Chapter Twenty-Three: Beauty in Sight
Leaving Yuehetang and walking out of King Gao's Mansion, Mrs. Liu was about to tell Steward Wu to treat Dong Yanzhi and return to Du's Mansion. A few armor-piercing soldiers with knives suddenly flashed next to them, and they surrounded them. Mrs. Liu and Dong Yanzhi and her entourage were shocked for a moment, they didn't know what was going on, why did these soldiers surround them?
Steward Wu immediately stepped forward and asked one of the soldiers led by him, "Official, why are you doing this?" In front of the dignified and high king's mansion, in front of the current lord of the country, you dare to be so presumptuous and undisciplined. Do you want to take advantage of the fire to impress and rob the people? ”
The soldier who was the leader glanced at Steward Wu who was inquiring in front of him and said, "I'm sorry, brother." We're doing what we're told, and I don't know what you're talking about. ”
Steward Wu asked again, "Where, are you on the orders of the master?" It's not from the High Palace. ”
"Of course not, let me tell you the truth, it's the order of Deputy Prime Minister Lei, and we soldiers don't dare to disobey it." The leader replied.
"Hey, it's this Deputy Prime Minister Lei again, what kind of grudge does my Du Mansion have against him, and he plays tricks on my Dong Yanzhi like this." Mrs. Liu suddenly complained with hatred, as if her heart was full of anger towards this Lei master, and only a lit fire was about to erupt.
"Mrs. Liu, Master Lei has ordered. If you want to go, you can go by yourself, Dong Yanzhi has to go back to Lei Mansion with us. After seeing Mrs. Liu's complaints, the head of the soldier approached and said like a fan.
"You guys are the opposite of the king's law, Lang Lang Qiankun, competing for the tiger. My lord is not easy to mess with, let's go, let's go and ask for it. Steward Wu roared angrily, hoping to untie the entanglement of the soldiers in front of him.
"Brother, don't bother. If Vice Minister Lei does not have a perfect plan, how dare he break ground on the head of the old man. Who doesn't know that the lord of the country is enjoying the piano and listening to music in the palace of King Gao, but are you close to the lord of the country? Can you face the complaint and get Vice Minister Lei? If you can do this, our brothers will be happy not to have to work so hard, just waiting for you outside the gate of the Gaowang Mansion for so long. The head of the soldier still said with a pleasant face, maybe in his heart he didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
Steward Wu was helpless for a while, so he had to thank the soldier and turn his head back to Mrs. Liu's frame. Steward Wu frowned and said, "Mrs. Liu, it seems that if we don't hand over Dong Yanzhi today, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave the boundary of King Gao's Mansion." This Lei Lao and Du Mansion are consumed, how do you think to deal with it? ”
Mrs. Liu hadn't gotten into the car at this time, so she was so angry that her eyes glared at her and said hatefully: "Steward Wu, don't pay attention to them, let's get in the car and go straight back to Du's mansion." ”
Steward Wu didn't dare to disobey Mrs. Liu's orders, and with a wave of his hand, several people who were driving the carriage waved their whips and shouted, and the carriage walked forward with a click.
Seeing this, the soldiers shouted, "Stop, stop, stop!" If we don't stop, we'll let go of the arrows. With that, two of them stood in front of them and drew their bows and arrows.
Seeing this, Steward Wu hurriedly drank the frame, and the soldiers surrounded him again.
Mrs. Liu poked her head out of the carriage and shouted angrily: "It's against you, there is no royal law, you have the ability to cut off the old woman, don't get in the way here." The soldiers still did not let go of them, as if they had nothing to do with it.
The leader of the soldiers still said politely: "Mrs. Liu, please don't embarrass our brothers." It is also a last resort for us to act on orders, you still leave Dong Yanzhi behind according to Vice Minister Lei's explanation, and our brothers dare not embarrass you. If Mrs. Liu doesn't allow it, then our brothers will have to act according to their orders. ”
Mrs. Liu's roar actually alarmed a group of guards in front of King Gao's mansion. I saw a group of guards rushing towards Mrs. Liu under the shouting of a general, and in an instant, they surrounded everyone.
The general who led the team shouted, "Why are you doing this? Dare to be presumptuous here, disturbing the Holy Cross of the Lord. If you don't restrain your anger, for the safety of the lord of the country, don't blame Li for not knowing who you are? ”
When Mrs. Liu saw a team of officers and soldiers in front of her, she was overjoyed. said loudly: "General Li, please directly tie up these soldiers." They dare to rob the women of my family's Du Mansion in broad daylight, they are either traitors or outlaws. ”
The leader of the soldiers hurriedly argued: "General Li, no, it's not like this. A few of our brothers are the guards of Lei Xiang's Mansion, not to mention robbing the people's daughters, they are here to pick up Dong Yanzhi from Du Mansion and return to Lei Mansion on the order of Deputy Prime Minister Lei. ”
The General Li half-believed and half-questioned: "Then you have a handwritten metaphor for the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you will know a thing or two by taking a look." ”
The leader of the soldiers hurriedly took out a sigil from his bosom and handed it to General Li. Under General Li's closer look, there was no pretense, and a big word 'Lei' was carved on the seal.
General Li was speechless for a while, handed back the talisman to the head of the soldiers, and said to Mrs. Liu with a fist: "Madam, this general has already been inspected, these people are indeed soldiers of the Lei Vice Prime Minister's Mansion, since they are acting on orders, this general can't meddle in things." The responsibility is, the safety of the lord of the country is my body, and the general can't do anything about my wife's affairs, and I hope that my wife will understand. Then he waved his hand and walked away with the team.
Mrs. Liu stayed in the middle immediately, she thought that the savior who appeared in time could solve the dispute on the spot, and she didn't want to be ruined immediately. She couldn't help but sigh to the sky, closed her eyes and said slowly: "Go, go, Lei Mansion." Go, Lei Fu. ”
Ever since Dong Yanzhi broke her hand on the stage, she has never stopped thinking about it in her mind. In the darkness, she felt that it seemed to be a wrong choice for her to go north to the capital to join her family, and she ended up in such an embarrassing situation. Thinking that if this incident happened on the non-stop embroidery building on Liyang Street, she Dong Yanzhi would not be the result of this heartbreaking one. The old bustard's mother, Liu Zhi'er and Li Qiusheng, will definitely do everything to get her out of the current predicament, and Master Lei and Ben can't be at the mercy of themselves as embarrassed as Mrs. Liu. Especially Li Qiusheng, who defended himself everywhere by fighting to the death, made her even more emotional from the bottom of her heart.
Thinking of Li Qiusheng, a smile quietly rose at the corner of Dong Yanzhi's beautiful face, and a warm warmth seemed to emerge in her heart. Although Li Qiusheng is an orphan under someone else's roof like her, he can't give her any special material satisfaction. But Li Qiusheng's desperate fight against Geng Houye's bullying and humiliating scene imprinted on Dong Yanzhi's heart for the rest of her life, like a beautiful scenery that deeply attracted and tolerated her.
And then there is the old bustard's mother Liu Zhi'er, who seems to be an aunt-in-law employment relationship on the surface, but she has always treated her as her own daughter, sheltering her from the wind and rain, and paving everything for her to plan carefully. And the dearest aunt in front of her is just the opposite, in order to save her son from prison, she does not hesitate to make her own assertion to cater to the powerful, and pushes herself into the fire pit of the dark abyss.
Dong Yanzhi glanced at Mrs. Liu blankly, only to see that the aunt in front of her was not the closest relative she wanted and longed for, and she couldn't even learn half of the old bustard's mother's knife mouth tofu heart, let alone fight for herself like Li Qiusheng. On the contrary, it seems to be helpless, and now there is nothing to do, and the six gods have no master.
Dong Yanzhi's heart suddenly surged with a sour and mildew smell mixed with five chens, like fish bones on the stem, swallowing and swallowing. Dong Yanzhi lifted the curtain helplessly and looked at all the bustle and liveliness on the streets of the capital, gradually moving away in front of her eyes, until she slowly disappeared powerlessly.
Lei Mansion, two vermilion lacquer gates inlaid with copper rings and iron tigers are closed between the two stone lions in front, which looks solemn and solemn. Like an inviolable general, majestic and standing by the sword.
Those soldiers escorted Mrs. Liu and Dong Yanzhi back to the gate of Lei Mansion, and someone had already reported into the mansion. Steward Ma walked out with his rotten leg like a crutch, helped the reading glasses on his face, stretched out his erection and looked at everything in his eyes, and immediately revealed his filthy sneer: "Mrs. Liu has worked hard, if you offend a lot, I hope Mrs. Liu will forgive you a lot." I can't say that we are also doing things on the orders of Master Lei, and you have to bear a hundred reluctances. The old slave hereby respectfully invites Mrs. Liu and Miss Dong to appreciate their faces, and enter the mansion to taste tea and watch the seats. ”
"I said Steward Ma, don't go around in circles. To be honest, Master Lei is so far-fetched, what do the old women and sons want to come to Lei Mansion? As soon as Mrs. Liu got out of the carriage, the steward roared angrily, not to mention how high the fire in her heart was.
Steward Ma sneered while greeting him: "This is not the reason that the old slave can know, you still have to wait for Master Lei to return home, wouldn't it be more clear for you to ask Master Lei in person?" ”
"Hmph, you squirting minion, you have also learned from your master. I'm going to play tricks on the old woman, you don't say it's a slave, you don't have to dismantle your skin that day, you won't get rid of your hatred. Mrs. Liu still shouted in her heart with a hard mouth, and she didn't seem to receive the favor of the horse steward at all.
"Okay, okay, Mrs. Liu, since you don't accept the love of the old slave. If you feel angry, just vent it, otherwise you don't feel angry, you don't have to be angry here, why don't you go back to Du Mansion directly, just leave Miss Dong in Lei Mansion. The old slave will not stop you if he keeps a subordinate, but please Mrs. Liu respect herself and don't send her anger out on us subordinates at every turn. At this time, Steward Ma said in a tone of servility just now, and had already put on a posture of sending guests out.
When Mrs. Liu looked at the posture in front of her, she knew that it would be useless to ask too much, but it would stimulate the other party's resentment. Therefore, for a while, Mrs. Liu also reluctantly followed Steward Ma into the Du Mansion.
In the afternoon, Master Lei slowly stepped into Lei Mansion. However, the gloomy color on his face has a little sunshine, as if Dong Yanzhi's half-dismantled exit can't affect his mood now.
In the living room of Lei Mansion, Master Lei apologized to Mrs. Liu with a smile on his face. Mrs. Liu was still angry, and complained with hatred: "Master Lei, if you have anything to say, open the skylight and say something, don't hide it alone, which will make my old woman angry." ”
"Ah, Madame Liu, please calm your anger. It's not that the old man deliberately forced Dong Yanzhi to stay, it's just that you don't know how the lord of the country cared for and asked the old man to take care of Dong Yanzhi after Dong Yanzhi was injured on the piano stage at that time. So how dare the old man not be careful, in case the lord of the country asks about the old man Dong Yanzhi's injury, Dong Yanzhi is not recuperating in the old man's house, how do you ask the old man to answer the question of the lord of the country? Master Lei tried his best to be patient and explained, hoping that Mrs. Liu would understand that he had no choice but to do this.
Mrs. Liu seemed to suddenly realize and said: "Oh, it turns out that there is such a general reason, it seems that the old woman is too worried." Master Lei, as the saying goes, those who don't know are not to blame, and you are not familiar with the old woman in general. Now that the old woman understood the matter, she took her leave. Thank you Master Lei for your hard work for my family Dong Yanzhi. ”
Master Lei laughed and said, "Mrs. Liu, you're polite." Those who don't know are not guilty, let alone your Mrs. Liu's big frame. Lei someone doesn't dare to be it, please use tea. ”
In the evening, in the study in the back garden of Lei Mansion, Lei Tianyi walked into Master Lei's study with a bad smile on his face.
Lei Tianyi said to Master Lei, who was sleeping under the lamp with his eyes closed: "Dad, congratulations on once again getting a beauty to enter the mansion, and the people of Du Mansion are like in a dream." No, I have to be grateful to Dade Dade, Dad. Dad, you've done a really good job, I'm afraid the sun is going to hit the west. ”
"Go, go, don't bother the old man, the old man is still angry. What makes a beautiful woman enter the house? What's really done so smartly? Are you praising your father, boy? It's still sarcastic to your father. It's obvious that we've lost a mess, and you're still talking about bullshit, it's really something that hasn't grown. This family has all been defeated by you unscrupulous children, and it is really hard for the old man to work hard all his life. Master Lei refuted angrily, the anger in his heart seemed to be subsiding for a long time, and he didn't look at Lei Tianyi at all.
"Come on, Dad. You open your mouth and close your mouth, a bad son, a thing that does not grow, is it this image and virtue in the eyes of your father? Okay, let's not talk about that. Now that we are beauties, you should always say to the child what you say, and you should let the sky finish the wish in your heart. Lei Tianyi still didn't spare an inch of lobbying, and the confused look still took into account his Lao Tzu's feelings.
There was a loud snap, and Master Lei left a hot slap on Lei Tianyi's face. Lei Lao Ye Huo Di stood up from his seat, glared at Lei Tianyi and shouted: "You don't grow up, it's really angry old man." What beauty is in sight? What's the right to cash? Get out of here, get out. ”
Lei Tianyi touched his hot face, and said with a bitter face: "Dad, every time you succeed, you always use the child to open the brush." Okay, you are ruthless, don't blame me for being unrighteous, I'll get out. ”
Master Lei immediately slapped the desk angrily and shouted: "Rebel, get out, get out of here." ”