[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Ding Meng was embroidering handkerchiefs in the back room when he suddenly heard a commotion in the front hall.She supported her waist, stood up slowly, walked around the screen, pushed open the door, and Ya Huan screamed, "Miss Lu, what's wrong?"

Ding Meng heard Zhan Zhao talk about Lu Caichun's confrontation with Gongsun Ce at noon yesterday, and he sighed repeatedly, thinking that no matter how poorly educated a woman from a wealthy family is, she would not be like her, turning people's faces in the street and talking back to men.At this time, after hearing Ya Huan's calls, doubts arose in her heart, so she leaned on her waist and looked at the front hall.As soon as the scene inside the hall came into view, the first thing Ding Meng saw was Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang supported Lu Caichun, looked at Naya Huan and said, "Please boil some water, and prepare a change of clothes for her."

Seeing Lu Caishu's distressed appearance, Ya Huan went straight to the kitchen.

Ding Meng walked slowly into the hall, Bai Yutang saw her, and hurriedly said: "Third sister, originally my younger brother was going to report to the Yamen, but my sixth sister was seriously injured, and there is still a long way to go before leaving the Fengfu Yamen. , the younger brother was abrupt, and sent her to the third sister first. It happened suddenly, and I hope the third sister Haihan."

Ding Meng hurriedly said: "Sixth sister's matter is our matter, how can it be said to be abrupt." After speaking, he turned his eyes to Lu Caichun, and said in a concerned tone: "Sixth sister, what happened? ?”

Just as Lu Caichun showed a wry smile, Bai Yutang asked first: "After she is settled, the third sister will ask in detail. I don't know if there is any Yahuan in the house, so that the sixth sister can be helped to settle first."

Ding Meng shook his head and said: "The extra Ya Huan is gone, let me help Sixth Sister go back to the wing to rest." Saying that, he stretched out his hand to bring Lu Caishu to his side.

Concerned about the fetus in her womb, Lu Caichun quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't bother me, sister, I can move it myself."

Ding Meng suddenly withdrew his hand, looked at Bai Yutang and said, "Why don't Fifth Brother take care of Sixth Sister first, and I will go to Kaifeng Mansion on behalf of Fifth Brother?"

Lu Caichun hurriedly said: "You don't have to take care of me, I'll go back to the wing by myself."

Bai Yutang turned a deaf ear to her words, and only pondered for a moment. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lu Caishu coming out of the grave, his body was so dirty that he couldn't see it, so he said, "What the third sister said is fine." At the end, he asked, "Sister's body is okay. stop?"

Ding Meng said: "I'm not heavy yet, and I'm a martial arts practitioner. Besides, the Kaifeng mansion is not far away. The fifth brother just wants to report any crimes."

Bai Yutang told Ding Meng in a few words, and said, "I would like to ask my sister to work hard—"

"It's not in the way." After speaking, Ding Meng supported his waist and walked out.

Bai Yutang helped Lu Caichun to look at the wing room, and laughed at her all the way: "You are so dirty that the third sister doesn't even want to help you."

He originally said it as a joke, but when Lu Caishu heard it, he felt displeased, and thought to himself: Even if I am clean, will she be willing to help me?She knew very well that Ding Meng didn't want to see her, and the reason and thought of it were all secret, so she didn't mention it in front of Bai Yutang, but said: "Fifth brother doesn't think I'm dirty, I'm already thankful."

Ya Huan had already boiled the water and poured it into the bathtub.After Bai Yutang sent Lu Caichun into the room, he came out and sat in the yard, wiping the goose feathers with his saber.

The people inside washed for a while, then suddenly raised their voices and shouted: "Fifth Brother, there is an urgent matter!"

When Bai Yutang turned around to ask in detail, he saw that Lu Caichun had already put on her clothes, and pushed the door out with her wet hair in her hands.Her face was still flushed after the bath, Bai Yutang was stunned when he saw her.Lu Caichun asked anxiously, "Fifth brother, where is Bitao now?"

Bai Yutang said: "Originally I wanted to send Sister Ding here, but because she was pregnant and couldn't take care of her, something went wrong, so I found an inn near the previous teahouse and sent her to live there. Why did you suddenly ask her?"

Lu Caichun said: "The one she wants to sue is not Qian An, nor anyone else, but Young Master Pang. The people sued the officer, how did she survive the dozen or so beating sticks? I just wanted to prevent her from being bludgeoned before. She was not asked to go to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case again. While Lord Bao ignored the case, I would like to ask Fifth Brother to take care of her first, and I will go to Kaifeng Mansion to report this matter to Lord Bao."

Bai Yutang got up and went to meet Bitao, while Lu Caichun casually tied up her bun and hurried to Kaifeng Mansion.

Entering the backyard of Kaifeng mansion, he saw Zhan Zhao helping Ding Meng to look out, and said, "Fifth Brother Bai is so ignorant that I asked you to report the letter."

When Lu Caichun heard this, she ignored it as if she had never heard of it, she bowed her hands to Zhan Zhao and his wife, and walked straight in.Zhan Zhao hurriedly called her to stop: "Zhan is busy with work, Miss Lu, send my wife back to the humble house."

Lu Caichun was in a dilemma and could only say: "Brother Zhan and sister wait a moment, I have something important to report to Master Bao."

Zhan Zhao has yet to say more, Wang Chao and Ma Han are walking out of the official residence at this time, seeing Lu Caichun, they hurriedly said: "Miss Lu came just in time, Master Bao said that he has something to ask."

Lu Caichun glanced at Zhan Zhao, and hurriedly followed Wang Chao and Ma Han into the official building.

Across a bead curtain, one can vaguely see his wife Dong is putting on a black gauze hat for Bao Zheng.Wang Chao reported to Bao Zheng: "Miss Lu is here."

Bao Zheng supported the black gauze on his head, and Mrs. Dong pulled up the beaded curtain for him.Lu Caichun hurriedly looked at Bao Zheng to salute with his hands crossed.Bao Zheng said: "Miss Lu, you don't need to be too polite."

Lu Caichun said: "I don't know why Master Bao is looking for the minnv, but the minnv has something to do, you have to ask Master Bao first."

Bao Zheng smiled and said: "Mr. Gongsun has already told this pavilion what you want to ask."

A look of embarrassment appeared on Lu Caichun's face.Bao Zheng said again: "After all, beating the stick is the law of the ancestors, and I am afraid it will be difficult to save it..."

When Lu Caichun heard this, she hurriedly said: "Then the plaintiff is a young girl, her body is thin and weak, and she is afraid that she won't be able to carry the stick. If she still insists on suing An Lehou, and your lord has to carry out this punishment, it's better to let a civilian girl take her place."

Bao Zheng said with a smile: "Miss Lu is really kind-hearted. But this court has its own arrangements for this matter, and there is no need for Miss Lu to accept it."

Lu Caichun was worried, but since Bao Zheng said so, he didn't want to ask more questions.Bao Zheng looked away and asked: "The woman who reported to the official, is it really Pang Jiong, Marquis of Anle?"

Lu Caichun said: "She believes that An Lehou killed her sister, but I don't think it looks like..."

Before she finished speaking, Bao Zheng interrupted her: "It's better if it's An Lehou. This pavilion has reported several books to the Holy One, but the Holy One still allows the Pang family to do anything wrong, amassing wealth and harming the people. Now that Anlehou has committed a crime, Pang The head of the state can't get away with it, and just drove this bunch of treacherous villains out of the temple."

Hearing what Bao Zheng said, Lu Caichun could only keep silent.Bao Zheng instructed her again: "When the time comes to summon in the hall, Miss Lu will be honest, and you don't need to be afraid of his false title of Marquis Anle."

Lu Caichun smiled wryly and said, "Here."

Not long after, Bai Yutang brought Bitao to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion. The girl in short brown clothes knelt down on the plaintiff's stone, her back arched dejectedly, and she wiped her tears.A circle of people gathered outside the courtroom, each of them stretched their necks and poked their heads, as if they were watching the excitement.

Bao Zheng sat down in the hall and asked, "I heard that you want to sue An Lehou? This man sues the official, but he will be punished."

Bi Tao said: "Minnv knows. As long as the adults can smooth the snow for my sister, it will not be in vain for the minnv to die under the stick."

Bao Zheng gave a few instructions to the executioner Tolerance. The Tolerant took the stick and came down. The other two Tolerances grabbed Bi Tao's arms and threw her to the ground. The Tolerant raised the thick stick in his hand, It will be executed.Standing behind the side sill, Lu Caishu couldn't help but tighten her skirt.

When the stick fell, it was like a dragonfly touching water, and the ripples were not even expected to spread half a circle.Bi Tao was crying, but the cries were interrupted by the stick, she was stunned for a while, and then quickly stopped crying.The people watching outside the courtroom saw it, and they all applauded happily.

When Lu Caichun saw Bao Zheng's "arrangement" like this, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and finally he had to smile wryly, and said to himself: "I should have thought it was like this."

After hitting the board, Bao Zheng slapped the gavel and said: "Plaintiff, tell me your grievances."

Bi Tao was supported by the gentlemen on both sides, and choked up what she said to Lu Caichun before, and said it to Bao Zheng again.

Bao Zheng said: "Pang Jiong, the Marquis of Anle!"

As soon as the words fell, Pang Jiong was pushed into the hall by Chao Mahan.His clothes were disheveled, apparently he had just been dragged up from the bed by Wang Chao and Ma Han, and was sent all the way to Kaifeng Mansion under pressure.He was dissatisfied with the pushing and shoving, so he couldn't help tossing his clothes and said angrily: "This Marquis will go by himself!"

Tolerance watched the people separately, allowing Pang Jiong to enter the courtroom. When the people on the other side saw him, their voices of ridicule suddenly boiled up.After hearing this, Pang Jiong raised his head even more, striding into the courtroom.Standing beside the defendant's stone, he held his head high and did not kneel.

Chao Chao raised his foot and kicked him into the crook of his knee, kicking him "Ouch", and knocked his knees on the defendant's stone.This time, the people outside the hall shouted "OK" loudly.

Bao Zheng glanced at the two people in the hall, and asked in a strict voice: "Pang Jiong, can you plead guilty?"

Pang Jiong said: "This Marquis is innocent!"

Bi Tao heard the words, choked up and asked: "Didn't my sister Bi Liu be harmed by you? How do you say that you can plead not guilty?"

Pang Jiong knelt, but stared straight at Bao Zheng, said: "What happened to Bi Liu has nothing to do with this Marquis. When you say that Ben Marquis harmed her, where do you start?"

Bao Zheng said: "The witness."

Lu Caichun came to the hall.Bao Zheng asked: "Miss Lu once questioned the defendant about Bi Liu, but how did he answer?"

Pang Jiong raised his eyes and saw that it was Lu Caichun, and couldn't help shouting: "It's you!" Lu Caichun lowered his head and glanced at Pang Jiong, and then said, "An Lehou told the minnv that Bi Liu used the incense that he didn't like, and was punished, and the family servant Qian An has dealt with it."

Pang Jiong heard that she didn't think she intended to murder Bi Liu, so he snorted softly and said, "You are an upright person."

When Bao Zheng heard the words, he raised his voice and said, "Tell Qian An, the family member of Pang's family."

Lu Caichun suddenly heard Bao Zheng summon Qian An, and wondered in his heart: Qian An's life and death are uncertain, how can he be sent to court?Just when she was wondering, Qian An had timidly walked from the back hall to the front hall and knelt in the hall.

Seeing Qian An, Pang Jiong couldn't help shouting: "You idiot! You have caused such a big trouble for Ben Hou! Why don't you quickly explain the whereabouts of Bi Liu so that Ben Hou can be cleared of suspicion!"

Qian An squinted at Pang Jiong, but didn't answer.Bao Zheng asked: "Qian An, what did you do with Bi Liu?"

Qian Anfu knelt down and replied: "Report to my lord, I have never dealt with Miss Bi Liu!"

Bao Zheng asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Qian An said: "Young ones dare not speak."

Pang Jiong was furious when he heard the words, and raised his hand to give Qian An a slap in the ear, but Wang Chao restrained his hand and couldn't move.Bao Zheng patted the gavel and cursed: "Above the court and under the blue sky, what are you afraid to say? Why don't you tell me quickly!"

Qian An glanced at Pang Jiong, and then said: "Master Hou smelled the incense, and was very angry. He asked the villain to take a white silk, and strangled Bi Liu himself. He also asked the villain to throw Bi Liu's body into the firewood. room, someone will take care of it when the time comes."

"You dog sprays dung all over your mouth, what's your intention to frame me!" Pang Jiong was furious when he heard the words, he jumped up, and was about to greet Qian An with his fist.Wang Chao and Ma Han immediately stepped forward to grab his hands, but Pang Jiong couldn't stop kicking, wanting to kick him.Qian An was so shocked that he fell to the ground, and shouted repeatedly: "Master Qingtian! Everything the villain said is true, don't dare to lie! The villain has offended Lord Hou, and I hope the elder will save the life of the villain!" where!"

Lu Caichun was also surprised when he heard this.She didn't like the two of them in her heart, only Qian An was dragged into the ruined pavilion last night and disappeared, and suddenly appeared in the court today, insisting that Pang Jiong killed Bi Liu, which is really suspicious.

Bao Zheng waved his hand and said, "Go down and pass on the work."

After Qian An timidly ran down the hall, Hou's work, which had been on the sidelines for a long time, came into the hall.Bao Zheng asked the monk for Bi Liu's death.Wu Zuo said: "The face is cyanotic and there are bruises on the neck. It should be that Bai Ling died by locking the throat. The skin and hair on the back of the head are all off, and the white bones are exposed. It should be caused by being dragged after death." People inside and outside the hall were whispering to each other and discussing one after another.

When Bi Tao heard it, she felt sad and cried out.

Bao Zheng looked at Pang Jiong, and asked, "The evidence is all there, what's your excuse?"

Pang Jiong looked left and right, and suddenly saw Lu Caichun, he hurriedly grabbed her skirt, and said: "My good girl, please help me to speak a word of justice!"

Lu Caichun's mind was in a mess. Hearing Pang Jiong's plea, he also felt that it was inappropriate to close the case so hastily. He said, "Master Bao, who strangled Bi Liu to death, just relying on Qian An's one-sided words, it would be arbitrary."

Seeing Lu Caichun's voice, Pang Jiong quickly responded, "Exactly! I also said that after Qian An took Bi Liu down, he secretly killed her!"

Bao Zheng murmured: "You two insist on your own words, how does this court know that you are not slandering witnesses?" At the end, he raised his voice and ordered: "Come here, let me punish you!"

Seeing the servant coming up with the killing stick, Pang Jiong became impatient, and shouted sharply: "Who dares to step forward! I am the marquis appointed by the Holy Majesty! My sister is the noble concubine of this dynasty! Grandpa is the grand master of the dynasty! Who dares to step forward!" If you touch a single hair of my hair, the Holy One will not spare you lightly!"

Bao Zheng sneered and said: "In the court, the prince and the common people are treated equally, and Marquis An Le's tone is so loud, is it that he wants to spare this court?"

Pang Jiong's yelling and cursing were quickly silenced by the addition of sticks, leaving only the sound of pain in the room.The people on the sidelines cheered.

After a beating with sticks, Pang Jiong only breathed in, not out.Bao Zheng asked: "Pang Jiong, are you recruiting or not?"

Pang Jiong struggled for a bit of strength, and said: "It's not... the crime committed by the Marquis... the Marquis... why did you recruit?"

Seeing that the two sides were at a stalemate, Bao Zheng flicked his sleeves and said, "Put Pang Jiong in prison and wait for trial. Get out!"