Fall In Love with the Technology Tree

    There is a reason for Mr. Zhang to target Mr. Ding.

    A rare venomous snake that is alive and kicking in the big winter, needs manpower to hide in the house, and skills to feed. Off-season animals, like off-season vegetables, cannot be done without certain human and material resources. The most powerful person in Cao Song's back house is Ding Zhang, his wife and concubines, and the others can only be regarded as playthings sent by the children of the nobles. It's not Mrs. Zhang herself, so the biggest suspect is Mrs. Ding, the wife.

    However, the result was beyond everyone's expectations, and two little-known concubines were caught.

    "The Liu family kept poisonous snakes in the courtyard privately, with ulterior motives, which caused the house to be restless... The Qin family communicated internally and externally, and wanted to harm their children in the snake house, and was even more vicious... The four people involved in the case have confessed , witnesses and evidences are complete..."

    The winter sun shines warmly on the dark branches of the plum garden.

    A Sheng and Geely let their wet nurse hold them and secretly hid behind the door to watch the trial meeting in the courtyard. This is the first time Ah Sheng has seen his father's concubines.

    The facial features of Mrs. Zhang, who is pregnant with Liujia, are not perfect, but her skin is smooth and white Bouncy young woman. Liu and Qin knelt on the soil with disheveled hair, unable to see their faces.

     Ding rushed up and slapped each of the two women: "You are trying to harm me!"

    The grandmother frowned, and the maid pulled Mrs Ding away: "If you have a pregnant person, don't get angry, and don't do anything. And this matter has nothing to do with you, you are innocently implicated."

    Ding saluted Mrs Wu in tears: "Thank you, Ajia for clearing my stigma." Shi returned her with a sneer. Ding was disgraced by the concubine and left with a gloomy face.

    Ding was gone, and Wu breathed a sigh of relief. She is getting old and most afraid of reasoning with such a person who is not clear-headed. "Mr. Zhang, I will send the physical evidence, human evidence and the criminal to the side room. If you have any questions, ask yourself. The criminal will also be handed over to you. If you want to beat or punish you, I will give you 6 hours. Only One, the law of the court prohibits killing people at will, my family should obey the law at the feet of the emperor. And—" She glanced at Zhang Shi's bulging belly, "You give the child in your belly some virtue."

     Mrs. Zhang knelt on the ground and saluted Mrs. Wu regardless of the cold and dirty. "The old lady's action is naturally an exhaustive plan. The servant does not dare to have any doubts. As for the punishment, either according to the family rules or according to the laws of the country, the servant does not dare to speak up."

    Wu nodded. "Go ahead."

     Mrs. Zhang retreated and left with the help of her maid.

    Liu and Qin were also pulled away, and the courtyard was empty. Ah Sheng ran out of the room and pulled Wu's sleeve: "Grandma."

    Wu patted her head, her eyes still staring at the direction Zhang left: "That's a smart person. It's a pity that he got into the tip of the bull's horn."

    "Grandma?"

    "You think this is too coincidental. One powerless dancer just happened to raise snakes, and the other just found out and used it to deal with Zhang. But this time, it's true It's so coincidental."

    Cao Teng turned out from behind the plum tree: "Zhang Shi is afraid that she doesn't believe it. Her prejudice against Ading is deeply rooted. She must think that you and I are shielding Ading and Ading's children, so she launched the two A scapegoat." Grandfather picked up Ah Sheng and led her to sit under the spacious porch. "What happened to the Qin family and the Liu family?"

    The grandmother snorted coldly: "It's not like I didn't say that Qin's mind is not right."

    Qing Bo then ordered a full set of tea sets to be sent to the corridor. Cao Teng slowly lit the small stove and began to make tea. Wu Shi also took off his shoes and sat down on the seat, watching Cao Teng's movements.

    "Qin is four months pregnant. She thought that both Zhang and Ading would suffer, so she would have a chance. After all, Zhang also climbed up from the maid."

    "Oh." Cao Teng was absent-minded, all his attention was on the twins who secretly tasted onion and ginger. "Oh, this can't be eaten directly, it's added to the tea." Geely was so spicy from the **** slices, his fleshy little face wrinkled into a ball. Li hurriedly poured him some water to drink. Geely drank a large bowl in one breath, and it was considered to dilute the taste of **** in his mouth.

    The Wu family continued to speak. They have served the royal family for most of their lives, and it is the basic skill that they serve two purposes. "Although our family's children are thin, they don't have to be fragrant or stinky. The child in Qin's belly, whether to keep it or not, let Song make his own decision. But Qin himself can't keep it."

    "What about the Liu family?" Ah Sheng asked in a soft and waxy voice, "She just raised snakes, didn't use snakes to harm anyone, right?"

    "If she doesn't want to hurt people, why keep snakes?"

    A Sheng also wrinkled her face into a bun, she was not convinced by this innocent inference of guilt.

    Geely: "You can't keep those who harm your mother, and drive them away."

    Wu Shi and Cao Teng smiled at each other. Ji Li was still a child, and the cruelest punishment he could think of was to drive away. This is probably the experience he gained from the wet nurses. However, the word "don't stay" said by Wu means a life. Rich people are not allowed to kill their servants innocently, but if the servants make a big mistake, lynching them after reporting to the government is the most common practice. After all, family ugliness cannot be made public, and it is strange to send criminal servants to officials and sentence them with great fanfare.

    A Sheng was still wondering, "Why does the Liu family keep snakes?"

    "Liu has not been in the mansion for half a month. She has a quirky temper, so she has turned several hands among the playboys before she reaches your father." Today, she was interested, so she told her slowly, regardless of whether she understood it or not, "The origin is unknown. But Song likes her beauty, which is a hidden danger after all. It's better to take this opportunity to go."

     Ah Sheng shook.

    "Why are you embarrassing a woman like this?"

    "It has nothing to do with men or women, because there are servants of unknown origin in the family, as if there are ant nests on the embankment, and there are dog holes in the city wall, and I don't know when they will suffer. "

    The backyard firewood house, the scarred woman is lying on the cold ground. The cold dilutes the rotten smell of blood and also slows her death from infection.

    A long night passed, and the morning light could be seen through the crack of the door.

    "Xiao Langjun, if this is known to the madam..."

     "Mother Zhuang, you say, why does the Qin family not need to die for the time being, but the Liu family?"

    "Little Langjun..."

    "Because Qin has children, that is her value. And Liu has no value. You see, whether it is father, mother or grandfather, grandmother, only useful people are kept. But I The idea is different, if Liu can keep snakes, it is more useful than Qin who can only give birth to children."

    As she spoke, a woman stood at the door of the firewood house holding a doll. The woman was stunned, relying solely on the doll's command, and looked unspeakably weird.

    The woman's eyes peeked out from her messy hair, and she let out a sharp "giggling" laugh. "The girl wants to save me?"

    For the first time, someone in this family called Ah Sheng a "girl".

    "Not necessarily. I'm too young, I may not be able to control you." Ah Sheng threw a dry bean cake in front of Liu Shi.

    Liu didn't take a close look, grabbed it and ate it, as if to be a full-fledged ghost.

    A Sheng threw her a second bean cake.

    Liu continued to eat, lying on the ground twisted, swallowing the dirty mud into his mouth. I choked on eating and coughed for a long time before I stopped. "Just ask the girl if you have anything to say." She has amazing vitality, and two bean cakes have significantly improved her energy.

    A Sheng supported the nurse's shoulder and looked down at the animal-like woman on the ground. Ah Sheng was obviously hesitating, and was not as firm as she and Zhan Shi said.

    "To violate the rules is to be dissatisfied with the status quo. What would your ideal life be like?"

    This question, she asked the servant and maid who died in this incident, and also asked Qin who was listening to the countdown to life. They were either mischievous as her children, or rascals to please, or just begging for mercy. Liu's here is the last stop.

    In the dim woodshed, there was a "dong dong" heartbeat.

    A Sheng was carried out of the firewood house by Mrs. Zang, and saw his grandfather standing in front of the path. Cao Teng took her from Zing's arms and gently stroked her serious little head.

    "The Master said: Repaying resentment with virtue, why repay virtue? She almost killed your mother, why do you feel sorry for her?"

    Asheng buried his head in his grandfather's arms: "Repaying grievances with straightness, and repaying virtue with virtue. What is 'straightness'? Until death, her punishment should not be aggravated by hatred or disgust."

    Cao Teng smiled: "Since you think so, it's not a big deal to keep her alive."

    A Sheng pulled his grandfather's chinstrap and said hesitantly, "But I'm afraid that she will not be grateful and will harm me in turn."

    Cao Teng walked out slowly with Ah Sheng in his arms, smoke from the kitchen, and the smell of millet porridge and meat wafted in the windless air.

    "Ruyi, Ruyi, even at the age of my grandfather, I can't guarantee that everything will be perfect. Because I am an eunuch, I have been criticized by scholars for false accusations since I started. And spoke kind words to the emperor for some of them. Do you know why?"

    Asheng scratched his cheeks, her grandfather's willingness to tell her about the courtroom incident was a recognition of her "prodigy" performance, and she had to seize this opportunity. "Because, to complain directly? Since grandfather said good things about them, naturally they really have a good place."

    "Fame is a very illusory thing, and it is very important. A lifetime of integrity will naturally have a reputation. You can think of 'returning grievances with honesty', and grandfather is very happy."

    A Sheng hugged Grandpa's neck. "I understand. When my grandfather said kind words to the scholars, they may or may not appreciate it, and even in the future, my grandfather may continue to be harmed by the scholars. But from the point of view of interests, if you want to be famous, you have to take risks; As the saying goes, since you are an upright person, you should keep doing it.

    "The same is true for this matter now. Since I want Liu's snake-raising skills, I have to take risks; since I believe that she is not guilty of death, I should not look ahead and look back. ."

    Cao Teng sighed.

    Having a child prodigy at home is a sweet burden.