Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 78

[Chapter 77 11]

After Zong Ji and Xiao Qiao exchanged greetings, they said, “Before, I was trusted by the Empress Dowager, and it was an honor to entrust me with things.” Last night, I heard something, and I don’t know if it will help the lady. I was afraid that if I delayed the lady’s business, I invited me to meet her in the morning, hoping not to disturb each other.

Little Joe: “I’ve worked hard.” Be all ears.

Zong Ji then said, “After the lady left the day before yesterday, I went to the family of the marquis of the township.” The beggar was hired to guard the front door, and I watched at the back door. At the end of the day, there was no movement, and the door was always closed. It wasn’t until dark yesterday that I saw a man hurrying in through the back door. Saw him walking suspiciously. When no one was there, they climbed over the wall and entered, and finally told me to hear some privacy…”

Zong Ji looked at Xiao Qiao. Seeing her listen intently and intently, she paused slightly.

Last night, after climbing over the wall into the high wall of the township, he took advantage of the night cover to avoid the servants, followed the light and finally went to the outside of the main room, peeped in the dark, and saw that the man who had entered through the back door was in this room, stripped naked and slipped onto the bed, and was laughing with a on the bed.

The woman was not more than thirty years old, and she had some posture, and looking at her dwelling place, she should be the mistress here. The two of them did the things of zhou gong, fornication, and the sound and noise did not stop, and they knew each other as soon as they heard it. Zong Ji waited outside. When the affairs in the room were finished, I listened carefully to the men and women in the room, and finally heard some interesting things.

Facing this lady of the Wei Mansion, Zong Ji naturally did not describe the paragraph he saw in front of him last night, only vaguely took a sentence of the past, and then said: “During the two people’s conversation, the woman said that she had a rare du medicine in her hand, called Bodhi Shan, spreading her own poisonous country (India), refined in snakes, poisonous, strange, poisonous, colorless and odorless, just a drop into the food, the Chinese medicine practitioner had difficulty swallowing, the whole body was paralyzed, the mind was clear, but the mouth could not speak. After three days, he slowly stopped breathing and died, and the best thing was that there was nothing unusual in appearance, as if it was caused by a sudden wind disease. The man was curious and asked to watch. The woman took out a small porcelain bottle and said that she had used some of it the other day, because she really did not want such a strange medicine, so she kept this in her hand.

In fact, it was the man and woman who flirted with him last night, and the woman laughed and spit on most of the men in the world, saying that if this man dared to lose to himself in the future, he would use this strange poison to yao him. The man naturally swore to gamble, and to see this du medicine, the woman at first was only about to come out of the mouth, the words were just spoken, there was some regret, and then could not stand the man’s begging, or cloaked up, from a secret box to take out the du medicine for the man to see.

Zong Ji looked at Xiao Qiao and continued, “Those two people took it and went to sleep after taking it. I waited a little longer, and expected nothing else to do, and climbed over the wall. I was afraid that the lady had in mind that she would invite her to come to see her in the morning and tell her everything she had seen last night.

Xiao Qiao’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, he groaned for a moment, raised his eyes and asked, “Do you know who that man is?” Zong Ji said: “The

man is only in his early twenties, tall and long, eagle nose, wearing a purple robe…” He recalled carefully, “Yes, I heard that women used to call him ‘Su Lang’.” The rest is unknown.
When
Zong Ji described the man’s appearance, Xiao Qiao’s mind jumped out of Su Xin’s appearance. When I heard the name “Su Lang”, I was more certain.

The woman in Zong Ji’s mouth, who was nearly thirty years old, naturally could not be Emperor Su’e. Presumably, it is the widowed Lady Xianghou surnamed Li.

It seems that the line he strung out last night is not wrong. Emperor Su’e should indeed have left Yuyang. But her nephew Su Xin stayed and hooked up with The Township Lady.

Snake venom from India… The ulterior motive between Su Xin and Madame Xianghou… A few days ago, Jiang Mi came to li’s house… Mrs. Xianghou said that du medicine had been used some…

The previous troubles and mysteries suddenly became clear in an instant.

Emperor Su’e was hidden behind, manipulating Jiang Mi, Lady Xianghou, and her nephew Su Xin in front of her.

The only thing that was not understood was why Jiang Mi would be willing to be used by Emperor Su’e as a puppet for her to extend her hand into the Wei mansion.

As far as Xiao Qiao knew, Jiang Mi had arrived at Zhu’s side twenty years ago. At that time, Emperor Su’e was only four or five years old, and it was impossible to bury people so early. It seems that Zhu Shi also had a favor for Jiang Mi in his early years. Moreover, Jiang Mi now seems to have no husband and no children, but she is just an old widow, and it is said that she has no reason to betray the Zhu clan to do things for Emperor Su’e.

But Little Joe didn’t have time to think about it anymore at the moment.

She had understood the relationship between everyone on this line, and her heart was pounding.

Zong Ji finished speaking and looked at Xiao Qiao. Seeing that her look changed slightly, and her lips seemed to have lost some blood color, she hesitated and said, “Lady Jun, can you still use me?” If so, I would rather listen to the dispatch than commanded. His

tone was very sincere.

Xiao Qiao was summoned back to God by him, and was busy smiling and thanking him: “Thank you Zong Langjun!” These days have been hard work. What you said helped me a lot! I cannot express my gratitude. If you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely repay it! At this moment, there is nothing else to do, there is still something in my family, and I will say goodbye first.

Little Joe gave him a deep thank you and turned away.

Zong Ji couldn’t help but follow her a few steps, and finally stopped outside the door, staring at her hurriedly departing back, slightly out of his mind.

……

Zheng Shu acted sharply, and within two days, she obtained a doll from the Great Witch, which was said to have been suppressed, and quietly sent it to Jiang Mi. Jiang Mi brought it into the Wei Mansion, and yesterday he gave it to Zhu Shi, Dao, what the Great Witch said, the puppet has been cast a spell, the closer to the person who was cursed, the better the effect. Su Zhushi then dropped a drop of blood on the puppet’s eyebrow, prayed for it, and after exerting resentment, it was hidden in the northeast corner facing the West House, and it would work, and then wait for the East House to move.

Chu was convinced. Staring at the strange-looking puppet with the eight characters of Qiao Girl’s Birthday written on its heart, her heart beat wildly, shaking her hands and gritting her teeth to get a needle, and she was not afraid of pain, pierced her fingertips, squeezed out a drop of blood, dripped behind the puppet’s eyebrows, and prayed in her heart: Husband Jun is in the spirit of heaven, the eldest child is in the spirit of heaven, I will avenge the snow hatred for the two of you today, I hope that you two have a spirit, help me get rid of the daughter of the Qiao family. After repeating it several times, according to what Jiang Mi said, put the doll away. Last night was excited, nervous, and uneasy, a night without falling asleep, early in the morning two eyes are overcast, the head is not combed to send people to quietly go to the opposite West House to listen to the news, come back and say that there is no movement there, Zhu Shi is inevitably disappointed, Jiang Mi called people out, laughing: “Madame don’t worry.” It’s only been a night, where is it so fast? The lady prayed more in her heart when she had nothing to do, and the witch said that the heavier the resentment, the better it would be, and if she waited a few days, it would definitely work. Zhu’s

vision was originally limited. At that time, he married into the Wei family by grace, and although he tried his best to please Lady Xu, he never got her blue eyes. Her husband treated her like a guest. When her husband was alive, she worried about his favor every day, and her husband’s eldest son died, she was only in her thirties, and overnight, her heart was full of resentment. In the following ten years, he put all his attention on the body of his second son, Wei Shao. Partial to this son, filial piety, but not intimate with her, from the age of seventeen and often not at home, Zhu’s spirit is empty, there is no sustenance, the habitual coaxing of his niece Zheng Shu to take around, under the indoctrination of Zheng Shu, gradually addicted to witchcraft.

Witchcraft and cults, after being convinced, are like brainwashing, the more they love, the more they love, the more they hate, they are magnified tenfold and a hundred times. Over the years, the Zhu family has been unable to extricate himself, and the little bit of mind that he originally had has disappeared. After listening to Jiang Mi’s advice, he also felt reasonable, and nodded: “I am anxious.” Jiang Mi

said, “Over there in the North House, Madame has not set foot in some days, so she should show her face, so that the old lady will not feel that there is no her in Madame’s eyes.” Since Wei Yu’s

incident, Zhu Shi’s heart was weak and frightened, and he had never shown up again. When Mrs. Xu was sick, she did not dare to go over, and on the grounds that she was also sick and afraid of being sick, Beiwu had never been there once. In fact, I was also a little worried in my heart, afraid that Mrs. Xu would see something strange. Jiang Mi said it, hesitated, and said with embarrassment: “The old blind woman is tired of me, I’m afraid that I went, and I am also bored with myself.” Jiang Mi

patiently advised: “I heard that qiao girl was dangling in front of the old lady lately morning and evening, posing as if she was eager to move in with the old lady, taking the opportunity to please the old lady.” Madame is just too honest and never does these face things, which is a big loss. Usually, it is over, and now the old lady is sick, and it is time to do filial piety in the past. Madame did not have to worry about the old manPeople give you faces. The maid has a plan, and if the lady does what the maid says, the old lady will definitely freeze the previous suspicion with the lady. Zhu Shi said, “The

old blind woman has a deep prejudice against me, and no matter how much I bother to please, she will not appreciate it.” Jiang Mi

said, “Madame do as I tell you to do, and you will know what the hell is going on.” ”

……

Mrs. Xu woke up this morning, and her conscious spirit was much better than the previous days. Because I had been lying for a long time, I had some back pain, so I got down to the ground and got dressed to go out of the courtyard to walk around.

Zhong Mi saw that she looked good, so she did not dissuade, dressed well, saw the cold, took a purple lamb velvet cloak to cover her shoulders, helped to go out, the cat came over, Mrs. Xu ordered a maid to hug the companion, remembering that this morning I had not seen Xiao Qiao come, asked a question.

Zhong Mi said, “In the morning, the lady sent someone over there to say a word, and the lady has something else to do this morning, and she will come back later to serve.”
Mrs.
Xu remembered that these days she waited here morning and evening, and she had seen some of it, and she seemed to be particularly nervous about herself, as if she wanted to stick to herself all the time. I didn’t think about anything else, I just thought that my illness must have scared her, and my heart was also sorry, so I laughed: “She is hard these days, you wait to send someone over to say a word, just say that I am much better, so that she no longer has to guard sooner or later, what should she do and what to do.” Zhong Mi

responded, took Mrs. Xu’s crutch and handed it over, along with the cat maid, and slowly went to the courtyard. Only when I walked out of the door, I saw Zhu Shi, who had disappeared for many days, and personally brought a tray with a lid bowl on it, and I didn’t know what was in it. He was followed by Jiang Mi.

Madame Xu’s expression faded, stopped on the steps, watched Zhu Shi quickly come over, gave the tray to Jiang Mi, and went forward to meet her.

Madame Xu then turned inside and sat down. Zhu Shi followed, and once again respectfully knelt down and asked Lady Xu for her safety.

Madame Xu said lightly, “I am fine.” I heard you’re sick too. When you are sick, you should be well-nourished. And go back.

Zhu Shi looked ashamed, prostrated himself for a long time, and said, “I beg my mother-in-law to forgive my daughter-in-law’s sins!” I don’t dare to hide it anymore. The other day I was not sick, but I had no face to see my mother-in-law again, and I was even more afraid that my mother-in-law would blame me, so I pretended to be sick and avoided a step in the room. That morning, I sent Shao’er out on a expedition, and after Shao’er left, my mother-in-law returned to the front, and I felt ashamed in my heart and did not dare to go near, although I was far behind me, but I also heard what my mother-in-law and my daughter-in-law said. Although my mother-in-law did not speak to me, every word really struck my heart. There is a saying that I am not afraid of my mother-in-law’s rebuke when I say it. For thirty years since I started, my mother-in-law has always been cold to me. The daughter-in-law has been in the school for less than a year, but the mother-in-law is very close. In the past, I did not secretly complain about my mother-in-law’s eccentricity. After returning to the room that day, I thought about it repeatedly, and only then did I realize that in the past ten years, since the loss of my husband’s eldest son, I have been deeply mourned, and it is difficult to extricate myself, and my words and deeds are all lost. It turned out that it was not my mother-in-law who intended to alienate me, but that I myself was stupid and stubborn, deeply obsessed, like painting the ground as a prison, cutting myself off from others! I think that my son has always been filial and obedient, and now he is becoming more and more estranged from me. It’s not my own responsibility, who else will it be? Although Fang Cai’s

words were guided by Jiang Mi, Zhu Shi said and said, thinking of his own difficulties in the past few decades, he couldn’t help but burst into tears, his voice choked, and for a while he couldn’t say any more, only kneeling on the ground, crying non-stop.

On the side, Zhong Mi looked surprised and signaled the maid in the room to go out, and she also quietly retreated to the door.

Madame Xu looked cold at first. When Zhu Shi finished saying these words, he looked at her for half a moment, looked at her slowly, and finally eased up, looked down silently for a moment, and said slowly: “Zhu Shi, you have been in the door of my Wei family for many years, there is no merit and hard work, and I am not completely unmeasured.” I deliberately did not get close to you. If you had such a realization before, why would I have been so disappointed in you? I hope that what you say today is truly from your heart. More wisdom in the future is also a blessing for Shao’er.

Over the years, Zhu Shi still encountered Madame Xu so willing to give her face for the first time, and her heart was loose, and she busied herself with a towel to wipe away the tear marks on her face: “I keep in mind what my mother-in-law said.” In the future, I will change my past mistakes and always remember the teachings of my mother-in-law.
Madame
Xu nodded, “It is good to have such a heart.” Get up. Zhu Shi

got up from the ground, personally brought a tray, and delivered it to Madame Xu, accompanied by a smiling face, and carefully said: “Mother-in-law is sick these days, and presumably she has no teeth to eat.” The daughter-in-law wanted to make some supplements to send. However, supplements must be supplemented after illness. I thought, my mother-in-law is from Zhongshan, and Zhongshan is out of the dragon’s beard. Hometown taste may be on the appetite. Early in the morning, I rolled the noodles by myself and made this small bowl and sent it over. Not much, just a few bites. The mother-in-law eats and eats, and it is not appetizing. If so, I’ll do more next time. If it is not good, say to the daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law will improve. He said and opened the lid of the bowl.

In the bowl, the clear soup is still steaming. There was a small bundle of noodles lying in the soup. As thin as a dragon’s whiskers, the roots are connected. Paired with young buds of green reeds, it looks very delicious.

Mrs. Xu had no appetite. Just seeing Zhu Shi’s attentive look at himself, he thought about it and said, “It’s your heart.” Bring it on. Zhu Shi

was overjoyed, and he held the bowl and was about to send it over.

Just then, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door. Zhu Shi looked back and saw Xiao Qiao’s figure appear at the door.

Xiao Qiao held the cat in his arms, and walked straight inward, leaning closer to Zhu Shi, and did not know what was going on, Xu was that she did not hold it firmly, her arm moved a little, and before she could see clearly, the cat in her arms actually flew towards Zhu Shi. Zhu Shi was caught off guard, screamed, and watched as the tray in his hand was overturned by the cat that flew over. With the bowl, it “rattled” and fell to the ground.

The bowl shattered in half, and the bowl of noodles was scattered, leaving the ground in a mess.

[End of This Chapter]