Marriage of the Di Daughter

After the Ye family and Brother Ye Minghui left, the Ye family was temporarily silent.

Mrs. Ye's health is not good, and now she can't even get out of bed, and no one dares to tell her about it. Zhuo and Guan have to force smiles to take care of Mrs. Ye, so that Mrs. Ye can't find out the clues—— Mrs. Yi Ye's condition has improved, but she can't fall by the wayside at this time.

As for Tong Zhiyang's brother-in-law that Jiang Li mentioned, Zhong Guanling in Yanjing City, apart from being surprised that Jiang Li had a very clear memory of what officials these people were, he did not receive the attention of the Ye family.

Jiang Li didn't think so in her heart. The Li family and Tong Zhiyang only needed a Zhong Guanling to get in touch. It's hard not to let her think too much about such a close relationship.

Just talking about this matter to the Ye family, I am afraid that the Ye family will not believe it.

After returning to her yard, Jiang Li sat in the room thinking hard.

Tong'er and Baixue didn't dare to disturb her, and retreated quietly outside the house. Because of the matter of Ye Minghui and Ye Mingxuan, the servants of the Ye family became much more silent, and the whole mansion suddenly became duller. It seems that there is an invisible haze covering everyone's heart, making people feel uneasy.

As the saying goes, a friend in adversity sees the truth, although everyone in the Ye family does not want to see an accident, but for Jiang Li, it might be an opportunity. To melt a piece of ice, it is not impossible to do nothing to let it melt slowly, but it takes too long. And what she lacks the most is time. If something happens to the Ye family this time, she can play a part in helping the Ye family get out of the crisis. I'm afraid that after the incident, most of the previous estrangement will disappear.

At that time, it was an easy task to "rebuild the old relationship" with the Ye family.

However, the first thing that needs to be clarified is what is going on with the matter of the Ye family Guxiang satin. Jiang Li faintly smelled a conspiracy. So far, she only suspected that this matter was related to the Li family, the right minister, but there was no evidence.

We can only wait for Brother Ye Minghui to return to the mansion twice before discussing.

...

Ye Minghui and Ye Mingxuan did not return home that night.

Not only that, but they also disappeared in the next few days. At first, Mrs. Guan and Mrs. Zhuo were still waiting anxiously in the mansion. After three or five days passed, there was no news. The two couldn't hold back any longer, and went to the yamen to meet Tong Zhifu in person, trying to find out what happened. .

But Zhifu Tong didn't see Mrs. Guan, so he only asked the master around him to come out and fight with Mrs. Guan. He said that Uncle Ye and Second Master Ye were guests in the yamen, but the matter was not finished yet, and when they were done, they would naturally come back Family.

Rao is the Guan family who does things well on weekdays, and is helpless in the face of Tong Zhiyang, who is not slippery. He turned around and complained to Zhuo family: "I haven't even met Tong Zhiyang face to face! Let alone asking about the master and the second brother." , I think Tong Zhiyang did it on purpose, he already knew that I would come to the door, so he avoided seeing me!"

Zhuo was less courageous, and said worriedly after hearing the words: "What on earth does he want to do? Detain the men in the yamen. I don't know how they are doing? He won't torture them privately, right? I heard that some officials detained people in the past. In jail, it's for torture."

When Ye Mingyu heard this, he immediately yelled and said angrily, "Punishment? They've eaten a bear's heart and leopard! Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, you wait, isn't Tong Zhiyang missing? I'll just break in! Take the knife Put it on his neck and see if he can see it!"

Guan Shi and Zhuo Shi couldn't keep talking, but Ye Mingyu was no one they could stop, so he picked a horse from outside the door and drove away, apparently wanting to settle accounts with Tong Zhiyang.

Ye Mingyu has a lot of gangster spirit in him, he doesn't know that not everything in the world can be solved with fists. Jiang Li, who got the news and rushed to the front hall, saw that Mrs. Guan and Mrs. Zhuo were ordering people to chase after Ye Mingyu, and she didn't know if they could catch up.

Ye Jia'er and Ye Rufeng also rushed over, and after learning the whole story, Ye Rufeng said without saying a word: "I'll go find my third uncle!"

"Rufeng!" Zhuo grabbed him, "Don't cause trouble at this time! Right now, there are no males in the mansion, and the rest are weak women. This is really... really, hey!"

Ye Jiaer was also very embarrassed. Seeing Jiang Li standing aside, she walked over and said in a low voice, "My cousin also thinks it's incredible."

"Indeed." Jiang Li nodded, "Before I came to the Ye family, I didn't know that the Ye family would have these troubles. I thought the Ye family lived well in Xiangyang."

"It is true that the Ye family lived very well in Xiangyang, but that was a few months ago." Ye Jiaer smiled wryly, "But now, people say that every prosperity must decline. Could it be that the time has come for my Ye family to decline?"

In Ye Jiaer's tone, she couldn't hide her disappointment. Although she was usually generous and decent, she was still young. When she encountered this suddenly, especially when her uncle and father were both taken away, she didn't know what the situation was now. will be affected. Jiang Li saw the bruises under her eyes. These days, she probably hasn't had a good night's sleep.

"Man conquers nature, there is no time when it should or should not be. Besides, the Ye family did not do evil, and God will treat the Ye family kindly." Jiang Li comforted her, and she felt like laughing when the comforting words came out. God will not treat a person kindly just because she is kind. In her previous life, she had a whole family of Xue family who was not upright and upright all her life, but she ended up alone. God has never been dependable, and she has to rely on herself.

She regained her composure and said to Ye Jiaer: "Cousin, don't say anything depressing. In my opinion, uncle and uncle and the others are in the yamen, so nothing will happen. If you really want to harm them, you can explain it in advance, so you can hide it like this." On the contrary, it seems to be a deal. I guess Tong Zhiyang has been refusing to let his aunts see them, just to sell them for a price."

"For sale?" Ye Jiaer was puzzled.

"Isn't there such a thing in the business field? Many businesses are not completed overnight. There is a process of pulling each other, sticking to each other, making little concessions to each other, and reaching a price that both parties can accept. At this time, it depends on whose The chips are heavier, and the person with the heavier chips is confident and patient enough to spend, but once the other party panics and loses composure, they will subconsciously give in first and make more concessions."

Ye Jiaer was stunned, and said: "You mean, Zhifu Tong and our Ye family seem to be doing business now. Zhifu Tong doesn't let our family see our father and uncle. If our family can't calm down, we will take the initiative to back down." , At this time, we can accept whatever conditions Tong Zhifu offers."

"That's exactly the reason." Jiang Li smiled, Ye Jiaer is very smart.

"However, what kind of business does Prefect Tong want to do with us?" Ye Jiaer was still puzzled, "What is he trying to do with our family?" Unknowingly, Ye Jiaer has habitually discussed with Jiang Li when encountering problems. After all, Guan's and Zhuo's don't care about business matters, and Ye Rufeng is a little immature. Looking around, the only person in the room who can talk is Jiang Li.

"It depends on what conditions Tong Zhiyang offered." Jiang Li said: "Don't worry, if Tong Zhiyang really has the heart to make a deal, he will always offer his own conditions in a short time. Just wait."

Seeing Jiang Li's confident appearance, Ye Jiaer seemed to have found a backbone, and involuntarily calmed down. Only then did her face soften slightly, and she joked: "However, why does my cousin keep calling Zhifu Tong by his name? If someone overhears this..."

"He's just a magistrate," Jiang Li said with a crooked smile, innocent and meaningless, "my father is the chief assistant. Even if I stand in front of him and call him by his name, no matter how dissatisfied he is, I will just Will be a man with his tail between his legs."

Ye Jiaer was taken aback, Ye Rufeng also looked at Jiang Li.

Although I knew about this cousin's "great achievements" in the past, Jiang Li who came to Ye's house was always gentle and considerate, which made people feel that she had nothing to do with the rumored cruel daughter-in-law. Well, she has a very soft temper, but at this moment, Ye Jiaer and Ye Rufeng really saw her contempt when she talked about Tong Zhiyang.

Jiang Li really looked down on Tong Zhiyang.

Jiang Li did look down on Tong Zhiyang, but it wasn't because Tong Zhiyang was just a magistrate. This Tong Zhiyang relied on his brother-in-law to achieve the position of magistrate, and he was also honored by his wife. On the surface, he was very afraid of the inside, but he raised an outside room and gave birth to a child.

At the end of the year, the county magistrate was going to review the school with the magistrate, Xue Huaiyuan had nothing to do, unlike other county magistrates who gave money to Tong Zhiyang, Tong Zhiyang deliberately found fault with Xue Huaiyuan. Xue Zhao couldn't see it, and wanted to catch Tong Zhiyang's pigtails. He didn't want to know the secret, so he threatened Tong Zhiyang with this secret, so that Tong Zhiyang would not let Xue Huaiyuan trouble him again.

Xue Huaiyuan didn't know about Xue Zhao yet, but wondered why Tong Zhiyang didn't bother him in the next few years. In fact, if Xue Zhao hadn't accidentally discovered Tong Zhiyang's secret at that time, it would be hard to say that Xue Huaiyuan, the county magistrate, would have been able to do this for a few years. With Tong Zhiyang's narrow-mindedness, he would definitely find an excuse to make Xue Huaiyuan lose his official title.

Jiang Li sneered at people like Tong Zhiyang, but she didn't expect Tong Zhiyang to run into Ye's family again, so naturally she didn't have a good face.

Guan Shi said to Zhuo Shi: "Why is the person who chased after the third child still hasn't come back, didn't he stop him?"

"Very likely." Zhuo was a little nervous, "The third younger brother's martial arts is good, and the guards in our mansion are not as good as him. At that time, he was only thinking of finding Tong Zhifu to settle accounts, so he must have left in a hurry... Don't provoke him." What a disaster. At this juncture, there can be no more problems."

"No, I have to go to the yamen." Guan stood up in a hurry, "How could the guards in the mansion persuade the third child, the third child has such a temper... I'll go and see."

"I'll go with you," Zhuo said.

They were about to get up, but they saw Ah Fu hurried in at the door, these days he and Ah Shun were helping in Lizheng Hall, so they were not needed in the house.

"Ah Fu, what's wrong with you?" Zhuo was taken aback.

Jiang Li looked, and saw that most of Ah Fu's clothes were torn, piled up in tatters, his face was green and red, and there seemed to be blood on the corner of his mouth. Her hair was even more disheveled, and it looked like she had a fight with someone somewhere.

"Eldest madam, second madam, it's not good." Ah Fu took a breath, and when he said this, he stopped for a while, as if speaking was also very difficult, and he continued after a while: "Li Zhengtang, Li Zhengtang was smashed Yes. The guards couldn't stop them, the shopkeeper was surrounded by people, and Ah Shun was still protecting him. Those people smashed things when they came in. They couldn't stop smashing anything, even the signboard of Lizheng Hall was smashed Ma'am, you should go and have a look!"

He finished in one breath.

"Li Zhengtang was smashed?" Zhuo almost fainted.

"That's not true." Ah Fu tugged at his clothes, "If the villain hadn't been sneaky and fast, he wouldn't be able to return home to report the news. Those people are red-eyed, and none of Li Zhengtang's people are allowed to go out."

"Ah Fu," Jiang Li asked, "Who are the people who came to smash the store?"

Lizheng Hall is owned by the Ye family, and no one in Xiangyang city does not know about the Ye family. Dare to come to Lizhengtang to smash the store, you are not small.

At this moment, Ah Fu didn't care about asking whether it was the cousin who needed to be wary, and immediately replied: "It's just ordinary people."

"Where did the unscrupulous people come from, dare to act wild in Lizheng Hall, I'm getting impatient!" Ye Rufeng was furious, "Why didn't you report to the government?"

"The officials have arrested our master, young master, why should we report it?" Ah Fu replied with a mournful face.

Jiang Li asked: "Then why did they smash the store for no reason, did Li Zhengtang provoke them, why did they come to make trouble?"

"I heard it's because of the ancient satin." Ah Fu's face was also a little dignified, "The people who came said that they had rashes wearing our clothes made of ancient satin, and now the garment shops in Xiangyang are not accepting the ancient satin. But the antique satin that was sold is still causing harm to people. A few days ago, someone wore the antique satin and it disappeared."

dead?

Ye Jia'er covered her mouth tightly. As the daughter of a merchant, she clearly knew that once the rumors that "ancient satin will kill people" spread, the Ye family would really have no chance of turning over.

And now, the rumor has spread.

Zhuo and Guan almost collapsed.

Ye Rufeng clenched his fists tightly.

Ah Fu looked at the people in this room, and for some reason, he felt a little desolate. Right now, both Uncle Ye and Second Ye are invited to the yamen, and the third Ye went to find someone, but he doesn’t know what’s going on now. Mrs. Ye is sick in bed, and there is a room full of people left. Ye Rufeng is young and immature, and everyone else is Weak girls. But the crisis of the Ye family is fierce, but what should we do?

"I'm going to Lizheng Hall." Ye Rufeng said.

"Rufeng, what can you do now?" Zhuo blocked.

"Mother, what can I do if I don't go? Lizheng Hall is a foundation built by our ancestors, and it cannot be destroyed by us. Now I am the only man in the house, so I will go." He said: "I must go."

Zhuo Shi let go of his hand in a daze.

Jiang Li appreciates it a lot. Although Ye Rufeng does not look very mature, it is a rare quality for him to be able to recognize his responsibilities. He never flinches at critical moments, which is very similar to Xue Zhao.

Her gaze suddenly softened.

"I'll go with you." Jiang Li said, "Don't be afraid, I'll find a way."

"You..." Ye Rufeng was about to speak when Ye Jiaer took Jiang Li's hand: "I'll go too."

...

At this moment, Li Zhengtang was in chaos outside.

The street was completely surrounded, and the shopkeepers of other shops around were leaning against the door to watch the show. In the past, Lizhengtang occupied the best land in Xiangyang, and the business was very good, which inevitably made people jealous. If peers look down on each other, even if they are not peers, there will be more jealousy. Seeing Li Zhengtang's unlucky situation right now, he sympathizes on the surface, but is overjoyed in his heart.

It's always hard to see people like them.

Ah Shun blocked the door. Although he is not tall, he has been traveling with Ye Mingyu these years, and he has some kung fu skills, and he also has a bit of gangster spirit. The entrance of Lizheng Hall was not broken at the moment, precisely because he commanded the guards to stop him. Even so, the cabinets next to the door were completely smashed, and the ground was strewn with torn fabrics. The crowd was excited, and new people kept coming. Holding a wooden stick in his hand.

Two fists are no match for four hands, if this goes on, he will almost be unable to stop

Ah Shun complained incessantly, if Ye Mingyu was better here, he might be able to bluff people. But Ye Mingyu disappeared at this moment. Even if he tried his best alone, it was impossible to stop the crowds that kept coming.

Among the crowd were servants sent by rich families, as well as ordinary people who did not seem to be rich, all shouting angrily.

"Ye's family murdered for their money, and Gu Xiang satin pierced people to death!"

"The profiteer Ye family! Tell the head of the Ye family to come out!"

"The Ye family will die!"

The Ye family was kind and generous in Xiangyang, and never deceived guests, this is the first time they have received such a bad name. Ah Shun was dizzy when he heard this, and someone lifted up his sleeve to let people around him see the fine and dense red rash on his arm, which caused everyone around to exclaim, so the action of smashing the shop became more and more wild.

When Ye Jiaer and his party arrived at Lizheng Hall, this was the scene they saw.

Guan and Zhuo didn't come, Guan went to the yamen to look for Ye Mingyu, Zhuo stayed in the mansion to wait for news, before Jiang Li left, she called out all the accompanying guards brought from Jiang's house.

Fortunately, Jiang Li called the guard. As the group of people had just walked to Lizheng Hall, someone saw them and immediately said: "Miss Ye and Young Master Ye are here!"

"Hula" all of a sudden, the crowd ran towards this end, menacing, Ah Shun cried out inwardly when he saw this, but saw the guards behind Jiang Li flashing their knives in unison.

The guards of Shoufu's family looked more serious than the guards of Ye's family, and it was okay to use them casually to bluff people, at least they looked no worse than the Yamen officials who came to Ye's family to arrest people. Everyone bullies the weak and fears the strong. Seeing so many vicious guards, he subconsciously froze.

I am timid and dare not go forward.

Only then did Ah Shun and the shopkeeper heave a sigh of relief. If something happened to the Young Master and Miss Cousin from the capital today, they would have to bear the blame as servants.

The guards guarded Jiang Li and the others and walked towards the Lizheng Hall. The troublemakers still wanted to follow, but they were afraid of the long knives in the guards' hands, so they had to surround them step by step.

After retreating to the entrance of Lizheng Hall, Jiang Li looked inside, and there was already a mess inside. Shopkeeper Qian covered his forehead with a handkerchief, blood oozing out, probably because he was thrown with something. It seems that these troublemakers came to pay suddenly, and they caught Li Zhengtang's people by surprise.

"Everyone..." Ye Rufeng plucked up his courage and said, "Don't get excited, calm down. I am the young master of the Ye family. If you have anything to do, sit down and talk about it. The Ye family will not evade responsibility..."

Before he finished speaking, an egg slammed into Ye Rufeng's head, and was stopped by Jiang Li's guards, otherwise Ye Rufeng would be smashed to pieces.

"Why don't you evade responsibility? Your ancient satin wears people to death. You kill people, and you want to earn money from the people of Xiangyang. What you earn is black-hearted money, and what you pay is life debt!"

Ye Rufeng's face turned red all of a sudden. When talking about the Ye family in the past, everyone in Xiangyang praised him. As a young master, he was naturally highly respected. But now he seems to be a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats, and the disdain in the eyes of the common people is real. They beat him.

Young boys have never experienced this kind of thing, and they are at a loss, puzzled, and even more disheartened. No one wants to believe him. Human feelings are indifferent, and he knows how to be warm and cold, but it is too cold.

Ye Jiaer is older than Ye Rufeng, although she feels sorry for her younger brother, she doesn't care to comfort Ye Rufeng at the moment, she stands up and says, "Everyone, I don't know where the saying that Gu Xiang satin wears dead people comes from, we still have to deal with this matter." I didn’t find out clearly. The Ye family has been doing business in Xiangyang City for so many years, and the goodwill is obvious to all, and we will not deceive you.”

But these words were immediately drowned out by the yelling, and Jiang Li even saw someone bent down to pick up a stone and wanted to throw it at Ye Jiaer.

Jiang Li quickly grabbed Ye Jiaer and told her to hide behind the guards.

"Who said ancient satin can wear dead people?" The slightly cold female voice was not high-pitched, but it seemed to have penetrating power, and it was clearly heard by everyone.

Everyone looked forward.

Then I saw a cardamom girl who came from nowhere standing in front of the guards. Her dress was dark blue and green, very clean, her eyebrows were beautiful and gentle, clear and lovely.

Perhaps the change of identity between "Shoufu Qianjin" and "Miss Merchant", even the smell will be slightly different. Those common people dared to throw stones at Ye Jiaer, but they didn't dare to speak ill of this seemingly gentle little girl, as if they were afraid.

Maybe it's Jiang Li who has an unscrupulous "qi".

"Who are you? There is a problem with Guxiang satin. Everyone knows this? Look at us!" The man probably wanted to be ashamed of a little girl like Jiang Li, so he rolled up his sleeves and showed Jiang Li Tiny red rashes.

Maybe Jiang Li thought that she would cover her eyes in a panic, but Jiang Li just glanced at his bare arm with a flat expression, as if looking at a teacup, a bowl, or an oil lamp, without any fluctuations.

"Oh." She said lightly, and then pulled out a short dagger from her sleeve.

The crowd around were startled, and they took a step back involuntarily. This little girl took a knife when she disagreed with her. Could it be that she wanted to kill someone? Although they kept saying that the Ye family killed people, they knew in their hearts that the Ye family would not kill people in broad daylight.

"Cousin—" Ye Jiaer urgently wanted to dissuade her.

But Jiang Li held the dagger horizontally under her hand, and with a "swipe", she cut off a piece of cloth on the sleeve neatly.

She casually threw the fabric towards the man who rolled up his sleeves, and the man subconsciously caught it.

"Everyone may wish to take a look, I am also wearing antique satin. But I don't have such a rash on my body. If you don't believe me, any sister-in-law can come in with me to verify it." Jiang Li said.

Ye Jiaer and Ye Rufeng were stunned, they didn't know that Jiang Li was wearing antique satin. Walking in such a hurry today, who would pay attention to what Jiang Li is wearing. But when Jiang Li came to Xiangyang, something happened to the ancient satin. Even Lizhengtang no longer sells the ancient satin, and Jiang Li couldn't get one or a half. She must have bought it in the capital.

Jiang Li saw that the expressions of the people had softened a little, and she felt slightly relaxed.

She found this dress during the salute she brought to Xiangyang. Yesterday Tong Er was looking for clothes for her, and when she saw it, she happened to talk to Jiang Li. Jiang Li's heart moved, she never expected to use it so soon.

Antique satin is very valuable, and the people who can afford it are at least not poor, but it is not a small sum of money either. Most of them were bought as gifts, and if there was something wrong with the gift, and I spent such a large sum of money, these people would naturally not let it go.

There is nothing more convincing than wearing it on your body. Jiang Li once heard Xue Huaiyuan say: You will never know the pain if you don’t cut yourself with a knife. It is not easy for the common people to empathize with it, but if you want the common people to believe You know how they feel, and many things can be solved.

No one came to examine Jiang Li's arm, perhaps because Jiang Li's expression was so frank that one had to believe that the arm under the sleeve was as white as her face.

There were also people who didn't believe Jiang Li's words. They picked up the half of the sleeve that was cut and looked carefully, and finally had to nod: "It is indeed Guxiang satin."

Jiang Li smiled: "Look, if there is something wrong with the ancient satin, I wouldn't wear it on my body and seek my own death, right?"

"It's impossible." Someone in the crowd murmured, "What if you are the childcare hired by the Ye family to act for the Ye family for money, what is the fate of your life?"

Before Jiang Li could speak, Tong'er beside her exploded in anger: "Nonsense! Our lady's life is worth more than silver!" But she kept her mouth tight, but she didn't reveal Jiang Li's identity.

People in Xiangyang have never seen Jiangli, so they don't know who Jiangli is. Hearing that Ye Jia'er was called Jiang Li's cousin, she thought that Jiang Li was a distant relative of the Ye family and came to join the Ye family.

Jiang Li said: "It's true that I don't want to be the babysitter of the Ye family. My life may be worth more than this Lizheng Hall."

"Who the hell are you?" Someone asked mockingly, "Are you a princess?"

When the word "princess" was mentioned, Jiang Li's face became slightly gloomy. Soon, she raised the corners of her mouth, but the smile on the corners of her mouth was a little mocking.

"I'm not a princess, I'm the chief assistant of Yanjing, Jiang Yuanfu's daughter, Jiang Er," she said.

The ridicule in the crowd gradually disappeared.

Jiang Li's smile also completely cooled down.

On the small teahouse opposite Lizheng Hall, there was a beautiful young man in red drinking tea while watching the play with his head turned.

Standing opposite, Lu Ji, a scholar in green shirt, looked at Li Zhengtang's situation at the moment and frowned slightly: "I didn't expect Second Miss Jiang to stand up for the Ye family."

Ji Heng supported his chin with one hand, and gently shook the folding fan with the other. The folding fan was formed into a narrow strip, shaking carelessly like this, and the tiny golden threads could be vaguely seen.

"Tong Zhiyang's plan will not come true," he said.