Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 53 Daily life with wives and concubines
Hu Qian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately stopped where he was.

The magical powers cast on the condemned prisoner dissipated immediately, but the condemned prisoner's face was pale, with cold sweat on his forehead and nose, and he was really frightened.

On the other side, Hu Qian was also taken aback, and immediately went to Master Lu, the official official, to check the previous case file.

The culprit was Wang Er from Wangjiaji Town outside the city. Because he had committed adultery with Lian Shi, the wife of Han Lao San next door, Han Lao San bumped into him, so he set fire to murder and burned six members of Han's family to death.

Neighbors Song Jia and Wang Yi testified, and they found the shovel of Wang's family at the scene.

The witnesses and material evidence gathered together, and Wang Er was asked to be killed after autumn.

The case was still tried by Xu Yuanfang.

He looked again, first he thanked Lord Lu, then he went home and told Hu Tong about this matter.

"That's what Wang Er really said?"

"It's true."

Hu Butong pondered for a while, then stood up and paced back and forth, "If this matter is exposed, the Dali Temple will definitely ask him about the crime of dereliction of duty, but if they don't...

Your uncle misses you too much and is getting haggard day by day, alas..."

He thought about it again, "Leave this matter alone, I'll go and tell him, it doesn't involve any gods and ghosts anyway."

After saying that, he went out to Xu Mansion.

Hu Qian was naturally happy to relax.

Back in the backyard, Axiu in the wing immediately walked to the window, wanting to call Hu Qian to stop, but she was afraid that she would be too eager and offend Shen Yuzhen.

So he watched Hu Qian go to the main room.

Shen Yuzhen was practicing calligraphy for the past two days, and when she saw Hu Qian came back, she said happily, "Sir, how do you think my handwriting is?"

"Well, the name of the lady is just like the appearance of the lady, and she is already the leader of Jinling."

Shen Yuzhen rejoiced in her heart, and shyly said: "My husband is too much praise, but it makes me feel a little unreal, woo woo..."

Hu Qian laughed, and before she finished speaking, he held her in his arms and kissed her fiercely for a while, Xing'er and Xiaohuan who were beside her were so ashamed that they covered their faces and went outside.

"My lady, I'll leave it to you to write our family's Spring Festival couplets this year, how about it?"

Shen Yuzhen said in surprise: "This, is it possible?"

"What's wrong, when the time comes, relatives and friends will definitely ask, who wrote this iron-painted and silver-hooked character?

The husband will say that this is written by my wife indiscriminately, so I can make do with it.

The visitor must say, it's too modest..."

Shen Yuzhen was amused by him, and buried her head in his chest, "My husband made fun of me again.

Well, I can write in my own body, and then the husband will have to come up with some innovative couplets.

If someone asks, the concubine can also say that this is a nonsense made up by my husband, so I will just wait and see. "

Hu Qian smiled and said, "Wonderful! When the time comes, let's see if the person who comes here will say the words first or the couplets first, how about it?"

Shen Yuzhen said: "There's nothing wrong with that."

"It's just a comparison like this. If you don't have a lottery, you will feel somewhat boring. Let's... In this way, if you say which one is the first, the one will be the winner. You can ask the other party to do one thing, and you can't refuse it. Dare you?"

Shen Yuzhen said solemnly: "It's a deal."

Hu Qian said with a chuckle: "Young lady, you can think clearly, if I win, then I will do bad things."

"Master, you..."

She blushed, as if she didn't expect Hu Qian to bring up this aspect, and she was speechless for a while.

After a pause, she said again: "Master, when I was talking to Axiu just now, I asked her about her menstrual period, and she calculated that it might be easier to get pregnant these days, so you should rest at her side for these two days. "

Hu Qian said: "Don't be so anxious."

"If my husband doesn't follow me, I won't be interested in practicing calligraphy."

"Okay, it's up to you."

The two rubbed each other's ears for a while, and Hu Qian suddenly felt hungry. Shen Yuzhen immediately called Xiaohuan and asked her to tell Liu Ma to cook some dishes that Hu Qian liked to eat.

Since mother Zhao asked Hu Qian about the child, in order not to embarrass Shen Yuzhen, Hu Qian no longer ate at the same table with his parents, but only at his side.

When the food was served, Hu Qian helped Shen Yuzhen to sit down. When he was about to eat, he saw Xiaohuan, Xing'er and Axiu standing aside serving the food, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Axiu, sit down and eat together."

Axiu was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head again and again and said, "It's fine for me to stand up, the young master and madam can eat first."

Shen Yuzhen also said: "Axiu, you can sit if your husband asks you to sit."

Only then did Axiu hesitate for a moment, and sat on the lower side in an orderly manner. Although Xing'er bought her extra bowls and chopsticks, she dared not eat.

Hu Qian was a little amused, this Axiu was not very afraid of him, but was faintly afraid of Shen Yuzhen.

Xu Shi had heard about countless stories about the headed women punishing and killing concubines.

Shen Yuzhen said: "Axiu, my husband will go to your place in the evening, you should eat more food so that you don't have the energy to wait."

Talking about picking up vegetables for Axiu.

Axiu quickly reached out to pick up the bowl with both hands, but just buried her head in eating.

Seeing that the dinner table was dull, Hu Qian asked, "Axiu, where did you get separated from your family?"

Axiu said: "That day my concubine opened the door to do business as usual, and suddenly heard someone shouting 'an iron whip' and rushed into the city!
But from time to time, I saw many people on horseback wielding their knives and killing them..."

When she said this, her complexion changed slightly, as if she was still afraid.

Hu Qian shook his head secretly.

The Daqian Dynasty lasted for more than four hundred years, and its vitality has declined. Although the current emperor is not stupid, he has not done much.

Coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the victims have no food and become rogues.

Although the following suppressions have been suppressed many times, they are always pressed down on the gourd and floated up.

For example, this iron whip has been a big bandit for several years, and it is still at large.

When the world is not peaceful, demons and ghosts will follow.

Axiu slowed down, and continued: "The concubine and her parents were scattered by the crowd before they had time to pack their things. When I tried to find them again, I couldn't find them."

Shen Yuzhen shook her head and said: "I heard that the magistrate of Nagai County also escaped, but he was beheaded after being accused of crimes, his family members were exiled, and those who were exiled were exiled."

Hu Qian also heard about this matter from Hu Tong. Although the punishment is heavy, if it is not the case, I am afraid that other states and counties will learn and learn, and they will no longer desperately resist the enemy.

After eating, Axiu hurriedly helped clean up, and then went back to the wing.

Hu Qian talked with Shen Yuzhen again, and then went to Axiu.

When she got to the house, she saw Axiu was crying and kowtowing to Avalokitesvara at the bedside.

So he walked over to pull her up, wiped the tears on her face, and asked, "Are you missing your parents?"

Axiu sobbed: "I don't know if my parents are alive or dead, Axiu can't sleep or eat in peace."

Hu Qian held her in his arms, "Don't cry, tomorrow I will go to the state government to ask, see if there is any clue."

Axiu's eyes were dim with tears, "Young master is so kind and virtuous, I can't repay you enough in this life or the next."

As he spoke, he quickly wiped away his tears, "I'm sorry, I only care about my own affairs, so I forgot to serve the young master to wash up."

As he spoke, he called hot water, first washed Hu Qian's face and feet, and then helped him undress.

When Hu Qian was lying on the bed, she washed herself again, extinguished the candle, and quietly slipped into the bed from the end of the bed.

However, before she could lie down, Hu Qian hugged her in his arms.

"There was an accident last time, and my husband didn't have time to love you well. This time, he will definitely compensate you a thousand times."

(End of this chapter)