atypical prostitute

Chapter 16
I have never seen the old lady lose her composure like this, and everyone in the hall turned pale with shock.

The eldest wife was calm, and asked Mother Chen to take the two doctors to the house to pay some transportation expenses.Then, looking at her mother-in-law, she smiled and said, "What did mother remember?"

The old lady gave her a cold look, and without making a sound, she called Mama Lin to massage her temples, rubbed her temples for a long time, and then said: "The red plums and springs are the medicines in the box that I brought with me when I left the court. , used it when dealing with the third aunt 20 years ago."

Everyone in the Fu family knew something about the third aunt.That woman's misbehavior caused her to conceive secretly with a young man from the Fu clan, Lang Zhu. Fortunately, she had a dystocia and lost two lives, so it was wiped out.Now that the old lady said this, I realized that there was another calculation behind the dystocia.

It's just that Li Ci inevitably murmured in his heart.

If the red plum to send spring is really the old lady's box medicine, and she used it once again, then it is obvious that she had vaguely guessed who made it three years ago, but she didn't say a word, and kept it. The thought of letting Si Niangzi fend for herself.Now that it's about to be exposed, it's about to come out and be a good person.

Stealing a glance at the eldest lady, she really looked ready to fight, and she must be afraid that the old lady would take the opportunity to attack again.

Unexpectedly, the old lady rubbed her temples, but she told Mother Lin, who was waiting beside her, "Go and call that old lady. This matter has been dragging on for more than 20 years, and it should be settled. "

Mother Lin got an order, and recruited a strong woman, whispered a few words, Li Ci was far away, and she could only vaguely hear the name of "Tianxiang".The woman nodded as she listened, and then gave Aunt Shen a hard look.Aunt Shen is not easy to get along with, she immediately straightened her waist even more.

Afterwards, Mother Lin and the old woman both went down, the old lady didn't speak, she put her forehead with one hand, leaned on the case table, and pretended to be in deep thought.The eldest wife also sat on the bed and ate fresh fruit without saying a word.

Because she didn't know what kind of medicine the old lady was selling in the gourd this time, the eldest lady remained silent, and the rest of them were also in a daze or eating snacks, and the whole Sizhitang was strangely quiet.

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After about half a stick of incense, Mother Lin came back, followed by a rather old woman, around 50 or [-] years old, with a plain face, her hair was carefully wrapped with a whitish green cloth, and a hairpin was tied. Jing Chai, made of self-spun blue flower coarse cloth, with rough hands and feet, is an old woman commonly seen in the streets and alleys.

From the way she walks and stands, you can tell that when she was young, she worked in a wealthy family.

After the woman entered the hall, she went straight to the old lady and bowed politely: "The Zhou Kun family pays respects to the wife."

The old lady didn't let her get up, and just snorted: "I thought I would never let you enter the backyard of Fu's mansion again in this life!"

"The servant also thought that he would never see his wife again in this life. Since he was married out of the mansion, the servant has been practicing Zen and worshiping Buddha, hoping that the third aunt will pass away as soon as possible, and stop pestering the servant."

Hearing this, Li Ci glanced at her hand, and it was indeed carrying a string of Buddha beads that had already turned white.

"After so many years, the bones of Third Auntie have turned to ashes. Are you still afraid? Tianxiang, you are my dowry maid. If you hadn't done something wrong, I wouldn't have let you be a groom. Today I call you Here, I just want the steward to arrange a good job for your grandson and granddaughter, and I would like to ask you something."

These words were both kind and majestic, the woman called Tianxiang bit her lower lip and said: "Madam, what do you want to know?"

The old lady was not in a hurry, drank a mouthful of ginseng soup, and then said leisurely: "Tianxiang, after so many years, you should also tell me where you hid the half bag of red plums for spring."

This day, Mrs. Tianxiang didn't expect the old lady to ask such a question, a trace of uneasiness crossed her face, she said with a smile: "Tianxiang is old, I don't understand what Ma'am means."

"Zhou Kun's family, do you really not understand or are you an old wife and confused?"

Mother Lin took a step forward, pointed at Mrs. Tianxiang's nose and cursed!
"Red plums to send spring are my wife's medicine. How could my wife not know its medicinal properties. At the beginning, the old man asked his wife to do things quietly, and he agreed to take a whole dose. Even the gods can't save it. It just happened to be done." It looks like a miscarriage in less than a month, and everyone's face is saved. You put on the medicine for the second half, and let San Yiniang delay until the time of delivery. If the old man hadn't made a decisive decision, this matter would have ended!"

"You are bloody, Tibetan incense!"

"Who is spitting blood, my wife is like a mirror in her heart. If you are soft-hearted or greedy for money when you only apply half of the medicine, my wife doesn't care. Now my wife just wants to know where you hid the other half of the medicine!"

Mother Lin is aggressive, but Mrs. Tianxiang is also full of tongues.

Seeing that she was forced to nowhere to retreat, the old lady folded her hands together, chanted Bodhisattva, and said, "Tianxiang is a soft-hearted person. She knows that the child of Third Auntie is a villain, and the wife gave her red plums to send spring to Fu. The family saves face, but I still think that the third aunt always deserves to die, and the child in her belly is also destined to die... for doing such a deceitful thing... oh..."

Speaking of the injury, she even squeezed a few turbid tears, but there was an indescribable hypocrisy in these tears.

Mother Lin, however, can't see her pretentiousness. Before she could wipe away her tears, she scolded her head and face: "Old godly woman, put away your tears. Let me ask you, that half-paste medicine was sold to you by your son who killed a thousand knives." Who is going!"

Being scolded as an old godly woman made Tianxiang's face even more ugly. Fortunately, she knew that this was Sizhitang, so she didn't dare to be presumptuous.

"How can I dispose of such harmful things casually. The half-pasted medicine that I kept privately has been carefully stored at the bottom of the box, thinking about finding a suitable time to dispose of this thing. Who wants to make arrangements for his own funeral? It didn’t go my way, I was so irritable every day that I actually forgot about it. If my wife hadn’t mentioned it today, I would definitely take this medicine into the coffin after I died.”

"Really? You're used to talking nonsense!"

Mother Lin snorted and stepped aside.Aunt Shen asked the mother-in-law to go up and hand over Liu Xu's severed finger and bloody handkerchief to Tianxiang.Although the old godly woman had a sharp mouth, her legs trembled in fright when she saw such a bloody thing.

Seeing the little paper bag again, she was so frightened that she fell to the ground, dumbfounded.

"The half-patch medicine you hid at the bottom of the box, why did it come here and kill more than a dozen people?!"

Facing the persecution, Mrs. Tianxiang's lips moved shriveled this time, unable to utter an excuse.

Aunt Shen simply took a step forward, standing in front of Mrs. Tianxiang, and said:
"The half-posted red plums to send spring slipped back to Fu's house, and almost harmed the fourth lady. Fortunately, the mother found out early, but it also took a lot of effort. I don't know how many precious imperial treasures were pasted. The medicine saved the lady's life, but it didn't heal. To this day, the lady's hair is still sparse and not tied into a bun. She is a beautiful woman, but..."

Speaking of this, she already burst into tears, so Aunt Shen chewed her tears, gritted her teeth and said:

"Because of this, I don't know how many maids and women of Suiyuxuan disappeared suddenly. It's because of you! You pretend to be hypocritical and chant scriptures to atone for your sins, but you know that your sins can't be redeemed even after ten lifetimes of chant scriptures! "

Who would have thought that this old woman was sharp-tongued, and she recited Bodhisattva again: "My aunt's words are wrong, that person has long wanted to harm others, even if she didn't get my half-pasted medicine, she would do it. This crime will always be committed, and the mother-in-law just happened to pass by."

"Bitch!"

Accompanied by a light reprimand, it was a loud slap in the face.That Mrs. Cui was already big and round, but now she heard that Mrs. Tianxiang would not repent, she was so angry that her orifices were filled with smoke, and she slapped Mrs. Tianxiang so dizzy that she almost fainted.

However, the eldest wife was also afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so she chimed in and said: "The daughter-in-law of Mrs. Cui just sent spring a few days ago because of the red plums that flowed out of your hands. Now she is making a fuss about asking someone to pay for her life."

The fierce woman's slap, coupled with Aunt Shen's fierceness, and the eldest wife's slow support, Tianxiang woman finally got a little scared.

She lowered her head and recited the Bodhisattva, but her hands were shaking uncontrollably, and she couldn't hold the rosary firmly.

At this time, Mama Lin yelled again and asked, "How did that half of the medicine flow out of your hands, and who did you give it to!" That day, the Xiang woman really couldn't take it anymore, she was so frightened that she sat on the ground and fell down. Out.

"...Four years ago...Four years ago, I slipped my tongue when I was drunk, and my family who received a thousand dollars heard it... Then about half a month later, Hachiro took a woman from the mansion I came to my house and asked me for the half-patch medicine, and said that the old lady wanted me to return the medicine. I thought to myself that the old lady could not get the medicine. The old lady had no proof of what happened back then and added nostalgia... just like They said that half of the medicine had been thrown away. I never thought that when I went back at night, I ran into my son and daughter-in-law going through my box. A big event happened. Then I thought, the nobles in the house have been making trouble all day long, even if they don’t have the red plums in my hand, they will buy green plums and blue plums to send spring. What am I worried about? I thought about it, and asked my wife and son how much I got for the half-patch medicine. They told me the truth, saying that they got [-] yuan. The [-] that has already been spent, and the remaining [-] is taken from my son and daughter-in-law to do meritorious deeds, just thinking about atoning for my sins... Who would have thought..."

At this moment, her mind was broken, and she didn't dare to hide anything.

"Do you still remember the appearance of the woman who bought the medicine?"

"She's wearing a veiled hat, so she can't see her face clearly. The way she speaks and does things, you can tell it's from the mansion at a glance. That's right, that's right, she has a small red tumor on her wrist."

The woman with the little red tumor on her wrist is a good clue, but there is no such person in the mansion.Aunt Shen had been running the family for a long time, and she only vaguely remembered that the accountant was kicked out because her hands and feet were not clean, and she had a red tumor on her wrist.

That sudden audit found a shortfall of more than 3 yuan, but in the end only more than [-] yuan was recovered.Now with the confession of Mrs. Tianxiang, the time and amount can be matched.

It's just how can the woman who was kicked out four years ago be found back.The whereabouts of the half-patch medicine seemed clear, but in fact it was still very vague.

I never thought that the eldest wife was a formidable person, so she immediately said, "Call the Wu Nan family."

Wu Nan's family is an accountant for the inner court, and he waits in the mansion every day, and he came over soon after getting the news.When she entered the lobby, seeing the solemn atmosphere, she hurriedly stepped forward to bow down, and then stood with her hands down.

"Wu Nan's family, today's matter is very important, you have to answer truthfully."

"The servant girl knows."

The eldest lady began to ask questions.

"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. There has always been an unwritten rule in the accountant of the inner courtyard. If any courtyard is suddenly short of money and has made some deficits, you only need to write it down secretly. If you make up for it within half a year, you have the right to treat it as nothing." It happened. This is peace is the most important thing, but now, there is a private matter related to this private account, Wu Nan's family, please tell me."

"Yes."

Wu Nan's family took a step forward, neither humble nor overbearing.

"In the past three years, there have been nine large sums of vacancy in the Fu family's backyard, two of which were in the eldest wife's room, five in the old lady's room, and two in Aunt Zhang's room. The eldest wife and the old lady The seven sums of money were paid back within three months. Of the two debts of Aunt Zhang, one was repaid two years ago, and the other was settled one after another half a year ago."

"How much did Aunt Zhang lose in total?"

"73 dollars."

"May I ask why you lost so much? Is there anything unspeakable?"

"I asked in private, but Aunt Zhang never gave a name. The servant girl thought that Auntie has always followed the rules, so it must be an unspeakable secret. In addition, she is Lang Jun's biological mother, and the Fu family will belong to Lang Jun in the future. So—"

"It should be punished!"

"After the servant girl goes down, she will go to the housekeeper to receive her punishment."

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During the question and answer room, the old lady couldn't sit still.She just wanted to open her mouth, but Aunt Zhang stood up on her own initiative.

"Enough! Yes, I asked Hongying to buy the medicine from Tianxiang's son! I also gave Hongying the 73 yuan!"

(End of this chapter)