[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Lu Caichun said: "The letter your mother received was not sent from your grandfather. Therefore, if your grandfather's situation is unknown, it's better not to go rashly. Now, we can only go back to Fengtai first. county."

Hu Jin sobbed and asked her: "Sister Shu...but...but that mother-in-law and my teacher...he is also in Fengtai County..."

Lu Caichun said: "With me here, what are you afraid of? If the master comes to beat me again, your sister and I won't be afraid anymore." After saying that, she stood up, pulled Hu Jin up from the ground by the way, and dusted off half of her body Non-drying clothes for easy mobility.

Walking out of the firewood room, Lu Caichun reckoned that the postmaster and the others should still be in the station, so she turned her face, pressed her index finger to her lips, and signaled Hu Jin to keep silent.Hu Jin was also quite clever, so he hurriedly raised a hand and tightly covered his mouth.

After approaching the cooking room, Lu Caishu vaguely heard the sound of people walking.She asked Hu Jin to squat in a corner to hide, and she stepped forward on tiptoe, watching the situation in the kitchen through the crack of the window.After counting, the postmaster and the other two were all tinkering with pots and pans in the kitchen, probably because they were very hungry after tossing and tossing all night.

Lu Caichun glanced at it, and found that the ox cart she drove yesterday was still resting in the backyard, she had a plan in mind, so she stepped forward and slipped in through the open door of the kitchen.The three of them stood in front of the stove, busy back and forth.

Lu Caichun came with a low noise and a quick figure, only one of the three noticed her, Lu Caichun had already hit their acupoints with the handle of the knife, and the three of them fell to the ground, their bodies numb and unable to move, only three He opened his mouth and kept calling.

After leaving the kitchen, Lu Caichun looked at Hu Jin and waved, beckoning him to follow.Hu Jin also hurriedly stood up, bowed her waist and ran up quickly, pinched Lu Caishu's hand, and waited for her to pull herself to the backyard and put him on the bullock cart.

The ox cart is not fast, but it is better than walking.After driving the ox cart out of the post station, Lu Caishu led the ox cart to the direction of Fengtai County.When I arrived at a market place, I saw someone renting a cart and horse, so I exchanged the ox cart for a horse with a saddle, and hurriedly took Hu Jinwang back.

Before noon, he had already entered Shifang in Fengtai County.I didn't meet Mr. Yi and others along the way, I think they have already returned to the county.

The street is still the same as before, there are many people going to and from business, but there is no clue on everyone's face, it seems that they are planning to kill Tang's mother and son, but it is only Mr. Yi and others.Riding a horse to Yan Chasan's house, Lu Caichun was about to dismount when he suddenly noticed that the usual guards were missing in front of the house.

Lu Caichun suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, she rolled off the horse, hugged Hu Jin off the horse's back, tied the horse to the horse stake, Lu Caichun took Hu Jin with one hand, and hurried into the house.

First he called "Fifth Brother" for a while, and then called "Mr. Yan" several times, but no one came to greet him.Looking further into the courtyard, he walked a few steps, and suddenly saw Yu Mo rushing out from the back room with a panicked expression. When he saw her, he hurriedly called out, "Miss Lu, why are you here?"

Lu Caichun asked: "How come my fifth brother and Mr. Yan are not in the mansion?"

"Bai Shaoxia?" Yu Mo said with a "sigh", "He went looking for you! As for my husband, he went to Mr. Yi's house, and I heard that something serious happened!"

Lu Caichun thought: Could it be that Yan Chasan noticed what Master Yi did secretly?Thinking up to this point, she pointed at Yu Mo and said to Hu Jin, "Yu Mo, do you recognize him?"

Yu Mo frowned and said, "Of course I know—isn't he the young master of the Hu family?"

"In that case," Lu Caichun told him, "take good care of him for me. He got wet in the rain and needs to change his clothes. You should do it first. I'll go to Master Yi to have a look."

After handing over Hu Jin to Yu Mo, Lu Caichun hurriedly turned around and ran in the direction of Master Yi's house.

About half a mile away from Mr. Yi's house, Lu Caichun saw a lot of people gathered at the door from a distance. Yan Chasan and Mr. Yi were crowded in front of the door, and a group of yamen servants and several county residents were also closely surrounding them. , I don't know what is shouting in the looking room.

When Lu Caichun saw this, Tang's was the first thing that popped into his mind.

The yamen servants standing outside suddenly noticed Lu Caichun and hurriedly reported to Yan Chasan.Yan Chasan turned around and saw Lu Caishu, as if he had just got a life-saving straw, he pushed aside the crowd and watched her come with strides.Master Yi only looked at her from a distance, and didn't follow her.

Yan Chasan looked anxious, and said to her, "Fortunately, Miss Lu is here—if Young Master Bai hadn't gone out, this matter wouldn't have come to this situation."

Lu Caichun asked: "Young Master Yan, what happened in Master Yi's house?"

Yan Cha sighed, and said: "This morning, for some reason, Mrs. Tang came back to the yamen from the outside. Her body was covered in mud and water, and she was injured in several places. Seeing her like this, Bai Shaoxia asked you where you were going. Aunt Tang looked out and pointed in the direction, saying that you were still staying in the inn, life and death were unpredictable, so Young Master Bai rushed out to find you. The officer wanted to ask her about the situation, but she waved her hand and refused to say anything , I thought I had something urgent, so I limped out the door. At that time, the official still had official duties in hand. Although he was uneasy in his heart, he didn't care about it. It was not easy to send someone to follow her, so he could only let her go. Who Just then, someone came to report to the lower officials that a woman had kidnapped Mr. Yi's An Ren, and the lower officials came to see it, but it was Mrs. Tang."

When Lu Caichun heard this, she became anxious, and really didn't know what the Tang family was thinking.As she walked towards Master Yi's house, she asked Yan Chasan, "What's the situation in the house now?"

Yan Chasan shook his head: "Aunt Tang locked the door, no matter what people outside the door shouted inside, she would not make a sound. The officials were afraid that she would do something unfavorable to Yi Ruo, so they did not dare to let the servants break into the door for a long time. go in."

Lu Caichun nodded slightly, and said, "Young Master Yan, you are here to allow me to go over the wall and see what's going on inside?"

Yan Chasan said: "I really have this idea in my mind, and I think that Miss Lu is the closest to Mrs. Tang on weekdays. If you are willing to persuade her and ask her to understand, then the matter will be resolved."

Lu Caichun nodded slightly, and when he walked to the door of the house, he saw Tang raised his voice from inside the closed door, and shouted to the people outside: "Master Yi, the slave family knows you are outside - it is the slave family and the master who are talking to each other." I can't stand you, and I can't stand the people of Fengtai County either!"

After hearing these words, Yan Chasan couldn't help asking Lu Caichun, "Why does Aunt Tang say that she is sorry for Master Yi and the people of Fengtai County?"

Lu Caichun only explained in one sentence: "Aunt Tang is not the nurse of the Hu family, but Hu Taiping's main wife."

Hearing this, Yan Chasan paused in his hurried steps, and then fell behind Lu Caichun.Lu Caichun frowned tightly, hearing Tang's words, she seemed to have the idea of ​​committing suicide.

Master Yi stood outside the door, supported by the yamen servants, he didn't answer Tang's words, his face was iron blue.Seeing Lu Caichun approaching, he turned slightly to get out of the way.Lu Caichun asked him: "Master, is there any convenient way to enter the outer courtyard of this house?"

After Lu Caichun asked himself a question, Master Yi couldn't help but answer, and said, "If there is a cheap place to go in, why don't you go in earlier——If you want to enter the house, you can climb over the backyard wall."

Suddenly Tang's voice came from the courtyard again, she asked loudly: "Miss Lu? Is Miss Lu back?"

Seeing that she heard her own voice, Lu Caichun replied, "I'm here—you don't need to worry about anything, you can discuss everything you have."

Tang said: "Miss Lu, I only ask you for one thing."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Lu Caichun knew what she was going to say, so she quickly stopped her and said, "Don't even think about me taking care of Hu Jin for you——I told you before, once I say something, I will definitely do it Do it. If you don’t want Hu Jin to be a starving ghost and go down and walk with you through the underworld, just use your temper!”

When Tang heard this, she didn't follow her words. She seemed to be smiling wryly, and then said: "Forget it. Miss Lu, then you tell him that he lives in this world and owes nothing to anyone, even if someone If he owes it, then his parents have already paid it off for him... The slave family no longer asks for anything but peace of mind, not only for Ah Jin, but also for the slave family itself."

Lu Caichun suddenly thought about Tang's thoughts.Hu Jin is no better than other scoundrels, he was brought up in a serious manner. Although Hu Taiping is a corrupt official with all kinds of crimes, but Lu Caichun saw that Hu Jin's usual words did not inherit his father's habits, but he knew etiquette and human feelings. .Since Hu Jin didn't plug his ears, he must have heard what the man Yu Ye said.He is so precocious that he will not be unaware of the danger.Tang's move was originally for the sake of his only son, hoping that he would be able to behave in an upright manner in the world in the future and would not be burdened by his parents.

Tang was still talking to himself.She said: "It's the master's crime, and I know it in my heart, but I ignore it. I am also guilty. Miss Lu, I have no face to deal with this world with such a crime..." As she spoke, Choked up.

Hearing her babbling confession, the yamen servants around could not help but raise their voices and curse: "Brat! You know that you have committed a heinous crime, but why are you hiding in Mr. Yi's house, closing the door—and wanting to harm Mrs. Yi? If you If you really know your sins, come out quickly, lest we break down the door of Mr. Yi's house!"

Lu Caichun waved his hand to signal him not to say any more, the yamen servant said "Hey", flicked his sleeves, gritted his teeth and stared at the locked door in front of him, and stopped talking.

Tang said again from inside the door: "Master Yi, I know that you are a talker, so I have no choice but to come to your old house. I still have some money on my body, which is put on the stove. Come in and get it later. ..."

When Master Yi heard the words, he immediately came up full of anger, he beat on the door and cursed: "What pickle money, don't dirty my stove!"

At that moment, the outsiders were talking all over the place that they were going to break the door in. Since this woman wanted to make amends, she must not dare to hurt Yi Ruo.Seeing that the situation was out of control, Lu Caichun lowered his voice and said to Master Yi: "Master, I have a word..."

Master Yi turned his face away from her, but waved his hand to signal her to speak quickly.Lu Caichun said softly: "Although Tang didn't want to hurt Granny Yi, but what she said inside and outside, she meant committing suicide. It's not a good thing for her to commit suicide and leave her at the teacher's house."

Master Yi said: "It's just a change of house, how can there be so much attention?"

Lu Caichun said: "Don't say whether to change the house or not, everything is for the best of both worlds. I will go over the wall and bring her out anyway. I just ask the master to talk to her more outside, delay for a while, I can quietly divide Come in."

Master Yi looked at her and waved his hand, as if he agreed.Lu Caichun nodded to him, pushed aside the crowd, and walked around to the back of the house.Holding the hanging yellow vines with his hands, he kicked his feet on the wall, and Lu Caishu swung into the yard, and as soon as he fell, he stepped on a snowy red plant in the vegetable bed.Straightening the vegetable plants with her toes, she tiptoed towards the house.

From far away, I heard Master Yi at the front door seem to be talking to Tang, it was nothing more than to let Yi Ru out as soon as possible.

Lu Caichun listened to the voice and identified which room Tang was in.

Suddenly, the Tang family in that room called out: "Miss Lu——why doesn't Miss Lu speak?"

Lu Caichun was startled when she heard the words, and looked at the room where Mrs. Tang was. Seeing the chimney on the roof, it should be a cooking house.After identifying the location, Lu Caichun rushed up.

At this moment, she smelled a puff of smoke in her nostrils, and dense fine smoke rose from under the tiles on the roof of the cooking house, and the sound of the fire shackles peeling off also exploded.Lu Caichun felt bad, the Tang family might set fire to the house.

There were cries and begging for mercy from inside, which sounded like Yi Ruo.The people at the front door also heard the sound, and shouted and cursed one after another, and the sound of some people banging on the door could be heard.

Lu Caichun rushed to the kitchen, but unexpectedly the door was knocked open with a "bang", and the white-haired Yi Ruo stumbled out of the room. Seeing that her footsteps were unsteady, Lu Caichun quickly stretched out her arms to wrap her around her. She said: "Don't worry about anything, go and open the yard door, they are all outside the door, tell them to come in and put out the fire."

Yi Ru staggered towards the front yard, but Lu Caichun rushed into the house in the opposite direction.As soon as she entered, the pungent blue smoke made it hard for her to open her eyes, and her mouth and nose were tingling.She bent over and covered her mouth and nose, looking around.

Master Yi's house is quite small, before the thick smoke and fire invaded, she saw the closed door of the room on the left, she knew that Tang family must be hiding in it.Just as the fireworks were going up, she heard the sound of chairs and stools coming from the room.

Lu Caichun rushed forward, gritted his teeth and drew the knife, and slashed fiercely at the chain on the door.

Yi Ruo opened the gate of the courtyard, and those government servants and county residents blocking the gate all carried water and poured into the courtyard to fight the fire.

Lu Caichun hacked the chain, tears welled up in his eyes, maybe it was smoked into his eyes.

The shouts outside the house, the sound of splashing water, and the rattling of the flames fell to Lu Caishu's ears, and only the clang of the knife on the door and the chain was left.

The door lock seemed to be loose, Lu Caichun raised his foot and kicked the door hard, the sound of thumping was endless.

With a bang, the door was kicked open.

In the midst of the smoke and fire, Tang was suspended from the beam by a cloth belt, and the chairs and stools were kicked down under his feet.Her clothes were torn, and her face was covered with dirty blood scabs. She couldn't ride a horse, so she probably fell off the horse and rolled into the mud.

Lu Caichun opened her mouth slightly, the tears in her eyes had dried up.She stared at the corpse hanging from the beam, her legs gave way and she fell to the ground.

A familiar voice sounded outside the house: "Sixth Sister! Come out!"