CHAPTER XVIII

Close the door and beat the dog

When Mengxi instructed Zhixia to go out to deliver the message, he secretly asked Zhidong to go to the second gate to guard to prevent anyone from going to the eldest lady to deliver the message.

A few maids heard this, and finally understood what the second grandmother meant by closing the door and beating the dog, not only secretly sighing who the second grandmother was, but also she could come up with such words and say, these girls are not afraid of things, they have long been angered by the actions of the show girl Xiao Xiangyuan, but the second grandmother pressed and didn't let them get into trouble, so they had to endure it, and they hated it behind their backs.

Zhixia listened to the second grandmother's instructions, stood up, answered, and turned to go out.

After Zhixia went out, Mengxi led Zhichun Zhiqiu to the backyard pharmacy, turned out a small bottle of medicine, handed it to Zhichun and said:

"After a while, we went out together, I said to beat people, you will beat me hard, after the beating, I led Zhiqiu to the old lady to ask for guilt, Zhichun guarded in this courtyard, and when the second master came back, find a way to mix this medicine into the second master's tea"

"Second grandma, this ......"

When Zhiqiu and Zhichun heard this, they both knelt down, they thought that the second grandmother was going to poison the second master.

"Don't worry, this is just a medicine that makes people sleep, you can't die, don't believe it?"

"Are you really okay?" Zhichun asked.

"Yes," Mengxi nodded affirmatively

"Okay, slave to do it"

Looking at the second grandmother's confident look, Zhichun straightened her chest and said firmly.

Listening to Zhichun's tone as if he was sending him to death, looking at the expressions of the two people, Mengxi frowned, she was just playing some tricks, how could these two people look like strong men with broken wrists, as if they really wanted them to be heroic and righteous, but it really smelled of revolutionary martyrs.

You can treat a gentleman openly, treat a villain, you can only use the means of a villain, the conspiracy of the show girl is at the door, of course she can't learn from these pedantic ancients, she must be open-minded and open to deal with it, she is just a little woman, not a gentleman.

Seeing that Zhichun responded, Mengxi thought about it and then said to Zhichun: "Don't forget, after the second master faints after drinking tea, he must take advantage of the chaos to change the tea, lest the old lady find out any traces from the doctor, and there will be branches."

"Slaves know what to do"

"Okay, all up, move a chair, let's go out"

After speaking, Mengxi stretched out his hand to help the two of them, and the three of them walked out of the door together.

The gate of the east chamber was slowly pushed open by Zhiqiu from the inside, and the noise outside also stopped, and the courtyard was full of people, all watching from a distance, and Bingxin, Yuxin, and the two Dao Tu also looked up at the door.

Mengxi took Zhiqiu's hand and walked out slowly, looking like a turtle crawling from a distance, and finally walked to the garden, stood up straight, Bingxin Yuxin hurriedly stepped forward and gave a slight blessing, and without waiting for the second grandmother to speak, she had already straightened up and said:

"Second Grandma ......"

Mengxi raised her hand and motioned for them to shut up first, and said indifferently:

"No hurry"

No matter how rude Bingxin and Yuxin were, they didn't dare to blatantly contradict the second grandmother, there was a yard of minions looking at it, so they had to stand there and wait in vain.

After a while, I saw Zhichun move out a chair and put it in the garden, Zhiqiu stepped forward to wipe it with a handkerchief, helped the second grandmother to sit down, a few little maids stepped forward to set up a pergola-like umbrella, covering the sun for the second grandmother, after the second grandmother sat down, straightened her body, straightened her clothes, signaled to tea, Zhixia, Zhidong turned back into the east chamber, after a while, the two moved out of a small stone rock, carried it to the second grandmother's hand and put it down, and tossed back to take the teapot and teacup, poured tea for the second grandmother, and the two of them hung their hands behind the second grandmother.

I saw the second grandmother gently pick up the tea, open the lid, try it, feel a little hot, and blow it slowly.

Bing Xin Yuxin stared at all this, they didn't know what kind of uncle this second grandmother was pretending to be at this time, she was about to be cooked, and she would hold it up, see how long you can last, you are not in a hurry, we are not in a hurry, and we are not in a hurry, so that we must enter the East Chamber, not only to enter, but also to add some seasoning!

It turned out that the two of them had secretly prepared three little wooden people with Miss Xiu, and the wooden people were written on the eldest wife, the second master, and the birthday of the girl Xiu, ready to take advantage of the Taoist priest's practice, secretly hid under the bed of the second grandmother, and framed the second grandmother behind the back of the demon Mrs. and others, Xiu'er had just had an illness, and there were Taoist words, and they were dealing with this matter, seeing that the second grandmother did not go down this time, this is today's meal, as for letting the Taoist priest enter the second grandmother's house to practice and ruin her name, it was just a small snack before the meal.

Mengxi took the tea, looked up at the sun, she was dragging it, dragging it down, so that she could drag it until she went to the old lady to ask for sin, and catch up with the second master to come back, but the second master came back after dark these days, she knew that she couldn't delay it at that time, she could only measure, hurt the enemy a thousand, and hurt herself eight, she hit Bingxin and Yuxin today, and the eldest lady's punishment was indispensable, I only hope that the time for the second master to faint when he comes back can be shortened with the time difference between the eldest lady and the eldest wife, the shorter the time difference, the less she and her maids can suffer.

The tea finally blew cold, took a sip gently, and then raised his eyes to look at Bingxin and said:

"What's the matter? The poisonous sun, isn't it good to cool down in the house, and run to this noisy one? ”

"Back to the second grandmother, a few days ago the young lady was sick, the eldest lady asked Daotu to see, saying that the second grandmother was destined to be a prisoner with the young lady, and the second grandmother had to do some magic in the house to solve it, and the slave maid was instructed by the eldest lady to bring the two Daotu gentlemen over and go to the second grandmother's house to practice, the eldest lady said, this is also for the good of the second master and the second grandmother."

As soon as Mengxi heard this, he slapped the teacup in his hand and put it on the rock:

"Nonsense, Daqi has always admired Buddhism and suppressed Taoism, thinking that Taoism was originally a side branch, my Xiao family is a family, how noble is the identity of the eldest wife, how can I believe the nonsense of a few people who are on the side of the door, and do such a thing that damages the reputation, it must be that you are behind the name of the eldest wife, that is, the reputation of the eldest wife, and insult my reputation, what a plan to kill two birds with one stone, don't you know, I was carried into the door by Xiao Mansion with eight sedan chairs, and I am the wife of the second master, you insulted me today, it is equivalent to insulting the second master, come to someone, Give me five slaps in the face."

Zhiqiu Zhichun was ready early, listened to the instructions of the second grandmother, didn't say a word, went up and hit, Bingxin Yuxin was not a vegetarian, struggled, Zhixia saw this, and also went up to help, two people put it, one person beat, after five strokes, Bingxin Yuxin's delicate face was already a little red and swollen.

Bingxin Yuxin is so angry, I don't believe that the second grandmother dares to move when they kill them, I can't understand if I want to break my head, what does this Daqi family have to do with believing in Taoist priests or not, how did it tarnish the reputation of the eldest wife, when Zhiqiu and they stopped, the two struggled forward and argued, this is indeed the order of the eldest wife, who knows that when the second grandmother heard this, she beat again and again, and after beating like this a few times, the faces of the two were so swollen that their parents couldn't recognize them.

At this time, Bingxin Yuxin came back to her senses, these two grandmothers were deliberately looking for ballast and they were consumed, looking back at the few henchmen they sold in this courtyard on weekdays, and secretly said, how are these people wood, there is no shortage of food and drink on weekdays, at this time, there are two grandmothers, dare not come forward, and they can understand, then at least they have to go to Yangxin Garden to give a letter to the young lady, move the eldest wife, don't everything be solved, how can you suffer such a big loss.

How do they know, as soon as these people see Zhiqiu's moving, they want to go out to report the news, and they also want to rush to the show girl and the eldest lady to invite credit, but Zhidong led a few small maids to guard the second door, saying that the second grandmother said, let the guard the door, even a fly is not allowed to fly out, and then look at them, but there are more than flies, of course they can't get out.

Bingxin Yuxin was beaten, seeing that the courtyard was full of people, no one went to Yangxin Garden to spread the message, the secret road is completely planted today, the hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, or leave here first, and then say, when Zhixia and they can stop again, the two dare not argue anymore, salute the second grandmother, turn around and want to lead the soil back, how can Mengxi easily let them go, seeing that they are going to slip, he said:

"Stop, if you don't tell me who ordered you to come here today, no one will want to get out of this courtyard."

Seeing that Zhiqiu and the others were blocking the way, the two looked up at the schadenfreude on the face of the maid in this courtyard, and knew that they couldn't please today, so they had to stop.

Look at the two Taoist priests again, they just received the silver of the show girl, made a buckle in advance, and helped to do things, the housemother of the family was provoked by them, I have never seen such a powerful housewife, I dare to do it against my mother-in-law, seeing that this grandmother didn't say a word, she opened her mouth and started fighting, how dare she speak, she was like a pestle like two pieces of wood, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

Seeing that Bingxin Yuxin stood still, Mengxi asked again:

"Say, who instructed you today?"

The two of them knew that this eldest lady must not say anything, otherwise she would have to be beaten, don't care so much, deal with it first and then talk about getting out of this courtyard, so they said in unison:

"It was the show girl who asked the slave to come over"

It is not bad to say this, the eldest lady originally sent Ziyue over, and it was Miss Xiu who persuaded the eldest lady to let them come, so the two dared to say this.

When the second grandmother heard this, she said:

"Miss Xiu is the daughter of the imperial history of the dynasty, and she is a famous lady, how can you see this unpopular Taoist priest in private, do such a thing that damages the reputation of the lady, it must be that you can't harm the eldest wife, and come to harm the girl Xiu, come to someone, give me a fight"

This doesn't work, still fight!

The two of them are really stupid, when this fight is over, I understand in my heart that this show girl can't say it, two of you, look at me, I'll look at you, and then bite it, and admit it yourself.

When Mengxi finally heard the two of them say that they came on their own initiative, they stopped fighting, looked up and said to the maid who was standing behind:

"You have also heard, today's matter is done privately by these two maids who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and it has nothing to do with the eldest lady and the show girl, in the future, if there are any bad rumors, it is better to come forward and make a proof, come here, first tie up these two Taoist priests, find a room to take care of, and wait for me to return to the old lady, and then I will fall."

When the maids and mothers-in-law heard this, they knew that this was to subdue these two girls, and they were afraid, and they were beaten into tricks, but seeing the momentum of the second grandmother today, how dare they say anything, there are two grandmothers on the left and right, and several mothers-in-law are busy, and they come over to tie up the two Taoist priests, and push and shove and lead them down.

Only then did Mengxi say to Bingxin Yuxin:

"It is said that today you led people to break into the east wing room without permission, I am going to be heavily punished, thinking that you are the people of the show girl after all, although I am the main mother, but the show girl is a coquette, I will be punished like this, the face of the show girl is not good-looking, look at the face of the show girl, let you go back today, and I will go to the show girl to receive the punishment"

When Bingxin Yuxin heard this, she was so angry, what kind of mouth did this second grandmother look like, she was really angry and didn't pay for her life, and said that she wouldn't be punished, but we were women, so she slapped us in the face, so that she couldn't even recognize her father and mother, and she actually sat there and said softly, there is no punishment on the face of the girl who watched the show, and the two of them couldn't wait to step forward and tear up that mouth at this time.

Hate is hate, finally scared, long lost the momentum at the beginning, now as long as they leave this yard, let them call the second grandmother as their mother, busy nodding and thanking, for fear that it will be too late The second grandmother changed her mind and fought again.

Mengxi sat there again and talked for a while, raised her eyes to see that the sun was a little westerly, and then let them go.

After the two of them left Xiao Xiang Courtyard, Mengxi was busy preparing a sedan chair, she had to rush to Shouxi Hall before Bingxin Yuxin moved to the eldest wife, to meet the old lady, to seek protection, once it was too late, let the eldest lady pass to the heart garden, she would die today.

Simply instructed Zhixia and Zhichun a few words, then helped Zhiqiu to get on the sedan chair, instructed to get up the sedan chair, and the four mothers-in-law carried the sedan chair straight to the Shouxi Hall.

"Stop the car!"

The sedan chair stopped, and Zhiqiu raised the sedan curtain from the outside:

"Second grandma, what's wrong?"

"Let's go back"

"Go back? Second grandmother ......"

"Hurry up, let the mother-in-law go faster, let's go back and take a detour to the garden of the third master"

"Second grandma, that road is too far, and I don't walk often, I'm afraid that the eldest lady guesses that you can go to the Shouxi Hall, and go first, the Yangxin Garden is close to the Shouxi Hall, I'm afraid of this toss, the eldest lady arrives first, that's blocking you, and then we can't say a word."

"I know this, but you forgot, although this road is close, but passing by the Heart Garden, in case the eldest lady directly gambles on the Road to the Heart Garden, we must really become Weng Zhijiao"

When Zhiqiu heard this, he shuddered violently and said:

"The second grandmother thought it through, the slave maid was really careless, and several grandmothers worked harder, and they all worked harder. Let's go back quickly, take a detour to the Shouxi Hall, and tonight the second grandmother will reward you with 100 big Qi coins."

As soon as a few mothers-in-law heard that there was a reward, they didn't work hard, not to mention that they also knew that if the second grandmother was really punished, they would also be punished, only to see them respond in unison, re-get up the sedan chair, turn their heads, bypass the eldest lady's heart garden, and go straight to the old lady's birthday hall.

Mengxi arrived at the Shouxi Hall, waiting outside, letting people pass the word, after a while, the waiter walked out, saying that the old lady was resting in the east side room, and let the second grandmother go in directly, and after speaking, he directly brought the master and servant into the east side room, Mengxi helped Zhiqiu to enter the door with the waiter, and saw the third master, who was sitting on a chair, chatting with the old lady on the kang.

Mengxi stepped forward to greet the old lady, and met the third master again, the old lady hurriedly let Mengxi sit on the kang, how dare Mengxi sit at this time, walked to the kang, and knelt on the ground with a plop:

"The granddaughter-in-law begged the old lady to call the shots for the granddaughter-in-law"

When the old lady heard this, she was so frightened that she sat up straight: "Xi'er, tell me quickly, what's wrong?"

So Mengxi briefly talked about the afternoon's events, and seeing that the old lady was silent in thought, Mengxi continued:

"Old lady, when the granddaughter-in-law heard this, she thought in her heart, the fortune teller once said that the granddaughter-in-law and the second master's eight characters are very compatible, and she is the nobleman in the second master's life, so Chongxi saved the second master, but the Taoist priest actually said that the granddaughter-in-law's life is not compatible with the show girl, doesn't that mean that the show girl and the second master's eight characters are also compatible, this show girl saw Xiao Xiangyuan, and she didn't see how the second master was, and the show girl would definitely not believe these nonsense, and she would not meet the Taoist priest privately, and do such a thing that damages the reputation of the boudoir, thinking that my Xiao family is a family, and the identity of the eldest lady is so noble, I won't believe the Taoist priest's fallacy, do this kind of thing that damages the granddaughter-in-law's reputation, it must be the two maids who don't know whether to live or die in Bingxin Yuxin did the things behind the back of the eldest lady and the show girl, and the reputation of the eldest lady and the show girl was tarnished in vain, and the innocence of the granddaughter-in-law was insulted, Pingyang City knew that the granddaughter-in-law was the wife of the second master who was carried into the door by the old lady with eight sedan chairs, and really let the Taoist priest enter the granddaughter-in-law's house, and humiliated the granddaughter-in-law, which is equivalent to insulting the second master. So the granddaughter-in-law slapped the mouths of the two maids in a hurry, and later the two maids themselves admitted that they were making their own claims, and the granddaughter-in-law remembered that these two people were the people of the show girl, and the show girl lived here, and her person was wrong, and she should be punished by her. ”