Mistress

Chapter 5

Under the attention of everyone, Mrs. Tai coughed for a while, drank the medicine for a while, coughed for a while, and finally drank a bowl of soup and medicine in a procrastinated manner.

Seeing that Mrs. Tai was still calling her "Yulu... Yuliu", she first bit the bullet and agreed, but then she got a little impatient, and coughed again and again until tears came out.

Nanny Cui, Qing'er, and Qi'er panicked, and hurriedly helped Li Yan back to her Jinxiu Courtyard.Aunt Song and Aunt Ji saw that Li Yan had been coughing badly after sitting on Mrs. Tai's kang for only a short while, and they were afraid that they would get sick, so they followed back to their respective residences.

As soon as they returned to Jinxiu Courtyard, Qi'er and Qing'er were crying, saying that Madam just got better and that she shouldn't go out this time, and even said in a roundabout way that Madam Tai's cough may have passed to Madam.After all, Madam is their serious master, so they naturally turned to Madam.

What's more, when we were in Cui Song Yuan just now, Mrs. Tai recognized my wife as Aunt Zhang, and said that Master Jun, the concubine, should inherit the great responsibility, and didn't mention a word about Master Xiao, the concubine, which also made them feel aggrieved.

Nanny Cui was not in a hurry, Jiang was still old and hot, she seemed to have seen some clues, and felt that Madam would not catch a cough so soon.However, it's better to be cautious in everything, it's time to urge Aunt Zhang to send someone to buy medicinal materials.She didn't say anything, and came to Miaoyi Pavilion alone to look for Aunt Zhang.

Li Yan was very pleased to see that they were so loyal to her.Needless to say, Nanny Cui, Qi'er and Qing'er seemed to serve her as their only master.It is a joy to think of being a master here once, and there are also loyal servants. With them doing their best for themselves, the life of being a widow should not be too difficult in the future.

As for dealing with Mrs. Tai and the aunts, she has to plan carefully. These women are all human beings, so don't be murdered by them. She still doesn't know how she died.And her "son" Xu Xiao, she also has to protect him, since she is his mother, she has to fulfill her mother's responsibilities, right?Alas, it seems that I really have a long way to go.

When Mammy Cui arrived at the Miaoyi Pavilion, she didn't see Aunt Zhang, but heard from the boys that Aunt Zhang had gone to the steward's room.

Nanny Cui came to the steward's room again, and saw that the door was open and there was no movement, so she went in.When I came to the door of the warehouse, I saw many people gathered together.She stepped forward and poked her head to have a look, she was frightened and lost her soul, and saw a person lying on the ground, as if dead.

Nanny Cui's legs were a little weak, she froze to the side for a while, and then leaned over to look carefully, and recognized that the person lying on the ground was Steward Lin.Last night, Manager Lin and Sun Deng were on duty to guard the warehouse. Since something happened to Manager Lin, what about Sun Deng?

Aunt Zhang sat aside with a sullen face, and ordered the servants to quickly pinch Steward Lin, while Doctor Zeng squatted aside to give Steward Lin his pulse, panicked.

Seeing Nanny Cui coming, Aunt Zhang just glanced at her and didn't speak to her.

At this time, the boys who were doing odd jobs in the office were so frightened that they knelt down in a row, crying and saying that Sun Deng invited them to drink last night. They obviously didn't drink much, but they fell asleep as soon as they got back to their residence. , It wasn't until this moment that I woke up.

Aunt Zhang yelled loudly: "Master is not in the house, you slaves just put your nose on the nose and throw the rules to the country of Java? Except for the celebration day, the servants are not allowed to drink alcohol and fight cards. You committed crimes knowingly and put me Is it a decoration?"

The boys felt bad when they heard this, they were trembling with fright, and kowtowed for mercy.

Aunt Zhang glanced at their pitiful appearances, and said sharply: "Without rules, there will be no circle, and if the punishment is not clear, there will be chaos! If you are not severely punished today, wouldn't it be a joke that there is no master in the prime minister's house? Come!"

The four servants responded in unison behind her: "Yes!"

Without hesitation, Aunt Zhang ordered: "Fork them down, and give each of them fifty big boards!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a kneeling servant fainted from fright.They have all seen this kind of big plank in the mansion. After being hit by fifty big planks, even if they don't die, they will be half disabled.

The servants were busy carrying stools and looking for sticks in the yard.The stunned boy couldn't escape, he was strangled awake by them, and then carried to a bench.

Mother Cui didn't want to see such a bloody scene, and Aunt Zhang lost her temper so much. Could it be that Sun Deng ransacked the warehouse?The treasury contains the property accumulated by generations of the Xu family!

Mother Cui's legs were trembling, and she walked a few steps into the warehouse, and saw seven or eight small boxes lying horizontally in the silver warehouse and jewelry warehouse, 50 taels of gold and silver and dozens of boxes of jewelry were all that was left. ?
Her head was buzzing for a while, and then she glanced at the other end, and found that the object library and the antique play library didn't seem to be moving.These things are not easy to sell or pawn, because many of them are rewarded by the emperor, and a sensible person can tell at a glance that they belong to the Xu family.Sun Deng is just a small handyman. He usually doesn't seem to be a quick-witted person, and he is even a little stupid. How come he is so clever this time, and he didn't dare to touch the antique playhouse and the warehouse?

What's even more strange is that for a low-key person like Sun Deng, who on earth lent him the courage to loot the prime minister's mansion?

Mammy Cui heard a dull "bang bang" sound in the yard, mixed with the painful wailing of the beaten, she lowered her head and quickly left the management room, let's talk about the medicinal materials later.

Aunt Zhang glanced at Nanny Cui's back, clutching a concubine-colored silk handkerchief in her hand, she was stunned for a while, and when she heard the tragic howling under the staff, she suddenly shouted again: "Give me a hard blow!" hit!"

After the servants got the order, they lifted the sticks higher, and when they fell, they didn't hear the crying sound anymore, and the beaten boy was already dying of pain.

Then Aunt Zhang said to a maid next to her, "Bring me all the people who guarded the gate last night!"

The little maid hurriedly ran to find someone. Ma Xing had just gone to the yamen to report the matter of Dr. Xu to the officials, and when he came back, he found that there was an even bigger change in the mansion, so he was so frightened that he hurried to report to the officials again. up.Steward Lin was carried to a kang in the steward's room for night duty. Although he woke up, his mind was still not clear.

A big incident happened in the mansion, and it was so strange that Nanny Cui didn't dare to hide it from his wife anymore.She also knew that the trouble had become like this, and she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.

She returned to Jinxiu Courtyard, and when she was about to report the matter to Madam, she happened to see Eldest Miss and Young Master Xiao coming here to visit their mother, who were crying and talking about something.

The woman who served Young Master Xiao was Steward Lin's wife. She had just learned that something had happened to her man, so she ran over in a hurry.Because Manager Lin is usually on duty at night, he will have a half-day off the next morning, and most of the time he will go back to his small home in the courtyard in the northwest corner to sleep.

There are three rows of low houses in the courtyard in the northwest corner. The first row is for stewards and first-class servants, and the second row is for second-class servants. Those who have already married can be divided into two or three small houses. Households are connected in a row, while those who are not married can only live in small single rooms.The third row is occupied by the most inferior servants and handymen, and this row is actually a few Datong shops.

The wives in the mansion are all the wives of the stewards or servants, so they all live in the first row or the second row of houses.

In order to separate men and women, none of the maids in the mansion lived in the courtyard in the northwest corner.The rough envoys live in the small side rooms of their master's courtyard, while the first and second class maids live in a small side room outside the master's bedroom, which is convenient for night guards.

On weekdays, Xu Xiao was served by Steward Lin's family and two servant boys. Steward Lin's family came to Xu Xiao's Jingfengxuan early in the morning to serve Xu Xiao to wash and have breakfast.Seeing that Steward Lin didn't come home in the morning, she didn't take it seriously, and thought he was busy with important matters in the steward's room.

It wasn't until a few servants passed by Jingfengxuan's door just now that they stopped in and told her.She panicked, reported to Xu Xiao, and hurriedly ran over to see her man.

Although Xu Xiao was only eight years old, after learning about this, he also knew that a catastrophe had occurred in the mansion.These days, when he learned that his father seemed to be dying, he was so sad that he cried for more than ten days. Recently, he has been unable to think about eating and drinking, and cannot read books. He always wonders whether he should go to Jiaoyang City to rescue him. Father.His brother-in-law Xu Jun is very normal. Although he is also worried, it does not affect his studies. Xu Jun can complete the homework assigned by Mr. Daily very well.As for Xu Xiao, he hasn't even mentioned it recently.

Now that the gold, silver and jewels in the warehouse are gone, it means that their Xu family is about to fall. At such a young age, he really can't bear it.

Originally, he and his sister were going to go to Mrs. Tai to say hello first, but now he couldn't care less about those rules, but ran out crying, stumbled to find his mother.On the way here, he met his sister Xu Jun, and the siblings rushed over together.

While sobbing, the siblings told their mother what they had heard. Nanny Cui, Qi'er, and Qing'er all sobbed softly as they listened.The master has suffered a catastrophe, and the house has been looted. It is completely impossible to live through this day.

Li Yan was dumbfounded, and she didn't speak for a long time, but her heart was overwhelmed. She just crossed over, and she fell into the dire straits of Xu's residence.

After thinking about it, isn't everyone fighting for the position of the son and family property?As long as Xu Cheng doesn't surrender, he will live or die, and the whole family can still live a life of prosperity and wealth like in the past.However, now that the family property has been robbed, how will the family be maintained in the future?What should she do?Anyway, I have to hold on to some family property so that I can live the rest of my life!

Just now she was rejoicing that the days ahead should not be hard, but now that something like this happened suddenly, could it be that she will have a hard time in the future?

Her sixth sense told herself that what happened today could never have been planned by Sun Deng alone.The matter of stealing medicinal materials can still be regarded as Dr. Xu's greed. Someone dared to rob the 50 taels of gold and silver and dozens of boxes of jewelry in the warehouse. There must be a mastermind behind the scenes!
(End of this chapter)