The next morning, before dawn, Shen Ruolan went to the blacksmith's shop as agreed, and brought back the two parts made overnight. Now, the parts for making the gun are complete, and she can make another gun again.
This time going to the capital, she might encounter something. With a gun by her side, she can feel more at ease and become more confident.
Shen Ruolan was very happy, and what made her even more happy was that Chun Yuzhen also rushed over, but with her parents around, it was difficult for him to talk to her, let alone go with them, so he only glanced at her from a distance, and urged He rode away.
Shen Ruolan knew that when he let her see him, he just gave her a reassurance, told her that he was here, and would always be by her side not far or near, protecting her at any time, showing up at any time when she was in danger...
Shen Ruolan's heart was sweet, but she couldn't show it because her parents were there, so she had to hide this sweet feeling in her heart, and felt that she liked him more than before...
After leaving Harahai, they walked for another day and arrived near Kaoshan Village in the evening. The eunuch who was ordered to take them to Beijing was very considerate and asked Shen Dejian and his wife if they wanted to visit Kaoshan Village.
The eunuch's surname was Xia, and he was known as Father Xia. When he first saw Shen Dejian and his wife, he was still a big eunuch with his eyes above his head, but after only one night, he seemed to have changed himself. It's so good, the attitude towards Shen Dejian's family these days is even better, it can't be described as amiable and approachable, it's simply flattery and flattery.
Eunuch Xia's attitude frightened both Shen Dejian and his wife. They couldn't figure out why he was so kind to his family, and they didn't dare to accept his hospitality, for fear of causing some trouble. So when Eunuch Xia asked them if they wanted to stop by and visit the village, Shen Dejian quickly replied: "No, it's important to hurry, and it will be the same when we come back."
Shen Dejian was afraid of being asked by villagers what they were doing in Beijing? I'm also afraid that if I can't come back after entering Beijing, I will be criticized by others. Instead of doing this, it's better not to meet the people in the village for the time being. If they can return safely, it will be better than now to go back to the village openly. It's good to meet in this state.
Furthermore, I was afraid that the empress dowager would be in a hurry and blame them, which would make their situation even more difficult.
Therefore, he politely rejected Eunuch Xia's kindness, and expressed his thanks to him again and again.
When Eunuch Xia saw that they refused, he let it go, and the group continued on their way, resting in Qisong Town at night.
I got up early the next day and headed south again, towards the capital...
The speed of the convoy did not rush day and night like the other callers, but walked at a leisurely pace, as if they wanted to take care of Mu's body. At this speed, Mu's body also If she could bear it, Shen Ruolan personally boiled medicine and cooked for her every day, and mixed the spring water from Lingquan into the food and medicine, so that her body did not collapse due to fear and uneasiness, but she gained a lot of weight.
The rest of the family did not become haggard and sick because of getting angry. On the contrary, under the nourishment of Baicao Spring, everyone is healthy, and even their complexion is much better than before...
After walking like this for more than ten days, during this period, Chun Yuzhen only appeared at night, specifically, in Shen Ruolan's room, and the two of them slept in each other's arms every night, even if they didn't make any intimacy, I also want to sleep together, as if I'm used to each other, I can't sleep without being together...
But at this time, it was Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen who really couldn't sleep. After the old couple entrusted Shen Ruomei's affairs to Shen Ruolan, the girl didn't reply to her letter for many days. Losing his patience, Shen Fucun brought them a piece of news when he was about to come to the door to ask what was going on.
The news is that Erfang's family is going out together, and it is said that Mrs. Mu is going back to the capital to visit relatives. Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen often never dreamed that they always thought that she was the second daughter-in-law who was a prostitute and escaped concubine. It's from the capital!
(In order to avoid criticism, Shen Dejian and Mu decided to go back to the capital to visit their relatives)
After hearing the news, Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen were shocked at first, and then they got really angry. They all pointed to Shen Ruolan to help them plead with King Zhan, but their family is gone now, but let them Who can I ask to help Meier
Aunt Shen even thought that the second room must have hid on purpose because she didn't want to help Meier. Annoyed, she sat in the backyard of the printing factory and cried loudly. While crying, she called Shen Ruolan a vicious slut who would hold grudges against her own sister for even the slightest thing. it will end well...
After scolding for a full day, no one can persuade...
At this time, in Niujia Village on the outskirts of Jizhou
The daughter that Aunt Shen was thinking about was kneeling on the ground with her hair disheveled, her nose bruised and her face swollen, and she begged for mercy, "Woo, I won't run away again, please don't hit me, I don't dare, I dare not...
In front of her, Niu Kui, who was tall and thick, was beating her head and face with a fire stick, and while beating her, he cursed dirtyly, "Little bitch, I told you to run, today I will cut your legs It’s discounted, let’s see how you run…”
The beating made Shen Ruomei scream again and again, but she didn't dare to dodge, because the experience of being beaten told her that when Niu Kui attacked her, she must not hide. If she did, he would beat her harder. After beating enough, let out the bad breath in his heart, and then he can stop.
It's just that this time Niu Kui seemed to be furious, and beat him so hard that he even discounted the fire sticks and refused to stop.
Because this time Shen Ruomei's behavior has stabbed his heart - she even tried to escape in delusion!
Niu Kui's last wife ran away, causing him to be ridiculed for several years, and now he can't hold his head up in the village. Therefore, he especially hates women who want to run away from him, like him How incompetent, how poor, can't even keep a woman...
What Shen Ruomei did was tantamount to stabbing a knife into Niu Kui's heart, and rekindled the anger that had been accumulated in Niu Kui's heart for several years...
Therefore, he beat Shen Ruomei to pieces, not only to teach her enough lessons and save her from thinking of running away, but also to suffocate the anger that he had pent up for several years by beating her. let it out...
Shen Ruomei was really beaten badly, she became incontinent and lost all good places on her body. The old woman was afraid of accidents, so she persuaded her son to avoid beating her to death, and he would have no women again!
Niu Kui was also tired from the beating, so he let her go for the time being, threw down the stick, and lay down on the kang to rest.
Niu Kuiniang helped her up and went to another room to get medicine.
In another room, Niu Kuiniang helped Shen Ruomei take off a piece of clothes. Shen Ruomei saw the injury on her body, her heart was like a knife, and she burst into tears, really miserable...
The cries spread to the Cui family next door. It happened that the third boy of the Cui family was at home on vacation today. Hearing the young woman's cry, he felt very strange.
Niu Kui is a well-known brutish man who can beat his wife even if he can't earn money. He has already forced one wife to death and forced another to run away. Over the years, he begged his grandpa to sue his grandma for trustees everywhere, hoping to get another wife to warm the bed. But when those women heard about his past wife beating behavior, none of them were willing to marry him, even disabled women were unwilling to be his wives, so he has been single all the time. Now, where did he come from? What about women
Cui Sanzi worked as oddballs in a restaurant called "Shen Jihuodian" in Jizhou City. He could earn five hundred Wen a month and he could take a day off.
This day happened to coincide with this month's rest, so he went home to visit his parents, just in time to hear Shen Ruomei's crying next door, and asked his parents strangely, where did the woman next door call from.
Cui's father and Cui's mother don't know where Niu Kui begged for the woman. This woman appeared at Lao Niu's house inexplicably more than 20 days ago, but it seems that she doesn't like staying at Lao Niu's house. , they could often hear her whimpering and begging for mercy, most likely she was abducted or arrested...
However, according to Niu Kui's old mother, she explained to the villagers that this woman was a distant niece of hers, who had come to live with Kui Zi because her man had nowhere to go after her death.
The credibility of her words is not high, everyone is deeply skeptical, but the doubts are doubts, but no one dares to go deep into it, because Niu Kui has a bad temper, and he is also a ruthless fighter on weekdays, and there are not many people in the village. Dare to offend him, and dare not meddle in his business, no one should offend someone like Niu Kui for a woman they don't know, lest they bring trouble to their own family.
After hearing what his parents said, Cui Sanzi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking about the loss of his niece and daughter by the big boss more than 20 days ago...
Some time ago, my boss’s niece was lost. At that time, the hot pot restaurant specially closed for a few days, and everyone went out to look for it. The boss even asked people around, asked people to inquire and search, and even posted them in the hot pot restaurant. Announcement of the reward.
However, after searching for so long, there is still no news of that lady Tang, no one is alive or dead, and no one knows where she went.
At this time, when he heard that there was a strange woman in Niu Kui's family, whose age and appearance time matched the time when Miss Tang disappeared, he was suddenly moved, thinking that the woman in Niu Kui's family might be Miss Tang .
If it was really Miss Tang, he would have made a fortune. After Miss Tang's accident, the boss offered a full reward of ten taels of silver to find Miss Tang. Two liang of silver is a bounty to find Miss Tang. The sum of these two items of silver is a total of fourteen liang of silver.
Fourteen taels of silver!
For a handyman who can only earn 500 Wen a month, it is simply astronomical.
With this money, his family can build a new house and buy two acres of good land. With the new house and land, is it still worrying about not being able to marry a wife
Thinking of this, Cui Sanzi's excited heart beat faster, and he quickly picked up a pig's ear and a catty of liquor that he brought back from Jizhou for his father, and went to Niu's house without hesitation.
"Is Brother Niu at home?"
After entering the broken yard of Niu's house, Cui Sanzi yelled and barged into the house.
Shen Ruolan was sitting on the edge of the Kang in the outer room weeping, when suddenly seeing a strange man intrude, she hurriedly stood up and hid in the kitchen.
Although Cui Sanzi didn't recognize Shen Ruomei, he recognized that she was wearing this dress. It was a dress that the eldest lady of the Dong family often wore, and although this girl had a bruised nose and a swollen face, she looked like a pig's head. It can be seen that it is somewhat similar to Miss Dong's family, but it is not as good-looking as Miss Dong's family.
Cui Sanzi was already a bit preoccupied in his heart, but he didn't change his face. He went into the inner room with pig's ears and white wine, and went to find Niu Kui for a drink.
Seeing that Cui Sanzi came uninvited, Niu Kui was a bit reluctant at first, but when he saw the pig's ear and liquor in his hand, all the dissatisfaction in his heart was thrown into the sky.
Apart from women, Niu Kui's favorite thing is to drink. Now people will deliver good wine and food to his door. How can he think about other things? He is only thinking about drinking and eating...
Cui Sanzi is a caring person. After entering the door, he got close to Niu Kui for a while, and took Niu Kui's picture comfortably. After a while, he sat down and ate and drank together.
After drinking a few cups and getting dizzy, Cui Sanzi started to talk, and without much effort, he almost figured out Shen Ruomei's origin. After a while, Cui Sanzi was basically sure that Shen Ruomei was the big The boss offered a reward for finding Miss Tang.
However, Cui Sanzi did not go to Gaomi immediately for two reasons.
First: Dadong’s family is out now. I don’t know when they will be back? If he goes to inform the informant now, after Miss Tang comes back, I’m afraid it will be difficult to ask the big boss for the ten taels of silver. It's two.
Second: As soon as he finished drinking with Niu Kui, someone came to claim the woman. Anyone with a little brain would think that he did it. Liu Kui is a fierce and fierce man. After a period of time, he will go to Gao Mi quietly again, and at that time, he will no longer be able to doubt himself, and if he tells the secret, he will get fourteen taels of silver for nothing, wouldn't it be beautiful
Cui Sanzi made up his mind to wait for the big boss to come back before telling the secret to take the money, but he didn't know that because of his decision, Shen Ruomei was almost tortured to death, even if she didn't die, she almost lost a layer of skin.
Princess An'an got the ghost grass, and was carefully diagnosed and treated by the accompanying imperial physician and Nie Heng. His condition was quickly brought under control, and his body was getting better day by day.
One evening, watching the poisonous sun go down in the sky, and it wasn't too hot anymore, I took Zhihua's hand and went for a walk outside.
At this time, someone from outside reported that General Lu Shen sent someone to send him blood swallows.
The servants who served her thought that she would refuse without hesitation as usual, because since she came to Jizhou, General Lu Shen had given her something more than once, and she refused without exception. She didn't expect that this time, she actually gave the order to accept it, and asked someone to tell General Lu to thank him for his kindness.
Mother Kou saw that An An accepted Lu Yuan's blood swallow, and asked strangely: "Why did the princess put away his things? Didn't you hate him the most in the past?"
An An said seriously: "What is the nanny talking about?" Why do I hate Brother Lu? I wasn't too close to him before, but because of the difference between men and women, I was afraid of spreading gossip that would harm my reputation, so I deliberately alienated him. How could I hate him? Don't jump to conclusions and ruin the friendship between us brothers and sisters... "
Mother Kou was really taken aback when she heard An An's remarks, wondering what kind of medicine she was selling in this gourd? Before, she clearly looked down on Lu Yuan's background and his personality, why did she suddenly have such a big change today? Could it be that he was stimulated by being forced by King Zhan to withdraw from the engagement? Knowing that there is no hope of being Princess Zhan, she is going to settle for the next best thing and become the wife of a general
Lu Yuan didn't expect An An to accept his intention, and said something like that again, and he was suddenly excited.
He already knew that An An agreed to divorce Lao Qi. He felt sorry for her being forced to be ill and abandoned halfway, so he really wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know how to comfort her. Someone happened to give him some When the son Xueyan came, he thought that she was not in good health and needed to be mended, so he sent these Xueyan over casually.
I thought that she would be rejected as before, but unexpectedly, she accepted it and expressed her gratitude to him. This was something that had never happened before. Lu Yuan suddenly felt that he seemed to have hope, and he was also delighted to feel that , Chun Yuxuan's resignation did not bring much blow to An An. It can be seen that An An did not love Lao Qi as much as he imagined, so he was relieved now...