Chapter 12: Implicating the Innocent (2-in-1, 4,000 words)
"Baby, baby, don't sleep, wake up!"
The man tiptoed up, looked at the homeless people curled up in the quilt around him, pushed lightly twice, and when he saw that no one responded to him, he stretched out a big hand and pulled his wife and children out of the bed.
"Stupid mother-in-law, you take the baby, don't let him wake up and make a fuss, let's pack up our things."
The woman rubbed her sleepy eyes, and in a daze, she seemed to hear her husband calling herself, but she didn't think it was real, so she shook her head and muttered, "We just fell asleep...... What are you doing......"
The man leaned down and carefully leaned into her ear and said, "Let's think about it, I always feel that I can't let go of the waiter in my heart, let's pack up our luggage and follow him to find him." β
The waiter in the man's mouth is Jia Shi, and he is naturally Jia Shi's brother Jia Han.
When the woman heard this, she sat up in shock, staring at the man with round eyes, "You ......"
"Shh Jahan quickly covered her mouth and looked around a few times to make sure no one was paying attention before letting go of his palm.
"Ahem, rebellion! Jahan, you dare to get up there?! If you die, let me live with the baby! β
The woman lowered her voice and pleaded with tears.
Jia Han put his index finger on his lips to signal, and then whispered, "Don't worry, he's just a little, the second is that although he deliberately went around to the other side when the waiter left, he bowed and bowed to us before leaving, and it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't be noticed by someone with a heart......"
Rebellion, I was caught and wanted to punish the nine clans. (Actually, it's the three tribes, but for Jia's brother and sister-in-law...... Is there a difference? οΌ
"This plagued thing, I knew it was like this, it was better to let him die under Master Tian's stick! It's better now, you and me and the baby will suffer! β
The woman was so angry that she muttered and scolded her husband and then beat her husband twice, "It's all your fault!" I blame you! You, the eldest brother, don't know how to stop the little brother-in-law. β
"Alas!" Jia Shi was also very remorseful, "We were also carried away by the arrogant words of the surnamed Meng at that time, and we didn't react for a while. If it weren't for the two of you in my heart, we might all have voted for him with Ah Shi! β
"Phew! What nonsense! The woman was busy drinking her husband, and finally sighed, gritted her teeth, and said, "Well, you come to collect things, let's take the baby and go to the forest first, if anyone sees it, they will say that the baby is troubled, and it is convenient to find a place in the leeward place." β
Jahan nodded in agreement, rolled up the futon, put the burden at his feet, and reached out to hug his mother-in-law.
But the woman did not give him a chance to touch his body, and raised his arm to block the man's hand stretched out to her: "Okay, okay, hurry, don't be stopped!" β
Jahan sneered, and had to give up.
When he turned around to pack his luggage, the woman carefully lifted the futon wrapped around the baby, revealing a cute little pink face, "Baby, wake up, wake up!" β
She patted the baby on the back and whispered.
However, the child slept very deeply and showed no signs of waking up.
The woman had no choice but to pinch the tip of the child's nose hard.
The baby immediately coughed twice and opened her misty eyes.
He rubbed his eyes and looked around blankly, "Mother......"
"Didn't you ask where Uncle went in the afternoon? Let's go find Uncle! β
The woman stroked the child's dry and rough yellow hair, and comforted her gently, "Baby, we will see Uncle soon." β
The baby seemed to understand "um", and slowly got up and got dressed.
"Let's go, baby." The woman took his shoulders and carefully carried the baby into her arms, "Later, if someone asks you, 'What are we doing here?' you will tell him that your stomach hurts, you know?" β
"Hmm...... Stomach aches, Han Sheng has stomach aches! β
The name of the little doll was given by Jia Shi, and the meaning is very simple, the baby born of 'Jia Han' is called Jia Hansheng.
When the woman heard this, she smiled again, but there was a little more sorrow between her brows.
His son is very sensible, very obedient, and even sensible to the point that it makes people feel distressed.
'At a young age, but he has suffered a lot...... Oh, baby, you shouldn't have been born in our family......'
Jia Hansheng lay in her arms and said obediently: "Mother......"
A child's eyes are the brightest and cleanest. Although he couldn't understand the sadness and guilt in his mother's eyes, he knew that 'his mother was unhappy'......
"Mother is fine, let's go, let's go!"
The woman got up and gave her husband a look, who understood and hastened to speed up his packing.
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The long winter night is long and difficult.
The night sky is as dark as a lead lump weighing heavily on people's hearts, making people feel irritated for no reason.
"Whew!"
The wind blew and blew away the flickering flames, leaving only the rustling of branches and leaves, accompanied by the cold and biting snow falling from the sky and smashing on the ground with a thunderous sound, like beating the tense nerves in the mind.
A terrible and shrill cry pierced the dark and oppressive night, startling countless bats and night owls that inhabited the treetops, fluttering and flapping their wings and flying into the distance, like a lonely boat in the sea escaping from disaster.
"Old man, have you slept? I'm a little scared ......."
A low-pressure hoarse voice sounded, and in response to her was the rhythmic snoring of Lao Tongsheng: "Heh-huh~ε²~"
Listening to her husband's breathing, the old wife couldn't help but purse the corners of her mouth and turned over.
For a short moment, the cold wind came in through the cracks in the quilt, taking away the last trace of warmth. The old wife shrunk her neck, curled herself up, and folded the quilt with her hands to block the door, trying to drive away the bone-chilling cold.
"Bang Ga-"
A short strange sound came from outside the bed, which made the old wife's movements stagnate, followed by the sound of staggering footsteps.
Illusion? Or is there someone passing by?
Her palms were sweating, and she listened with bated breath as her footsteps faded away.
It wasn't until the strange sound could no longer be heard that the old wife relaxed her vigilance and quietly poked her head out.
'Huh? I don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are these two people doing with their babies out? β
Children, children with fine skin and tender meat......
Some bad conjectures surfaced in the bottom of my mind.
The old wife's eyes widened, her pupils suddenly dilated, and her face suddenly turned pale.
"Two more traitors who have defected to the thieves!"
An angry low, hoarse voice sounded in the old wife's ears.
"Kouyu (can)-"
Fortunately, the familiar tone and voice made her stop shouting in time and didn't wake up all the displaced people around her.
"Old man, I'm about to be scared to death by you!"
Lao Tongsheng did not refute his wife's address to him this time, he propped himself up on his elbows and poked his head to look in the direction where Jahan and his wife had left.
"Old man, do you know them?"
When the old wife saw this, she did the same, and she also stretched her neck to look ahead.
It's just that her eyes are full of fear and worry.
"One of the people who followed Meng Yi at noon was a relative of them."
Jia Han guessed correctly, someone did notice the scene of his younger brother Jia Shi kowtowing to him, and there are many 'people with a heart'.
In the afternoon, word spread.
Secretly, there are still many people who are thinking carefully, and they want to wait until they reach the Yanchang County to send the couple to the government together with the little doll.
But I have to say that Jia Shi's words before leaving really shocked some people and dispelled their thoughts.
If money and food are in a wealthy family, then the more good things the better.
But in the hands of these rootless duckweeds, it is a hot potato and a life-urging charm!
If you have a life to take it, you don't have a life to spend it, maybe you will end up with no personal wealth before you get out of the yamen before you have half a cup of tea.
"He's a smart man!"
The old boy stroked the short beard under his chin, and he didn't know if he was evaluating Jia Shi or Jia Han.
"Old man, since you are a traitor to the thief, why didn't you call someone to arrest him just now?"
The old wife couldn't understand the thoughts of the pillow man herself.
"Why do you call someone?"
ββ¦β¦ So who did you show that face before? Give the forehead a drop? β
The old woman's eyes rolled even more fiercely, and she almost didn't turn them back, but she only heard the old boy say leisurely: "That person is not an ordinary bandit, but an anti-thief, according to the law, the three clans!" When I let his relatives go, it was regarded as 'life for life', and I returned the 'grace of life' with a bowl of broth surnamed Meng! β
"Yo, I really haven't seen it, do you still know how to repay the favor?
I don't know who shouted 'Meng Re, Meng Rei' before, and the expression on his face was like facing the ...... of 'killing his father and enemy'"
The old wife suddenly paused in the middle of speaking, raised her hand and slapped herself gently: "Bah, look at my mouth, don't blame my father-in-law, don't blame my father-in-law!"
"Zi Bu is silent, and his power is confused, if his father really has a spirit in the sky, how can we children not become homeless."
The old boy sighed.
"You're so filial!"
The old wife pursed her lips and asked, "You haven't paid back yet!" Why did you want to treat Meng Xiaolang like that during the day, and just now said that you want to repay your kindness. β
"Stupid woman!"
Lao Tongsheng sneered mercilessly: "Grace is grace, hatred is hatred, these are two different things." Eh, it is a protΓ©gΓ© of Sage Confucius, a disciple of Zhu Wengong, and I still understand the words 'Zhi'en Tubao'! β
After hearing this, the old wife covered her mouth, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.
"You always use these high-sounding words to fool your forehead, you don't believe it!"
"Call you stupid, you're not convinced. If you don't put on a vicious face and scold him angrily, it's time to run away now! β
The old boy coughed, pretended to look around, and then explained in a low voice, "Who is it?" The forehead is a big Ming drop child! If it is spread out and says that you sympathize with the thief and treat the thief with courtesy...... Do you want to be famous? Besides, with the temperament of those people in the yamen, it's good not to give E'an the name of a thief! β
The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he didn't even say the official words that he was 'proud of' on weekdays, and directly spoke in local words.
The old woman froze in place, she did not expect such an answer. But when you think about it, it seems to be true.
"That, that......"
"Okay, hurry up and go to sleep, if you don't sleep, the old man still wants to sleep!"
The old boy rubbed his temples and lay down with a yawn, obviously very sleepy.
The old woman answered, turned over and sighed softly.
I don't know if I am lamenting the fate of the couple, or lamenting this cannibalistic world.
The thin futon could no match the cold of the winter night, and she shrank a few times and curled up tighter......
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"Steward Zheng, this brazier is a little more prosperous, don't you see that Lord Guo's thin sideburns are wet with sweat? and ordered someone to bring it down and play with it, and then give Master Guo Bo a good cup of tea. β
Yanchang County, in the study of the Lin Mansion, Lin Yingrui, the magistrate of the county, held a warm tea, lightly stirred the tea leaves twice with the lid, and then raised his eyes to look at Guo Shengmin, who had already evened out his breath.
"Yes!"
The butler, who stood behind him, answered respectfully, picked up the brazier, turned around, and went out of the room.
After a while, the tea was served.
"Brother Sheng Min (there is no record of this person's name in the history books, this person is also a small person in this article, the author is too lazy to take the word) and taste, this is the Longjing before the rain of the year, it has only been less than half a year since it was shipped from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it is the time when the fragrance of tea is overflowing."
Lin Yingrui made a gesture of please, smiled and picked up his teacup, scraped the tea leaves floating on the surface, and took a shallow sip.
"Zhejiang Plaque Chronicles" has clouds: "Hangjun tea, always less than the production of Longjing, and the fine buds before the rain, take a flag and a gun, especially treasured, the production is not much, it is appropriate to be noble." Before the rain of this year, Longjing is probably worth more than the same amount of silver, right? Haha, thank you for the tea, then the official will taste it cheekily! β
He bowed, opened the lid with a smile, looked at it slowly, and then put it under his nose and sniffed and sniffed, his expression gradually intoxicated: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Flat, smooth and straight, the color is tender and green, and the bottom of the leaf is delicate and flowery. The aroma is fresh and tender, the taste is fresh and sweet, even after the rain, it can be called the best in the dragon well......"
Before the words were finished, the words changed: "Everyone in the world says: BMW is worthy of heroes." The lower official thought that he should add a sentence: good tea with Jasic! β
"Hahaha! Sheng Min, Sheng Min, or you can speak! β
Lin Yingrui stroked his palms and laughed, "Steward Zheng, when Master Guo leaves, wrap him in three taels of dragon wells before the rain!" β
"Thank you, sir!"
Guo Shengmin got up with a smile and thanked him.
Lin Yingrui pressed his palm with a smile and motioned for the other party to sit down: "I haven't asked Brother Sheng Min to visit late at night, so what's the matter!"
"Hehe, Xia Guan originally wanted to give the adults some delicious food. Now that I have received a gift from an adult, this gift has naturally become a 'gift exchange'. β
There was another sentence that he didn't say, 'It's more justifiable, and you don't have to be afraid of being attacked.'"
"Please allow the subordinate to go to the concierge and let the little man who carries the burden come in."
"Eh, where do you need Brother Sheng Min to go in person?"
Lin Yingrui shook his head at Steward Zheng, and the other party immediately understood and walked out of the room.
After a while, he walked in with a three-tiered food box.
"That's it......"
Guo Shengmin got up and was about to open the lid, but he saw Steward Zheng standing next to him: "My lord, this ......"
"It's okay, Lao Zheng grew up in my Lin family since he was a child, and he is his own person. Not to mention a small food box, even if you do such a headless thing as treason with the enemy and rebellion, you don't need to avoid him. β
As soon as these words came out, Steward Zheng's face showed a touch of emotion, and he lowered his head at the moment, and his attitude became more and more respectful.
"That'...... It's ugly, please look at it! β