Blessed

Chapter 51

Jiang Fangling was too gloomy. During the time of being trapped, she was worried day and night, fearing that the letter would not be delivered to the capital, fearing that she would be trapped for the rest of her life, and sometimes even wanted to poison the whole family to death, hugging each other to death. When she waited, when her family rescued her and picked her up, she burst into tears and vented her emotions, telling out all the evil deeds the Chen family had done to him during this period.

The Jiang family was furious when they heard this, Jiang Anshan wanted to kick people several times, but was stopped by Xie Che and Jiang Rui forcefully, that old woman is considered an elder, it is not appropriate to confront her now.

Standing on one side, Mrs. Wu was terrified, and she winked at her mother-in-law, telling her to go out and look for Chen Yanhui.

Seeing the color of Wu's family, the woman who fell on the ground nodded her head, sneaked out through the back door while Jiang's family was not paying attention, and quickly went to the county government office, followed the official who guarded the gate of the county government office and said, "I am the county lieutenant Chen. The servant of the Lord's family, something happened at home, and he came here specially to find Lord Chen to go back."

The official did not dare to stop him, so he went to the county government office to make a notification, and Chen Yan asked the county magistrate to ask for leave. When he saw the old woman alone, when he asked, the old woman didn't dare to publicize the matter, so she just dragged Chen Yan to the corner in a low voice, "Madam's natal house People have come, many have come..." She paused, "I also brought guards, master, why don't you go to the county government office and find a few yamen servants to go back together, the old slave is afraid that you and the old lady will suffer later."

Chen Yan's face also turned pale, he hesitated for a while, "It seems inappropriate to take the official back home."

The old woman hurriedly said, "Master, you don't know, just now my wife's natal brothers all wanted to attack the old lady. If you don't bring some people back, you will definitely suffer."

Chen Yan hesitated again and again, but he still listened to the old woman's order and went back to the yamen to take a few yamen servants to take him back. The county magistrate stopped him, "But something big happened at home?"

"No problem." Chen Yan's face became tense, "Don't worry about the county magistrate, the subordinate officials will take care of it."

The county magistrate nodded, "Then hurry up and lead the people there. If there are wicked people, just beat them up." You need to take the officials back, fearing that there will be a dispute, and I don't know who and what it is, the county magistrate is a little curious.

Hurrying all the way back to Chen's house, standing at the gate of Chen's house, Chen Yan looked at the red lanterns hanging under the eaves on both sides of the gate with complicated expressions. Look, what should I do now?
After standing there for a long time, Chen Yan turned his head and told a few yamen servants, "Stay outside the door first, and don't go in without my order."

Chen Yan led his mother-in-law into the door and saw Jiang's family confronting Wu's. Wu's face was very angry, "In this situation at home, what if you use her dowry money? She married into our Chen family, and she is a member of our Chen family. , it's because she's not in good health, she can't even give birth to a child..."

"Mother!" Chen Yan suddenly yelled and interrupted her, "Stop talking."

Chen Yan clenched his fists and came in front of the two Jiang family brothers. His face was bitter, but he couldn't show the slightest bit on his face. He smiled and said, "Brother-in-law is here. Fang Ling is not feeling well these days, and she has been raising her at home. If you come to visit suddenly, why don't you sit in the house first, the journey will be tiring, and you will have dinner first before talking."

Jiang Anwen looked at him coldly, "Brother-in-law, don't you think your mother is right, your family is relying on Fangling's dowry to live, if she doesn't obey, she should be locked in the room and not allowed to go out? Do you know which one says that the husband's family can occupy the daughter-in-law's property at will, and then imprison the daughter-in-law? If not, let's go to court to confront it?"

Just now, Mrs. Wu was flirting with the old lady. They didn't miss it, but they just let the old lady go out and call Chen Yanhui. An official position is not enough to stay in a small place like Wuguan County. He spends all day drinking and never comes home. The Chen family only has a few people and a few servants. If the Wu family wants to take Fangling and Li away, they still have to be in charge of the family. back.

As soon as the old woman left, Jiang Anshan questioned a few words in a bad manner, asking Wu why he took Fangling's dowry privately, why he imprisoned his daughter-in-law, and why he said it was Fangling's health problem and not her son's health problem?Mrs. Wu hates people talking about her son the most. If she can bear it at first, she will jump up and start spitting when she hears this sentence.

The two brothers of the Jiang family were a little moved and disgusted. The Wu family was considered dignified and polite in the early years, but how did they become what they are now.

"Brother-in-law, this, this is really a misunderstanding." How would Chen Yan admit that his wife was imprisoned in his family.

Jiang Fangling was a little tired from crying just now, but now she was drowsy in her elder brother's arms. She felt oppressed and uncomfortable these days, and she couldn't sleep at night, and woke up after a short sleep.Now when I heard Chen Yan's shameless words, I immediately pointed at him and screamed, "What a misunderstanding, the doors of many rooms have been locked this month, how dare you call it a misunderstanding, your Chen family is really shameless, you are talking nonsense with your eyes open. Brother , let's go, take me away quickly, I really don't want to stay here any longer." She cried and yelled, looking a little out of control.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay." Jiang Anwen comforted Fangling, his eyes turned cold.

Gui Zhi and Xi Que ran out from Xici Room and knelt in the courtyard, and kowtowed to the two masters of the Jiang family. Gui Zhi cried, "Elder Master, Second Master, the maidservant can testify to the wife, Chen Jiawu took the wife's dowry, I am also afraid that my wife will send a letter back to the capital and lock my wife in the room, and I will not leave the room for a whole month."

Magpie also said, "Slaves can also testify."

"You two stinky girls!" Wu Shi jumped over and kicked Gui Zhi to the ground.

Jiang Fangling cried and went to pull people away, "Guizhi, get up quickly, you all come back to the capital with me..."

"I still want to go back to the capital!" Wu's anger was a little out of control, and she stretched out her hand to pull Jiang Fangling, her face twisted, "You are married to our Chen family, I see where else you can go, you will die in the Chen family."

Before she could pull someone, a guard behind Jiang Anwen kicked over and kicked Wu a few feet away. She fell to the ground moaning and moaning, her face turning pale.

With a livid face, Chen Yan went to help Mrs. Wu up, and glared at the guard, "Why did you do it!"

The guard couldn't understand the Chen family, so he sneered, "It's really a misunderstanding, which eye of yours saw me hitting her? Didn't the old lady fall down by herself? If you don't believe me, take a look at her clothes, and see if she's okay. There are marks." These guards, their mouths are not clean, they have killed people before, they have good fists and kicks, and a kick can cause internal injuries to a person for a few days, and even the slightest mark on the surface cannot be seen.

These words are really disrespectful, how dare Chen Yan lift up his old lady's clothes to check, his teeth are about to be gritted in hatred.

Jiang Anwen didn't want to mess with the Chen family any more, and said in a cold voice, "This is the end of the matter, there is really nothing to entangle, let's go to the government to make a divorce, and return Fangling's dowry. Marriage will be irrelevant in the future. Your Chen family loves to marry Marry as many as you want."

There were not many pieces of Jiang Fangling's dowry left, and even the 300 taels of silver notes and jewelry that Mrs. Wu took away were still there.

For Mrs. Wu, how could she spit out what she swallowed? She endured the pain and screamed, "I tell you, you, don't even think about it. She married into our Chen family, so she should be disciplined by our Chen family and shut her up." So what, if you kill her, she can only be the ghost of the Chen family." Xu Shi was so angry that he was so confused that he started talking nonsense.

Several guards came forward with cold faces, Wu Shi thought they were going to attack again, and screamed in fright, "I beat someone, I killed someone, help me..."

The few yamen guards outside the yard heard the call from inside, looked at each other, and hurried in, the inside was a mess, Mrs. Chen's old lady was lying on the ground, there were some guards with knives, well-dressed strangers, They are full of travel and dust, but their demeanor is extraordinary, they dare not act rashly, and they really don't know what the situation is.

But Wu Shi had already pointed at Jiang Anwen and several guards and shouted, "Arrest them, I don't know where the bandits came from, they want to rob my daughter-in-law, take away my Chen family's property, and even hurt me, hurry up and catch them!" Shut up to the county government prison!"

"Mother!" Chen Yan's face changed drastically. These are all officials with official positions. How can they be arrested? Isn't this entrapping him?He was bitter in his mouth, and just about to tell the yamen servants to go out to guard, a few guards with knives moved their hands, but in the blink of an eye, a few yamen servants kicked to the ground, turned around and tied them up.

Jiang Anwen sneered, "Take the dowry from the daughter-in-law, imprison the daughter-in-law at home and not allow her to go out, and even beat the daughter-in-law's natal brothers and send them to prison. If that's the case, let's go to the court to check the books!" Knowing that, he picked up the yamen servant and walked towards the door, two of them stepped forward to hold down Chen Yan and Wu Shi also went out.

Several yamen servants complained bitterly, what is the matter!

Mrs. Wu panicked, if this went to the yamen, how could her son's official position be kept, but no matter how much she begged for mercy, she couldn't break the guard's stiff arm, so she just pressed her all the way to the yamen.

Someone was beating drums in the yamen, and the county magistrate opened the court for trial. When he was about to sit in the high hall, he saw his county lieutenant Chen Yan, his wife, and several yamen servants who had just returned to Chen's house kneeling there. He didn't know a few of them, but they were all of extraordinary demeanor, and there were a few guards with knives, and the county magistrate was confused for a while.

The Wu clan began to cry out for grievances, and the tall guard standing on one side suddenly took out a black token and showed it to the county magistrate, "The lower officials are all guards at the home of the Duke of Shangjing Town, because they have a good relationship with the Yongyi Mansion, my family The master specially ordered me to wait for a few people to come and help the masters of the Yongyi residence to bring back the aunt of the uncle who was imprisoned by the in-laws."

This - the county magistrate looked down in shock, looking down at Chen Yan and Wu, imprisoning his own daughter-in-law?
Jiang Anwen is a civil servant, gentle and polite on weekdays, and he can talk better than his inconspicuous second brother. He bowed his hands to say hello to the county magistrate, told who he was, and started from the letter he received in the capital, describing what happened to his sister during this period. Come one by one.

After hearing this, the county magistrate was even more shocked, and the people watching the trial were also excited. An old woman laughed and said, "It's still the old lady of the county captain's family, and the family members who are officials can do such things, occupying the dowry of the daughter-in-law, and stealing Daughter-in-law's makeup box, stealing daughter-in-law's banknotes and jewelry, I don't want any shame!"

Hearing all the echoes, Chen Yan felt ashamed, his mind was buzzing, his whole body was numb and cold, and there was only one thought left in his mind, it was over, it was over.

Gui Zhi and Xi Que knelt down to testify, and Jiang Anwen took the opportunity to say, "The Chen family treats my girl from Uncle Yong Yi's house like this. As the elder brother, even if I raise my younger sister for the rest of my life, I will definitely not let such a family continue to bully her. , and asked the county magistrate to testify, let them sign the reconciliation letter, and get back the dowry of the younger sister, and the marriage has nothing to do with it from then on."

The county magistrate originally appreciated Chen Yan, but now that something like this happened, he felt that he was really inappropriate.

Reconciliation is a matter between two people, and both men and women must agree. When the county magistrate asked, Jiang Fangling cried, "I want to reconcile, please make it happen."

Seeing that she was so skinny, the county magistrate felt sorry for her, and felt that the Chen family was not a thing. He asked Chen Yan again, "Are you willing to reconcile?"

Chen Yan knelt on the ground, his face turned pale, his mouth trembled a few times but he didn't make a sound.Only Wu could be heard crying, "No reconciliation is allowed, she has committed seven crimes, she has no children, she can't give birth to our Chen family's children, and she will die in the Chen family."

"Bah, vicious old godmother." Someone yelled.

Jiang Fangling murmured, "It's not me. The doctor took the pulse and said that there is nothing wrong with my body. It is obviously..." She went to look at Chen Yan. The look made the people around think, could it be that the official body of the Chen family is the only one? The one with the problem?Many people covered their mouths and started laughing.

The county magistrate shouted, "Silence, silence!" Ask Chen Yan again if he is willing to reconcile.

Chen Yan knelt on the ground and trembled, and after a long while he said in a hoarse voice, "I am willing to make peace."

The county magistrate clapped the case, "OK."

He and Li Shu came down very quickly, and the rest was just going back to Chen's house to count Jiang's dowry. From now on, marriage and marriage would have nothing to do with each other.

Some mothers-in-law and aunts who like to join in the fun also went to Chen's house together, and Wu's disheveled hair yelled in the courtyard, "Don't rummage through my things, it's all mine, it's all mine..."

The Jiang family ignored her and asked the guards to stop her. They searched her room and found 300 taels of silver notes, many new designs of jewelry and more than 200 taels of cash.

The 300 taels of silver bills and jewelry were all taken by Wu from Jiang Fangling's box, and they were naturally returned to their original owners. The other 200 taels of silver remained intact and were thrown on the table.Wu rushed in and took the broken silver in his arms, and wanted to grab the 300 taels of banknotes and jewelry, "That's mine too, give it back to me!"

Jiang Rui sneered, "The seal of Baofeng Bank in Beijing is printed on this bank note, and the date is only from years ago. Where did you get it? This seal is also registered in the bank. My grandmother bought it from the bank years ago. Take the subsidy for my little aunt, if not, I will force you to go to the capital bank to confront each other!"

Wu Shi gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Jiang Fangling's dowry subsidizes the Chen family's seventy-eight eighty-eight, and there is not much left, but the remaining ones that should be moved are not kept, and they are all sent back to the capital.

Now that the incident has come to an end, it spread quickly throughout the town. Some people scolded the Chen family, while others said that the Jiang family was wrong, that they couldn't have children, and they still refused to be with their husband's family.

There are all kinds of things to say, but it doesn't affect Jiang Fangling, because she will go back to the capital, and she won't be trapped in this kind of place anymore. When she left, she took Gui Zhi and Magpie with her. Her maidservants and their deeds are all in her hands, Guizhi knelt down and begged her, saying that she did not want to stay.

The Jiang family left, but the life of the Chen family was not easy. There were always people throwing feces and rotten eggs at the gate of his house, and they were pointed out when they went out.

After hearing these things, Yuzhu covered her soft and rosy mouth in shock, and patted her chest again. Fortunately, she took a few guards with her, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with those shrews.

The old lady was still wiping her tears, "My in-laws weren't like this before, why, how did they become like this today."

Jiang Anwen sighed, "Mother doesn't know the situation of the Chen family, it's really depressing to stay in that kind of place."

It was the old man who spoke, "It's done, you have worked hard after driving for a few days, so go back and rest first, and Fangling too, don't worry about anything, we will talk about it later, the days to come will be long."

They went back to their rooms to freshen up. The uncle's mansion is quite big, and there are many separate courtyards. The old lady had already asked the servants to tidy up the Fufeng courtyard.

Next door is Fuyun Courtyard, which is the residence of three bedrooms.

Several sister-in-laws sent Jiang Fangling back to Fufengyuan, and all three sister-in-laws comforted her along the way, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, the house is your home, take care of yourself first, there is nothing to be overwhelmed, wait for you Now, the sisters-in-law will take you out for a stroll, pick out some new silk and new jewelry, and dress up beautifully." They are also the girls who grew up as sister-in-laws, and saw that she was so thin that she didn't have much flesh. It would be a lie to say that I don't feel distressed, but I can't wait to give that old godmother a few slaps.

Yuzhu said crisply, "Let the hay make some delicious food for my aunt to nourish her body."

The few people who provoked chuckled.

Jiang Fangling's hanging heart finally fell to the ground. This is the real family, who cares and loves you, instead of wasting you and beating and scolding you arbitrarily. Her tears fell drop by drop on the skirt of her shirt.

In the next few days, the three sisters-in-law and Zheng Xiuxiu, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jiang family, would go to accompany Jiang Fangling every day, talking with her and telling interesting stories about the capital.Yuzhu would also visit her little aunt when she had time, and she didn't do anything else. She went there with a box full of snacks, just to let the little aunt eat more.

Yuzhu from the Duke's Mansion also came to thank her in person, just a few days ago Cheng Zishen got a few baskets of mandarin oranges, they were brought back from the south, they were only last season, and they were the first batch to be sent to the capital, to show the freshness of the season , this mandarin orange is also very famous, the fruit is huge, the skin is loose and easy to peel, the flesh is crisp and tender, juicy and sweet, and the taste is very good.

These few baskets of tangerines were allocated to each house and courtyard, and the remaining basket of jade beads was taken to the Duke's Mansion to be eaten by the Shen brothers and sisters.

(End of this chapter)