Chapter 092 Chapter 92
Mrs. Shen Er didn't know that her nephew You Da was in trouble. She and Lu Shan'er rushed over and saw a group of people tying up a man with bloody holes in his body and walking out. They were all women, and even if they beat people with sticks on weekdays, they would rarely see bloody scenes. Mrs. Shen Er's legs felt weak.
Lu Shaner was a bit more courageous, and came over to ask Yao Niang: "Grandma, what's going on?"
Yao Niang smiled and said, "It's nothing. A thief took advantage of my absence to break into my house, but was shot into a sieve by the trap I set up."
"You also know the art of Qimen Dunjia?" Lu Shaner looked delighted.
Now that she was being targeted by the bad guys, if Yao Niang couldn't frighten others, she was afraid that someone would come again next time, so she said in a mysterious manner, "It's just a trivial trick."
Yao Niang even raised her arm and said, "I have hidden arrows here, so people with no connections can't get close to me. But some villains thought I was a weak woman and actually wanted to plot against my eldest son."
Mrs. Shen stood back quietly for a while, because Yao Niang said that more government officials might come to visit, so she asked them to go back first, while she stayed to wait for the officials to come.
After returning home, Mrs. Shen sat down and said to Mother Qian, "My legs are still shaking."
Mother Qian was also terrified: "I never thought that the eldest grandmother knew the art of Qimen Dunjia and was hiding in the room. I just don't know how the thief got in? The eldest room is very heavily guarded."
"I saw such a big thing happening. Although Yan looked a little nervous, she was still very calm. She even said that she would go back to sleep after the government officials came to investigate. She is quite brave." Madam Shen II really lamented that she was not as good as before. She wanted to give Yan some advice, but she didn't listen at all.
Lu Shan'er always thought that she was the smartest person in the world and was not afraid of fighting with others. However, she did not expect that the Yan she met was even more extraordinary. Moreover, Yan was not the kind of person who was aggressive and usually did not care about worldly affairs.
"There is always someone better than you. By the way, Second Madam has had her period recently, so let her stay in bed and burn some moxa to protect the fetus, and take good care of her." Lu Shan'er thought of Shao's near miscarriage, and couldn't help but take responsibility.
But on second thought, Yan and Shao have conflicts, even if that's the case, Yan's means are cruel and she won't harm the children of the sister-in-law next door, so will the Yan family treat their own sister-in-law badly? You know, Yan went back yesterday and made a special trip to visit her sister-in-law who was about to give birth, and Li was also very good to her younger sister-in-law. When Yan celebrated her birthday, Li came even with a big belly.
Shao almost lost her baby after this incident, and her aunt came to visit her several times. Fortunately, the child was saved, and Grandma Qingda was helpless because anything she did at this time would easily be discovered.
Shen Bangyan had the same mentality. At most, he spoke out of turn after drinking. He praised his sister-in-law's beauty in front of You Da, and even advised him afterwards. He was the one who insisted on having his own way. He did not provide any help. Even if You Da tried to make an inference, he could not link it to him.
In fact, it was true. You Da's identity was soon revealed. Even Mrs. Shen was surprised: "Why is it You Da? I was wondering why he came to my house so often these days. I thought he wanted to show his filial piety to me."
Shen Bangyan said righteously: "Cousin You is really too much. My aunt has high hopes for him. It's ok that he failed the martial arts test many times, but he even sneaked into my sister-in-law's room. It's really too despicable. Mother, this matter has nothing to do with us. What's more, he is now involved in the death of Xu Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Works. This Xu Yuanwai was just sent to inspect the river works and died inexplicitly."
"Yes, tell me about your cousin, how did he get involved in this matter." Mrs. Shen naturally wanted to cut off ties with him, so how could she possibly go to save him.
Shen Bangyan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Mai was no pushover. Seeing Yao Niang crying so sadly, he quickly said, "Don't worry. Whether he is lustful or for some other reason, I won't let him off so easily. But why is there a device in your room?"
"It was Shen Linfeng who arranged it for me before he left. I didn't expect it to come in handy." Yao Niang didn't expect that You Da had deliberately set a fire to lure him out, and even sent people to harass him on the road. She avoided all these inexplicably.
A catcher from Daxing County actually coveted me so much and even broke into my room.
Yan Mai looked at his granddaughter and said, "Don't be sad. Your sister-in-law has just given birth to a son and will be having her third birthday celebration soon. You can stay at home for a while then."
"No need for that. There are so many servants at home. If I were alone, I would definitely go back home to accompany you." Yao Niang heard that he climbed out of the lake, so she had to send a few people to patrol there regularly.
Seeing that she insisted, Yan Mai did not need to persuade her any further: "Okay, then you should be careful. Grandfather will come with you later."
Although my grandfather was old, he was in good health. After Yao Niang arrived, he looked around and saw that the Shen family had equipped themselves with many good things. After looking for a long time, he went to Yao Niang's room. By then, he had already returned to normal, but he still beat the people from the Yan family who came as dowry.
"This You Da is a relative of your second aunt. I think he is also closely related to the second branch of the family." Yan Mai said slowly.
Yao Niang nodded, "Yes, it's a pity that You Daquan didn't mention anyone from the Shen family, and he also said that Shen Bangyan had advised him. Our second master is the chief priest of the Imperial College, and Cheng Shaoqing is the chief examiner of my uncle's provincial examination. Moreover, this man was stabbed to a bloody mess and was whipped thirty times. I think even if I go to the Second House to punish him, I'm afraid it will only cause trouble. I can only wait for Shen Linfeng to come back before making a long-term plan."
Yan Maize said: "But if he is greedy, how come he has a golden cup in his arms? If it was an attempted crime, I'm afraid the sentence would be less, but it's different if he stole something."
Yao Niang said, "I put it in there, and I won't let him get out alive."
"You are interfering with other people's judgments." Yan Mai pointed at his granddaughter.
Yao Niang said, "I know that if this evil person is not eliminated, he will harm the world again in the future, or seek revenge on me. If you don't remove the roots, the grass will grow again in the spring breeze. Grandfather, you must help your granddaughter."
"Don't worry." Yan Mai also knew that his granddaughter was living here alone and might be coveted by others, which could cause trouble, so he had to kill her to scare the monkeys.
"I think the Second House doesn't want him alive. Let me go ask them."
Yao Niang nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Bangyan had not expected Yan Mai to come to his house, and the second master Shen hurried out to greet him: "Old Master, I don't know what brought you here? I was just about to come to your house to tell you that You Da is really a piece of shit. It's our fault that Lin Feng is not at home."
Yan Mai waved his hand and said indifferently: "What he did has nothing to do with you. Even if he implicates you, I will never believe it. I have already told my granddaughter to let her do what she wants in the future. Don't ruin the relationship for someone who has nothing to do with you."
Shen Bangyan thought to himself, could it be that Mr. You had dragged himself into this?
"With an elder like the old man in our Yan family, there is no need to worry about the prosperity. You really understand the big picture." Second Master Shen remained calm, as if he was completely unaware.
Yan Mai stopped talking at that point. After all, as his granddaughter said, unless you have evidence, You Da himself said that he did this repeatedly because he was familiar with the Shen family's terrain and was greedy for beauty. He even mentioned that Shen Bangyan persuaded him and that it was he who was obsessed with sex. Therefore, Yan Mai also warned him.
After saying this, Yan Mai said he had other things to do at the government office and left.
When Shen Bangyan saw Yan Mai leaving, his steps became lighter, but Second Master Shen said to him, "Come with me to the study."
Compared to the elder Shen, who was always serious and intimidating, the second elder Shen actually smiled a lot, but he was very strict with his son. After Shen Bangyan entered the study, he saw the second elder Shen and asked, "Do you know about You Da's affairs?"
Shen Bangyan immediately protested: "My son knew that he was extremely lecherous and even tried to persuade him, but I had no idea that he would not listen to my advice."
"You really don't know?" Old Master Shen narrowed his eyes.
Shen Bangyan shook his head: "How could I know he would be like this? I also didn't expect that my sister-in-law had already prepared for it and actually set up a mechanism."
Elder Shen Er snorted coldly: "She did this to guard against those villains. You are idle and don't know what to do on weekdays, and you don't help your sister-in-law."
Shen Bangyan nodded and agreed.
You Da hanged himself in his cell three days later. It was said that his mother scolded him for bringing shame upon him after visiting him in prison. He also felt that he had no face to live in the future, so he hit his head and died in the cell.
Originally, hearing about the death of a person should have made her heart tremble, but when Yao Niang thought about what this person had done behind her back time and time again, she felt no wavering in her heart.
"I had my third-day baptism ceremony yesterday. My eldest nephew is quite cute. He will be one month old in a few days. I will go back to see him then." After Yao Niang finished speaking, she thought of Shen Linfeng again. She wondered what he would do if she told him that the mechanism he had set up was useful?
But it was said that Shen Linfeng had already arrived in Jiangxi. When he came, everyone saw that he was very young and felt a little unconvinced, because Shen Linfeng was not a grandmaster. It has to be said that in the officialdom, people who are older and have more experience will be considered to have more experience.
Although Shen Linfeng was young, he was dignified and handsome. He kept himself clean. When a subordinate official sent a beautiful woman to him, he didn't even look at her. Instead, he scolded her. At the same time, Shen Linfeng also found that being an official was completely different from studying. He was so tired. inexplicably at ease when she was by his side.
Thinking of this, he took out the painting from his arms. The woman in it looked like a fairy in heaven, but now she was his wife. "Yao Niang, do you know how much I miss you?"
A month later, it was already autumn, and Yao Niang had clothes made for the servants, and she made several sets for herself. She thought Shen Linfeng would come back, so she wanted to make some clothes for him, but she thought Shen Linfeng had a very good taste, and he might not like what she picked, so she gave up.
Among the cloths she brought as a dowry, some were of the finest quality and brightly colored, so she picked out a few of the best-looking ones and put them aside for Shen Lin to choose from when the time came.
It happened that at this time, Shao was pregnant. After this ordeal, she lost some of her former stubbornness and became superstitious, believing in Buddhism. She even invited several abbots from the nunnery to come over.
Yao Niang said to Mother Gu: "When people encounter great setbacks, they tend to believe in gods and ghosts. But why did she give this to me? I don't believe in gods and ghosts."
Mother Gu smiled and said, "You don't have to believe it. Those who want to harm you can't get close to you, and they will not end well."
"That's because even if I'm in trouble, I will believe that man can conquer nature, and I'll just send some supplements to Shaw Brothers." Yao Niang said.
But today she was going to the Wen family, Qianniang had just given birth to a daughter, and today was exactly the full moon. Yaoniang wore a gold necklace, gold bracelets and anklets and went over. Naturally, she heard that Qianniang was not very happy, but the matter of children was really a matter of fate, just like Yaoniang and Shen Linfeng had slept in the same bed for some time, but she was not pregnant.
You should know that Qianniang paid great attention to this pregnancy. After the baby grew bigger, she never went anywhere, just to take care of the baby. As a result, she felt that the child she gave birth to was not as good as she wanted, and she was depressed, but she still had to act strong in front of others.
Qianniang didn't care about what happened in Yaoniang's family. She just wanted to say to herself: "I really suffered a lot to give birth to this child. You don't know how much more evil I have..."
"Second sister, where is your bathroom? I want to go there first." She didn't want to hear this because Qianniang had already told her the last time she came, but Qianniang seemed to have forgotten it.
But if she said that the problem could be solved, Qianniang would ask how could this be done or how could that be done, and then say that she did not know the rules.
So Yao Niang ran away immediately. She felt that her married life seemed different from many people. She didn't think they were vulgar, but she felt that it was too different from before marriage. She didn't want to talk about her husband all the time, and she didn't like to complain. In fact, she had a lot of troubles at home, but she felt that dealing with problems was much better than complaining.
Qianniang later found out that Yaoniang had left, and she blamed her, saying, "She is such a fool. She was from a wealthy family, but she didn't even bother to make some friends here. She just went back like that. Now that she's married, she still doesn't know how to socialize. She thinks she can get everything by studying."
Bai Lu said, "You are the elder sister, and you have always been so tolerant towards the third young lady."
"The Shen family is implicated by the Gong family. General Shen has resigned and returned home, and Shen Linfeng is now just a small Hanlin. It doesn't matter whether she comes or not. I don't think she has realized that the situation has long been wrong. She still thinks that it is the same as when she was in the Yan family." Qianniang didn't care either. She even flipped through the gifts sent by Yaoniang, and felt that she gave too little.
She was a concubine's daughter before, and had long been accustomed to her father's partiality. But now that she was married, and the best married among her sisters, she was naturally dissatisfied. All the things that made her dissatisfied reached their peak after she gave birth to a child.
Yao Niang didn't pay any attention to her. After coming back, she took a comfortable bath, washed her hair, and even asked someone to wash her feet. She then lay on the bed and read a book happily.
Mother Gu is older now, and she probably won’t work late at night like she used to. She will go home after dinner.
Just as Yao Niang was about to rest, she heard someone outside say, "The master is back."
The couple separated in late summer and met again in late autumn. Yao Niang was a little caught off guard, and Shen Linfeng looked at her in a daze: "Isn't this a dream?"
Yao Niang walked forward and led him in: "Now that you're back, why are you still talking nonsense? Have you eaten?"
Shen Linfeng shook his head: "No, I didn't want to stay at the post station, and I wanted to see you earlier, so I rushed back day and night. I have been having nightmares these days, but luckily I saw you."
"Are you having a nightmare? Are you haunted by little ghosts? Don't be afraid, you're all by my side. I will protect you well." Yao Niang felt very distressed when she saw that he had lost weight.
Pulling him in like a child, Shen Linfeng said a little embarrassedly: "I need to take a shower first, we can talk later."
Yao Niang said, "I'll be waiting for you outside. Don't be afraid. I have one more thing to tell you. It's about your body. Hurry up and wash."
I didn't expect Shen Linfeng to come back at this time. She was not the kind of person who liked to rely on men, but after Shen Linfeng came back, she felt much more at ease, but she was also worried about whether her husband had encountered something? They seemed to be a little different from other people. I don't know why, those who wanted to harm her were easily killed, but there were many ghosts and monsters around Shen Linfeng, and these people could really succeed in their plots.
Wei Wuji is causing trouble, and You Da covets her...
Such things may seem accidental, but each one of them is closely related to the second house.
As soon as Shen Linfeng came back, he found himself warm. The bathtub was filled with Angelica dahurica, peach peel, cypress leaves, lindera paniculata, and atractylodes rose. It was the five-spice soup that had the effect of warding off evil spirits.
After taking a shower, he also washed his hair and felt refreshed.
When Yao Niang saw that he had washed his hair, she said, "Come here and let me dry it for you. Blow it dry carefully, or you will have a headache tomorrow morning."
Unexpectedly, Shen Linfeng shook his head and said, "My dear, just sit there and let me wipe it myself. Let's talk. To be honest, I missed you day and night when I went to Jiangxi this time. I even thought of you when I was marking the test papers."
Yao Niang said shyly, "Silly boy, do you care about me so much?"
"No, it's just that every time I think of you, I'm not afraid of anything." Shen Linfeng shook his head.
Yao Niang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Am I Guan Gong or Qin Qiong?"
Shen Linfeng said quickly, "My lady, please don't be angry. I was thinking about how I saw several people trying to arrest you when you were in Kaifeng. I didn't expect you to be so majestic and let your men tie people up directly. I was so jealous. It's just that when I was on the boat to Jiangxi, I watched a lot of murders out of curiosity in order to relax, and I had nightmares one after another."
After hearing what he said, Yao Niang said, "You have nightmares all the time, but I really encountered one."
"What?" Shen Linfeng was shocked.
Yao Niang then said, "It is said that You Da, the nephew of my second aunt, saw me one day and wanted to kill me. He first set fire near our west corner gate, but I often patrolled at night during those days and taught the servants to use the pump, so the fire was quickly put out and he failed. After that, I almost never went out, except when my sister-in-law was about to give birth. He monitored me day and night, but unfortunately his methods were too poor. He didn't know that I had guards with me. He wanted to let the thugs harass me and then save me, but naturally he failed."
Shen Linfeng became very nervous after hearing this. He grabbed Yao Niang's hand and even had murderous intentions.
Yao Niang said, "On that day, he lost his patience and took away many of his close friends while I was at the Ministry of Works drawing suspects. He sneaked in from the bottom of the Second House Lake. Our house and the Second House Lake are connected, and he was familiar with the route, so he swam over from the bottom of the lake, climbed over the wall, and waited for my two maids who were guarding the room to take a nap. He originally wanted to drug me, and when we came back, he secretly did something to me, but I didn't expect that after he saw your portrait, he somehow walked up and touched it, and was shot through like a sieve. I was afraid that he would fail to steal and then take revenge on me, so I said he came to kill me because of the Ministry of Works murder case. This man also knew the pros and cons, and confessed in prison that he was just coveting my beauty, and hanged himself a few days later."
Shen Linfeng hurried to the office, where a picture of flowers and birds had already been placed. He had not expected that Yao Niang had encountered so many things. In a hurry, he came over and held her hand and said, "Let's not separate from now on. I will take you with me wherever I go."
"This is not a solution. Although we are husband and wife, we also have our own things to do. It is impossible for us to stick together every day. The former Wei Wuji, now You Da, my husband, what we want to get rid of are the bad people with ulterior motives, and don't these two have something in common?" Yao Niang reminded.
Shen Linfeng stood up and glanced at Yao Niang: "I know what you want to say. I once had doubts. Do you know how my brother Shen Linyi died?"
Yao Niang shook her head. She had only heard that Shen Linfeng's brother was a young talent.
"My brother died of a stroke. He was only thirteen years old and was about to take the imperial examination. According to the rules of our family, we were afraid that the masters would be seduced by outsiders, so we would always keep one or two maids by their side. These girls were naturally carefully selected. The two girls looked honest, but they were not like that at all in private. They even fed my brother medicine, causing my brother to die at a young age, which brought shame to the family. At that time, I didn't know it yet. I excitedly rushed to my brother's room in the morning, wanting him to help me go to Jinling to bring back ducks for me to eat. I didn't know that my brother..." Shen Linfeng still feels sick and wants to vomit when he thinks about it now.
Yao Niang didn't expect this. She looked at Shen Linfeng and asked, "Where did these two girls get this aphrodisiac?"
"No, it was my brother who wanted it. I heard that they deliberately said in private that my brother was not capable. My brother is young and talented, but he has a proud personality and was laughed at by the two girls, so he acted like this..." Shen Linfeng said.
"Just like You Da did it voluntarily, he also said that it was Shen Bangyan who advised him not to set his sights on me. Didn't your mother find out anything back then?" Yao Niang asked.
Shen Linfeng said, "When my brother passed away, my mother almost went crazy. She refused to eat or drink for days and nights and almost died with my brother. No one wanted to bring up the past again. I was growing up and learning quickly at that time, so my mother was mostly concerned about me. As for the two girls, they were originally sent to the government for murdering their master. It was my second aunt who said that if such a thing was exposed, the Shen family would be ridiculed. Later, my grandmother asked my second aunt to deal with it as soon as possible."
"Do the backgrounds of these two girls have anything to do with your second aunt?" Yao Niang asked.
Shen Linfeng shook his head: "No, those two were my mother's maids, the most trustworthy. That's why I hate having maids around all these years. You said it was related to my second aunt, but I was still a child at that time. Later, the adults didn't allow this matter to be mentioned, so it's probably difficult to investigate now. I don't even know what happened to those two later girls."
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