Chapter 9: Pressure from both sides
She could see that something was wrong, Mama Li's eyes flashed, and she naturally paid attention.
Mama Li said in a low voice: "Don't worry, lady, wait until the old slave is settled." ”
At this time, the driver was driving the carriage to the post house, and the people around him were coming and going, so it was really not suitable to call Wang Bi over.
Lan'e nodded and said, "Mama be careful." ”
After two sentences, the carriage entered the courtyard.
The car was about to stop, so Mama Zhou came over and said, "Madame went to the house to rest first, and before leaving, I told the old slave to come and give a reply to the lady, and asked the lady to rest earlier." ”
A few days ago, I lived in a post house, and Cui's always had to arrange food and lodging in person, but today I am ...... Lan E glanced back at Mama Li.
Li Mama raised her eyebrows, lifted the window across the car door, and jumped out like a fish.
Lan'e helped Mo get out of the car.
"The house is a little small, the old slave looks at the cleaning is quite clean, and the lady is wronged to rest for a night."
Mama Zhou pointed to a row of blue brick houses in front of her, "Madame lives in the first room on the right hand, and the lady and the lady live in the two wings on the left." After that, he looked at Lan'e carefully.
Lan E knew that when she first went to serve the Cui family, she always had to be a little careful in everything, so she smiled and said: "My mother doesn't say that she is wronged, why is it my turn to be wronged?" Mama, this is a joke. ”
Mama Zhou's heart was relieved, and her heart was relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face: "Madame is still worried that the lady will not be used to living, so the old slave simply returned the lady's original words to Madame." ”
The two laughed and walked to the front of the porch, Mama Zhou said goodbye, and Lan'e led Ah Mo into the wing.
There is a black lacquer square table at the door of the room, a celadon teapot is placed on the table, a few wooden chairs are placed next to the table, and a blue curtain hangs three or four steps to the right, and there is a black lacquer bed behind the curtain.
The tables and chairs were dullly painted, and the half of the curtain near the window had faded.
Lan E glanced at it a few times and sat down in her chair.
Ah Mo didn't pay attention to the furnishings in the room, seeing that the spout was still steaming, and it was full when she picked it up, so she poured a cup of tea and held it to Lan E: "The lady will drink tea first, and the slave will go to the whole bed." ”
Lan'e took the puff and took a sip slowly, the tea was astringent and cool, with a strange smell, just like a tea cake that had been moldy for a long time.
Lan E's eyebrows twisted slightly.
Even if Wang Ke does not serve here, he is also a member of the rank of 2,000 stones. These subordinates who manage the post house do not give us hospitality, but also arrange for low-class houses to deliver inferior tea......
The subordinates will look at their heads when they act, is it possible that the Xingyang County Guard has a dislike for Wang Ke?
Lan E thought about things, but unconsciously drank most of the astringent tea.
She was about to put the cup on the table, when the door sounded, Mama Li flashed into the house, and when she turned around and closed the door, she stepped forward and said, "Lady." ”
After shouting this, the old woman's voice suddenly lowered: "An hour ago, someone died in the town, and a few common people identified it as the Wei steward who fought the front station and argued with the deceased, and Ji'er killed people to vent their anger. ”
Ah! He also killed people to vent his anger!
The steward is busy contacting the librarians, busy arranging food and lodging for the master, and has the leisure to kill?
Look at this set!
Lan E didn't know whether to be angry or ridiculous, so she blinked and was stunned for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Who is the county guard of Xingyang?" ”
That's a question she's just asked.
Mama Li immediately said: "It's from the Liu family in Guanzhong." ”
No wonder, Liu Ji is the daughter of the Liu family in Guanzhong, she entered Yuehua Nunnery, and now the Liu family has come out for her.
Don't cows drink water and force their heads?
You have to be able to press it down!
Lan E shook her head and smacked her lips, snorted twice, and snorted again.
Mama Li choked when she saw it, and said in a low voice: "Someone sent a letter in the afternoon, saying that the eldest lady blamed the eldest lady for only knowing how to twist acid and be jealous, and did things completely regardless of the reputation of the adult. also said that now that the family is going to Chang'an, even if there is no master in the Jinyang Mansion, he wants his wife to let Liu Ji go back to guard the house. ”
That's right.
The eldest lady first grasped the jealousy of the Cui family, and then knew the truth that Jinyang had no master to watch the family, and finally clarified the purpose, and the surname Liu here made a move.
Now the two sides are pressing...... No wonder my mother has a headache, no wonder my eldest brother's face is ugly.
Lan E's eyes sank slightly.
And after Mama Li finished speaking, she lowered her eyes, as if she was thinking about something, and as if she didn't think about anything, she just waited to listen to the instructions.
After sitting with her eyes down for a while, Lan E raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Ding Bell" and said, "Since they want to put Liu Ji, it's okay, Ah Mo, find old clothes." ”
After calling the little girl, Lan E turned to Mama Li again: "Mama went to find Xian Niangzi, so she said that I wanted to go out and ask her if she was going." ”
Mama Li's eyes flashed, and she didn't ask much, so she raised her feet and went out after giving a salute.
sat in the carriage for four or five days in a row, and the maidservant Ah Qiu was like a gourd with a sawed mouth except for the three sentences of "the lady drinks water", "the lady gets off" and "the lady sleeps".
Wang Xian was so bored that she was going crazy.
At this moment, she was sitting on the couch and sulking, when she heard the sound of the door, and hurriedly got up to look.
Li Mama flashed in, her eyes swept over her face, and she stepped forward and lifted the curtain and said, "Mrs. E heard that Mrs. Xian has been in a panic for the past two days, and she wants to go out with Mrs. Xian to relax." As he spoke, he looked at her again, frowned and shook his head...... "Xian Niangzi's silk dress is not appropriate, it is too eye-catching to wear out."
Sneaking out of the house in the clothes of a servant girl, Wang Xian doesn't know how many times she has done this kind of thing.
Now Mama Li has three points of temptation and seven points of hint...... Wang Xian's eyes lit up suddenly, and she shouted one after another: "Ah Qiu Ah Qiu, didn't you cut a rag last night to make the sole of your shoes, just give me the one you cut." ”
This time, Ah Qiu was very well-behaved, blinked and said: "The lady is fatter than the slave, and she can't wear that piece even if she doesn't cut it...... Well! The slave maid also has a torn one ready to make a rag, and the lady may be able to wear it. ”
Ready to tear the cloth to make a ...... Wouldn't it be even more broken?
Wang Xian nodded again and again: "It's good if you can wear it, go get it." ”
"Yes, yes, lady waits." Ah Qiu hurriedly carried his own baggage, turned out a dusty cloth coat from it, and unfolded it for the two of them to see: "This is what the slave maid wears when she is at home, can the lady see it?" ”
…… It looks like blue and gray, and the coarse cloth gown that has long lost its true color has been washed, the cuffs are fried, and there is a large dark red patch on the placket.
It's closer, and it's even more permeable to the musty smell of choking.
Wang Xian immediately smiled, and urged Ah Qiu happily: "Okay, that's it, come, hurry up and help me put it on." ”
One of the two was anxious to take off the silk skirt, and the other hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Mama Li glanced at the two of them lightly, and then stepped back lightly.
Lan E changed her clothes and stood behind the door, and when she heard the sound of the door next door, she glanced at Ah Mo.
Ah Mo leaned out of the room: "Huh? What is Mama doing under the wall? Not? Why did Mama go back next door again...... Ah! Mama beckons! Lady get out quickly. ”
The little girl was startled, which aroused Lan'e's curiosity. She just stood on tiptoe to look, but Ah Yu turned around and dragged her and pushed her out.
"Lady's ......."
Lan E was about to cross the threshold, and she heard Mama Li shouting in her ears. When she turned her face away, she felt that the old woman had come close to her, and almost at the same time her waist tightened, and a strong surge of force, and in a moment her feet were off the ground.
Want to go to the house?
Oooooooo......oo Jump off the wall!
The thought flashed twice in Lan'e's mind, and she subconsciously closed her eyes, but after a few exhales and breaths, her feet hardened, and she noticed that her feet fell to the ground again.
Only then did she dare to open her eyes...... Patting his chest: "Oops! Surprise me! ”
Mama Li was a little funny and a little determined, let go and said, "Don't worry, I can't stop the lady." ”
It's not a matter of falling and not being able to fall, in case someone outside the wall is ...... Forget it, it's urgent.
Lan E glanced at her, ruffled her hair, and pulled the corners of her clothes.
"The old slave has long been optimistic, there is no one in this alley." Li Ma seemed to know what Lan E was thinking, and explained slowly: "Just now, the old slave smoked a few bricks under the wall, and the lady will come out of there later." ”
How many bricks to draw? She also thought that Mama Li would do the same to carry Wang Xian, but she didn't expect this old woman to ......
Lan E choked for a moment.
At this time, Mama Li still cared about her, just muttering, "What about people?" Didn't Mo go and call her? "Stoop down and sweep away the grass under the wall.