Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 123 Rouge Introduces (Second Change)
Holding the thing in his hand and weighing it, the man showed a smile on his face, and continued on his way, turned around the corridor, crossed the path, walked familiarly for a while, and finally came to the north corner of the main courtyard. in front of a small courtyard.There was a boy about fourteen or fifteen years old standing in front of the door. When he saw him coming, he immediately bowed and saluted: "Mr. Liu is here, the Lord is waiting for you." Then he took a few steps sideways and pushed The courtyard door was opened.

Mr. Liu hummed, with a relaxed expression on his face, he entered the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and came to the open room of the main room.

Cheng Tingzhen's face was gloomy, and he stood alone in front of the big case in the Ming Dynasty, with a pair of crouching silkworm eyebrows slightly frowned, looking quite worried, even if someone came in, he didn't make any movements, and he still looked preoccupied.

"I have seen Lang Zhongling." Mr. Liu bowed and saluted.

Cheng Tingzhen frowned and waved his hands, his brows were filled with uncontrollable gloom, and even his voice was like the fading twilight, with a bit of bleakness: "Mr. "

Mr. Liu smiled faintly, and handed over the thing he was holding in his hand: "Fortunately, the servant did not disgrace his life, and Lang Zhongling will be at ease."

Cheng Tingzhen's eyes flickered slightly, he took the thing, looked back and forth, and then went to Mr. Liu again: "This thing...isn't it rouge?" There was a little doubt on his face, "Sir gave me this thing, What's the point?"

Mr. Liu nodded, stroking the three short beards under his chin and said with a smile: "It's rouge. I bought this thing from a good medical student with a lot of money. This rouge is quite different from ordinary rouge."

"Oh?" Cheng Tingzhen seemed to be refreshed, looking at the rouge in his hand, the light in his eyes gradually brightened: "But I don't know how it is different?"

Mr. Liu unhurriedly stretched out his hand towards the rouge, lowered his voice and said, "This rouge is an old woman close to Mrs. Zuo's mother. A small amount of cinnabar. According to the apprentice, the old woman sent not only this, but also facial fat and toilet water, and the combination of various things detected in it can cause infertility."

Cheng Tingzhen was shocked.

"Could it be..." He murmured, and looked down at the rouge in his hand again, a trace of shock appeared between his brows.

A smile appeared on Mr. Liu's face, and he said happily: "I think Lang Zhongling must know that Qin Shi, the wife of Lieutenant Zuo, has never been pregnant since she got married. It is really pitiful to say it."

After sighing, he lowered his voice a bit: "Therefore, as soon as I found out that there was something wrong with the rouge, I immediately thought of Mrs. Zuo, Mrs. Qin. I think that Qin Shizhang's eldest mother, Wu, is old, and the family members An unmarried girl and a gentleman, for no reason, why does she need to check these things? So, I deliberately chose today before the Qin family returned to her mother's house to follow, just to find out, this Rouge and Mrs. Zuo's heirs , is it relevant."

"But I don't know... what's the result?" Cheng Tingzhen stared at him closely, his small eyes frighteningly bright in the twilight.

"Very good." Mr. Liu flicked his clothes, and smiled shyly, "Mrs. Zuo entered the mansion at the third quarter of the first lunar month, and only left at the second quarter of the first lunar month. According to my opinion, her complexion is very ugly. His eyes were red and swollen, as if he had cried a lot.”

Cheng Tingzhen raised his eyebrows, the gloominess that had been suppressed between his eyebrows had changed into a sliver of clarity at this moment: "So, these medicines... really fell on Mrs. Zuo?!"

Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Exactly."

Cheng Tingzhen's expression stayed between surprise and comprehension, and he didn't make a sound for a while.

Although such methods are not unheard of, Mrs. Zuo has not conceived for more than ten years. If it is really caused by drugs, the person who administered the drugs has worked hard for more than ten years. What kind of hatred and resentment is this, and why did she commit such a cruel attack?
"Now I'm wondering who gave these medicines." Mr. Liu stroked his beard and said with a very happy expression.

Cheng Tingzhen's eyebrows pressed down, and the breath on his body became cold: "It's not difficult to guess." He said in disgust, and threw the rouge on the case, with a bit of disdain on his face, "Left It's just a means of the housewife. Since it involves children, it must be related to the concubines. It is not surprising that some people covet the seat of the Zuo family's sons, and design to make the main wife have no children."

Having said that, he was still somewhat confused.

Zuo Sikuang took several concubines after three years of marriage, if this was really done by the concubines, the means are beyond the skill of the inner circle.

"Lang Zhong Ling Gao Jian." Mr. Liu slapped his palms lightly, and said with a smile in his eyes: "It was a helpless act for Zuo Lieutenant to use a concubine as a concubine. But who would have thought that Mrs. Zuo has no heirs, but it turned out to be artificial."

Whoever it is, it is an indisputable fact that the Zuo family's house is in chaos.

The expression on Cheng Tingzhen's face fluctuated, and after a while he suddenly smiled, and said in a low voice: "Sir, you are right. I thought that Lieutenant Zuo was such a humble and gentle gentleman, but he didn't want to be unable to control his own house. It was still found out by his wife's family. As a son of a noble family, he is not careful in self-cultivation and morality, and the concubine in the mansion actually murdered the mistress, so how can Lieutenant Zuo have the face to call himself a gentleman?" His tone was extremely peaceful , but the more so, the stronger the ridicule in those words.

Mr. Liu took two steps towards the window, and sighed regretfully: "As Lang Zhongling said, if such virtues are not cultivated, Lieutenant Zuo really needs to reflect on himself."

After saying a word, he turned his head to look at Cheng Tingzhen, the two looked at each other for a long time, and laughed at the same time.

In the midst of this laughter, Cheng Tingzhen shook his head, picked up the piece of rouge again, looked around, then took a small wooden box from the shelf beside him, threw the rouge into it, closed the lid and said : "Leave this thing with me first, it may not be useless in the future."

Mr. Liu nodded and smiled, "Exactly."

Cheng Tingzhen put the wooden box on the case, pondered for a while, and suddenly changed the subject: "Sir, I still haven't figured out why those three rare volumes came into my hands, Mrs. Cheng?"

This is something he has always been puzzled about, and the matter itself is full of treachery.

Since the fugitive slave of the Qin family wanted to run away, he should have fled to Lianyun Mountain, so why did he take the risk of going to the town to sell books first?Lianyun Mountain runs through several counties, so she could escape to other counties to sell books, why did she choose Chengjia Bookstore in Lianyun Town?
Among them, is there any other hidden secret?
Hearing this, Mr. Liu's eyes flashed with contemplation, and he frowned and said, "I also think this is rather strange, it seems that someone is secretly helping the Cheng family, but..." He hesitated a bit when he said this When he got up, his voice became lower and lower: "It's just...it's still... quite difficult to thoroughly investigate this matter with the power we have now."

(End of this chapter)