siniang, that girl...... How could you die there? ”
Chu Cheng shook her head solemnly, looking at the tragic condition of the female corpse, she couldn't think about what happened to her in her life.
She was in a trance, but the gentleman before was not dead, and led two house slaves who were like chickens in the soup and walked over quickly.
Wen Lan pulled Chu Hui's sleeve in fear.
The gentleman was arrogant, pointed to the house slaves beside him, and said: "Two little ladies, you hurt my house slaves, they are in very bad health, either take out 10,000 taels of silver and let me go to find a doctor for them, or obediently go home with me and be my concubine." ”
Wen Lanxin couldn't help but poke her head out and retorted: "We are already married to a wife, you have to talk nonsense here." ”
"Then take out ten thousand taels of silver!"
"You!"
Chu Cheng signaled Wen Lan not to be angry, she glanced at the gentleman lightly: "Isn't it just 10,000 taels, my husband is here, you go to him and ask for it." ”
Then the gentleman turned his head and asked, "Where is it?" ”
Perhaps there was a murder in Honghu, and Lin Boqin took Fang Shuangping, Yang La, Hu Yu and others to hurry up, trampling on the horse's hooves, raising dust and smoke all the way.
"Huh-" Fang Shuangping's eyes were sharp, and he instantly saw Wen Lanxin sitting under the willow tree, and drove his horse over, "Cousin, what's wrong with you?" ”
Wen Lanxin saw Fang Shuangping, and all the previous grievances and resentments came out in one fell swoop, she walked forward quickly, pointed at the gentleman and said, "Cousin! It's that person, he insisted that Siniang and I be his concubines, causing us to fall into the water, and he also met a dead man in Luzhou Zhu! ”
Fang Shuangping was furious when he heard this, calmed down his emotions for a while, and then noticed Chu Hui.
He nodded hurriedly: "Mrs. Lin is also there." Then he pointed to the stupid gentleman, and said to the two officials behind him, "The sky is blue and the sun is bright, and the sky is bright, and you dare to molest a woman from a good family in public, escort this person back to the county office, and send it down after the trial!" ”
A servant behind Fang Shuangping hesitated a little, and said in a low voice: "County Cheng, this person is Liu Yuanwai's son......"
"Lan Xin is still my cousin! Grab it! Fang Shuangping is obviously very protective of his sister, and he doesn't give Liu Yuan an outside at all.
When Liu Yuanwai's son heard this, he didn't expect that he was really molesting the wrong person this time, and he shouted that he was wronged and knew his mistake, but Fang Shuangping didn't care at all, took off his coat, and put it on Wen Lanxin, who was soaking wet.
Wen Lanxin tugged at the coat she was wearing, and looked at Chu Cheng worriedly: "Siniang, you should be also cold, let Master Lin take off his clothes to keep you warm." ”
In fact, in this summer, it is not cold to fall into the water. It's just that Chu Cheng is wearing cool today, her clothes are wet, and her two slender snow-white legs are looming, which is not very elegant.
Chu Cheng turned her head to look, but found that Lin Boqin didn't see her at all, and people were circling the corpse with her work!
She sank her face and followed behind Fang Shuangping, and before she could speak, she saw Lin Boqin asking about Fang Shuangping's situation with an anxious face. Fang Shuangping briefly narrated, and when Chu Cheng was mentioned, Lin Boqin set his eyes on his cheap lady.
"You found the body in the middle of the lake?"
Chu Cheng nodded with a dark face.
"The corpse was the same then?"
Chu Cheng glanced at it and nodded.
"Are there any other objects next to the corpse besides this embroidered shoe?"
Chu Cheng finally couldn't stand it anymore, she gave him a blank look, and her tone was not good: "How do I know?" Don't you know how to send someone to search for it? ”
Lin Boqin didn't expect her to be angry in front of so many people, and immediately frowned: "After all, you were the first to find this corpse, and you have already moved the location of the corpse, and human life is at stake, I have to ask clearly." ”
Chu Ji wanted to say more, but her nose was itchy and she couldn't help sneezing.
Lin Boqin found that she was drenched and embarrassed.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Boqin turned his head to Yang La on the side and ordered, "Take off your clothes and give them to Madame." ”
Yang La was examining the corpse with him, and when he heard this, he was stunned, and hurriedly took off his coat and handed it to Chu Cheng.
Chu Cheng didn't answer.
She glanced at Lin Boqin, obviously a little puzzled. She is his nominal wife, not Yang La's wife.
Lin Boqin seemed to see her doubts, and muttered: "I am wearing a court official uniform, and I can't take it off to others without permission. ”
Chu Ji almost laughed angrily when she heard this, thinking that back then, at her father's birthday banquet, the palace maid beside her broke her leg, and the blood flowed, she directly tore the princess's court dress and bandaged it! The official uniform of the seven-grade sesame official is also worthy of being like this?
Chu Cheng sneered, took Yang La's coat and put it on, and turned his head into the carriage carrying Wen Lanxin.
Fang Shuangping was afraid that the two would get sick, so he directly instructed the coachman to send the person to the hospital.
Looking at the carriage in the distance, Fang Shuangping walked up to Lin Boqin and said in a low voice: "My lord, it seems that Madame is unhappy......
Lin Boqin frowned: "She is not happy at any time." ”
"But this time, Madame was molested by hooligans and fell into the water and was frightened, and the adults must comfort one or two."
"Molested?" Lin Boqin looked stunned.
"Liu Yuanwai's son."
“…… Catched? ”
"I've been escorted to the yamen."
Lin Boqin's heart was a little complicated, he was just focused on the female corpse, and he thought that Chu Cheng was greedy for fun. After thinking for a moment, Fang Surong said: "The person will be temporarily detained in the waiting room, and the case of the flower thief will be dealt with first." ”