Force a good concubine

After all, it was the first time to experience a lawsuit. The three of Gu Yan sat in the heavily covered cart, looked at each other a few times, and felt a little nervous.The Baihu Su Chuan who came to pass on the person was quite easy-going, sitting on the shaft of the car and gossiping with a few people through the curtain of the car with a smile: "Don't worry, this is a routine matter. I can tell you all at a glance, and you are not the material for a lawsuit." !"

Zhenfusi is in Zhaoyifang, one east and one west with Cishou Temple, and it takes nearly half an hour to get there by car.The Zhumen of the Zhenfu Division was wide open, and the lights inside were brightly lit. Su told the guard at the gate to look at the dental plaque, and led a few people through the narrow corridor, but did not enter the lobby. Chung, a round-faced female official stood at the door, checked the list with Gu Yan and the others, and pointed to the inside in a friendly manner: "Small ladies, please, please rest assured."

There were all female scholars inside, chatting in low voices in groups of three or five, and there was no torture or interrogation. The three of them were relieved, bowed to Su Chuan, and went inside.

Seeing several people enter the door, Su Chuan pulled the female officer's sleeve and said, "Rui Niang hasn't come down yet?"

"Rui Niang met the previous instruction from the village, and she said a few words, and she will come in a moment." The female officer squinted at her, and said in a low voice, "Didn't Your Highness ask for orders to pick up the beauty? The beauty is here, Why don't you follow in?"

"Ordinary people only do things like climbing flowers and breaking willows." Su Chuan shook his head disapprovingly, "I just went to see what kind of little lady Xiao Jiuer likes this time, and check for her. I really told Han Da Similarly, Xiao Jiu'er's eyesight is not bad, with such an appearance, I'm afraid she can be ranked even in the palace."

"So what if you are in the top row?" the female officer said, "Our Majesty is not like His Majesty, he is decent—" She hadn't finished her sentence when she saw two tall figures in green robes approaching along the bluestone road, she hurriedly straightened her countenance, Stand aside with hands down.

When Li Ruiniang arrived at the entrance of the flower hall, she gave a deep bow to Su Chuan, and before she could speak, Su Chuan was quick, supported her with one hand, and pushed into the door without any hassle: "Go quickly, don't make the girls inside wait!"

Li Ruiniang was shoved by her and staggered into the door. Seeing that everyone was looking at her, behind him Su Chuan was standing outside the door with his arms around his shoulders. He didn't intend to enter the door, so he smiled wryly, straightened his clothes, and walked up to the door. Before the big case in the hall, he cupped his hands towards the dark heads below, and said in a loud voice: "Xiaguanluan Ceremony Li Ruiniang, today I was ordered to invite the young ladies to investigate a matter."

Li Ruiniang's voice continued inside: "When will you board the ship, when will you disembark, how much luggage, and how many people are traveling with you, you must write and draw by yourself—" Su Chuan outside was already impatient, and said to the female official: "What is Rui Niang? It’s so long-winded, let me see what it is, it’s not a crime, just ask it in front of everyone, and it’s over!”

Everyone in the palace knew the northern king's insensible temper. The female officer pursed her lips and glanced at the middle-aged woman in the green robe beside her. Seeing Li Ruiniang glanced in this direction, she hurried in and reported the big case. The stacked Four Treasures of the Study sent out to the scholars to let them write on the ground.Instead, the woman bowed to Su Chuan and said: "As usual, witnesses must be interrogated to testify in person. This is also to prevent treachery. Please wait a moment, Your Highness."

"You have the same tone as Rui Niang." Su Chuan raised his eyes and looked at the woman. She was over forty years old, with a very trim face, wide forehead and long eyebrows, a dignified appearance, slightly lowered head, looking at the nose, nose and mouth, asking her heart, Very solemn and steady appearance, not particularly beautiful, but comfortable to look at.She always likes to judge people by their appearance, and her pleasant appearance made the girl stand up, and asked again: "Are you from the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Cheng Su, the right-hand chief of the Prison Department of the Ministry of Punishment, came here to take the confessions of female scholars under the order of the Ministry of Justice. If anyone commits crimes, they will also be temporarily detained in the women's prison of the Ministry of Punishment." "I have served as a teacher in Wuzhou for several times, and I was not transferred to Beijing until the first year of Tianshou. Today, I was lucky enough to meet His Highness the King of the North."

"No wonder!" Su Chuan smiled, "There is no Northern King here, you can just call me Su Chuan." For three years as a military household, the Northern King used the name Su Chuan when he was serving incognito. Because no one saw through it, he simply used it to the end. When he entered Beijing, he even went to Luanyi Division to change his teeth plate, which made Lin Yuan, the admiral of Luanyi Division, dumbfounded. .

Seeing that the people in it were almost finished, the female officer came out with a stack of confessions. Su Chuan pointed to Cheng Su: "I have never done the work of the Ministry of Punishment, but here is an expert who has served as an instructor. It’s very familiar, let her and Rui Niang watch it together! Half of each person, it will be done sooner, and it will save people from being detained here in the middle of the night.”

Cheng Su pleaded guilty, took the confession and looked at it one by one, suddenly her eyes stopped on one confession, she pondered for a while, Su Chuan had already said: "Why? This person is wrong?"

"No." Cheng Su said with a smile, "it's just that this person's handwriting is exceptionally good, and I noticed it for a while." Bei Wang is not very good at calligraphy, but seeing that the inscription is the word "Gu Yuan", he also smiled: "That's it. He is the man that King Sui likes, why is his handwriting bad?"

Cheng Su tightened his finger holding the document: "Who is King Sui looking for?"

Su Chuan only felt that Cheng Su's expression was very strange, and thought that she, like everyone in the cabinet, could not get used to the current fashion, so he smiled and said, "I have heard people say casually, and I don't know the truth. But this little lady His appearance and demeanor are not vulgar, and if he is talented in writing, it seems that Xiao Jiuer can like the appearance, so it is not surprising to be said so."

"Your Highness said so." Cheng Su responded, read the rest of the confession, and gathered Feng and Su Chuandao together again, "I have nothing suspicious here."

"The same is true here." Li Ruiniang also said.

"That's it," Su Chuan looked up at the full moon above his head, and ordered, "Master Cheng, send the documents back, and Rui Niang returns to the palace and tells Aunt Zheng for me. What's more, I will arrange some people to take these little ladies back first, so as not to cause any trouble on the way, I will come later."

When the three of Gu Yuan returned to Cishou Nunnery, it was already the fourth watch, and Cui Chengxiu was taking a nap under the altar table. After being notified by the little nun, she hurriedly came out from the Buddhist hall: "The little ladies are frightened and working hard, and the villain has been prepared." The brazier, and clean water from the Buddha, is the most effective way to get rid of bad luck! The chefs in the nunnery prepared vegetarian soup noodles, and some of you changed your clothes later, and also ate some stomach pads—staying up late and worrying !"

Eunuchs are the most attentive to people, and they always greet people with a smile. Li Qing and Xu Xi were very grateful and thanked him endlessly. Only Gu Yuan thought of the emperor's words, hesitated a little, and said to Cui Chengxiu: "Butler Cui, we are waiting for you. Don't dare to bother—"

"Miss Gu, what did you say out of the ordinary?" Cui Chengxiu had a plan in mind, and she just let Gu Yuan in with a smile, "Miss Gu, go and clean up, my eleventh lady still has a few words to tell me! "

Gu Yan couldn't refuse, and stepped over the brazier with Xu Xi and Li Qing, thinking about what Eleven Niang said, she hurriedly bathed and changed clothes, and went to the front to look for Cui Chengxiu.Cui Chengxiu was in the Buddhist hall, and when he saw her, he handed over the Buddhist incense graciously: "This nunnery is blessed, and the little lady also worships a pillar. The little lady is blessed. With such a stick of incense, the grandfather of the Buddha will surely bless the little lady with wealth and longevity. of."

Gu Yan heard something in his words, frowned and said: "Scholars of my generation, only know that a gentleman seeks the way but not food, worries about the way but not the poor, rich and poor are all God's will, but you can't get it if you climb high."

Cui Chengxiu paid attention to changing a nail that was neither soft nor hard, and his face suddenly became discolored. In his heart, he hated Gu Yuan's hatred of iron and steel to [-]%. Why can't this little lady not go up to such a good way to reach the sky? Tao?The same is true of that young master, there are countless people in the palace who are crying, yelling, eating fast and making wishes to win the favor of the emperor.

Suppressing his grievances, he lit a stick of incense and slandered at Grandpa Buddha for a while. He calmed down, opened his eyes with a smile on his face, and invited the bag of tea leaves from the altar table: "My eleventh lady asked the little one Please bring Miss Gu some new tea of ​​this year to taste - don't open your mouth yet, Miss Eleven will have something to say later!"

He relayed the emperor's words to Gu Yuan. Seeing Gu Yuan holding the tea in a daze, he thought about it for a while, and pulled away his posture earnestly. "Although the young one doesn't know the inside story, she has served several young ladies since she was a child. The eleventh lady in our family has only been able to study and take care of the family business since she was a child, and she doesn't pay much attention to other things. If you say something is wrong What should be said to offend the little lady, maybe there is, but if there is any calculation, bad intentions and hypocrisy towards the little lady, if the little one dares to guarantee the ticket, it is absolutely not! At noon, the eleventh lady will go back, and there will be no lunch or dinner Eat, Baba found this kind of thing and asked the younger one to send it over. Although the words were not pleasant, he was still thinking about the little lady in his heart, but he couldn't be ashamed. Or, the younger one would accompany the little lady to the eleventh lady. A crime? There are a lot of adults, little lady, don't you want to divide it again?"

As he spoke, he bowed his waist and saluted, but Gu Yan hurriedly stopped him: "How can the family take good care of me? Besides," she forced a smile with difficulty, and put the tea back into Cui Chengxiu's hand, "What do you want to say?" Offended, I offended Eleven Niang. She is magnanimous if she doesn't blame me, how dare I take back the gift?"

Cui Chengxiu saw that Gu Yuan's voice was calm, but she insisted on her air. She thought about it and put the tea leaves on the altar table, and also put on a serious face: "Little lady is the best smart person in the world, and she has a lot of thoughts. I don't hide the truth. You, my eleventh lady is sincere to you. According to the rules, this eleventh lady should come to the door to send the deed ceremony, but the ancestors are taboo about this matter, so you can't give you a title. Wronged little lady. Speaking of making a contract, the matter of making a contract is mutual consent, and it cannot be forced at all. If the little lady thinks that Miss Eleven is a good person and is willing to stay together, that would be the best. If she doesn't want to, just ignore it No. This pack of tea leaves is the certificate, so you see, is it okay?"

Gu Yan reached out to take the tea off the table, and nodded slightly.Cui Chengxiu never thought that Gu Yan would be so determined, and suddenly felt that his stomach was starting to hurt, and even his smile was about to collapse, and he couldn't help grinning with emotion: "Young lady is really, really, that Yan Ruyu and her heart are like iron, she shouldn't have said something. If so, the Eleventh Lady of our family is really good, what is it that doesn’t please the little lady? Can you tell me something, so I can make the Eleventh Lady give up, right? "

"She's good in everything, but I'm not good enough for her." Gu Yan whispered, and gave Cui Chengxiu a light salute, and said, "Excuse me for being rude, I'll leave first."

Cui Chengxiu still wanted to stop him, but seeing that Gu Yuan's eyes were red, he couldn't speak for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he could only stumble and sigh in the empty Buddhist hall, and muttered to offer incense to Grandpa Buddha: "Obviously it's good!" A couple, why is there no fate? Grandpa Buddha is merciful, show the little one another way to get rich!"

He muttered for a while, seeing that it was already five o'clock, he first begged for two bowls of tea from the tea room and drank it, while he was walking, he was thinking about how to deal with the emperor, when he bumped into someone right after he left the mountain gate.Cui Chengxiu was blindfolded, full of anger, and was about to play the manager's temper, but saw that the other party was a middle-aged woman. Although her clothes were ordinary, she was very neat and well-groomed. Immediately apologizing: "The young one didn't pay attention for a while, the lady forgive me."

"I was also careless." The woman straightened her clothes, her tone was calm and calm, which made people feel good.Cui Chengxiu felt that this style was familiar, and when she saw her entering the mountain gate, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration: Isn't this the same way as Miss Gu?He got on the gray donkey, still thinking wildly on the donkey's back: Is that Miss Gu going to be successful? When I have free time, I will turn around and ask those aunts, what is the origin of that lady? If there is a daughter of the same age, or Student, maybe you can get into the eyes of the emperor?