Chapter 369: Blocking from the Front and Intercepting from the Back
The three carriages drove out of the corner gate, the words “Cheng Guo Gong Fu” on the car were blocked by paper.
Arrived at the seven tree hutong mouth, it is already twilight.
Here is like a river of lights, the wind wafting powder aroma, silk bamboo and singing, laughter intertwined ……
Liu lifted a corner of the car curtain and looked, in the early years she also came to this kind of place to catch people. Thought she would never come back, but today she came again.
She certainly wasn’t arresting that man to tie him up by his side, but to give the elders an explanation, so that the man who had already been picked up a little bit wouldn’t get stuck in the mud again.
In the last wagon came down a tall, sturdy woman of nearly forty years of age, Qiao Lan.
She walks over to the first carriage and says, “Madam, it’s already here.”
Liu’s voice, “You go.”
Qiaolan walked towards the second house in the hutong, Treading Snow Courtyard.
The mansions connected to the front and back of this place were the Department of Education, and the fact that officials brazenly went here to buy spring had nothing to do with private morals. But the Meng family law does not allow the men of the Meng family to be intimate with prostitutes, so the men of the Meng family are strictly forbidden to come here.
Qiaolan came to the door, the turtle slave guarding the door blocked her, “Stay aside, this is not the place for you to come.”
Qiaolan’s body was even wider than the turtle slave’s, and she said, “I’m here to see Meng Huai, there’s an emergency in his family.”
After saying this, she handed over a silver ingot of five taels.
Turtle slave can get some reward, mostly one or two money silver ingot, or the first time to receive such a big reward, a moment of joy.
Just find a subordinate, it does not matter.
He busily smiled and said, “Auntie wait, I’ll go and invite Master Huai.”
Meng Huai monkeyed around and ran out. To be able to run here to look for someone, something big must have happened in the house.
When he saw that it was Aunt Qiaolan, who was the best fighter beside the First Lady, he was so scared that he turned around and tried to run, but was picked up by Qiaolan.
Qiaolan whispered into his ear, “The Grand Madam is waiting at the entrance of the alley. Please ask the Duke of State to come out quickly, so everyone can save face.”
Meng Huai’s face turned white with fear, and he busily whispered, “Auntie hide the First Lady, I’ll ask the State Prince to come out right away.”
The hall of the Snow Treading Courtyard was rich in aroma and ringed with fat and thin. A girl played the zither and sang a song, and three girls danced with their sleeves.
At the table sat four officials, each leaning on a pretty maid. Duke Cheng was among them, looking full of smiles.
Today the four flower girl gathered together, and a few officials with the same music.
Meng Huai went over and whispered, “Your Highness, I have something important to report, please go out.”
Duke Cheng’s eyes did not leave the dancing young ladies, said, “Something to be said tomorrow.”
Meng Huai urgently said, “Yes, yes, it’s the old lord who is looking for you.”
Duke Cheng’s buttocks ached all of a sudden, and he hurriedly stood up.
This is his third time in his life to come to the Department of Education, the first and second time was in a drunken situation in a restaurant by a few fox friends flirting with him. It was not discovered, and today, when others were excited, he came.
The two came to the door, Meng Huai Cai whispered, “It’s not the old master, it’s the eldest lady. She is at the mouth of the hutong, and Aunt Qiaolan is waiting at the door.”
This sentence was like a thunderbolt, Duke Cheng’s brain “buzzed” and immediately came to his senses. Compared to his old father and the shrew, he was more afraid of the shrew hitting his door.
Old father came to arrest him, others know at most a few jokes, it is not unheard of before.
But that shrew came here, she has the ability to beat herself in the street, and may also beat any woman in the house. Not with whips and fists, but scratching the face, pulling hair, tearing clothes ……
The point is, one can’t beat her.
Being grabbed by a woman’s face, pulling her hair, and tearing her clothes in public, this person he absolutely couldn’t afford to lose.
Duke Cheng Guo lifted his feet and ran towards the back, “Take the back door.”
The dancing Light Snow saw that Duke Cheng had left and hurriedly stopped to chase after him into the courtyard, “Duke of State, you said you were going to accompany slave, why did you leave?”
“There is something urgent today, come back another day.”
The voice of the words is still there, Duke Cheng’s figure has already disappeared in the side building.
An official also inexplicably walked out, “What’s wrong with the Duke of State, running faster than a rabbit.”
A maid said, “I heard Master Huai say that the Grand Duke came to arrest someone.”
A few people burst into laughter.
The other two officials walked out and said, “Let’s go and take a look, and if Elder Master is beating someone up, we can also pull some strings.”
Elder Master Meng was going to beat someone up, where would they dare to fight, they wanted to go and watch the fun.
Duke Cheng and Meng Huai, who was holding two horses, sneakily just walked out of the backyard courtyard door, when they saw a tall woman in a power suit standing not far away, looking at them with a smile.
The hazy light shone on her face, and it was none other than Liu. Even further away stood three women, one was Mu Rong, and the other two were the main courtyard roughneck grannies.
Cheng Guo Gong was so scared that his thighs cramped, his brain buzzed, and he froze there not knowing what to do.
Meng Huai was also terrified and quietly mentioned, “Duke of State, quickly persuade the First Lady away.”
Although this is a back alley, it is also very lively. There are food deliverers, gatekeepers, and pedestrians rushing about. If a fight broke out here, the Duke of State’s face would be disgraced.
While he was in a daze, later on, there were scattered footsteps and three officials and a group of women walked out.
“Huh, the State Prince is standing here for ……”
Before the words were finished, they also saw a tall and strong woman standing in front of them.
They didn’t recognize the woman, but her appearance and figure were special, and they instantly guessed who it was.
One of them couldn’t help but shout, “Great Lady Meng.”
Those few flower girls and maids had heard of Great Lady Meng’s formidable name and shrank their necks in fear. Thinking that if Great Lady Meng rushed over to hit someone, they must hurry to escape and not let her scratch their faces.
Duke Cheng swallowed his saliva, he again wanted to tense face to scold Liu back also did not dare.
Weakly asking, “Madam, why are you here?”
The voice is so gentle that it is like talking to a beauty.
Liu came forward.
When she raised her hand, Duke Cheng subconsciously leaned back. That hand unexpectedly did not land on his face, but wiped his hair and let it down.
Duke Cheng let out a breath, his crested beams tingling as he broke out in a cold sweat.
From extreme panic to finally relaxing, he actually developed a trace of gratitude.
Liu was so nice today, not beating him in public.
Liu first smiled at the people behind her and said to Duke Cheng with lowered eyebrows, “Master, I and Resignation Mo just accompanied Duke to the outskirts of the countryside to run the horses and came back. When Duke heard that you were here, he sent me to fetch you home, saying that he had important matters to discuss.”
Duke Cheng Guojun straightened his chest and put his hands behind his back, “This matter still needs madam to come in person, those underlings really deserve a beating.”
Liu said, “Fine, listen to the lord. The next time the lord comes looking for fun, just send a boy to invite him.”
The voice was calm, and again made Duke Cheng’s crest bone numb. He busily said, “I didn’t come to look for music, it’s Lord Gao, oh, it’s Lord Gao who pulled me to listen to the song. After listening to the tune, I was about to leave, when madam came. Please, ma’am.”
He also made a gesture of “please”.