24. Swallowing gold and killing yourself
Yan Bing was startled by Li's red face and red eyes, like a hungry ghost devouring paper, and quickly hid behind her eldest uncle, so she dared to continue to taunt: "Don't die until you don't repent, this is the case, what's the use of swallowing a rubbing?" ”
Without waiting for Li's voice, Xingyi stepped forward and blocked his sister side by side with his uncle, raised another letter of resignation in his hand, and coldly looked at his stepmother and said on fire: "If you don't admit adultery, it is more appropriate to murder." Grandpa wrote it in his own hand--Li's heart is more than a snake and scorpion plotting to kill his stepson, causing the death of his family, being unkind to his mother and unfilial piety to his wife, and he should be judged by the government! ”
After speaking, Xingyi handed the rubbing to Li Mao, pointed to the Li family, who was so shocked that he temporarily lost his ability to speak, knelt down and cried: "I beg my uncle to help us report to the official and severely punish this evil woman!" ”
The crime of murder can be reported by relatives, but Xingyi is not considered an adult under the age of 15, and he is not even qualified to report to the official. Of course, what he discussed with Yan Bing was not necessarily to report to the official, but he had to drive Li out of the house, and he could no longer be her children and be subject to "filial piety".
As for how to deal with it, it depends on whether she is interested and the meaning of her grandfather's family. The brother and sister looked at Li Mao in unison.
Li Mao, who took over the book, was completely confused, not abiding by women's morals was a great sin for him, but he didn't expect that there was still the crime of murdering his stepson and killing his father-in-law by mistake!
"Xingyi him, he is not only your stepson but also your nephew! You, you, you can do it?! And Yan Bing, you actually told her that she was such a person, at first I thought you were deceived, but it was intentional?! Why don't you have any love and compassion? Li Mao was so angry that his hands trembled, and he was almost speechless when he pointed at Li Fang.
Li Fang saw that the bad things were exposed, and she couldn't argue anymore, so she simply broke the jar and straightened her back, flicked the slightly messy dress, raised her sleeves and brushed her forehead.
Then he sneered: "She can't marry badly, so what about me?" I'm a servant, so I'm not qualified to seek a single-minded person, and the white head is not separated? In vain, you call yourself a gentleman, but you only do things with relatives and no reason. I was poisoned, because I hated Xingyi for swaggering around to hide the glory of prosperity, and wanted to stop him from robbing the family business! I deliberately cheated your niece, she is pitiful, is she as pitiful as me? ”
"...... "So, the Li family has been full of resentment since he married Grandpa?" Yan Bing watched her aggressively question her uncle, and suddenly felt that it was really absurd.
Is this a report and a report? Li Fang's marriage was blocked, so she wanted to take revenge on herself, and because she was in love with her eldest brother, she wanted to poison Xingyi, who was blocking the way...... But why should you be unfortunate enough to harm others as a matter of course? There are so many unhappy people in the world, do they all kill people and set fires?
Thinking of this, Yan Bing also straightened her spine and looked at Li Fang without being humble or arrogant, and said righteously: "You are pitiful, you are justified?" Ridiculous! According to common sense, only the eldest can inherit most of the family business, Ah Yi is not the eldest son, what are you doing to him? Even if he is, is it possible that who stipulates that only one person in a family can get ahead? Obviously, it should be to compete for the upper reaches of the competition, and everyone should support each other. What's more, those who really have the ability go outside to earn their own property, and those who don't have the ability can only grab it in their own pot! ”
"Isn't it good to say that you are close to the high and the low, and you will have to marry a fourth-grade official, isn't it good?" Li Mao responded to Li Fang's previous question, he felt that his sister was inexplicably resentful, and the family had tried their best to think about her but was not satisfied.
Li Shi was angry again when he heard this, ignoring Yan Bing, he only raised his voice and roared at Li Mao: "Li Yun wanted to marry him at the beginning, but my mother strongly objected that it was a vulgar martial artist who was not worthy of the daughter of the Li family at all, and when it was my turn, I obviously wanted to pretend to be Li Yun to serve her children, and I even said that it was a blessing from heaven and a blessing from my previous life!" ”
After that, she turned her head to look at her husband who looked like bones on the sickbed, snorted lightly, and sneered word by word: "What blessing?" I looked at him and felt evil and hearty. Li Yun, she just wants the wind to be windy and rainy, I can only take the turn of crooked melons and cracked dates. If it was really for my good, why did you let me withdraw from Jia Changshi's younger brother back then? caused the young Jinshi to die depressed. ”
The Xingyi brothers and sisters suddenly realized when they heard this: Jia Changshi? Isn't this the white-faced scribe in the Dingyue County Palace, who cheated the Rong brothers? No wonder Li Fang was able to go past her aunt to discuss her marriage, it turned out that there was still this origin!
"Retirement...... You think you're wrong about this," Li Mao couldn't help but sigh when he heard it, it turned out that all the evil things came from a misunderstanding! "That Jia Jiaerlang and you set up a marriage because he thought that he could take the opportunity to get Grandpa's support in the scientific examination, and after being rejected, he went around to invest in the bank, and there were a lot of complaints, and Grandpa disdained his character so he quit his family. Shu Lang's marriage for his children was after that. ”
Seeing Li Fang's shocked look, although Li Mao felt pity, he also hated her for listening to slanderous rumors and assassinating her family, so he continued to tell him bluntly: "Jia Erlang's death probably has nothing to do with you. ”
"No, it can't be!" Li Fang's legs went limp, and she hugged her ears in a panic, wanting to refuse to listen to her brother's explanation.
In her mind, sometimes Jia Changshi poured out the sad appearance of his brother's death, and sometimes Shu Xingsheng's graceful smile, but in the end, Li Mao said, "When did you see me ever lied?" He was completely crushed, staggered a few steps and fell to his knees.
Before she could settle down, she saw the two brothers and sisters Xingyi and Yan Bing stepping forward together, wearing a dark blue robe and a light-colored dress, with a calm face as if black and white impermanence.
Xingyi pointed to the letter of resignation and asked: "Are you planning to admit adultery and be divorced; Or plead guilty to murder and report to the police for justice? Anyway, it can't be good. ”
Yan Bing said with a positive expression: "Since you are disgusting Grandpa, why do you treat his daughter Yanqing like a pearl?" Although Liuniang was born prematurely, she was healthy and even strong. It's all because she's your and your eldest brother's child, yes or no?! ”
Li Fang naturally didn't want to admit either crime.
A mother who has committed a crime will definitely affect her daughter's life, whether it is private or murderous, it will force Yanqing to marry a good family.
"I was wrong, I was wrong!" Li Fang's voice softened suddenly, and with tears in her eyes, she reached out and grabbed Li Mao's trouser leg, and begged, "Brother, don't report to the official, please!" Don't report to the official, I'm willing to cut my hair to redeem the Buddha for the nun's fasting and recitation of the Buddha—"
Before Li's words fell, he suddenly closed his voice, and looked at the wooden couch behind Li Mao with frightened eyes, only to see Shu Hongyang, who originally didn't know anyone, turned his face sideways and opened his dark eyes at this moment, and was staring at her without blinking.
The gray hair, the thin and yellow face, and the double fish-like eyes are surprisingly similar to the old lady Shu who was dead at the beginning! When Li Fang was frightened, his teeth chattered in trembling.
Shu Hongyang tried hard to open his mouth, and let out a grunting pant sound from his throat, and then asked in a hoarse voice, "...... Evil, heart? …… Xing, Xing, Sheng, Yan...... Clear? ”
"Grandpa! Are you awake?! Xingyi didn't hear what he was asking at all, so he just pounced with a surprised face, trying to help Shu Hongyang sit up.
Yan Bing chuckled in her heart, estimating that this was probably a return to the light? The person she ran to was Li Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, grabbed her stepmother's arm and forced a smile: "It's okay, grandpa, you heard it wrong!" ”
Li Fang didn't know if she was stunned and didn't receive the prompt to pinch her arm, or if she did it on purpose, she actually spoke at the same time as Yan Bing, and replied in a daze: "Yes, you will be disgusting when you touch me." Yanqing is your son's flesh and blood, no longer sad that he died without a queen. ”
“…… You! Shu Hongyang's brain exploded, his eyes were round and almost overflowing with blood and tears, only to feel that it was a big joke that he took care of his youngest daughter and did not take a step earlier to take a personal break from the Li family.
He turned his eyes to look at the young son Xingyi beside him, and spit out a word with difficulty: "mouni", and then he leaned back unwillingly, and fell down stiffly.
Suddenly there was silence in the room, Xingyi trembled and touched the side of Shu Hongyang's neck, not feeling the pulse at all, Yan Bing put his handkerchief on his face with tears, and there was no undulation.
"......" has been staying up for so long, and he actually went like this?! She suddenly felt that her heart was empty, just like when Old Lady Shu passed away, sullen and sour.
Xingyi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and pounced on Li Fang, choked her neck and cried: "Poisonous woman! Poisonous woman! You're so angry with Grandpa! You admit your mistake, what mistake did you admit ?! Admitting mistakes while hurting others! What is the use of chanting Buddha? I want you dead! I want your life to pay for your life! Die, you! ”
Li Fang grabbed her neck and shook her as if she was being carried a chicken, and within two strokes, her face turned blue and she rolled her eyes.
Seeing this, Yan Bing was so anxious that she hammered her eldest brother's arm and broke his fingers hard, while shouting: "Let go, Ah Yi, let go!" Can't hitch a ride on yourself for her! ”
In the end, it was the uncle Li Mao who forcibly pulled Xingyi away and held his hand to prevent him from continuing to beat Li Fang.
Then, he looked at the sister who was lying on the ground and coughing, and shook his lips and said categorically: "You, kill yourself." ”
Poisoning the stepson Xingyi is not harmonious, and it is a heinous crime to prosper with the stepson! Yan Bing and Xingyi said that they can't have such a stepmother when they are in the future, and the Li family can't have such a big scandal, and they can't allow her to live in the world, otherwise the century-old family will be ruined!
Li Shi saw that Shu Hongyang was alive and dead, and knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter, she was unwilling to cry, and suddenly remembered that she was guilty of the prosperity of no one on Huangquan Road, and finally nodded.
Li Fang first begged everyone to keep it secret, and then asked Xingyi to swear that he would treat Yanqing well after the attack.
Then, she trembled and took out a red gold plum blossom from the purse around her waist, clenched her palm, laughed miserably and whispered: "He said that the fragrance of plum blossoms is not strong, but it is the most pleasant...... Sheng Lang, I'm looking for you......"
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When the uncle Lu and Yanqing returned from a walk, they pushed open the door and saw a mess of confetti, and the Shu couple were lying flat on the bed, as if they were very peaceful when they closed their eyes.
Li Mao lowered his head to look at Yanqing, and said in a deep voice with an expressionless face: "Your grandfather went, and Auntie swallowed gold and martyred, and also went." ”
“…… What? "Liar, huh? Impossible! Yanqing blinked her phoenix eyes with an incredulous and ignorant expression.
She wanted to come forward to check, but was stopped by Li Mao, he listened to the little lady's kicking and crying, only looked at his wife and ordered: "Call your daughter-in-law and second brother to help with the funeral." ”
Yan Bing looked at the qiē in front of her, and felt exhausted, and had to fight hard to assist her aunt in handling the funeral, after all, this is the Shu family's business.
Two days later, before she could recover her breath, Jia Changshi, the prince of Dingyue County, suddenly came to the door to offer condolences when he was receiving relatives and friends without seeing outsiders.
During the banquet, he even aggressively asked Li Mao: "Shuhou and his wife left suddenly, how should the family affairs of the five ladies be handled?" Is it feasible to marry within 100 days? ”