Chapter 81: Rebuke
Zheng Xuan's brows furrowed, he snorted coldly, and walked into the house, but the situation inside the house made him instantly stunned. Behind her, Mrs. Ma's face was a little panicked, like an ant on a hot pot, standing or sitting.
At first glance, the contents of the house are dilapidated, and the oil lamp is only a small number on the table, and there is not much oil in it, so you can imagine how dim the lighting will be at night. Looking at the bedding again, it is also full of patches, and it is not cotton cloth used, but cheap linen, which is not used by ordinary families in the city.
There is no wardrobe and wardrobe, only a few large boxes are placed in the corner, on which some shabby sundries are placed indiscriminately, and the most valuable thing in the house may be the big bed that Zheng Xuan personally selected for Zheng Yichen back then.
Zheng Xuan was already angry in his heart at this time, but his breathing became heavier and heavier, and the whole person was calmer, but the people behind him were kicking in their hearts, bowing their heads and not daring to say more, and they were even very careful to vent their breath. Because they knew that this was the manifestation of the entire master of Jiannan: the commander of Jiannan made the Marquis of Jingchuan extremely angry.
Zheng Xuan took a slight breath, turned his back to everyone, and said in a calm and natural tone:
"Can anyone tell me what's going on?"
There was silence behind him, and no one could come out to answer, let alone dare to come out to answer. Mrs. Ma tore the handkerchief tightly in her sleeve and did not dare to say a word.
After waiting for a while, Zheng Xuan couldn't get an answer, and the anger in his heart finally erupted like a volcano, uncontrollable! He turned to everyone and roared angrily:
"Who is it! Get out of here for me, let the third child be a dignified young master, and live like this? What about the four maids I gave? What about the servants? Can't you even afford a quilt with the money and food that should be given to the third child in the house? Say, who !!?"
After Zheng Xuan finished yelling, he angrily shouted at Ma Shi, "Madam! What the hell is going on? You keep saying that everything is fine! It's like this, this is what you said to me well after handing over the third child to you?" A slap slammed on the table, and the tabletop, which was already a little old, suddenly cracked.
Everyone was shocked, and Mrs. Ma hurriedly walked out and explained: "The old man is angry!
Zheng Xuan was even more angry when he heard this, smashed the porcelain cup on the table, and scolded: "Fools! They are all a group of bold tiger wolves! Madam! You say! This is your yard, I will hand over the third child to you, although he is annoyed that he is not angry, he has not wanted to care for many years, and he does not want to come to the backyard, just because I believe in you, but he has become like this?
Ma Shi finally felt bad, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "The master is angry! The concubine really doesn't know! Since the master handed over Chen'er to the concubine, the concubine has always instructed the housekeeper to take care of her carefully, and she has never neglected it!" Although the concubine is vulgar, she will never do such a thing. ”
Turning his head to look at Mrs. Wang behind Ma's family, Mrs. Wang's legs and feet trembled at this time, and she was full of regret in her heart, and she saw Zheng Xuan staring at her, shocked and afraid.
Mo Ling saw the image in the mirror, and sure enough, it developed according to his expectations. He pointed his finger a little, and secretly volatilized his divine power, and the black gas on the puppet became more and more condensed.
Zheng Yichen stood aside and looked coldly at this woman's planting!
The anxiety and fear in Mrs. Wang's heart rolled like the Yellow River, and she didn't have time to think about anything else.
As soon as his legs and feet were weak, he knelt on the ground uncontrollably, and everyone around him hurriedly dispersed, afraid that he would have anything to do with Mrs. Wang, but I saw Mrs. Wang kneeling on the ground and wailing:
"Master, don't do the old slave's business! These old slaves didn't take half a cent of the money and grain, but just asked the third prince's maid Cui'er to help do some work, and in exchange for some rations, they could eat better, and those money and food were... Ah!!h
Mrs. Wang suddenly screamed, Ma got up, and slapped Mrs. Wang's face hard, almost with all her strength, and the corners of Mrs. Wang's mouth instantly bled from the corner of her mouth, and she looked furious:
"Bold evil slave, actually crossed Chen'er at will, and called his personal maid, you are the housekeeper in the backyard, who gave you such a big right? What a bastard thing, this slap has to wake you up, so as not to talk nonsense and do nonsense!"
This slap was loud, and it also woke up Mrs. Wang instantly, and there was inexplicable fear and fear in her eyes, if she had said the wrong thing a little sooner, she might not have been a slap in the face.
Zheng Xuan grasped the point, and his tone was extremely cold:
"Say, who instructed you? Also, where are the four maids and eight little maids I gave to Chen'er before?"
Mrs. Wang buried her head and took a few deep breaths, and after being woken up, she was also ruthless, and suddenly looked up at the backyard steward who was hiding aside, and her tone was firm:
"It's him, it's all done by Li Laifu, the backyard steward, he sees that the third son is honest and does not like to fight, so he privately deducted the third son's monthly money, as for the four maids and eight little maids, they were also transferred by him, and the slaves and maids don't know where they went. The slave maid asked Cui'er to help, also for the sake of the third son, to help subsidize the family!"
Li Laifu's eyes were shocked, and when he heard the identification of Mrs. Wang, his heart instantly fell into an ice cave, he wanted to refute and explain, but the cold eyes swept over by Ma Shi made him speechless, his mouth opened a few times, closed again, and suddenly knelt on the ground:
"Master, the old slave is wrong, it's all the old slave who has lost his mind and done this damn thing. It was the old slave who hid from his wife and transferred the maid away, and it was also the old slave who dared to be so presumptuous when he saw that the old man and his wife did not come to Dongxiangyuan for many days. I'm sorry for the cultivation and trust of the old slave, and I'm even more sorry for the kind third son, I beg the master to punish him!"
Li Laifu took the initiative to admit his mistake, although Ma didn't say much on his face, he was relieved in his heart, but Zheng Xuan next to him just glanced at him coldly, and his tone was extremely calm:
"Come on, drag them out, beat them to death with sticks, scold those four maids and eight little canes.20 Give them a mother-in-law's house, and drive them out of the house. ”
Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and Li Laifu was even more incredulous. Although Mo Ling was far away in the Divine Palace, he could see it clearly, and he had to take a look at it, Zheng Xuan was able to become the master of Jiannan Dao in Shu County under the current chaotic world, it was not unreasonable, this kind of behavior of deceiving the upper and lower and stealing the interests of the lord should be punished with the power of thunder, so as not to let others follow the example and eventually destroy his own foundation.
Zheng Xuan is for Zheng Yichen to come out, and secondly, for the foundation he has worked hard to establish, although termites are small, they can destroy the dam for thousands of miles.
Outside the door, two soldiers in armor and long knives walked in all the way, and Li Laifu looked stunned and his face was full of disbelief. As the soldiers approached, he suddenly looked at the Ma family, in the face of life and death, what is the use of money?
Ma had no choice but to speak up:
"Master, please think twice, after all, Li Laifu has been a servant in the family for many years, and the family has served the master for three generations in a row, it can be said that he has been poor all the way, and now Li Laifu has no descendants, so we can't let the Li family be the last in our hands?"
After pleading, he continued:
"Of course, Li Laifu's behavior is also unforgivable, I think it is better to confiscate all the family property, leave the house, and be punished for another twenty to set an example!"
After Ma finished speaking, Li Laifu immediately knelt and kowtowed with a wail, knocking the hard ground and bouncing, and his forehead was instantly covered with blood, and the blood flowed red on his cheeks:
"Master, I was wrong, master, I was really wrong, how to deal with it is up to you, but please be sure to leave a queen for the old Li family!"
Zheng Xuan suddenly snorted coldly and interrupted:
"Diao Nu! At this time, I remembered to serve the master's family for three generations, what did I do before?"
Sure enough, Zheng Xuan waited for a while, and his tone was still cold:
"Such a wolf-hearted and dog-hearted person, deceiving superiors and subordinates, abusing the master, is it still worthy of your intercession, madam! You are also confused, if it is spread out, you will not be in charge of affairs, and abuse the young master of the Hou Mansion! Won't it make people laugh to death. Someone came, stuffed his mouth for me, and dragged him out! His wife, room, and children were all pulled to the man's tooth and sold to me. As much as he did to Chen'er, he had to suffer as much as his family. And those who helped this old thing, they gave me ten boards of rods. ”
Mrs. Ma was stunned for a moment, heard the warning in the words, and knew that it was impossible to do anything, so she had to sit down and look down.
After Zheng Xuan finished speaking, the two guards didn't wait for Li Laifu to resist, and directly stuffed his mouth with a sackcloth, pressed his body, and dragged him out.
"Also, you mothers-in-law and maids have deceived and deceived your superiors and subordinates, and have been hiding the sky and me and my wife for so many years, you must not have done it alone! Chen'er, who else has come to your courtyard to make trouble? Anyone who participates, tell them all!"
As soon as these words came out, Zheng Yichen looked up at Ma, who was still panicked, and Zheng Xuan, who was cold-faced, and immediately knew that it was impossible to bring down Ma. Just because Zheng Xuan wants to keep Mrs. Ma!
In today's situation, as long as the brain is not stupid, everyone will know that this matter must be related to Mrs. Ma, how could Zheng Xuan not know. But Hou Ye just said that he was hiding from him and Ma, although it was a question, but in fact, he secretly warned Zheng Yichen that this matter was over, and he was not allowed to confess his wife. I plugged Li Laifu's mouth just now, I was afraid that I was worried about what he would say!
If he is a stupid person and really says the truth, even if it is Zheng Yichen, he is afraid that he will not be able to end up! But fortunately, Zheng Xuan has something to say, but he can't say his wife, and some mothers-in-law and girls are not among them. Then he nodded: "Father, there are also Steward Xin, Mrs. Chen, Steward Ma, maid Liu Cui, Yuqi, and Pei Shao, who manages the backyard miscellaneous utensils." The rest of the maids and servants didn't do any great evil, so they spared them!"
Of these people, three were Madame Ma's siblings, and two were the henchmen of his two brothers. Although it can't bring down Ma's, it's good to cut off his hands and feet. As soon as the words fell, several mothers-in-law and maids who were named hurriedly came out and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Old lady, spare me." ”
Where was Zheng Xuan willing to listen, he directly called the guards to drag out the staff and punish fifty, confiscate all property, and drive all out of the house. Mrs. Ma's eyes widened, and she watched as several people were disposed of. She can also figure out what Zheng Xuan meant just now. At this time, it is difficult to protect yourself, where can you take care of others? After dealing with everyone, he turned his head to look at Mo Ling, with a rare trace of apology in his eyes:
"Chen'er, I've been confused in the past few years, and I've made you suffer so many grievances. Come with me to the study!"
Of course, Zheng Yichen would not object to this, and immediately bent down and gave his hand:
"The child dares to disobey. ”