A flower of the Republic of China
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
1,
Wen Yuzhu hadn't been through a trial, and after taking turns serving him with boards, sticks, and tongs, he signed and pledged on the confession prepared by the master.Chen Zongyong's explanation to Wen Qingyun was, "Eldest young mistress, there is no other way. There are people who testify and have physical evidence. Ruyan saw him murder with his own eyes, and his clothes were covered in blood. I can't explain it clearly. Now the suffering master is chasing him closely, and I have already I've tried my best, but I can't be too unrecognizable, right? You might as well go to the sufferer now to see if you can get them to withdraw the paper of pleadings, and then I will have a way to deal with it. Let me tell you, you'd better hold on tight, the boss They were all alarmed, and I can't delay for a few days if I want to send the file up."
The sufferer was Zui Mengxuan's Jiu Lianhuan, and it was her "daughter" who died. She crossed her legs and looked at Wen Qingyun sideways.
"You are the young lady of the Shen family? I have admired you for a long time, and everyone said that you are a great beauty. When I saw you today, you really deserve your reputation." When Jiu Lianhuan spoke, there was a kind of flamboyant vigor, and her voice was quite loud. People can't tell the truth.
Wen Qingyun nodded, "Miss Nine, you are also a straightforward person. You know what is going on in this case better than I do. I beg you to let my brother go. I will find what you want, even if it goes to heaven or earth. for you,"
Jiu Lianhuan secretly said a word of praise, "Okay, since this is the case, I'm not impolite. You know, it's not easy for me to raise a daughter. I taught her poetry and songs and gave her silk and satin. It's really easy to pull out a human figure. The pile of gold people. It looks like your brother will be killed with a knife. I want 1 taels, young mistress, don’t you feel embarrassed?”
It is easy to deal with the number, although the Wen family only has a few thousand taels left in total, but there is still a house and two salt fields, which should add up to more than 1 taels.Unexpectedly, Jiu Lianhuan laughed loudly after hearing this, "Eldest young mistress, which one of your eyes sees that I look like a salt farm owner? I don't want anything, just money."
Wen Qingyun had no choice but to leave Zuimengxuan, turned around and went to Shen's house. There are many rich households in Haizhou City, but there are not many who can take out 1 taels at once, and Shen's family is one of them. .What's more, she still has a little Jiujiu. It is better to leave the house in the Shen family than to give it to outsiders. If she has a chance in the future, she can redeem them.She bowed her head in front of Mrs. Shen, dressed in filial piety, her body trembling in the white filial robe, "Mother, you know that this salt field and yard belong to my father, I really don't want to sell them to others."
Mrs. Shen sighed, "In the past, this little money was nothing, but now it is not as good as before. You know, the daily expenses of the family cannot be saved, and the farming and animal husbandry company only moved the warehouse when it needed money. It’s empty, and you want it so urgently, it’s not for me to help you, there’s really nothing you can do.”
Yang Jing'an chimed in, "Eldest young mistress, I don't think you need to be impatient. There are plenty of people out there who want to take over the Wen family's house and business, and the price they offer is not low. It's the same when the family has money in the future, and it's the same when they get it back."
Madam Shen stopped talking and slowly closed her eyes.Wen Qingyun knew that this was the final answer, "I know mother, I'll go back first, so I won't disturb you." After speaking, she turned around and left.
Back at Wen's house, Wen Qingyun summoned his servants, and if he wanted to sell the house, he had to dismiss them first.Except for Wang Ma, who took care of their sisters when they were young, and Lu Tou, the coachman, the others were not left behind.Everyone is unwilling to leave, the Wen family is benevolent, and rarely beats and scolds the servants, but at this time, everyone understands that it is impossible not to leave.
"Miss, thanks to you and the master for taking care of us all these years, we have been rewarded with food. Now we are leaving, if there is anything we need in the future, just order it."
Wen Qingyun nodded, took out the money and asked Mama Wang to distribute it to everyone, "Don't think too little, it's my heart."
"Miss, don't feel too bad, the master has done good deeds all his life, and the young master is also a kind person who cares about the elderly and helps the poor, so there will be rewards." The servants said, not daring to raise their heads, as if they had done something wrong.Don't blame them, they have a big family to support, and they have to survive.
The news that Wen's family was about to sell their property spread, like a stone that fell into an ancient well and disappeared without a trace after stirring up a few water ripples.She went to ask several families, all of them were rich and powerful families, and they shook their heads like rattles. In the end, she had no choice but to walk into Fuxinghang. If Du Wenjing refused to take over, she really had no hope. up.
Du Wenjing was sitting in the shop, drinking tea with a cigarette pipe in his mouth, as if he was waiting for her to come.
Wen Qingyun said straightly, "1 taels, if you want, even the house and the salt fields are yours."
"5000 taels. In addition, you kneel down and kowtow to apologize to me in front of the big guy!" Du Wenjing took out a stack of bank notes and looked at her with a half-smile.
"What?" Wen Qingyun was stunned, what kind of request is this?
"I am your godfather, my daughter is your sister, and my concubine is your godmother. You robbed your sister's man and forced your own godmother to death, shouldn't you kowtow? You are in front of the old and young in Haizhou City , let me not step down, shouldn't I apologize?"
"Don't go too far!" Wen Qingyun's eyes were filled with tears, her chest was bulging like it was about to explode.
"Now you come to beg me, you don't have to agree, but you have to understand, you can't find a second buyer outside my door!" Du Wenjing calmed down, and called the waiter to pour tea. urgent.
The people who passed by the entrance of Fuxing Bank that day all saw that Wen Qingyun, the eldest wife of the Shen family, knelt at the door of Fuxing Bank and kowtowed three times.Du Wenjing stood on the steps, proud and elated.Opposite them is Mao Yong, Mi Fu and his fellows also saw it, they rushed out holding sticks, and were stopped by Wen Qingyun, Xue Lian was crying, Lu Tou clutched his whip and kept silent, they were all uncomfortable, but they could only watch look at.
Wen Qingyun knelt down to receive the banknote, stood up and said, "Boss Du, I don't owe you anything now. What you owe me, let's count it slowly!"
Du Wenjing laughed loudly, "Eldest young mistress, what's the trick, I'll wait!"
The onlookers couldn't stand it anymore. Even if Wen Qingyun was wrong, she was still a woman, a little girl, and she shouldn't be humiliated in the street like this.What Du Wenjing did was not manly at all.When Mrs. Shen in the Shenzhai compound heard about it, she also frowned. Du Wenjing asked Wen Qingyun to kowtow, in order to save the Shen family's face, and to slap Shen Yunpei in the face.He didn't take the Shen family too seriously, she would write down this account for him!
Wen Qingyun didn't have so many thoughts, and she didn't allow herself to think, so she turned around and went to Zuimengxuan with the 5000 taels of silver. Together with the Wen family's last family property, a total of 1 taels were neatly placed in front of Jiu Lianhuan.Jiu Lianhuan looked at them one by one, fearing that there might be fake ones, and when she had seen enough, she put it in her arms, "Young Mistress, you are so refreshing."
"You took the money, when will you release it?" Wen Qingyun asked coldly.
"Who are you going to release?" Jiu Lianhuan pretended to be surprised, "Eldest young mistress, you have to go to the Yamen if you want to release someone. This is a place of fireworks and willows. The one who is released is either a girl or a guest. What are you going to do?"
Wen Qingyun was stunned, she didn't expect that Jiu Lianhuan would not admit it, she stood up, pointed and asked: "You said you took the money and then withdrew the lawsuit, now you regret it, okay, return the money to me."
Jiu Lianhuan had never seen such a storm before, and after calling out a few strong men, they ran out majesticly and stood in a row before she said: "Young Mistress, this money is for my girl's worth, as for your brother who committed murder , it is punished by the government, and I am not next to Zui Mengxuan. I don't need to watch you play prestige here and see off guests!"
"You should at least tell me where Ruyan is, I want to see her! I want to ask her, why did you frame Yuzhu?"
Jiu Lianhuan sneered, "Okay, Ruyan is at Mr. Liu's house, bring her out if you have the ability!"
2,
Leader Liu woke up in the afternoon, ate something, and fell on the smoke table to smoke the burning opium ointment.This girl lives up to her name, and the smoke she burns is extraordinarily fragrant.It's a pity that after a while, Chen Zongyong, that bastard, will be cheaper.Gang Leader Liu snorted coldly, there is nothing good about being an official!Ru Yan was taken aback, thinking that she had offended the old man, her knees softened and she knelt on the ground.
"Get up," Chief Liu raised his eyelids, with smile lines showing at the corners of his mouth, "Ruyan, she is also a big girl, and she will become the magistrate's wife in the future, so don't deny me, a bad old man."
Ruyan's face couldn't be seen green or red in the smog, her lips moved, her voice was inaudible, like a mosquito humming, "I'd rather live with the old man than be some damn madam."
Mosquitoes got into Gangzhu Liu's ears, scratching him itchy and numb, making him comfortable.
The servant stood outside the door, spoiling the scenery, "Master, Wen Qingyun, the young lady of the Shen family, is asking to see you."
Master Liu's outstretched hand just touched the soft lump on Ruyan's chest, and he was in good spirits, "No see!" With some strength in his hand, the kneeling Ruyan's body softened.
"He said that if you don't see her, she will wait at the door and won't leave."
"Then let her wait!" Master Liu sat up suddenly, retracted his hands, and was so angry that he could not stop pouring opium smoke.
There were footsteps all the way outside the door, and the servants ran fast.Ru Yan leaned forward, holding Master Liu's legs with both hands, with her face up, and her eyes were affectionate, Master Liu kicked her away, "Go away! Shameless thing!" Master Liu's violence and turning his face are as ruthless as smoke I have heard about it, but it is another matter to experience it personally.She was in a daze until Master Liu raised his other leg, "I'll let you go, do you hear me?"
Ruyan cried and ran out of the door, she wanted to go back to Zuimengxuan, the place where she dreamed of dying.Just two steps away, someone came to stop him.
"Miss Ruyan, don't make it difficult for us, if you let you go out of this door, none of us will be able to survive!"
"Let go, let me go!" Ruyan was hugged by the waist, but without delaying her kicking and rolling her feet, she forced the person behind her to let go.Without this ability, she would not be the top card in Zuimengxuan.It's a pity that she is facing the family of Chief Liu's family, any one of them is capable.After eating the pain, he mercilessly grabbed Ruyan's hair and dragged her to the other side.
Wen Qingyun heard Ruyan's cry for help, but unfortunately there was someone standing in front of her, so it was impossible to break in.
"Please, please inform me again, and I will leave after a few words."
"Young lady, our master will not see you. If you want, there are stools here, and you can sit here. Otherwise, you can go back. What should you do, it's better than wasting time here."
"Then I see Miss Ruyan..."
"I'm sorry, we don't have such a person in our house, you have to find that kind of place to look for it." The concierge refused to let in oil and salt, and even confiscated the silver ingot that Wen Qingyun stuffed in, "Eldest young mistress, I still want to keep it." Where's the guy who eats?"
Wen Qingyun took one last look at the deep courtyard, no matter how unwilling she was, she had to leave.
Shen Xiaoru finally got Jin Yan to Shen's house, he could see that Mrs. Shen was also fascinated after hearing Jin Yan's book, and agreed to keep Jin Yan's father and daughter at home, and they were not allowed to leave until they finished talking.When Xuelian hurried to find her, Shen Xiaoru accompanied Mrs. Shen to listen to the book in the garden. Seeing Xuelian winking, Shen Xiaoru was a little nervous and sneaked out of the garden, asking in a low voice, "Why did you come here? What happened?"
Xue Lian said, "My lady wants you to go there no matter what."
Shen Xiaoru looked around again after listening, and said: "Okay, I understand. You go back first, and I will be there later."
Back in the garden, Mrs. Shen's eyes drifted over, "Let me make it clear to you first, your father won't meddle in their family affairs, and you are not allowed to meddle. Don't wait until your father gets angry, you can't explain it." .”
Shen Xiaoru smirked, "Mother, look what you're talking about, it's about the shop, come to me, I'll go over there, I'll be right back!" He didn't wait for Mrs. Shen to speak, he got up and ran out.So I didn't hear Mrs. Shen sneer, "It's worthless!"
When Wen's family moved to the small courtyard recently, Shen Xiaoru still looked restless, and asked impatiently, "What's the matter, tell me quickly!"
Wen Qingyun ignored his attitude, she was begging for help, and begged him to write another letter to Shen Yunpei, all of this was caused by the Green Gang behind the scenes, and Wen Yuzhu was just a scapegoat, so he had to reach out to save people no matter what.
Shen Xiaoru said bluntly, "It's useless. My father has already made it very clear that this kind of thing involves too much. If he intervenes, the situation will be even more chaotic."
Wen Qingyun seized the flaw, stared at Shen Xiaoru and asked, "Father wrote? What else?"
"No." Shen Xiaoru avoided those two gazes and looked at the unknown plants in the corner.
"Xiaoru, you should just help me, who else can I count on now? I really have nowhere to go, you can't just ignore death, can you?"
"I'm afraid even you will be included in the rescue again!" Shen Xiaoru blurted out, this is Shen Yunpei's original intention, asking him to warn Wen Qingyun, enough is enough, otherwise he will be included in it, let alone saved.He didn't say anything, because he knew Wen Qingyun's temper, and the more he obstructed her, the more likely she would try to be brave.
After hearing this, Wen Qingyun lost her temper, pointed at the door and shouted, "Get out!"
Shen Xiaoru was stunned, he has grown so big, he has not been kicked out of the house yet.
"Get out for me. Whether I live or die in the future, I won't implicate your Shen family. Is that okay?" Wen Qingyun turned her head and didn't even look at him anymore.
3,
Shen Xiaoru felt that it was bad enough for him to be kicked out for no reason.When he got home, he found that he had just left before Mrs. Shen sent Jin Yan and his daughter away.
He yelled at Mrs. Shen, confidently, "Mother, why did you do this? Didn't you promise me..."
Madam Shen's face was as frosty, and she took out a handkerchief Jinyan often used from her sleeve, with a little swallow embroidered on the corner.A few days ago, Shen Xiaoru wanted to come and take it with me, but somehow it got into Mrs. Shen's hands, "I said why are you so caring, so it's because of this? You are still acting in front of me, blatantly seducing a good son, I will kick her out It's already cheap for her!"
Shen Xiaoru was dumbfounded, and he realized that Mrs. Shen knew everything a long time ago, and letting Jin Yan enter the mansion was just to give her a warning, so that she could retreat in spite of difficulties and disappear automatically!
"Filial Confucianism," Mrs. Shen changed her tone, heavy and tactful, "It is normal for a family like us to marry three wives and four concubines, but what is that Jin Yan? She is not even an actress, saying It sounds good, it's a storyteller, but it doesn't sound good, it's just a beggar, how can you have anything to do with her? If it spreads out, where will our Shen family's face be put? I let her enter the Shen family's gate to let her know Difficult to retreat!"
Shen Xiaoru never thought that Mrs. Shen had already paved the way, and he walked into the trap step by step by himself.
"Go back and have a rest first. I can't blame you for this. My daughter-in-law is not at home, so it is inevitable that I will have more thoughts. Bear with it, and she will come back after talking for more than ten days. At that time, you young couple will live your life , isn't it good?" Mrs. Shen coaxed and persuaded Shen Xiaoru to go back to the west courtyard.Looking back at Dongmei, "You ask the kitchen to make a single fish for the young master at night, he likes to eat it. Also, you go to the accountant to get ten taels of silver, and I will reward you. In the future, this kind of thing will not only be Xiaoru, Seeing that Xiaoduan and Xiaofang have grown up, if there is any trouble, you have to tell me, this is really for our own good. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer."
Dongmei nodded, looking wholeheartedly for Mrs. Shen.Turning around, she also arrived at the west courtyard.Sure enough, Shen Xiaoru was drowning his sorrows with wine, and when he saw Dongmei, he shed tears.
"Why?" he asked.
Dongmei walked over and helped him fill up the wine, "Eldest young master, don't feel bad, this person pays attention to fate, you can't force it."
Shen Xiaoru drank one cup after another by Dongmei's hand, and when he woke up, it was already the next morning, his headache seemed to explode, but he was not as surprised as he was when he saw a naked Dongmei lying beside him and shock.
"This, this, this..." Shen Xiaoru pointed with his finger, dumbfounded.
Dongmei sat up around the quilt, lowered her head, and looked at a bright red blood stain on the sheet.Needless to say, everything is obvious.
Shen Xiaoru is still stuttering, he doesn't remember what happened, the last memory is fixed on the wine glasses that are constantly being emptied and refilled.
"Young master, you were in a bad mood yesterday and drank too much alcohol. I am willing and I will not make it difficult for you. I will not tell anyone about it." Dongmei put on her clothes, her messy hair was still in a mess , the forced smile was a bit bleak, "By the way, I heard that Miss Jin Yan and her father have left Haizhou. It seems that they are going to Shanghai."
Shen Xiaoru didn't say a word, watching Dongmei leave.His head was still about to explode, and he still couldn't remember what happened.Later he said to Xiaoduan, I don't seem to have done anything.
He really didn't do anything.Dongmei arranged this game, because she found that Shen Xiaoru would never take the initiative to approach her, and would rather get involved with a low-level storyteller than to look at her more.That day when she came to the west courtyard to look for him, she found the handkerchief under the pillow, and secretly took it away and handed it to Mrs. Shen.Only then did the scene where Jin Yan was asked to enter the mansion and then kicked out again.
Dongmei decided to fight. Yang Jing'an said that these 21 days are the best time.As long as Shen Xiaoru can be wooed during this period, everything will become settled when Wen Qingyun comes back in the future.If she could conceive a boy and a half girl before Wen Qingyun, would she still worry about not being able to secure her position of wealth and glory for the rest of her life?
Last night, she asked Yang Jing'an to help her prepare something, which is commonly used by women in brothels, and can be used to tie men.I thought I would have to wait a few days to get it, but I didn't expect Yang Jing'an to find it out of the drawer.He had already prepared and knew today.She was ashamed and angry, and put the whole bag into the wine regardless of Yang Jing'an's words that only half of it was fine.Because of this, the dose of the medicine was too large, Shen Xiaoru drank it, shouted that his whole body was burning hot, and when he spoke up, he passed out...
She carried Xiaoru onto the bed and took off his clothes.She felt that she had given herself to a corpse, and the moment the two blended together, she felt the humiliation she had never experienced before.
She sat on the bedside and wept. When it was almost dawn, she saw the faint blood in the first ray of sky, and she felt confident.She saw her future, blood and tears, bright and dazzling.
4,
Wen Qingyun felt that she was only one step away from the truth. She knew the mastermind behind the scenes, the cause of the incident, and the various people involved in this incident. As long as one of them is willing to tell the truth, Yuzhu will be saved. .Unfortunately, they refused.
She went to Chen Zongyong again, and told Master Qingtian the results of her investigation.
Chen Zongyong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where's the evidence? Eldest young lady, I can't arrest people just because you just said it, it's against the rules."
"If you don't arrest people, how can there be evidence?" Wen Qingyun refuted Chen Zongyong, "Master Chen, this is a major murder case. Since there are clues, you should investigate clearly, right?"
Chen Zongyong snorted coldly, "Young Mistress, are you teaching me how to investigate a case? To tell you the truth, this case has been closed, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice has issued an approval letter, and it will be decided."
Wen Yuzhu was about to die.Wen Qingyun shuddered. She has been traveling for so long, and this is what she got in return?She was 1 unwilling, and when she arrived in the prison, she found that Wen Yuzhu was actually almost dead. The wound she received in court was festering all the time. After a few days, she was already emaciated and lying dizzy on the pile of straw. When I saw her, I couldn't say a word for a long time.
Wen Qingyun handed over all the loose silver she was carrying to the jailer, and asked him to help invite a doctor.Seeing that Qian's eyes were wide open, the jailer agreed to go.Not long after, the doctor came and Lao Lu followed.He would not feel at ease until he saw the young master with his own eyes.Seeing this, I feel even more uneasy.
Walking out of the prison and escaping the suffocating dirty air, Wen Qingyun still felt out of breath.Old Lu's face was as heavy as the sky, and it might rain at any moment.
"Miss, you have to do something, the young master can't die. Don't forget what you promised the master!"
Wen Qingyun raised her head, she erupted for the first time after Wen Yuntang's death, the clouds all over the sky turned into rain and fell down. "What else have I not done? Tell me, what else can I do? I go to ask for help, look at people's faces, look at people's eyes, and kneel down to them. I don't care about these things. It doesn't matter if I sell houses and land. Tell me, what else can I do?"
As soon as Zhong Han returned to Huaguo Mountain, he heard what happened to the Wen family.Xiu Gu said in a gloating tone that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil.She couldn't forget the tragic death of Duhu, and regarded Wen Qingyun as an enemy.Zhong Han couldn't hate him, he had an unspeakable concern in his heart, he hastily arranged the chores in the village, and handed over to Xiugu the look of a foolish woman he brought back.
"who is she?"
"I don't know. I picked it up on the road. I thought she was starving to death, so I brought it back. You take care of it." After Zhong Han finished speaking, he turned and went down the mountain to find Shopkeeper Zhou, asking him to find out the whole matter.Shopkeeper Zhou had been prepared for a long time. He gathered what Wen Qingyun said in the past few days and the information he had collected in the past few days in one place, and finished them one by one.After hearing this, Zhong Han knew that Wen Yuzhu was indeed innocent, so he couldn't help but sighed for Wen Qingyun.
Shopkeeper Zhou has been with him for so many years, so he naturally understands what he thinks in his heart, so he said, "Master, we can't interfere in this matter. Gang Leader Liu said that whoever interferes is going against the Green Gang. For a woman, it can't be done. "
Zhong Han raised his eyes and glanced at Shopkeeper Zhou.Shopkeeper Zhou knew he had made a slip of the tongue, shook his head in a concealed manner, and went to greet other guests.Zhong Han sat for a while, called Mancang to him, gave him some copper coins, and asked him to go to the city and invite Wen Qingyun here.Mancang agreed, and turned around to see that Wen Qingyun was already standing outside the tea house, putting away the copper coins with a smile, making tea and pouring water.
After a few days of not seeing each other, Wen Qingyun became haggard, and her eyes, which were originally shining brightly, dimmed, covered with a layer of helpless mist.Seeing him, she twitched the corners of her mouth, drawing out a smile line without a smile, and then collapsed again, as if she didn't even have the strength to utter a perfunctory sentence.
Zhong Han poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Wen Qingyun, and said, "I've heard about it."
Wen Qingyun nodded, took out a brush and washer, "Help me rescue the person, this is a deposit, and I will give you the rest in the future."
Zhong Han remained calm, picked up the brush, read it, and put it on the table again, "You want me to rob the execution ground? This will be beheaded."
Wen Qingyun looked directly at him and asked, "Are you afraid?"
"Although what I do is beheading for a living, I don't want to take unnecessary risks. Give me a reason, why should I help you?"
"If you didn't want to help me, you wouldn't be here telling me these things." Wen Qingyun grabbed the brush washer and looked at it the same way. Suddenly, her hand loosened, and the brush washer fell to the ground and fell into two pieces. "Yu Zhu is My younger brother is also the only male in my family. No amount of silver is worth his life. If you help me this time, I will repay you. As long as you can rescue him, you can do whatever you want."
Zhong Han smiled slightly, "Really?"
"Don't worry, Wen Qingyun will do what I say."
"You still think of me as a bandit..." Zhong Han seemed a little helpless, "You think I will force others." He narrowed his eyes and stared at Wen Qingyun, "But I don't want to do this, I hate forcing others. Even if I want you , it has to be voluntary, and it has nothing to do with everything else."
Although Zhong Han is a bandit, he will not go head-to-head with the government unless it is absolutely necessary.The robbery field is a legend in the world, as unbelievable as keeping people under the knife and taking people's heads thousands of miles away.According to the clues provided by Wen Qingyun, he knew that the crux of the problem still lies in the Green Gang. As long as Ruyan can come forward to change the confession, Wen Yuzhu will still have a glimmer of life.
That night, Zhong Han appeared in Zuimengxuan, ordering nine consecutive rings.
Zhong Han met Jiu Lianhuan when he was recovering from his wounds in the Green Gang, and there was an unspeakable ambiguous relationship between the two of them, because of the strict rules of the gang leader Liu, it ended without a problem.But in Jiu Lianhuan's heart, Zhong Han has always reserved a place.The two met occasionally in these years, Zhong Han didn't mention anything about the past, Jiu Lianhuan could see it openly, knowing that the man's feelings passed this village and there would be no such shop, so they didn't get entangled too much, it would be better to have a normal friendship.When he came today, she didn't pretend to be affectionate. She opened the door curtain and looked at him with a half-smile, "I thought it was someone with such a big style that I wanted my mother to serve me personally. It turned out to be Brother Zhong Han. I haven't seen you for a long time. How can you now?" You are so prestigious, you have become the chief executive, and you are also a nursing home for the Shen family. You have power and money, why did you think of coming to me? Tell me, what is it?"
Zhong Han knew that she was short-tempered and would take the soft rather than the hard, so he walked over with a smile, "Come and see an old friend, can you come if you have something to do?"
Jiu Lianhuan reached out and tapped Zhong Han's cheek, "Don't play this game with me, you will go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do. Don't tell me, right? Well, don't talk about it if you have the ability, come here, serve wine, today I'll get drunk with my brother."
Zhong Han has a good capacity for alcohol, but he is not as good as Jiu Lianhuan. After a few drinks, his face blushes faintly, and his speech becomes vague, "No, I can't drink you. Find some more people. Ruyan, Ruyan call."
"So you came to look for her. It's a pity, she's at Gang Leader Liu's house, and she won't come back for a while." Jiu Lianhuan had an idea in his mind, "Do you want to ask about the murder case a while ago? You As soon as I came in, I knew that the young mistress of the Shen family is now your boss, and she has to do something for her anyway, but you also know that Mr. Liu has treated me well, and I can't let him down."
Zhong Han woke up from the wine in an instant, and his eyes lit up. Although he was rejected by Jiu Lianhuan, he still admired her morality in his heart.These days, there are not many people who can talk about the morals of the world, let alone a woman who is begging for life in a brothel.
"Please help me send a message to Mr. Liu, whether you can let the Wen family go, it's a favor for me."
Jiu Lianhuan sat up straight, suppressed his smile, and said seriously, "Zhong Han, I advise you to leave it alone. Leader Liu is only an only daughter, and he won't give up easily, not to mention there are still a lot of business troubles here. I don't mind I will bring it to you, and I would like to send you a sentence. Don’t think that the Green Gang is not as powerful as your Zhongjiazhai, but one more friend has more ways to go. Offending the Green Gang for some money is not worth it. Think about it yourself.”
Zhong Han thought about these things, but he agreed to Wen Qingyun, no matter how difficult it was, he had to do it.
5,
The day of execution was getting closer and closer, Zhong Han stayed alone in Haizhou City looking for a way out, while arranging shopkeeper Zhou to go up the mountain to arrange manpower.There are bound to be dangers, but if you plan properly, you can escape unscathed.Shopkeeper Zhou came back and brought two pieces of news. First, the brothers in the village didn’t say anything, but they seemed unwilling; However, she said that her name was Peiyun, and she used to be the personal maid of the second concubine of Du Wenjing's family. When asked why she fainted from hunger by the roadside, she refused to say anything.When Zhong Han heard this, his heart was moved. He had also heard about the commotion about the second aunt's suicide.Maybe this Peiyun knew some inside information, so he immediately returned to Huaguoshan to interrogate Peiyun himself.
After promising to protect her safety and not let anyone hurt her, Pei Yun finally spoke the truth.The second aunt did not commit suicide, but was forced to death by Du Wenjing. She saw the whole process of their quarrel outside the study that day, and knew that Wu Sheng would be in danger, so she sneaked out and reported to Wu Sheng.Speaking of this, Pei Yun's eyes turned red, and the little-known affection between her and Wu Sheng was finally exposed. Originally, she could have gone far away with Wu Sheng and escaped this catastrophe, but her ankle was sprained and she couldn't go.Wu Sheng refused to let her go, and hid her in the cabinet when Du Man came to knock on the door. She watched Du Man kill someone and took the body away.Knowing that they would not let her go, she put on a peasant woman's clothes and fled to a foreign country.She was robbed by thieves on the road, and all the silver and jewelry she brought with her was taken away. She had no money to eat, and passed out on the side of the road.
After hearing this, Zhong Han decided to take Peiyun down the mountain, and asked her to tell Gangzhu Liu what she had said again, and asked him to know who the real murderer of his daughter was.
Gang Leader Liu sneered, "Brother Zhong Han, why did you benefit from that woman, and are willing to run around for her like this? There is nothing about your Zhong family village here, don't you think you are too lenient?"
Zhong Han said loudly, "Master Liu, you want to take revenge, and I have found the real culprit for you..."
"Based on her words, you can say that my daughter Hongxing is cheating?" Leader Liu pointed, "Why should I believe you?"
"Based on my name Zhong Han, Chief Liu, you should understand me, I won't casually wrong good people."
"Okay!" Gang Leader Liu stood up, "I will grant you this once. You can take Ruyan away, but she has to stay."
Pei Yun yelled in panic, "No, Master Zhong, you said you would not hand me over to them. I can't stay here. If I stay, I will be killed by them."
Zhong Han couldn't bear it, but it's a pity that there are some things that must be tolerated. When he went out with Ruyan, he heard Chief Liu say, lock up this bitch for me!
Wen Qingyun took Ruyan from Zhong Han's hand and went straight to the government office.Up to this time, she still had a glimmer of hope for Yamen.Chen Zongyong left behind Ruyan, saying that he would interrogate slowly, and Wen Qingyun could go back first and wait for the news.
Three days later, when the news came back, Wen Yuzhu was escorted to the execution ground immediately, and the Ming Dynasty punished him.
Haizhou City was once again a sensation. The people who hadn’t seen a murder for a long time rushed out of the city in groups, in order to catch a glimpse of the excitement of blood gushing, who stepped on whose foot, which family’s daughter-in-law was killed. People don't care if they take advantage of it.The Wen family's carriage was going backwards in the crowd, and it was difficult for them to move. From time to time, there were a few gossips outside the carriage. The words were different, but the tone was the same cheerful.
After a long time, people still mentioned the observation of the execution. The criminals were tied up on the execution platform, the tiger-head knife in the executioner's hand was shining, Chen Zongyong's official robes were neat, and the lottery in his hand was folded down. When it landed, a group of men and horses fell from the sky and snatched the death row prisoner under the noses of the officers and soldiers.Some people say that this pair of men and horses are masters from the capital, some say they are soldiers from the Western Regions, some say they are monks born in the mountains, and finally some people say that you are all wrong, this person is a master from the Green Gang, you have to personally To avenge the daughter of Gang Leader Liu... Chen Zongyong specially transferred two more teams and arranged them properly around the execution ground. If anyone dares to rush to the execution ground, they will be killed without mercy.The officers and soldiers' eyes were wide open, and they all saw the black masks on the faces of the people who robbed the court.No matter how Chen Zongyong broke his throat, no one dared to step forward.Everyone is on errands to eat food, and if they make mistakes, they will lose their lives.There are also people who know that this case is wronged, and want to let Wen Yuzhu survive.In short, the murder scene was a mess, and when Chen Zongyong got out from under the table, he knew that his official career had come to an end, and he should think about how it would be more honorable to resign from his old age and return home.
Wen Qingyun saw Wen Yuzhu in Zizhu nunnery.Both siblings felt as if they were separated from each other, and Wen Qingzhu also realized that he had wrongly blamed his sister for a long time, thinking that she let go and cared about his brother's life and death, and hadn't said a word to her these days.Qingzhu wanted to apologize, but was stopped by Wen Qingyun. Now is not the time to be polite, officers and soldiers will come after him at any time, and Wenyuzhu must be moved to a safer place.He is alive now, but he will never be able to show his face in Haizhou City.From then on, he was a fugitive prisoner, spending his whole life in secret.
Zhong Han sent his brothers to watch out, then invited Master Ci Ning in, applied medicine to Wen Yuzhu's wound, and then asked Wen Qingyun, what is his plan? Have you thought about a place to stay?
"Go to Guangzhou." Wen Qingyun said, "There is a friend of my father there, and he will be taken in."
Unexpectedly, Wen Yuzhu actually said, "No, I want to stay." He has been in prison for many days, and after suffering all these ordeals, he is no longer as innocent as before. Before he opened his mouth, he had a firm idea in his heart, "Sister, let I'll stay. Brother Zhong, you don't mind having one more person join the group, right?"
Before Zhong Han had time to speak, Wen Qingyun had already refused, "No, how can you become a bandit?" She didn't care about the helpless wry smile on the face of the person behind her.
"Why not?" Wen Yuzhu said, "Sister, the bandits saved me."
"So what?" Wen Qingyun put on the look of the head of the family, "Brother, you are the only hope of our Wen family, do you want daddy to die in peace?"
"I'm already a fugitive, sister, let me stay, at least I can take care of you in the future." Wen Yuzhu suddenly got off the bed and knelt in front of Wen Qingyun, "Sister, if you insist on If I leave, then I will have to surrender myself."
Wen Qingyun was stunned, she was caught off guard by such a result, not to mention that Qing Zhu would also stand by Wen Yuzhu's side, "Sister, you just agree, brother stays, if there is a day when the case is overturned, we siblings can still Reunion. When he left, our family really broke up."
Wen Qingyun turned her head to look at Zhong Han, "The head of the family, it seems that I will trouble you to keep my brother."
"If this is the case, he will no longer be your brother." Zhong Han glanced at the young head kneeling on the ground, "There will be no Wenyu bamboo in this world, do you understand?"
Wen Qingyun nodded, if she wanted her brother to live, she had to let him die first.
"You can't see him without my permission."
"Yes."
"Don't mention this to anyone but here."
"Yes."
Since then, Wen Yuzhu, the son of the salt merchant, has disappeared from the world, and beside Zhong Han there is a taciturn young man who can read and write well. People say that he does not look like a bandit.He said that he was a bandit from the first day he was born.
When the officers and soldiers searched the mountain, they found a corpse. The figure looked like Wenyuzhu, but the face was blurred by stones, so it was impossible to see what was going on.Chen Zongyong came back from a desperate situation and asked Wen Qingyun to identify the corpse. The two looked at each other tacitly. Wen Qingyun hugged the corpse and wept bitterly, saying that her brother died unjustly.My own sisters all said yes, who would dare to say no?Chen Zongyong drew a portrait of a masked man and posted it everywhere to capture the gangsters, and at the same time reported it to the court, drawing an unsatisfactory end to this matter.But he was still a little worried, Wen Yuzhu ran away like this, would the Green Gang and Du Wenjing let him go?Not to mention asking him to spit out the fat that has reached his mouth, I am afraid that Ruyan, who lives temporarily in the mansion without a wife or concubine, will have to be sent back.Forget it, he bemoaned his bad luck, and if they did come after him, he'd have to throw up if he didn't want to.What Chen Zongyong didn't expect was that Du Wenjing was already devastated and was about to flee, so he couldn't care about him at all.
(End of this chapter)
1,
Wen Yuzhu hadn't been through a trial, and after taking turns serving him with boards, sticks, and tongs, he signed and pledged on the confession prepared by the master.Chen Zongyong's explanation to Wen Qingyun was, "Eldest young mistress, there is no other way. There are people who testify and have physical evidence. Ruyan saw him murder with his own eyes, and his clothes were covered in blood. I can't explain it clearly. Now the suffering master is chasing him closely, and I have already I've tried my best, but I can't be too unrecognizable, right? You might as well go to the sufferer now to see if you can get them to withdraw the paper of pleadings, and then I will have a way to deal with it. Let me tell you, you'd better hold on tight, the boss They were all alarmed, and I can't delay for a few days if I want to send the file up."
The sufferer was Zui Mengxuan's Jiu Lianhuan, and it was her "daughter" who died. She crossed her legs and looked at Wen Qingyun sideways.
"You are the young lady of the Shen family? I have admired you for a long time, and everyone said that you are a great beauty. When I saw you today, you really deserve your reputation." When Jiu Lianhuan spoke, there was a kind of flamboyant vigor, and her voice was quite loud. People can't tell the truth.
Wen Qingyun nodded, "Miss Nine, you are also a straightforward person. You know what is going on in this case better than I do. I beg you to let my brother go. I will find what you want, even if it goes to heaven or earth. for you,"
Jiu Lianhuan secretly said a word of praise, "Okay, since this is the case, I'm not impolite. You know, it's not easy for me to raise a daughter. I taught her poetry and songs and gave her silk and satin. It's really easy to pull out a human figure. The pile of gold people. It looks like your brother will be killed with a knife. I want 1 taels, young mistress, don’t you feel embarrassed?”
It is easy to deal with the number, although the Wen family only has a few thousand taels left in total, but there is still a house and two salt fields, which should add up to more than 1 taels.Unexpectedly, Jiu Lianhuan laughed loudly after hearing this, "Eldest young mistress, which one of your eyes sees that I look like a salt farm owner? I don't want anything, just money."
Wen Qingyun had no choice but to leave Zuimengxuan, turned around and went to Shen's house. There are many rich households in Haizhou City, but there are not many who can take out 1 taels at once, and Shen's family is one of them. .What's more, she still has a little Jiujiu. It is better to leave the house in the Shen family than to give it to outsiders. If she has a chance in the future, she can redeem them.She bowed her head in front of Mrs. Shen, dressed in filial piety, her body trembling in the white filial robe, "Mother, you know that this salt field and yard belong to my father, I really don't want to sell them to others."
Mrs. Shen sighed, "In the past, this little money was nothing, but now it is not as good as before. You know, the daily expenses of the family cannot be saved, and the farming and animal husbandry company only moved the warehouse when it needed money. It’s empty, and you want it so urgently, it’s not for me to help you, there’s really nothing you can do.”
Yang Jing'an chimed in, "Eldest young mistress, I don't think you need to be impatient. There are plenty of people out there who want to take over the Wen family's house and business, and the price they offer is not low. It's the same when the family has money in the future, and it's the same when they get it back."
Madam Shen stopped talking and slowly closed her eyes.Wen Qingyun knew that this was the final answer, "I know mother, I'll go back first, so I won't disturb you." After speaking, she turned around and left.
Back at Wen's house, Wen Qingyun summoned his servants, and if he wanted to sell the house, he had to dismiss them first.Except for Wang Ma, who took care of their sisters when they were young, and Lu Tou, the coachman, the others were not left behind.Everyone is unwilling to leave, the Wen family is benevolent, and rarely beats and scolds the servants, but at this time, everyone understands that it is impossible not to leave.
"Miss, thanks to you and the master for taking care of us all these years, we have been rewarded with food. Now we are leaving, if there is anything we need in the future, just order it."
Wen Qingyun nodded, took out the money and asked Mama Wang to distribute it to everyone, "Don't think too little, it's my heart."
"Miss, don't feel too bad, the master has done good deeds all his life, and the young master is also a kind person who cares about the elderly and helps the poor, so there will be rewards." The servants said, not daring to raise their heads, as if they had done something wrong.Don't blame them, they have a big family to support, and they have to survive.
The news that Wen's family was about to sell their property spread, like a stone that fell into an ancient well and disappeared without a trace after stirring up a few water ripples.She went to ask several families, all of them were rich and powerful families, and they shook their heads like rattles. In the end, she had no choice but to walk into Fuxinghang. If Du Wenjing refused to take over, she really had no hope. up.
Du Wenjing was sitting in the shop, drinking tea with a cigarette pipe in his mouth, as if he was waiting for her to come.
Wen Qingyun said straightly, "1 taels, if you want, even the house and the salt fields are yours."
"5000 taels. In addition, you kneel down and kowtow to apologize to me in front of the big guy!" Du Wenjing took out a stack of bank notes and looked at her with a half-smile.
"What?" Wen Qingyun was stunned, what kind of request is this?
"I am your godfather, my daughter is your sister, and my concubine is your godmother. You robbed your sister's man and forced your own godmother to death, shouldn't you kowtow? You are in front of the old and young in Haizhou City , let me not step down, shouldn't I apologize?"
"Don't go too far!" Wen Qingyun's eyes were filled with tears, her chest was bulging like it was about to explode.
"Now you come to beg me, you don't have to agree, but you have to understand, you can't find a second buyer outside my door!" Du Wenjing calmed down, and called the waiter to pour tea. urgent.
The people who passed by the entrance of Fuxing Bank that day all saw that Wen Qingyun, the eldest wife of the Shen family, knelt at the door of Fuxing Bank and kowtowed three times.Du Wenjing stood on the steps, proud and elated.Opposite them is Mao Yong, Mi Fu and his fellows also saw it, they rushed out holding sticks, and were stopped by Wen Qingyun, Xue Lian was crying, Lu Tou clutched his whip and kept silent, they were all uncomfortable, but they could only watch look at.
Wen Qingyun knelt down to receive the banknote, stood up and said, "Boss Du, I don't owe you anything now. What you owe me, let's count it slowly!"
Du Wenjing laughed loudly, "Eldest young mistress, what's the trick, I'll wait!"
The onlookers couldn't stand it anymore. Even if Wen Qingyun was wrong, she was still a woman, a little girl, and she shouldn't be humiliated in the street like this.What Du Wenjing did was not manly at all.When Mrs. Shen in the Shenzhai compound heard about it, she also frowned. Du Wenjing asked Wen Qingyun to kowtow, in order to save the Shen family's face, and to slap Shen Yunpei in the face.He didn't take the Shen family too seriously, she would write down this account for him!
Wen Qingyun didn't have so many thoughts, and she didn't allow herself to think, so she turned around and went to Zuimengxuan with the 5000 taels of silver. Together with the Wen family's last family property, a total of 1 taels were neatly placed in front of Jiu Lianhuan.Jiu Lianhuan looked at them one by one, fearing that there might be fake ones, and when she had seen enough, she put it in her arms, "Young Mistress, you are so refreshing."
"You took the money, when will you release it?" Wen Qingyun asked coldly.
"Who are you going to release?" Jiu Lianhuan pretended to be surprised, "Eldest young mistress, you have to go to the Yamen if you want to release someone. This is a place of fireworks and willows. The one who is released is either a girl or a guest. What are you going to do?"
Wen Qingyun was stunned, she didn't expect that Jiu Lianhuan would not admit it, she stood up, pointed and asked: "You said you took the money and then withdrew the lawsuit, now you regret it, okay, return the money to me."
Jiu Lianhuan had never seen such a storm before, and after calling out a few strong men, they ran out majesticly and stood in a row before she said: "Young Mistress, this money is for my girl's worth, as for your brother who committed murder , it is punished by the government, and I am not next to Zui Mengxuan. I don't need to watch you play prestige here and see off guests!"
"You should at least tell me where Ruyan is, I want to see her! I want to ask her, why did you frame Yuzhu?"
Jiu Lianhuan sneered, "Okay, Ruyan is at Mr. Liu's house, bring her out if you have the ability!"
2,
Leader Liu woke up in the afternoon, ate something, and fell on the smoke table to smoke the burning opium ointment.This girl lives up to her name, and the smoke she burns is extraordinarily fragrant.It's a pity that after a while, Chen Zongyong, that bastard, will be cheaper.Gang Leader Liu snorted coldly, there is nothing good about being an official!Ru Yan was taken aback, thinking that she had offended the old man, her knees softened and she knelt on the ground.
"Get up," Chief Liu raised his eyelids, with smile lines showing at the corners of his mouth, "Ruyan, she is also a big girl, and she will become the magistrate's wife in the future, so don't deny me, a bad old man."
Ruyan's face couldn't be seen green or red in the smog, her lips moved, her voice was inaudible, like a mosquito humming, "I'd rather live with the old man than be some damn madam."
Mosquitoes got into Gangzhu Liu's ears, scratching him itchy and numb, making him comfortable.
The servant stood outside the door, spoiling the scenery, "Master, Wen Qingyun, the young lady of the Shen family, is asking to see you."
Master Liu's outstretched hand just touched the soft lump on Ruyan's chest, and he was in good spirits, "No see!" With some strength in his hand, the kneeling Ruyan's body softened.
"He said that if you don't see her, she will wait at the door and won't leave."
"Then let her wait!" Master Liu sat up suddenly, retracted his hands, and was so angry that he could not stop pouring opium smoke.
There were footsteps all the way outside the door, and the servants ran fast.Ru Yan leaned forward, holding Master Liu's legs with both hands, with her face up, and her eyes were affectionate, Master Liu kicked her away, "Go away! Shameless thing!" Master Liu's violence and turning his face are as ruthless as smoke I have heard about it, but it is another matter to experience it personally.She was in a daze until Master Liu raised his other leg, "I'll let you go, do you hear me?"
Ruyan cried and ran out of the door, she wanted to go back to Zuimengxuan, the place where she dreamed of dying.Just two steps away, someone came to stop him.
"Miss Ruyan, don't make it difficult for us, if you let you go out of this door, none of us will be able to survive!"
"Let go, let me go!" Ruyan was hugged by the waist, but without delaying her kicking and rolling her feet, she forced the person behind her to let go.Without this ability, she would not be the top card in Zuimengxuan.It's a pity that she is facing the family of Chief Liu's family, any one of them is capable.After eating the pain, he mercilessly grabbed Ruyan's hair and dragged her to the other side.
Wen Qingyun heard Ruyan's cry for help, but unfortunately there was someone standing in front of her, so it was impossible to break in.
"Please, please inform me again, and I will leave after a few words."
"Young lady, our master will not see you. If you want, there are stools here, and you can sit here. Otherwise, you can go back. What should you do, it's better than wasting time here."
"Then I see Miss Ruyan..."
"I'm sorry, we don't have such a person in our house, you have to find that kind of place to look for it." The concierge refused to let in oil and salt, and even confiscated the silver ingot that Wen Qingyun stuffed in, "Eldest young mistress, I still want to keep it." Where's the guy who eats?"
Wen Qingyun took one last look at the deep courtyard, no matter how unwilling she was, she had to leave.
Shen Xiaoru finally got Jin Yan to Shen's house, he could see that Mrs. Shen was also fascinated after hearing Jin Yan's book, and agreed to keep Jin Yan's father and daughter at home, and they were not allowed to leave until they finished talking.When Xuelian hurried to find her, Shen Xiaoru accompanied Mrs. Shen to listen to the book in the garden. Seeing Xuelian winking, Shen Xiaoru was a little nervous and sneaked out of the garden, asking in a low voice, "Why did you come here? What happened?"
Xue Lian said, "My lady wants you to go there no matter what."
Shen Xiaoru looked around again after listening, and said: "Okay, I understand. You go back first, and I will be there later."
Back in the garden, Mrs. Shen's eyes drifted over, "Let me make it clear to you first, your father won't meddle in their family affairs, and you are not allowed to meddle. Don't wait until your father gets angry, you can't explain it." .”
Shen Xiaoru smirked, "Mother, look what you're talking about, it's about the shop, come to me, I'll go over there, I'll be right back!" He didn't wait for Mrs. Shen to speak, he got up and ran out.So I didn't hear Mrs. Shen sneer, "It's worthless!"
When Wen's family moved to the small courtyard recently, Shen Xiaoru still looked restless, and asked impatiently, "What's the matter, tell me quickly!"
Wen Qingyun ignored his attitude, she was begging for help, and begged him to write another letter to Shen Yunpei, all of this was caused by the Green Gang behind the scenes, and Wen Yuzhu was just a scapegoat, so he had to reach out to save people no matter what.
Shen Xiaoru said bluntly, "It's useless. My father has already made it very clear that this kind of thing involves too much. If he intervenes, the situation will be even more chaotic."
Wen Qingyun seized the flaw, stared at Shen Xiaoru and asked, "Father wrote? What else?"
"No." Shen Xiaoru avoided those two gazes and looked at the unknown plants in the corner.
"Xiaoru, you should just help me, who else can I count on now? I really have nowhere to go, you can't just ignore death, can you?"
"I'm afraid even you will be included in the rescue again!" Shen Xiaoru blurted out, this is Shen Yunpei's original intention, asking him to warn Wen Qingyun, enough is enough, otherwise he will be included in it, let alone saved.He didn't say anything, because he knew Wen Qingyun's temper, and the more he obstructed her, the more likely she would try to be brave.
After hearing this, Wen Qingyun lost her temper, pointed at the door and shouted, "Get out!"
Shen Xiaoru was stunned, he has grown so big, he has not been kicked out of the house yet.
"Get out for me. Whether I live or die in the future, I won't implicate your Shen family. Is that okay?" Wen Qingyun turned her head and didn't even look at him anymore.
3,
Shen Xiaoru felt that it was bad enough for him to be kicked out for no reason.When he got home, he found that he had just left before Mrs. Shen sent Jin Yan and his daughter away.
He yelled at Mrs. Shen, confidently, "Mother, why did you do this? Didn't you promise me..."
Madam Shen's face was as frosty, and she took out a handkerchief Jinyan often used from her sleeve, with a little swallow embroidered on the corner.A few days ago, Shen Xiaoru wanted to come and take it with me, but somehow it got into Mrs. Shen's hands, "I said why are you so caring, so it's because of this? You are still acting in front of me, blatantly seducing a good son, I will kick her out It's already cheap for her!"
Shen Xiaoru was dumbfounded, and he realized that Mrs. Shen knew everything a long time ago, and letting Jin Yan enter the mansion was just to give her a warning, so that she could retreat in spite of difficulties and disappear automatically!
"Filial Confucianism," Mrs. Shen changed her tone, heavy and tactful, "It is normal for a family like us to marry three wives and four concubines, but what is that Jin Yan? She is not even an actress, saying It sounds good, it's a storyteller, but it doesn't sound good, it's just a beggar, how can you have anything to do with her? If it spreads out, where will our Shen family's face be put? I let her enter the Shen family's gate to let her know Difficult to retreat!"
Shen Xiaoru never thought that Mrs. Shen had already paved the way, and he walked into the trap step by step by himself.
"Go back and have a rest first. I can't blame you for this. My daughter-in-law is not at home, so it is inevitable that I will have more thoughts. Bear with it, and she will come back after talking for more than ten days. At that time, you young couple will live your life , isn't it good?" Mrs. Shen coaxed and persuaded Shen Xiaoru to go back to the west courtyard.Looking back at Dongmei, "You ask the kitchen to make a single fish for the young master at night, he likes to eat it. Also, you go to the accountant to get ten taels of silver, and I will reward you. In the future, this kind of thing will not only be Xiaoru, Seeing that Xiaoduan and Xiaofang have grown up, if there is any trouble, you have to tell me, this is really for our own good. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer."
Dongmei nodded, looking wholeheartedly for Mrs. Shen.Turning around, she also arrived at the west courtyard.Sure enough, Shen Xiaoru was drowning his sorrows with wine, and when he saw Dongmei, he shed tears.
"Why?" he asked.
Dongmei walked over and helped him fill up the wine, "Eldest young master, don't feel bad, this person pays attention to fate, you can't force it."
Shen Xiaoru drank one cup after another by Dongmei's hand, and when he woke up, it was already the next morning, his headache seemed to explode, but he was not as surprised as he was when he saw a naked Dongmei lying beside him and shock.
"This, this, this..." Shen Xiaoru pointed with his finger, dumbfounded.
Dongmei sat up around the quilt, lowered her head, and looked at a bright red blood stain on the sheet.Needless to say, everything is obvious.
Shen Xiaoru is still stuttering, he doesn't remember what happened, the last memory is fixed on the wine glasses that are constantly being emptied and refilled.
"Young master, you were in a bad mood yesterday and drank too much alcohol. I am willing and I will not make it difficult for you. I will not tell anyone about it." Dongmei put on her clothes, her messy hair was still in a mess , the forced smile was a bit bleak, "By the way, I heard that Miss Jin Yan and her father have left Haizhou. It seems that they are going to Shanghai."
Shen Xiaoru didn't say a word, watching Dongmei leave.His head was still about to explode, and he still couldn't remember what happened.Later he said to Xiaoduan, I don't seem to have done anything.
He really didn't do anything.Dongmei arranged this game, because she found that Shen Xiaoru would never take the initiative to approach her, and would rather get involved with a low-level storyteller than to look at her more.That day when she came to the west courtyard to look for him, she found the handkerchief under the pillow, and secretly took it away and handed it to Mrs. Shen.Only then did the scene where Jin Yan was asked to enter the mansion and then kicked out again.
Dongmei decided to fight. Yang Jing'an said that these 21 days are the best time.As long as Shen Xiaoru can be wooed during this period, everything will become settled when Wen Qingyun comes back in the future.If she could conceive a boy and a half girl before Wen Qingyun, would she still worry about not being able to secure her position of wealth and glory for the rest of her life?
Last night, she asked Yang Jing'an to help her prepare something, which is commonly used by women in brothels, and can be used to tie men.I thought I would have to wait a few days to get it, but I didn't expect Yang Jing'an to find it out of the drawer.He had already prepared and knew today.She was ashamed and angry, and put the whole bag into the wine regardless of Yang Jing'an's words that only half of it was fine.Because of this, the dose of the medicine was too large, Shen Xiaoru drank it, shouted that his whole body was burning hot, and when he spoke up, he passed out...
She carried Xiaoru onto the bed and took off his clothes.She felt that she had given herself to a corpse, and the moment the two blended together, she felt the humiliation she had never experienced before.
She sat on the bedside and wept. When it was almost dawn, she saw the faint blood in the first ray of sky, and she felt confident.She saw her future, blood and tears, bright and dazzling.
4,
Wen Qingyun felt that she was only one step away from the truth. She knew the mastermind behind the scenes, the cause of the incident, and the various people involved in this incident. As long as one of them is willing to tell the truth, Yuzhu will be saved. .Unfortunately, they refused.
She went to Chen Zongyong again, and told Master Qingtian the results of her investigation.
Chen Zongyong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where's the evidence? Eldest young lady, I can't arrest people just because you just said it, it's against the rules."
"If you don't arrest people, how can there be evidence?" Wen Qingyun refuted Chen Zongyong, "Master Chen, this is a major murder case. Since there are clues, you should investigate clearly, right?"
Chen Zongyong snorted coldly, "Young Mistress, are you teaching me how to investigate a case? To tell you the truth, this case has been closed, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice has issued an approval letter, and it will be decided."
Wen Yuzhu was about to die.Wen Qingyun shuddered. She has been traveling for so long, and this is what she got in return?She was 1 unwilling, and when she arrived in the prison, she found that Wen Yuzhu was actually almost dead. The wound she received in court was festering all the time. After a few days, she was already emaciated and lying dizzy on the pile of straw. When I saw her, I couldn't say a word for a long time.
Wen Qingyun handed over all the loose silver she was carrying to the jailer, and asked him to help invite a doctor.Seeing that Qian's eyes were wide open, the jailer agreed to go.Not long after, the doctor came and Lao Lu followed.He would not feel at ease until he saw the young master with his own eyes.Seeing this, I feel even more uneasy.
Walking out of the prison and escaping the suffocating dirty air, Wen Qingyun still felt out of breath.Old Lu's face was as heavy as the sky, and it might rain at any moment.
"Miss, you have to do something, the young master can't die. Don't forget what you promised the master!"
Wen Qingyun raised her head, she erupted for the first time after Wen Yuntang's death, the clouds all over the sky turned into rain and fell down. "What else have I not done? Tell me, what else can I do? I go to ask for help, look at people's faces, look at people's eyes, and kneel down to them. I don't care about these things. It doesn't matter if I sell houses and land. Tell me, what else can I do?"
As soon as Zhong Han returned to Huaguo Mountain, he heard what happened to the Wen family.Xiu Gu said in a gloating tone that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil.She couldn't forget the tragic death of Duhu, and regarded Wen Qingyun as an enemy.Zhong Han couldn't hate him, he had an unspeakable concern in his heart, he hastily arranged the chores in the village, and handed over to Xiugu the look of a foolish woman he brought back.
"who is she?"
"I don't know. I picked it up on the road. I thought she was starving to death, so I brought it back. You take care of it." After Zhong Han finished speaking, he turned and went down the mountain to find Shopkeeper Zhou, asking him to find out the whole matter.Shopkeeper Zhou had been prepared for a long time. He gathered what Wen Qingyun said in the past few days and the information he had collected in the past few days in one place, and finished them one by one.After hearing this, Zhong Han knew that Wen Yuzhu was indeed innocent, so he couldn't help but sighed for Wen Qingyun.
Shopkeeper Zhou has been with him for so many years, so he naturally understands what he thinks in his heart, so he said, "Master, we can't interfere in this matter. Gang Leader Liu said that whoever interferes is going against the Green Gang. For a woman, it can't be done. "
Zhong Han raised his eyes and glanced at Shopkeeper Zhou.Shopkeeper Zhou knew he had made a slip of the tongue, shook his head in a concealed manner, and went to greet other guests.Zhong Han sat for a while, called Mancang to him, gave him some copper coins, and asked him to go to the city and invite Wen Qingyun here.Mancang agreed, and turned around to see that Wen Qingyun was already standing outside the tea house, putting away the copper coins with a smile, making tea and pouring water.
After a few days of not seeing each other, Wen Qingyun became haggard, and her eyes, which were originally shining brightly, dimmed, covered with a layer of helpless mist.Seeing him, she twitched the corners of her mouth, drawing out a smile line without a smile, and then collapsed again, as if she didn't even have the strength to utter a perfunctory sentence.
Zhong Han poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Wen Qingyun, and said, "I've heard about it."
Wen Qingyun nodded, took out a brush and washer, "Help me rescue the person, this is a deposit, and I will give you the rest in the future."
Zhong Han remained calm, picked up the brush, read it, and put it on the table again, "You want me to rob the execution ground? This will be beheaded."
Wen Qingyun looked directly at him and asked, "Are you afraid?"
"Although what I do is beheading for a living, I don't want to take unnecessary risks. Give me a reason, why should I help you?"
"If you didn't want to help me, you wouldn't be here telling me these things." Wen Qingyun grabbed the brush washer and looked at it the same way. Suddenly, her hand loosened, and the brush washer fell to the ground and fell into two pieces. "Yu Zhu is My younger brother is also the only male in my family. No amount of silver is worth his life. If you help me this time, I will repay you. As long as you can rescue him, you can do whatever you want."
Zhong Han smiled slightly, "Really?"
"Don't worry, Wen Qingyun will do what I say."
"You still think of me as a bandit..." Zhong Han seemed a little helpless, "You think I will force others." He narrowed his eyes and stared at Wen Qingyun, "But I don't want to do this, I hate forcing others. Even if I want you , it has to be voluntary, and it has nothing to do with everything else."
Although Zhong Han is a bandit, he will not go head-to-head with the government unless it is absolutely necessary.The robbery field is a legend in the world, as unbelievable as keeping people under the knife and taking people's heads thousands of miles away.According to the clues provided by Wen Qingyun, he knew that the crux of the problem still lies in the Green Gang. As long as Ruyan can come forward to change the confession, Wen Yuzhu will still have a glimmer of life.
That night, Zhong Han appeared in Zuimengxuan, ordering nine consecutive rings.
Zhong Han met Jiu Lianhuan when he was recovering from his wounds in the Green Gang, and there was an unspeakable ambiguous relationship between the two of them, because of the strict rules of the gang leader Liu, it ended without a problem.But in Jiu Lianhuan's heart, Zhong Han has always reserved a place.The two met occasionally in these years, Zhong Han didn't mention anything about the past, Jiu Lianhuan could see it openly, knowing that the man's feelings passed this village and there would be no such shop, so they didn't get entangled too much, it would be better to have a normal friendship.When he came today, she didn't pretend to be affectionate. She opened the door curtain and looked at him with a half-smile, "I thought it was someone with such a big style that I wanted my mother to serve me personally. It turned out to be Brother Zhong Han. I haven't seen you for a long time. How can you now?" You are so prestigious, you have become the chief executive, and you are also a nursing home for the Shen family. You have power and money, why did you think of coming to me? Tell me, what is it?"
Zhong Han knew that she was short-tempered and would take the soft rather than the hard, so he walked over with a smile, "Come and see an old friend, can you come if you have something to do?"
Jiu Lianhuan reached out and tapped Zhong Han's cheek, "Don't play this game with me, you will go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do. Don't tell me, right? Well, don't talk about it if you have the ability, come here, serve wine, today I'll get drunk with my brother."
Zhong Han has a good capacity for alcohol, but he is not as good as Jiu Lianhuan. After a few drinks, his face blushes faintly, and his speech becomes vague, "No, I can't drink you. Find some more people. Ruyan, Ruyan call."
"So you came to look for her. It's a pity, she's at Gang Leader Liu's house, and she won't come back for a while." Jiu Lianhuan had an idea in his mind, "Do you want to ask about the murder case a while ago? You As soon as I came in, I knew that the young mistress of the Shen family is now your boss, and she has to do something for her anyway, but you also know that Mr. Liu has treated me well, and I can't let him down."
Zhong Han woke up from the wine in an instant, and his eyes lit up. Although he was rejected by Jiu Lianhuan, he still admired her morality in his heart.These days, there are not many people who can talk about the morals of the world, let alone a woman who is begging for life in a brothel.
"Please help me send a message to Mr. Liu, whether you can let the Wen family go, it's a favor for me."
Jiu Lianhuan sat up straight, suppressed his smile, and said seriously, "Zhong Han, I advise you to leave it alone. Leader Liu is only an only daughter, and he won't give up easily, not to mention there are still a lot of business troubles here. I don't mind I will bring it to you, and I would like to send you a sentence. Don’t think that the Green Gang is not as powerful as your Zhongjiazhai, but one more friend has more ways to go. Offending the Green Gang for some money is not worth it. Think about it yourself.”
Zhong Han thought about these things, but he agreed to Wen Qingyun, no matter how difficult it was, he had to do it.
5,
The day of execution was getting closer and closer, Zhong Han stayed alone in Haizhou City looking for a way out, while arranging shopkeeper Zhou to go up the mountain to arrange manpower.There are bound to be dangers, but if you plan properly, you can escape unscathed.Shopkeeper Zhou came back and brought two pieces of news. First, the brothers in the village didn’t say anything, but they seemed unwilling; However, she said that her name was Peiyun, and she used to be the personal maid of the second concubine of Du Wenjing's family. When asked why she fainted from hunger by the roadside, she refused to say anything.When Zhong Han heard this, his heart was moved. He had also heard about the commotion about the second aunt's suicide.Maybe this Peiyun knew some inside information, so he immediately returned to Huaguoshan to interrogate Peiyun himself.
After promising to protect her safety and not let anyone hurt her, Pei Yun finally spoke the truth.The second aunt did not commit suicide, but was forced to death by Du Wenjing. She saw the whole process of their quarrel outside the study that day, and knew that Wu Sheng would be in danger, so she sneaked out and reported to Wu Sheng.Speaking of this, Pei Yun's eyes turned red, and the little-known affection between her and Wu Sheng was finally exposed. Originally, she could have gone far away with Wu Sheng and escaped this catastrophe, but her ankle was sprained and she couldn't go.Wu Sheng refused to let her go, and hid her in the cabinet when Du Man came to knock on the door. She watched Du Man kill someone and took the body away.Knowing that they would not let her go, she put on a peasant woman's clothes and fled to a foreign country.She was robbed by thieves on the road, and all the silver and jewelry she brought with her was taken away. She had no money to eat, and passed out on the side of the road.
After hearing this, Zhong Han decided to take Peiyun down the mountain, and asked her to tell Gangzhu Liu what she had said again, and asked him to know who the real murderer of his daughter was.
Gang Leader Liu sneered, "Brother Zhong Han, why did you benefit from that woman, and are willing to run around for her like this? There is nothing about your Zhong family village here, don't you think you are too lenient?"
Zhong Han said loudly, "Master Liu, you want to take revenge, and I have found the real culprit for you..."
"Based on her words, you can say that my daughter Hongxing is cheating?" Leader Liu pointed, "Why should I believe you?"
"Based on my name Zhong Han, Chief Liu, you should understand me, I won't casually wrong good people."
"Okay!" Gang Leader Liu stood up, "I will grant you this once. You can take Ruyan away, but she has to stay."
Pei Yun yelled in panic, "No, Master Zhong, you said you would not hand me over to them. I can't stay here. If I stay, I will be killed by them."
Zhong Han couldn't bear it, but it's a pity that there are some things that must be tolerated. When he went out with Ruyan, he heard Chief Liu say, lock up this bitch for me!
Wen Qingyun took Ruyan from Zhong Han's hand and went straight to the government office.Up to this time, she still had a glimmer of hope for Yamen.Chen Zongyong left behind Ruyan, saying that he would interrogate slowly, and Wen Qingyun could go back first and wait for the news.
Three days later, when the news came back, Wen Yuzhu was escorted to the execution ground immediately, and the Ming Dynasty punished him.
Haizhou City was once again a sensation. The people who hadn’t seen a murder for a long time rushed out of the city in groups, in order to catch a glimpse of the excitement of blood gushing, who stepped on whose foot, which family’s daughter-in-law was killed. People don't care if they take advantage of it.The Wen family's carriage was going backwards in the crowd, and it was difficult for them to move. From time to time, there were a few gossips outside the carriage. The words were different, but the tone was the same cheerful.
After a long time, people still mentioned the observation of the execution. The criminals were tied up on the execution platform, the tiger-head knife in the executioner's hand was shining, Chen Zongyong's official robes were neat, and the lottery in his hand was folded down. When it landed, a group of men and horses fell from the sky and snatched the death row prisoner under the noses of the officers and soldiers.Some people say that this pair of men and horses are masters from the capital, some say they are soldiers from the Western Regions, some say they are monks born in the mountains, and finally some people say that you are all wrong, this person is a master from the Green Gang, you have to personally To avenge the daughter of Gang Leader Liu... Chen Zongyong specially transferred two more teams and arranged them properly around the execution ground. If anyone dares to rush to the execution ground, they will be killed without mercy.The officers and soldiers' eyes were wide open, and they all saw the black masks on the faces of the people who robbed the court.No matter how Chen Zongyong broke his throat, no one dared to step forward.Everyone is on errands to eat food, and if they make mistakes, they will lose their lives.There are also people who know that this case is wronged, and want to let Wen Yuzhu survive.In short, the murder scene was a mess, and when Chen Zongyong got out from under the table, he knew that his official career had come to an end, and he should think about how it would be more honorable to resign from his old age and return home.
Wen Qingyun saw Wen Yuzhu in Zizhu nunnery.Both siblings felt as if they were separated from each other, and Wen Qingzhu also realized that he had wrongly blamed his sister for a long time, thinking that she let go and cared about his brother's life and death, and hadn't said a word to her these days.Qingzhu wanted to apologize, but was stopped by Wen Qingyun. Now is not the time to be polite, officers and soldiers will come after him at any time, and Wenyuzhu must be moved to a safer place.He is alive now, but he will never be able to show his face in Haizhou City.From then on, he was a fugitive prisoner, spending his whole life in secret.
Zhong Han sent his brothers to watch out, then invited Master Ci Ning in, applied medicine to Wen Yuzhu's wound, and then asked Wen Qingyun, what is his plan? Have you thought about a place to stay?
"Go to Guangzhou." Wen Qingyun said, "There is a friend of my father there, and he will be taken in."
Unexpectedly, Wen Yuzhu actually said, "No, I want to stay." He has been in prison for many days, and after suffering all these ordeals, he is no longer as innocent as before. Before he opened his mouth, he had a firm idea in his heart, "Sister, let I'll stay. Brother Zhong, you don't mind having one more person join the group, right?"
Before Zhong Han had time to speak, Wen Qingyun had already refused, "No, how can you become a bandit?" She didn't care about the helpless wry smile on the face of the person behind her.
"Why not?" Wen Yuzhu said, "Sister, the bandits saved me."
"So what?" Wen Qingyun put on the look of the head of the family, "Brother, you are the only hope of our Wen family, do you want daddy to die in peace?"
"I'm already a fugitive, sister, let me stay, at least I can take care of you in the future." Wen Yuzhu suddenly got off the bed and knelt in front of Wen Qingyun, "Sister, if you insist on If I leave, then I will have to surrender myself."
Wen Qingyun was stunned, she was caught off guard by such a result, not to mention that Qing Zhu would also stand by Wen Yuzhu's side, "Sister, you just agree, brother stays, if there is a day when the case is overturned, we siblings can still Reunion. When he left, our family really broke up."
Wen Qingyun turned her head to look at Zhong Han, "The head of the family, it seems that I will trouble you to keep my brother."
"If this is the case, he will no longer be your brother." Zhong Han glanced at the young head kneeling on the ground, "There will be no Wenyu bamboo in this world, do you understand?"
Wen Qingyun nodded, if she wanted her brother to live, she had to let him die first.
"You can't see him without my permission."
"Yes."
"Don't mention this to anyone but here."
"Yes."
Since then, Wen Yuzhu, the son of the salt merchant, has disappeared from the world, and beside Zhong Han there is a taciturn young man who can read and write well. People say that he does not look like a bandit.He said that he was a bandit from the first day he was born.
When the officers and soldiers searched the mountain, they found a corpse. The figure looked like Wenyuzhu, but the face was blurred by stones, so it was impossible to see what was going on.Chen Zongyong came back from a desperate situation and asked Wen Qingyun to identify the corpse. The two looked at each other tacitly. Wen Qingyun hugged the corpse and wept bitterly, saying that her brother died unjustly.My own sisters all said yes, who would dare to say no?Chen Zongyong drew a portrait of a masked man and posted it everywhere to capture the gangsters, and at the same time reported it to the court, drawing an unsatisfactory end to this matter.But he was still a little worried, Wen Yuzhu ran away like this, would the Green Gang and Du Wenjing let him go?Not to mention asking him to spit out the fat that has reached his mouth, I am afraid that Ruyan, who lives temporarily in the mansion without a wife or concubine, will have to be sent back.Forget it, he bemoaned his bad luck, and if they did come after him, he'd have to throw up if he didn't want to.What Chen Zongyong didn't expect was that Du Wenjing was already devastated and was about to flee, so he couldn't care about him at all.
(End of this chapter)
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