Xiniang adjusted to the light and opened her eyes. When she wanted to get up, she felt a splitting headache.

"Sanniang, why does my head hurt so much?" she said.

Sanniang smiled.

"You drank so much yesterday, it's no wonder it doesn't hurt," she said.

Xiniang remembered what happened yesterday, patted her head and sat up.

"Oh my god, it's true, I'm actually drunk." She said, and stood up hurriedly, "What kind of talk is this, coming to serve others, getting drunk, and sleeping like this to death..."

Before he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.

"...Breakfast has been brought, ladies, please use it."

Xi Niang stretched out her hand and pointed outside.

"Look, look, there are people waiting on you to eat and drink!" she said.

Sanniang stood up with a smile.

"Then eat quickly and wait for her after you finish. I just went to see her and my wife took someone into the mountains," she said.

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In the courtyard of the Cheng family, a servant girl was walking in a hurry. When she was about to enter the door, she accidentally stepped on a piece of snow and almost slipped.

"What are you doing? Are you all blind?" she shouted with raised eyebrows.

Two girls hurriedly ran over and swept with brooms.

"If you dare to be lazy again, I will expose your skin!" the woman shouted, reaching out and poking the little girl's head hard.

The little girl didn't dare to reply, she lowered her head and hurriedly cleaned, watching the woman hurried towards the hall.

There was a strong smell of medicine in the room. Mrs. Cheng was personally handing a handkerchief to Mr. Cheng who had just taken the medicine to wipe his mouth. She also arranged the pillows and helped Mr. Cheng lie down.

Mr. Cheng's face looked weak. It seemed that the action of lying down took a lot of effort on his part. He let out a long breath.

The woman stood indoors, wanting to speak but stopping.

"What's the matter?" Mr. Cheng asked with his eyes closed.

The woman lowered her head.

"It's nothing..." she stammered, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mr. Cheng.

"Say!" he shouted, "I was not mad to death that day, and nothing in this world can make me mad to death! I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

Mrs. Cheng quickly stretched out her hand to caress his chest.

"It's not that you're afraid, but I'm afraid that you'll bother yourself. The doctor said you should rest for a long time due to your illness," she advised.

"If you don't worry about it now, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble in the future. If anything happens, just solve it," Mr. Cheng said.

The woman hurriedly answered yes.

"I came to the government and asked to go to court to inquire about the case..." she said, "and to check the accounts."

Mrs. Cheng stood up with a change of expression.

"How dare they!" she shouted.

The woman lowered her head and did not dare to speak.

"Those two shops have been forced to close by them, and they still dare to reach into my house!" Dr. Cheng trembled angrily, "Do they know how much money my shop will lose if it is closed for one day?"

"Of course they know." Mr. Cheng said on the couch, pushing himself up and sitting up with difficulty.

"Master, there is no one above us, how dare they act like this?" Mrs. Cheng turned around and sat down to help him, saying with tears in her eyes.

"Of course they dare..." Mr. Cheng said, breathing heavily, "Have you ever seen a hungry dog ​​that has bitten some meat be easily frightened into letting go? What's more, they have good reason..."

He pointed toward the south.

"…The people over there are still chasing me to sue."

After he finished speaking, he was stunned, over there?

Why did he say over there? That lady was obviously from their side.

Mr. Cheng exhaled heavily and lay down.

"Quickly think of a way to invite her back! Now only by quelling the internal strife can we put out the foreign troubles... Otherwise, those people would really dare to strip our Cheng family to pieces!"

"They dare!" Mrs. Cheng said in horror.

Mr. Cheng closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

"What am I afraid of!"

In the magistrate's yamen, Magistrate Song, wearing homely Taoist robes, said while pouring himself a bowl of tea.

"If someone files a complaint against us, we have to investigate it. If we don't care, we are derelict in our duties."

The Qingke opposite nodded.

While he was talking, two government servants walked in quickly.

"Sir, the Cheng family said that the eldest man is still ill, so he cannot go to court to discuss the case for the time being," they said.

The prefect just smiled when he heard this as he expected.

"Did you see that?" He nodded to Qing Ke and said, "What did they say in reply? They didn't scold our people to get out, but they excused their illness. What does this mean?"

Qingke smiled and nodded.

"This means they are afraid," he said.

"No one is not afraid." Magistrate Song picked up the tea bowl and said with a smile, looking at the exquisite white porcelain tea bowl, "There is no innocent person in this world. If you want to investigate, you can always find out something. Who is not afraid? What's more...

"

He drank all the tea in his hand before looking at Qing Ke and spoke again.

"Then the Qin family still live in that store?"

Qingke nodded.

"Most of them don't go out. They only go out to eat occasionally and don't interact with anyone," he said.

Magistrate Song touched his chin.

"It's really strange, what are they doing here?" he said to himself.

The two maids walked into Nan Cheng's place. This time they saw Cheng Jiaoniang's courtyard door open, and couldn't help but look inside with some expectation.

A figure broke into their sight, and they couldn't help but feel happy, and they opened their mouths and called Mrs. Cheng.

"My dear wife is not here."

Mrs. Cheng Er waved her hands with a bit of pride and said.

your home...

Now it becomes your family...

The two women lowered their heads to discuss, but did not dare to say anything when they raised their heads.

"When will the pretty lady come back?" they asked with a smile.

"I'll naturally come back when it's time to come back." Mrs. Cheng Er said with a hum.

The two women were so bored that they turned around and walked away. They met two servants from Mr. Cheng's house hurriedly over with their heads lowered.

Nowadays, the first bedroom and the second bedroom are basically incompatible with each other. They met each other and walked away without saying anything.

"….Should I go back? Why should I go back? You beat me out and you want me to go back like this? No way!"

Mrs. Cheng Er's voice came from behind, and the two women turned around and turned around the alley, out of earshot.

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Chapter completed!