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Chapter 365 Miscellaneous (6K+)

Obviously the sun is very good today, the sunlight coming in from the prison window makes the whole cell warm, but Mrs. Jiang Er who is holding the rice bowl and stuffing food into her mouth can only feel a coolness rushing from the soles of her feet Up to the bone marrow.

The knuckles of the fingers holding the rice bowl turned white, and Mrs. Jiang glanced at the old Mrs. Jiang who was staring at the big white wall in front of the prison door and muttering to herself.

Mrs. Jiang has been tossing and tossing hard these years, but in the same way, everything can be done according to her temperament, and her life can be regarded as satisfactory, and she is well-raised, at least her body is very strong compared to the usual old lady of this age.

If it weren't for this, they wouldn't be able to make such a fuss as soon as they came to Baoling.

Just such an old woman with a strong body, but now she is hunched over, and for some reason, her body, which is clearly considered strong, gave her a feeling of dying.The gray hair in the sun is not as gentle as that of an ordinary kind old lady who has been washed by the years, but it makes people feel colder and colder.

When she opened her mouth, she murmured such words as "losing money" and "not with her mother" in a dark voice, and Mrs. Jiang's heart jumped wildly, and a bad feeling arose spontaneously.

After all, she is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for so many years, just as Mrs. Jiang knows what kind of person she is, Mrs. Jiang Er also knows what kind of person Mrs. Jiang is like.

Did she get it wrong?Or is Mrs. Jiang talking nonsense?Mrs. Jiang clutched the rice bowl in her hand tightly and her face turned pale: If Mrs. Jiang said that she had done something good, she might be talking nonsense, but if Mrs. Jiang said that she had done something evil, then it was probably Really.

The "losing money" in Mrs. Jiang's mouth does not think about anything other than Jiang Si's fat girl.

As for the fat girl's mother, Mrs. Jiang Er's eyes flickered: Even if some beauties have not been around for so many years, when I think about it, instead of blurring with the passage of time, their appearance becomes more and more clear.

As long as the brothers of the Jiang family have eyes, they can tell which one is the best. The second and third brothers of the Jiang family are no match for the eldest.The man she wanted to marry when she was young and unmarried was the boss of the Jiang family, not Jiang Yu.

But according to the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, I know my own weight, and it is just right to match Jiang Yu. Mrs. Jiang Er feels a little unwilling but has no choice but to do it.

But even though she was unwilling, she had no other thoughts about Jiang Zhao who had already married a wife, but under the same roof, she still couldn't help being curious to see what kind of person Jiang Zhao married.

It is said that she is just an ordinary woman from a small family. She is not from a rich family, but she is also a jade from a small family. She has no worries about food and clothing, and is served by servants.But the woman heard that her family was just a bookstore, and her family was very poor.

It was such a woman. I heard that Jiang Zhao had disobeyed Mrs. Jiang because of her, and spent a lot of money to marry her.She also suffers from pantothenic acid in private, and she even disapproves of it, thinking that Jiang Zhao is good in everything but his eyes are not good.

Even if a woman in a small household is pretty, how much can she have?

This kind of disapproval disappeared in an instant when he saw the woman sitting under the crabapple tree.She is a woman, and she doesn't have any strange hobbies, but such a beauty, even if she sees her, she can't help being startled, she just feels that the blooming crabapple trees seem to be a foil against the woman's color.

She is not a reader, but she has heard about the kind of "beauty is hard to come by" beauty in the book of literati, and the one in front of her is probably a "rare to come again" beauty, especially for Jiang Zhao .

Even after the beauty passed away, Jiang Zhao became a father and a mother all by himself, but never married a wife. Mrs. Jiang would be angry, but no one thought it was strange.

After all, if you have such a beautiful look, you will not be able to catch the eyes of an idle woman.

Three months after the fat girl's mother passed away, Mrs. Jiang forced Jiang Zhao to remarry. Jiang Zhao said this.

"once having seen the best, the rest is not worthwhile looking."

One sentence made old Mrs. Jiang speechless, and the anger lasted for more than half a year before it subsided.

Over the years, Jiang Zhao's longing for the fat girl's mother has not diminished in the slightest, on the contrary, it has deepened... Mrs. Jiang Er took a deep breath: If what the old lady meant, the Jiang family... I'm afraid it's all over.

The more Mrs. Jiang thought about her body, she couldn't help trembling. This feeling was even worse than when she knew that the old lady had solved the pair of master and servant.

After all, there are only a small number of good people in this world, most of them are ordinary people with all kinds of shortcomings, but killing people... most people dare not.

The master and servant were strangers. When she knew that Mrs. Jiang might have killed the master and servant, she had been so scared that she hadn't slept well for several months.

If this old lady really took care of the fat girl's mother... Mrs. Jiang Er's face was as pale as paper: This old lady can really kill people?And they still know each other, even the daughter-in-law of the eldest son?
To be honest, a fat girl's mother is no better than a fat girl, she is more beautiful than a fat girl, but she is far less powerful than a fat girl.But even if the fat girl has no skills, Jiang Zhao likes it. What's more, although the girl has no skills, she is pure and kind. She is reluctant to trample an ant to death. Over her, this old lady can really do it?
Thinking of how she and I have been staring at each other, pulling hair, and scratching faces these days, Mrs. Jiang became more and more frightened: No, she has to think of a way quickly. This old woman has nothing wrong with her skin, but her inner core is dying. What can I do? not come out?

The meal time stipulated by the Baoling County Government Prison is half an hour.

Half an hour later, the prison guards of the county government came over to collect the bowls, from cell to cell. When they reached the cells of Old Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang Er, Mrs. Jiang jumped off the stone bed and walked briskly. He rushed towards the jailer who came to collect the bowl.

The jailer was startled by her sudden rush, thinking that she was trying to escape, so he instinctively covered the saber at his waist, and looked at her vigilantly: "What do you want?"

She wants to save her life!Mrs. Jiang Er opened her mouth and noticed that Mrs. Jiang, who was talking to herself against the big white wall, tilted her head. When she looked at herself, she quickly laughed twice, and then stuffed the job bowl in her hand to the jailer. In his hand, he said, "I... I've eaten it all."

Oh, he saw it.The jailer looked at Mrs. Jiang Er who had eaten all the food in the bowl, and said in silence, "I'll give you some more that night."

I have never seen a few who can eat all the food in their Baoling county government prison. This second Mrs. Jiang is also a strange person.

Hearing this sentence, Mrs. Jiang's face froze, she paused, but she didn't refute, she just continued to stuff the rice bowl in her hand into the jailer's hand, and said with a dry smile, "Okay, okay, thank you, brother."

The jailer was also taken aback when he touched the ball in his palm which was completely different from the rice bowl, but he quickly grabbed the rice bowl, said "um", and went to the next cell to collect the bowl without making a sound.

After the jailer left, Mrs. Jiang moved her eyes, cast a gloomy glance at her, closed her eyes and did not speak.

Mrs. Jiang Er sat back in the corner again. This was the rare time when the two of them came in without making a fuss.

Mrs. Jiang Er was flustered and rejoiced: Fortunately, this old woman is a bit vicious, but her brain is not so good. This will change the brain of that fat girl... Mrs. Jiang Er was shocked, that's terrible, everyone It's over.

……

The jailer who finished collecting the food walked outside the prison, spread out the note in his palm, and scrawled the word "Jiang Si" on it with a charcoal pencil he didn't know where.

Mrs. Jiang only had three sons, and obviously there was no Jiang Si, so this "Jiang Si" could only be Miss Jiang Si.

This Second Mrs. Jiang wants to see Miss Jiang Fourth?

The jailer was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he decided to tell the adults the news. He is just a small jailer: he can't handle so many bad things.

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There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. When it comes to famous cities in the south of the Yangtze River, Suzhou and Yuhang have always been hurdles that cannot be avoided.

"Gusu was very prosperous in the former dynasty." They are all Taoists from the south of the Yangtze River. A group of people walks around in the suburbs outside Gusu city, chatting while admiring the scenery, but it is not like those who rarely see the beauty of Gusu. The people who came from other places were so amazed.

Qian San stretched out his feet and kicked the weeds under his feet, picked up a random stone, and swung it towards the lake beside him.

The stone jumped twice on the surface of the water, fell into the lake and disappeared.

Sensing the girl's gaze towards him, Qian San picked up an extra stone when he bent down again, and handed it to Jiang Shaoyan: "Miss Jiang Si, do you want to try?"

The girl took it with a smile, Qian San picked up the stone and began to "teach": "Be like me, throw it obliquely..."

The stones danced on the surface of the lake and formed a continuous ripple, which fell into the lake near the center of the lake and disappeared.

Qian San: "..." Suddenly, he felt that the stone in his hand was a little hot.

After the girl finished throwing the float, she smiled at him, met his astonished gaze, and explained, "Throw it casually."

Compared with Chun's mother who was also surprised and curious, Xiangli didn't take it seriously: "Our young lady is a talented woman, so it's not surprising that she knows this."

This girl... Chun's mother glanced at the little girl who had cake crumbs hanging from her mouth, with a strange expression on her face: foolish people really have foolish blessings, they don't understand anything.Talented women, at least ordinary talented women are not like this Miss Jiang Si.

"So, maybe I'm very talented in eating, drinking and having fun?" The girl thought for a while and said seriously, her expression didn't look like she was joking at all.

Talented in eating, drinking and having fun?He said that he was like a dandy, but this Miss Jiang Si in front of him had nothing to do with the dandy except that he was also a person.

"Know how to cook, understand medicine, know how to mend jade, know how to beat water..." Qian San wrung his fingers and counted the things that girls know, and after a moment of silence, he asked Jiang Shaoyan sincerely, "Miss Jiang Si, do you know these things?" , your father, I mean, does Uncle Dongping know about it?"

The girl glanced at him and said: "My father doesn't know. Also, my father is not yet at the old man's house."

Qian San: "..."

Ok!He was wrong.

Scratching the hair on the back of his head, Qian San paused, and asked Jiang Shaoyan sincerely again: "Miss Jiang Si, you are so powerful, is there anything you don't know?"

The girl listened, thought for a while, and said seriously: "I won't go to brothels like you, does that count?"

Qian San: "..." This is scolding him!
He admitted that he was really not a good person before, but since he rescued Xiao Taohong, he has never visited a brothel.Furthermore, following Miss Jiang Si, he suddenly realized that there are many things to do in this world, not just visiting brothels.

For example, what they are doing right now is very exciting.

Thinking of this, and thinking about what he did to run errands for the girls and the weirdness of Xiu'er's father and brother, Qian San thought about it seriously, and asked a crucial question: "Miss Jiang Si, where is Xiu'er's father and brother?" Are you clear about what you did and the weirdness?"

There was still a muddle in his mind.

"Knows more than you do." The girl said earnestly, paused, shook her head lightly, "In fact, many things are not as complicated as we think, but they are not as simple as we think."

Is it any different from saying nothing?Qian San was speechless.

Chun's mother looked at the puzzled Qian Sandao from the side: "If you ask so many what to do, you will understand."

As long as you don't change your master to follow along, you will understand one day.

The girl only smiled after she finished speaking, then raised her eyes and skipped over the middle of the lake where they were in trouble, and several officials from the Gusu Yamen were rushing over here.

"There seems to be something wrong with Wu Youcai," the girl said.

While speaking, several officials from the yamen had already come to her, and after hurriedly gesturing to her, the officer said: "Miss Jiang Si, there are some matters in Baoling, Master Wu is not good at making decisions, let me wait for Jiang Si Miss went over to discuss."

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What made it difficult for Wu Youcai to make decisions was naturally not related to trivial matters. After all, Wu Youcai was used to discussing other matters with the "great kind person" Miss Jiang Si.

This time, what made it difficult for Wu Youcai to decide was the note sent by someone from the Baoling County Government, with the word "Jiang Si" scrawled inside.

"I heard that Mrs. Jiang Er forcibly stuffed it into the jailer's hand when he delivered the meal. The jailer didn't dare to be the master so he reported it to the clerk, and the clerk came to ask me because he couldn't be the master." Wu Youcai said embarrassedly Scratching the back of his head: He couldn't make up his mind, so he came to Miss Jiang Si.

Mrs. Jiang Er and Mrs. Jiang, who had killed their relatives righteously, were imprisoned in a large prison because of the emergency of the Baoling County Government.

"Second Mrs. Jiang cheated people of their money. After being dealt with by Mrs. Jiang, she didn't see the pair of master and servant. Therefore, Mrs. Jiang said that this person was probably killed by Mrs. Jiang's help." Wu Youcai said. , couldn't help but feel lingering fear, watching the ordinary old lady actually kill someone!

However, there is nothing wrong with Mrs. Jiang Er's thinking: after all, the master and servant went to Beijing to find their relatives, and they didn't see them again afterwards. Could it be that they disappeared for no reason?The two foreigners came to Chang'an for the first time and had no other enemies. It is very possible that they were killed by Mrs. Jiang and destroyed.

When Jiang Shaoyan heard this, she did not forget to remind Wu Youcai: "Flying pigeons pass the letter back, first separate Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang, and don't let them stay in the same cell."

Since she is a person who may kill someone, she must not relax her vigilance just because she is an old and frail old lady.

On this point, the civil servants separated Mrs. Jiang from Mrs. Jiang Er after receiving the note: After all, I heard that the two beat them too hard. A portrait of a good man.

After hearing that the clerk had already done this, Jiang Shaoyan nodded. She had a good impression of the clerk in the Baoling County Government. It was the first time for the clerk to preside over a case when Jiang’s family was in trouble, but he was quite impressive. Live.

Then next...

"What's the name of the master and servant?" The girl asked curiously.

"The master's name is Muyi, and the servant's name is Xizi." Wu Youcai went back to the table and flipped through the scrolls and said, "The ancestral home is indeed from Jiangnan Road, people from Jinling, the ancestors left some money, and the family's population declined. By the time of Muyi's generation He was the only master, and later he sold the house, dismissed the servants, and only brought his close servant, Xizi, to Beijing to look for relatives."

"Who is he who is looking for relatives?" Jiang Shaoyan then asked.

"It is said that it is the grandfather's family. His grandfather had a brother who went to Chang'an to make a living in the early years. Because of the distance, he gradually lost contact." Wu Youcai said.

Hearing the words, the girl gave a "hmm", paused, and then asked Wu Youcai, "Did this Mu Yi say anything about his grandfather's skills?"

"It is said that when he first arrived in Chang'an, his grandfather still had contact with the great-grandfather, and he knew that the great-grandfather came to Chang'an to make snacks." Wu Youcai said, "Selling special snacks of Jiangnan Road."

In the city of Chang'an, where visitors from all over the world gather, there are not a few people who come from all over the Zhou Dynasty and sell their hometown snacks.

That's fine too.The girl nodded, and continued to ask Wu Youcai: "Did Mu Yi ever say how to find the grandfather's family?"

Wu Youcai simply gave the file in his hand to the girl to read, and said, "I didn't go into details, I just said that I set up a stall in Luoma City at first."

There are people and snakes in the mule and horse market in Chang'an City, and there are people from all over the world. Even if the governor of Jingzhao Mansion is strict, it is hard to find because the crowd moves too fast, let alone people from the grandpa's generation who have just arrived in Chang'an. It's been decades since I've made a living.

"He has tens of thousands of taels of silver. With this silver, he can buy a small house in Chang'an City, and then use the money to do business. It can be seen that he is not short of money." The girl said, "Since he is not short of money, why did he run away for no reason? Go to Chang'an City to find relatives?"

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Lin Yan is also very strange about this question.

Unexpectedly, not long after Miss Jiang Si left, he received a case file from the Jiangnan Daodu Prefecture. He also knew the people involved in it, and they were relatives of Miss Jiang Si's family.

Looking at the files sent by Jiangnan Daodu Mansion, Lin Yan felt a headache.

"It's hard work for those who can. You have a good reputation as a jade-faced judge. The officials of the Jiangnan Daodu government sent you to take over because they didn't bother to take over." Ji Chongyan looked at Lin Yan who had a headache, and took over the Jiang family's file of "killing relatives with righteousness" Came over, looked over Mrs. Jiang Er's confession, raised her eyebrows and said, "The old Mrs. Jiang asked Mrs. Jiang Er to cheat money for a trick?"

"It's not surprising. Most people don't go to do evil, and most of the people who go to do evil are not quite right unless they have to do it." Lin Yan didn't think it was strange. It’s so right, I’m a little dazed.”

The ordinary old lady doesn't like the eldest son any more, but she cares about the only promising eldest son in the family, and she won't stare at the eldest son to die like her.

"That man's name is Mu Yi. Since he is from Jinling City, Jiangnan Province, why don't you go to the governor of Jinling Mansion to find out if there is such a wealthy local gentry?" Ji Chongyan asked Lin Yan with the file between his fingers.

"Did you forget that it is the Jinling Mansion?" Lin Yan shook his head at this, smiled wryly, and explained, "The 'God of War' Yang Po, who lost millions of soldiers and horses in Dajing, lost most of his troops. During the Battle of Jinling City, Jinling Mansion was severely damaged, and Jinling Mansion was also burned down during the war.”

That is not an ordinary place, but the Jinling Mansion where all the important documents of the entire Jinling City are stored.

"In the early years of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the newly appointed governor of Jinling Prefecture took seven years to sort out the household registrations of the people in Jinling Prefecture." Lin Yan said, looking at Ji Chongyan, "According to the local people, the village is in the right place and the neighbors in the neighborhood Waiting for the reorganization of the visit records, this Jinling Governor is not easy to be, the Jinling Governor appointed by the imperial court is also very powerful. But even so..."

Lin Yan stopped here, looked at Ji Chongyan, Ji Chongyan raised his eyelids, and answered clearly: "It is impossible to be completely correct, such as those who do not communicate with neighbors and disappear or die in war People cannot be identified."

Therefore, the dossiers of the Jinling Mansion cannot be complete and error-free.

"Jiangnan Daodu has not found this person named Mu Yi, but from Mrs. Jiang's confession, the house that Mu Yi and herself mentioned does exist, but there are only a few households, which can be regarded as Jinling City It is a land of wealth and wealth. It was only burned after the war, and the people inside died or were injured. When Mu Yi left Jinling City, the newly appointed Jinling Governor had not had time to sort it out there, so it is normal that there is no record." Lin Yan said.

"Then how to check?" Ji Chongyan couldn't help rubbing his chin when he heard this, and said, "I can't even confirm whether there is such a person, so how can I prove the truth of Mrs. Jiang's confession?"

"Jiangnan Daodu painted a portrait of this man named Mu Yi and posted it. I heard that someone recognized this as his master back then. He said he had seen it a few years ago and he was not dead." Lin Yan said. , "Of course there is no basis for what he said. That person has already gone to find someone. If there is any dead person, we will know if this person named Mu Yi is here."

So if we can find this person named Mu Yi, we can be sure that Mrs. Jiang did not kill anyone, then Mrs. Jiang can be released.As for Mrs. Jiang Er, it is probably a trivial matter.After all, Mu Yi hasn't reported to the officials for so many years, so he probably doesn't intend to pursue it.

So there was a fuss, it was probably a false alarm?
Ji Chongyan knocked on the table: "1 taels of silver will not be pursued if you don't pursue it, that's really generous!"

Lin Yan: "..." Indeed, anyway, if it was him instead, he would not let the matter go unnoticed.

"Also, this old lady is very lucky." Ji Chongyan glanced at the file lightly, "When there is a shortage of money, a lamb with a huge sum of money is delivered to you."

Is it a coincidence?He didn't know, but he knew it after checking.

(End of this chapter)