The panic on Lotus Lotus's face flashed, and instead of explaining to Luo Baiying, she shook Mint's sleeve and said, "They wronged me, I'm not a thief!" I didn't take anything except what General Li gave me! ”

Chun Ming crossed his waist and rushed up, raised his hand and slapped her in the face, and scolded: "General Li was also shouted by you?" You are a lowly woman, you are also worthy! ”

The lotus root covered her face and cried: "When did I treat you badly when I was a wife in the Li family and forced me to death, do you ask your conscience?" ”

Chun Ming's response was to make up two more palms, and Mint was standing next to him, trying to block it, but he couldn't stop it at all, only to know that the fierce Chun Ming seemed to have a bit of martial arts, not an ordinary fierce character. I had to shout and persuade: "If you have something to say, you can report to the official if you lose something, and you can't lynch indiscriminately." ”

Chun Ming sneered while fighting: "Report to the official? The government is my general's decision, and my wife wants to teach the thief a lesson, and she is only happy! As he spoke, he dragged the lotus root off the kang and pulled his arms out.

The movement of the three women pulling and pulling here attracted a lot of people, but they were all watching the excitement, and they didn't have the idea of stepping forward to intervene. Mint was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and finally a steady male voice sounded in the crowd: "What do you say?" How did you get into a fight? ”

Mint looked back and saw that it was Yitong, and hurriedly reported everything she had just heard, and corroborated it: "Lotus Lotus doesn't steal, she was wronged." If Miss is here, she will definitely not be wronged like this, so Yi Gongzi will help her! ”

Yitong is not very old, but she has a moody face, and sometimes she is quite reliable. He first asked the two old wives to separate Chunming and Lotus Lotus, and said with a neutral attitude: "Although Lotus Root has been redeemed and is not a descendant of the Meng family, her old son is still eating the food of the Meng family." If something like this happens, the lotus root's family will definitely ask the master to make decisions for them, and even if we don't cover up the subordinates, we must follow the rules and ask questions. If there is really no grievance, then the person who stole the things will be handed over to Mrs. Li to deal with, what does Mrs. think? ”

His words of neither humility nor arrogance made Luo Baiying look at him twice, and he said in his heart that the Meng family has a background in the end, and even a follower has a bit of bearing. Unable to think of a reason to refute, Luo Baiying also took a step forward and said, "I'll give you two hours to find out, so that you have nothing to say." When the hour comes, see who continues to shield the thief. ”

To put it mildly, the two sides reached an agreement for the time being, Yitong quietly ordered his subordinates to say a few words, and his subordinates left in a hurry.

Yitong turned around and saw the wounds on the lotus lotus's face, there were several kinds of new and old traces, obviously caused by long-term beatings, and couldn't help frowning: "The Li Mansion is also a famous family of poetry and books, and General Li even serves in the Jinyi Mansion and knows the law, are you not afraid of affecting General Li's official reputation when you deal with a weak woman like this?" ”

Luo Baiying sat down on the Eight Immortals chair in the hall next to her, took two sips of the tea on the maid's hand, and then replied slowly: "Don't talk too much, we will find us to theorize again - you go and ask her." ”

Everyone's eyes fell on the lotus root, who shrunk her neck and bowed her head: "No...... I was injured myself, and I accidentally ...... it myself" Eleven of the ten people didn't believe her words, thinking that Luo Baiying was fierce and blatantly intimidating.

Seeing that she was so afraid, Mint was sympathetic and sad, and couldn't help but want to help her. When He Angelica was not there, the biggest thing in the Qing Garden was Yitong and Yiyi, although the eldest and second ladies of the Meng family were here, the young lady who had not been out of the pavilion was not good at taking care of this kind of thing. Peppermint weighed it and felt that the best person to trust was Yiyi, because he was the person that Miss trusted. I wanted to ask Yi Yu to help me get an idea, but I couldn't find him in the crowd for two rounds.

At this time, the person sent by Yitong to inquire about the letter replied, and Mint also came up to listen, and then he roughly figured out the reason.

The original way is that the husband married by Luo Baiying and Lotus Lotus is General Li Roller Li of Jinyi Mansion. Last month, Lotus Lotus followed He Angelica to Yanwang's Mansion as a guest, and met General Li when he was investigating the case in Jinyiwei, and heard that he didn't marry a wife when he was old.

The Li family originally didn't believe it, but later told General Li that they were close to each other, and successively said that they were close to seven families, but all of them had accidents before they passed the door. Serious ones include the woman's official wrongdoing, falling into the water, breaking her foot, and the lightest one is also sick and losing her hair, and finally all of them quit their relatives. The Li family is not a small family, and it is unreasonable to marry a civilian woman, and it is still a waste after a delay of ten years. Therefore, that General Li Roller Li is the third-ranked "Lonely City Defender" of Jinyi Mansion after Duan Xiaolou and Gao Jue, and many women want to capture but are discouraged.

He Lotus inadvertently read the "Wife Recruitment Notice" jokingly made by General Li's colleagues, and the "grass life" required on it was completely consistent with hers, and she was unconsciously moved, thinking that it was a God-given opportunity. The first time she left Meng's house, she met General Li; General Li has not been married for more than 30 years, and he is in line with her. So she got rid of her slavery and went to Yangzhou to join General Li.

General Li's mother was very happy to see the lotus root, and it didn't take long to finalize this family business, and the next day after passing the door, Li's mother turned out a Luo family's Geng post, and found that the Luo family's eldest lady's birthday was also the "golden grass life" of the five elements of the wood, which was more suitable than the lotus root, so that the matchmaker said it, and it became a door. Luo Baiying's body has a hidden disease, and Li's mother also knows a little bit about it, so she agreed to marry her and start from the side room. So, when General Li himself was still in the capital on business, he already had two more wives in his old house.

Since beating Luo Baiying through the door, the injuries on Lotus Root's body have not been broken, and she can't ask anything. Li's mother was suspicious of Luo Baiying at first, and secretly made people pay attention, but later found that the evidence was made by Lotus Lotus herself, in order to let the Li family leave a vicious impression on Luo Baiying. Later, the lotus root disappeared, and the Li family reported the news of the stolen treasure.

Hearing this, Yitong waved his hand and said, "The dispute between women is boring and naïve, plus this is the Li family's housework, and the stolen goods have also been found......"

"I don't believe it!" Mint interjected from the side, "Don't say that the lotus root is married to the general's wife, even if I am a lowly slave, I will not steal." In the days of following Miss, what rare treasures have we not seen? The lotus root was out of the Meng Mansion, and they can't be allowed to bully the lotus root like this! ”

Yitong laughed and said, "You know how to maintain the Meng Mansion very well, but it's a pity that you mistakenly voted for a maid." The implication is that the mint little girl has no room for beak.

Qingyuan's housekeeper also advised Mint: "The girl should take her kindness, in the final analysis, it was the lotus root who redeemed herself from the Meng family before marrying, and she broke her roots." She has already broken off with the Meng family, where do we start? ”

At this time, Luo Baiying's maid came over to remind: "Two hours are coming." ”

“…… Woo, Sister Mint save me, the county lord save me! The lotus root whimpered and cried, and her eyelids were red and swollen pitifully.

Peppermint glanced at the cold side line of her face, and then at the desperate expression of the lotus root, suddenly turned around and rushed into the house, ran to Luo Baiying and shouted: "What we have jewelry and silver, in addition to the ones that the lotus root took from the Li family, we have a lot of them here." You can give it all the money, but you can't take the lotus root! ”

In a rockery cave in the distance, Liao Qing'er pulled He Angelica's pigtail and smiled: "Your maid is so generous, but she is a little stupid." If the bribe is carried out in public, she will not be willing to be Luo Baiying. ”

He Angelica said shortly: "You exchange ten shrewd maids for one stupid one and give me two hundred taels." ”

Sure enough, Luo Baiying over there drooped her eyelids and snorted and said, "Xiao He's law, take thieves and stolen goods, both of them are indispensable." Chunming, throw this grasshopper out, tie up the little slut over there and take it away. ”

With a wave of his hand, the onlookers divided into a road, and the meaning of entering and exiting with Luo Baiying and his party was self-evident. The lotus root was held on the left and right, and it was about to be dragged away, so in a panic, he pulled a handful of mint sleeves, only to hear the sound of a cloth breaking, and a few bead chains slipped out of the sleeves, the thread was torn off, and the pearls rolled to the ground.

Chun Ming recognized that the pearl was the same color as the pearl in the lost property, and immediately twisted Mint's wrist, "I took another thief!" ”

At this moment, not only Mint was stunned, but even Yitong was not so concerned with himself. Mint is the girl He Angelica is used to, where can she explain it, and look at the stupid girl's stupid appearance, she obviously just found that there is a pearl chain hidden in her sleeve.

"Ahh Why is mint more stupid than cicada clothes, and his sleeve pockets are sinking and he can't realize it? "In the rockery cave, Qing'er hated iron but not steel.

He Angelica was not too strange, shook his head and said: "The big girl usually carries the things that the master wants to use in her arms, and she is used to carrying weights, and it is not surprising that someone has hidden something on her, and she doesn't notice it for a while." ”

"Someone? Do you mean lotus root or Luo Baiying? ”

"I'm afraid both are suspicious."

"They don't look like they're colluding." Qing'er looked at it suspiciously.

He Angelica sighed: "When Lotus Root was determined to redeem herself, I secretly asked people to follow her for a while, and the person who followed her the day before yesterday reported for the first time that she married into the Li family, but she fled with injuries for unknown reasons. Since she came to Qingyuan, Bacheng wanted me to make decisions for her and fight Luo Baiying. I watched coldly, and when Mint mentioned me, the lotus root's posture was very low, saying that she was no longer a maid of the Meng family, and there was no reason to ask for help. Isn't it strange that when Mint reveals that I am not there, she shows her cowardly side again? ”

"Indeed, in this way, the lotus root is not a simple victim," Qing'er's eyes flashed, infinitely close to the truth, "Luo Baiying used that bag of things to plant the lotus root first, the lotus root is actually a dumb person eating dumplings, and he knows it, and he hid the pearl chain in the mint sleeve, wanting to pull her into the water, so that you have to save people, and save Mint at the same time." ”

"So I can't just come forward, and I can't let it go."

"How?"

"Find someone for me."