Chapter 178: Su's Invitation
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"In the end, this matter is still bitter for the Lin family, as the saying goes, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, how could she marry such a thing." Bai Zhi was a little sentimental, she remembered that the only side she had seen Lin was, Lin's face was ugly at that time, and at the age of less than thirty, there were Sichuan character lines on her eyebrows, so she must have had a bad time.
"You are a person who is easy to think too well of people, do you really think that the Lin family's death was because Jiang Wenjian wanted to take a concubine?" Lu Zhiyuan didn't want to say much about this, but looking at Bai Zhi's listless appearance, he couldn't help but mention it.
"Isn't it?" Bai Zhi was stunned, and there was some confusion in her eyes.
"As far as I know, Lin's health has not been good for many years, and he was diagnosed with a cough three months ago, and his days are running out." Lu Zhiyuan said in a light tone.
Bai Zhi didn't understand what he meant, "What does this have to do with her committing suicide?" ”
"What would have happened if Yujiang Wenjian and Cai'er hadn't been discovered that day, and had passed a few months unharmed?" Lu Zhiyuan glanced at her.
Bai Zhi pondered that if he hadn't been discovered, Lin's serious illness would have disappeared in a few months, and Jiang Wenjian would still be safe in front of his salt administration.
Thinking of this, she suddenly had an idea, and even she herself was frightened, "Are you saying that this matter is set up by the Lin family?" ”
"Jiang Wenjian and Cai'er fornication is also looking for a hidden place, you people don't take a good road, why did you go so coincidentally to that path that few people go."
"That's because someone ...... at the time," she said and she was stunned, because she remembered very well that they were going to go back the way they came, but someone said that the path was unique, so the group took a long detour.
That person was none other than the Lin family.
"That Cai'er was kicked out of the Yu Mansion by the Tao family after the incident, I sent someone to ask, according to her confession, someone handed her a password at that time, and she went to meet Jiang Wenjian behind the rockery." Lu Zhiyuan said.
"That can't be confirmed that it was the Lin family who did it, maybe it was really Jiang Wenjian who asked her to meet." Bai Zhi shook her head, still unwilling to believe it.
"Cai'er also fell into the river and drowned a few days ago, and now these things have become dead and untestified, and it is useless to say more." Lu Zhiyuan didn't tell Bai Zhi that at that time, when Cai'er fell into the riverside, someone had seen Lin's maid Ping'er appear. Moreover, the night before Lin's accident, someone handed him a letter, and there was also an account book, which was the account book that Jiang Wenjian had secretly colluded with the salt merchants by virtue of his authority over the years.
Lu Zhiyuan had a lot of evidence in his hand at that time, but he still lacked an important physical evidence, and someone sent him this key account book. He sent for the messenger, but he was very careful that he had sent it from a little beggar.
Originally, Lu Zhiyuan didn't connect the matter with the Lin family, but the day after receiving the letter, the news of Lin's death came, and then the Lin family made a big fuss about the Jiang Mansion, and then it was the governor Zuo Yitang who took over the case. As soon as these things were strung together, he would be too stupid if he couldn't figure it out, so he naturally sent a favor to Zuo Yitang and took out all the evidence in his hand.
Bai Zhi nodded, no matter what, Jiang Wenjian won't be able to run this time, just let God vent his anger to the Lin family, this person is really bad.
The matter ended here, Jiang Wenjian was escorted to the capital, and Tongzhi of the Salt Administration Department was soon replaced by a new person.
Bai Zhi's life has not returned to the initial calm, and there have been a lot of socializing recently.
The first to come was an invitation from the prefect's wife, Tao.
There was an accident at the crab banquet last time, and in the end the crabs were not eaten, and Tao felt that he couldn't hold his face, so he thought about inviting him again, which was considered to make up for the disappointment last time.
Bai Zhi went to the banquet, played for a day, and brought back two baskets of crabs by the way.
After Tao, there were a lot of posts sent one after another, all of which were the wives of officials under Lu Zhiyuan, some invited her to enjoy the flowers, and some invited her to enjoy the fish.
At the beginning, she went to the banquet after receiving the post, but she couldn't stand the same content every day, eating and drinking and listening to a few words of flattery, she was bored when she came and went, but she couldn't stand the other party's enthusiasm, so she couldn't refuse.
I was really irritated about this matter for a while, and then I had no choice but to ask Lord Lu for help.
As the saying goes, ginger is still old and spicy, and Lord Lu really thought of a good idea for her, and she accepted all the posts sent in the future, but asked the small bottle to write back that she was unwell.
After pushing like this a few times, those ladies naturally understood what she meant, and there were fewer posts at all.
Less doesn't mean no, one of these posts has been insisting on sending her a letter every few days, if she heard that she was unwell, he would send some nourishing herbs the next day, saying that it was for her to tonify her body.
When people's hot faces are pasted, Bai Zhi always doesn't take out her cold ass to face it, and gradually becomes familiar with the other party.
The woman's name is Ye Shimin, her husband's official position is not high, and she is a small county magistrate in Jinling Mansion. It can be said that she has no impression of Bai Zhi, the person of the Su family, and she has never paid attention to such a person when she participated in the banquet.
After entering the late autumn, it rained a few heavily, and the temperature outside was a little lower, and the clothes changed from Yunjin to Hangzhou silk, and in the morning and evening even had to be compared to warm up.
Bai Zhi was playing with the golden grass girl in the house, and the little girl would already be able to sit by herself, and she couldn't speak at all, but she knew that she was smart when she looked at the big eyes, as if she could understand her words, and she giggled non-stop when she teased her.
The small bottle came with Su's post at this time, Bai Zhi opened it and looked at it, it was Su Shi inviting her to go to Buyun Mountain to soak in the hot spring.
Su's husband is the county magistrate of Bai'an County, and Bai'an County is most famous for relying on the natural hot springs of Buyun Mountain. On the top of the mountain is a natural spring, and when you look down at the yellow-orange-orange ginkgo biloba leaves, and on the other side are the red maple leaves, the red and yellow colors complement each other, and it is called a beautiful scenery.
Bai Zhi couldn't help but be moved just by looking at Su's introduction on the post, she pondered that the weather was very cold for a while, and going to the hot spring was just to ward off the cold, so after asking Lord Lu, she wrote a reply and agreed to meet in three days.
Lord Lu has not been busy these days, and when he saw that she was going to take Xiaojincao to Bai'an County, he decided to take a look after thinking about it. I heard that a few villagers in Bai'an County had a quarrel a while ago because of the purchase of salt, and he took this opportunity to see what was going on.
But said that Su Shi received Bai Zhi's reply here, she was really surprised and happy, she took the post and rushed to her husband's study, and even forgot to knock on the door in a hurry, "Xianggong, Aunt Bai has picked up my post over there." ”
Su's husband's name is Ye Zongping, in his early thirties, he was sitting behind the table in a cloth shirt and looking at something, when he saw someone suddenly pushing the door in, he subconsciously frowned, looked up and just wanted to scold and found that it was Su Shi who smiled again, "You are frizzy, and you are not afraid of hurting the child." ”
"What are you afraid of, our daughter is fine." Su Shi and her husband have always had a good relationship, and there was no restraint in meeting each other, so they naturally went around the back of the table and put the post on the table, "Look, the reply is here, and in three days, Lord Lu will bring Aunt Bai to Bai'an County together." ”
"I really asked you to invite it." Ye Zongping couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, reached out to pull Su Shi to his lap and sit down, and reached out to touch her belly, "Did our daughter make trouble with you today?" ”
"Our daughter is well-behaved, so naturally she won't trouble his mother." Su Shi's eyebrows were raised, and he looked proud, "If Lord Lu can come this time, we must prepare well." ”
"That's nature, the villagers in our county have been waiting for this day for a long time." Ye Zongping sighed, "I don't know if he can rely on it, I hope there won't be another Lord Xu." ”
"No, haven't you inquired, this Lord Lu is different from others." Su Shi reached out and stroked her husband's eyebrows, and comforted her softly.
Ye Zongping looked at his wife's worried face and nodded, "I hope so." ”
Su Shi saw that her husband was still frowning, so she thought about saying something else, just as her eyes fell on the table, she reached out and picked up a piece of paper on the top, looked at the words on it and couldn't help but smile, "Our daughter's name can be chosen?" ”
Speaking of the child, Ye Zongping couldn't help but have a smile on his face, he pointed to the words on it and said, "Where is it so easy to think about, anyway, it's still too late, let me think about it again." ”
In vain, he thought that he was full of poetry and books, and he would be embarrassed by the name of a child, but he thought about the name a lot, and the last one was not satisfied.
"What's so difficult about this, when I gave birth to Qiu'er, I didn't see you so meticulous." Su Shi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Everyone is a child-preference, you are good, it's the other way around." ”
"My son is solid, he can't be hungry or frozen, where does he need to be so careful. Our daughter is different, her daughter is like a mother, so she naturally has to grow up in the palm of her hand. Ye Zongping and Su have only had a son after they got married for many years, and now they are four years old and named Ye Qiu, and the husband and wife have been looking forward to it for several years, and then they are pregnant again, and the experienced wives say that Su's baby must be a daughter, so the husband and wife are looking forward to the arrival of this little daughter all day long.
"You are not allowed to say this in front of your son, your father is partial." Su Shi snorted, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
As the husband and wife were talking, there was a sound at the cold door, and then the screams of the subordinates rang out, Su Shi sighed, and Ye Zongping had already gone out with a straight face.
"You little rabbit, you dare to listen to your father's corner now."
The little boy's chubby face, which would hold his mouth and look at his father, the two big eyes of the grievance were about to shed tears, but this child was a few stubborn, and he didn't cry with tears.
"Qiu'er." The woman's soft voice sounded, and the little boy suddenly seemed to have found a savior, and pounced on his little short legs, and shouted in a milky voice, "Mother." "By the way, I didn't forget to complain," Daddy glared at me. ”
This mother called Su's heart, he looked at the little guy holding her legs, obviously aggrieved and pretending to be strong, and suddenly her heart was soft-hearted, she blamed her husband a little, "How old are you, what do you do to scare your son, he is only four years old, is it possible that you are also four years old?" ”
Ye Zongping naturally wouldn't argue with his wife about this, looking at the little guy who was grimacing at him with his wife's leg sideways, he suddenly had a headache, this child didn't know who he looked like, and he dared to tease his father at a young age. Where did he stare at him, but he just glanced at it, as for what he said, is it so serious.