Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

Zhang has a reason for targeting Ding.

A lively and rare poisonous snake in the winter, it needs manpower to hide in the mansion, and technology to feed it.Off-season animals are the same as off-season vegetables, which cannot be achieved without certain manpower and material resources.The most powerful person in Cao Song's back house is Ding Zhang, his wife and one concubine, and the others can only be regarded as playthings sent back and forth between noble children.If it's not Zhang himself, then the biggest suspect is his wife Ding.

However, the result was beyond everyone's expectations. It was two little-known concubines who were caught.

"Ms. Liu raised poisonous snakes in the courtyard privately, with ulterior motives, which caused the house to be restless... Qin's communication with the outside world, and the desire to harm his children in the snake house was even more vicious... The four people involved in the case have confessed, and the witnesses and evidences are all available... ..."

The winter sun shines warmly on the dark branches of the plum garden.

A Sheng and Ji Li let the wet nurse hold them, and secretly hid behind the door to watch the trial meeting in the courtyard.This was the first time Ah Sheng met his father's concubines.

Zhang's facial features are not perfect, but her skin is smooth, white, tender and shiny. Ding's plain face is hung up and painted with three layers of powder. She is a slightly plump and energetic young woman.Liu Shi and Qin Shi were kneeling on the dirt with disheveled hair, unable to see their faces clearly.

Ding rushed forward and slapped each of the two women: "You are the ones who want to kill me!"

The grandmother frowned, and the maid pulled Ding away and sent her away: "You are pregnant, don't get angry, don't do anything. And this matter has nothing to do with you, you were implicated innocently."

Crying, Mrs. Ding saluted Mrs. Wu: "Thank you, my family, for removing my stigma." When she passed by Mrs. Zhang, she said a few words to Mrs. Zhang, which was similar to shaking hands, and Ms. Zhang sneered back at her.Ding was humiliated by his concubine and left with a gloomy face.

When Ding disappeared, Wu breathed a sigh of relief.She is old, and she is most afraid of reasoning with this kind of unclear person. "Mr. Zhang, I will send the physical evidence, witnesses and criminals to the side house. If you have any questions, ask yourself. The criminals will also be handed over to you. I will give you 6 hours to beat or punish. As long as One, the court law forbids killing at will, my family should abide by the law at the feet of the emperor. And—" She glanced at Zhang's swollen belly, "You can accumulate some virtue for the child in your belly."

Despite being cold and dirty, Mrs. Zhang knelt on the ground to salute Mrs. Wu. "The old lady's actions are naturally considered exhaustive. The maid does not dare to question. As for the punishment, it is either in accordance with the family rules or the laws of the country. The maid does not dare to comment."

Wu Shi nodded. "Go ahead."

Mrs. Zhang took advantage of the situation and left with the help of her maid.

Liu and Qin were also taken away, and the courtyard was immediately empty.Ah Sheng ran out of the house and pulled Wu's sleeve: "Grandmother."

Wu patted her head, her eyes were still fixed on the direction Zhang left: "That's a smart person. It's a pity that he got into the horns."

"grandmother?"

"You also think this is too coincidental. A dancer who has no power and no power just happens to be able to raise snakes, and the other just finds out and uses it to deal with Zhang. But this time, it really is such a coincidence."

Cao Teng turned around from behind the plum tree: "I'm afraid Mrs. Zhang won't believe it. She has a deep-rooted prejudice against A-Ding. She must think that you and I are protecting A-Ding and A-Ding's children, so she introduced two scapegoats." The grandfather picked up A-Ding Students, take her to sit on the edge of the spacious porch. "What happened to Qin and Liu?"

Grandma snorted coldly: "It's not that I never said that Qin's intentions are not righteous."

At this time, Uncle Qing ordered someone to deliver the complete set of tea sets to the corridor.Cao Teng lighted the small stove slowly and began to fry tea.Wu also took off her shoes and knelt down on the seat to watch Cao Teng's movements.

"Ms. Qin is four months pregnant. She thought that Mrs. Zhang and A'Ding would lose out, so she would have a chance. After all, Ms. Zhang also climbed up from a maidservant."

"Oh." Cao Teng was absent-minded, all his attention was on the twins who secretly tasted onion and ginger. "Hey, this can't be eaten directly, it's for adding to tea." Ji Li was so hot from the ginger slices that his chubby little face wrinkled into a ball.Mrs. Li hurriedly poured water for him to drink.Ji Li drank a large bowl in one go, which dilutes the taste of ginger in his mouth.

Mrs. Wu continued to speak, they served the royal family for most of their lives, and it is the basic skill to be single-minded and dual-purpose. "Although our family has few heirs, we don't want all kinds of sweet and smelly ones. Let Ah Song decide whether to keep the child in Qin's womb. But Qin himself can't keep it."

"What about Mrs. Liu?" Ah Sheng asked in a soft voice, "She just raised snakes, she didn't use snakes to harm anyone, right?"

"If she doesn't want to harm people, why does she raise snakes?"

Ah Sheng also wrinkled his face into a bun. She refused to accept this inference of guilt without motive.

Ji Li: "Those who harmed my mother can't stay, drive them away."

Wu Shi and Cao Teng looked at each other and smiled.Ji Li was still a child, and the cruelest punishment he could think of was driving him away. This was probably the experience he had gained from nurses.However, the word "not to stay" mentioned by Mrs. Wu is a human life.Wealthy families are not allowed to kill their servants innocently, but if the servants make a serious mistake, lynching and execution after reporting to the government is the most common practice.After all, family ugliness cannot be publicized, and it is strange to send criminal servants to officials for punishment with great fanfare.

Ah Sheng was still wondering: "Why did Mrs. Liu raise snakes?"

"Ms. Liu has not been in the mansion for half a month. She has a weird temper, so she changed hands among the dudes several times before she got into your father's hands." Mrs. Wu knew that Ah Sheng was precocious, and it happened that she was interested today, so she slowly Tell her, regardless of whether she understands it or not, "The origin is unknown. But Ah Song likes her beauty, which is a hidden danger after all. It's better to take this opportunity to go."

Asheng trembled.

"Why do you make things difficult for women?"

"It has nothing to do with men or women. It's because there are servants of unknown origin in the family. It's like an ant nest on the dam and a dog hole on the city wall. I don't know when I will suffer from it."

In the woodshed in the backyard, a scarred woman was lying on the cold ground.The cold softened the stench of bloody rot, and it also slowed her death from the infection.

A long night passed, and the morning light could be seen through the crack of the door.

"Xiao Langjun, if Madam finds out about this..."

"Grandmother of the Zen family, tell me, why is it that the Qin family doesn't have to die for the time being, but the Liu family is going to die?"

"Xiao Lang-jun..."

"Because Qin has children, this is her value. But Liu has no value. You see, no matter whether it is father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother, only useful people are left. But I think differently. Liu can Raising snakes is more useful than the Qin family who can only have children."

Accompanied by the voice, a woman stood at the door of the firewood room with a doll in her arms.The woman was dull, relying entirely on dolls to direct her, she looked indescribably weird.

The woman's eyes peeked out from the messy hair, and she let out a shrill "giggle" laugh. "The girl wants to save me?"

For the first time, someone in this family called Ah Sheng a "girl".

"Not necessarily. I'm too young to control you." A Sheng threw a piece of dried bean cake in front of Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu didn't take a closer look, she grabbed it and ate it voraciously, as if she was going to be a stuffed ghost.

Ah Sheng threw a second bean cake to her.

Mrs. Liu continued to eat, lying on the ground twisted, swallowing the dirty dirt into her mouth.He choked on eating and coughed for a long time before he stopped. "Girls, just ask." She has amazing vitality, and two pieces of bean cakes have significantly improved her energy.

A Sheng supported the wet nurse's shoulders, looking down at the animal-like woman on the ground.Ah Sheng was obviously hesitating too, not as firm as she and Zeng said.

"If you break the rules, you are dissatisfied with the status quo. What would your ideal life be like?"

She asked this question to the male servants and maidservants who had died in this incident, and also asked Qin Shi who was listening to the countdown to his life.They either treat her like a child, play tricks, scoundrels to please her, or blindly beg for mercy.Mrs. Liu's place is the last stop.

In the dim woodshed, there was the sound of "dongdong" heartbeat.

A Sheng came out of the firewood room with Zeng in his arms, and saw his grandfather standing in front of the path.Cao Teng took her from Zeng's arms, and gently stroked her serious little head.

"The Master said: Repay grievances with kindness, how can you repay kindness? She almost killed your mother, why do you feel sorry for her?"

A Sheng buried his head in his grandfather's arms: "Repay grievances with straightness, and repay kindness with virtue. What is "straightness"? The law is straight, and the morality in the heart is straight. Disgusted to increase her punishment."

Cao Teng smiled and said, "Since you think so, it's not a big deal to save her life."

Ah Sheng pulled his grandfather's hatband and said hesitantly, "But I'm afraid that she will be ungrateful and harm me instead."

Cao Teng walked out slowly with Ah Sheng in his arms. Smoke rose from the kitchen, and the smell of millet porridge and meat wafted in the windless air.

"Ruyi, Ruyi, even at my grandfather's age, there is no guarantee that everything will be perfect. Because I am a eunuch, I have been criticized by scholars for false crimes since I started my career, but I still represent some of them. The emperor said good things around him. Do you know why?"

Ah Sheng scratched his cheek. His grandfather's willingness to tell her about the incident in court was a recognition of her performance as a "child prodigy". She had to seize this opportunity. "Because, to repay the grievances directly? Since grandfather said good things about them, naturally they really have something good."

"Reputation is a very illusory thing, but it is also very important. If you are upright for a lifetime, you will naturally have a reputation. If you can think of 'repaying grievances with straightness', my grandfather is very happy."

Ah Sheng hugged his grandfather's neck. "I understand. Grandfather said good things about scholars, they may or may not appreciate it, and even grandpa may continue to be harmed by scholars in the future. But from the perspective of interests, since you want to be famous, you have to take risks; from the point of view of morality It is said that since you have been an upright person, you should continue to do so.

"The same is true for this matter now. Since I want Liu's snake raising skills, I have to take risks; since I believe in my heart that she is not worthy of death, I shouldn't look forward to the future."

Cao Teng let out a long sigh.

Having a child prodigy in the family is a sweet burden.