The scholar in white just laughed, waved his hand and said, "I'll appreciate it. Being with you is like being with a tiger. I just want to be honest and live my life well. Everything else is just floating clouds."
Yan Ruhua listened to the white scholar's words. On the surface, he seemed to be neglecting to make progress. In fact, he saw things thoroughly. What he implied was that it was better to be wise than rich in danger.
Full of wine and food, Yan Ruhua came to a more comfortable guest room to rest. Gradually, the inn fell into peace.
The next morning, she got into the carriage and went on.
There was a lot of noise on the street. The spacious Avenue was surrounded by a group of onlookers. The waterside pavilion was blocked. Yan Ruhua called Uncle Hua to stop the carriage.
When she got out of the carriage, she went to the crowd, where an iron faced man was cursing a disheveled woman kneeling on the ground.
The woman covered her face with her scattered hair, for fear that others might see her face. The man scolded and panted. The woman sat on the ground and said nothing.
It's strange that no one came forward to dissuade them.
The man scolded for a long time, but he couldn't get rid of his anger. He gave the woman a hard kick and swore: "you are such a whore that thousands of people sleep on horseback. I have to kill you today."
With that, it was another round of kicking and punching.
The woman was kicked in pain and groaned in pain.
"Stop it. What's wrong with her? Is that how you beat her?"
Yan Ruhua rushed into the crowd and stopped the man's rude behavior.
A man, a woman who has no power to bind a chicken in public, is nothing.
When the man saw that it was a beautiful young girl who came to stop him, his eyes lit up and he showed an obscene smile.
Yan Ruhua felt sick when she looked at his wretched face, but she did not forget to question him: "you should say what mistakes she made, do you have to do this to her?"
The man said angrily, "this woman is picking up guests in the brothel behind my back and gives me a green hat. Of course I will beat her."
The man said it with a strong sense, as if it was natural for him to hit people.
Listen to this man's meaning, this woman should be his wife, did disgraceful thing outside, just attracted this beat.
"How do you know that she's picking up guests in the brothel?"
Yan Ruhua was suspicious.
That man white Yan picturesque one eye, naturally said: "of course, I went to the brothel to see."
I see. "You mean, when you were walking in the brothel, you happened to meet your wife?"
Yan Ruhua then asked.
The man turned a little red, but he didn't answer.
Yan Ruhua not only burst out a sneer, but also full of sarcasm in her tone: "since you can visit brothels, you can't be loyal yourself. Do you want others to be loyal to you?"
This man, he went to the kiln, drank wine and flowers, and squandered money, but met his wife there. He was not clean, but he still wanted to let the woman keep his body for him?
"If you want me to say that you two are not good things, you two should be punished for doing such shameful things and even running to the street to smear people's eyes."
Yan Ruhua's tone is full of blame for them.
The crowd around also began to blame the two. The man realized how embarrassing he was, so he picked up the woman and left people's sight.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the road became smooth again. Yan Ruhua got on the carriage and continued to drive. This is the world. There are all kinds of strange things. Some people are just like this. It's very ugly.
The carriage was in a hurry and finally arrived in Zhao county. Yan Ruhua and yue'er asked a lot of people, and then they learned about Zhao's residence.
Walking along the direction people pointed out, the three found a cottage. Uncle Nian was a little older, and he was waiting outside. Yan Ruhua and yue'er entered the cottage.
In the thatched cottage, there was an old woman lying on a thick bed. She was very fat, her hair was gray, her face was very haggard, and she looked as if she was ill.
Although the woman's face was older than before, Yan Ruhua recognized her at a glance. She went to her bed and called out: "mother Zhao."
The woman was startled by her call, and her empty eyes were full of fear.
She took a look at Yan Ruhua, and knelt down on the bed in fright. She kowtowed her head and recited: "injustice has its head, debt has its owner, don't come to me, don't come to me."
She is delirious repeatedly recite this sentence, has not washed hair for several days, messy like a bird's nest.
Yan Ruhua looked at her now and sighed. Seeing the appearance of mother Zhao at the moment, she seemed to be a little confused.
"Tell me, Mammy Zhao, who ordered you to push me down the rockery?"Yan Ruhua asked her that although she was crazy, those memories should be remembered.
Mother Zhao was so scared that she kowtowed: "don't look for me. You go to Aunt Xiao. She asked me to do it. You go to Aunt Xiao, aunt Xiao."
Aunt Xiao?
How could it be her?
No wonder aunt Xiao fell into the pool and died not long after she fell off the rockery. At that time, the only one who knew the real cause of her death was Yan Zhongliang's mother, Wang, who seldom talked to people after her death.
Wang knows the cause of aunt Xiao's death, and she knows that Aunt Xiao was killed by Qi. It seems that Wang knows everything she was killed, but he keeps his mouth shut.
Since she knows everything, according to Qi's ruthless character, she should definitely not keep her, but Qi's so thoughtful people should keep her such a big hidden danger, why?
Yan Ruhua is very puzzled about it.
But in front of her, mother Zhao was still chanting, for fear that Yan Ruhua would eat her if she was not happy.
"Mammy Zhao, is the fourth lady involved in this?"
Yan Ruhua asked her.
Mammy Zhao shook her body, and her voice began to become hoarse. "Miss four, ah, miss four, miss four."
She hemmed and hawed for a long time, but she didn't say a complete word. Yan Ruhua didn't ask her.
Yan Ruhua walks out of the cottage slowly. Although mother Zhao is crazy, she also provides a clue for her. She and yue'er get on the carriage and go back.
When I came here, I had a pleasant journey, but it's not easy to get back to my house safely.
Looking at a group of robber like people in front of her stopped her carriage, Yan Ruhua's eyes showed endless coldness.
She had expected that if the person who wanted to harm her was in the mansion, she would not miss the chance to get rid of herself.
The gang of robbers, dressed up with swords, approached the carriage step by step.
Yue'er had never seen such a picture before. She was so flustered that Yan Ruhua slowly got out of the carriage under the eyes of the robbers.
The leader of a tall man saw Yan picturesque out of the car, then tilted a leg, very insolent said: "take out all the silver, otherwise, I will take your life."
The man was very rude and pretended to be a villain blocking the road, but they ignored one detail. Generally, the robbers were not uniform in stature, or they were short and dark.
And in front of this group of people, height, fat and thin are not much different, where will be robbers.
She knew very well in her heart that if she really handed over the money, they would not let her go. They would certainly find other reasons to take her away, or directly create the illusion of murder. It would be the same end as whether she would hand it over or not. Then why should she be soft.
Uncle Hua said in Yan Ruhua's ear, "Miss, there are so many of them. We are not their rivals at all. Let's hand over the silver."
But Yan Ruhua waved her hand to tell Uncle Hua not to say anything. Seeing this, uncle Hua had to shut up.
When the robbers saw that Yan Ruhua didn't want to take out money at all, the leading man said to Yan Ruhua: "since you want to die, don't blame us for being rude."
With that, he gave an order to several people behind him: "kill them, we must get the property today."
The group of robbers at the back of them all raised their swords to cut at Yan Ruhua. However, instead of falling on Yan Ruhua, the swords fell on the bandit leader.
For a moment, the situation changed greatly. The bandit leader looked at the silver shining knives on his neck and roared: "what are you doing? Is it reversed? "
Yan Ruhua coldly went to the bandit leader and took off his veil. Seeing that he was exposed, the bandit leader lowered his head instead of looking at Yan Ruhua.
Uncle Hua's eyes are wide at the moment. Where is the bandit in front of him? Isn't it clear that he is the housekeeper of Yan's house?
"Steward Li, you are all right!"
Yan Ruhua's eyes were cold. "Last time you helped the fourth sister transfer my property, I haven't settled with you. Now you are very brave. You robbed me. If I hadn't been on guard, I would die in your hands today."
Housekeeper Li was arrested, and he had nothing to say. He was escorted back to Yan's house by a group of guards.
On the carriage, uncle Hua was still a little surprised. He patted his chest and said, "I'm scared to death. If the young lady hadn't been on guard, we would all die in our own hands today."
Yue'er was also surprised and said, "this housekeeper Li ran out of the house to harm people. It seems that he has received a lot of benefits from others."
If the reward is not generous, who will take such a big risk to murder the young lady.
The carriage goes on and takes steward Li back to Yan's house. Yan Zhu sees that steward Li has done such a heinous thing now, and is about to send him to the government for disposal.When the officials of the Ministry of punishment examined the master behind the scenes of housekeeper Li, housekeeper Li suddenly vomited blood and died. After examining housekeeper Liu's body, the doctor of the Ministry of punishment shook his head and said, "the master behind the scenes is really poisonous. He has poisoned his diet for a long time."
After hearing this, Yan Zhu was very angry. The person who wanted to do harm to the picturesque was in the mansion. She was so cruel that she had poisoned her chess pieces. Whether she succeeded or failed, housekeeper Li would surely die.
The masked people who escorted steward Li back took off their veil one after another.
They are from Yan's family. When housekeeper Li called, Yan Ruhua's family was building a bag in the dark. So housekeeper Li thought that the masked people he brought were his helpers. In fact, they were all Yan Ruhua's people.
With the death of housekeeper Li, the clue is broken. If you want to find out who is behind the scenes, you need to ask Zhengjian.