Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

After asking for a long time, the woman talked wildly for a while, and was afraid to answer at the same time.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai couldn't ask any questions for a while, the man was really pitiful, and his complexion was bad, as if he was seriously ill.So he ordered someone to take him back to the mansion and hand it over to Li Feng's wife for medical treatment.When Daiyu heard about this, she gave her a bowl of japonica rice porridge and quietly put a drop of spiritual spring water.It helps her recover, and the effect is not too obvious, so as not to arouse suspicion.

Anyway, it's a life, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, not to mention Daiyu wants to use her to remind Lin Ruhai to guard against Gao Pengfei, the prefect of Yangzhou.

The woman ate, drank medicine, changed into clean clothes, and was much quieter than before.

Here Daiyu also had dinner with Lin Ruhai, the father and daughter sat and talked for a while, and then had tea, Lin Ruhai ordered the woman who informed the government to take the woman to the side hall for questioning.

Hearing this, Daiyu tilted her head slightly, rolled her eyes, and said, "Father, I haven't seen anyone sue yet, you take me with you, so that my daughter can learn a lot. Anyway, it's at home, so She's another old lady, there's nothing to shy away from." When she told the government, Daiyu was really curious, what crime did the ragged old woman want to tell the government?Maybe she can take this opportunity to reveal something about the poisoning to her father.

Lin Ruhai narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about whether it was appropriate to do so. After a long time, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and said: "Forget it, just sit next to Weifu and listen for a while, don't interrupt me."

Although he wholeheartedly wants to protect his daughter for the rest of his life, at present, he can live for two or three years, which is not bad.Daiyu will know about those conspiracies of cold and warm world, sooner or later, and even face it. In this case, it is better to know sooner than later.

It's just that the child is suffering.

Daiyu smiled and said, "Thank you Daddy, my daughter promises to obey Daddy's orders."

As soon as she got up, before she took a step, she felt that the corner of her skirt was being pulled. Looking down, she saw the little brown tuanzi's four claws were pulling her skirt and swinging on the swing.Daiyu pouted slightly, and was about to say something when Lin Ruhai bent down and hugged the kitten in his arms.Although Zhou Hang was a little bit reluctant, he didn't make a fuss, he just flicked his tail impatiently and stared at Daiyu.Lin Ruhai squinted his eyes and stroked the kitten's hair, saying: "Let Pangpang go too."

"Daddy, you are very fat and mischievous." Zhou Hang's kitten has many quirks, one of which is that he doesn't like to be hugged by anyone other than Daiyu. Daiyu was afraid that Lin Ruhai would be hurt by his losing his temper, so she reached out to take the kitten back. , side said, "If he hits your glazed bowl later, don't regret it!"

Lin Ruhai deliberately turned her body slightly to one side, deliberately not to be hugged by Lin Daiyu, "Why, you just spoil him like this, and I can't hug him?"

"No, Daddy!" Daiyu said with wide-eyed eyes and stomping her feet.

"Okay, I won't hug your precious cat." As Lin Ruhai stuffed the cat into Daiyu's arms, he told Xueyan and Zijuan, "Bring me a pot of new tea that the girl made for me. son wants to drink."

Since he is used to drinking the tea made by Daiyu, it is difficult to drink the rest, and now he has to fill two pots full every day when he goes to the yamen for business.That day, an old friend went to Beijing to report on his work, passed through Yangzhou, and visited the Yamen. He tasted a cup by chance and was full of praise after drinking it. He insisted on asking Lin Ruhai for some tea.Lin Ruhai explained that it wasn't because the tea was better than others, but the man still didn't believe it, so Lin Ruhai had no choice but to pack some of the tea he usually drank and gave it to him.As for whether he can brew such clear tea, it is beyond his control.

When the two came to the hall, the woman rushed to kowtow.

After being seated, Zijuan washed the cups, Xueyan held the pot, poured two cups full, and put them on the table beside Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu.Lin Ruhai ordered the woman to get up, because she asked her name and where she lived, and wanted to tell the government what crime Gao Pengfei was charged with.

The woman knelt down and kowtowed again, calling Master Qingtian, "It is said that Mr. Lin is a good official, old woman, the old woman has a terrible grievance, please be the master!"

Tears criss-crossed and rolled down as he spoke, his face distorted with extreme grief.

"The woman's name is Huang Guixiang, originally from Shanyin. There was a famine that year. The woman and her husband fled to Yangzhou with a pair of sons and a young daughter. At that time, they were too poor to eat. The only valuable thing was a girl. I had to sell her to make a living for the time being. The one who sold her was the prefect's Gao Daren, who sold her a three-year contract at that time. I originally thought that I would pick her up in three years and get married by myself. Who knows how long it took, I heard that My girl stumbled into the well and died. Our man and I were crying for no reason. I don’t want to think that there will be disasters one after another. First, the eldest son of the peasant woman was beaten to death by a group of hooligans for no reason, and he became disabled. If it wasn't for the timely treatment, he would have died. Then my husband was framed for no reason and got into a lawsuit, and the whole family was exiled into the army."

Speaking of this, there was another burst of crying, "Exile to the army, as long as you can live at least, who would have thought that the official escort would kill the whole family of the women when they were halfway there. The women went to relieve their hands in the middle of the night. I heard them talking, One said that killing the whole family for no reason was a little bit unconscionable, and the other said that 50 taels of silver is too good to be unconscientious. Isn't this the magistrate wanting to kill the people in vain? My daughter was killed by them."

"Aunt Huang, is the official really going to kill your whole family?" Daiyu couldn't help asking.

Lin Ruhai turned her head slightly and glanced at Daiyu. Daiyu subconsciously stretched her four fingers over her lips, and shook her head innocently.Lin Ruhai pursed his lips, raised his eyebrows, and motioned for the woman to continue.

"The two officials who were murdered by the gods agreed to wait until the moon was in the middle of the sky. The woman had no choice but to wake up her husband and two sons, and prepared to escape secretly. She didn't want to be discovered by those two, and they all died. Under the knives of the two cruel officials, only the woman escaped. The woman sneaked back to Yangzhou City, pretending to be crazy and begging for a living outside, hoping to meet a master of Qingtian who would be the master of the woman's family. The woman heard people say Mr. Lin is much older than the magistrate, and he is a good official who is very sympathetic to the people, so he risked his life to stop the sedan chair and cry for injustice, begging you to make the decision!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed like pounding garlic again.

There was no expression on Lin Ruhai's face. After a long time, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then slowly put down the teacup and said, "Do you know why the magistrate wants to kill your whole family?"

The woman lowered her head, and after a while said: "The women don't know."

Lin Ruhai's eyes sank, his fingers tapped lightly on the table, and he squinted for a while, "Although my official rank is higher than that of the magistrate, I am in charge of non-litigation matters. You are disappointed."

"Master Qingtian!" The woman suddenly raised her head, her face full of grief and despair.

Lin Ruhai shook his head, pondered for a while, and asked Li Feng's wife to take the woman down to rest first.

Huang Guixiang looked back at Lin Ruhai again, looking hesitant to speak, finally she gritted her teeth and silently followed Li Feng's wife out.Although it was already spring, there was still a bit of coolness in the evening, a sudden gust of wind blew, the willow branches collided and crackled, Huang Guixiang flinched and walked out with a bowed body.

Daiyu glanced at her vicissitudes of the back, and said, "Father, why don't you help this Aunt Huang?"

"I didn't say I wouldn't help." Lin Ruhai sipped the remaining half cup of tea carefully, put down the cup, and twirled his beard slightly, "It's time for the prefect's yamen to conduct a thorough investigation."

"Then why daddy..." Daiyu asked.

Lin Ruhai tilted her head slightly, looked at Daiyu, "That woman didn't tell the truth, or...she had reservations."

"Daddy means..." Daiyu raised her brows on both sides, and the brow in the middle frown slightly, her eyes narrowed slightly, and a pair of thick black slender eyelashes swept down slightly, casting a small shadow under her eyelids .There are indeed many doubts in the woman's words, for example, what did their family do to offend the magistrate, how did her man get offended, and what did her daughter do so that the magistrate's mansion murdered her? She didn't say anything about it. I don't know but there is something hidden.

Even the information obtained by Zhou Hang could not find the answer to these questions.

Lin Ruhai nodded, and pondered for a while, "Don't worry, since she came to me, she will tell me sooner or later. It's just..."

"Is Daddy worried about Aunt Huang's safety?" Daiyu asked.

Lin Ruhai nodded slightly, and said, "Forgive those thieves who dare not come to Lin's residence to make trouble!"

Anyway, Lin Ruhai intends to investigate the magistrate's mansion, it's a good thing after all, Daiyu has made up her mind, then let Zhou Hang do some tricks secretly, there will be some unexpected gains.That's not as simple as murdering subordinates, framing people, and killing people to silence them. Officials are colluding, and the more corrupt officials are, the more this is the case, and it's not just one city or one place involved.

The fact that a woman stopped Lin Ruhai's official sedan chair to complain and was taken back to the mansion by Lin Ruhai soon spread to the magistrate's yamen.It was not difficult to inquire about the person holding the sedan chair. Gao Pengfei, the prefect of Yangzhou, quickly confirmed Huang Guixiang's identity.

Gao Pengfei, who got a new concubine and spends his days lingering and never thinking about it, entered the main house of the wife of the magistrate Sun for an unprecedented day.

Since the last time Mrs. Sun was scratched and his face was smeared, he consulted the doctor every day for medicine. He used a lot of soup, pills and medicines. Although the pain didn’t hurt anymore, that face was also useless. It's very exciting to write east and west.

The second young lady from the concubine is not much better than her. In the past, she was the most active lady in Yangzhou City. She thought she was beautiful and came from a noble family. From time to time, she held poetry gatherings, flower viewing parties and other activities, which were very high-profile. .Now he wears a face scarf every day, and doesn't even leave the house very much.This is a pain for the servant girl who served her, either beating or scolding, or throwing things, especially on people's faces.Even her confidant, the big maid who was close to the hairpin, annoyed her with a word by chance, and she poked her face several times with the hairpin.

Nowadays, anyone who mentions the word "cat" will be able to jump three feet high as if they poked the ass of these two.

The cats in the magistrate's yamen were also beaten, killed, abused, and abused by the vicious mother and daughter, and many of them were murdered.Zhou Hang urgently ordered some of his confidants, the leader Mao, to summon those who survived to the Lin Mansion.

Although it will be more difficult to inquire about the news of the magistrate's yamen in the future, but he really can't see the death of all the cats.

Two days after his wife and daughter were disfigured, Gao Pengfei bought a beautiful concubine for 700 taels of silver, and Sun's teeth itched with anger.However, Gao Pengfei dotes on the newly bought concubine very much, so she has to talk nicely and laugh with her, sending someone to bring food and drink to the concubine's room every day to show her virtuous demeanor as the main wife.

Thinking of Gao Pengfei who had never set foot there since that day, Sun was filled with resentment, but quickly put on a smiling face and put it on Gao Pengfei: "Master, is there any shortage? I have prepared hot water, my wife... I'm here to wait for the master to take a bath." As he spoke, he raised his brows and eyes, showing a shy expression.

Mrs. Sun was already in her forties, old and frail, but wanted to put on a seductive and coquettish attitude. Under the gorgeous red and emerald scarf was a dazzling face, which looked very frightening.

Gao Pengfei suppressed the disgust in his heart, mercilessly pulled back the sleeve that was grabbed by Sun, and said coldly: "Do you know what good things you have done?"

Seeing Gao Pengfei's stern and angry face, Sun subconsciously let go of her hand, and the indigo sleeve slipped from her hand, shaking it for a few times without any support. "Master, what's the matter?" she asked.

Before Gao Pengfei could speak, there was a commotion outside, which seemed to be a quarrel between several little girls.

Gao Pengfei's face became even more angry, Mrs. Sun hurriedly called the little girl in, and asked what was going on, the girl said: "The girl next to Aunt Qiu came, saying that Aunt Qiu's chest hurts, and arguing that she must see the master, saying that their aunt Having said that, her chest hurts, and taking any medicine is useless, she needs someone to rub her chest, so I asked the master to rub her chest."

Aunt Qiu is the newly bought concubine, Gao Pengfei loves her so much, she stays in her room every day, and all the supplies are the best in the house.

Gao Pengfei's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Drag that troublesome girl out and beat her forty times. Aunt Qiu indulged her slaves to make trouble, stripped her clothes, and sold them to Yichun courtyard with thirty whips!"

Yichunyuan is the most famous goulan venue in Yangzhou City. The bustard is famous for squeezing the girls' surplus value.

Mrs. Sun snorted secretly, a cheap hoof is a cheap hoof after all, dare to fight with the master without looking at the situation, I really hold you like a treasure!