Mrs. Yang was speechless. No matter how arrogant Mrs. Pei was, without Pei You's support, she would not dare to contradict Pei Lao'an. In addition, Pei Lao'an mentioned her two sons and asked if they wanted to take them away. She didn't dare to say anything anymore.
This dispute disappeared under the circumstances of loud thunder and little rain.
It's just that Mrs. Pei cried for a long time after she went back, and Mrs. Yang looked at it and only sighed, not knowing how to comfort her. On the other hand, Pei Tong came back from Gu's house and heard that his mother and grandmother had a dispute, his face darkened, and he was alone for a long time before he got up and went to Mrs. Pei's place.
Gu Xi's maid, He Xiang, couldn't help feeling a little worried when she saw it, and asked Gu Xi, "Do you want to persuade my uncle?"
Gu Xi took off her make-up in front of the mirror, thinking of what her brother told her "don't get involved with yourself when you don't have the ability to clean up the mess", she said lightly "no need", and ordered He Xiang to help her count the dowry, saying : "My brother and sister-in-law will leave for the capital in two days, so send some rites there."
But it's not enough to use the dowry, right
He Xiang said: "Eldest young master has always cared about you, if you send something over, he will definitely not accept it."
Gu Xi didn't speak, but glanced at He Xiang.
This is the meaning of asking He Xiang to spend less time talking and do as she ordered.
He Xiang had no choice but to count Gu Xi's dowry.
Gu Xi sat in front of the dressing table without moving for a long time.
When the ceremony was officially celebrated, two more sheets of paper were added to her dowry list. The items on these two sheets were all given to her by her little sister-in-law Yin Shi from her dowry.
She knew it was her sister-in-law trying to save face.
But she was still very uncomfortable.
When did she, Gu Xi, fall to this point
She decided to convert the things her sister-in-law gave her into silver and return them to her sister-in-law bit by bit.
Otherwise, how could she, a sister-in-law, hold her head up and speak up in front of her sister-in-law
It's just that in this way, she has to carefully calculate how much money to keep in her hand so that she will not be shy and stretched.
Gu Xi gathered up all the things here, and wanted to wait for Pei Tong to come back to say hello to him, but in the end, he knocked at midnight, and Pei Tong hadn't come back yet.
She was a little worried, and didn't want to get involved in the affairs between Pei Tong's mother and son, so she sent a wet nurse to inquire quietly.
When the nurse came back, her complexion was not very good, and she told her, "Mother and son had a quarrel, and my uncle and wife were fanning the fire, and the eldest wife is going to hang herself!"
When Gu Xi heard this, his heart suddenly burned.
This eldest lady has no eyesight, what time is it now, the whole family is relying on Pei Yan to enjoy food, and they are still taking Joe there. As the saying goes, ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Can't she bear it? To endure until Pei Tong studied and became an official, was promoted and flourished
Gu Xi was a little annoyed by the eldest wife, and wanted to go to bed first, but felt that she was too indifferent for the newlyweds.
The nanny reminded her: "You have to take the opportunity to win over the young master's heart. Otherwise, if the eldest wife gets into trouble about other things in the future, you will definitely suffer."
This other matter refers to if she offends the eldest wife.
"I'll save it." Gu Xi said, telling the wet nurse, "You also have to change your address, lest it's bad to be heard by others."
Like the Gu family, the Pei family lived together as a large family, with a large number of people, and it was easy to settle down.
Gu Xi couldn't hold back and said, "Do you know what Yu Shi did today?"
The nurse knew her heart knot, and reminded her: "Don't be Yu Shi Yu Shi, you are used to it, and it is easy to slip up." Then she said, "Lao An is in a bad mood today, and the second wife seems to be cleaning up. The third wife invited Mrs. Shi into the mansion to give the old An’s Ai Zhi. I heard that the effect was good, and the old An’s dinner was much better, so the third wife asked Mrs. Shi to stay at home for a few more days, saying yes By the way, I also give massages to several other old An people, and do moxibustion or something."
Gu Xi pursed her lips and said with a sneer: "Small households don't know the rules. If these three aunts and six wives are introduced into the family, they may become a disaster at any time!"
The nurse said: "That's her business too, let's leave it alone."
Gu Xi nodded.
She waited for almost half an hour before Pei Tong returned to her room.
Gu Xi hurriedly stepped forward to help him change his clothes: "Why did you come back so late? But there is something important."
After all, they were just married, and Pei Tong wanted to save face. Hearing her question, he didn't know what to say for a while, so he replied vaguely, "It's getting late, let's rest early! We'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do. "
Gu Xiba had to ask.
When she got up the next morning, she had breakfast and was going to greet her mother-in-law first, and then go to Mrs. Pei's place. Who knew that before she had time to go to Mrs. Pei's, Mrs. Pei sent a message, saying yes Mrs. Yang wants to rush back to the capital, let them go there quickly.
Gu Xi wondered: "Didn't you say you'll leave in two days?"
Pei Tong knew it was because Mrs. Yang felt that it was meaningless to stay here, and wanted to rush back to Yang's house for the New Year, so she answered vaguely, and went to Mrs. Yang's place with Gu Xi.
Mrs. Yang packed up her things, and after seeing them, she went to Pei Lao'an's place together.
Mr. Pei Lao'an didn't give Mrs. Yang any face at all, and directly said that it was too early and he hadn't woken up yet, so he wouldn't send Mrs. Yang off in person.
Mrs. Yang turned blue with anger.
When Pei Laoan found out, she held Yu Tang back—originally she was going to ask Yu Tang to see off the guests on her behalf, but since Mrs. Yang felt wronged, she was afraid that Yu Tang would listen when she went to see Mrs. Yang off. Gossip, simply let Aunt Chen see off the guests.
Mrs. Yang walked away in a huff.
Mrs. Pei wanted to go back to her mother's house even more.
With red eyes, she pulled her son to discuss: "Don't persuade those who have nothing, I don't want to stay here for another day. If you don't want to watch your mother die, you can find a way for me to go to the capital. Go to study with your uncle. One day, take me and your brother to the capital. We are in the capital, and we have our own house!"
It was bought by Pei You himself.
After Pei You's death, the Pei family didn't know whether they were pretending to be deaf or dumb or didn't have time to pay attention. This house has always been in their hands.
Pei Tong's eyes turned red when he thought of the warmth of the family when his father was alive, and he assured his mother in a low voice: "Be patient, our family will definitely be reunited in the capital."
Mrs. Pei felt better now.
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the shops began to take inventory and closed, and every family began to marinate fish and meat, and fried twisted rice cakes to make rice cakes. The elder of the Li family's clan house suddenly came to visit Pei Yan, and with a pale face, he took Pei Yan to a secluded place and said: "I'm afraid I will trouble the third master again."
Pei Yan was very impatient.
Because Yu Tang couldn't go back during the Chinese New Year, he thought about going home during the Spring Festival. He was going to send Yu Tang back to her mother's house, and then have a casual meal at Yu's house, and visit the shop in the afternoon. In the evening, I went to Pei Lao'an for dinner.
With the presence of the suzerain of the Li family, it is estimated that this matter will be ruined.
He frowned almost invisibly, and said, "What happened?"
The elder of the Li family clan smiled wryly and said: "Li Duan was stabbed to death!"
Hearing this news, even Pei Yan was shocked, and said in a tense voice, "What's going on?"
The smile of the patriarch of the Li family was even more bitter, and he said: "Didn't you say that Li Yi took other people's money and ignored people's lives? The bitter master is also stubborn. I heard that Li Duan is a seed for studying. Li Duan would be able to make a comeback, and the sufferer felt dissatisfied, so he came here from thousands of miles and killed Li Duan!"
This is really...
Pei Yan didn't speak for a long time.
The elder of the Li family clan sighed and said: "Originally when their family was rich and honored, they separated from us, but they couldn't write two characters of Li in one stroke. Li Yi was exiled, and Li Jun followed to take care of his father. , suddenly encountered such a catastrophe, it is said that he was already lying on the bed sobbing and unable to speak, our clan can't watch his dead body in the wilderness, right?"
According to Pei Yan's thinking, there is nothing wrong with the wild corpse.
It's just that it's not easy for him to say that in front of the people in the Li family's clan. He said, "Then what can I do?"
The patriarch of the Li family clan took a look at Pei Yan and said: "The incident happened in Hangzhou, and it is considered a major case. It is said that Mr. Li is going to have a trial in person. The aides around Mr. Li told me that Mr. Li hates evil like a vengeance, and he feels that the sufferer has a sense of justice." But originally, it is estimated that he will not be sentenced to death. I just thought, Li Duan is from our Lin'an, can you please go and tell Mr. Li to transfer this case to Lin'an for trial. "
The Li family is one of the most important squires in Lin'an. Pei Yan came forward to help intercede, and the case was transferred to Mr. Wu. The sufferer will definitely be sentenced to death.
Pei Yan didn't want to help with this.
He said: "Even if the case comes to Lin'an for trial, it will eventually be shown to Mr. Li for review. What's more, this matter is so serious, I don't think it's appropriate for me to intercede with him."
The elder of the clan of the Li family was very surprised. He didn't expect that Pei Yan would not help the local people, so he hurriedly said: "I also think about the reputation of our Lin'an people..."
Pei Yan interrupted him mercilessly, and said: "If it is for the sake of the reputation of Lin'an people, we should not obstruct Mr. Li from judging the case. Everyone in the world does not make mistakes. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it. Just follow me He said, we Lin'an people should take this as a lesson, to be an official outside is not only to be honest, but also to have benevolence, righteousness and kindness, this is the real way to be an official."
The clan of the Li family couldn't agree with Pei Yan, so he left disappointed. After thinking about it for a long time after going back, he had to admit that what Pei Yan said made sense. Later, he often used this matter to educate the descendants of the Li family, which made Pei Yan more famous, and even wrote it in the history books, which is another story.
In the city of Hangzhou, Li Guang, the newly appointed chief minister of Zhejiang Province, waited for a long time but did not wait for Pei Yan to intercede. He couldn't help asking the staff around him: "What does he mean? Let me judge like this? Li Duan is from Lin'an." .And I heard that Mrs. Li is already crazy, and he helped send her to the nunnery."
But he didn't come forward to say hello to Li Duan.
His aide told Li Guang the words from the grand master of the Li family clan, and said with a smile: "Perhaps Pei Xiaguang thinks the same as you think, and thinks that the Li family reaps melons and reaps what they should have." What about the evil report!"
Li Guang pondered for a long time, nodded slightly, and then had a very good impression of Pei Yan, and secretly felt that Pei Yan was his confidant.