lady, please calm down

Chapter 268
October sixteenth.

The Four Seasons Garden of the Official Residence.

Early in the morning, the Wu family brought Caizhou's servants and guards, a total of 16 people, gathered in the front yard hall.

"Third brother, why did the master call us here so early?" The man who spoke seemed to have just woken up, and he couldn't help but yawn as he spoke.

Wu San, who was called 'Third Brother', shook his head and said seriously: "Why do you ask? Of course the master has something to do when he calls us here!"

Wu San is a son of the Wu family in Yingchuan. His father works as a housekeeper in the second room of the Wu family, and his mother has served as the Wu family's wet nurse. As the head of the inner house guard, he can be said to be the most upright and popular member of the Wu family. , deeply trusted by the owner.

Russian hectares.

Sun Changhao and his wife appeared in the front hall together, and the servants behind them brought sixteen sets of gray and black soap clothes.

"From now on, when you go out, put these on." Sun Changhao ordered lightly.

Wu San and others heard this but remained motionless. It wasn't until Wu nodded that everyone lined up and came forward to get a set of clothes to change into.

A black round-neck robe with slightly narrow sleeves and no ruffles at the hem, and a square-topped hard-shell turban.

This is a standard police uniform. All it takes is a shackle and an iron ruler in your hand to catch people on the street.

After Wu San and others looked at each other, they were both novel and interesting, and they all laughed.

Nowadays, the yamen has only a hundred police officers and yamen servants.

But in actual situations, this manpower is simply not enough. As usual, you adults can privately recruit some additional people to serve you.

These people do not occupy the establishment quota and are not supported by the finance. They are generally called "non-economic officials", also known as assistants and assistants.

After all, wearing public uniforms is a deterrent to ordinary people.

This is a hidden benefit for local officials and an unspoken rule.

Therefore, what Magistrate Sun did was not considered against the rules.

The servants and guards of the Wu family are specially selected strong and strong people. They are all tall and strong, and they look good after wearing these soap clothes.

Sun Changhao was satisfied in his heart, but remained calm on the surface. He only said to Mrs. Wu: "Madam, I'm going to go on duty now. Although our servants work as helpers, they must abide by the law and must not seek trouble or bully others." ah!"

It sounds like it was Wu's idea to let the servants serve as helpers.

Wu waved her hand impatiently, and Sun Changhao bowed to Wu before retreating.

Two quarters of an hour.

Mrs. Wu transferred to the back house and went straight to Wu Yifan's residence.

The boy guarding outside the door seemed not to have expected that the mistress would come here so early. He couldn't help but panic. He wanted to open his mouth to remind the house, but was frightened by the fierce look of Mrs. Wu who noticed something unusual and did not dare to say a word.

Wu pushed the door straight and entered.
But the scene on the roof couldn't help but make her furious.

I saw that the leftovers from last night were piled randomly on the table, and the cups were overturned and the pots were crooked.

The sun was already rising outside, but my precious 'nephew' was still hungover on the bed, with a white lotus root arm draped over his bare chest.

Taking a closer look, the person lingering with Wu Yifan was actually her personal maid Qin'er.

The sound of opening the door woke up Qin'er. Seeing the angry look on his mistress's face, Qin'er, who knew her temper well, couldn't help but panic. She eagerly wanted to get out of bed to see the bride, but in the panic, she couldn't find her bellyband, so she had to hold the quilt to her chest and kneel down. Shivering in bed.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yifan also woke up, with sleepy eyes, and said lazily: "Little hooves, you're up early? Let's sleep a little longer."

Then he saw Qin'er's pretty face was pale and pale, and he couldn't help but look sideways in wonder.
After just one glance, he reacted even more than Qin'er. He was so frightened that he jumped out of bed and stood beside the bed with his hands tied.

Appearing extremely fearful.

"Auntie, my nephew was drunk last night and I don't know when she climbed into his bed."

When I first started speaking, I was still stammering, but by the end it became natural and smooth.

Qin'er, who was kneeling on the bed, looked at Wu Yifan with her eyes wide open in disbelief, as if she didn't recognize this handsome man who said he wanted to make her his aunt last night.
If Wu Yifan had tried his best to protect her after what happened today, she might still have a way to live. If the mistress had believed Wu Yifan and thought she was the one who took the initiative to seduce her, she would have been beaten to death.

At the critical moment of life and death, Qin'er couldn't care less and cried to Mrs. Wu: "Madam, madam! It was the young master who invited Qin'er to serve him. He also said that the madam had agreed to take the young master's slave as his aunt, and she is a slave."

"You bitch! Don't talk nonsense! I was obviously very drunk last night!"

Wu Yifan suddenly looked back, pointed at Qin'er and cursed, frothing at the mouth.

Even the handsome facial features cannot hide the ferocious look.

Qin'er glanced at Wu Yifan with fear, knowing that if a man didn't admit his fault, his fate would depend entirely on his mistress. She kowtowed to Mrs. Wu and said, "Madam, I don't have a wife, please spare me."

Wu, who always had a stern face, glanced at the stout old woman beside her. The old woman understood and stepped forward. She covered Qin'er's mouth with one hand and held her under her arm with one arm, like He dragged the naked Qin'er out like a little chicken.

Qin'er seemed to have guessed her fate, whimpering and struggling vigorously.

Immediately, two more women came forward. One of them grabbed her bouncing legs and carried her to the woodshed.

Another woman found some hemp rope, followed her in, and closed the door behind her.

The ladies cooperated in a tacit understanding, and they were fast but not chaotic. It looked like they were familiar with the road at first glance.

After a cup of tea, the sobbing and struggling in the woodshed all stopped.
There is no such thing as a big family without a few maids and servants dying every year.

Wu Yifan still stood there with his head lowered and barefoot. Although he did not see it with his own eyes, the movement that reached his ears was clear.

In late autumn, the sweat on my forehead quickly oozed out.

With a look from Wu, all the servants left.Wu closed the door with her own hands, and then slowly walked to Wu Yifan.

He raised his head and looked at this handsome face carefully, and stretched out his hand as if to touch it, but when he raised his hand in the air, it suddenly accelerated.

'Clap~'

Wu Yifan seemed stunned by the slap. He covered his cheek and looked at Wu blankly. He couldn't believe that his aunt who had loved him since childhood would hit him.

This ignorant look involuntarily caused Wu to feel great pain in her heart, and she hugged Wu Yifan and started to cry.

Wu Yifan stood there at a loss.

After half a quarter of an hour, Wu finished venting her anger and pushed Wu Yifan back to sit on the bed. Seeing that the latter's feet were red from standing on the cold floor for a long time, she couldn't help but feel distressed as she knelt down and hugged his feet. Warmth in arms.

Fortunately, there was no one here. If someone looked at such an out-of-distance behavior, they wouldn't be able to guess that there was anything inappropriate between them.
"Fan'er, do you know why my aunt hit you?" Wu said softly, stroking Wu Yifan's instep.

"My nephew shouldn't have made his aunt angry because he got drunk and was disturbed by that cheap maid." Wu Yifan slumped his shoulders and admitted his mistake in a low voice.

Wu shook her head, "That bitch is lucky to be able to serve you! But my aunt is not angry about it."

"Why is that?" Wu Yifan muttered.

"Aunt Qi Faner shouldn't be so depressed! After you came to Caizhou, you were beaten by the cheap officials and insulted by the cheap hooves of the Chen family. Can you just let it go?"

"., Aunt, there is a slight misunderstanding between Ayu and I. I will advise her to admit her mistake to you. Aunt, please don't humiliate her again in the future."

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Seeing her 'nephew' so hopeless, Wu's chest rose and fell, but when she saw that he was lost in thought, she finally felt more distressed than angry, and couldn't help but sigh: "Fan'er, aunt knows that you have suffered a lot of injustices in your hometown. , Now that we have come to Caizhou, my aunt will never allow anyone to bully Fan'er again. I have prepared people for you in the front yard. Later you will take them to catch the person who beat you, and bring my aunt back to vent your anger!"

Wu Yifan was overjoyed when he heard this, but then his face fell down again, and he whispered: "Aunt, they are also men. If you catch them, you will make Caizhou Prefecture displeased, right?"

It had been a while since Sun Changhao took office, and Wu Yifan probably saw that his uncle's words in Caizhou were not that useful, and was worried that his revenge would cause dissatisfaction with the government.

When Wu heard this, her eyebrows stood up and she said coldly: "Look at how useless you are! So what if they are dissatisfied? Our Yingchuan Wu family is still afraid of them!"

Having said that, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but start to cherish her again. Naturally, Wu Yifan's life experience could not be hidden from her own family. After he was raised by his second brother, his second sister-in-law never treated him badly in food and clothing, but after all, he was not his biological son. There is an obvious difference between treating him and treating his own son.

As a result, Wu Yifan developed a cowardly character deep in his bones.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wu, who felt a bit owed, softened her tone and said, "Fan'er, don't worry, your uncle and I will support you! Don't be afraid of them! You have suffered a loss and must get it back!" "Yes!"

With Wu's repeated encouragement, Wu Yifan finally plucked up the courage.

A quarter of noon.

Wu Yifan wandered aimlessly on the street with a dozen servants and guards dressed as government officials.

In fact, Gou Sheng, whom he wanted to seek revenge on, was in the government office just now.

However, when Wu Yifan led people to find him, Gou Shengzheng, Ximen Xi and other three teams of government officials were gathering in the duty room to drink tea and chat.

Seeing that there are so many people on the other side, the courage I finally mustered up is gone again.
Now he is wandering around the city blindly with others, just because he dare not return to the official residence to face his aunt.

If he told the truth that he was scared when things got worse, he would definitely be scolded by his aunt again.

Wu Yifan loves and fears his aunt, all because her aunt is the best person in the world to him, even his mother can't compare to her.

When he was young, in his hometown in Yingchuan, his mother paid little attention to him, and even his cousins ​​ignored him.

Back then, the only two people who could make him feel warm were his aunt who went home to visit relatives during the New Year, and Chen Jinyu, who was willing to play with him and call him brother Wu when she came to pay New Year greetings.
Thinking of this, Wu Yifan turned around and went to the editorial office of "Caizhou Five Days Talk" on Shuyuan Street.

But not long after he turned into the street, the servants who had been following him couldn't bear it anymore.

Didn't you say you were going out to help the young master seek revenge?Why are you wandering around the city like a headless fly?

"Sir, where is the person we are looking for?" Wu San stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Wu Yifanjun's face couldn't help but blush. He couldn't tell the truth that he was timid.

Just when he was embarrassed, three people walked towards him. Wu Yifan felt that they looked familiar. He thought about it carefully. Aren't these the people he met by chance when the left-behind officers were parading on the street on the tenth day of the lunar month last month?

At that time, because Chen Jinyu praised Chen Chu as a "Qingyun young man", Wu Yifan scolded him as "sucking carbuncles, licking hemorrhoids, and deceiving the world and stealing his reputation." Several people in front of him heard this and turned around to scold him.

There were no guards around at that time, so Wu Yifan could only endure it.

Unexpectedly, God is wise, and we meet him again at this time!
"Wu San! It's them! Beat me!"

Wu Yifan pointed at the three of them and shouted loudly.

It was as if the depression that had accumulated in his heart burst out at this moment.

Gou Sheng is a public servant and is difficult to deal with, but these three people are dressed like ordinary people. If I can't beat the officials, how can I beat the people?

Wu San and others had been domineering for a long time in Yingchuan, relying on the reputation of the Wu family, and they remained the same when they came to Caizhou.

He immediately pounced on them like tigers and wolves, and without saying a word, he pushed the three of them to the ground and beat them randomly.

These three people were in trouble from the sky. They had no idea what was going on. Seeing that the other party was wearing soap clothes, they could only huddle up to protect their heads and faces, and kept begging for mercy: "Master Chao, Master Chao, what did you do to me? Master Chao, what did you do?" ,got the wrong person."

Wu Yifan felt that he was finally letting out a bad breath. Seeing that the three of them dared to speak harshly, he couldn't help but push away the two guards who were beating the three of them, squeezed to the front, and said solemnly: "I didn't admit it! Don't you remember me? "

The commoner managed to open his bruised and swollen eyes, took a serious look at Wu Yifan, and exclaimed: "This yamenei, we really don't know you! You must have recognized the wrong person."

He wasn't lying. Who could remember the person who only had two quarrels more than a month ago? It's not like he had a deep hatred.

Wu Yifan did not explain, only sneered and said: "Keep beating! Beat them until they remember what they did wrong!"

This is the real retribution
"The officers are beating people! The officers are beating people!"

After a few shouts, the orderly academy street suddenly became chaotic.

Cai Hua's house on Xuyuan Street.

In the back house, Ruer covered her mouth and couldn't help but chuckle.

Today the sun is shining in the west, and Cai Hua, who has never been a female celebrity, is sitting in front of the window sewing a pair of baby shoes.

His usually nimble fingers were as clumsy as five mallets at the moment.

The tiger head pattern was embroidered like a flattened pancake.
"Sigh~"

After being pricked by a needle for the nth time, Cai Hua threw the tiger-head shoes aside in frustration.

Ru'er laughed and said, "Sister, you want to give something to Marquis Lu An and Aunt Chen's children. How can I give it as a gift? I blame you for learning how to embroider shoes."

"You know shit~"

Cai Hua put her slender fingers into Yinghongtan's mouth and sucked them, sucking off the blood drops on her fingertips. She frowned slightly because the wound hurt a little.
She obviously didn't intend to exude amorous feelings, but every move she made was full of flirtatious charm.

Probably, this is a natural charm
Even as a woman, Ru'er's eyes couldn't help but linger on Sanniang's lips for a few more breaths, thinking to herself, no wonder the Marquis would spend the whole night conquering her every time he came over.

Cai Hua didn't notice Ru'er's strange look and continued to explain: "His family is in need of everything. No matter how expensive a birthday gift I give, it won't be conspicuous. Making a pair of shoes with your own hands can still show some thought."

"But the third lady doesn't know how to do these household chores." Ru'er kindly reminded her.

"Can't I learn?"

Cai Hua was unconvinced and picked up the half-finished tiger head shoes again. After picking up the needle, she looked left and right and couldn't figure out where to start. Finally, she sighed with emotion and turned to Ru'er, "Make a pair for me!"

"Me? But Ru'er did it for Sanniang, so I can't show Sanniang's thoughts?"

"Just don't tell anyone else! Then I will say that I did it myself."

Cai Hua spoke confidently and without any embarrassment at all, which made Ru'er burst into laughter.

While the master and servant were talking, they heard a commotion outside. After listening carefully, they heard the words "the official is beating someone."

In such a large city, fighting is not unusual, but it is a bit unusual for officials to beat people.
Cai Hua knew that Chen Chu hated the officials who oppressed the people the most. Ordinarily, the government servants and police leaders in Caizhou Prefecture were all from Tongshan, so this should not happen.

Out of curiosity, Cai Hua got up to watch the excitement, not forgetting to hold the half-eaten can of peaches in her hands.

When I got to the front yard, I asked someone to move a ladder and put it up against the wall. I climbed up the wall with my hands and feet, and sat down with my legs crossed.

"Sanniang, Third Niang, is it true that an official beat someone?"

Ru'er was also a little curious about the situation on the street. She stood in the courtyard and looked up at Cai Hua eagerly.

Cai Hua moved her buttocks to a more comfortable position, took a chopstick of peaches and put it into her mouth. Then she glanced at the place where the incident occurred and replied lazily: "It looks like the official is indeed beating the person. This Are you a new recruit? If you dare to beat someone on the street, how will Ximen Xi discipline him?"

"Marquis Lu An knows about it and will not spare them!"

Human beings naturally sympathize with the weak. When they hear that people are being beaten, they naturally tend to judge that "officials do evil".

Cai Hua whined and commented while chewing: "The puppy has spent so much effort to stop the habit of bullying others. These thorns dare to jump out and cause trouble. There will be no good fruits. Eh. ,wrong."

When Ru'er saw Cai Hua suddenly looking away in surprise and even putting down the can in her hand, she couldn't help but become curious, but Cai Hua forgot to answer her.

Looking over the past from Cai Hua's commanding perspective, he saw five more street patrol officers running in the distance.

When the two parties met, they were both a little surprised, and then they didn't know what they said, but they actually started moving their hands when they disagreed.

Only then did Cai Hua realize that something was wrong. They were both public servants and they all ate from the same pot, so they wouldn't be fighting each other on the street.

Moreover, the party with more people struck harder. The leader hit a government official who arrived at the scene later with a scabbard on the arm.

The yamen servant cried out in pain and saw his arm drooped, as if it was broken.

There was a surprised buzzing sound on the street.

"Interesting~"

Cai Hua narrowed her charming eyes and glanced at Yaqian Street where the government office was located.

(End of this chapter)