Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 114
Liu Zaili and Xia Zhen had already arrived in Xing'an Fucheng, and Xia Zhen's world was in Xing'an Fucheng, and this was his home. Of course Liu Zaili knew it, and followed him unceremoniously.

"What are you doing with me?"

"Of course I'm looking for someone."

Xia Zhen snorted coldly, and did not go back to the general's mansion, but went to her own private courtyard, where Jing Mo mobilized all the dark power to find the master's little daughter-in-law.

"The landlord is indeed the landlord. I can't compare, so I have to follow you." Liu Zaili sat lazily on the grand master's chair.

Xia Zhen said unceremoniously, "There is a small courtyard next to it, hurry up and do what you want, don't dangle in front of my eyes."

"Haha..." Liu Zaili laughed, staring at the irritable Xia Zhen and said calmly, "I feel that I can find someone before you."

"Then try it."

Liu Zaili stood up with a smile, "Okay, let's try."

Finally invited the clingy smiling tiger to the next door, Xia Zhen felt much better. If he didn't leave, he would be able to chop him with a knife. This Liu Dezi... When I find Min'er, I won't let him It's been good.

Zhang Nianmei received the letter from Fei Ge, and according to the above information, she found Xia Zhen's private courtyard, "Did you find it?"

Zhuang Hao shook his head, "All clues have been cut off in Wali Village."

"Wali Village? Is it a remote village in the southwest of our prefecture?"

Zhuang Hao replied: "Well, there are not many villagers over there, and there are small rivers in depressions everywhere."

"Oh, that's hard to find." Zhang Nianmei sighed.

"Why are you still in Fucheng? Didn't you say you've already arrived?"

"I was waiting for the little general, and I went home by the way."

Zhang Nianmei and Zhuang Hao exchanged their information, Xia Zhen sat alone on the teacher's chair, couldn't help but took out the golden dog bracelet in her arms, and rubbed it lightly, as if it was the little daughter-in-law.

When the two of them talked about the same thing and looked back at him, he was still looking.

"What is the little general looking at this gadget for?" Zhang Nianmei was a little puzzled.

"This is Ma Erniang's stuff."

"Ah...you mean, the little general picked up this thing when my old sister was gone?" Zhang Nianmei asked.

Zhuang Hao nodded.

Something flashed in Zhang Nianmei's mind, and he grabbed Zhuang Hao, "Are there many such things as jade water drops?"

Zhuang Hao shook his head, "There are very few icy jadeites, most of them are colored, and the emerald color is the most!"

Zhang Nianmei looked at the golden dog bracelet in Xia Zhen's hand again, and ran outside.

"Nianmei, Nianmei, what are you doing?" Zhuang Hao shouted.

"I'm going home."

Zhuang Hao looked at Xia Zhen, shrugged, "I just came from home, and I'm back home again!"

Xia Zhen put away the bracelet, "Any news?"

"not yet."

Seeing that his heart finally calmed down, Zhuang Hao wanted to tell him about the general, but after thinking about it, he realized that telling him would only make him difficult. On one side was his beloved daughter-in-law, and on the other was his father who had been missing for ten years. No matter where, He won't even give up, let him choose, isn't it going to drive him crazy.

Zhuang Hao secretly took on this matter, thinking, since he is in Fucheng, let the little general find his daughter-in-law with peace of mind, and when the little daughter-in-law is found, it will not be too late to talk about the general, he thinks the general will not Blame them, after all, he lived in Ma's house.

In the backyard of Huayue Building, in the small hall for accepting newcomers, a middle-aged woman who still has a charm hurried in, throwing a gorgeous cloak, and said as she entered, "What kind of beautiful lady wants my old lady to go by herself?" Let’s go, don’t you know how busy I am in front of you?”

"Mom—" The middle-aged woman stuck to her side and said softly, "The one surnamed Chen offered 200 taels, if he doesn't pay, he will be sent to Yiyue Tower."

Huayuelou's mother frowned, "Could it be better than the top card—Rouyue?"

"Look, Mom—" The middle-aged woman pointed to Ma Min'er who was tied behind her back and stood aside.

Immediately, the eyes of the old bustard of Huayuelou lit up, but immediately returned to normal, "He looks pretty good, but he doesn't ask for such a ridiculous price."

Chen Huangshi immediately stepped forward, "Mom, she is naked and dressed like a kid. If you dress up, she will definitely look better than your family's top card."

The old bustard turned her head, "Ms. Chen Huang, you missed it. It's just that you are old, maybe you are [-] or [-]."

"It's a bit old, I'm thirteen, but it's not better, I can pick up customers when I come in, it's a good deal." Chen Huang's stinky rhubarb teeth can kill people.

"Stay away from me, it's so dirty." The old bustard stretched out his hand and pushed her.

Chen Huangshi chuckled and didn't take it seriously at all, "Mom, she is really beautiful, and money is a must."

The old bustard sneered: "You think Huayue Tower is where I am, just looking at my appearance. You need to be proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, singing and playing the piano. It's really superficial to make money by relying on beauty."

"Then..." Chen Huang was blocked by the bustard.

"How about this, don't talk too much about it with me, 100 taels, if you want, someone will keep it, and take away the silver. If it's too little, you can go to Yiyue Tower, and I won't stop you."

Chen Gouzi and his son were in a hurry, and lightly pounded Chen Huang's family, "My mother, let's take 100 taels, and the money will be safe."

Chen Huang was not reconciled, and looked at the young lady of Ma's family. This girl is very thieves. She was afraid that she would be uneasy if she stayed for one more day, "That's okay, just 100 taels."

"Yinniang, bring her some money."

After a while, the middle-aged woman came out with two pieces of silver, "50 taels a piece, do you want to weigh it in person?"

"No, no, we trust mom."

The old bustard sneered, "Chen Huang, collect the money and hurry up and sign."

"Okay, okay." Chen Huang was illiterate, so he pressed the red handprint on the sales contract as usual.

After she finished drawing, the old bustard asked Ma Min'er to press her fingerprints again.

"Do you have a pen? I'll sign first and then press my fingerprints."

"Are you literate?"

"Not only can you read, but you can also master the rhythm, and you can do a doggy fox dance. Are you considered an all-around entertainer?" Ma Min'er's face was serious.

The old bustard was taken aback by her words, and then he looked carefully at her hands, which were delicate and white, with a small dimple on the back of one hand, extremely rich, and looked at the little lady in surprise.

"You...was born in a wealthy family?"

The madam is not a simple role. There is no one in this world who is better at observing facial expressions and guessing. She doesn't look at anything, but only at your hands, because no matter how beautiful your face is, your hands are different. It can be deceiving. Only when you are born in a real wealthy family and you are truly clean can you raise such delicate skin and tender meat.

"En." Ma Miner nodded.

Chen Huang's feet jumped, "What kind of rich and honored family, isn't it just an exile sent by the emperor? It's still a noble person. If it is more expensive, it was in the past, and it has nothing to do with the present."

Ma Min'er glanced at her coldly, "Chen Huang, I still say the same thing, your family didn't die in the year of the severe drought, but will die now."

"Now...what now, my mother is holding a lot of silver in her hand, and she will go to enjoy the blessings immediately, so she won't die?"

"Three days, three days later, if you're still alive, I'll take your surname." Ma Min'er didn't know why she uttered such big words, was it because of Xia Zhen, did he give herself confidence?

Of course, apart from him, how can I, a commoner, have the ability to make people live and die.

"Bah, I don't believe it?" Chen Huangshi hugged the silver, bent over and smiled, "Mom, someone gave it to you, and she also signed and pressed her fingerprints, so I have nothing to do, then I will go."

The old bustard frowned.The thugs at the door stopped the Chen family.

"Tell me clearly, where did you get people from?"

Mrs. Chen Huang replied loudly: "On the river bank of Liwa Village, she ran into my boat by herself. No wonder I am. Four years ago, she sent our family to the prison. I caught her, and I can still release her." Take this chance."

"Four years ago, who in Beijing was exiled to Yizhou?" The old bustard turned around and asked his subordinates.

Ma Min'er took the words: "Don't ask them, I'll answer you, the former young master——Wang Chengzu, was later given the surname Ma by the emperor."

"Yes, yes, her surname is Ma." Chen Huang called out hastily.

"Oh." The old bustard loosened his brows, "I've heard about this. I heard that there is a school in Yunshui."

"Yes, that's right, that's my grandfather."

Academy, and there is no power, the old bustard is sure, and smiled, "Miss Ma, you entered my Huayue Tower, and you signed your handprint again. If you want to be free, you can only let your family redeem it, otherwise , I don’t care if your grandfather is a former young master or a master now, I will release him as long as I see money, if you have no money, you just stay here obediently and open the door for me to do business.”

Ma Min'er nodded, "Okay, let's open the door for business here!"

The madam narrowed her eyes, "Aren't you asking your family to redeem you?"

Ma Miner sighed, "I don't want to waste money on you."

"You..." The bustard sneered, "Seeing how confident you are, is there someone who saved you?"

Hearing this, Ma Min'er was sad: "Maybe, he is looking for me all over the city!"

"Haha..." The bustard laughed loudly, "Xing'an City is so big, you can search all over the city, even the General Zhen Guo's Mansion, when you find you, I'm afraid you will become the sister of Huayue Tower."

Ma Min'er sneered, "Don't you want me to be the sister of Huayuelou, then hurry up and clean me up, send me a bathtub and clothes, let me take a comfortable bath and wear clean clothes."

"You..." The old bustard frowned again.

The middle-aged woman stuck to the old bustard and whispered: "Sister, this little lady is too calm, it makes people flustered."

That's right, the little lady who entered the building was not looking for death or life, but she was the only one who was calm and complacent. I can't think of anyone, so you, just stay with me honestly, if I am in a good mood, I will let you do business for a few days, if you are disobedient, I will let you do business tomorrow."

Ma Miner shrugged her shoulders, "Follow you!"

"Yinniang, send someone to bring her water and clothes, and tidy her up."

"Oh." Yinniang felt a little uncertain.

Liu Zaili sent someone to follow Zhang Nianmei, but they came back and reported, "Little General Zhang has returned home."

"go home?"

"Yes, the king of the county."

Liu Zaili just moved his chin, and his staff came in in a panic, "Your Majesty, there are some changes in the capital."

The sloppy Liu Zaili sat up straight all of a sudden, "Say—"

"Yes, the king of the county, the king of Jin was blocked by the king of Qin, and he couldn't get in outside the palace gate."

"What about the other princes?"

"There are a few people inside, but they are all good friends with him. There is also a Zhao Wang who is not good friends and is blocked outside."

Liu Zaili gripped his brows and didn't speak for a long time.

"The king of the county..." the staff member said softly, "Let's go back to Beijing."

"I'll go back to Beijing if I find Ma Erniang!"

"Your Majesty, you are just a woman, you can't..."

Liu Zaili's gloomy gaze made the other party stop. He stood up arrogantly, walked out of the main hall, and turned into the courtyard next to him.

In Zhang's mansion, Zhang Nianmei got off her horse and ran to her grandmother's yard in one breath. When she entered the courtyard gate, she called, "Grandma, give me the jade water drop, give me the jade water drop..."

"It's almost midnight, why does this child come back to get this thing, does he want to get married?" Mrs. Zhang got up happily, quickly put on her coat, and asked the old mother to come out with the jewelry box.

"Grandmother, where's the jade water drop?"

"I'll keep it for you." Mrs. Zhang replied kindly.

"Grandmother, have you seen Zi'an's jade water drops?" Zhang Nianmei asked while reaching for the box.

Opening the lid of the box, a pure and delicate drop of jade water appeared in his eyes, "The rope seems to be wrong."

He held up the jade water drop, "I once told my aunt that the jade water drop will have a small magnolia flower in the light, and the flower shape is like the word summer!"

He moved his hand to the brightest part of the oil lamp, and sure enough a magnolia flower in the shape of Xia appeared, and he stopped and ran, "Grandma, this is the jade water drop of Xia's family. I gave it to the little general." After speaking, the person disappeared.

Mrs. Xia froze there for a long time without moving, "What's going on?"

The old mother was also stunned: "Madam, this jade water drop seems to be a rare thing, why did our shop receive it!"

"Could something have happened?" Mrs. Zhang was extremely nervous.

Zhang Nianmei ran all the way and returned to the little general's private courtyard again, "Little general, little general—"

"Nianmei—" Zhuang Hao ushered him out.

"Is this something from your Xia family?" Panting, Zhang Nianmei handed the jade water drop to Xia Zhen, "The red string should be a new one just replaced by someone from my grandmother's dowry shop."

Xia Zhen's eyes lit up, "Go and find out, who sold this jade water drop?"

"Just now I have sent someone to bring the shopkeeper, and he should be there soon."

Just as he was talking, the old shopkeeper was escorted by Zhang Nianmei's two subordinates, and Liu Zaili followed him in.

In the middle of the night, when someone picked him up from the bed, the old shopkeeper turned pale with fright, and quickly knelt down: "Little General—"

"Tell me quickly, how did the jade water drop come in?" Xia Zhen was so anxious that he almost got into his head.

"Back... back to the little general. It was sold to me by a middle-aged woman. The condition is good, but she doesn't know the goods. I only gave her 18 taels of silver."

Zhang Nianmei shouted: "Don't talk about the amount of money, but what does the woman who sells the jade pendant look like?"

"Dark."

"..." Everyone was left speechless by the shopkeeper's reply.

Zhang Nianmei asked anxiously, "Does anyone else know this woman?"

"I didn't ask about that, but... because the things are good, I kept an eye out and asked the boy to follow for a while. There was a lame man waiting for him at the corner. I thought they couldn't get over the water, so I didn't care. gone."

Liu Zaili said suddenly, "What surname is written on the deed?"

"Chen Huang."

Xia Zhen raised her head immediately: "Quickly check for me."

"Yes, little general."

Not only Xia Zhen's people were dispatched, but also the people around Liu Zaili. Two young noble sons ransacked Xing'an Mansion to the bottom.

After midnight, all the people in the Yamen of Xing'an Mansion were sent out, and all the places of the three religions and nine schools began to search and arrest people without missing a beat, causing the whole city to panic.

"What's going on, why arrest people in the middle of the night?"

"Yeah, what happened?"

"I heard that they are catching robbers."

"robber?"

"Well." Passerby A said, "Did you find out that anyone with the surname Chen and anyone with a lame leg will be taken away."

……

Among the crowd, Chen Gouzi was so frightened that he turned around and ran into a dilapidated small yard. The weather was as hot as a steamer. The Chen family slept in the yard when they heard the eldest son come back.

Father Chen asked, "What's going on outside?"

"Father, Erniang Ma is afraid that what she said is true."

"What really?"

"We can't survive now." Chen Gouzi was shaking with fright.

"Fuck, what nonsense." Chen Huangshi was dreaming sweet dreams with Yin Chanzi in his arms, when he was woken up, and when he woke up, he heard his son say this, and kicked his son angrily.

"Mother, they are arresting someone surnamed Chen outside, as well as a lame one. Isn't that arresting us?"

"What?" Chen Huang was finally awakened, and ran towards the entrance of the broken courtyard tremblingly. Those who are caught will be arrested on the spot and exiled for three thousand miles."

"What to do, what to do, my money, my money..."

The Chen family wanted to escape, but there were officials and yamen servants at the front and back. They could escape there, and they were caught within two strokes.

"There's so much silver in a shabby household. If it's not a robber, catch it for me."

"Yes, Chief Zhang."

"Go, hurry up and report to Lord Wang, and we will also receive credit."

"Okay, Catcher Zhang."

"Silver, my silver..." Chen Huang slammed the yamen's hand to grab the silver back, but the yamen kicked you, not even a dog.

"mother……"

"Mother-in-law..."

... The voices of the Chen family's ghosts crying and wolves were drowned out in the search all over the city.

Midnight was the best time for Huayuelou's business, and many soldiers from the Yamen suddenly poured into the building. Inside and outside, upstairs and downstairs, they were all full.

All the guests didn't dare to move, and even those who didn't wear clothes were pressed under the knife by the servants.

The old bustard turned pale with fright, and in the silence, Zhang Nianmei came in with a big knife on her waist, and glanced around with piercing eyes.

"Little General Zhang—" Someone he knew, the bustard immediately seemed to see a life-saving straw, "You...why are you here?"

"Hmph, I'm here to report to you."

"I don't dare to be cheap." The old bustard immediately knelt down in front of him.

Zhang Nianmei ignored her and waved her hand, "Where's the person?"

"Who...who..."

"Tonight, Mrs. Chen Huang brought it here."

"..." The madam was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground. She glanced at the young man standing in the middle of the main hall—the young master of General Zhen Guo's mansion. She still knew it. She didn't expect it to be true, it was true, " Yinniang, Yinniang quickly invite people out, quickly..."

"Yes yes yes..." The middle-aged woman hurriedly ran towards the backyard.

The madam was so frightened that she quickly took out the deed of sale in her bosom, a new deed that she hadn't had time to lock, and presented it to Zhang Nianmei with both hands, "Zhang Nianmei, it's a crime to embezzle a lowly concubine. Please spare the concubine..."

Zhang Nianmei handed the deed to Xia Zhen, and he tore it up without looking at it. His whole body was as cold as a piece of ice, but his eyes kept looking at the place where the middle-aged woman left.

After a while, a middle-aged woman appeared in front of everyone with Ma Min'er.

"Min'er—" Xia Zhen's gray eyes suddenly lit up.

"Xia Zhen..." For some reason, when she saw this young man full of dust and dust, Ma Min'er burst into tears, ran towards him, threw herself into his arms, and hugged his waist tightly with both hands, His face was pressed against his chest, and his clothes were wet with tears.

"Min'er...my Min'er..." Xia Zhenyi hugged the little daughter-in-law tightly, her chin pressed against the top of her head, so many days of running around, so many days of exhaustion, all vanished at this moment, Only soft words.

The old bustard's body was already shaking like a sieve, and the sound of the chattering of the upper and lower teeth was particularly eye-catching in the silent hall.

The two embracing each other turned to look at the bustard.

Zhang Nianmei asked: "Sister, didn't you tell your mother that someone was covering you?"

"I said it." Ma Min'er sneered, "I don't believe it."

"What, don't you believe me?"

"Ah."

"He's an old man, don't you believe it." Zhang Nianmei stretched out her hand and lashed the old bustard with a whip.

A charming prostitute knelt and crawled to Zhang Nianmei's feet, "General Zhang, please spare your mother."

"Damn it, she dared to accept the little general's daughter-in-law."

"..."

daughter in law?Liu Zaili's eyes narrowed sharply.

"General Zhang, I beg you, my concubine, for the sake of past love, please spare my mother!"

"Rouyue, you don't think that you will be able to get into love after the Lord sleeps with you. You have a big face." Zhang Nianmei stared coldly and snorted.

"General—" Rouyue, the number one of Huayuelou, lay on the ground, tears streaming down her face, yes, it's just a romantic drama, a play on every occasion, how can a girl like herself beg for help?

Ma Min'er sighed secretly, and buried her head in Xia Zhen's arms.

Xia Zhen patted her on the back lightly, glanced at the flamboyant Zhang Nianmei, and drooped her eyes.

Zhang Nianmei shouted, "Master Wang—"

"Your... Your servant is here." Outside the door, Mr. Tongzhi Wang heard the call, and trotted in. His gaze caught Xia Zhen, and there was a little lady leaning on his arms. What kind of painting style is this, not Zhen The little general in the General's Mansion isn't close to women, how could he just... embrace her in public?

Zhang Nianmei yelled at him: "I don't care who the backer behind this building is, just let me get rid of it now, do you understand?"

"Zhang..." Mr. Wang quickly withdrew his thoughts, and looked at Zhang Nianmei helplessly. The little bastard of the Zhang family is not just playing around.
"Boom..." Zhang Nianmei pulled out her saber with a bang, "Don't you dare to stroke it?"

Sure enough, the six relatives did not recognize him, Master Wang repeatedly agreed: "General...jun, there is nothing...no problem, I will immediately... I will stroke it when I get off."

"Hmph!" Zhang Nianmei put back the knife and said, "Master Wang, Master Yao is pacifying, you are the biggest in this prefecture, if you don't do anything, I will make you the smallest."

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand." Mr. Wang was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

All the way to escape, all the way to danger, Ma Min'er was unable to see the fate of these people, so she leaned into Xia Zhen's arms, "I want to sleep."

"Then you can sleep."

"En." Leaning into the man's firm and thick arms, Ma Min'er fell asleep standing up.Xia Zhen went out with a princess in her arms.

"Little lady, spare my life, spare my life!" The old bustard cried and crawled, oh my god, how could this happen, he is really the man of the little general, the mansion of General Zhen Guo is the god of Yizhou!
Liu Zaili followed Xia and Ma with his eyes, and did not move for a long time.

Outside the door, the head catcher was waiting at the door, and he stepped forward to salute, "Little General, the criminal woman of the Chen family has been brought here."

Xia Zhen rolled her eyes, her gaze was like a knife.

Chen Huang, whose nose was bruised and swollen from the beating, wanted to crawl over, but was stopped by the Yamen. She cried and cried: "Ma Erniang, Ma Erniang, please forgive me, forgive me, we will never dare again, never dare again!" ..."

If it wasn't for the young daughter-in-law, Xia Zhen would have killed the thief with a knife.Ma Min'er, who was still asleep, was awakened by howling ghosts and wolves, and gently opened her eyes, "Xia Zhen, don't kill them."

"Why do you keep these thieves?" Xia Zhen looked at Chen Huangshi coldly. This daring thief woman wanted to kill her with a knife right now.

Ma Miner struggled to get down.

"I'm holding you."

"Xia Zhen, tell Mr. Wang that everything should be done according to the king's law. All the crimes of Chen Huang's family have been added up. They can be punished for whatever crimes they deserve. Let's leave it alone, okay?" Ma Min'er looked Xiang Xiazhen, for her, he lost weight again, and she felt very distressed.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Xia Zhen raised her head, "Master Wang, did you hear that?"

"I heard it, I heard it." Lord Wang quickly stepped forward to salute and replied.

"All sins, do you understand?" Zhuang Hao reminded.

"Understood, understood, the next official must investigate the facts and handle the case according to the facts."

"Yeah." Xia Zhen turned her head and looked at Huayuelou, "You don't miss this place."

"Little general, sir... Is there any officer?"

Xia Zhen sneered, hugged his daughter-in-law and left.

Master Wang's soul was almost scared off.

Chen Huang is still struggling: "Ma Erniang, please, please forgive us, don't dare to do it next time... never again."

Ma Min'er asked Xia Zhen to put her down and walked up to Chen Huang, "Four years ago, you sold a lot of children who were affected by the disaster, 'Heavenly Reincarnation', you actually have the face to talk about heaven, I don't do it, let the king If you can't speak, I want to see if you can escape the king's law."

"I...I..." Chen Huang's face turned pale with fright.

Chen Gouzi and his son were so frightened that they hugged other children and huddled in the corner like a dog.

Such a poor person must have something to hate, Ma Miner suddenly turned her head, and stuck to Xia Zhen again, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Xia Dao put his arms around the little daughter-in-law's waist, "Let's go back."

Zhuang Hao looked back at Zhang Nianmei, and he quickly approached him, "What's the matter?"

"Let me know what's going on here, we have more important things."

"Okay, I see."

Zhang Nianmei hurriedly walked up to Tong Zhi, "Deal with it as soon as possible, don't give me favoritism, do you understand?"

"I... I understand."

"If it's selfishness, you will understand the result."

"Yes, the subordinate understands."

Zhang Nianmei waved his hand, and his soldiers left Huayue Tower in an instant.

Inside Huayue Tower, Liu Zaili bowed his head.

As Xia Zhen's people evacuated, Liu Zaili's hidden guards quietly entered the building, "Your Majesty, something is not right..."

Liu Zaili looked up suddenly, "What's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)