As soon as Taohua's carriage entered the alley, someone exclaimed.
So, Peach Blossom arrived at the door of her house, the door had been opened, and the whole family was waiting happily in the yard.
"Why did you come back so suddenly?" Zhou's mother stepped forward and took her daughter's hand, her face full of joy: "You only came back last month, and now you are back. It can be seen that the master is getting better and better towards you."
It's okay not to mention this matter. After hearing this, Taohua looked serious, her jaw tightened, and said: "Come into the room and talk!"
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Chu Yunli has been recuperating recently and has never gotten up early. When she woke up, it was already bright. Hongdou came in with hot water and whispered: "Before, you asked the slave to find a few people to keep an eye on the young master's yard. There is news about the young master last night.
She rested in Miss Peach Blossom's room, and early this morning, the mansion's carriage took her home."
Speaking of this, she sighed with emotion: "Young Master is so kind to the people around you. How can other people's maids go out as they please? Even if they are concubines, they can't go back to their parents' home a few times a year. If the girl hadn't been in this bad luck,
If I have another son and a half daughters, I won’t have to worry about it for the rest of my life. Now..."
The more she talked, the more miserable she became, and her eye circles became red again.
Chu Yunli was thoughtful: "Where's breakfast?"
red beans:"……"
Seeing her master's serious face, she thought he was planning for his future, but this is what happened?
Forget it, I don’t have to worry about food and clothing now. If I move to Zhuangzi in the future, it will be hard work and I won’t be hungry.
Another day later, Chu Yunli was taking a nap when she suddenly heard rapid footsteps, followed by Hongdou's panicked voice: "Girl, it's not good!"
She sat up, and Hongdou rushed in with panic and fear on his face: "Girl, my mother-in-law fell, it's very dangerous!"
The mother-in-law who took care of Pan Jiuniang was lame in one foot and needed crutches to walk. Because of this, she, who was still young, had to live in a Salesian home.
More than ten years have passed, and my mother-in-law has become very old, and she has always received excellent care. She has been coughing this year, and she has never been without medicine, and that's not all. Doctors say that no matter how good the care is, just these two or three days will last.
year thing.
His life was not long to begin with, but he might die after this fall. That's why Hongdou was so nervous.
Chu Yunli's heart tightened: "Let Dongshan find the young master, I will go to the outer city now."
Hongdou nodded, turned around and ran away. He came back quickly: "I went to Dongshan to report. The young master is so kind to the girl, so he will not stop her. Please put on your clothes first. The carriage should be here soon."
He Junhai knew about Pan Jiuniang raising a group of people, and even supported it. Hongdou's guess was correct. Chu Yunli changed his clothes after stumbling, and the coachman was already waiting.
With Dongshan together, the journey went smoothly. Chu Yunli had already left the house without anyone stopping her.
However, Dongshan has something to do today and cannot accompany them.
On the carriage heading to the outer city, apart from the driver, there were only two people, the master and the servant.
Due to an emergency, the carriage ran very fast and was extremely bumpy. Chu Yunli's injuries tended to get worse. She closed her eyes and endured the pain. Hongdou's injuries had been completely healed. Seeing her master like this,
He immediately remembered his master's injury and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Girl, does it hurt?"
Chu Yunli waved her hand: "Let's go!"
Next, there was a silence in the carriage.
Hongdou cried silently, and in the silence, the atmosphere was particularly depressing. She suddenly thought of something, her face changed drastically, and she was about to shout, but when she saw the girl opposite her tightly closing her eyes and frowning slightly, she stopped shouting.
She swallowed it back. But she was really worried. The sleepiness she had just brewed disappeared in an instant. She couldn't sleep, so she stretched out her hand and carefully opened a crack in the curtain to peek out.
Chu Yunli closed his eyes and could detect her movements, and said: "It will take more than an hour to get here. Stop being so stiff and lean on it for a while."
Hongdou couldn't help it anymore: "Girl, the day we met the bad guys was similar to today's situation. We should have asked Brother Dongshan to find more guards."
Chu Yunli smiled: "You are overthinking. There are not many guards in the house, and they are not suitable for people like you and me."
This is a fact. Hongdou fell silent again. At this point, no matter how much worry she had, it was useless. She just prayed silently in her heart that this time it would go smoothly and she would not encounter that bad luck again.
Sometimes God just doesn't have a good eye. The more you are afraid of something, the more it will come.
Seeing the place where the master and servant last met the gangster in the outer city, Hongdou was so scared that he didn't dare to look out. He simply put down the curtain and closed his eyes tightly. He thought in his mind that he should pass that alley in a quarter of an hour, so no one would block his way.
...While I was thinking about it, I heard someone outside shouting: "Stop the carriage!"
Hong Dou was startled. When she opened the curtain, she saw that the carriage was surrounded by people, and the driver was jumping out of the carriage and slipping out.
This situation was very familiar, it was exactly the same as the last time the master and servant were beaten.
"Uncle, don't run away!"
These people hold sticks in their hands, and some also hold knives. They look fierce, but they don't have carriages! As long as you have the courage to whip a whip on the horse's back, rush out directly, and at worst, you may step on one or two people... these
People are going to be robbed, and they deserve to be stepped on.
If Hong Dou didn't know how to drive a carriage and was afraid that the horse would go crazy and lose control after the whip was thrown, she would really give it a try.
"You, come down!" One of the men said with a smile: "My brothers are a little short of money recently. As long as the money is not stolen, the two girls don't know each other."
Chu Yunli moved to the door and glanced at the several men one by one. There were five people in total, all of them tall and strong, and they looked like they were not easy to mess with.
"It's easy to talk about the money." She looked at it and said, "Did you see the injuries on my body? Last time I was beaten by a group of people who robbed the Tao near here. Could it be you?"
Several people sneered, and one of them said: "No."
The voice was familiar. Chu Yunli's eyes sharpened and she retracted into the carriage: "I don't have much money on hand, and I'm busy seeing patients. Can you let us go after taking the money?"
"Bring me the money, and if I can satisfy the brothers, I will naturally let you go." One of them said, leaning against the carriage.
Hong Dou was so scared that she kept moving back while sitting at the door, wishing she could shrink into a ball.
The man came closer, grabbed Hong Dou's wrist, and pulled him off the carriage. The remaining two people also stepped forward and yelled at Chu Yunli: "Get off and help me get the carriage."
Chu Yunli suddenly remembered that the last time she woke up, there was no carriage around her. For ordinary people, such a carriage is not cheap, and it costs more than ten taels of silver to buy it all.
"Don't wait, hurry up, we will let you go after we get the carriage. Otherwise...hehe...don't blame me for bumping into the two girls with their carelessness."
Chu Yunli's legs were tied with wooden boards, which looked quite bulky. She was already able to move freely, but now she pretended to be seriously injured and couldn't move, moving even slower than a turtle.
During this period, several people subconsciously moved closer and closer to the door of the carriage. Chu Yunli put down one leg, suddenly raised his hand, pulled out a stick from behind and swept it across.
Caught off guard, two people fell down. The others subconsciously avoided it, but before they could stand firm, the next blow came again.
Chu Yunli's injury to one leg was less serious. She was jumping on one foot and swinging the stick with great force. Her attack was particularly ruthless. After a few swings of the stick, everyone fell down. Those who covered their chests covered their chests, and those who covered their legs covered their legs.
The two uninjured ones also sat on the ground, moved back, and then ran away.
Hongdou was stunned by this turn of events. She looked at the three men on the ground who could no longer run, and then at her girl. She finally realized what she was doing, stepped forward, took the stick from the girl's hand, and pointed at the remaining three men.
A man banged hard.
But she didn't have a bad temper, and a few people just dodged and didn't scream.
Chu Yunli looked down at one of the older men: "At your age, you should be married, right? Do you have any children?"
The man looked away, his eyes moved around dishonestly, and he didn't answer at all.
Chu Yunli sneered: "Although this place is remote, there are still people passing by. We will report it to the official later. It was probably you who beat me last time. Add up the two times, and I won't be able to get out in ten or eight years."
After hearing this, the expressions of the three people changed.
"If you dare to report it to the official, I won't let you go!"
"If you dare, I will definitely settle the score with you after I come out."
The three of them had angry faces and kept threatening. They even said evil things such as wanting to humiliate the two of them and make them pregnant with evil offspring.
Hong Dou was so angry that she was trembling all over. Chu Yunli took the stick in her hand and gave it a few more hard blows, knocking out several teeth from the two men who spoke the foulest words.
The two of them held their mouths together, their faces grim in pain, and they refused to speak anymore.
Chu Yunli said coldly: "I know that you are obeying orders and telling the truth, so I will pretend that these two incidents never happened and let you go!"
The three of them were somewhat moved, but no one spoke.
"Since you don't want to say it, then go and explain to the adults." Chu Yunli waved his hand: "Hongdou, go to the street to see if no one is passing by and ask them for a favor."
If someone really comes, the three of them will not be able to escape if they want to. If they say it is a misunderstanding, no one will believe it! Especially if Pan Jiuniang is so seriously injured, the adults will definitely get to the bottom of it when they see her.
They were not extremely evil people, but they were moved by the money and came to bully a woman. The last time the matter was done well, the employer was satisfied and even gave him some extra remuneration.
Two people used the money to buy a carriage, and they have been soliciting customers recently. They have an extra job and can support their families. The remaining three people used the money to live a comfortable life, which can be said to be a dream.
So, the money has not been spent till now.
I originally planned to do it again this time, and it would be enough in this lifetime... Unfortunately, Pan Jiuniang was already on guard. And they relaxed their vigilance because of the success last time, and then they ended up like this.
They never thought that things would fail, and naturally they could not accept the punishment after failure. If they went to prison, even if they could be released, they would be discussed, and their family's reputation would be implicated.
It's best to let this matter pass quietly and pretend it never happened. After the three of them saw Chu Yunli Lai really looking at each other, one of them couldn't help but said: "Someone asked us to do it, you go find him.
"
Chu Yunli raised his eyebrows: "Who!"
The three of them are not stupid: "If we tell you, will you definitely let us go? Unless you swear to God."
"It's not up to you to choose." Chu Yunli said solemnly: "I will count dozens. If you don't tell the truth, you will bear the consequences! One..."
As soon as she started counting, the three of them couldn't hold it any longer.
"It's the Luo family!"
Because the Zhou family's Taohua works as a maid in a wealthy family, everyone in the surrounding streets knows about it. The Luo family will find them, naturally because they know them. And these people are not stupid, taking this job, vaguely
I guessed the Luo family’s intention of doing this.
"That peach blossom is jealous of you, saying that the young master favors you but not her... The person who invited us is interested in her and originally wanted to marry her."
After hearing the so-called truth, Chu Yunli was quite speechless. Let alone Pan Jiuniang, even she, who was well-informed, never expected it to be like this.
"Which Luo family, tell me clearly!"
She waved the stick, and several people shook their heads, and then they said: "Luo Dajiang."
After Chu Yunli received a definite answer, she swung the stick in her hand again, beating several people until they howled miserably. It was only when she saw that they were about to lose their lives that she stopped her hand.
This is a branch road on the main street. Although it is a bit remote, it is not without people passing by.
Hongdou left and returned, taking two people behind her. She saw that the injuries of the three people were more serious than when she left. She opened her mouth to ask a question, but the two people behind her swallowed it down immediately.
"Girl, I just found two eldest brothers."
Chu Yunli nodded: "Two eldest brothers, our master and servant's carriage was stopped by them when they came here. They wanted to rob... There are usually so many pedestrians on this road, and they have some evil intentions. I think they have to be sent to the Yamen.
Go, otherwise, if they are left to wander outside, someone will definitely suffer!"
These two people also live nearby. They thought it was strange to hear that there was robbery on this street. In fact, as early as half a month ago, they heard that two girls were stopped and beaten to death... If
It's not that they know the person who said it, I really think someone is bragging.
Unexpectedly, after half a month, another person was almost robbed.
However, the situation in front of me was a little too weird.
The girl in front of her had boards tied to her chest and legs, and one arm was still hanging, making it difficult to walk. But the stick she was holding in her hand made the three seriously injured men on the ground tremble, as if that
The injured girl is like a hellish Shura.
Is it too ridiculous?
These three men were tall and strong, and they didn't look like they could be knocked down by ordinary people. The girl's injuries were not light... The two of them looked at each other with shock and confusion. They looked this way and then that way. Hongdou shouted twice more,
Only then did the two of them come to their senses.
One of them asked "Who robbed whom..."
"Of course they robbed me." Chu Yunli said bitterly: "Half a month ago, my carriage was stopped by someone, and then someone put a sack on me and beat me like this. Now I finally found the culprit.
, I must seek justice for myself no matter what! If you are afraid, just find two more people to help me run to the Yamen, I will confront them in front of the adults!"
It does take a lot of courage to go to the Yamen to complain. But just complaining is not a big deal. The two men encouraged each other and finally went for it.
Chu Yunli was sitting on the carriage, and the movement here quickly attracted many onlookers.
The three men wanted to escape, but they couldn't escape at all. Their legs suffered injuries of varying severity. The most serious one could not touch his two thigh bones, and he screamed in pain whenever he touched them.
It takes more than an hour to get here from the inner city. After such a long delay, the sky gradually darkened.
Hongdou looked at the injuries of the men on the ground. While feeling happy, she was also worried about her mother-in-law and asked in a low voice: "Girl, when the adults come, we have to go to the Yamen. What should we do with my mother-in-law?"
Chu Yunli also replied in a low voice: "Someone just came over to watch the fun, so I asked my mother-in-law about the situation in the yard. She fell down, but she asked the doctor to bandage it, so it's not serious. My mother-in-law has some on hand.
Yinzi, there are so many people in the yard, nothing will happen. Let’s send these bastards to the Yamen first, and then go visit them.”
Hearing that her mother-in-law had already seen the doctor, Hongdou finally felt relieved, patted her chest, and kicked the man in the room angrily: "If you hit someone, I'll kick you to death."
Her little strength was as light as a mosquito bite compared to the force with which Chu Yunli hit people. The man also snorted and begged for mercy again: "We really know that we were wrong. As long as we don't report it to the official,
It doesn't matter what you do, it can be discussed! At the worst, we will pay for it. Just tell us how much money it costs."
He couldn't afford it, but he believed that the people who asked them to work would be willing to pay for it.
Chu Yunli closed her eyes slightly.
During this period, more and more people were around, and some of the men's families came over. After asking about the reason, they kicked and beat them, and then ran to the master and servant to beg for mercy. There were also older people.
He knelt down directly and said: "Girl, please let him go. As long as he doesn't report to the official, it's up to you to kill or behead him."
Seeing that Chu Yunli refused to let go, the two old men said they were willing to compensate.
Anyway, they kept pestering her and couldn't get rid of her. Chu Yunli's ears were numb.
Just at this moment, someone asked in surprise: "Jiuniang?"
As soon as Chu Yunli opened her eyes, she saw Taohua's father.
In the past few years, Pan Jiuniang and Taohua worked together as maids. When they returned to the outer city, they would take leave together, just to have company on the road. The more times they went back and forth together, the more they got to know each other's families.
Father Zhou is in his forties and does not look old. At least he is younger than other middle-aged men of his age.
Chu Yunli nodded: "Uncle Zhou, why are you here?"
"I still want to ask you." Father Zhou looked at the men on the ground: "Why did these bastards offend you?" As he spoke, he approached the carriage and said mysteriously: "Jiuniang, these guys
They are well-known gangsters nearby. If anyone offends them, they will drive them crazy. I heard something happened here just now, and someone is clamoring to report it to the police. Could it be you?"
Chu Yunli nodded: "It's me!"
If Zhou's father was not blind, he would have seen that Chu Yunli's attitude was particularly cold. It was completely different from Pan Jiuniang's obedient attitude when she faced him in the past.
At this moment, Zhou's father seemed to be blind, as if he didn't notice at all, and advised with a friendly look: "You are too young, you don't know how high the sky is. You were bitten by a dog, can you really bite a dog?"
?Not to mention whether it can bite you, but the hair in its mouth will stink you to death. These bastards are unreasonable, and you feel happy for a while, but they offend people to death. Your mother-in-law lives in the outer city, and she will definitely not have a peaceful life by then.
.I happen to know them too. For your own good, don’t worry about this matter. I will be the mediator and make peace between the two sides. No need to thank me!"
As he spoke, he went to pull one of the men away: "You boy, it's as if your eyes are blindfolded and you don't even see who this is. This is Mr. He's favorite concubine. If you hadn't met me, you wouldn't have been able to see me this time."
That’s it. Get up quickly!”
"I didn't ask them to get up." Chu Yunli looked at Zhou's father's back: "They were beaten and they said everything. For example, it was Luo Dajiang who invited them, and Luo Dajiang wanted to vent his anger on Taohua, so
That’s why I asked them to bully me!”
Father Zhou froze, but only for a moment. When he looked back, his face was full of anger: "These bastards are talking nonsense. They are just desperate to bite and deliberately sow the sisterhood between you and Taohua. You must not
Believed their lies."
"Whether it is true or not, you will know as soon as you ask." Chu Yunli pointed at her leg: "I was beaten like this, so I must seek justice. Don't say that you are Taohua's father, you have nothing to do with me.
Even if my own father is here to speak for them today, there is no room for negotiation on this matter."
Father Zhou: "..."
"You can't report him to the official. The official is so busy that we don't get to see each other. How can he help us ordinary people? Be careful if you fail to report him, you will get beaten again."
It is true that some people will be beaten first when they file a complaint, but that is when the people sue the officials and the wives sue their husbands! Many people don’t understand and think that everyone will be beaten when they file a complaint. So they dare not go to the Yamen when they feel wronged.
"You don't have to worry about it." Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "Taohua has long disliked me. She speaks in a weird way. There is no longer any friendship between me and her that allowed us to go home together. You don't have to
Always think about me. Just take care of yourself. Don't let these people be arrested and interrogated, and you will be implicated in the end."
Father Zhou shuddered: "No, no!"
"It's not the best!" Chu Yunli sneered: "If I remember correctly, Taohua came back yesterday, so I have to go out today, and after that, I met a bad person again. What a coincidence."
There were thin beads of sweat on Zhou's father's forehead. He stretched out his hand to wipe it away, and when he met everyone's scrutinizing eyes, he couldn't even put on a forced smile.