Chapter 19: Edge
In fact, the matter of Zheng Wang'er and his family is not small, but it is not big. Among the stewards of large households, there are few who are clean, and those who do not take the opportunity to put money in their own hands, but some people do it big, and some people do it small.
In the event of this kind of thing, the harsher master may directly sell the person, the powerful family may even kill the person with the rod, and when the master is more lenient, there is a chance that the reprimand will pass.
Xu is undoubtedly a kind person, otherwise Mrs. Zheng would not have breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that it was handed over to Mrs. Xu, especially since she was still Mrs. Xu's companion, for the sake of her own face, Xu would not make a big deal out of it.
But what Mrs. Zheng doesn't know is that the Mo family was implicated because of a big man above, and now not only has Master Mo lost his official position, but the family is being watched closely by the people above all the time, just waiting for them to make a mistake, Mrs. Xu is kind, not stupid, these two minions are not stupid behind their backs to collect more grain rent, not to mention, but also forced people to pay off their daughters, and now they are even more involved in human life, if she keeps these two for the sake of her own face, then the family will be unlucky, which is more important, Xu's heart is like a mirror.
Therefore, after receiving the news, the Xu family didn't even show his face at all, and directly called the person who brought the letter to go back and tell the young master, Miss Mademoiselle, such a slave is not available to their Mo family, so hurry up and send it to the yamen, human life is at stake, and such a major matter should be handled by the county master himself. also asked someone to bring back some silver taels, and told Mo Youran to check the county office, and he must not wear any news that is not conducive to the Mo family.
Although Mo Youran is not very old, he is now a high school student, but at that time, children of this age were all fathers, so strictly speaking, he was already an adult, and when it came to dealing with this kind of thing, he was stunned.
The county order is also a smart person, although Lord Mo has lost his official, but people with a discerning eye know that sooner or later he will still get up, even if he can't get up his son, so he is very polite to the people of the Mo family, and he is especially enthusiastic when he sees Mo Youran, a virtuous nephew, and in the end, not only did the silver confiscate, but also patted his chest and promised that he would completely curb this matter.
Zheng Wang'er privately collected a high amount of grain and forced the farmer's daughter to pay off the debt, the crime was extremely heinous, and she was sentenced to death.
When the news came out, the tenants learned that the rent set by the original owner was actually forty percent, and they scolded the Zheng family for being black-hearted, and at the same time praised the benevolence and righteousness of the main family.
The county lord was very interesting, and specially told the people that it was the master of the Mo family who knew that his subordinates had such slaves, and he was extremely angry, and took the initiative to kidnap people to the government, so that for the majority of tenants to not care about whether it damaged their face, he immediately won the unanimous support of all tenants.
Listening to the description of the ink painting, the east fence in the Mofu Jinyuan couldn't help but smile: "This county master is really a wonderful person, I was originally worried that someone would make a fuss about this, saying that our Mo family bullies people and connives, and connives, and the slaves are in charge of things and oppresses the township, so I can rest assured." ”
"Miss just likes to worry blindly." The ink and wash wrinkled his nose strangely: "With Master Zuo here, can you still ask someone to harm Mofu?" Miss, you don't want to miss such a good person. ”
Here it is again, and here it is! Dong Liang squinted his eyes at this gossipy little girl, who didn't know anything, and would fantasize about Ruyi Langjun all day long: "Give me the petals hanging outside, and look at your idle itchy skin, and your mouth is full of no words." ”
Ink pouted, isn't that worried about Miss, I didn't see the lily next to the second lady running eight times a day to inquire about Lord Zuo, it's really the emperor who is not in a hurry to die of a eunuch!
Dong Fence has been idle lately, and he has taken enough needles and threads, and finally remembered to put his own money on the agenda, just in May, many flowers are blooming, and the master and servant are busy, collecting a lot of flowers and grass, ready to sit on the rouge.
Then there is shampoo, hibiscus leaves, cypress leaves, peach branches, black sesame seeds, He Shou Wu...... There is a dazzling array of everything, and the two personal maids who look at it are dizzy, what's wrong with their own young lady, and they are not the masters who lack money to spend, so they have to do these things.
Dong Li sat cross-legged in the room and sighed, what do you know, my sister is not rouge gouache, it is lonely.
was sighing, and a familiar voice came from outside: "Yo, what is ink painting for?" Get so many flowers! ”
Not again! Dongli sighed helplessly, Lily can't be shaken and comes to report every day, Zuo Zhan is really charming.
"Sister Lily is here!" Shui Mo looked at the flowers hanging outside, didn't look up, quietly rolled her eyes, ran eight times a day, why didn't she feel annoyed? "The girl told to dry some flowers, and she didn't know what to do. Sister came to get the shoes? ”
"Isn't it? Yesterday, I told Danzhu that the tricks on your side are good-looking, and they are comfortable to wear as shoes. Lily said and was about to enter the house: "Is the eldest lady here?" I'll give her a good day! ”
"The eldest lady is asleep, or I wouldn't have taken advantage of this time to come out to see the flowers." Ink quietly blocked Lily's road: "Sister Danzhu handed over the shoes to me, sister will come with me to get them later!" ”
Lily's face was a little not good-looking, since she knew that Lord Zuo had lived in a farmhouse with the young master and the eldest lady for a night, her heart was like a cat's claw scratching, and she was extremely uneasy. The eldest lady is not already engaged, so she shouldn't have anything to do with Lord Zuo! But this is not guaranteed, the second lady is right, the plan can't catch up with the changes, Lord Zuo's appearance of a jade tree in the wind is something that women have to be tempted to see, if she moves her thoughts, how can her master and servant fight?
She knocked on the side according to the excuse in a variety of ways, this eldest lady was like a gourd with a sawed mouth, silent, and she didn't get any reliable news every day: "Ink, have you encountered anything interesting outside?" I heard that I also handled a case with Lord Zuo! I really envy you, like me, you can't even get out easily. ”
It's really a thief's heart that doesn't die, and Lord Zuo doesn't dare to come to the door because of you. Shui Mo pulled his face and turned over the flowers hanging outside one by one, continued to dry, and was not in a hurry to take the flowers in for a while, and sent the woman away first.
"What's so funny, in the countryside, it's not like we haven't seen it, and my sister doesn't know yet?" Ink with his back to Lily, one of the two maids stared at him angrily, and the other rolled his eyelids with disdain, the scene was very cola: "Besides, Lord Zuo is with the eldest young master, and my sister said that he and the eldest lady are together, this is a bad reputation for the young lady, if the lady knows, the sister will not be good." ”
This shitty little hoof! Lily listened to the meaning of the words and gritted her teeth with hatred. Why is he not the eldest lady's maidservant, everyone says that the prime minister's concierge is also a maid, and a second-class girl next to the eldest lady who has not been promoted to a first-class maid dares to say this.
"Since Danzhu isn't here, I'll come back later. The second lady should also wake up, I have to wait. Lily said with a wry smile, turned around and wanted to leave, Shui Mo hurriedly put down the work in his hand: "Sister stay!" ”
Lily turned: "What?" Is there anything else to do with my sister? ”
"Why is my sister so forgetful? No wonder they run here all day long! The ink flickered with a pair of inky jade-like eyes, smiling and quipping, as if he didn't see Lily's ugly face: "Isn't it like holding shoes?" Just because of this kind of shoes, you ran back a long time, and forgot to bring them back, but fortunately I remember it today, and it's not too late for my sister to take it and go back! ”
What reason did she use to come back when she took it back? Lily's face changed color silently, and she forced a smile: "That's too late, the second lady is just taking a nap, my sister is going to be scolded when she goes back late, so I'll leave, I'll come back when I have time." ”
"Hey, that sister go slowly, I'll send it to you later!" Shui Mo shouted from behind, and Lily stumbled under her feet, almost falling, standing firmly, and walking away in a huff.
Dong Li laughed sullenly in the house, and couldn't see that her little maid was full of neatness, and the blocked lily couldn't speak.
Shui Mo had already come in with some flowers, and when she saw Dong Li looking at her with a smile, she couldn't help blushing, and said: "Running around all day long, one or two faceless and skinless, if you don't block the road for her, you have to be cheeky and continue to run!" ”
"Okay, don't pay attention to other people's bad things, come on, I'll see how the flowers are." Dong Liang waved his hand in a good mood, and the master and servant laughed and talked in a low voice while picking flowers, but they were very happy.
Lily snorted and went back to Mo Yunxiao's courtyard, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw the second lady wearing a goose-yellow embroidered white crane auspicious cloud with large sleeves there, looking at the mirror, and saw Lily coming in: "Come and show me, how is this dress?" ”
"The young lady is beautiful, and she looks good in anything." Lily praised a few words: "Is Miss going out?" ”
"A few rich ladies in the town asked me to come to the door to play, and I already responded, so naturally I couldn't change my mind and not go." Mo Yunxiao looked at his own appearance in the mirror with satisfaction, his body was slender and wrapped in a wide-sleeved robe, and he looked even more swelling and weak, which was extremely pitiful: "You comb my hair, it's not a lot of time!" ”
Second Miss has friends so soon? Lily was secretly surprised, even she didn't know, how did the young lady get invited? Could it be that she actually has other henchmen that she doesn't know?
Lily couldn't help but start worrying about her situation, what should she do if Miss Two dislikes her and is useless, and when the time comes, she doesn't bring herself with her, but she has a random little girl?
Mo Yunxiao looked at the changing face of Lily behind him from the mirror, and coldly hooked the corners of his lips, but she was just a lowly girl, and she actually wanted to climb a high branch! If she didn't have herself, what could she do with her lowly status!
Although Lily was full of worries, she quickly combed Mo Yunxiao's hair with her hands and feet, and opened the box on the dresser: "Which one does Miss want to wear?" ”
Mo Yunxiao glanced at the box, full of jewels, and casually picked up a half-opened lotus-shaped jasper hairpin: "That's it!" ”
Lily hesitated a little: "Isn't this too plain?" If you don't wear a golden step anymore, those young ladies must be dressed very luxuriously, the young lady is so beautiful, how can they be made to look down on it! ”
Mo Yunxiao's hand holding the sideburns suddenly stiffened, what kind of aesthetic vision does this dead girl have, is she a beauty when she wears a bunch of gold and silver jewelry?