Chapter XVII

"Old Taijun, the story I am telling today is an unjust case in the Song Dynasty, called the "Shocking Jade Case"! It is about a bizarre unjust case that occurred when a pair of sisters whose parents died, and were introduced by relatives to work as a maidservant girl in a large family. After Wen Yukou finished saying this, she bowed slightly, waiting to hear the old lady's words.

Her words made the faces of Dou's mother and daughter change greatly, and half of the coldness in Dou's eyes disappeared, facing Wen Yukou, and said without a trace: "The eldest lady's interest is very mixed, this shadow puppet show was originally a ninth-rate, but now by the hands of the eldest lady, I am afraid that it is to improve the character and tone, and it is famous for a while." ”

Obviously praised and depreciated, Wen Yukou pretended not to understand, and bowed to the Dou family with a smile: "Mrs. Xie Dou praises, Yukou is just a little miscellaneous school, just to amuse the old lady." If the old lady likes it, it is the creation of this shadow puppet show. ”

Just now Dou Shi said that this shadow puppet is the lower ninth rate, Wen Yukou turned the words to the old Taijun, and for a while it seemed that Dou deliberately satirized the old Taijun and had a relationship with the lower ninth rate. Although the old lady is old, she is not confused, and she often feels that Dou is not as obedient to her as before, and she feels even more harsh at this time.

She lifted her eyelids and glanced at Dou Shi coldly: "It's a ninth-rate thing, it's enough to be able to appreciate some new ideas, it's much better than the mundane things on the stage." "Dou secretly hated.

Wen Yulan immediately frowned slightly, and at this time suddenly leaned on the old lady's lap with a frightened look, and her voice was soft: "Old lady, my mother has good intentions, and don't say anything else, just listening to the name of this story, I feel that it is infiltrating, it still happens in a big family, Yulan is so afraid, let's let the eldest sister stop playing this shadow puppet." ”

"Okay, if you are afraid, just stay next to me. It's rare for your big sister to want to show her hand, no matter what, you have to let her raise her voice first. The old lady softly rejected Wen Yulan, and then smiled at Wen Yukou and said: "'Three-foot raw silk is used as a stage, all with ten fingers to be witty', girl, you start." ”

"Yes." Wen Yukou retreated behind the white curtain and nodded lightly at the masked jade.

The two stood behind the white curtain, lightly lit a candle, and held a slender female shadow puppet in their hands, sticking straight to it, colorful and graceful.

The figure led by five bamboo sticks began to bounce and move on the white screen, vividly, starting with two women, one older and one younger, two sisters. The two have different postures, one is plump and enchanting, the other is thin and slender, kneeling on the ground, crying miserably and miserable, and then the eldest sister and the younger sister are separated, and are taken by a man to a red red door, looking up, the figure moves, and appears behind a graceful woman, like a maid.

The woman whispered to the eldest sister for a while, and the eldest sister hesitated to leave, and with a packet of medicine in her hand, she squatted in the corner and boiled it, and then took it out, and then returned to her life, and went back and forth several times, and the woman gladly gave the eldest sister a piece of silver.

At this time, Dou's mother and daughter were slightly surprised, this scene is so familiar, it is clearly the scene of Jiao Yue entering the house at the beginning of the year, making a rough maid ring by Dou's side, and drugging Wen Yukou by Dou's coercion. And Xie Shi, who was sitting in the main room of the second room, couldn't help but be attracted, holding a handkerchief and staring at the white curtain with his eyes.

Then the younger sister came on the field, and the two sisters hugged and cried again, and the eldest sister gave the silver to the man who appeared earlier, and asked him to help send the little sister into the house, because she claimed to be an orphan girl, and it was inconvenient to come forward. When the younger sister entered the house, she also looked like a maidservant, and when she met the eldest sister, she pretended not to know each other, but she was very intimate and happy in private.

However, the younger sister once bumped into the eldest sister after pushing a villain dressed as a master into the lake, she was very shocked and wanted to persuade the eldest sister to escape from the house, but the eldest sister cried and begged to hide it. The kind-hearted sister agrees and advises her sister not to help her anymore, but an even greater disaster befalls her. After the little master came back to life, the eldest lady summoned her sister again and asked her to harm the little master, but the sister remembered her sister's advice and did not agree. The eldest lady looked kind and let her go, but secretly plotted to kill her sister. She had long known the relationship between the two, and asked the man who led the two sisters into the house to kidnap her sister, trick her sister into the lake, and let her sister harm herself step by step, jump into the lake, and make her drowning illusion......

No one in the house knows the truth of the road, and the rules in the house are strict, and no one cares about the life or death of this servant, just when she can't stand it and goes to death.

And my sister was also kicked out of the house, and every year her mournful crying would be heard by the lake......

Because Jade is her own personal experience, her voice is desperate and sad, weak and crisp but hides deep helplessness and resentment, and there are many contradictions, which come through the white curtain, and the little people under her hands also tremble with her movements, almost fainting.

The old lady was fascinated and shook her head, she was merciful in her heart, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so pitiful, it's so pitiful......"

Wen Yukou stopped the wooden stick in her hand and walked out of the shadow puppet shelf, with a little sadness on her face: "Old Taijun, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the shocking jade case, what I want to play to Chengying is the true love and happiness of the sisters, but the grievances of the sister are true, Yukou is deeply disturbed, so she boldly presented it in front of the old lady, hoping that the old lady will forgive her sins!" ”

"Really?" The old lady's eyes slowly changed from fascination to calmness: "I can't tolerate this kind of unjust case that cares about people's lives, where did you hear about it?" ”

"It's in our house!"

There was an uproar.

As Wen Yukou coughed, Jade ran out from behind the shadow puppet shelf and knelt on the ground suddenly: "Please let the old lady make the decision for my sister!" Her body trembled slightly, tears welling up in her eyes, and she hung down on her pointed chin.

The old lady was taken aback: "Who is your sister?" ”

"It's the big girl Huan Jiaoyue who was drowned yesterday and was on duty in the eldest lady's courtyard! Old lady, my sister died unjustly, it is the eldest lady who is kind-hearted, and is willing to ask for a glimmer of hope for me, and beg the old lady to have mercy. ”

The old lady's expression immediately became solemn, she looked at Wen Yukou, and her tone was solemn: "Girl, what's going on?" ”

Wen Yukou sighed and knelt down slowly: "Old Taijun, Jiaoyue is Yukou's maidservant, she died unexpectedly, Yukou is very sad, and she can't sit idly by." It just so happened that Jade was preparing for a shadow puppet show, and secretly swore that the old lady would not look at this shadow puppet today, and after seeing it, Jade Heart would take this opportunity to help protect Jiaoyue and her sister Jade. Fortunately, although this shadow puppet was regarded as a ninth-rate by Mrs. Dou, it still entered the eyes of the old lady, and also let the old lady hear about this unjust case. The beginning and end of this story, the people in the play, presumably the old lady's heart is like a mirror, and he already knows it. ”

She said it reasonably, and every sentence knocked on everyone's heart, not to mention anything else, the eldest lady clearly alluded to the Dou family, and the story was also true. It was as if a strong wind was blowing, blowing away the fog and revealing the original nature of the matter. And Jade knelt aside, bowed her head and cried, and Jiao Yue's imaginary face deeply stimulated the Dou mother and daughter.

"Impossible, don't mislead with these godly chatter, Wen Mansion can't tolerate such bastard things!" At this time, Dou stood up suddenly, his lips pursed into a dark purple, and his eyes were cold.

Xie and Aunt Zhang had long known that this matter had nothing to do with her, and Aunt Zhang couldn't see Dou at the moment, so she smiled lightly at this moment: "Why is Mrs. Dou so excited, the eldest lady only said that in our house, whether it is true or false, the old lady has not yet decided, but you are anxious to reprimand on your behalf." ”

"Aunt Zhang is sensible, I have been taught, but according to the respect of the elder and the younger, it is not Aunt Zhang's turn to speak!" Dou Shi trembled with anger and glared at Aunt Zhang fiercely.

Aunt Zhang was arrogant, and when she saw that she was cold and hard, she was not convinced, so she snorted coldly and sneered at each other: "If people don't know, unless you don't do it!" No matter how humble I am, I can live a peaceful life and have never done those immoral things. ”

"Aunt Zhang......" Dou's eyes almost erupted with fire, and his mouth was full of evil words.

Dou's family is so unavoidable, and he is angry with an aunt, showing his shortcomings from time to time, the old lady is angry in his heart, and says angrily: "Shut up for me!" Mama An, you bring the little girl named Jade to my room, Mrs. Dou, Kou girl, you come too, and everyone else will go back. Today's incident, no one is allowed to reveal the slightest bit of tone, otherwise Hugh blames the ruthlessness of the family law! ”

[Xie Lu Xie sleeps in a small doughnut when he is drunk, and loves tiger oil]