marry a weak waist

It is said that when the old lady returned home, it was time to light the lamps.The sky was falling, the autumn wind was rustling in the courtyard, Tong Shan rested in his room, and a ring of lights was on in the main room.The old lady went in, asked if Liu Chaoru was there, and then took out the treasure note.

Mei Qing saw that there was only 2000 taels, and asked why.The old lady resentfully told her what happened in the next morning, and because she wanted to share her grievances personally, she did not miss every word that Mrs. Lian had said.Mei Qing's face was purple with anger at first, but later she heard Mrs. Lian's words comparing her to someone with a pink head, and her face faded pale.

The old lady still said to herself: "Fortunately, I kept a hand. I only wanted him two thousand. I was afraid that he would lower the price so I deliberately asked for four thousand. Sure enough, the dog can't change the thing that eats shit. The whole family searched for goods. It really gave me half of the money."

Saying so, my heart was shaken several times.According to the previous practice, most of the money was held by the old lady, who called it "saving the dowry" for the girls.

But today, around the time of the festive season, the moon is shining in the window, or Mrs. Lian's words are too harsh, she suddenly sympathizes with the grievances suffered by her daughters.With a big wave of his hand, he distributed the extra to Mei Qing, "Here, the fifteen thousand is yours, I'll take five hundred, and you can go to the bank to exchange it when you have time, so as not to let them play tricks behind their backs."

The candlelight was well illuminated, and Mei Qing's pale face was covered with dusk, and she couldn't see anything for a while.But she was holding a stack of treasure bills so tightly that her knuckles turned white.She was still thinking about Mrs. Lian's words, and her heart was like ten thousand ants gnawed away, eating half of her heart in an instant.

"Put it away quickly, so that you don't have to ask questions when you come back from the book."

The old lady pushed her hand, she came back to her senses, her eyes were blank for a while, and gradually focused on the face in front of her.

This face is too glamorous, not like a mother's face at all.But it happened to be the mother of two daughters.I don't know if this is the old lady's misfortune, or Mei Qing's misfortune.

Mei Qing smiled, and went into the bedroom, "He won't come back, he is usually busy, and now he has a case in hand, so he has no time to go home."

Momentarily locked the treasure note and came out, just a few steps, Mei Qing lost her suddenly clear soul again in the moonlight.What she immediately thought of was, was it the four thousand that the old lady had received, and she had paid too much money behind her back?

It's not impossible, after all, the old lady only offered to ask for five hundred, which is simply not like her usual style.She was very suspicious of this, and even more suspicious of this other matter.

She brushed her skirt and sat back, brought over the old lady's cigarette pouch, and it was rare for her to take the initiative to fill her with tobacco, "Mother, tell me, how is Shuwang?"

"Squeeze looser, it's too tight and it will take a lot of effort." The old lady clicked her tongue and said inadvertently, "It's up to you to choose whether the book is good or not. You didn't listen to what my sister and I tried to persuade you. , what are you complaining about now?"

"I'm not complaining," Mei Qing rolled up the cigarette rod and handed it to her, picking out the candle with the silver stick in her hand, "I married him, and at first I saw that he was not satisfied with everything, but now that I think about it, he is still the best." He is the same as I saw him at the beginning, and he has never changed. He is actually a good person, but one is a bit pedantic and stubborn. The other is that he does not have me in his heart, so he treats me coldly. "

The old lady smiled slightly, still with the casual attitude, "How do you tell him to treat you affectionately, and you don't listen to what you said on weekdays, making him worthless. He is a man, and these methods are still worthless. Let me teach you again? Men also like to listen to sweet words, who can stand your knife-like cuts?"

As she said that, she tilted her head to the left, laughing, "Oh, I don't know how to raise you two daughters. One speaks worse than the other, and the other is better than the other. How is it like me?"

However, both of them followed her, but she didn't know it.Fearing that she might miss a clue on her face, Mei Qing moved Yin Zhi closer, "Although Shu Wang treats me indifferently, he treats my mother filially."

The old lady showed no sign of change, and walked slowly towards the wall, "This is also his benefit. Although he is a bit unpromising, he has a conscience. As long as you don't piss him off, he will take care of you for the rest of his life. You Look at how he treats his wife, even though his wife is in Nanjing, but she still has a lot of money to send back to her. I heard that when he went back to Nanjing last time, he even bought two servants to take care of his wife. I can't see it, You'd better go with him to Nanjing and pay a visit to his old lady, how can a daughter-in-law have never seen her mother-in-law in the past few years."

Mei Qing didn't want to talk about Nanjing's affairs, so she turned her mouth away, cut off the topic, and talked about going to Qingyu Garden to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival.The old lady said: "Since that's the case, the surnamed Lian's business is over, and you have time, so go over there to help your sister. Zhang Ping is busy with business and can't help her. He also has a sister and brother-in-law there. Meng'er I'm afraid I'm too busy."

Anyway, she was free, and Mei Qing went to Qingyu Garden the next day.Not wanting to run into Yinlian and came to see her again, she cried and cried to Mengtiao in the room.From that point of view, he was still begging for Meng Yu's affairs.

Mengyu was full of impatience, fearing that Kouhen would hear something again, and hurriedly dismissed her, "Meng Yu hasn't come to court yet, why are you crying in such a hurry? How many times have I said that I really can't help you? It’s better to go to the homes of the adults he used to walk around, maybe they can help with something.”

Seeing her resolute attitude, Yinlian had to hide her tears and resign.Mei Qing came up to sit and complained to Yinlian, "I don't know where this person comes from so many tears, he just knows how to cry. Sister, I think you lose because you don't know how to cry. If you were willing to fall in front of Meng Yu back then A few tears, probably nothing will happen to her."

Mengyu hurriedly snorted and laughed, "Forget it, if I'm still entangled with Meng Yu now, I'm afraid I'll be thrown into prison too."

"Then why is she all right, she's still living outside."

"Hey, she and Meng Yu are not husband and wife. They are just a concubine. To put it bluntly, they are servants. Besides, she has a young child, and Meng Yu's has not been convicted yet, so she can't be implicated for the time being. Even if she is convicted in the future, there will be no It doesn't necessarily implicate the family, do you think it is so easy to implicate the nine clans?"

"What about Meng Yu, is he dead?"

Mengyu was silent for a while, pouted and shook his head, "I don't think so, I heard Zhang Ping's meaning, Meng Yu is in the yamen, even though he hasn't been interrogated yet, he is calm and calm, with a confident look. It looks like. I have been with him for a few years, and I still know him, he must have planned some way out."

After a few gossips, Meng Yuan thought of asking her, "Why are you here, where's your mother?"

Mei Qing said calmly, "Mother said Mr. Dong is not at home, and she thought you were busy with the holidays, so she asked me to help you. She will tidy up tomorrow and come over."

When Xiechun heard this, she hurriedly ordered the girl to tidy up the two guest rooms and come out, and left Meiqing to stay with the old lady.When the old lady came over the next day, she happened to meet Dong Mo returning home.I met him in the house, the old lady thought he had something to say with Meng Tiao, so she asked Mei Qing to let him out and go for a walk in the garden.

After another two days in a row, Dong Mo was busy taking a bath and changing clothes, and pulled out the curtain to come out, but he didn't see the warmth of Meng Yuan a few days ago, and he was still sitting cross-legged on the couch, smoking.

The window was open, and a little breeze blew away the loose strands of her hair in a bun, which had obviously not been combed with oil.Not even any makeup was applied to that face, and it was so white that it was a bit dull.Her eyes were drooping down, looking at the cigarette in her hand, and there were deep creases on her eyelids, as if she had been stabbed for no reason, and there was no blood gushing from the thin wound.

Dong Mo sat next to her and looked at her with a lopsided face, "Still angry about what happened last time? Don't be angry anymore. I'll come back today and have half a day to accompany you. I won't go back to the yamen in the afternoon."

When Mengyuan saw him, it was as if he hadn't seen him for several years out of thin air, and felt a little timidly strange.But in the past "few years", the upsurge of the past made her seem to have lived through a period of chaotic days in the past.

"What's the matter? Tired and sick?" Dong Mo touched her forehead and smiled apologetically, "I'm too busy to help you at all. In fact, you just ask your subordinates to do many things, and they all do it. I'm used to it."

Meng Tiao lit a cigarette and took a sip, holding a thin purple bamboo pole.The pot turned red, then dimmed, and continued to burn slowly, like a small lantern in your hand.Lighting lanterns in broad daylight is a little out of date.

She sighed inappropriately, "I won't stare, I'm afraid I'll be blamed if you see something inappropriate for your sister."

"Huh?" Dong Moxiang glanced out the window, "Is she here to trouble you?"

"No. She said to be more casual and told me to work less." Meng Tiao smiled weakly.Occasionally, she wanted to jump up and scold Kou Hen at him.However, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with him, he is gentle, polite, dignified and elegant.If there is something wrong, it is also her own fault.

Dong Mo thought, it must be that Meng Yuan's ardor had been frustrated by Kou Hen's indifference, so he became discouraged.He comforted, "They will go back in a few days. If she said something, you just don't take it to heart."

"She's gone back, is it over?" Meng Tiao couldn't help being discouraged.

"What?" Dong Mo didn't understand what she meant at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he realized that she was referring to those people and things in his family.After leaving Kouhen, there will be many people surnamed Dong ambushing behind.He was also a little faintly discouraged, but he persisted, "What are you afraid of? Thinking about how difficult it was for you to be someone else's wife back then, didn't you come to me?"

Meng Tiao smiled faintly, as if there were many troubles lining up behind her and rolling towards her, she was a little terrified.As soon as she got scared, she curled herself up and hid her legs in the skirt, but it was not enough, so she bent her knees and hugged her, her chest was next to her legs, and her internal organs were squeezed and hidden.

Dong Mo surrounded her with both hands from behind, took away the empty cigarette stick in her hand, and kissed her neck with his face tilted, "Look, once I'm not at home, you'll start thinking wildly again."

Mengyu looked back and gave him a pretty gouging look, "Then why aren't you at home watching over me?"

Her Erpan slapped the bridge of his nose, like the drumsticks of a small rattle, a little mischievous and childish.Dong Mo smiled silently, enjoying the short-term peace, "I have something urgent to do. When this matter is over, I will take you to Hebei together."

"What are you going to Hebei for?"

"I inspected the three provinces, and Hebei has not yet been visited." Dong Mo planned, "I will stay in Hebei for a few months, and then go back to Beijing. I will show you all the delicious food and fun along the way. You grow up so big, you can't go to Beijing." I only wander around in Wuxi and Jinan, and I don’t know the sky and sea outside, right? Walk around and see, the little things in my heart are just trivial things, and the hurdle in front of us is just a small stone. have to."

Meng Tiao gradually laughed, and leaned back into his arms, "It's so easy for you to say."

"What's the matter? No matter how hard it is, how difficult it is to get through the affairs of the officialdom?" Dong Mo smiled, leaned close to her ear, and uttered a thick voice in his vague voice, "I have a difficult matter right now, you have to help me .”

"What's the matter?" Meng Yuan looked back in shock.

But he gave him a nod in the back, "This matter."

The poke made her waist weak, she couldn't sit still, and fell backwards.Dong Mo picked her up and went to the bedroom, "While I still have time, I have to leave again in the afternoon."

Mengyu grabbed the hem of his chest, feeling a little dissatisfied, and looked up from the pillow with resentful eyes, "It's not too far from here to the official office, you won't be able to stay at home for long if you go back and forth like this. It's better not to come back."

"Huh?" He had already stripped off half of her skirt, and when he heard this, he withdrew his hand and covered it up again, "Then I'll sleep well and refresh myself, I just happen to have a big night tonight."

Meng Tiao felt a sudden emptiness in her heart, very uncomfortable, grabbed her wrist, embarrassed to speak, just looked at him with sobs.He gave a nasty laugh and put his hand back again.Meng Tiao felt that the light was too glaring, and was afraid that the expression on his face would be seen clearly by him.

He has this hobby. He likes to stare at her expression and make fun of her by saying shameless words. Sometimes those words tend to be a little insulting, but when they come out of his mouth, they are just pure jokes. He seemed to like to see her embarrassing under his teasing, a kind of naughty that was completely opposite to when she was well-dressed.

She begged, "Cast down the tent."

"Stop spreading it, trouble."

Mengyu knew that he was restless and kind, and he would not stick to life or death, "Leave it down."

Dong Mo had no choice but to kneel up to set up the tent, and looked back at her. The light dimmed, revealing a bit of vague red, enveloping her white skin, as if dyed with a faint layer of rouge, which complemented her thin and narrow body. It was extraordinarily soft, bewitching his heart to swell more and more.

When his breathing subsides like a sunset, the curtain is hung up, and the autumn air is still fresh outside the window.He was in better spirit than when he just came back. He put on his clothes and sat on the edge of the bed, hugged Meng Yu and kissed him for a while, his movements were light, "I'm leaving, you should sleep for a while."

Meng Tiao suddenly felt that they were cheating. Time was running out, he came in a hurry and left in a hurry.She giggled softly on his shoulder, "You're like stealing someone else's wife."

Dong Mo was stunned, smiled and touched her under the quilt and pinched her, "Nonsense. I'm going."

Meng Tiao didn't have time to get up to see him off, hugging the quilt and watching him go.He looked back at her under the curtain for a while before going out.The curtain fell and swayed inside and out a few times, and loneliness poured into the house like a tide from below.

Because I had had a period of majestic happiness just now, this loneliness seemed even more empty.

This time, Dong Mo went to the Yamen to discuss with Liu Chaoru about the night trial of Meng Yu, and wanted to settle the case before the festival.The other officials involved in the case, regardless of whether it was a difficult bone or not, all gnawed down, leaving only Meng Yu at the end.

Seeing Dong Mo worrying in the inner hall, Liu Chaoru looked through the files and comforted him: "Others have said everything they need to say, it's useless even if he wants to quibble, what are you worried about?"

Dong Mo recalled what Meng Yu said in prison that time, and smiled wryly, "I'm afraid he won't argue a word, and he's probably waiting for news from Beijing."

"Isn't there an edict in Beijing that we should do what we are told?"

"But we are only handling the case, and the final conviction depends on the cabinet and the emperor's wishes."

Liu Chaoru walked to the door, ordered the servants to come in and hold the lamps, and then walked back, "Your old man is in charge of the cabinet now, don't you know what he means?"

Dong Mo was silent, with thick shadows of eyelashes hanging down his face, trembling tremblingly, and smiled wryly again, "So far my old man hasn't sent a letter, how can I know what he means. I'm afraid..."

"what?"

"Forget it, it's nothing." Dong Mo raised his face, recovered a little fatigue, and regained his serious eyes, "You go to the lobby first, and ask them to bring Meng Yu."

Dong Mo was sure, Meng Yu really asked what to answer, and the presiding judge Quan Quan in the yamen was astonished, and leaned back on the chair with a smile, clasping his hands in front of his stomach, "Master Meng didn't even argue. Justify yourself?"

Meng Yu was wearing shackles on his hands and feet, and when he moved suddenly, there was a clatter, "What is there to argue? I thought it took me so long to interrogate me, and I must have interrogated everyone who should be interrogated before. Governor Dong once In handling cases in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the evidence has always been solid, and there is no intertwined confession evidence, so I don't think he will ask me to be interrogated."

As he spoke, he looked at the screen behind the main case.The figure inside flickered, Dong Mo came out with a smile, and went to sit on another chair, "Since you have explained clearly how Mr. Meng has privately cooperated with officials and businessmen, and stolen and sold private salt, why not talk about the things you earned?" The whereabouts of the silver."

Meng Yu sat on a comb-back chair in the hall, her hair was disheveled, her shoulders were tilted to one side, and she said lazily, "Of course it's expensive."

"In the past few years, where did Mr. Meng spend the shortfall of several millions?" Dong Mo said with a smile: "No matter how big the expenses of Mr. Meng's house are, they can't be that big."

Meng Yu knew what he wanted to ask, so she touched his chest secretly, and raised her forehead with a smile, "Of course it doesn't cost that much, most of the time I gave my filial piety to some people in the court."

Dong Molin narrowed his eyes, feeling a little apprehensive for a moment, "Who are they?"

"The servant of the household department, Chu Pei."

This answer was expected, but beyond reason.Dong Mo realized in his heart that Meng Yu's backing must be someone who is against Chu Pei, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, the old man of the family and the new Mr. Lou are the most thorny in Chu Pei's eyes.Either he voted for one of them, or he was involved with both of them.

Regardless of the possibility, it shows that the current imperial court has no clear right and wrong, only entangled interests.Dong Mo suddenly felt weak, with a heavy breath in his chest.He got up from his seat, and told Master Quan and Liu Chaoru, "Go ahead and ask for the detailed accounts."

When asked about dawn, the whole adult sent people to Meng's house to check the detailed account of Meng Yu's bribery of officials, Liu Chaoru presented the thick confession to Dong Mo's case, and said with a smile: "Meng Yu seems to have prepared to confess to Chu Pei. Everything is in detail, even the old account from a few years ago was said without thinking, and I remember it very clearly. Do you think he just waited for us to ask him these things today?"

The flames on the desk were still trembling, but the sky over the door lit up inch by inch.Dong Mo slumped on the grand teacher's chair, with his legs crossed and his eyes drooping to the ground, thinking that he was dozing off.

Unexpectedly, after being silent for a long time, he tilted his body to the other side and let out a cry, "It seems that my old man regards me as a pawn to control Meng Yu. The superiors made promises to him and put Meng Yu in the middle, so he had to say it even if he didn't say it."

"But after talking about these things, Meng Yu can't escape the guilt."

"He can't escape if he doesn't say anything." Dong Mo raised his sleepy eyelids, "If it were you, would you be willing to take a gamble and be a favor?"

Liu Chaoru turned his mind secretly, "What do you mean, your old man is on top, so he will take the blame for him?"

"In the eyes of the cabinet, people like Meng Yu are nothing but scumbags. It's easy to kill them, but it's also easy to let them go. It's the court's consistent style. What I'm worried about is that they will be used."

"With such a corrupt official?"

"Greed is exactly what they can use."

Liu Chaoru was furious for a moment, but forgot to mention Dong Mo's grandfather, "Isn't that the Chao Gang is not correct! How are those people above and Chu Pei different?"

Dong Mo laughed a few times, then waved his sleeves dejectedly, "I also hope that I am supercilious. Don't talk about it, I will prepare a memorial. You sort out all the confessions and submit them to the court. Let's see what the court decides." .This is not something that you and I can decide."

Liu Chaoru was stunned for a moment before the case, feeling infinitely depressed.Peeping at Dong Mo secretly, he was writing memorials at his desk, with his face down, unable to see his expression clearly.

But Liu Chaoru thought, he must be more disappointed than him, he is just a local pawn, but Dong Mo is so close to the court.What's more, the Taifu who can turn his hands into clouds and his hands into rain is his grandfather. He not only watched the betrayal of courtiers, but also witnessed the downfall of his elders.

Fortunately, he seemed to be used to being disappointed, so he didn't criticize hoarsely, only a little star in his eyes fell silently.

The sun and the moon change tirelessly, and after a while, the sky is bright.Meng Tiao came out of the bedroom to get dressed, and saw that breakfast was already set on the table.Xie Chun came over with a smile on his face, "I just sent someone to invite the old lady and Miss Mei to come over for dinner, and I'll be there in a while. The old lady, like Miss Mei and the young lady, both get up late. It seems that the young lady has a habit of being lazy. , I learned from the old lady."

Mengyu blushed, feeling a little embarrassed, bent down to pick up the cat, and hid her face behind the cat's head, "My mother really, she wakes up so late here, I'm making you laugh."

"Hey, girl, don't say that. I'm not joking, I'm just saying it casually. If the girl is so thoughtful, I won't dare to joke with the girl in the future. It's better if I talk about it late. Getting up late just means that the old lady You are used to living here with us, which means that we, the lower class, are not careless."

Meng Tiao felt warm in his heart for a moment, put down the cat and smiled, and sat down on the dining table, "Xiechun, you are so kind, it's strange that Zhang Ping takes you with him wherever he goes. You sit down and eat together, Zhang Ping is not at home anyway. .”

Xie Chun shied away a few words, but couldn't resign, so he had to sit down.Not long after, the old lady and Mei Qing came over together, and the meal was lively.

Mengyu hesitated whether to lead them to see Kouhen or not. Logically speaking, they should have a face-to-face meeting, but after careful calculation, he didn't know what capacity the two sides should have in order to have a face-to-face meeting.

The old lady was not willing to see her either, she held her rice bowl and said, "I am an elder, so she should come to see me if I want to see her. If I don't, I will go to see her. I won't go. If she wants to see me, I will see her. If she doesn't come, I will see her. I don't want to see her, and it doesn't matter, I'm not in a hurry to curry favor with her."

Because the old lady was not optimistic about the matter between Meng Tiao and Dong Mo, she treated his family of a famous family very coldly and calmly.Mei Qing thought that she would not get any benefit from it, so she also stood on the side of the old lady, and satirized Meng Yao, "When did my sister put her airs down so low? There were so many wives and grandmas in the past, no matter how high the official is, how powerful you are. I don't take it seriously, but I'm just being polite on the surface. Why are you afraid of her now?"

Meng Tiao couldn't explain clearly, anyway, he was a little embarrassed in front of Kou Hen, afraid that he might be rude.

Thinking about it carefully, it's not entirely Dong Mo's relationship, and there are some paradoxical fantasies, as if Kouhen is the chief leader of the group of women, the chief leader of the rouge world, which woman is good, is she a qualified woman, is it true? Kou Hen has the final say.

She put down the bowl and complained in a low voice, "You don't know that his second sister is very attractive, and she is different from the wives and grandmas we met before. She doesn't talk much, and just looks at you with a pair of eyes, like I used a ruler to compare with you, no matter which inch is higher or which is lower, you will not be able to escape her eyes."

Mei Qing couldn't help laughing, "Then there's no need to see her. Wouldn't it be impossible for an unruly woman like us to be looked at by her like that? I don't bother to look for this kind of anger. What's more, I and The mother has nothing to do with her, she neither receives her honor nor receives her favor, so there is no reason to judge her."

Meng Tiao secretly thought, that's fine, just bump into it, if you don't bump into it, it's not worth going deliberately.Anyway, she and Dong Mo haven't married yet, so they can't be regarded as relatives.

But sometimes fate is very strange, and it likes to bump together people who were originally irrelevant.Some people bump into one place, and what happens is a story of a happy reunion.And some people bumped into one place, smashed a mirror, and the ground was shattered, or a little spark jumped out of the lantern, burning the beautiful silk cloth outside, leaving a black and empty frame.

The author says:

The main text should be finished in about a week. It will never be a bad ending or a sloppy ending. The ending is just where I think it is appropriate.

Only in the extra episode will I write about returning to Beijing.