Su Cheng knelt in front of his grandfather and explained exactly how he had captured He Suozi. Su Zheng angrily raised his crutch and gave it to her again: "Since I knew he was a snitch, I lured him to Cixiang Village to look for the Qian family that day.
You can just kill him, so why make such a big fuss." Su Cheng was stunned.
Yang Guotai stood by and patted his thigh enthusiastically: "No! Why didn't you think of killing him then?"
Su Zheng immediately glared at Yang Guotai: "She is a child and has never passed by. How can you, a veteran of the world, forget about her?"
Yang Guotai said "Oh!" and winked: "Sir, the eldest lady is in charge of that matter, and the general is just a helper."
Su Cheng raised his head and glanced at him complainingly: "You always deliberately don't remind me."
Yang Guotai crossed his arms and said leisurely: "Sir, don't blame me. Children won't know the pain unless they fall a few times."
Su Cheng stayed for a long time, feeling a little frustrated: "I... I'm not used to killing people."
Su Zheng looked at her for a while and said sternly: "No matter how much trouble you make at home, you can't do anything like this inside the courtyard wall of our house. If the sky falls, it will be as big as your hand. If you want to go out and establish yourself, you must take responsibility from today on."
Kill when you want to kill, and be ruthless when you want to be ruthless. When things happen, don't think half-heartedly. If you cause trouble, ask your uncle and aunt to clean it up for you." He glanced at Yang Guotai and said, "General Yang is the official of the imperial court and is very busy.
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Yang Guotai smiled and said, "I don't have time to spare. Those new recruits haven't been taught a lesson yet."
Su Zheng nodded and continued: "Otherwise, when your father comes back, I will order him to find a good family for you to marry. Anyway, my family will be enough to protect you for the rest of your life."
Su Cheng shouted: "I don't!"
Su Zheng said: "You can weigh it yourself." He stood up and left with his hands behind his back.
Yang Guotai looked at Su Cheng and said, "Don't you respect Chen Yatou? I grew up eating knives, but you grew up eating honey." He paused, "That dead Mei family, although she lost, her ability is still the same.
Big. She also ate yellow lotus until she was half-grown, and switched to eating knives." She also left.
Su Cheng knelt and did not move for a long time. The two maids sent the old man and Mr. Yang out, turned around to look at their girl, and did not dare to come forward. Suddenly, Su Cheng heard an "Ouch" sound: "I have been kneeling for a long time and I can't get up.
Come help me." The maids couldn't help laughing and came forward to help her up, and helped her inside to wash and change clothes. She was really tired just now, so she simply lay on the bed, closed her eyes and rested her mind, and fell asleep without realizing it.
She didn't know how long she had slept, but the maid woke her up and said it was time for dinner. Su Cheng felt hungry now, so she got up and ordered some water to wash her face. She was so stressed today that she actually ate two bowls of rice.
The little girl came in to clean up the dishes and boxes, and Su Cheng stretched out in the courtyard to stretch her muscles. It was already dark now, and she suddenly heard two partridges calling from somewhere.
Su Cheng smiled, walked into the study with her arms behind her back, and ordered someone to make a pot of fresh tea. Then she sent the waiters out, saying that she wanted to think about something by herself. When she saw that it was quiet outside, she opened the window and looked at Liu.
Xiao Qi floated in wearing night clothes. Su Cheng smiled and said, "It's not dark yet."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "Whether it is day or night, black clothes are not eye-catching."
Because Su Cheng was in a hurry to return home, Zhenming sent her back after finding He Suozi's parents and the kidnapped baby. Liu Xiaoqi interrogated He Suozi and found out that he was actually a very famous man in the south of the Yangtze River.
A big thief. It is said that he once met a gangster and had another big thief kill him. It was true that the gangster was hiding from the gangster, but he did not die. His mother-in-law was shocked when she heard with her own ears that her son confessed that he was a habitual thief.
Liu Xiaoqi asked Fantou what her plans were, and Fantou said she was willing to be a good person. Liu Xiaoqi hired her to work with Jia's Ma Xing to help return the child to his biological parents - she had also taken care of the child for so many days.
It's better. After this errand is over, give her the status of a widow.
Fantou thought for a while: "I still have some things and money in the original building."
Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "Isn't it time to go back to get it? Then you will hide the banknotes and road guides in your arms, pretend to go out to buy makeup, buy a boat ticket and leave. Where are you old bustards looking for you?"
Fantou heard that it was right, so he agreed.
He Suozi searched for the silver he stole recently but couldn't find it for a long time. Liu Xiaoqi looked at Fantou with a smile but not a smile. Fantou smiled flatteringly and pointed to the beam. Liu Xiaoqi jumped up to the beam and found it.
A roll of silver notes. Fantou said: "I went to the bank to cash it..." Liu Xiaoqi counted it and found that it matched the number reported. The thief should have been sent to a prison cell and locked up in heavy shackles to wait for Su Tao.
He came back for interrogation. Zhenming felt that he was very skilled in martial arts, and he was afraid that the cell could not hold him, so he ordered Liu Xiaoqi to send him to the west on the way, and then only told Su Tao that he had been accidentally beaten to death when he was catching the thief.
After hearing this, Su Cheng asked: "Where is his wife?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I can't control it. You can't blame others for raising a son who is a thief."
Su Cheng nodded, stared at the window for a long time, and suddenly said: "Liu Xiaoqi, when did you start killing people?"
Liu Xiaoqi thought for a while: "Six years old."
Su Cheng was surprised: "So small?"
"They're just prisoners on death row. They were sent to us to learn how to kill. We don't have to fight with them."
After a long silence, Su Cheng said softly: "How does it feel?"
"I don't remember for a long time." Liu Xiaoqi said, "We are not raised as humans, but as weapons."
"You know that the world is hard when you take a pee...it seems...there are benefits to it."
Liu Xiaoqi shook his head and said: "There is no good." He also raised his eyes and looked out the window, "Miss Su, I envy you very much."
Su Cheng smiled bitterly: "I still envy you. We are almost the same age, and you have been on your own for many years. I have no idea how much trouble will be caused by letting a big thief go."
Liu Xiaoqi shook her head vigorously twice: "You must not envy me. It is not a good thing to kill someone if you urinate."
"That's alright." Su Cheng breathed out, "You have to eat your food one bite at a time, right?"
Liu Xiaoqi said again: "Killing is not a good thing. If you must kill, I will kill for you." He said seriously, "There must be someone who is clean in this world."
Su Cheng turned her head and looked at him for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you." Liu Xiaoqi's eyes moved and she also smiled.
It was getting dark now, and there was a maid hanging a ram's horn lamp outside the courtyard door. Liu Xiaoqi stood up, clasped his fists, jumped out of the window, and disappeared immediately.
After resting for a while, Su Cheng went to her mother's courtyard to greet her. Mrs. Zhang noticed at a glance that her daughter's expression was different than usual, so she took her hand and sat on the edge of the bed. Su Cheng took advantage of the opportunity to be coquettish for a long time and suddenly asked:
"Mom, have you ever killed anyone?"
Zhang was slightly startled and said: "I killed him."
Su Cheng trembled and asked softly: "What's the reason?"
Mrs. Zhang had been daydreaming for a long time and brought up an old incident. At that time, Su Cheng was still pregnant, and Mrs. Zhang was walking around the garden of the mansion. By chance, the gardener sent a little girl to climb on a tree to prune branches. The little girl accidentally fell.
When they came down from the tree, Mrs. Zhang didn't pay attention. She was so frightened that she fell down and moved her fetus. It was her first pregnancy and it was not very stable. The house was in chaos for a long time, but it was difficult to save Su Cheng's life. Mrs. Su, Su Cheng's grandmother, ordered
Kill that little girl with a cane.
Mrs. Zhang was kind-hearted and had a gentle temper, but she couldn't bear it, so she begged her mother-in-law for mercy, saying only: "That girl obviously didn't do it on purpose."
Mrs. Su said: "The child has been saved today. If she died, would you still be willing to keep her alive? It's good that the young master can survive even if she is killed. In the future, others will be more willing to do whatever they want. It's also a mistake to not pay attention, no.
Even if you do it intentionally, you will die. Only in this way can you deter the heartless people. The words 'Those who don't know will not be blamed' only refer to a small matter, but having an heir is a big deal."
Mrs. Zhang thought for two days and ordered the gardener to be beaten to death. The gardener and the maidservant were all sold by the two families. When Mrs. Su heard about it, she repeatedly praised "children can be taught" and then ignored the affairs of Su Tao's courtyard.
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Su Cheng was dumbfounded after hearing this. Mrs. Zhang rubbed her daughter's head and neck and said, "When I was a child, my husband from my mother's side always taught me that if I give others a foot, I will be respected by a foot. When I get married, I will be with the lady in charge of everything in the house.
After a fight in the room, my aunt realized that what the husband said was completely wrong. In fact, if I let someone move within one foot, they would move within one foot of me. If I stood still, people from all directions would come and move within one foot of me. The only way to do that was to hit them back.
Once my husband returns, they won't dare to move at will."
Su Cheng asked in confusion: "Then...why was the house so full of smoke and smoke when I first returned to Jingzhou?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "Our house is considered to be a mess? You have never seen a serious family with a mess. In those years, I still had some thoughts about you and me. I cared about the general situation. As long as I didn't get into trouble with you two siblings, I would talk about trivial matters.
I will let them alone. Besides, with your grandparents here, can those things get past you?" Nai sighed, "I am extremely lucky."
Su Cheng pouted: "Mother, the word 'ji' is not used correctly."
Mrs. Zhang shook her head: "Your grandmother is an extremely rare and good mother-in-law. Out there, ninety-nine out of a hundred mothers-in-law dislike their daughter-in-law and make things difficult for them every day. If I was so lucky to meet your grandmother, wouldn't it?
Extremely lucky?"
Su Cheng thought of He Suozi's mother and was unable to defend himself. After a while, he said, "I have a little wife on my left and a little wife on my right at home, and I don't see her taking care of it."
Mrs. Zhang said: "From a family perspective, it is a man's duty to support the Su family. How many children can I have with just one body? From a minor perspective, women have menstruation for a certain number of days every month. In addition,
There is also the day of raising a baby. I have to pay more attention to you and your brother when they are young. Naturally, I don’t have the energy to serve you and me. In this way, I will have to find a few wives for him, and it will be easier to discipline him if you have more. Besides, I will also come.
You are old. You are an ordinary man, and I am not a cut-off man. How can you not like beautiful little girls? As long as they don’t give birth to sons, they are just objects like kittens and puppies. Even if they give birth to sons, sons
They are not promising, but they are only slightly better than objects. Looking back, they are all maids in the house, and they don’t know a word of Dou Daer. How can they raise any promising children? You are outside me.
Things are so busy that I don't have the energy to worry about it. I just follow the rules and ask the teacher to see if I have talent. It's rare to have excellent talent. Except for the two bastards in Rongguo Mansion, I haven't seen any good people from other families."
Su Cheng unconsciously came out of her mother's arms and sat upright, thinking: "Rongguo Mansion, that is, Master Cong is extremely talented, and Master Huan is his ally in the mansion since they were young. When they were young, Master Cong dressed up in cute clothes.
Han worshiped Aunt Lin as his teacher. Whatever Aunt Lin taught him, he taught Uncle Huan. Since these two brothers were taught by Aunt Lin, it was natural for Master Lin Hai to grow up with him after returning to Beijing. Otherwise, he would have learned from Rong Guofu.
That style of study, they are not sure what they will achieve."
Mrs. Zhang nodded: "Therefore, I only regard your aunts as a few moving, bed-warming ladies. They can save me a lot of time and energy to take care of you, and leave my energy to take care of you two. There is nothing wrong with that."
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Su Cheng frowned and held his cheek and thought for a long time, then said: "What mother said sounds very reasonable, but it is not quite right. Uncle Cong said that the greatest characteristic of love is exclusivity. Whoever dares to touch his woman will be killed."
Kill that man; my aunt also said that if Uncle Cong dares to flirt with others, she will kill him. You also choose my aunt to live with me. Aren't you jealous?"
Zhang said calmly: "As a woman, you must not be jealous. Jealousy is a sin."
"Mom~~I'm serious."
"Aren't I being serious?" Mrs. Zhang said, "Do you think Qizhu is written for fun? If a lady can be honest and jealous, can she attack her husband's concubine openly? If there is no concubine, there will be no concubine.
.How many sons can a woman have? Didn’t I tell you? It is a man’s duty to spread branches and spread leaves. A prosperous clan must have many sons, and it is useless to rely solely on one or two promising men."
Su Cheng twitched the corner of her mouth: "Doesn't it look like a stallion?" Zhang glared at her. Su Cheng muttered, "It looks like it."
Ms. Zhang said seriously: "There are indeed some similarities." Su Cheng was startled, and the mother and daughter suddenly laughed in unison. After she stopped laughing, Ms. Zhang said again, "Your father and I are not like Brother Cong and his wife.
We were so deeply affectionate and supported each other for so many years. His little wives, I didn’t talk about them in the early years, and I was not happy in my heart. It wasn’t until the bandits attacked the city a few days ago that I realized that he was working for the court outside.
He has blocked countless open and hidden arrows every day. If he can't block it, his house will be ransacked and his family will be ransacked, or his clothes and food will be lost. I plant flowers, raise birds, listen to plays and go to the garden every day. It's so leisurely. I gave him a few beauties.
My maid warms the bed, what's wrong with that?"
After hearing this, Su Cheng felt depressed, and after a while he said: "After all, getting married is just like doing a business."
Mrs. Zhang said: "Marriage is originally about business. When your father gets married to me, the Su family and the Zhang family do business. When your father becomes a high-ranking official and can help the Yue family, the Zhang family will make money;
If your brother achieves great success, it will be the Su family's profit."
Su Cheng suddenly covered his face, and two lines of tears rolled down from between his fingers. After crying for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't!"
Mrs. Zhang caressed her neck and sighed: "You are different from me. You are ambitious, and in this world, women are gradually allowed to establish themselves in the world. Cheng'er, it's okay if you want to be lazy.
These guys will definitely be able to protect you."
Su Cheng took the handkerchief and wiped her tears: "I don't."
Mrs. Zhang put her arms around her and rubbed her in his arms for a long time, then said decisively: "In that case, you don't have to spend time at home, go to Dajiala to study. Here, even if you want to follow your father and learn how to govern a province,
Wouldn't he be willing to teach you? If you don't go to Dajiala, you can easily learn from any uncle or aunt you like. Even if you marry a subordinate like the third girl from the Jia family, what's wrong with that?"