"The old slave has been waiting by the old lady's side for nineteen years. ( 800) / The old slave was originally the eldest girl in the old lady's mother's yard that had long passed away, in order to let the old lady have a useful subordinate after marriage, the old lady Xiao matched the old slave with a small steward in the house, so that the couple married together to the waiting house. Mama Lu said, with a complicated look on her face.

Speaking of this, she raised her eyes to look at Xia Jin, and said, "There were six maids and daughters-in-law who came to marry together at that time, and the others were beaten to death by the old lady and sold. The old slave was able to stay until now because her husband was quite capable and managed the old lady's dowry Zhuangzi. ”

Xia Jin's heart moved. Mama Lu is explaining why she didn't be loyal to the old lady like Mama Zhao at the beginning, but chose to betray her master. If the master treats his subordinates badly, beats or scolds, does not treat his subordinates as human beings, and betrays such a master, it does not mean that his conduct is inappropriate.

Xia Jin didn't say anything, with a faint expression on his face, and asked again: "When the old lady and the old lady got married, were they happy with each other?" What is the relationship between the two after marriage? Did anything happen when the old lady was pregnant with the grandfather? ”

Mama Lu has been able to live well until now, and she immediately defected to Su Muxian after judging the situation, and she can be regarded as an extremely shrewd and sharp-minded person. As soon as Xia Jin's words came out, she understood what she meant: Xia Jin suspected that Hou Ye was not born to the old lady.

Yes, besides the old lady, what mother would want her child to die?

She sighed in her heart, and said in her mouth: "Before getting married, the old lady liked the old lady, and the central people came to ask for marriage, and the old lady's parents were very satisfied with this family, so they agreed to the family matter." But the old lady has always been dissatisfied. It's just that I can't resist my parents, so I have to get married. After getting married, the old lady was very good to her. Although the old lady was depressed, she soon became pregnant. At that time, the old slave listened to the old lady by his side, and he heard Lang Zhong say that the old lady was happy. ( ) The old lady was also present at the time, and he was very happy, and he was even more considerate to the old lady. Hou Ye was indeed born with a difficult birth. The old lady was bleeding profusely. Almost died. Later, it took half a year to raise the body. At that time, the ancestor was still alive, so he took Hou Ye over to raise him personally. After the old lady was well. didn't bring Hou Ye back. ”

Speaking of this, Mama Lu fell into memories: "When Hou Ye was three years old, the old lady became pregnant again, and ten months later, she gave birth to the second master. It's just that the second master has not long turned one year old. That is, when Hou Ye was five years old, the ancestor died suddenly. The old man asked someone to take him back to the main courtyard to live. But it's no wonder, as soon as the waiting master returned to the main courtyard, the old lady fell ill; As soon as he moved out, the old lady's illness was cured. The old lady suspected in her heart that Hou Ye was in her way. Go to Huguo Temple and ask the senior monk to show her and Hou Ye the eight characters. As a result, it was said that the lives of the two were incompatible, and they waited for their grandfather and mother. Hou Ye needs to go to the temple to live, so that the old lady can be safe. ”

"Send Hou Ye to the temple. The old man also agreed? Xia Jin asked.

Mama Lu shook her head and sighed: "Where will you agree?" At that time, the master was extremely well raised by the ancestral religion. Smart and clever, he looks very good, he knows a lot of words at a young age, and he memorizes books very quickly, and he even wins the favor of the old man. The old lady was reluctant to send him to the temple. Helplessly, the old lady said that if she didn't send her, she would leave with the old lady, and she took the second master back to her parents' house. The old lady likes the old lady very much, and for her, he has never taken a concubine, so he is naturally reluctant to reconcile with her. At this time, I couldn't, so I had to personally pick a temple and send Hou Ye away. In this way, Hou Ye stayed in the temple for more than ten years, and it was not until the old Hou Ye passed away that he came back, and the next thing happened, I think Mrs. already knows. ”

Xia Jin nodded: "So, Hou Ye is the old lady's biological son?" ”

"Yes." Mama Lu said with certainty, "The old slave saw the birth of Master Hou with his own eyes. And the lady can see it if you take a closer look, in fact, the appearance of the waiting master is very similar to the old lady. ”

The corners of Xia Jin's mouth hooked, revealing a touch of mockery: "I really don't believe that there is such a mother in the world." Tiger poison doesn't eat children, the old lady wants to put her grandfather to death three times and twice, I really don't know why. ”

Mama Lu said: "It should be for the second master." The old lady regarded the second master as if she were eyeballs, and she asked for warmth every day, and she had to ask about losing a single hair. ”

Xia Jin's eyes narrowed slightly, pondering, and did not speak.

Seeing that Xia Jin didn't speak, Mama Lu raised her head a little uneasily and glanced at her, for fear that she had said the wrong thing just now.

Xia Jin came back to his senses and waved his hand at her: "It's okay, you can go back." I'll just ask. ”

Mama Lu breathed a sigh of relief and saluted: "The old slave retires." ”

"That's right." Xia Jin suddenly thought of something and stopped Mama Lu, "The medicine given by the old lady was prepared by her early in the morning?" ”

Mama Lu stopped, turned around, and responded, "Yes." Seeing that Xia Jin didn't speak again, she was a little uneasy, and quickly explained, "After the old lady woke up, she didn't see Mama Zhao, so she didn't trust the slaves and maids, so she directly asked Ziman to open the makeup box, and held a small porcelain bottle in her hand, and she didn't leave her day and night, even when she bathed, she also had to hold it in her hand." The key to the old lady's makeup box, in addition to the old lady herself, is Mama Zhao. So what was in the little porcelain bottle, the slaves and maids didn't know. However, the old slave guessed that it was poison, so he paid attention. That time, it was estimated that the waiting master was coming, and the old lady sent us all out, leaving us alone in the house. Fortunately, the old slave peeked and found that the old lady poured out the contents of the bottle and stirred it into the freshly brewed tea, so he went to the gate of the courtyard and waited for Hou Ye to come, and reminded him, and Hou Ye did not drink the cup of tea. Afterwards, the old slave secretly took the cup of tea to Hou Ye, who poured a chicken in the kitchen, and the chicken died on the spot. ”

Speaking of this, her face turned a little pale.

Xia Jin's slightly narrowed eyes were as cold as ice.

After a long while, Mama Lu said again: "Looking at the chicken, Hou Ye instructed the old slave, saying that if the old lady wants to poison, don't stop it, just listen to her instructions, just tell the Hou Ye in advance, take precautions, and if you can't do it, pretend to accidentally drop the cup, don't let the old lady be suspicious of the slaves." ”

Xia Jin slowly closed his eyes.

She felt sorry for Su Muxian, very distressed, very distressed.

He wondered if his mother really wanted to kill him, right? Although he drugged his mother, he still had illusions about his mother and was unwilling to face this situation of "either you die or I live". No matter how busy he is, he will go to see her every morning and evening, and arrange food, clothing, housing and transportation properly. Perhaps he felt that his mother had never gotten along with him, but he was opposite to his younger brother day and night, and it was understandable that his mother had feelings for his younger brother and ignored him. As long as he treats her well, maybe she will find out in her conscience, and she will be reluctant to poison him again. If this is the case, he will definitely support his mother well and let her live out her old age in peace. He must not have thought that even if he did this, the old lady of Wu Anhou would still rather die, and would give their newlyweds a body of dirty water, to trap her in the situation of killing her mother-in-law, and to make him lose his beloved wife and suffer for the rest of his life.

At that moment just now, I don't know how much his heart hurts.

When he came back to his senses, Xia Jin found that his face was wet, and he didn't know when he was crying.

She turned her head, wiped it with her sleeve, and said to Mama Lu, "Let's go, go to Xining Courtyard." After a while, you will open all the maids in the house, and I will personally ask the old lady why she hates the waiter so much. Since Mama Lu can't find the answer here, then she should ask her directly about this mother-in-law who is more poisonous than a snake and scorpion.

Mama Lu opened her mouth, but stopped talking.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Xia Jin walked in the direction of Xining Courtyard without looking back to the tunnel.

"Madam, don't blame the old slave for being too talkative. The old lady is cruel to others, and even more ruthless to herself. If she doesn't want to, she won't say anything to you. The old slave is worried that she has not succeeded just now, and will take advantage of the efforts of being alone with you to commit suicide to trap you in a place of injustice. Don't look at her sick and dazed, in fact, she can walk and run, and her body has almost recovered. When the time comes, you won't be able to stop her. ”