Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 48

"My lord, a yamen servant brought Mrs. Yang and a group of people over outside, saying they came to investigate the concubine's theft!" Wu Boli, the housekeeper, said outside the study.The master is not very elegant, but these days he often stays alone in the study, and he doesn't know what's wrong.

"What!" The door slammed open, and Wu Yuansheng stared at Uncle Wu and asked, "What theft?"

"I don't know about the small ones, why don't you go to the front hall to have a look?" Uncle Wu tentatively asked.

Wu Yuansheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, raised his feet and went to the front hall. There was no mistress in the family these years. Although Yang Xing was born as a thin horse, it was impossible to straighten her up, but now everyone in Taizhou city does not call her Mrs. Yang , who dares to say that she is a concubine and steals!Wu Yuansheng's heart was beating wildly. When he went out these days, he had heard that Wu Ling was at Zheng's house. Could it be that kid!

Erye Ding and his party were sitting upright in the front hall of Wu's house where the guests were entertained. A maid had brought tea over earlier, and Erniang Ding had also simply tied Zhang Mu's hair in a bun. The four of them looked relaxed.

The Yang family on the opposite side wanted to kill these two yamen servants at this moment!They even brought Wu Ling back!If the master saw it!
Hearing the footsteps outside getting closer, Yang raised it in her throat!

Standing outside the door, Wu Yuansheng glanced at a young young gentleman, his eyebrows and eyes were [-]% like Yuan's wife, and he felt distressed, "Ling'er, is that you?"

Seeing Master Wu's excited expression, the two yamen servants understood that this is really the returned son of the Wu family!Unexpectedly, after a dozen face-to-face encounters, they would become torn and tormented. Thinking of it, they said: "In recent days, you should pay more attention to the Wu family!" !

One of the tall ones said: "Master Wu, my brother and I were patrolling the East Street today, and we encountered a dispute between your concubine and his son at the door of the clothing store. There is a concubine in the house who stole the property of the mistress! I am here to investigate! I have offended you so much, I hope Master Wu will forgive me!" You have to accept the due courtesy, but the Wu family is still relying on the servant of the Ministry of Rites!
Wu Yuansheng's eyelids twitched when he heard "the concubine stole the property of the mistress", and when he saw the yamen servant bowing his hands in salute, he also politely said: "The two officials are out of sight, please trouble the two brothers for a moment, let me ask you Report back on the situation!"

"Master Wu is too polite, please go ahead!"

"No need, I have nothing to tell you. It is the most obvious thing that the Yang family stole my mother's dowry. My maternal grandfather's family has a dowry list, just check it!" Seeing Wu Yuansheng, Wu Ling was also heartbroken After a while, he had a vague impression of this father in his memory, maybe he didn't come to his mother's yard very often, even he was rarely seen!
"Ling'er, this is a family matter, isn't it? How can we make a fuss in the government office!" Wu Yuansheng had seen Zheng's dowry a few times at Yang's place, so he knew it. The Zheng family also came to ask for it in the early years. Yang said that he would use it as a ransom for A Ling.

Yang attributed Wu Ling's disappearance to kidnappers!
At one time, Wu Yuansheng also believed it, but Yang was not a person who could hide, and Zheng's jewelry was too exquisite and gorgeous, so Wu Yuansheng saw Zheng's objects in Yang's room one after another, and he couldn't help but keep it in his heart. suspect.However, after all, he really liked this woman, and she gave birth to him a pair of children, so he turned a blind eye.

But he never thought that, not to mention that Mrs. Zheng was his original wife, she also gave birth to a son for him!

"Master Wu, you let a prostitute drive my mother to death, and even allowed her to sell the son of the Wu family! I would like to know what kind of family business this is!" Wu Ling said slowly without moving his eyes.If you want to say how attached and guilty he is to his biological mother these years, how much he hates and loathes his biological father!

Wu Yuansheng's heart twitched, and Ling'er called him "Master Wu"!Can't help but startled, does his son hate him so much?

"Wait, what did you just say? You said your concubine sold you?" Wu Yuansheng reacted belatedly, and asked with wide-eyed eyes!

Yang moved her hips unconsciously, and looked at Wu Ling vigilantly!

"Please don't disgust me! What concubine? You don't feel ashamed yourself, I am not as good as you, that whore is not my concubine, even you have nothing to do with me! My surname is Ding now!" Wu Ling said. Ding Erye and his wife reached out and said, "This is my father and mother! Although the Ding family is not rich and rich, but the father is kind and the son is filial. They are the most innocent and generous family!"

"Ling'er, how can you hurt my father's heart like this? I have been sending people to look for you all these years when you were lost! You finally came back, wouldn't you like a family reunion?" Wu Yuansheng said sadly.His expression was sad, exactly like a middle-aged father who lost his son.

Wu Ling didn't answer, turned around and cupped his hands to the two yamen servants, and said, "You two officials, I am the former son of the Wu family. When I was young, I witnessed the master of the Wu family spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife, and allowing his concubine to attack and harm his son! Please, the two officials, be witnesses of what happened today! I will hand over the pleadings to the case of the governor of the state in another day!" Today Wu Yuansheng admits that he is Wu Ling, and in the future he will not be able to tell him that his identity is unknown , It's a false accusation!

When Second Master Ding saw A Ling finished speaking, Wu Yuansheng's pupils were filled with a chill, and his heart couldn't help but shine!Seeing Wu Yuansheng's misery just now, his father saw the pain, surprise, and anger of his long-lost parent and child, and thought that he really had some father-son affection for A Ling, and he couldn't bear to see it!Heh, he really deserves to be a family of royal merchants for generations. He doesn't know anything else, at least Wu Yuansheng has mastered the true nature of this treacherous merchant!
The two yamen servants saw that Wu Ling was so disrespectful to their father, and they knew that the big drama of the Wu family was about to begin, wouldn't it be just in line with the leader's wishes!Immediately, he also said politely: "We two brothers have always handled cases impartially, so we will report the truth to the adults! Little brother, don't worry!"

As soon as these words were uttered, they were going to offend the Wu family. Seeing that there was no end today, the two of them were anxious to go back and break the news, and then they said goodbye to Wu Yuansheng: "My brothers still have official duties today, I won't stay any longer, I'll come to the house to bother you some other day!"

Wu Yuansheng almost didn't change it in one breath, these two little bastards really regarded themselves as personal characters, what do you mean by "talking about it again"!If you really want to file a case for investigation, you will fail! ?
Wu Yuansheng took a deep breath, then grinned and said: "You two officials are polite, you two go slowly!" He glanced at Uncle Wu again, and Uncle Wu understood, and sent the two yamen servants to the door, and took them out of his sleeve pockets. I took out two ingots of silver!The two yamen servants were not polite, and said: "You are welcome! You are welcome!" and stuffed them into their sleeve pockets.

Second Master Ding was afraid that Wu Ling's heart would soften for a moment, so he also got up and said goodbye: "The dog has no shape today, and has bothered your family! I hope Master Wu will forgive me, and see you in the state government office someday! I also want to thank you. tea!"

Wu Yuansheng narrowed his eyes, is this A Ling's adoptive father?Surname Ding?

"Ling'er, there have been many misunderstandings in the past. Your mother passed away, and I was very sad for my father. It was a momentary negligence that let you be murdered by thieves! As a result, you have been living outside for many years and suffered a lot. Now that you are back, we Wouldn't it be nice to have a family reunion?" Wu Yuansheng's eyes turned red as he spoke.

Seeing Wu Ling's face was cold and silent, he said again: "A Ling, if you sue your father, you will be punished with thirty slaps. You are so thin and weak, you can't stand this stick! I hoped for this for my father. It's been many years since I saw you again, please understand how I feel as a father, don't torture yourself like this!"

Zhang Mu was startled, the ancient son sued his father for punishment?
Ding Erye looked at Wu Yuansheng and burst into tears. He cupped his hands and said, "Farewell"!Then he took Ding Erniang to the door!If he stayed any longer, he would have to vomit out his overnight meal!

Wu Ling pulled Zhang Mu to follow.

Seeing that Wu Ling didn't stay, Mrs. Yang felt relieved, leaned back in the chair, and collapsed!If Wu Ling came back, not to mention the family property, A Tan and Zhiyuan would no longer be able to act as sons and daughters. There were no sons to compare with before, and there were only two of them in the Wu family, and there were no sons and daughters.

Yang's heart was ruthless, no matter what, Wu Ling could not be allowed to stay in Taizhou City any longer!

Under an osmanthus tree in the east of Wu's courtyard, a graceful girl stood staring at the figure walking towards the door, raised her green fingers, and pulled a branch straight down.

The servant girl standing behind flinched, but she took a step forward bravely, lowered her head and whispered: "Miss, be careful not to hurt your hands!" Last time, Miss Zheng was so angry that she twisted her handkerchief, There was a red mark, Aunt Yang called them over and gave them a good beating, saying that they didn't need to take care of them anymore, so she went downstairs to wash clothes with the mother-in-law.If it really went down, not to mention the icy cold water in winter, even the maids and servants of the Wu family who were ruthless all the time would probably step on her a few times.Qiu Hua dare not be careless

Wu Zhiyuan glanced lightly at Qiuhua, the close servant girl. In a few days, Mrs. Mo's wife will go to the flower party, so she can't strangle her fingers, if there are red marks left, her mother will definitely yell again.

Seeing Wu Ling stepping out of the Wu family's threshold and disappearing from sight, his eyes rolled, and his father had to coax him!That son-in-law who came out of nowhere, heh, she must not kill him!This Wu family has only two heirs, she and her elder brother, and everything in the Wu family belongs to their mother and son!
Qiuhua only felt that the gaze above her head was like a cold wind, chilly, as if it was going to pierce a few holes in her body, and she couldn't help feeling a little chill in her heart.When she buried her head even lower, the young lady had a bad temper and would take it out on them if she felt a little unhappy.Donghua is still lying on the bed, and I don't know if his leg will recover.

I don't know how much time passed, the hanging flower fell to the ground, and a sentence "Let's go!" came from above his head.

As soon as the amnesty came, Qiuhua quickly followed Wu Zhiyuan's footsteps to the front hall.Thinking in his heart, the mother and daughter probably have to coax the master to do something again.

(End of this chapter)