In the spring before the first wife's return to the hall

Chapter 158 Dresses
The shopkeeper knelt on the ground, crying more painfully than his dead mother: He was as timid as a mouse since he was a child, and he was stabbed twice on the neck with a knife within an hour. It has nothing to do with his courage that he hasn't passed out yet. ——The eighty-year-old mother has children waiting to be fed, how dare he get dizzy?

The masked man was planning to leave, to get the things he should take, and just in case, he had to check if the shopkeeper had lied to the government.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper had already thought about everything, and he even explained the discrepancies in the testimonies.Originally, this should be what the masked man wanted to teach the shopkeeper, but the reason was different from what the shopkeeper thought, but what the shopkeeper said was undoubtedly better.

"You're really clever." The masked man was suspicious, but he didn't want to stay for a long time, and he didn't dare to stay for a long time, for fear that the shopkeeper would remember something, and if his identity was discovered in the future, all his painstaking efforts would be in vain.

Regardless of other things, first deal with the matter in front of you, and then you will have time to check the ins and outs.

The masked man stopped talking and turned around to leave.

The shopkeeper watched the masked man open the door again, and couldn't help but glance at the window, but his knees were so weak that he couldn't stand still, and he fell to the ground without even wiping off his sweat.

He was quite frightened, and that's why he didn't go to his wife and children's room, let alone his old mother's room, so as not to be surprised by them and tire them out.

If this matter really caused him some serious disaster, and he didn't want to involve his family, the best way is of course not to say a word to his family.

The shopkeeper took a while to get up, and murmured with a pale face: "Why is this, what do you say it is for." He has been honest and fawning all his life, and he would never dare to lie to anyone in business, so why did he just spread it out? What a disaster.

Sitting down and even drinking herbal tea, he couldn't put his heart into his stomach, let alone go to sleep; when he was in doubt, he heard a sound from the window, and he was so startled that he didn't even dare to turn his head: it couldn't be Are you coming again?
Afraid of something, a knife was placed on the shopkeeper's neck, making the shopkeeper's body tremble.

The shopkeeper's tears couldn't help but flow out: This is still going on, will it make people live?Come one after another, what kind of trouble are these people trying to make?
But he didn't dare to show his resentment, he didn't even have the courage to speak first.

"You, why did you lie to the government?" Although the voice of the visitor was deliberately suppressed like the previous two, the shopkeeper was still so surprised that he almost forgot the knife on his neck and turned his head to look over.

Because, listening to the sound, the shopkeeper thinks that the person who came this time is likely to be a woman; only [-]%, because some people say that men and women do not distinguish between men and women, and he is just guessing.

The shopkeeper knew what to do if he wanted to survive: "Hero, please be merciful. It's not a small lie to the government, because today my mother insisted on going to the temple to offer incense, so my wife and children had to accompany me, and we didn't stay in the store at all. .”

He didn't even ask people what lies he told, because he knew it all too well.

The visitor let out a "Huh", apparently he did not expect the shopkeeper to say such a thing; but it was precisely because of this sound that the shopkeeper was sure that the visitor was a woman.

What's wrong with the woman, if a woman wants to kill someone, she only needs a knife.The shopkeeper didn't dare to have other thoughts because of this, because he felt that this woman made his hair stand on end even more.

"The store was entrusted to the second shopkeeper who was invited today, who is also the accountant of the store. When the government came to ask questions, he happened to be back on something. I called two waiters to ask questions, but no one saw him. The carriage and people who arrived at the Jin family naturally told the government that way."

The shopkeeper was afraid that his words would make people angry, so he hurriedly made amends: "My boy, I really don't know Mrs. Jin has been here, but now I know, I really know. Also, there are two other girls in the store who have also asked for leave today. , but a guy said that the two of them served the guests in the private room, but no one knew who it was."

"Now don't worry, I know what to say. It will definitely let the government understand that the wife of the Jin family really has to come; when the accountant and the girls come back tomorrow, they will also be able to go to the government to testify."

The visitor was silent for a while after listening: "You write me something first, remember to mark it."

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say more, he was already familiar with it and put it on the table in a few moments: "What do you think?"

The visitor didn't say anything but just took the paper and put away the knife; although he didn't make a sound, the shopkeeper could feel that the visitor had lost his anger.

Even so, the shopkeeper didn't dare to move, because he always felt that the woman behind him was really capable of killing, and she was definitely not the kind of person his wife would faint when she saw a chicken being killed.

"Where do you live in the accountant and the two mistresses who asked for leave?" The visitor said again: "You better not lie to me, if you say a word tonight is false..."

The threatening words fell into the shopkeeper's ears, but the shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that his life was really safe; he knew very well that he hadn't lied, and the accountant and the two waiters would naturally come to him. Say it clearly.

If Mrs. Jin really came here, she did. Even if she didn't, I hope the accountant and shop waiter will be smarter and know how to say: it doesn't matter if it's true or false, it's your life that matters.

It's their business for the government to investigate the case, and besides, the government can't keep them safe for the rest of their lives, even the shopkeepers who have no conscience can't care so much.

In short, the wicked cannot be provoked.

"Yes, yes, I don't dare to tell half a lie." The shopkeeper just wanted to send the plague god away quickly, because he was so scared that he almost peed his pants, but he really didn't want to be so humiliated in front of a woman.

The visitor snorted softly: "The government will come again..."

"The little one knows how to respond." The shopkeeper said very slipperily, because he said it again and again, and he didn't know it well; at the same time, his body was also weakening, thinking that the danger of his life this time tonight was a real one. It's all right.

The visitor didn't say that he was going to kill him, nor did he say that he was going to spare him, but he just had a feeling, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

The shopkeeper knew how to send people away, so he quickly told the accountant and the shop assistants where they lived.He is really a delicate person, he even said his address twice, for fear that the visitor might not remember it or remember it wrongly.

"I think, you won't want to see me again, let alone your wife and children, will you?" The shopkeeper is very clear about the meaning of the visitor's words - he really didn't lie, so there is no rebirth What fear comes out.

The visitor didn't speak any more. After a while, the shopkeeper heard a muffled sound coming from outside the window, which should have come from someone climbing out of the window and jumping to the ground.

People should be gone.But the shopkeeper's timidity still didn't dare to move, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to turn his head back until the windows squeaked in the wind.

Sure enough, the person was gone.

The shopkeeper fell down on the ground and shed tears: One wave of ruthless people will scare people to death, why do they keep coming one after another?The lady of the Jin family just came out to have tea, as for mobilizing teachers like this?
But he knew that it was absolutely forbidden to inquire about Mrs. Jin's affairs, otherwise there might be a real disaster of death.It's easier for him to talk alone, but he has an old mother, wife and children, so he made up his mind to have only one way to say something to the government, which is what he wrote on paper.

After leaving the teahouse, Jin'er pulled the kerchief off her face, looked at the quiet darkness on the street, thought for a while, and still didn't go to the house of the three accountants: she was a woman who came out in the middle of the night, if the delay was too long I'm afraid that Qi'er can't stand it and something will happen to Jinfu again.

At least, the owner of this teahouse is not a bad person, he just didn't know about it; but she didn't find the person who helped Mrs. Tan harm her, so she felt a little uncomfortable.

Hurrying back to the Jin Mansion, Jin'er got into the dog's hole, took off her clothes, changed into the dress in the hole in the rockery, combed her hair with a comb, and wiped her hair with a prepared wet cotton towel. Wipe face and hands.

She checked herself again, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she got out of the fake cave.

The black clothes in the cave are inconvenient to carry on her body now, so she can only stay here temporarily: if someone sees her walking in the Golden Mansion with her clothes on, wouldn't it be too suspicious?

Looking around at Jin'er, she hurried back to her room. Not long after she left, two people emerged from the woods: it was Rou'er and her girl.

Rou'er glared at the girl next to her, telling the girl not to speak indiscriminately, and then glanced at the cave entrance of the rockery: "Go and see what's there; hey, I see how Lianxiang can fight against me without the support of the so-called Mrs. Mu. "

The girl serving her was originally a member of the Tong family, named Zhuhua; Zhuhua glanced at Jin'er who was walking away and couldn't help but softly said: "Do you really think that the Tan family will become the mistress?"

"Bah! I don't care who she is the mistress, what does it have to do with me? Anyway, I won't be the mistress, but I will have trouble with anyone who can't get along with me, and this mistress can't hold on to the master." Rou'er pushed Zhuhua: "Don't go and have a look, I won't move you, will you?"

"Zhuhua, without me, you and Yinhua can only stay by Tong's side to eat fast and chant Buddha!" ​​Hearing Rou'er's last words, Zhuhua sighed in her heart and entered the cave.

She came out after a while: "Nothing, just a few dresses."

Rou'er glared at her, saw that Zhuhua went in and came out unscathed, so she got into the hole by herself; after a while she came out and murmured: "She, can't she be out of the house?"

Seeing her come out empty-handed, Zhuhua breathed a sigh of relief: "It's really late for us to go back."

"Well, let's go, let's go back. Also, don't mention those clothes to others." After finishing speaking, Rou'er looked back at the rockery, feeling that her good days in the Jin Mansion were already waving to her.

How many of her sisters in Yangzhou did not get along well?If you let them know their current situation, I'm afraid it will make them laugh out loud.

No, she must exert herself.

Zhuhua followed carefully and waited on her, her face was full of respect and obedience, words of flattery and flattery came out of her mouth in an endless stream, even if she praised Rou'er as the unique beauty in the world, she would not I'm a little bit sorry.

(End of this chapter)