"The Ariki family is in ......"

"Her father won't help her, but what about her brother? And we are already at a loss, and we really can't guarantee that the Ji family disagrees. ”

Old Madam Qi said: "Don't talk about this, just raise it." Brother Xing, in the future, you should go to your mother to get close and close, don't let Brother Yuan take advantage, your mother is a student taught by the Cabinet Confucianism, and it is only good for you! ”

"I—I know ......"

At that time, Ji Qianyuan and Ji Shu left Fushoutang for a distance, and Ji Qianyuan asked quietly: "Isn't Brother Xing'er my mother's own son?" ”

"No, he has a mother, and he is my adopted son just like you. So you don't have to worry either. ”

Ji Shu rubbed Ji Qianyuan's head, "Study hard in the future, don't think nonsense." When the time comes, I will take you to meet your grandfather and grandmother, and your uncle. ”

"Hmm!"

Early the next morning, Ji Shu and Qi Chengxu went to the yamen of the household department and registered Ji Qianyuan's household registration.

When the three of them returned to the Hou Mansion, it happened that the father-in-law who had been demoted in the palace had just left, leaving a few brocade guards in the front yard to execute Jiang Fu.

When Ji Shu and Qi Chengxu rushed over, Jiang Fu was being pressed on the bench and beaten, and every time the chestnut plank in Jin Yiwei's hand was waved, there was a gust of wind.

Jiang Fu was already unconscious after less than twenty blows, her lower body was blurred with flesh and blood, and the cloth she beat was embedded with the rotten meat.

Qi Chengxu saw that Jiang Fu was silent, and asked the mother-in-law on the side with his eyebrows: "How many beatings did the emperor order?" ”

"Thirty boards, the slave and maid count and there are still thirteen."

"Tell the government doctor to come over with the medicine quickly!"

Ji Shu glanced at him, Qi Chengxu looked over, and said with a desire to cover up: "If something happens to my aunt, my grandmother will definitely be sad......"

"Yes, the second master is here to watch my aunt."

Ji Shu went back to Changle Courtyard, found someone to ask carefully, and learned that the emperor did not pursue the Hou Mansion, only fined Jiang Fu, and the imperial history of the city patrol who accepted bribes was also removed from his post and investigated.

Ruifuxuan has been temporarily delisted, the cotton cloth has been burned, and the compensation has also been paid, and the anger of the people has subsided, but the Hou Mansion has lost a lot of money, and Mrs. Qi and the Li family have reconciled accounts overnight, and I heard that they are so angry that breakfast is useless.

In Fushoutang, Mrs. Qi flipped through the account books, only to feel that her head was getting bigger, but at this time, someone was still coming to make trouble.

"Old lady, there are many people outside the courtyard, saying that they have left something behind when the third aunt and grandmother are in charge of the house, and they want to see you."

"Don't you see I'm busy here! Tell them to find Ji! ”

"But they said they had to see you."

Old Madam Qi closed the account book, turned the rosary and raised her hand impatiently, "Forget it, call them in." ”

Not long after, Song's mother led five or six mothers-in-law into the hall, and several people knelt behind the curtain, knelt down and cried:

"Old lady, please give us a way to live. The third aunt and grandmother are in charge of the house, and they have owed us four or five months of monthly money, and the family has no money to buy cooking rice, and my old mother is going to starve to death! ”

"The old slave's daughter will get married next month, and this month's money is a dowry! We have also worked for the Hou Mansion for more than ten years, and we ask the old lady to call the shots! ”

"Huh??"

Old Madam Qi almost broke the Buddha string in her hand, and she was so angry that she held her forehead, "The one who killed a thousand knives...... I'm......"

"How many people in the house have not received their monthly money?"

"There are dozens of people on the other side of the kitchen, as well as those who buy and manage the garden...... As far as we know, there are dozens or hundreds of people. ”

"You go back first, and when the old man carefully checks the accounts, he will give you the account room to distribute them one by one."

"Thank you, old lady!"

The mother-in-law left happily, and Mrs. Qi smashed a set of fine official kiln celadon and cursed Jiang Fu angrily.

I didn't catch my breath and fainted.

When she woke up, Ji Shu was by her side, and she also heard the letter, the things in the house are getting bigger and bigger, and now people are all resentful, and if they don't deal with it well, they will turn the world upside down.

As a young lady, she should come to show her face.

Old Madam Qi grabbed her hand and said tremblingly: "Shu'er, look at this, how it ends!" ”

"Grandmother, don't worry. The granddaughter-in-law has already calculated the accounts, and the arrears of the house add up to two thousand three hundred taels. ”

"How can there be so many!"

Old Madam Qi sat up and got up, there are indeed many people in the Hou Mansion, and there is a lot of monthly money, but it is not more than two thousand taels.

Ji Shu sighed: "Daughter-in-law Sun specially sent someone to the shop and Zhuangzi to ask about it, and there are many people who have not received the monthly silver. However, the silver handed over by the tenant farmers in the village in the past few months, the miscellaneous things add up, and they can be worth five hundred taels, but the rest is ......."

Old Mrs. Qi lay down and pretended to be dead, Ji Shu: "It's really not good, I can only continue to sell shops and fields......"

"No, no!"

Old Madam Qi opened her mouth to veto, this is because of a small loss, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, and the rest of the shops may be able to make money with money!

After Ji Shu left, Mrs. Qi called Song's mother.

"Hurry up, write a letter to the family on my behalf and send it to Jiangzhou Mansion, and call the An family of the second family back."

This An family is the second daughter-in-law of Mrs. Qi, and there is a third master of Qi under her knees, who is only a few months younger than Qi Chengxu.

Mrs. Qi thought that she was fighting with the Li family all day long, and she was annoying, so when she asked the second master to go to Jiangzhou Mansion to take up her post, she took away all the people in the second room.

But now that there is an accident in the house, there is no one who can take care of it, so Mrs. Qi immediately thought of An's.

Although this guy is stupid, he is also easy to fool, the second master of Qi's salt patrol is a beautiful difference, and I don't know how much oil and water I have eaten in my stomach in the past few years.

Let An Shi take charge of the house and dump this hole mess at her!

Song's mother sent a letter, turned her head and told Ji Shu about it.

Ji Shu couldn't help nodding, and bluntly said that it was easy to find, three women in one play, and there would be days when this Hou Mansion would not stop in the future.

Late at night, Xi Tao brought hot water to wash Ji Shu's feet.

Ji Shu set aside Xi Tao, "I'll come by myself, you sit." ”

Ji Shu took her to his side and stroked the broken hair in her ear, "Tao'er, did the third master come back during the New Year?" ”

"I was going to go back, but I didn't believe it somehow. Miss, what are you doing with the third master? ”

"Nothing. I just think that you have thin arms and legs, and it is not easy to get out of danger. ”

After that, Ji Shu shouted outside: "Qingtan." ”

"The slave is here!" Qingtan lifted the curtain and ran in.

"From tomorrow, you can teach Tao'er some fist and foot kung fu, just get out."

"Okay!"

"Miss! Where will the slave and maid be, the slave and maid are not stable in a single step! ”

"There's no negotiability, you have to learn a few tricks, you don't need much, you just need to be able to bring down Qingtan."

Xi Tao cried and mourned, playing with Qingtan, Ji Shu sat on the edge of the bed, although he was smiling, his eyes were sentimental, and he grabbed the finger bones on the side of the bed until he turned white.

At the same time, along An Province

Qi Ye handed over hundreds of folds in a month and a half, and finally grinded the emperor's edict, allowing him to lead his troops back to Beijing to be sealed.

The Guanyin buckle tied with red thread on his wrist, the original square edges and corners have been sharpened out by him.

When the moonlight was in the sky, Qi Ye sat in front of the tent and looked at things and people, a shadow jumped from behind him, half-knelt on the ground and said ashamedly:

"General, subordinates are not in a good position. Called Xie Shangshan and fled into Beijing. ”