Inheritance policy

Chapter 75
Eyes gradually brightened. The fire in the originally fresh and peaceful small garden was fierce, and it was barely controlled by the women and servants coming and going. The black smoke curled up, as if it was about to soar into the sky.

Spring in March is good with flowers, but it bears the ruins.

Xingzhao's face was burning with pain, but her heart was as submissive as drinking ice water in the dog days. She wished that the entire Lin'an Hou Mansion would be set ablaze, so that everyone could see what kind of filth was hidden under the fiery red flesh and blood. Dirty heart.

But she couldn't make these people repay their debts so cheaply. They had to go through the fear, anxiety and despair that their mother had experienced.

Lianyu and Lianrong, who were surrounded by maidservants over there, had their legs burnt, and the other didn't have a serious problem, they just felt flustered.

Mrs. Tai asked them to rest in the back compartment first, and troubled the doctor to take a look later. While talking, she hugged Xing Zhao and got into the sedan chair and drove back to Rongshou Hall first, and then told the second lady: ". Put out the fire first, and everything will be fine when people come out. After the fire here is under control, all the women and girls in a yard will be detained in one place, and they will be interrogated one by one to see what went wrong!"

Xingzhao's heart trembled, and he thought about it again, feeling a little more at ease, and huddled firmly in Mrs. Tai's arms.

The second lady even claimed, well, the person has come out alive, and the burden on her shoulders is not so heavy. This time, she shouldered it alone. Take a high look at the second room, right?

Mrs. Min followed Mrs. Tai, seeing Xing Zhao, who was glamorous and dignified in the past, but now in a mess, her heart felt sore, after all, she lost her mother, and life was as bitter as a lotus seed heart!

Zhang Yuanjuan was sitting in the hall of the imperial hospital, holding a prescription in his hand and facing the medicinal materials. As soon as the curtain of the outer room was raised, a servant came in hurriedly with a whisk, and grabbed his hand before he could speak. Pulling him up, he called out: "Physician Zhang, get up quickly! Something happened to the He family again, and the face of County Master Wenyang was burnt!"

When Zhang Yuanjue heard about the He family, the horns of his forehead bulged. Lin'an Hou's family was in troubled times, and a Mrs. Hou died not long ago. Now even the face of the eldest daughter of Jin Zongyugui was burned!
"Where is the Bodhisattva in their family wrong?" Zhang Yuan judge was nagging, but without wasting time, he packed up all the plaster prescriptions in one hand, and raised the medicine box with the other. Raised his sleeves and greeted the servant: "Let's go!"

The matter was rushed outside, and it was the Wenyang county head of Lin'an Hou's family who had such a big incident, and the superiors didn't have time to return, so they came straight to the Tai Hospital.

As he was about to step out of the threshold, the servant's shrill voice suddenly exclaimed: "Oh! I forgot to go back to the Empress Empress for such an important matter. That is the Empress Empress's own niece! Wait for someone!"

Zhang Yuanpan was stunned for a moment, he didn't care to say hello, so he lowered his head and walked out.

The coachman sent by the He family was very fast, and arrived at the Marquis of Lin'an's mansion in less than half a stick of incense. After Zhang Yuan judged it carefully, he wrote a prescription and said: "The injury of the county lord Wenyang is not serious. , apply the medicine first, and then take it with the prescription. Some people will leave scars and some will not. It depends on the county master's body. The taboos are all written down, just follow through.”

Mother Zhang personally sent the imperial doctor out of the yard, thanked again and again, and invited the apprentices who followed Zhang Yuanjuan to see Lianyu and Lianrong: "The two girls are not good, they are needed by the county lord "

He didn't dare to burn sandalwood anymore in the inner room. Xing Zhao took the medicine and half-lyed on the warm couch, holding the rhombic enamel mirror in his hand and timidly looking at it, wanting to look but not daring to look.

Su Qing stood behind Mrs. Tai, moved her eyes away from Xing Zhao's left cheek, and fixed her eyes on the blue bricks and slabs in front of her, she couldn't tell what it was like - her mother died, and she was about to be burned to death. After escaping, his face was burned red and yellow again.

The poor fourth girl hasn't cried yet, but she twitches and slaps the ground, with tears in her eyes and still can't shed them. This kind of behavior is the most heart-wrenching.

No wonder there are rumors in the mansion that Lord Hou forced the lady to death—it has only been raining for a few days, and the wood is full of moisture, how can such a big fire be ignited?It wasn't that one of the servants below made it bad, what was it?Didn't the subordinates dare to set fire to hurt people?

The eldest lady has gone, and Mr. Jing Dalang is nowhere to be seen. If the four girls are all buried in the sea of ​​fire, the whole army under Lord Hou will be wiped out.
"Ah Wu, don't be in a hurry. Since Zhang Yuanju said it will be fine, we can rest assured." Mrs. Tai sat at the head with a sullen face, but she seemed tough while speaking comforting words, and turned around. Go and tell: "Su Qing, you go outside and wait for the second lady." After all, she frowned and shouted: "Why haven't you been interrogated yet?"

Su Qing was startled, came back to her senses, hurriedly put on her skirt and went out.

Mrs. Min was clutching her handkerchief and sitting in front of the warm couch. Mothers probably felt the same way. She judged others by herself. She couldn't even imagine what she would do if her Jirou was burned like this. Come on, thinking this way in my heart, I bent my body and comforted softly: "No matter how itchy and painful, Fourth Miss can't scratch it with her hands, the little girl's scars will not look good."

With tears in his eyelashes, Xing Zhao nodded slightly, and obediently turned the target mirror over and placed it on the small table beside him, without complaining of pain or discomfort.

Now Mrs. Min felt even more uncomfortable watching it.

The Hall of Honor and Shoutouts was quiet, and the sound of leaking sand and sand seemed to ring in my ears. Mrs. Tai's anger caused by worry spread, and the maids standing by did not dare to breathe.

"Mother—" The second lady heard his voice before seeing her, broke the silence in the Rongshou Hall, and opened the curtain with one hand, implying joy: "The fire in Huaishanyuan has finally gone out. , Guess what? Even the west courtyard of the main courtyard has burned down half of the wall!"

Mrs. Tai glanced at Mrs. Min lightly, and Mrs. Min was stunned, and realized that no matter what went wrong, it was a family scandal!
"Second Madam, are you in such a hurry? Come and sit down!" Madam Min stood up and was about to say goodbye when Xing Zhao spoke in a weak voice, "Ah Wu is tired, can I talk to Madam Min first?" To the cubicle?"

While talking, she looked up at Mrs. Min with tears in her eyes, lowered her voice, and began to cry: "Your face is itchy, but Mrs. Min said you can't scratch it, so is it okay to let someone else blow it to Ah Wu?" ?”

Madam Min's heart softened, and she went to hold Xing Zhao.

Holding the soft little hand of the little lady, it is right to do a good deed!
Mrs. Tai glanced at this side, finally nodded slowly, and then told the little maid not to neglect Mrs. Min: ". You came here and encountered such a bad luck. You have to dip Chen Ai in ginger later. Only when the water hits you can you leave!"

Mrs. Min nodded repeatedly, and led Xing Zhao into the room.

As soon as the two avoided it, the second lady spoke again in a hurry, her words were full of intentions to ask for credit: "The small kitchen in Huaishan Garden was always stewing white jade tofu soup, so the cook went to have a rest. When it was on, a little girl named Man'er was guarding there. There was no one in the small kitchen, and the stove was burning. The kitchen was on fire, and the girl panicked and ran out, without waking up the others, and without beating drums or gongs to report the news."

Mrs. Tai tightly closed her jaw.

This action represented that Mrs. Tai's anger had risen to the point where it could not be added.

The second madam was always afraid of this aunt, so she didn't dare to look at her face, she looked away, speeded up her speech, and continued: "It's raining all night, and the five boxes of rosin that Ah Wu received in the morning are still useless. Just put it in the pile of sundries in the cubicle of the small kitchen. Isn’t it like sleepiness meets a pillow when the fire meets the rosin? The servants all went to rest in the back room, and the woman who was guarding outside was also dodging, and there were only two maids who stayed by Ah Wu's side. After everyone settled down, they found that the fire had already risen and they couldn't rush in. Saved people!"

With a "snap", Mrs. Tai clapped her hands on the table, her face livid: "What's the use of these servants! Isn't that Man'er a girl from the main courtyard? Why did she go to Huaishanyuan!"

Mrs. Tai has practiced Buddhist teachings in recent years, and she has restrained her temper a lot in the early years. Now the harsh questioning made the second lady shrink back involuntarily.

"It is said that Ah Wu wanted to go there yesterday. A few days ago, Ah Wu ordered that girl to be beaten five times in the courtyard. I guess she still has hatred in her heart." The second lady continued with a look of hesitation. Said: "Otherwise, how dare a girl run away by herself and put the master in danger?"

Mrs. Tai was noncommittal, and after listening to a series, it was reasonable, but there were always some fleeting strange things, and she couldn't grasp it.

Thinking of the blushing on the face of the little granddaughter who had high hopes, and the look of wanting to cry but not daring to cry, the anger in my heart rose up, and there was a bit of chill in her voice: "A slave can't do it." Loyal to serve the master, but still full of resentment, all I can think of is how to get revenge on the master and drag that man out!"

Don't say where to drag it, the ears of the subordinates automatically change to drag it to a random graveyard.

The second lady also felt that the punishment was reasonable, she nodded, and asked again: "What about the others? Leaving one's post without authorization doesn't sound like a big crime."

"All the women and girls who are on duty are sold, and those who are not on duty deduct a year's worth of money, take off their pants and beat twenty boards, and the woman who rescued Ah Wu will reward me according to what I said." Mrs. Tai acted vigorously. , His eyes were full of coldness.

The second lady trembled, but she didn't refute. She nodded and was about to take orders.

But when she heard that the people outside were about to make trouble again, Zhang's mother opened the curtain, she didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow, and she said in her mouth: "The empress sent someone over, saying that she wanted to take the fourth girl into the palace to raise her." with"

　If you can't make it in time, Ah Yuan will be scared to death!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)