Daming female local tyrant

When Feng Guangsheng and others arrived at Fuhai Hall, they were called in one by one to speak.

As for Jia Er, he was taken down and waited elsewhere, waiting to be summoned.

Feng Guangsheng went to see Feng Shi first, and Feng Shi asked him if he knew about the family of Xin Shi, the woman in charge of the second wife who died of illness last year.

After thinking about it for a while, Feng Guangsheng said: "Returning to the old lady, the younger ones in Mrs. Xin's family understand it. The new wife's man is named Jia Er, and he is a drunk. The family knows how to drink all day long. Mrs. Xin has another Son, but a fool."

After listening to it, Mrs. Feng gave a sigh, and asked Feng Guangsheng: "Then tell me, is Jia Er's words credible?"

Feng Guangsheng said: "It depends on what he said? If it is about wine and meat, maybe half of it is true. If it is about other things, I am afraid that most of them are talking nonsense."

Feng Shi listened to it and thought about it, it seems that what Jia Er said might not be credible, she told Feng Guangsheng to step down and wait outside for the time being, and let him know if there is anything to do.

Then she had someone call Yuan Shi in, and Yuan Shi came in and saluted her.

Mrs. Feng asked the servant girl to bring a chair, invited Mrs. Yuan to sit down, and said to her, "Tell me about Mrs. Xin. When did she follow you and serve you? Do you know her over the years?" Who are you friends with? Who are you friends with? Who are the people in her family, do you know?"

Yuan Shi secretly felt strange, old lady, why did she call herself here today, and bring up Mrs. Xin's matter again.Mrs. Xin died last year, and she told the old lady about it herself. Could it be that she forgot?

However, now that the old lady asked, Yuan could only tell the truth.

She said: "Mrs. Xin was the daughter-in-law who married into the Lu family and gave birth to Xueshan, so she was asked to serve me by my side. She used to comb my hair. I saw that she was diligent and clever, so I asked her to take care of things later. Speaking of which, she is also by my side and has been serving me for decades. As for her family, my daughter-in-law heard her say in a daze that the men in the family usually do part-time jobs for others to earn a living. There is a silly son. Mrs. Xin often says that she is the one who earns money to support her family, and she is worried about it. By the way, Mrs. Xin’s man seems to be a drunkard. Lots of complaints..."

After hearing this, Mrs. Feng did not tell Mrs. Yuan to back down, but told her to sit still, and then asked someone to pass Mr. Qi in.

After Mrs. Qi came in, she saw her mother-in-law was there, and she saw Mrs. Feng who was sitting on top of him staring at her in addition to the usual indifferent expression on his face, as if he wanted to see through her. I can't help but feel a little nervous.

Feng didn't ask someone to bring Qi a stool to sit down, but asked her to stand in the hall, and then asked someone to bring Jia Er up, and asked Jia Er to repeat what he had just said in front of him.

Jia Er said it.

Before they finished speaking, the faces of both Yuan Shi and Qi Shi changed color.

Yuan Shi looked at Qi Shi quite strangely, and Qi Shi felt uncomfortable being looked at.

"No, old ancestor, this Jia Er is just talking nonsense! Granddaughter-in-law has never done what he said!" Qi pointed at Jia Er and argued sharply for herself. She looked at Jia Er angrily, thinking, Who was this drunkard bought? He came to the Lu family to accuse him of colluding with Mrs. Xin Zhang Tianshi and killed Jing Lan and Tan Shi.

Qi didn't believe that the drunk man of Mrs. Xin in front of her knew what happened back then.

At that time, she sold all her jewelry and borrowed money from Yuan Shi from her parents, bought Xin Shi, the woman in charge of Yuan Shi, and asked her to help her spread rumors, and asked Zhang Tianshi to confirm the rumors.

Mrs. Xin helped her. Afterwards, she gave Mrs. Xin 150 taels of silver, Zhang Tianshi got 100 taels, and Mrs. Xin got 50 taels.

At that time, Mrs. Xin made a poisonous oath, saying that she would not tell her family members about this matter, nor would she reveal to Zhang Tianshi that it was Qi's gift of 100 taels of silver for him to come to Lu's house for fortune-telling.

Zhang Tianshi and Mrs. Xin have both passed away one after another. Qi believes that no one would know that he spent 150 taels of silver back then, causing Jinglan to be carried away from the Lu family, which made Tan's heartbroken and early death.

But it is true that Jia Er, standing in the hall, said that she gave 20 taels of silver to Mrs. Xin every year, and that after Mrs. Xin died, someone secretly sent ten taels of silver to Mrs. Xin's home.

Because Jia Er said this right, Qi suspected that Mrs. Xin might have broken her oath and revealed something to her drunken man, which made her a little scared.But what comforted her a little was that Zhang Tianshi and Mrs. Xin were both dead, and even if Jia Er told the truth, there was no one to testify.Therefore, as long as she insisted on Jia Er's rumors and nonsense, Jia Er would have nothing to do with herself, and the elders of the Lu family would not believe Jia Er's words. Her position as the second wife of the Lu family, Lu Xueshan's successor, was secure.

"Hmph! I dare to swear a poisonous oath. If what I say is false, there will be a thunderstorm, and you will die when you go out. I don't know if the second wife dares?" Jia Er looked at Qi from the side and said disdainfully.

Qi really wanted to say that scoundrels like Jia Er just opened their mouths, and it would be a piece of cake for them to swear poisonous oaths.

However, if she really said that, Feng and others would think that she was guilty, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and swear that if she told lies, she would die.

Mrs. Feng looked at Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Jia in front of her for a while, and finally said: "It seems that this matter needs to be investigated, so that we can find out which of you two is telling the truth and which is not."

When Qi heard the words, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, while Jia Er said with a bitter face: "It's almost the Chinese New Year, old lady, you have to look down, you can't just look at me and my child. Meat to eat..."

Feng asked someone to take ten taels of silver to reward Jia Er, and said that if it was verified that what he said was true, he would also be rewarded with 50 taels of silver.

But if it is found out that what he said is a lie, then he will be sent to the Yamen by the Lu family to punish him for spreading rumors and causing trouble.

Jia Er accepted the silver reward without changing his face, and said: "Thank you, old lady, the villain dare not tell lies, I just wait for the old lady to verify the villain's words, and get the other 50 taels of silver reward."

Feng waved his hand and asked someone to take Jia Er down and send him out of Lu's house.

As for Yuan Shi and Qi Shi, Feng Shi also asked them to go back and make good preparations for the Chinese New Year.

After they left, Mrs. Feng asked Feng Guangsheng to come in, told him that what Cha Jiaer said was true, and asked Geng Shi and his son how he found out.

Feng Guangsheng said that his people went to Qingxi Village to investigate. Some villagers mentioned that before Geng Shi and his son went to Jinling City, a skinny and black peddler went to his house to sell goods. Pass Geng's house.

"Shopkeeper?"

"The peddler is the most suspicious. If you find the peddler, you can probably find out who is behind the scenes who bribed Geng Shi and his son. In addition, Geng Shi and his son stayed at the Gaosheng Inn on the outskirts of Jinling, and someone booked two rooms early in the morning. According to the innkeeper, the person who came to book the room early in the morning was also a thin, dark middle-aged man."

"You mean that the salesman, the person who booked the guest room, and the black shadow who met Geng Shi and his son are most likely the same person?"

"Yes, I think, most of the people who were instructed to buy Geng Shi and his son were former shopkeepers, otherwise he wouldn't be as familiar as when he was selling goods in Qingxi Village."

Mrs. Feng thought for a while, and then ordered: "Then find out whether there are any relatives and fellow villagers in the Lu family who are shopkeepers, or who have been shopkeepers."

Feng Guangsheng agreed, and said that he felt that Jinling City is so big that it is really not easy to check a shopkeeper, but now the old lady said that it would be much easier to check from the Lu family.

Feng showed a firm look on his face, and said: "This time, I will definitely find out who killed Jinglan 16 years ago, and who killed Jinglan 16 years later."

Feng Guangsheng: "The old servant is willing to do his best to help the old lady find out this person."

Feng Shi nodded, and Feng Guangsheng stepped back immediately.

Even though Mrs. Feng asked Mrs. Qi to meet Jia Er in Fuhaitang, she didn't pretend to be polite to Mrs. Qi, but instead asked her to go back and make preparations for the New Year.But Qi has a ghost in his heart, so how can he really make good preparations for the New Year.

She always felt that people around her looked at her differently than in the past, as if someone was always looking at her in the dark, pointing and talking about her.

Qi was worried and frightened, but also held her breath. She was quite impatient with the people around her, and she often lost her temper uncontrollably.

Not only Jing Lan, but also Shu Lan and Cheng Yuan had been trained by her, not to mention the servants around her, once the Qi family got angry, they would beat and scold them.

When Lu Xueshan saw it once, he said, "It's the Chinese New Year, and you've made the house restless, and the elders in the family will not like it when they find out."

Qi slammed back: "My own servant, I can't beat him anymore? Anyway, since I married into the Lu family, the elders of the Lu family don't like me, and I have seen through it. From now on, I am too lazy Hold on to yourself and do whatever you want."

In the past two days, Lu Xueshan also heard about Jia Er's visit to his grandmother, saying that the Qi family colluded with others and framed Jing Lan.

He was dubious about this matter.

Hearing what Qi said at this time, he said: "My ancestors don't dislike people for no reason. If she doesn't like you, you have to think about what's wrong."

When Qi heard this, the anger accumulated in her heart for many years suddenly came out. She pointed at Lu Xueshan and gritted her teeth and said, "My biggest mistake was marrying you. You have never helped me in your mother's life all these years. Your grandmother spoke to me once. Not only that, but you still stand on their side and blame me. At this moment, are you watching me laugh again? Seeing me being splashed with dirty water by a rascal, I am still on the sidelines Do you want to watch a good show?"

Recently, Lu Xueshan disliked the Qi family more and more. Hearing what she said, he said coldly: "Whether or not the family spilled dirty water on you, you will know when your ancestors find out. It's the Chinese New Year now. Swearing at people, reprimanding children, and even arguing with me, look, how do you look like a woman from a rich family who presides over middle school? A woman from a small family just can’t get on the stage.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Qi trembled with anger, pointed at Lu Xueshan, turned pale, and shook her lips: "Okay, okay, today you even said such a thing, it can be seen that you have always looked down on me in your heart, I am really blind Blind, blind..."

"If you do what Jia Er said, I will be blind! If you celebrate the Chinese New Year, you can make trouble! I can't see, don't worry, I'll go to accompany my mother to celebrate the New Year, and you can make trouble as you want!" Lu Xueshan said impatiently, and then walked away.

After Lu Xueshan left, Qi wailed loudly, crying so loudly that even Jing Lan, who was in the embroidery building behind Huichun Hall, could hear clearly.

Before Jinglan could speak, the little maid Guo'er had already whispered: "I'm 29 today, it's really unlucky for my wife to cry like this, and it's going to be heard by my wife and my ancestors..."

Qingyao on the side sighed and said, "Hey, this means that the heart is higher than the sky and the fate is thinner than paper."

As for Jing Lan, what she wanted to say but didn't say is that everything has a cause and effect, and it's not that the time has not come.