Jinyi Music

Chapter 24: A Meeting in Yafeng Pavilion

All the diners were suspicious while eating noodles, Si Lianer heard all kinds of guesses from everyone, but they sympathized with the pitiful few, and most of them were curious, thinking of Qianniang's pale face, her stiff body, and the voice of the widowed mother of the Sun family Crying and howling, she couldn't help feeling desolate in her heart. A fresh life just passed away, just like a small stone falling into a pond. silence.

She sold the noodles in silence until a team of yamen servants passed by and walked into the alley. Seeing this, everyone put down the bowls in their hands and watched curiously. As soon as it was placed on the table, he hurriedly wiped his mouth and ran in with the team of yamen, and someone behind saw this and hurriedly followed.

Not long after, there was no one at the noodle stall. Silien led the younger sisters to clean up the table, and when everyone came back, they sat down at the noodle stall again, and ordered another bowl for those who were not full. Noodles, while eating, there was a lot of discussion, some people said triumphantly,

"Look, I've already said it. There must be a reason why this good-looking little lady threw herself into the well. It turned out that it wasn't suicide at all, but homicide!"

Si Lian raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and someone sneered and said,
"What you said a long time ago, didn't you say that she stole someone's young man and threw herself into the well after being betrayed by him?"

After saying that, everyone ridiculed one after another, but the person who was exposed didn't blush at all, and insisted,
"I mean that young lady must have had a reason to throw herself into the well. Look at the officials in the yamen, didn't they say that she was pushed into the well..."

There was a later person who didn't know the inside story, and asked hurriedly after hearing the words,
"What did the officer say?"

Everyone must be happy to spread the word about such a thing, everyone will tell you how they entered Sun's house with the yamen servants.

The yamen servants got the report early this morning and came to Sun's house to inspect the scene. This time, Jia Jincheng pushed back everyone and carefully inspected Sun Qianniang's body. As my daughter said last night, there were scratches and choke marks on her body. , Jia Jincheng inspected Sun Qianniang's private parts again, and there were also traces of being defiled, and the cause of Sun Qianniang's death was not drowning, but being knocked unconscious and thrown into the well. The wound on the back of the head can prove this, so she was born Hands clasped, head to toe in the well!

But there is one thing that he can't understand, that is, why she didn't scream when she was raped, except that she didn't have a bellyband on her body, the outer shirt was in good condition, and there was no trace of tearing, could it be... that she couldn't commit adultery?

Even if it is adultery, why throw it into a well afterwards?
Jia Jincheng was puzzled, but he was only a famous writer, he could only record what he had seen and reported one by one, and then report the truth to the lord, and let the lord decide. Various versions of people committing suicide after being raped have been spread in the streets and alleys around here!
At this time, Mrs. Xiang is not afraid that people will see the bruise on her face, she goes out to chat with people, asks for news from all directions, but when she comes back, she takes the opportunity to teach her daughters a lesson.

"See, my daughter's family doesn't know how to behave. If she seduces a man, she will end up with Sun Qianniang!"

Wu Lian and Liu Lian were young, they were frightened by Xiang Shi, and they nodded in fright. San Lian and Si Lian had seen Sun Qianniang's death with their own eyes, but they were indignant when they heard this. Silian replied,

"Mother, everyone is dead, why hasn't the cause of death been found out yet, how can we just talk about people's length!"

Xiang Shi hated her talking back the most, and said angrily,

"That little vixen looks like a fox, attracting bees and butterflies all day long. He must have died because of a man. You are a cheap hoof that eats inside and outside. What good did the mother-in-law of the Sun family do to you, asking you to speak for others?"

Jia Silian saw that her words became more and more unpleasant, so she simply shut up and stopped talking to her, Xiang Shi still kept cursing herself, Jia Jincheng couldn't listen anymore after a while, and said in a deep voice,

"This matter has been verified by the officials in the yamen, and women should not talk too much!"

Xiang's body is still hurting now, so she just kept silent after hearing this.

After that, Jia Silian was very concerned about the progress of the case, and asked about Jia Jincheng's case, Jia Jincheng said,
"The officials have checked the traces on the wall of the Sun's courtyard, and said that there are man's footprints on the wall..."

Jia Silian was surprised when she heard that,
"Could it be that Qianniang is really private with others?"

But after thinking about it, she shook her head again,
"Qianniang stays at the noodle stall every day, where does the opportunity come from to be selfish?"

Besides, if it is really selfish, why did the man climb over the wall when he came to the door? Wouldn't Sun Qianniang open the door for him?

Jia Silian then asked,

"But someone climbed over the wall and entered without permission, threatening Qianniang?"

Jia Jincheng Road,

"It's possible...but maybe it's because she had an affair with a man..."

paused and asked,
"You are acquainted with Qianniang, but have you ever heard of her acquaintance with any man?"

Jia Silian thought for a while, shook her head and said,
"Qianniang has been at the noodle stall all day long, and she is inseparable from Aunt Sun's family. Earlier, Aunt Sun's family tried to talk about marriage with her. She and her daughter are also considered close. If they really have private affairs with others outside, they will definitely mention it." And one or two..."

Jia Jincheng frowned, thought for a while and asked,
"Then... but you have a grudge against others?"

Jia Silian replied,
"If you say you have enmity with others, that Mr. Zhou in front is one of them. Didn't this matter go to the Yamen?"

Jia Jincheng frowned,
"I forgot about it!"

On the second day, Jia Jincheng went to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, and told about the incident that Mr. Zhou had molested Sun's mother and daughter in the street. When the adults in the Yamen heard about it, they immediately ordered someone to fetch the file. After opening it, they saw that there was indeed something wrong. The records of the interrogation that day, so the elder threw down the lottery order,
"Come here! Bring Zhou Yunliang to the court..."

The yamen servants took the sign and went out, and rushed to Zhou's house aggressively.

At this time, the son of the Zhou family is not in the Zhou family's mansion, but listening to music in the Yafeng Pavilion in the city, eating, drinking and having fun with a lot of dudes!
But he said that it was Mr. Zhou, who had been hit by a board in front of him, and had been raised at home for a long time, and finally he was almost done. His restless heart was restless in the room and wanted to come out to have fun, so he made an appointment on weekdays. Several sons and brothers who are familiar with each other come to this Yafeng Pavilion to have a drink.

Yafeng Pavilion is a well-known women's branch in the capital. It is a small building with "Ya" on it, and it is a small building surrounded by rich decorations. There are tables and chairs, and a high platform is set up on one side, and the actors singing and dancing on it are all famous actors in the capital. Watching a song and dance here, having a small meal of wine, and asking some of the cheapest girls to accompany the wine, can't It won't work if you spend one or twenty taels of silver.

Therefore, most of the people who come here are high-ranking officials from the capital, rich and powerful businessmen, Zhou Yunliang and others came a little late, and they didn't get a box, so they had to sit in the lobby with a group of friends, and the group gathered together, talking and laughing loudly, making noise Noisy so happy.

Zhou Yunliang was originally a libertine, he had been at home for a long time, now he was holding the woman's soft body in his arms, smelling the fragrance of the powder, hearing the soft voice, he was a little restless, hugging the woman in his arms Zhizi kissed several times, and the friend laughed and joked when he saw it,
"Brother Zhou, the injuries on your body are healed, don't let us lose your strength later, and make our Lan'er girl annoy you!"

Everyone laughed, and someone responded,
"Brother Zhou, if you can't handle it, I will do the same for you!"

Everyone laughed again, Zhou Yunliang continued,

"Get out! I'll be fine a long time ago. If my father didn't stop me from coming out, I would have come out to meet my darling!"

It's different if you use the silver and don't use the silver. The board hit your body, and it looks like it's being held up high, but it actually falls gently. How about Zhou Yunliang's body, you can heal so quickly?
After Zhou Yunliang finished speaking, he hugged the girl beside him and kissed him, and then whispered a few words of teasing in her ear, which aroused the woman's reproach,
"Young Master Zhou is bullying my servant again!"

Everyone just laughed and said to the girl in Zhou Yunliang's arms,

"Miss Lan'er, today's brother Zhou and Xiao Biesheng are newly married, so why don't we drink a leather cup!"

Then everyone made a fuss, and Zhou Yunliang and the woman in his arms ate a leather cup mouth to mouth, and that was the end of it!
They were arguing downstairs, but they didn't know that there was a box upstairs where someone was looking down. After watching for a long time, he turned and said to Mou Biao who was sitting around the table playing with the sieve,
"Master, the kid we beat up earlier is downstairs!"

The strong boy at the table, dressed gorgeously and having a fight with his companions, raised his head and walked over to lean on the railing to have a look.
"Hey...isn't it!"

Why do you think Mou Biao is here, but the New Year's Day is approaching, Mr. Qin gave the students a vacation, and Mou Biao originally planned to study at home with peace of mind. relatives, as well as Mou Bin's subordinates will come to visit.

These days, in the front yard, Mou Bin and his sons are entertaining guests, and in the back yard, Mrs. Liu is leading his aunt and daughters to receive the female relatives. Mou Biao is the most favored. Whenever Mu Bin sees guests, he always brings him by his side. , Mou Biao, with a fake smile, cheekily listened to the guests say some nonsense that made the young master look outstanding, and he must have a bright future in the future. He endured it for a few days, and finally endured until the afternoon today. I really couldn’t bear it anymore. , and argued with Mou Bin to go out.

Mu Bin knew that it was rare for him to be able to endure until now, so he allowed him to go out. It happened that a distant relative, surnamed Ni, was visiting. Afterwards, the family followed her husband's family to the capital to do business. After that, they lived in the capital and had occasional correspondence with relatives in their hometown. It was not until Mou Bin became prosperous that he came to recognize his relatives.

Although Mou Bin doesn't like others to take advantage of his power, it's not that the six relatives don't recognize him. Although the relatives are far away, Ni Wangjie, the current head of the Ni family, is a shrewd person, and he behaves prudently and low-key. But they never made it public, which won Mou Bin's approval, and the two families have moved around until now.

(End of this chapter)