Zhou Yinzhi mixed with the public gate.
There has always been a saying here, called "going into the yamen and picking up layers of skin". This kind of thing was not uncommon during the Qingming Dynasty, and it was naturally common when the court was unstable. Jin Yiwei has long attracted a lot of complaints in the court and the opposition, and he is even more familiar in doing this kind of thing, and he can be called "one of the best".
When someone commits a crime, the richer and powerless, the better. If they are put in jail for seven days, they are so frightened that their courage is broken. Naturally, the family is worried, and they hold money to dredge up and down, lest the adults in the public gate will not accept it.
This is done kindly.
It doesn't matter if you are a bitter master or a criminal, if there is a lawsuit, you will be arrested under the name of criminal detention pending trial, and the criminal will have to bribe the superior. The lord of suffering will go bankrupt.
If you don't give money, that's easy.
In the case of the confused official breaking the gourd, it doesn't matter whether you are guilty or innocent, you will be punished in one stroke.
When she came from the yamen today, Zhou Yinzhi was thinking about what Jiang Xuening wanted to do on the road, and when she went to the teahouse, she took a look. Although she kept clear of her relationship with that You Fangyin in her words, and held You Yue everywhere, it seemed that every sentence could be understood. It was for the good of You Yue, but the expression of this "Bitter Lord" didn't look like that.
So he thought about it for a while and guessed that she was going to treat Youyue.
Jin Yiwei is doing errands outside. He is a new family of thousands, and he doesn't dare to be too blatant to Jiang Xuening, but he does things unambiguously: no matter what other people are arrested first, what to do next just listen to Jiang Xuening.
But he did not expect that Jiang Xuening had such an idea.
The piano is too expensive...
That is tight hands.
Zhou Yinzhi nodded, neither showing any surprise, nor saying anything, he just said, "I understand."
Yan Lin had given her a lot of things in the past, but it would take some time for those things to be sold. Although Jiang Xuening had some money in his hand, when the Yongyi Hou Mansion suffered such a disaster, even if there was a lot of money, it would not be enough. What's more, she is determined to win the Artesian well salt field, and only if she has enough money in her hand can it be prevented and guaranteed.
Since You Yue committed a crime against her, she would be considered unlucky.
Today, she was supposed to be acting, but she didn't expect that You Fangyin would risk her life to protect her, and she would take up the bench to deal with You Yue. If you give up and let You Yue just take her back to the house like this, she will be beaten.
Jiang Xuening really didn't want to think about that scene.
Neither dare.
Therefore, it is better to report to the official first, put the person in jail, and let Zhou Yinzhi serve him with delicious food and drink, than go back to the house and be tortured. In any case, hide this time first, and then think about whether there is any way to do it once and for all.
Jiang Xuening lightly pinched his brows and said, "You Yue is also the companion of Princess Leyang in the palace. You should go back to the palace for two days. You can handle this matter carefully, and don't make too much trouble. It didn’t take long for the household position to go down, even if the hidden case of Cha Yongyi’s Houfu and King Pingnan’s collusion against the party was successful, it would not be able to hold the limelight too much, it would be bad if it was regarded as a thorn in the eye.”
Zhou Yinzhi's pupils suddenly shrank.
Jiang Xuening didn't say anything, but he still looked normal, and only continued: "I've been in the palace these days. I know something about Yongyi Hou's mansion is ominous. Let's talk about it."
The teahouse was empty, and when Jin Yiwei's people came to take people, they all left empty.
But just now after all, such a big battle.
Zhou Yinzhi is cautious and cautious in his affairs. He only said that it is inconvenient to speak here, and he would like to invite Jiang Xuening to his humble house.
Originally, Jiang Xuening came here today because she wanted to meet her for a while, but she encountered an accident like You Yue. No matter how you look at it, today is not a good time to go to work, and since You Fangyin has already met, she is actually not too much. The big ones need to come forward again.
So I agreed.
When the cup of tea was put down, she and Zhou Yinzhi went out from the teahouse.
Jiang Xuening's carriage was by the roadside.
Zhou Yinzhi came on horseback.
It's just that this white horse is no longer the beloved horse that he had raised for two years.
Jiang Xuening glanced at it and remembered what he heard from Yan Lin not long ago, Zhou Yinzhi killed a horse...
In the last life, Zhou Yinzhi married Yao Xi.
And later, this person also joined hands with Chen Ying to frame Zhang Zha and put him in prison for several months. It was not until Xie Wei rebelled that Zhou Yinzhi's head was taken off by Xie Wei and hung high in the palace gate.
Thinking of this, she felt a little gloomy.
The driver had put a footrest under the cab.
Jiang Xuening walked over and supported Tanger and Lianer's hands before getting into the car.
But she never expected that when she accidentally raised her eyes, she swept across the door of a drug store diagonally across the street, and just happened to bump into a pair of silent, calm eyes—
The green hairpin was meticulous and meticulous; the plain blue robe was extraordinarily simple, but it fit him perfectly.
He also had a small medicine bag in his hand.
Zhang Zhe stood quietly at the door of the pharmacy, not knowing if he had just come out or had been standing here for a long time.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening's body froze, all movements stopped, and there was a "hum" in his head, which was actually blank.
Zhang Zhe retracted his gaze at this moment.
He withdrew his gaze from her and Zhou Yinzhi beside her. With a slight nod, he passed the ceremony, then turned around and walked down the street with people coming and going, carrying the medicine he had just caught, and slowly walking away. .
Lian'er followed her gaze and saw only a thin figure, and she didn't know who it was, she was a little confused: "Girl?"
Jiang Xuening raised his hand and pressed his heart with some force.
She felt congested.
Obviously it's just such an ordinary glance, and now Zhang Zhe may not know Zhou Yinzhi, the Qianhu Jinyiwei who has just taken office, but she has tasted the continued discomfort and guilt...
Zhou Yinzhi is undoubtedly not a good person.
In the last life, he hated her for being in the company of such people, and she could not get away in this life for the time being. If she wanted to spin around in this Asura field, she had to use such people first.
Zhou Yinzhi saw that her expression was different, and secretly guessed the identity of the person just now.
Jiang Xuening turned to look at him slowly.
There was a trance in his eyes, as if he saw something else through him, and at the end, there was a vague sense of sadness and despair...
Zhou Yinzhi never denied the beauty of the woman in front of him. As early as when he was still in the countryside, he had experienced it.
But this is the first time...
For the first time, she was moved by the look in her eyes that he couldn't understand.
He said, "Is there something wrong with the second girl?"
Jiang Xuening blinked, looking at the tall man in a flying fish suit, still as if in a dream, and said slowly: "I really hope you don't do anything too bad in the future; better, don't tell me..."
Zhou Yinzhi looked up at her.
Jiang Xuening lowered his eyes, pulled the corners of his lips wordlessly, turned around, stepped on the footstool, and got on the carriage.
In the afternoon of early winter, Yao Shangshu's residence is located in the east of the city. The four entering the courtyard are quiet and elegant. Although the door outside is closed, the corridor inside is long, but from time to time there are old maids walking around and laughing.
Yao Xi heard the news and ran to her father's study with great excitement.
Before he could even wait for someone to pass it on, he couldn't wait to ask: "Dad, did Zhang Zha send someone to deliver the letter? What did you write?"
Yao Qingyu is in his fifties this year. Yao Xi is his youngest daughter and his only daughter. He has always been like a jewel in his hand, so there is no one to scold him for his unruly behavior.
The little servant didn't notice when she saw her going in.
But Yao Qingyu was sitting behind the desk, looking at the letter that had been opened, but a dark cloud gradually appeared on his already aged face.
Yao Xi has always been favored and wanted to know the news related to her marriage. When she came in, she didn't notice Yao Qingyu's face. Instead, she saw the opened envelope at a glance, so she noticed the letter Yao Qingyu was reading.
She immediately leaned over: "My daughter also wants to see it!"
The letter was picked up by her.
On the simple plain white letterhead was the familiar handwriting that Yao Xi had read secretly many times when she was in the palace. The strokes were clear and steady, and it penetrated the back of the paper, just like the person she saw in the Cining Palace that day.
The letter was written to Yao Qingyu, but for some reason, she felt shy when she saw the word, and her face felt hot.
This time, I calmed down and looked down.
In the letter, Zhang Zhe first asked Yao Qingyu how well he was, and then he recounted what happened before and after the two marriages. He also said that Yao's house is beautiful. People looked at the cold letter and knew that she was likable, but as soon as this thought crossed her mind, the next line of words jumped into her eyes, making all her previous happy expressions freeze on her face!
"how come… "
She hurriedly read these lines twice, but her originally beautiful face was faintly distorted, her body trembled, and she squeezed the letter, not wanting to believe it.
"Why does he still want to retire. Father, why does he still want to retire!"
Yao Xi's tears rolled in her eyes, only to feel that all her previous shyness and joy had turned into a huge slap, which fell on her face, covering her whole body.
Couldn't even hold face.
She couldn't accept it, so she kept asking Yao Qingyu.
However, Yao Qingyu raised those eyes that had been soaked in the ups and downs of the years, looked at the daughter who had been doted on by him, and remembered the reason why he had asked the servants to inquire.
He just couldn't believe it.
At this moment, he did not answer Yao Xi's words, but instead asked her, "Have you forgotten what you said in the palace and what you want to do?"
Yao Xi didn't know why: "What?"
When Yao Qingyu saw the letter, he pointed at the pent-up anger, and finally exploded at this moment, slapped the table, stood up suddenly, and asked loudly, "When I wanted Zhang Zhe to retire, were you in the palace? A collaborator's plan, to destroy people's reputation, bad people's reputation?!"
Yao Xi had never seen her father make such a big fire.
At this moment, she didn't react, and she said in a daze: "How would Daddy know..."
When Yao Qingyu heard her words, she almost couldn't hold back her slap and was about to slap him!
But after all, this is the youngest daughter he loves the most.
That hand was raised high, but in the end it didn't fall. Instead, he threw the paperweight on the desk, and his voice changed with anger: "How could I raise a daughter like you! That Zhanyuan is I have worked hard for you, I have a good character, and a patient disposition. Although I am not well-known now, I will become a great thing in time! You were married and suffered, who would have thought that you had planned such a harmful idea in order to retire from your relatives! People Zhang Zha is concerned about the face of your girl's family, so it's not good to tell me the whole story in the letter, only the matter of resigning from the relatives Blame it on yourself, but everyone knows what you did! You have lost all the face of my Yao Mansion!"
It was like a thunderbolt from the blue, slamming down on the head.
Yao Xi was stunned.
Only then did she know why Zhang Zhe had withdrawn from the relatives, and her heart was shattered for a while, she took two steps back slumped, as if she was a little unsteady, and only murmured: "How would he know, how would he know... "
Yao Qingyu said in a cold voice, "If you want people not to know, don't do it yourself! Since you can do such a thing, it's not unusual for others to know about it!"
However, Yao Xi felt that she had hurt her face, and the page of the letter was wrinkled by her, and she gritted her teeth fiercely: "Impossible! It's just a joke in the palace, how could Zhang Zha know! We Yao With such a prominent lintel in the manor, how could he, a poor and poor householder from an official examination, quit his marriage? There is also an old mother in his family, and she was so happy when she knew about this marriage, and it was impossible for him to retire! Someone must be secretly instigating , Father, someone must be secretly provoking, to ruin my marriage... "
Yao Qingyu felt chills after hearing these words.
He looked at her speechless.
Yao Xi's mind suddenly had a bright face that made her hate it. Tears fell from her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and repeated, "Someone must be secretly provoking..."
Zhang Zhe returned home with the medicine.
There is an inconspicuous old door in the depths of the alley. It does not look like an official door when pushed open. Only a small one enters a simple courtyard. There are bamboo racks for drying clothes on the clean bluestone slabs. Official uniform.
The sound of tables and chairs being moved could be heard from the main room to the east.
Someone is sweeping.
The elderly woman was dressed in coarse cloth and had an apron tied around her waist. She was arranging the tables and chairs in the house, and then wiped them clean with a rag.
When Zhang Zhe walked in, she was putting a rag into a basin filled with water to wash it.
Looking up to see his figure, Mrs Jiang smiled at him: "I'm back, what would you like to eat at night? Mother will make it for you."
Her husband died early, and Jiang became a widow at a young age, pulling her son to grow up alone. The traces left by the wind and frost of the years on her body were especially cruel. Women are completely different.
Back then, when she was an apprentice, it took a lot of effort for her to ask the husband in the school to accept Zhang Zhe.
But other expenses in the school are also high.
Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, everything costs money.
Jiang saved money to buy it for him, and only wanted him to get famous, to get ahead, and to clear his father's grievances one day.
She knew that her son was smart, and she knew that if he read, he would be the best.
But who would have thought that he had been studying for a few years, but he went to participate in the official examination of the yamen that year without telling her. When he passed the exam, he came back and told her that he didn't study or take the exam.
She was so angry that she hit him with the cane.
While beating, he cried and scolded: "Think about how wrongly your father died, and what did he teach you back then! Those who are not successful, are not very promising! What can they be good at when they pass the examination? It is only used in urgent matters in the government, no need. You will be abolished! You have been doing things for others all your life, you are really mad at me!"
At that time, Zhang Zha neither avoided nor avoided, so he knelt in front of his father's spirit and was beaten and scolded by her.
There was blood on the back.
After hitting the back, Mrs Jiang threw away the rattan and sat in the hall crying, only hating herself for being incompetent, and a woman and Taoist family had no ability to make money. How could she not know that her son did not go to school but went to the official exam because she knew that her family had no money and did not want her to suffer like this
But the more she knew, the more uncomfortable she became.
Ever since Zhang Zha took office in the yamen, he was led by the imperial stipend, and although his family was still poor, it was gradually getting better than the original shortage.
What Jiang shi didn't expect even more was—
After less than half a year, Gu Chunfang, the inspector of Henan Province, inspected the government office. Zhang Zhe pleaded guilty and finally asked the government office to retrial his father's old case. After more than ten years, the injustice was finally settled. In the middle, after more than two years, he was recommended to the court, and in the criminal department, he took off his official body and became a "capital official".
This small courtyard was set up when the mother and son first arrived in the capital.
Originally it was very dilapidated.
But Jiang was diligent in cleaning up. Although he was still shabby and couldn't add much decoration, he seemed to be popular and like a home.
Zhang Zhe put the medicine he bought on the table, frowned without saying a word, then stepped forward and took off the rag in Jiang's hand, put it into the wooden basin, and put the wooden basin aside before saying: "I have wiped it once yesterday, and there is no dust in the house. You are not in good health, so don't work anymore."
He had a cold face when he said this.
Jiang shi shook his head when he saw it, and said, "Your face is always so stinky, and you do things so hard. You don't know how to hurt people at all. How can you marry a daughter-in-law in the future?"
Zhang Zhe pressed her down and sat down without speaking.
Jiang shi continued to nag: "But it's fine that the Yao family's marriage has been revoked. It was indeed our high climb, but we couldn't make such a rude mind to harm others. And you can't splash the water, and the needle can't get in. , The tough temper that doesn't eat oil and salt is exactly like your father. Even if a lady from a high-profile family married you, how many can bear it?"
Zhang Zhe lowered his head to remove the medicine and did not answer.
Jiang Shi looked at his silent temperament, and said angrily: "In the future, it's better for my mother to help you watch more. Generally speaking, if there is a good girl who knows how to be considerate and take care of people, it is best to be gentle and virtuous. You can bear with you in your heart. Otherwise, one day your mother and I will go down to see your father, and I will still be worried about it."
"… "
The thread that tied the medicine bag had been untied, the mixed medicinal materials were scattered on the paper, and a bitter taste spread along with it.
All kinds of torment in the prison in the previous life seem to be coming up again,
After a long time, he pressed them all down, and also pressed down the pair of eyes full of joy that were staring at him under the dark palace wall. Mrs Jiang, said slowly: "Don't talk nonsense like this."