The clever maid of the red mansion

The four strong women around Mrs. Li knocked on the door of Lay Chen's courtyard, and they could see the light from the courtyard through the courtyard wall, but no one paid any attention to them.

Glancing at the courtyard wall in front of him, one of the leaders of Li Fu's family said, "Why don't you climb in?" Now the wife is so angry, go back empty-handed, and wait to be punished.

The four women still have a lot of strength, they are clumsy, climbing high and stepping down... No one said anything, falling is not for fun.

They were planning how to get in, when a group of people came from the corner of the courtyard wall, it was Mrs. Mingxin who came with a few apprentices and a few miscellaneous women with lanterns.

"Who are you? In the middle of the night, you yelled and made noise in front of Lay Chen's door. Could it be that the villains came from somewhere? Come here, tie them up for me, and send them to the yamen at dawn!" Master Mingxin looked at the women. Rolling up their arms and sleeves, all of them looked domineering, and immediately shouted, but they stood there, steady.

"Hey, we are... hey..."

There was no time for them to talk, a dozen women and nuns with quick hands and feet stepped forward in two steps, two or three held down one, tied up their shoulders and stuffed their mouths with rags, and tried to shout again I can't make a sound.

Ming Xin waved his hands, and they escorted the four women away.At this time, I went up and knocked on the door, "Open the door, I am so poor."

Soon the door opened, a woman took Mingxin in, and went into the inner room to see that Liaochen was drinking tea and eating snacks with her good apprentice Yang Liuer, and the girl next to her was serving her. Pointing at Liaochen, he cursed, "I'll wake you up in the middle of the night, you heartless bastard. You're as stable as Mount Tai. What's the matter? Tell me clearly. If anyone finds trouble in our nunnery later on, it's fine." On your head!"

Liu Er wanted to get up and give up her seat to Ming Xin, but was held down by Chen Chen, "Don't move, don't your knees hurt?" Turning her head and smiling, she said to Ming Xin, "Don't leave me here, old nun, to make a joke. Can't sleep, why don't you do something serious, the so-called saving a life is worse than building a seven-level pagoda, tonight you built a pagoda of several levels at once. Just wait a moment, someone will come over, maybe Thank you so much, this year's sesame oil money is estimated to reach last year's amount tomorrow. So, you guys, stop drinking a cup of tea and wait a little longer."

The old nun Mingxin has no other problems, he is decent and familiar with the scriptures, the only thing is that he loves money.However, the construction of the Muni Temple is only average, and it is considered to be average in the land where there are many treasure temples in the capital.The silver obtained from Gain Temple was accumulated, and several charity villages were secretly opened in the capital and the south, and the silver needed every year was not a small amount.

Therefore, on the bright side, Mingxin's reputation for loving money can be regarded as falling.Only a few people understand in their hearts that Mingxin's name is worthy of its name.

Mingxin naturally didn't care about Chen talking about things, and smiled when he heard the words, and didn't sit down, he just said, "It's good that you know what's in your mind, I've already dispatched the man, and there are still some things to ask in the temple. You guys It’s really embarrassing for my old man to make such a fuss, and the poor nun pretends to be stupid. I just hope that the two benefactors will keep their kind thoughts and make good friends. This year, there will be another flood in the south, Emi Tofu.”

As he spoke, he recited the Buddha's name empty-handedly, and flung his sleeves away calmly.

Liu'er was stunned when she saw it, this...is he considered a high-ranking monk?When you really care about the common people, never forget to help the world, you have the compassion of a monk, and what is even more rare is that you are a man of temperament.Jingxu from Shuiyue Nunnery, Yuan Xin from Dizang Nunnery, and those monks who are dedicated to living in the rich and noble villages of the world are not the same.

***

In fact, Liu'er and Liaochen discussed for a long time after Liu's mother-in-law came to deliver the letter. One must be older and have seen the world, and the other is also very clever. Finally, they made up their minds about two things.

One is, Liu'er must not follow her back!

Don't say anything big happened in Liu'er's courtyard, as long as it's not a homicide case, and Liu'er's life is not at stake, it's not a big deal.Once she goes back, with Liu'er's current status, people can control her. She is alone and alone, and she will suffer a loss in front of her.Moreover, even if the reason is figured out later, the loss will be in vain, and there is no way to make up for it.After all, Mrs. Li occupies the position of mother-in-law, what can you do with her?Besides, it's good to suffer some immediate losses. Once some dirty water is splashed on Liu'er, it's clear that her reputation will be tarnished, so what's the point of talking about it later.

This was what Liaochen was most worried about, so he asked the maids to keep an eye on Liu'er, who was a little impatient, and didn't let him move.Honghua and the others gradually calmed down after being frightened at the beginning. Hearing what Chen said was reasonable, how could anyone not turn to their master?

This is the second idea.They sent two wives to look for Mingxin, one asked Mingxin to come over to help him, and the other asked Mingxin to send someone to Tianqi Temple to find Feng Ziying and Feng Sanye to save the situation, this is the most important thing!

So, now Liu'er is pretending to be dead in the dust room, saying nothing about going out.Anyway, with an elder like Chen, let alone Mrs. Li, even if Mr. Feng came, there was nothing he could do.

But in this heart, after all, it is a response, really, well, why is there such a dirty thing?Where did the man come from?

I carefully recalled all the things from home to tonight twice. Although there are some suspicious traces, they are generally consistent with the personalities and behaviors of everyone on weekdays. There is nothing particularly wrong, right?

***

Xiao Li is going crazy now, she hasn't found her daughter all this time, and she doesn't dare to look for the host Mingxin with great fanfare and send people to search together. After all, if something really happens, her daughter's reputation will be completely ruined.But the person in charge who doesn’t ask for advice, after all, is tied up, and his heart becomes more and more irritable. Looking back, everyone in the room is silent, and shouted, "What are you doing here, why don't you go out and continue looking! If the second girl has something good or bad, I want you to be buried with her!"

I also saw two daughters-in-law, one was comforting the cousin, the other was expressionless and didn't know what to think. I always felt that the two of them were watching her jokes in their hearts, and their temper couldn't be suppressed anymore. Why hasn't the mother-in-law come back yet, you two don't be idle, take someone to have a look, if you don't believe me, you can't invite her big Buddha, hum!"

Without further ado, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang quickly retreated with the people. As for whether to arrest people or do something else, it's hard to say.

Anyone with a discerning eye can't see what's wrong now.

The people in the room were all gone, except Xiao Li's confidant girl Suiyuan, and a few little girls who were silent like cicadas stood by, and it was deserted for a while.Xiao Li forced herself to suppress the anxiety in her heart, glanced at her niece, who was still dumbfounded, looked away in disgust, and inadvertently saw the wild man lying unconscious and tied up on the ground in front of the couch, and Ben passed by , suddenly turned his gaze back, took a closer look, and immediately froze!

It turned out to be a stranger!

"As... Suiyuan, go and see, who is this wild man?" It seemed that everything was out of control, and the fear in Xiao Li's heart slowly surged up, grabbing her heart.

Suiyuan had seen it a long time ago, but he didn't dare to point it out, but now his wife can't help being shocked, this incident...all wrong.He had no choice but to go forward, pretended to take a look, returned to Mrs. Li, and said in a low voice, "Madam, this person...is not the third son of the Wang family..." There were no outsiders in the room, so I was not afraid of being heard.

Xiao Li sat down slumped while standing upright, and murmured, "What's the matter, what went wrong..." Although he didn't really like this distant cousin niece very much, he never thought of destroying her. Qing Yu, what is the current situation, how can life be better?

Xiao Li was full of uneasiness, and felt her throat was congested.

It's just that now that things are out of order, I don't dare to cause extra problems easily, except to wait, I still wait.As long as the daughter is safe and sound, the rest can be taken care of, even if Yang Shi's charming son is let go, it's not impossible.

Suiyuan glanced at the people in the room, rolled his eyes, lowered his head and listened to his ears, "Madam, things have become like this now, I can't wait...bring it back, push it on... and it's over, I insist...seal it Mouth, the cousin girl is fine, she found our girl and came back..."

Xiao Li gritted her teeth when she heard this, nodded her head, her eyes were poisoned, and she sneered softly, her mind calmed down, and she began to plan the next thing wholeheartedly, as if she had never softened her heart just now.

The few groups of people who went out this time, almost half an hour passed, and none of them came back. The sound, the mother-in-law's voice trembled, "Master San San is here, my wife is inside."

It was Feng Ziying, dressed in azurite uniform, blowing in like a gust of wind, with no crown on her head, only a cloud-headed green jade hairpin, her face sinking like water.

Mr. Feng stood on the ground of the house, glanced at the room, saw the situation inside the house clearly, understood it clearly, then greeted Mrs. Li, and said calmly, "I've seen my wife, I don't know it's late at night. What's the matter with such a big battle? My wife, why don't you see her serving in front of her wife? What happened to these maids and mothers-in-law?" Jiang Suyun, a young cousin, was moved into the inner room, holding two girls Watching, I'm afraid she won't be able to think about it.As Mr. Feng's eyes swept over, there was a faint person in the inner room, and he probably knew it in his heart, so he just pretended not to know.

Xiao Li was too frightened tonight, she was stunned for a while, unable to react.Instead, he was clever, and hurriedly said, "Back to the third master, I don't know where the third grandma has gone. My wife heard someone report at night that there seems to be something wrong with the third grandma. The wife is worried, thinking that the third grandma is young, and there may be some rules. I know too well, there are people who panic when things happen, so I came to take a look, and it turned out..." As he spoke, his eyes slipped to the man on the ground, without saying a word.

"Hmph! What a lowly servant girl with ulterior motives! How dare you frame your master in front of the master! How vicious, come here, slap your mouth!"

"Yes!" A person came in from outside the door, quickly came to Sui Yuan, slapped his hands endlessly, slapped him ten times, then stopped, returned to stand behind Mr. Feng, as if nothing happened.

The whole action was clean and quick, and when Xiao Li came to his senses, Suiyuan's mouth was bleeding, his face was swollen like a pig's head, his teeth were loose, and he couldn't speak clearly.

"What is the third master doing, but what did I do wrong as a stepmother, and slapped me in the face? Do you still have an elder like me in your eyes!" Xiao Li finally came back to her soul, her hands and feet trembling with anger , shouted sternly, after all, it reveals the sternness.

Feng Ziying was unmoved, and said calmly, "Madam, don't get angry, there is always a reason for things, and I will explain to my wife later. It's just that these slaves have gained a bit of dignity on weekdays, and there is no one in their hearts. Forget about this, my wife is kind, I just punished her slightly." After speaking, his tone changed, and he ordered coldly, "Go and bring your grandma back, and there are two sister-in-laws. Let people watch the hospital door, and In the madam's yard, call all the servants who are following, and only enter and not exit is allowed in any place!"

"Yes." Bu Jing, the servant behind him, agreed and went out to make arrangements.

Bu Jing personally went to Liu'er's place, both Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang were there, which saved Bu Jing's business.With Chen here, and two more sisters-in-law, now they can't hide their words, so they directly ask Bu Jing to come into the main room to answer.

"The third master asked the younger one to take grandma back. Grandma just don't worry, if the third master is here, everything will be fine." Bu Jing bowed and lowered his hands in reply.

Liu'er heaved a sigh of relief, her heart was finally in her stomach.When I got up, I felt a little weak in my body, but my knee didn't hurt much.Supported by Honghua Yuzhu, and two sister-in-laws and Youchen, they all took their servants and went straight to Liu'er's small courtyard in a mighty manner.

The one who can make up his mind came, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Especially Liu Shi and Zhang Shi, it has nothing to do with them at all, and they will make troubles if they make troubles.If Liu'er suffered a loss, they would not be able to go well.

What's more, no one thought that this kind of thing would happen, they were not well prepared, the servants who came with them now seemed to be closer to the main house on weekdays, and the servants from the outer courtyard were also like this, Mrs. Liu knew better than anyone else , I didn't pay attention to this matter at all.

At this time in Liu'er's courtyard, there were crows and crows kneeling quietly in the courtyard, and there were people all over the place, male and female.On the west side are maids, mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law. In addition to those who were looking for people, there were also those who stayed in Xiao Li's yard, including the second girl and cousin girl, and even those around Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang.On the east side is the pale-faced chief steward Liu Zhong, who knelt beside him and accompanied the servants who came to offer incense, the boy who drove the car from outside to the boy who ran errands inside, and even Li Fu, Li Shi's companion, inside. It's all complete.

Two stalwart young men guarded the gate of the courtyard, a small courtyard, like an iron bucket.

As soon as Liu Er and the others entered the courtyard, they couldn't help but feel a chill when they saw the situation.Walking quickly into the room, Mr. Feng was sitting under the blue-faced Mrs. Li, calmly and quietly, holding the celadon carved tea bowl that Liu Er used to like, drinking tea as if no one else was around. , as if he was the only one in the room.

He looked up and saw Liu'er coming in, put down the tea bowl, smiled, and waved, "Come here, but I'm frightened, I'm here, don't be afraid."

Originally Liu'er was quite calm, but when she heard this, she immediately burst into tears.It was as if the grievances of several lifetimes erupted all of a sudden, my heart was sore, painful and hot, and some kind of emotion overflowed, my chest was full, and it fell from my eyes one after another.

In my heart's eyes, it seems that there is only this one person in front of me who can be relied on with peace of mind and shelter her from wind and rain.

Mr. Feng intended to appease, but he didn't expect to accidentally open the flood gate, so he panicked all of a sudden. He couldn't sit still, so he got up and grabbed Liu'er. Wiping the ground, he said, "What did you say? Why are you crying? It's no big deal. Sit down and have a sip of tea to calm yourself down. Let's go home after seeing the husband clear things up. I'll just say , make a fuss about it, there are a lot of bad people out there, so don’t come out and wander around without me in the future.”

Liu'er couldn't hold back his gags so lightly, she burst out laughing, with tears in her eyes, and said angrily, "I hate it, my sister-in-law is watching, you should get down to business. What's the matter, I Still confused, it's scary."

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Mrs. Zhang would really like to make some jokes, but unfortunately now that the storm is coming, no one is in a good mood, but to say something about the scene, they all sat down, waiting for Mr. Feng, a man who can call the shots, to be the director of the hall .

But before he could sit still, a person rushed out of the inner room, knelt down in front of Mr. Feng with a plop, and wept, "My cousin made the decision for Yun'er, Yun'er was wronged, cousin woo... Yun'er I don't know what happened, someone framed Yun'er..."

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the sobbing of the cousin girl on the ground. Originally, when she came out, she only wore a thin cloak, and the clothes inside were more casual.Now after a lot of research and fear, the hair is disheveled, the clothes are disheveled, the cloak has been lost somewhere, and he is dressed in plain white clothes, suddenly seen at night, like a ghost.

Third Master Feng didn't move, frowned, and glanced at the two maidservants who came out after him, "How do you look like if you haven't helped your girls up yet? If you are really wronged, I will give you justice, and you won't have to wait long. It's just time to drink a cup of tea. If someone hides evil intentions and stirs up troubles to plot evil, then he has made a wrong decision, and the General's Mansion will not tolerate such vicious people."

Speaking of the last few words, Feng Sanye spoke coldly, Jiang Suyun shuddered unconsciously, and a chill rose in his heart. After all, he was guilty and hardly dared to look up at Feng Sanye's face.Ever since the accident happened, no one has comforted her.Because of being frightened and aggrieved, he whimpered involuntarily, with tears and tears intertwined on his face, and was dragged by two girls and pushed to the chair without recovering.

It is also crying, compared with Liu Er just now, it is simply not the same.One is crying in a mess and has no pity, and the other is crying with rain and shyness, and she is happy at first glance.

Jiang Suyun was even more at a loss in her heart, thinking, cousin was not such a ruthless person...