Marriage of the Di Daughter

In Jiang's mansion, Jiang Li stared at Zhao Ke without moving his eyes.

Zhao Ke didn't say anything at first, but in the end, he was finally defeated and said: "When my subordinates came to Jiang's residence, Miss Jiang had passed away. My lord asked my subordinates to guard Jiang's residence, and my subordinates took Jiang away." I have inquired about everything that can be inquired in the mansion. But the turmoil in the back house is not within the scope of inquiring by subordinates, so I only got a rough idea."

"Tell me." Jiang Li said.

"Miss Jiang's early death, although the subordinates did not witness it with their own eyes, the Jiang family's eldest family kept it secret. Since then, Miss Jiang's biological mother, Aunt Hu, has moved into a remote courtyard, and her life was almost in danger several times. "

Jiang Li's eyes were fixed: "How do you say that?"

"It was all accidents, but Aunt Hu was lucky, she was able to get away with it every time. Later, Mrs. Jiang saw that she was pitiful and helped her all the time. Moreover, Aunt Hu fell ill from time to time, and there was no trace of this person in the mansion gradually."

Jiang Li thought for a while, and then asked, "Zhao Ke, just tell me, is Miss Jiang's death related to Ji Shuran?"

Zhao Ke was obviously not used to talking about such things with others, he hesitated for a while before saying: "Nine out of ten."

"Sure enough..." Jiang Li murmured, she turned to look at Zhao Ke, and the question became more and more sharp: "Then how much do you know about me?"

Zhao Ke: "What?"

"At the beginning, my reputation of killing my mother and younger brother was spread throughout Yanjing City. As far as the Jiang family is concerned, it is also a major event that the Jiang family can name. Since you have come to the Jiang family as a spy, it is impossible to miss this point. About me, How much do you know? For example, why did I push Ji Shuran to have a miscarriage? Before that, Ji Shuran had a good relationship with me. I was so young at that time, and I was able to do these things, maybe there is something hidden in it? "

What happened back then was too long ago. Tong'er didn't know at all, and as for Bai Xue, she came in later. I heard that the maids and women who were involved in the incident were kicked out of the mansion because they were not good at taking care of them. Now they are looking for someone who knows, but they can't find them at all. The clues left by that incident are nothing but a reputation full of evil. But Jiang Li herself is not the real Miss Jiang Er, she has no memory of that incident, so she doesn't know the truth at all.

Zhao Ke said: "Second Miss, although this is a major matter for the Jiang family, when you went to Qingcheng Mountain, in the eyes of the Yanjing people, you were undoubtedly the Jiang family's abandoned son. Your Excellency asked his subordinates to lurk in the Jiang family, and did not bother to investigate It's about an abandoned child."

Jiangli: "..."

Ji Heng's subordinates have exactly the same temperament as Ji Heng, so what he said was very rude, of course, there was nothing wrong with what he said. A chief minister's daughter, Qingxiu who was expelled to a nunnery thousands of miles away, no matter how you look at it, this lady may never return to Yanjing for the rest of her life. It was strange that so much thought should have been devoted to a lady who had been forgotten by all.

"Besides," Zhao Ke said again: "Why does Second Miss Jiang ask her subordinates about these things, and what is the truth, isn't Second Miss the clearest?"

He turned against the general, and Ji Heng's subordinates also followed him, with sharp eyesight and a good grasp of key points. Jiang Li smiled: "But what I saw back then was also one-sided. I only saw a part of Ji Shuran's hidden face. It's not that what I saw was the truth, maybe there is something deeper behind the truth, isn't it?"

Zhao Ke said: "Yes."

"Zhao Ke, do you really know nothing about Ji Shuran's miscarriage?"

Zhao Ke replied: "My subordinates don't know."

Jiang Li looked at his expression to make sure he was not lying. Understanding in her heart, she thought for a while and said, "Okay, don't mention Ji Shuran's matter. In the past few days, I want you to do three things for me. The first thing is to help me check as much as possible. The reason behind Miss Jiang’s early death back then. If you can’t find out, please let me know as much as possible about Miss Jiang’s trivial matters. The second thing is that you pay more attention to whether there are any high-level people in Yanjing City recently. I think Daoist Chongxu should be here. The third thing," she paused, "I need a ventriloquist. There are many capable people in your Duke's Mansion, and I think you should know quite a few of them."

After these three things were finished, Zhao Ke's face became very ugly again. He didn't ask Jiang Li why he did these three things, but said unwillingly: "Second Miss Jiang, you are not the master of your subordinates. .”

"I'm not your master, but your lord lent you to me, so I can use you." Jiang Li smiled, "Otherwise, you go back and protest with your lord, or leave Jiang's house and change Come alone?"

Zhao Ke was extremely depressed. He was one of the best talents in the Duke's Mansion. He was praised by everyone in terms of kung fu, disguise, and brain. Therefore, the grown-ups entrusted him with such a dangerous thing lurking in the Jiang family. As a result, Miss Jiang used her now, not only without the slightest bit of embarrassment, but also very smoothly. Those who didn't know, thought that she was her servant and that she was her serious master.

It's really unreasonable to use a sledgehammer to kill chickens with an overkill!

But he still didn't dare to tell Ji Heng, let someone else do it.

Forget it, just this time, and if the adults know that they are being used like this, they will definitely remind Miss Jiang Er not to do too much, and they will definitely be sympathetic to him. Zhao Ke had no choice but to respond: "Okay. If there is nothing else, the subordinate will leave."

Jiang Li stopped him and asked: "What you said to you, will you tell your adults verbatim?"

"Second Miss Jiang," Zhao Ke said solemnly, "the master is the master of the subordinates."

"Okay." Jiang Li said: "Then you can add a word by the way, there are some things that you can't find out, if your adults can find out, can you help me?"

Zhao Ke stared at Jiang Li dumbfounded, this person is so aggressive, not only dare to order himself, but also dare to make such unreasonable demands on adults? !

Because the shock in his heart was too great, he couldn't show any expression on his face, and just disappeared in front of the window with a blank face.

Jiang Li closed the window, went back to the bed and sat down, thinking about what Zhao Ke said, the things that happened back then were so hard to find out, it seemed to prove more and more that Ji Shuran had done a lot of secret things.

Although she was not the real Miss Jiang Er, she survived because of Miss Jiang Er. In a way, she could understand how Miss Jiang Er felt. I can't do anything, but now, maybe the only thing I can do to help Miss Jiang Er is to help her find the truth, so that she won't be charged with crimes that don't belong to her.

On the other side, in the Duke's mansion, when he heard the news from Zhao Ke, Lu Ji couldn't sit still.

"She, she, she..." The blue-clothed scribe, who was not showing any emotions or anger, said hurriedly, regardless of maintaining his calm and calm posture: "How can she be so bold?"

Not only is she bold, she is simply ignorant of the heights of the heavens and the earth. Look, what are you talking about? Not only did the masters of the Duke's Mansion do things for her, but even Ji Heng dared to order her around. Did this girl grow up with the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard? Did she not know how to write the word "fear" from birth?

Ji Heng didn't seem to take this matter to heart, but said to himself: "Ask about Ji Shuran's miscarriage?"

"Yes." Wen Ji replied, "Zhao Ke said that's what Miss Jiang Er asked."

"The three things she wants Zhao Ke to do, the first two things can still be thought about, the third thing is to find someone with a good ventriloquist... What does this mean?" Lu Ji shook her head, "Is she going to juggle?"

"There are many diners in the house, Lu Ji, go and find one." Ji Heng said.

Lu Ji complied, but wondered in her heart, why Ji Heng always responded to Jiang Li's request. At first, Ji Heng didn't even care about Jiang Li's death. Lu Ji suspected that there were other secrets between the two of them. Of course, he would not inquire. But to make such a big change in Ji Heng, Miss Jiang Er is quite remarkable.

"Second Miss Jiang seems to be investigating the affairs of the Ji family recently." Lu Ji said: "Could it be that she is going to deal with the Ji family? Behind the Ji family is the Ji family, and there is a Li concubine in the Ji family. If the second Miss Jiang deals with the Ji family, Just to deal with Concubine Li. Now Yongning also hates Second Miss Jiang, if Yongning and Concubine Li join forces, Miss Jiang’s life will be difficult." Lu Ji shook her head, "She has always been shrewd, how could she do it at this juncture? This kind of thing?"

"She is holding back so hard." Ji Heng said: "Now, I can't bear it any longer. But that's okay, the enemy is not defeated by forbearance. She is so refreshing."

"Jiang Yuanbai is smart in politics, but not as good as his daughter in family affairs." Lu Ji sighed, "Now, it's something to watch."

Ji Heng stared at the flickering candlelight on the table, with a smile on his lips, but deep eyes.

It was indeed interesting to see, because he himself began to be curious.

...

In the winter of Yanjing City, the sun is always very precious. The sun came out yesterday, and today is like taking back yesterday’s good weather. When I got up early in the morning, the cold wind was mixed with rain and snow, and the flower branches in the flower beds were overwhelmed by the snow, and many broke.

Mingyue and Qingfeng were wearing thick padded jackets, and they were helping to clean up the broken flower branches in the yard. Jiang Li looked out the window, Tong'er said: "Girl, it's snowing so hard today, why don't you go to Ye's house?"

In such a heavy snowstorm, apart from the exhausted common people, all wealthy families don’t even have to leave their houses. It’s too cold and too cold. The charcoal fire was burning in the room, and Jiang Li still had a hand stove in her hand, but standing at the entrance of the yard, she still felt the whizzing coldness.

"I have to go," Jiang Li looked at the sky, "but it's really inconvenient to go out now, so let's go when the snow is lighter in the afternoon."

Tong'er bowed her head in resignation, and Jiang Li's answer was just as she expected. For Xue Huaiyuan, no matter the wind or rain, Jiang Li would go to visit him. Sometimes I really don't understand, even if my daughter is kind-hearted, there are people taking care of Xue Xiancheng, why can't I let it go?

Just as she was thinking, Bai Xue walked in from the outside and said, "Girl, Aunt Hu is here."

"Aunt Hu?" Tong'er was taken aback.

Jiang Li didn't look very surprised, she smiled slightly: "It's much faster than I thought, Tong Er, go pour tea, Bai Xue, please come in, Aunt Hu."

When Aunt Hu came, she was still accompanied by the maid from that day. She seems to have only this servant girl, after all, although she is an aunt, almost no one in the house remembers her. Only superficially won the title of aunt.

Aunt Hu entered Jiangli's room with her maid.

The inside and outside of the house seem to be two worlds, and Aunt Hu and her maid probably haven't felt such warmth for a long time. Jiang Li could clearly see that the maid involuntarily moved a little closer to the charcoal fire, greedily absorbing a little bit of heat in the room.

Jiang Li sighed inwardly. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the master and servant were only wearing thin cotton clothes. It's hard to imagine that in a big family like the Jiang Mansion, even the servants have winter clothes, but these two people live in such a poor way. Although Mrs. Jiang wanted to help Aunt Hu, but the power of housekeeping was in Ji Shuran's hands, and Mrs. Jiang couldn't take care of the details. And Aunt Hu's master and servant fell into such a situation, if it wasn't for Ji Shuran's acquiescence, Jiang Li would not believe it.

"It's cold outside, Aunt Hu should drink some hot tea." Jiang Li pushed the teacup towards Aunt Hu.

Aunt Hu took the teacup and took a sip. It seemed that she felt a little warmer, and her pale face showed some blood. She said: "Second Miss, my concubine came here today to answer the question that Second Miss asked yesterday."

Jiang Li smiled, Aunt Hu is a smart person, she didn't answer immediately yesterday, it was just to weigh the pros and cons. But today, she made a decision immediately, and she seems to be a smart person.

"No hurry," Jiang Li said with a smile, "I've said it before, whenever Aunt Hu wants to say it, she can say it, don't rush it for a while, I won't force you."

"Second Miss is a bodhisattva, so naturally she will not force this concubine, but according to what I see, the fierce battle between Second Miss and the Ji family will soon begin. The concubine and the Ji family have a sworn feud, so naturally It is to help the second lady. So I came here today to express my heart to the second lady." She said: "I am willing to help the second lady."

"Give me a helping hand?" Jiang Li smiled, "Aunt Hu doesn't have to be so righteous. Helping me is killing people with a knife. It's just another way of saying it. Besides, helping me doesn't mean helping Auntie herself?"

Aunt Hu looked at Jiangli for a while, then suddenly smiled, she smiled, showing a somewhat demure and gentle posture, she said: "Second Miss and Madam are really different."

The "madame" she said was of course Ye Zhenzhen.

Jiang Li smiled indifferently: "I haven't been with my mother for a long time, and I can only know what kind of person she is from other people's mouths. I heard that my aunt and my mother had a good relationship. Maybe my aunt knows."

"Madam is a good person." Aunt Hu said softly.

"Because my mother can tolerate the existence of your eldest sister, but Ji's can't."

As soon as these words came out, several people in the room fell silent, and Tong'er and Bai Xue didn't dare to speak out, and stood quietly behind Jiang Li.

"Second Miss is too courageous," Aunt Hu said, "Aren't you afraid that Master will hear you when you say these words?"

"Auntie is too perceptive in thinking about my father," Jiang Li said lightly, "If he could really see and hear everything, there wouldn't be so many stupid things happening in this mansion."

"Second Miss is a sensible person." Ji lowered her head and said slowly: "It's really not an accident that Yue'er fell from the rockery."

"Yue'er" is Miss Jiang's baby name. In fact, no one in the entire Jiang family seems to remember whether it is Miss Jiang's baby name or her real name. This is just a concubine, if Ye Zhenzhen hadn't been soft-hearted, she shouldn't have existed in this world. Therefore, Yue'er's final death was considered by everyone to be fate, since she didn't have the destiny to be born in the first place, and she couldn't earn her life even after she struggled to the end.

But no one cared about whether it was fate or conspiracy, except her biological mother.

"Speak slowly."

"After I gave birth to Yue'er, Madam also had Second Miss. Madam treated Yue'er very well, and gave Yue'er a share of any good things. Although Yue'er was a concubine, she was not treated as well as Second Miss. There are not many. I was very lucky to meet such a good person as my wife. I only hope that Yue'er will grow up safely, marry an honest family, and live a normal life, which is also very good."

"It's just that I didn't expect Madam to go so early, and then the Ji family came in." She looked at Jiang Li and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Although the Ji family looks very gentle and generous on the surface, it is also very gentle to Yue'er. Very good. But women, there is always a kind of intuition, and there is always a kind of hindrance in the way she looks at Yue'er."

"I want Yue'er to stay away from her and not to get close to her. I didn't expect something to happen."

"They regard Yue'er as a playmate who plays with Jiang Youyao, but ordinary people, how could they treat their playmates like this, that day..."

On that day, the eldest lady of the Jiang family was playing with Jiang Youyao in the mansion. Jiang Youyao was only about two years old and she was a child who didn't understand anything. The eldest lady of the Jiang family didn't know what she did, she always bumped into Jiang Youyao, Ji Shuran was furious, and kicked Jiang Yue'er. Miss Jiang's family was only four years old, but she didn't show mercy in that kick, she kicked Jiang Yue'er backwards, hit the back of her head on the threshold, and died on the spot.

Ji Shuran was only flustered for a moment, and immediately made a decision, only to let the servants take Jiang Yueer to the rockery, pretending that Jiang Yueer accidentally fell down from the rockery, and lost her life.

"They don't even think about it. Yue'er is only four years old, how can he climb up such a rockery." Although Aunt Hu tried her best to tell the past calmly, her body couldn't help trembling slightly. She curled up her fingers and scratched at random. After a while, as if she wanted to grab her daughter who had disappeared, she said: "My Yue'er died in Ji Shuran's hands."

"How do you know?" Jiang Li asked.

"My maid, her name is Baoqin." She raised her head and motioned to the maid standing beside her, she said: "Her twin sister, named Siqi, was by Yue'er's side that day. Outside, I happened to see what Mrs. Ji ordered others to do, and immediately ran back to the yard while no one was paying attention, and told me."

"Where's that maid?" Jiang Li asked.

"Dead." Aunt Hu bowed her head. "That day, everyone in the yard became scapegoats. They played chess to protect Miss, and were beaten to death. I couldn't save her."

"You know about this, why didn't you tell your father?" Jiang Li asked.

"Second miss, do you think I haven't told the master?" Aunt Hu sneered, "It's just that no one believed my words. They all said that I was hysterical and went crazy because I lost Yue'er, slandered and framed Ji, and even If you want to send me to the temple, if the old lady didn't think about the relationship between master and servant and speak for me, I am afraid that I would have an accident and die in an accident on the way to some temple."

Jiang Li was silent, and after a while, she said, "Does no one in the house believe what you said?"

"How do you believe it?" Aunt Hu said: "She is the young lady of the Ji family, the current wife of the main house, gentle and generous, virtuous and virtuous, no one would believe that she would do anything to a concubine who does not hinder her. Maybe, Maybe some people noticed that it was unnatural, but the Ji family was booming at that time, who would offend the in-laws of the Ji family for a dead person, second lady, you are also in the Jiang family, you should look at the benefits of favor I know better than I. They also have family affection, but this kind of family affection also needs to pay attention to the pros and cons. In the face of interests, they are very fragile."

She said it like crying and laughing, but Jiang Li seemed to be able to see the resentment and sadness in her heart through the face of this old woman.

Aunt Hu calmed down for a while, and then said softly: "In this mansion, there is one person who should believe me, and that is Madam. It's a pity that she is dead. This may be my retribution."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Li sensitively sensed other meanings in her words.

"Second Miss, this matter has been buried in my heart for many years." Aunt Hu said with a sad smile: "In this mansion, everyone avoids me like the plague, and I have not been able to tell this secret to others. But now you Come on, I think, you should also know about this. In fact, Madam's death was not accidental in the first place."

When Jiang Li heard it, it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured into her head. In the already cold weather, it was even more bone-chilling. Her smile disappeared, and she just asked, "Aunt Hu, you have to make it clear."

Aunt Hu didn't seem to notice the change in Jiang Li's face, and she said to herself: "At first, Ji Shi just entered the door. At first, I thought that as long as he behaved tenderly and obediently, Ji Shi would spare our mother and daughter and not go. Trouble with our mother and daughter. At that time, I often went to please Mrs. Ji, and gave Mrs. Ji the food I made, embroidery and so on. One day, I heard Mrs. Ji talking to her mother, and what he said was that The doctor who treated Madam has returned to Yanjing City, so he has to find someone to silence him."

"What did you say?" Jiang Li frowned, "Didn't my mother pass away because she was weak when she gave birth to me?" Hearing that the original Second Miss Jiang blamed herself very much because of this. If she hadn't tried her best to give birth to herself, Ye Zhenzhen wouldn't have left so early.

"The body is weak and needs to be taken care of slowly." Aunt Hu said: "But Madam's body has been getting worse and worse in the past six months. We didn't think much about it at the time, but on that day, I suddenly felt something was wrong. After Madam died, Madam For various reasons, the few maids who are close to you, either have to go home to take care of their seriously ill mother and leave Jiang’s mansion, or leave the mansion to get married, and there has been no news for half a year. It is the maids around you, Second Miss , Madam left you, there is nothing left."

"Now that I think about it, it may not be that the Ji family bribed these maids and doctors to tamper with Madam's medicinal food and cause Madam to have trouble."

Jiang Li shook her head: "But it's not necessary. My father only fell in love with the Ji family after my mother passed away. At that time, the Ji family was still in her boudoir. In the entire Yanjing City, according to the lintel of Ji's family, although Jiang could not be found. Such a noble family, but the young master of an ordinary official family is more than enough. There is no need to be here as a follow-up."

"This is what I don't understand." Aunt Hu's face also showed some confusion, "If you say that the Ji family favored the master before, so they used such vicious methods, but it can't be justified. Before the Ji family and the master, Haven't met."

Jiang Li stopped talking.

"After knowing this, I dare not say anything about it. I am afraid that the more secrets I know, the sooner I will die." Aunt Hu said: "I thought, as long as the moon who can protect me grows up, I don't know these things. It’s better if it rots in the stomach, I didn’t expect..." She smiled wryly: "This is God’s punishment for me. Madam treats me so well on weekdays. I can’t complain for her, so I deserve to lose Yue’er. This is me. It is their own fault."

Jiang Li looked at her, she knew that Aunt Hu was sad, but she couldn't continue to sympathize with Aunt Hu. If Aunt Hu had revealed these things a little bit at the beginning, and the real Second Miss Jiang had become wary of the Ji family, it would not have led to the final tragedy. Although it seems to everyone that she, Second Miss Jiang, has everything except her bad reputation in the past, but only Jiang Li knows that the real Second Miss Jiang is gone in this world.

The daughter Ye Zhenzhen wanted to protect did not survive the Jiang family.

"Second Miss, I know you blame me, and I don't expect you to forgive me. However, my sins are naturally my responsibility, but Ji's has two lives on his back, and he can still live like a fish in water. I am not reconciled. .” This time, she didn’t even call her a “concubine”. She said: "I have endured it for so many years, thinking about how to die with her, but I can't even get close to her. I don't have money, so I can't do anything. To put it bluntly, I just want to poison her. I don't have money to buy arsenic. I also feel that Ji's death is too cheap for her. Even if I kill her, others will only say that I am vicious and vicious. I killed the mistress, so I deserve it. My son doesn't live long. But what about the Ji family? It's still a reputation for being a virtuous man, and he will die brightly after death, that's not what I want."

Jiang Li looked at her and said, "What do you want to say when you tell me this?"

"Second Miss, I know that you brought the people of Tongxiang to Chang'an Gate to complain about your grievances. For a stranger who has never met before, you can clear up his grievances. Not to mention Yue'er, Madam is your mother, you must have a way, Prove your innocence for Madam's death, don't you?"

"What about you?" Jiang Li asked, "Aunt Hu, what can you do?"

"I can... give everything." The stagnant woman's eyes gradually burst into flames of revenge, like a lioness whose cub was taken away by a hunter, shining with the madness of dying together. "Including my life," she said.

She stood up suddenly, faced Jiang Li, and knelt down.

"Concubine, I beg Second Miss."

Jiang Li looked at her, and for some reason, she thought of herself who was under house arrest in Shen's mansion and had nowhere to go.

It can't even be done.

She said: "Aunt Hu, get up, I promise you, not for you. Rather, the Ji family must die."

She should pay the price.