One of Liang Zhu's trees is white jade

After the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms stood together, the Three Kingdoms were destroyed, and the two Jins were born, and then the Nine Dynasties in the North and South, Liu Song, Xiao Qi, Xiao Liang, and Southern Chen in the south, and the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Northern Wu Kingdoms in the north.

According to historical records, the Eastern Jin regime was established by the northern gentry living in the south (namely the overseas Chinese gentry) and the aboriginal gentry living in the south (ie the Jiangdong gentry).

At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty moved south, and scholars and common people followed each other. Later, they often traveled or lived in Kuaiji (Shaoxing), which is the largest city known in history as "Kuiji today, Guanzhong in the past". Therefore, there are many heroes in Kuaiji. On the right, Yin Fu, the people's character, the princes and concubines, and the mansion face each other.

As far as Xiaoliang, at that time, the overseas Chinese gentry were headed by Wang and Xie, and there were Sima, Yin, He, Yu, Huan, Xi, Xu, etc., and most of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were Zhou, He, Gu, Ji, Kong, Dai, and Yuan. , Yu, Qian, Ge and other families are the main ones.The gentry has great power, and when the imperial power relies on the gentry, it also secretly promotes poor families to balance it.

The prefect of Xiaoliang Hangzhou, surnamed Ma Mingzheng, lived in the fourth rank, and has been in office for more than three years.His family is a subordinate among the gentry. At the beginning of the first year of Tianjian, the prefect's wife Xiao Shi passed away, and the whole house mourned.....

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"What's the matter? You haven't found the young master yet?" In Wenxuan Pavilion, Ma Taishou in uniform asked anxiously as he looked at Ma Qin, the chief manager of the Ma Mansion, who came to report.

Ma Qin is an old slave of Ma Mansion. He is over [-] years old this year. As he was looking forward, one of them staggered without noticing. Xuhan, also looking anxious, replied respectfully: "Return to the prefect, Weiwei...haven't found it yet."

"Then why are you here! Hurry up and look for it!" Ma Taishou flicked his sleeves suddenly, and said with a slight growl, which scared Ma Qin to tremble, but his figure did not move a bit.

There was a look of embarrassment on his face, seeing that the prefect Ma seemed to be angry, he hurriedly said: "Prefect, this servant is going now, but this servant is here to say that someone from the Xiao family is here now!" He emphatically emphasized the word "Xiao family", with a bewildered expression, which calmed down the angry Ma prefect a little bit. "Prefect, this...?" Ma Qin stepped forward in small steps and asked for instructions in a low voice.

"Who is here?" Ma Taishou frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice.

Ma Qin saw that Ma Taishou seemed to have an idea, and he seemed to have some confidence in his heart.He has been a housekeeper for decades, and it stands to reason that he will make proper arrangements for visitors, but it is really difficult for the Xiao family to handle it now.

Just five days after the death of Mrs. Xiao, the prefect's wife, someone from the Xiao family came, which means that it is really difficult to grasp. What's more, Xiao's death has become a taboo in the prefect's mansion...

"Back to the prefect, there is a twenty-eight-year-old servant girl leading the way, followed by several people, full of aura, all of them look arrogant and tight, they don't care about the servants, they just want to see you, the prefect." Ma Qin He told the people above what he had seen truthfully, and when he finished speaking, he respectfully waited for instructions on the side.

Hearing this, Ma Taishou subconsciously twirled his thumb back and forth on the belly of his index finger. He slowly took two steps on the spot. After a while, he put one hand behind his back and strode towards the outside of the house.

He turned his back to Ma Qin and said in a cold voice: "You continue to look for the young master. I will go to meet the guests and order a group of servants. In my prefect's mansion, there will be no gossip. Root man! You know what to do."

In the last sentence, Ma Taishou's sideways and Ma Qin's eyes behind him meet, the meaning of the period is self-evident...

Bai Yu was sitting on the right side of the Ma's living room at this time, behind her were two strong servants of the Xiao family, both of them had stern expressions, their whole bodies exuded a coldness, making people fearful.However, Bai Yu was not affected in the slightest at this time. She folded her hands on her knees, looked at her eyes, looked at her nose, and sat upright, as calm as an ancient tree, her temperament was completely self-contained.

This is what Ma Taishou saw when he came in.He set his sights on the girl in the middle, for the Xiao family sent such a young woman over, he was really not sure what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.

When the two subordinates saw the person coming, their aura suddenly changed, Bai Yu slowly raised his head, his brown autumn pupils were calm.

When Eunuch Ma arrived in front of him, Bai Yufang got up slowly, only slightly bowed his knees to salute him, and said in a cold voice: "Your maidservant, Xiangwan, is Mrs. Xiao's personal maid, who has seen the eunuch."

Ma Taishouyuan still had some complaints, thinking that the maid in front of him was a bit arrogant, seeing her appearance and temperament, and hearing that she was the maid in front of Mrs. Xiao, couldn't help smiling, and asked politely: "Old Mrs. Xiao How have you been?"

"Go back to the prefect, the old lady is in good health." Neither humble nor overbearing, neither arrogant nor impatient.

"Well, that's it..." Ma Taishou nodded, picked up the teacup from one side, lifted the lid and blew it. Before he finished speaking, Bai Yu interrupted: "However, I just heard about my lady Jun a few days ago. Passed away from a serious illness, the old lady fainted on the spot. After waking up, she washed her face with tears every day, and couldn't sleep at night. , for Miss Jun's grandson of the old lady."

After Bai Yu spoke, she was articulate, with a beginning and an end, not only explaining the reason for coming, but also explaining the purpose of coming.Ma Taishou listened on the way, the movement of blowing tea froze, and his face was a little stiff.

This maidservant named Xiang Wan never called Mrs. Xiao's prefect from the beginning to the end, she always spoke as Miss Jun, her words were all about Xiao's mansion and the old lady, the arrogance in her eyes was very obvious.

This is the maidservant from the big clan, his family has to be scruples, but it's not the maidservant, but the family behind him.

The Xiao family in Lanling, who lived in the north, is a powerful family today. The Xiao family has been passed down for more than 27 generations. The current head of the family is Xiao Bowen, the eldest son of the Xiao family, and Xiao Lejun, the wife of the prefect, is the daughter of Xiao Bowen's third son. Ranked seventh, known as Xiao Qiniang.

Because she was neither the eldest house nor the eldest daughter, Qiniang was adopted and raised under the old lady's knees since she was a child. After reaching the age, the old lady chose and chose among the northern gentry, but they were all dissatisfied. Having won the Ma Zheng, I thought it would be a good marriage, but I never thought that Xiao Qiniang, who was only 27 years old, would pass away in less than ten years.

After the old lady Xiao Wangshi received the news, she really couldn't sleep at night as Bai Yu said, because she was worried about her nine-year-old grandson Xuan, so she sent Bai Yu and his party.

The purpose is to help the late Qiniang take care of the child, so that everyone will not be bullied about the loss of her mother. It is also intended to remind everyone that the wife of the prefect is no longer there, and there is still the Xiao family in Lanling. Don't bully the Xiao family. people.

This really slapped Prefect Ma in the face.

No matter how bad his Ma government is, how could he treat Ma Zheng's son badly?This clearly despises him!

"This...is it Ma's fault? He didn't take good care of Qiniang, and he also asked the old lady to express his condolences." Ma Taishou put down the teacup in his hand, and guilt and remorse gradually appeared on his face.In terms of emotion and reason, he couldn't refuse the old lady's intention, so as not to be criticized by the world, this maid was reserved.

"If that's the case, the servant will trouble the prefect." Bai Yu bowed his knees again, and the prefect Ma nodded, and shouted to the outside: "Come here!"

"What are the prefect's orders?"

"Take this girl to the guest room to rest first, and later clean up a room and let this girl live in. From now on, you can call her Aunt Wan." Ma Taishou gave the order very quickly, because Bai Yu The one came from the Xiao House, and was specially sent by the old lady. His Ma House couldn't treat her like an ordinary maid.

"I understand, Aunt Wan, please come this way." The servant bowed to Taishou Ma, accepted the job, and then came to Bai Yu in a few steps, and made a gesture of invitation.

Bai Yu nodded, stood up from her seat, but turned around, and said to Eunuch Ma: "My servant thanked the eunuch first, but the main task of this servant is to take care of the young master, can I please ask the eunuch People bring slaves to visit the young master first?" Bai Yu's words were very ordinary, reasonable but also implying firmness.The smile on the corner of Ma Taishou's mouth stagnated, and after a while, the smile in his eyes became even bigger, and he said with a smile: "Well, this is also what it should be, you should take Aunt Wan to the study to meet the young master first."

The servant obviously knew the situation in the prefect's mansion at this moment, he looked up at the appreciative eyes of the prefect Ma, nodded slowly towards the prefect Ma, and said to Bai Yu: "Aunt Wan, please come with me. "

Bai Yu saluted Eunuch Ma, then followed the servant towards the study without changing his expression.

On the way, the servant walked respectfully ahead without saying a word, but Bai Yu stopped and did not move forward.Ma Quan didn't hear the footsteps behind him, so he stopped and looked back. "Why doesn't Auntie leave?"

"I thought about it, and I think it's better to go to the place where Madam lives to burn incense for her, and then go to see the young master."

"This..." Ma Quan was a little embarrassed. The prefect meant to hold her back from the discovery of the young master's disappearance, but he didn't seem to say that he could not go to worship his wife. How to procrastinate for time feels feasible.So Ma Quan only thought for a moment, then nodded, changed his way halfway, and walked towards Beiyuan with Bai Yu.

"Auntie, Madam just passed away, and the prefect was afraid of getting emotional, so he hasn't been to Madam's former residence recently, so it may be a little deserted..."

"It's okay, just lead the way." Bai Yu didn't want to talk too much, the purpose of her trip was very clear, which was the residence of the prefect's wife, no matter how much you say, it won't change her mind.

"Yes..." Ma Quan was helpless, and he planned to take advantage of the conversation to slow down his pace. He never thought that this person was not inferior at all. How long has he been walking? She is not blushing and heartbeating, she really deserves to be brought up by a big family.

After half a cup of tea, Baiyu came to a relatively large courtyard. A row of emerald green bamboos were planted at the door, which had grown to the height of the wall.

"That's it." Ma Quan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and panted slightly. "Well, you go down, I'll go in by myself." Bai Yu only glanced at the courtyard door, then stepped in, and Ma Quan didn't know how to reply to her instructions without looking back.

"Hey... no, aunt..." His task was to drag her along, but he couldn't let this person out of his sight. Even though Bai Yu ordered so, Ma Quan followed indirectly and ignored her.

"Auntie, let me take you with me. The prefect's mansion is so big, I'm afraid you'll get lost if you're too young, but you're too young." Ma Quan laughed and followed Bai Yu all the way to the main room of the house.

Bai Yu frowned slightly, obviously because she thought it was too loud and intrusive, but this place was not her own after all, so she still had some scruples.Then, she stepped into the house without saying a word, and she ignored whatever Ma Quan said during the period.

The moment she entered the room, Bai Yu swept over the furnishings in the room, and saw that this was the layout of an ordinary bedroom, nothing special. The reason why she came here was naturally not just for incense.

"Auntie, here..." Ma Quan on the side saw Bai Yu standing motionless at the door, thinking that he was waiting for him to tidy up everything for her and offer incense to her, so he kindly helped Bai Yu burn the incense for worshiping, Then handed it to Bai Yu.

Bai Yu's eyes were fixed on a long mahogany carved cabinet in the bedroom at this time, she first brushed away the incense handed by Ma Quan, and then walked straight into it.

"Auntie?" Ma Quan didn't understand, and walked in together.

In front of the cabinet, there was a faint movement in the cabinet, Ma Quan followed behind Bai Yu and heard it, his face gradually showed puzzled eyes.Could it be that the madam has been attacked by rats in this room in just a few days?This is not bad!

Bai Yu has always had an idea in her heart that has not been confirmed. When she heard this movement, she was not like Ma Quan. Instead, the corner of her mouth curled up, revealing a smile that was rare for her to come here. There was a trace of determination in her eyes, "Kudden!" "With a sound, the cabinet was opened from the outside, looking at the scene in the cabinet, the corner of Bai Yu's mouth smiled even wider.

She knew that what she felt in her heart was right!This person is indeed here.

Ma Quan searched for the sound and forgot to come over, his puzzled eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted: "Master?"