Along the way, although there were obstacles, the old lady justified her name and came to fetch her daughter.How dare the few servants in this house who have never seen the market dare to stop them?Unable to stop him, he rushed to the house to report the letter.

The judge turned pale with fright, got busy and shivered as he put on his clothes.Mei Qing accompanied Qiao Zhangzhi in panic, and cast a sideways glance at him on the bed, seeing that he was so panicked that he didn't even know how to put on his clothes, his cuffs were put on right and left, his skirt was loose, and he couldn't touch his belt.She was full of contempt.

When the old lady opened the curtain and entered, Liantong Pan still had her chest open, and her sunken abdomen was like a mouse that couldn't eat enough all the year round.The old lady was amused secretly, but furious on the face, she slapped the kang table hard, "Okay! You, you, you, look at the good deeds you have done!"

With a "snap", he knocked the Connector down from the edge of the bed, raised his head in a panic and climbed up, because his hands were not steady, he staggered a few times, "Your old man, please listen to me first!"

The old lady was standing in front of her with a mother, with the overcast sky behind her back, she couldn't see her face clearly.Those menacing eyebrows shot out coldly, he had already seen all the truth, but he was still silent, willing to listen to his sophistry.

"Miss and I, this, this, this..." Chi Chi knocked on it for a long time, but couldn't tell the reason.Liantong Juan turned his head, the skirt of his clothes fluttered leisurely in front of the chicken breast, and looked at Mei Qing on the bed.

Mei Qing fastened her clothes indiscriminately, and hurriedly got out of bed to help the old lady. "Mother, mother..." pretending to be very panicked.

The old lady also cooperated quite well, pushing her hand with both hands, her eyes were shocked, disappointed, and decisive, "Don't call me mother, I can't afford to be your mother, I can't raise a shameless daughter like you! "

"Mother," Mei Qing took her arm with both hands, sliding from the bend of the arm to the wrist.She also knelt down and cried out anxiously under her skirt, "Mother, please don't make noise, at least you should save face for your daughter."

"You want face? You can't do this if you want face!" The old lady flicked her sleeves, turned around and walked to the couch, and sat down.

The serving mother also walked back and stood beside her with a smooth expression on her back, just like the judge next to Yan Luozun, just waiting for an order.

The old lady showed her off, and she was naturally Yan Luo in the Temple of the Underworld. Because she was used to seeing the filth of the world, her beauty became breathtaking, like a demon mirror, showing the evil in the heart of the heart, making people look at it. Timid, strict and powerful.

She patted the kang table twice, a little angry, "How did I teach you when you were young? Let me tell you word by word, a woman must know how to strictly abide by the rules and abide by women's morals. It’s time to keep the house and don’t show off outside. Seeing that you’ve been dressed up and running around outside recently, I thought to myself, I’m afraid you might attract some rats outside. I’ve visited you several times in private, as expected, You actually did something that corrupted your morals! From now on, you are not my daughter! Just think that I raised you for nothing!"

It was clearly a show, but probably because she was so involved this time, Mei Qing's heart couldn't help shaking a few times, like a hammer hitting her head, knocking her to the ground, her eyes were a little dull and panicked.She stood up slowly, and walked forward crookedly, her bun was loose, her temples were a little frizzy, her dress was a little twisted, and she looked embarrassed.

She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she smiled bitterly first, "Mother, why do you say that? You raised me up, don't you feel sorry for me? You keep blaming me, but how do you treat me at home? It was in the eyes, telling me to guard that piece of ice, even if I covered it, it wouldn’t melt, so isn’t my heart made of meat?”

The old lady slapped the table twice again with a "bang bang", "Shuwang is right, you shouldn't steal or steal people outside!" She said those words as if they were dirty, furrowed her eyebrows, Farewell, don't come back in the end, "You are willing to be degraded!"

The last four characters were like a boulder being thrown towards Mei Qing, causing her to shake twice as if she could not stand still.Gradually, her dazed eyes relaxed, and two lines of cold tears shed.People don't know what they are thinking, or there are too many thoughts in their minds at the same time, it is too chaotic, and it is just a hazy mess.

At this time, the mother was in a hurry to make peace, and bowed her waist to persuade the old lady, "Old lady, please calm down, my aunt is young and ignorant, and she was confused for a while when she was lured by the adulterer. How can you deny your own daughter?" Auntie knew it was wrong, she took it back and taught it, and corrected it.”

The old lady was out of breath, she was silent for a long while, and raised her eyebrows to give Mei Qing a glance, "Go outside, I'll tell you how amazing it is when I get home!"

Mom supported Mei Qing, "Sit outside, girl, don't cry, we'll go home later. We will talk about our own affairs behind closed doors. I told you to walk around outside a long time ago, so be careful , these men in this world are so bad, they don’t care if their women are born well, just use good words to coax them! You are young, how can you stand up to this kind of coaxing..."

The words in the back pointing at Sang and scolding Huai were heard in the ears and trembling in the heart.At this moment, it doesn't matter what the official position is, no matter how tall he is above Liu Chaoru, he is not a prime minister, and he can't cover the sky with one hand.If it really comes down to him, it was he who stole her woman, besides, no one in Jinan knew that Liu Chaoru and Dong Mo were on good terms.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and took advantage of the situation to run away.Walking in front of the old lady, the old lady crossed her legs, and gently hooked the toe of her raised embroidered shoes around his ankle, "Hey, where are you going?"

Connecting Judge had no choice but to step back, standing in front of her with a smile on his face, "You always listen to me..."

The old lady just raised her little finger to dig her ears and waited.After waiting for a long time, he was there "me, me, me" for a long time, but he still couldn't explain why.

She didn't have the patience to wait any longer, so she blew on her fingers and lifted her beautiful eyes, "You are talking! I want to hear what the reason is for a general judge from a government office to tease someone else's daughter-in-law to commit adultery with you ?”

Speaking of this episode, she seemed to be thinking of something, her eyes widened with anger, "My daughter has always been well-behaved and obedient, and she has always been well at home. How did she come to you? I don't know what method you used, I'm afraid it was you Relying on power and power, it is unknown to bully and persecute her! You are raping an official's wife! Go, go, come with me to see the official!"

"No, nothing!" Liantong Pan wished he could grow a hundred hands and waved them together, the two mustaches on his lips jumped in panic.

The old lady got up and grabbed his wrist, and pulled him out, "Man, if you dare to do it, you must dare to take it! You said no, why is my daughter in your house? You didn't rape her, or you raped her. You tricked her into cheating! I am not a young girl, so you can lie to me! Go, go see my son-in-law first, although my son-in-law is a low official, but in the Jinan scene, he is upright and not afraid of trouble. His wife was taken over by you, even if you risk your life, you must seek justice!"

Liantong judge immediately begged, "Oh, my old lady, you have something to say, you have something to say! Why bother to make a big deal out of it, your daughter's reputation is not good, and there will be rifts between them, why bother?" Woolen cloth?"

"Hey! Is it possible that you can bully me?" The old lady turned around and put her hands on her hips solemnly, "It's not the temper of my Meng family who suffers from being dumb for the sake of a trivial reputation! It's not my dream family's temper! How dare you pull the emperor off the horse! Misjudged me, surnamed Lian, not to mention that you are a general judge, I have seen even the most senior officials, and I am also a well-connected person, if you tell me to control you in a few words, then it is not me, Mengli!"

"Don't, don't, don't, you old man calm down first, how dare I rule you? Everything is easy to discuss, everything is easy to discuss. You sit first, sit first, and have some hot tea."

The old lady was tripped on the couch by being sentenced to life and death, fastened her clothes, and hurriedly ordered the girl to serve tea and treats, and kept making a small smile on the side, "This matter is always my fault. not human!"

As he spoke, he slapped himself twice, and bent his back again and again, "I just beg you, old man, don't make a noise. If you close the door and teach me a lesson, I won't dare to say anything back."

When the girl came in with tea, he took it himself and put it on the kang table, "The most important thing is to let Lord Liu know. Do you think that Master Liu's temper won't make a fuss? It doesn't matter if I lose my position, it hurts them." As for the relationship between husband and wife, it will be difficult for the young lady to be a man in front of Mr. Liu in the future, wouldn't it be harming the young lady? As long as the young lady is preserved, I can do whatever you want with me."

The old lady gradually gasped for breath, and gouged him out, "It's not that I'm afraid of my daughter's face. According to me, although my Meng family doesn't have a son, I teach the girls to be brave in everything. If you do it, you should bear the consequences. Besides, I am sorry for the Liu family after all. Thinking of my mother-in-law, she worked so hard to bring up a son, and it was so easy for her son to become an official, but she was still bullied by asking you to be an official. I help you I can't stand it if you don't want to help your relatives! If it weren't for your attitude, I would be so angry that I would go to the Yamen to report to the official right now!"

Connecting judge rushed to say another basket of soft words.The old lady tilted her head on the couch and listened silently. After a while, she waved her sleeves reluctantly, "Come on, let me let you go and not report this case. Just talk about how you can make up for it." , My daughter told you to bully me, my son-in-law told you to bully me too, and our Mengliu family told you to bully me for no reason. If you don’t come up with a solution, I will say no! "

The way to think about it is nothing more than taking money to make up for it.The Liantong judge put a hesitant smiling face under her nose, "I don't have anything else, I have two more money, let me see, I will take out two thousand silver here, and your old lady will give it to the comprador of the Liu family in your name. If I buy some things, it is my apology. If I buy some things for the young lady, it is also my heart for the young lady."

"Two thousand? Are you going to send a beggar?" The old lady snorted a sneer, "You go and find out how much dowry I, Mei Qing, got when I got married. There is no four thousand silver in this matter, it's nothing."

Judgment Tong was so frightened at this moment that he didn't care about thinking, so he gritted his teeth and had no choice but to agree.The old lady scolded him a few more words, then moved her slender waist, walked outside, and cast a cold glance at Mei Qing, as if she didn't like it very much, "What are you still sitting here for? Isn't it enough?"

This led Mei Qing to go out, Tong Tong rushed out to deliver it, and secretly stuffed the box containing the corolla into Mei Qing's arms.

The sky is still so cloudy, and it looks like it will rain at any time. Those thick gray clouds are layered on top of people's heads, making people look up, and what they see is only gray depression, and there is no openness at all.

The mother and daughter were sitting in the carriage, only the old lady laughed and said: "Four thousand silver, he said that he had collected it in the past two days, and he would come to this house to get it. Then you don't show up, I will come by myself." .I said a long time ago, don't look at the surname Lian who is doing the general judgment. When encountering such a thing, you will never dare to speak up. You were so scared when you didn't look at him just now. You just lost your soul. There is no official Looks like these. These wine bags and rice bags are not useful."

Mei Qing's eye circles were still red, dry tears were stained on her face, and her rouge was messy.Looking closely at that face, it seemed to be pieced together, one piece was white and the other was red, revealing some of its original features.She snorted, "I listened outside."

She is very familiar with those words, whoever said which sentence, who should answer which sentence, she can memorize it by closing her eyes.Just now, listening outside the house, he actually felt a little ashamed and ashamed of pretending to be fake.It wasn't until I heard the old lady carry the silver to four thousand that the shame subsided a lot.

Nothing can be relied on, even my own feelings may not be firm and stable, but the solidity of silver will never change.

The old lady was still murmuring and sneering at the connection between her ears, like an overwhelming buzzing trouble.Mei Qing was in a daze, unable to hear anything clearly.She opened the box on her lap, and reaching in, touched the golden wreath.White jade is cold, precious stones are cold, and gold is also cold.Fortunately, it is always cold and does not change.

Will change, only man and heaven.

It rained in the afternoon, moistening things silently.After a few hours of silence, the Connecting Judge was soaked by the rain, and gradually came to his senses.Thinking back carefully to that round just now, I always felt like I was hit by a "fairy jump".

What's more, when I went to Meng Yu's house in the past, I often saw Mei Qing and the old lady at the banquet. They talked and joked a bit frivolously, not like a serious woman.Which well-behaved lady would entertain male guests at the banquet?

After thinking about it in the carriage, Liantong Panyi became more and more suspicious that he had fallen into someone's trick.But at this moment, it is hard to get off the tiger, so people hold the handle in their hands. If Liu Chaoru is really told, Liu Chaoru is ruthless and selfless, so why would he care about the intrigues in the middle.Furthermore, they are a family, and he will suffer in the end.

But four thousand silver is not a small amount. The money he just received was only over 2000, and his wife was in charge of the family's bank account. To get four thousand silver, he had to ask his wife.After some hesitation, Lian Juan went home immediately, and told Mrs. Lian about it.

Even the wife didn't know it, she was furious when she found out.First, a small mirror was thrown from the bed, and it was shattered with a bang, and the man jumped out of the bed, his plump flesh shook with the ground, and he grabbed his ear vigorously, "Hi! The rotten root of a thief! It’s enough to wrap a fan outside to raise a child, but you dare to steal someone’s wife! You have been hacked by thousands of knives, so everyone should die together, let’s just die together now!”

Then there were two ear scrapers slapped on the communication panel, and then cursed loudly.After scolding for half an hour, she fell back on the bed, lifted the quilt, and sat with her head on the pillow under the quilt.

Mrs. Lian has been a little bit unwell for the past two days, she said she stopped eating, and the doctor told her to eat less and drink less.The people she is used to eat can't stand it after three or two meals, and they are always lethargic.

This commotion exhausted most of my energy, and I clutched my chest on the bed and groaned, "I don't care! I don't have money! You're going to kill me! If you have money, I won't spoil it for you. You have the ability to prostitute yourself." My wife, she should use her skills to sue her! My God, why is my life so hard, married to a soft, egg-like man, and I have to wipe his ass every day..."

It took another half a day to cry, and when it was dusk, Mrs. Lian got out of bed and lit the lamp. When she turned around, she changed a shrewd and calm face, "You think right. In my opinion, this is what they are doing. My natal family is in business. Yes, I’ve watched it since I was a child, and I’ve never seen any tricks that can hide it from my eyes? 4000 taels, you really dare to open your mouth. She wants to sue her, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, I See how dare she sue!"

This is what Liantong was afraid of, his skinny face was yellowed by the candle, and he looked even more miserable, "What if she really dares to sue? Even if she dares not to sue in the yamen, she just tells Liu Chaoru, we will I can't eat it and walk around. You don't know Liu Chaoru? He's famous for his stubbornness. If he knows that I stole his wife, he won't care about the 21 here. He only blames me on the outside. How about closing the door, that is his own business."

Mrs. Lian spat at him, and sat down on the couch with her skirt brushed, her expression calm, "She may not dare to tell Liu Chaoru, don't panic, let me think about it."

Or say that the children are the good of other people's family, and the wife is still the relative of the family.Sure enough, as the judge thought, he told his wife that even though he beat him and scolded him, he still wanted to help him.

According to Mrs. Yilian's idea, after two days when the money is handed over, she will go out in person to test the Meng family's bottom line, and she can't just let them frighten them.Liantong judge was naturally happy to let go of her, and agreed to let her go.Money is cheap, after all, if you can save a little bit, it is a little bit.

The old lady over there is waiting for the money safely at home, thinking that the 4000 taels will be available in a few days, isn't it faster than collecting rent on the field?So for two days in a row, I feel refreshed.

Near noon this day, the old lady smiled and told Tongshan not to cook lunch, took out two taels of silver, and sent him to bring some good food to the restaurant on the street.

At noon, when Liu Chaoru returned home, it was not surprising to see a table full of delicacies and freshly steamed crabs. The most surprising thing was that the table of delicious food and tea had not been used yet.Mei Qing and the old lady were sitting on the couch, apparently waiting for him to come home and eat together.

He walked around the dinner table and said with a smile: "Who can't celebrate his birthday? Or should we hold the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in advance?"

"Neither." The old lady sat on the couch complacently, put out the cigarette pipe, rolled it up and put it down, got up and came to the table, "Your mother sees the dishes you eat every day, even if you don't like your mouth or your stomach, it hurts." You, specially took out the money to add some food and wine for you to eat. Mei Qing, come on, you didn't eat breakfast, you are probably hungry."

Liu Chaoru looked at her with a smile, and sat down, "Okay, since it's your hospitality, I'm not welcome, I just feel a little hungry."

Mei Qing saw that there was something playful in his smile.Rarely, he also jokes with women.I don't know how much they joked behind her back.She snorted contemptuously in her heart, and she had to hear it herself.

The three of them sat around the case, Liu Chaoru talked a little more than before, but in reality it wasn't much, but in Mei Qing's ears, it seemed like he was talking endlessly.Talking about some interesting things in the yamen, I don't know who I am making fun of, and my attitude seems to be much gentler.

She secretly watched the two of them, and the faces of the two were ordinary.She suspects that she is supercilious.But the doubts never stopped from the very beginning, even if they were groundless.

Liu Chaoru first disassembled a crab, put the crab meat into Mei Qing's bowl, and cast a glance at her, "You seem to be in a bad mood these two days."

However, before Mei Qing could reply, he got busy again, took another crab apart, and put it into the old lady's bowl, "You seem to be happy these two days, what's the good thing, you don't want to let me know?"

The old lady smiled sideways, "You don't have to ask about women's affairs."

"I don't ask, I don't ask, eat quickly." He smiled, with half of his head turned towards Mei Qing.Mei Qing could almost imagine the kind of indulgent smile behind his light tone, even though she had never seen it before.

She felt sad for a while at first, and then slowly burst into a burst of anger, suppressing her sorrow.What is there to be sad about?She doesn't love him either, and she doesn't like him too much.She wanted to maintain her inexplicable arrogance, so she never bowed her head, and never questioned her again.

Just at this moment, someone in the courtyard shouted loudly: "Excuse me, is the old lady at home?"

Tong Shan greeted from the bottom of the corridor, "Here, we are eating in the room, please come in and sit down."

After a while, seeing Yinlian coming, she left all the girls and servants outside the courtyard, and greeted the three of them first when entering the door.The old lady greeted her for dinner, but she politely shied away, standing there with her face half down, a little uncomfortable.

Mei Qing happened to be feeling uncomfortable, so she simply excused herself from the dinner table to greet her, "I'm done eating, let's go to my mother's room to talk. Mother, come here when you're done eating."

The two went around the corridor to the east chamber, and Mei Qing greeted her girl Chan Cha from the corridor.I caught a glimpse of four or five girls and women sitting next to King Wu. They were all familiar faces. They looked like they used to serve Mengyuan, but now they all serve Yinlian.Mei Qing glanced over, feeling a little dazed, as if many years had passed, and earth-shattering changes had taken place in everyone, except her.

She invited Yinlian to sit on the couch with a half smile on her face, as before, she looked down on Yinlian a bit.It should be looked down upon, even if her sister is gone, Yinlian still can't be a serious couple with Meng Yu, she is still a concubine.

In such a comparison, Mei Qing, the magistrate of the county, naturally felt a bit complacent, and asked Yin Lian with her eyes open: "Is there something important for you to come?"

Yin Lian was still a little afraid of her, and lowered her face a little: "I think it's almost the end of the festival, and I want to visit my wife. I'm afraid that I will go rashly and make my wife unhappy. My wife is now living in Master Dong's house. I don’t necessarily want to pay attention to people and things. So I want to ask the old lady to lead me to see my wife.”

"My sister is no longer the wife of the Meng family. You don't want to call her that. It's not clear to others." Mei Qing criticized her head-on, and she became more and more complacent.

Yinlian hurriedly apologized and changed her words, and called "Ms. Meng".Mei Qing asked her what she wanted to see Meng Tiao, but she hesitated again.Mei Qing guessed that it was because of Meng Yu.Recently, I also heard Liu Chaoru say a few words, as if Meng Yu had turned over Dong Mo's account, and the situation was a bit worrying.

She was happy to see people joke, and she didn't care about the evasive words Meng Yuan said earlier, so she agreed, "I just happen to be free in the afternoon, and I'm going to see my sister. If you are free, you might as well go with me." trip."

Yinlian thanked her in a hurry, and waited for her to change her clothes and make up in the room. The two of them sat together in Yinlian's carriage and led four or five servants to Qingyu Garden.

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