The death anniversary of the old Marquis Jian'an is on July 28th. In previous years, Mrs. Zhen would go to Putuo Temple to release animals and pray for safety, and then go to her family temple with her two sons in advance to prepare.
Due to the earthquake this year, Abbot Yuanzhi of Putuo Temple personally wrote memorial tablets on the 15th day of the year to pray for the people who died in the earthquake, and performed rituals for seven days. The family members of the powerful people in Beijing naturally wanted to join in the fun, so until
On July 26, Cai, Zuo Congyun, Jintong and Zheng Yu, who had rushed back from Qiulu Academy, came to the family temple.
This temple was originally a place of spiritual practice for an old aunt of the Zheng family. The old Marquis Jian'an was implicated in the "Yong family's rebellion" and died tragically in prison. He left his last words: I feel sorry for the ancestors of the Zheng family, and I will not be uneasy after my death.
It can be placed in the ancestral hall or in a family temple outside the city.
Zheng Qiyan did not return from southern Xinjiang, so Zheng Qishuo went to Shuzhong to handle the salt affairs. Jintong had a new daughter-in-law, and she could not help much. Mrs. Zhen was getting older and her health was getting worse. Therefore, everything about sacrificial supplies was basically done by
Zuo Congyun took Zheng Yu to arrange management.
Time was short, and this year's sacrifice was much simpler than in previous years. Mrs. Zhen felt guilty, so she thought of staying for a few days to copy scriptures and pray for peace. Naturally, a few juniors accompanied her.
That day, several people were listening to Master Jing'an explaining Buddhism, but they heard a loud noise. After a while, Huiyan came over and informed: "The entire roof of the courtyard where Aunt Shen lives collapsed. Fortunately, the few people were only slightly frightened and were not seriously injured. May I ask?
How does master arrange it?"
Mrs. Zhen was twirling her Buddhist beads and remained as still as a mountain. Jintong and Zuo Congyun exchanged looks of "Shen Miaolian is really a monster", both of them remained calm.
Master Jing'an calmly twirled the beads in her hand: "Amitabha, after the earthquake, didn't you send people to check it out? Nothing wrong was found at the beginning, so why did the yard collapse today?"
Huiyan replied a little aggrievedly: "I don't know, little nun."
Mrs. Zhen said with a mocking look on her face: "Call Mrs. Shen over here!" Then she turned to Jintong and said, "Seventh daughter-in-law! This yard was collapsed for us to see."
Jintong smiled and flattered: "Mother has a wise eye!"
A full two-quarters of an hour later, Shen Miaolian was seen slowly moving step by step with the support of Grandma Jin, Xiaozhu and others.
Jintong looked disgusted: "Can't we use snacks? Even if the whole head is not bleeding, it would be better to get some ashes or something, right?"
Mrs. Zhen and Zuo Congyun both gave Jintong a strange look. The old lady tapped Jintong with her hand: "You are the only one who talks a lot!"
They did not lower their voices. Master Shen Miaolian and the servants heard clearly. Aunt Jin quickly went in first and knelt on the ground to explain to Mrs. Zhen: "Old madam, Aunt Shen was afraid that her disheveled clothes would be disrespectful to you, so she tidied herself up.
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Then he turned to Jintong and asked Jintong with an expression like "We are so wronged that you are a bad guy who killed concubines": "How can the seventh lady be so cruel? Aunt Shen has lost weight since she came to the family temple and prayed and copied scriptures every day.
One circle! Madam, if you question Aunt Shen like this, you are worthy of your conscience!"
Jintong retorted with a righteous look: "I am cruel? I am afraid that Aunt Shen will not be used to coming to the family temple and will not be able to concentrate on praying for the seventh master. Thinking that you are used to serving Aunt Shen, I specially sent the five of you to do a good job
You take good care of Aunt Shen and send her food, clothing and supplies every month. You are good at taking care of her until she loses a lot of weight. How dare you blame me?" He then asked Aunt Jin with a puzzled expression: "What did you say just now?
, what does this lady question about Aunt Shen?"
Aunt Jin choked at one breath, and Shen Miao threw her lotus flowers at Old Madam Zhen: "Old Madam, since I came to the family temple, I just copy scriptures and pray for blessings every day. I really don't know how to offend Madam, but I want to... I want to kill my concubine and silence her! This courtyard is in a weird state of collapse. I beg the old lady to save this concubine! Find out the truth!" Then he just kowtowed and burst into tears.
Mrs. Zhen thought to herself: Isn't the truth that you sawed off the beams and collapsed them? She was stupid to check the evidence that Shen Miaolian and others were ready to frame Jintong! If it weren't for the sake of the Shen family, She would have killed this troublemaker long ago.
Everyone knows very well: the truth cannot be told out naturally, everyone is a shameless person, and they will not tell the truth if they see through it!
Mrs. Zhen asked Jintong in a cohesive manner: "Seventh daughter-in-law, please see for yourself how to deal with this matter!"
"Mother, why don't you help your daughter-in-law? I'm afraid she will pollute the sacred place of the family temple!"
"Is it possible that you are going to hit the board again and make a river of blood?" Mrs. Zhen teased Jintong: "You can take care of it yourself! As long as there is no blood, I am too lazy to help you!"
"Okay! Wife, I obey!" Jintong stretched out his leg and kicked Shen Miaolian, who was crying on Mrs. Zhen's thigh: "Aunt Shen, I know that you are just a weak woman who cannot take care of herself. She admires Master Qi, I have such deep love for him that I can't restrain myself, so I worry about the gain and loss of trying to please him, right?"
Shen Miaolian wiped her tears pitifully: "I hope Madam will not blame me, understand my infatuation and spare my life!"
"So in order to retain Master Qi's heart, you had no choice but to attack my wife! If you are deeply in love, killing someone for love can prove your unforgettable love. I, my wife, can also understand you! Alas! Strange! It's just that I am too smart and cherish my life very much, so I saw through your trick, cut off your arms in the house, and threw you to the family temple to copy scriptures! So you couldn't sit still anymore, and designed If you come up with a cruel trick, you will bite me back, slandering me, and I will kill you to silence you! Is that so?"
Shen Miaolian yelled in June that she was wronged: "Madam, you know that my concubine and the Seventh Master are in love, so you slander me like this, and I don't accept it?" Then she walked towards Mrs. Zhen on her knees: "Old madam, please Please make the decision for me, my humble concubine!"
Mrs. Zhen brushed Shen Miaolian away, patted her skirt again, and turned a blind eye to Shen Miaolian.
"Aunt Shen is so sick that her head is confused! Aunt Cai, please invite them to the 'Si Guo Zhai' to reflect and reflect! Then send two people from the execution room to keep an eye on it. If Aunt Shen collapses the house again, , just let the beams smash her waist, the flowers will bloom all over the ground, and the lower body will be paralyzed and unable to get up from the bed. If Aunt Shen is pretending to be sick, just let her be bedridden, with a sallow complexion, thin skin, and haggardness, for a year After half a year, the fragrance will fade away, and you will have a good taste of the feeling of being sick! If Aunt Shen pretends to be poisoned by me, she will simply use the trigger. I heard that the death state is extremely ugly, so control the dosage of the medicine. It will hurt for ten and a half months and then die. .That’s pretty much it. I can’t think of any other tricks at the moment! By the way, the torture chamber changes people every five days, and the two people who always look so disgusting make me unable to do such immoral things!”
In her previous life, Jintong was first promoted as a gold medalist, and then started a live broadcast to become a small internet celebrity. So how can Shen Miaolian be so talkative?
She could only throw herself at Jintong like crazy: "Madam! You slandered me and framed me so much. Are you really not afraid that Master Qi will come back to settle the score with you?"
Jintong put his hands on his hips and kicked her away neatly, and sneered: "Aunt Shen, you are really stupid and naive! Why do I know that you are not Zheng Zhan's biological mother? Who gave me the permission to send you to the family temple? ?You still can't guess it?" Killing someone is just an easy way to kill her. Only by killing one's heart can one make life worse than death.
Shen Miaolian's expression changed drastically. She looked around in disbelief, trying to figure out something from everyone's expressions.
Mrs. Zhen and Zuo Congyun had always known that Jintong was an eccentric person, so they only watched the show while the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law calmly sipped tea. They both came from the courtyard of the deep house, and no one was a little white flower. Shen Miaolian's little tricks, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law The two of them had long been tired of watching her, and they just refrained from attacking her out of love. Now it's really refreshing to see Jintong so arrogantly and unilaterally torturing her.
Zheng Yu only heard Shen Miaolian tell him countless times: How the Seventh Lady was domineering, arrogant, stupid and jealous. She made things difficult for her several times, making her walk on thin ice and trembling in the Pingning Hou Mansion.
Now when I look at it, I feel that Jintong is eloquent and eloquent, serious and cruel, and clearly organized. He is definitely not that kind of brainless person. He is really interesting. Looking at his grandmother and mother both looking like they are watching the fun, he He just watched the changes quietly without saying a word. He knew his own background well, and he couldn't bear to see this aunt leading his sister so badly. Now Jintong punished Shen Miaolian severely, and he was happy to see it.
Shen Miaolian rushed towards Zheng Yu: "Brother Yu, for the sake of Sister Zhan, please save this concubine! Madam wants to kill me and silence me!"
Zheng Yu's expression was indifferent: "Aunt Shen, be careful. If the seventh uncle really wants to kill you and silence you, how can he allow you to speak nonsense here? Besides, is Aunt Shen so reluctant to copy scriptures and pray for the seventh uncle?"
Shen Miaolian pointed at Jintong and yelled wildly: "She wants to kill me! She wants to kill me! Are you just going to ignore her?"
Mrs. Zhen looked as calm as if she was too old to be able to hear. Zuo Congyun looked at her with the same disgust as before. Even Zheng Yu, as his name suggests, turned a blind eye to her like a knot in an elm tree.
Shen Miaolian was in a state of panic. How long had it been? How did it become like this? What happened in Pingninghou Mansion? What did she miss? What did she neglect? Why were things completely different from what she imagined? She was at a loss, her eyes went dark, and she couldn't help but slumped to the ground.
Jintong looked at her with a smile: "Aunt Shen, life is precious! Can't you live a good life? Do you have to force me to kill you to silence you?" Then he waved his hand: "Take them down quickly, it's very noisy!"
Aunt Cai had already brought over a dozen servants, gagged and tied the six Shen Miaolians, and pushed them out.
Shen Miaolian watched helplessly as Jin Tong gave her a look that was three-quarters cold, three-quarters sarcastic, and four-quarters mocking. Then the three of them, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and Zheng Yu, acted as if nothing had happened. Likewise, he listened calmly to Master Jing'an's explanation of Buddhist principles.
She never imagined that the scene she had carefully planned and performed would not only become a scene, but also a joke. What should she do in this situation?