Crossing town house man and wife

"Madam are you asking about the Gao family in Dongchengmen or the Gao family in Beitian Street?" Aunt Lao asked calmly.

"I think you should know which one I'm asking." Wu Ming curled his lips, "There is a young man named Gao Yang at home."

"That's the Gao family on Beitian Street." Aunt Lao smiled knowingly, "To tell you the truth, Ma'am, when the lord wants to choose a husband and wife, the Gao family's young man is also on the list. The Gao family on Beitian Street is the Gao family at Dongchengmen It can be regarded as a famous noble family in Liaodong. Gao Jiaxiaolang's father also served as an assistant official under the lord for many years. Although the lord did not choose Gaojiaxiaolang as his wife, he transferred Gaojiaxiaolang's father to a nearby county. Ren Xiancheng, the right to make compensation."

Those who were not selected were compensated, but those who were selected had no hair?

Wu Ming secretly slandered.

People in this day and age are all fans of officials, if Ruan Cheng's father can get an official position by marrying his son, why would he abscond with his family and other counties?I couldn't be happier to take office.

"But who asked what in front of Madam?" Aunt Lao asked tentatively.

"No, it was that kid who ran in front of me to show his presence." Wu Ming didn't bother the maids around him, and said bluntly, "It was too boring a while ago, so I went out for a walk, and I was caught by him for some reason. This guy met him, and ran over to get close."

Knowing the relationship between Gao Yang and Yan Heng, Wu Ming became suspicious of his appearance.

His going out that time was entirely on a whim, and there was no possibility of being detected in advance.The only possibility is that Gao Yang had already found someone to watch near the Sheriff's Mansion, waiting for him to come out of the mansion.

Having said that, this guy is patient enough to wait for two months without giving up.

"Ma'am, don't pay attention to Mr. Gao's family." Aunt Lao said cryptically, "You are the wife of the lord who is married by the lord and has been listed on the genealogy. You have helped the lord a lot, even if the Gao's little man has nothing to do with you. The dirty thoughts on the table will not shake your position in the heart of the lord."

What status is not status, he is not a woman who depends on her status!

Wu Ming had blue veins popping out of his temples, but he also knew that this kind of thing couldn't be explained, the explanation was just a cover-up.

Yan Heng thought he was covering it up very well, but in fact, no one around him pretended to be blind with their eyes open.Those who have become sophisticated like Aunt Lao have seen through Yan Heng's careful thinking within a few days after coming here, otherwise, they would not have said such obvious words of comfort at this moment.

Wu Ming didn't want to continue this topic, so he just pretended to be curious and asked: "By the way, I heard that the sheriff married a wife before, but when she gave birth to a child, she suffered from dystocia, killing two people?"

"Madam be careful." Aunt Lao immediately changed her expression, and hurriedly looked outside the bullock cart, seeing that there was no one on the left and right, and the driver and attendants sitting in front did not notice their words, so she lowered her voice and said to Wu Ming: " There is something else wrong with this matter, Madam, don't listen to other people's nonsense, let alone ask the Lord in front of you."

"You know the truth?" Wu Ming originally wanted to change the topic, but after being warned by Aunt Lao, he became curious instead.

"Ma'am, this is not the place to talk." Aunt Lao glanced at Tortoise, who was listening to the gossip, "After returning home, I will explain to you in detail."

"Okay." Wu Ming nodded in agreement.

When he returned to the Sheriff's Mansion, Wu Ming had to take a shower and change clothes as usual.

However, after taking a hot bath, sleepiness struck again.Immediately, Wu Ming didn't care about any gossip and secrets, so he fell on the bed and took another nap.

When I woke up, it was already dark.

However, Aunt Lao did not forget her promise. Seeing Wu Ming get up, she told him all kinds of rumors about the former sheriff's wife before dinner was ready.

Yan Heng's last wife was surnamed Meng, and her family, the Meng family, can be considered a rich family in Liaodong.When the First Emperor ruled the world, the Meng family surrendered in time and gained some benefits, and the marriage with Yan Heng was also to further consolidate these benefits.

In order to win over Yan Heng, the Meng family naturally wouldn't marry a stupid ugly girl.But Yan Heng doesn't like female sex, even though the Meng family is both talented and beautiful, he still can't warm up to this lady, and he rarely even set foot in the backyard all day long.

At the same time, Yan Heng's uncle——the youngest son of the old lady——Yan Bin spends all day in the makeup pile, but he is handsome and not much older than Yan Heng.As soon as he found out that his niece and daughter-in-law were alone in the empty boudoir, Yan Bin immediately had evil thoughts and came up with the idea of ​​doves occupying the magpie's nest.

It happened that the old lady didn't like Yan Heng's mother and son. After discovering this, not only did she not stop it in time, but she added fuel to the flames.

And Meng Shi didn't keep it, and fell into Yan Bin's gentle trap not long after, instead of having a head and a tail.

"It is said that the child in Mrs. Xian's womb is actually the lord's cousin." Aunt Lao stuck to Wu Ming's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Does the sheriff know?" Wu Ming asked in astonishment.

"What do you think?" Aunt Lao asked meaningfully.

Yes.

Wu Ming quickly nodded in understanding.

Everyone is dead, and one dead body and two dead when giving birth, if they don't know, how can they die so timely.

Aunt Lao then added a more obvious hint, "The Meng family is now so destitute that there are not even a few acres of fertile land left. During the New Year's Eve, the county guard's mansion does not allow the Meng family to visit."

Also, Yan Bin is dead too.

Wu Ming added a sentence in his heart to help Aunt Lao.

Before, Wu Ming knew the news of Yan Bin's death from Tortoise Shell, but now that he thinks about it, that guy may not have died in any accident.

"That Yan Bin hooked up with the Meng family?" There were more than one unborn children in Yan Heng's backyard, and Wu Ming quickly thought of a possibility.

"It's just a fight between the old lady and the lady." Aunt Lao sighed inaudibly, and replied in a wrong way, "After the death of Mrs. Xian, the sheriff has never recruited new people, so she must know something about it." things, I don’t want to create any more crimes.”

That is to say, the old lady didn't want Yan Heng to have her own child, and the old lady didn't want Yan Heng to raise someone else's child. In the competition between the two, the woman in Yan Heng's backyard became a victim?

Wu Ming immediately thought of the one in Ru Ji's stomach, but then realized that Yan Bin had been dead for two years, even if he was a posthumous child, he would not die like this.However, Yan Heng didn't seem to attach much importance to this child. At least Wu Ming had never heard Yan Heng talk about the child. He just didn't know if he really couldn't remember it, or if he deliberately didn't show it in front of him.

Forget it, it's going to rain and my mother is going to get married, what do you think about it!

Wu Ming curled his lips and didn't ask any more questions.

But the tree wants to be still, and the wind does not stop.

Wu Ming had just finished his dinner and was walking in the yard to digest food, when Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao came over pushing each other.

When he was in front of Wu Ming, Jin Jiao obviously poked Yin Jiao, as if to make her speak.But Yinkaku turned his head to the side without saying a word, and generally refused to speak out of anger.

Seeing them like this, Wu Ming didn't take the initiative to ask any questions at all, instead he folded his hands and looked at the two with interest.

In the end, Jin Jiao couldn't bear it any longer, and saluted, expressing his intention to come to Wu Ming.

"Ma'am, do you still remember the two concubines?" Jin Jiao asked cautiously.

Wu Ming was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong with them?"

To be honest, he really forgot about these two guys. He only remembered that Yan Heng moved them to the Xikuan courtyard where concubine Ji lived. .

"The two concubines have sent a message, and they want to meet you." Jin Jiao paid attention to Wu Ming's expression while talking, and seeing that he didn't show anything unusual, he immediately continued, "I guess it's about to It's the Chinese New Year, and those two want to show their faces in front of the lord, and compete for a qualification to attend the family banquet."

Wu Ming didn't answer right away, but glanced at Jin Jiao's face, and kept seeing her turn pale, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and then said: "You can also write a message to them, just say I will give them two ways, one is to be a widow in the prefect's mansion, and the other is to remarry with a dowry. Let them think about it and write back to me before the new year."

Jin Jiao froze for a moment.

"Also—" Wu Ming continued, "If you like this kind of work of running errands and sending letters, I can ask Aunt Lao to arrange it for you, and I will do it specially in the future."

"Ma'am, please forgive me." Only then did Jin Jiao realize that Wu Ming was annoyed, and quickly knelt down on the ground, "The servant girl is just saying..."

"Don't look for a reason." Wu Ming interrupted coldly, "This is the first time, I don't care about it, and it will be atonement if I put my words back. But if there is another time, you will go back to where you came from Bar!"

Wu Ming just gave a casual warning, but Jin Jiao's body shook and he became nervous all of a sudden.

Wu Ming couldn't help squinting his eyes, squinting at Yinjiao next to him, and then found that there was obvious disdain on her face.

When did these two girls start to seem to be apart?

Wu Ming suddenly felt a little bored, and really wanted to kick them all out.

But these two girls have experienced the old lady's incident, if they were really kicked out of the yard by him, Yan Heng would definitely not give them a chance to survive.

Wu Ming finally endured his unhappiness and gave them a chance.

"Let's all go down." Wu Ming said coldly, "In the future, if you have nothing to do, read some books with Aunt Lao, and don't take such nosy things."

"No." Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao agreed in unison.

Wu Ming immediately left them where they were, turned around and entered the main hall.

Tortoiseshell was lighting the oil lamp in the main hall, Wu Ming thought about it, and beckoned her to his side.

"Are you good at clichés?" Wu Ming asked in a low voice.

"That depends on who's talking to me." Tortoiseshell blinked, "Auntie Lao can't do that."

"Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao." Wu Ming said, "There's something wrong with them. Also, when did Jin Jiao get acquainted with people outside, and she even helped them spread the word."

"Jinjiao likes the sweet cakes in West Street. After entering the mansion, she often asked people to buy them. She got to know a lot of people after coming and going." Tortoise shell giggled, "Yinjiao likes beautiful jewelry, but she doesn't come out of the hospital very often. He always circles around Aunt Lao, as if he wants to learn the rules from Aunt Lao."

Wu Ming is most sensitive to the word "rule". He frowned when he heard it, and then the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became.

Based on the characters of these two girls, it should be Jin Jiao who learns the rules spontaneously and self-disciplined, and Yin Jiao who is greedy for food and drink, but now they are lost. It is impossible for these two to change their souls like him and Ruan Cheng. ?

"Stop talking nonsense, just keep staring at it. If there is anything unusual, please let me know." After finishing speaking, Wu Ming turned and went into the inner room, took out a brass pipe slightly thicker than a thumb, and stuffed it into the inner room. In the tortoiseshell's hand, "This is called the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle. You carry it with you. If you encounter any accidents, such as seeing something you shouldn't see, and someone wants to silence you, use this to protect yourself."

Wu Ming explained the position of the switch and precautions to Tortoise Shell, and then warned: "This thing is actually not very lethal. When you use it, try to aim at the person's eyes, and don't shoot at places with rough skin and thick flesh. "

"The maid has written it down." Tortoiseshell stuffed the brass pipe into the purse with an excited expression on its face.