100. Selling fame and reputation
Jinhua, Luanfeng ancestral hall. God has always had a gloomy face, refusing to show his face to the sun, and refusing to simply come to a thunderous rage, windy and rainy.
Xia Chan sang, smelling the faint smell of corpses, and the ancestral hall was so depressed that it seemed difficult to breathe. But everyone refused to leave, watching Xu Miaoyi's bone examination, even the most "delicate" Xu Zengshou and Chang Sen were holding on to Su Hexiang.
Xu Miaoyi first sprayed the bones with bad vinegar, and after about two hours, she walked over with a translucent white oil silk umbrella, looked at the sky, and sighed: "It would be nice if the sun came out." ”
Xu Miaoyi ordered the servants to light charcoal fires around, and then walked among the bones with a silk umbrella, the red charcoal fire passed through the silk umbrella and was thrown on Bai Sensen's bones, and the ribs of the two corpses immediately showed red scars!
All were jagged wounds, apparently through the chest by a sharp object. It is consistent with the content recorded by Liu Chen in the file: Xie Zaixing committed murder at the banquet and killed Luan Feng and his wife.
According to the metaphor expressed by Miss Luan in the picture, Luan Feng and his wife should have faked their deaths, and then their throats were cut to be fatal, but Xu Miaoyi held a silk umbrella and carefully looked at the bones in the throat part of the corpse, and found no obvious scars like ribs.
Zhu Shouqian's face was gloomy, could it be that painting just the fantasy of Miss Luan in the madness?
Xu Miaoyi bit her lip and said, "Take the white plum meat, mash it, add green onions, pepper, salt and sake lees to grind it, and dry it into cakes." ”
Xu Zengshou and Chang Sen, who were unlearned and unskilled on the side, listened, glanced at each other, and said secretly: Is this for food or autopsy?
Zhu Di was also full of doubts, but he did not hesitate to order his subordinates to do so and prepare the white plum meatloaf.
Seeing that the bones of his parents were exposed, and he also gave up the bad vinegar and other things, Luan Hachiro couldn't bear to look directly, he walked to a big tree in the ancestral hall, and looked at the open tomb in a daze. He felt that the corpses of his parents had been defiled, but he was powerless to prevent them, and what if there was a strange death of his parents? Isn't it wronged?
The eight thorns he bought quietly followed, he was very eloquent, he saw people talking about people, talking nonsense when he saw ghosts, and seeing the depressed Luan Balang, he also followed closely and said: "I looked at the inscriptions of Lingzun and Lingtang, and learned about their lives, I was very shocked, I really admired and admired." ”
Luan Balang saw that he was handsome, behaved, and respectful, and had a good impression first, so he let down his guard and sighed: "When my parents were killed, I was not yet three years old, and I don't remember anything about the past, but I just heard the servants at home say that my parents were deeply affectionate, and my sister was also extremely smart and talented. Since I can remember, my sister is crazy, the young me and the crazy sister were unable to take care of the family property, and the clan took over, and gradually ruined our family business, and sold the property, my sister and I were displaced, fortunately, my sister Shandanqing, was favored by Hanshan Temple, and took over to repair the ancient paintings, so that our sister and brother were able to make a living. ”
The eight thorns that I bought looked embarrassed, "Alas, my family is like this, the clansmen are fiercer than tigers, once the main family declines, it will be taken advantage of by people with ill intentions." However, Luan Gongzi is only eight years old, and he will be a member of the middle school next year, and he will be able to take care of his sister in the future. ”
The eight stabs in the bought ligue are full of lies, but this sentence is true, the golden family is in decline, the Northern Yuan retreats to the grassland, betrayers and rebels emerge in an endless stream, and his father is tired of coping, and he can't save his only son.
Luan Balang thought that he had met a bosom friend, and said: "Borrow your auspicious words, I hope to be able to pass the Xiucai exam next year, Xiucai is exempt from taxes, and he also pays silver rice every month, which is enough to be self-sufficient, and he doesn't have to rely on his sister to support him." ”
The eyes of the eight piercing eyes flashed, pretending to be surprised, and asked: "Ling Zun and Ling Tang both died under the sword of traitors, people who sacrificed their lives for the country, it stands to reason that the emperor should have a pension for your Luan family, tax exemption, or give you a hereditary official position such as a thousand households and a hundred households to make a living, why do you still rely on the imperial examination?" ”
Luan Hachiro was a little dazed and said, "I don't know why, obviously the other orphans have bereavement care, and my sister and I have nothing." I heard that the head of the Luan family asked for a pension before, but there has been no news, it seems that although Xie Zaixing rebelled, he made a lot of meritorious contributions and killed my parents, so he will not give us the Luan family pension. ”
The Li Ba Thorn who bought it said angrily: "This is so unreasonable, the credit is credit, the rebellion is the rebellion, Xie Zaixing has more credit, there is no doubt that he killed Ling Zun Lingtang, how could he cancel the pension between you and Miss Luan because of this?" ”
Luan Balang sighed: "I don't know, after the patriarch got such a reply, he didn't believe it, and took a few villagers to make trouble in the yamen of Jinling, and was driven back to Suzhou by the pro-soldier Captain's Mansion, and the patriarch was knocked out a few teeth, and he never dared to make trouble again." But men should be self-reliant, I study hard, get fame, and earn a future for myself in the future, and I don't have to care about other people's charity. ”
He quickly figured out the differences in his strengths and asked, "I saw that the inscription recorded that several wealthy families in Jinhua donated silver to build the ancestral hall and tomb ten years ago, didn't these people fund your brothers and sisters?" ”
Luan Hachiro smiled sarcastically and said: "Merchants are very profitable, and they donate silver just to get their names, and their names are engraved on the inscriptions, so that tourists who come and go to worship incense know their benevolence." My sister and I are weak and crazy and can't preach their good, so why should they help us? ”
The eight thorns in the purchase were as careful as hair, and quickly glanced at the place where the inscription was registered, and said: "Hey, I saw a wealthy businessman named Shen Rong at the place where the payment was made, well, it seems that the person who bought your Suzhou mansion is also surnamed Shen, could it be the same person?" ”
Referring to this, Luan Balang sneered disdainfully: "Yes, it's Shen Rong, now you understand why I said that this group of wealthy businessmen are all fame-seeking, right?" While repairing the ancestral hall for my parents to commemorate their contribution to Jinhua, I robbed by fire, sold our Luan family's mansion, and took it for myself. The Qian Liang master of the Luan prefect's mansion said that after Shen Rong heard that the ancestral hall was on fire, he hurriedly went to the prefect's yamen and gave him silver to repair the ancestral hall. ”
The eight thorns who bought it then sighed: "This profiteer is really cunning! When you gain fame in the future and return to your hometown to glorify your ancestors, you will definitely change this inscription, don't let these profiteers continue to sell their reputation. ”
Luan Balang shook his head and said: "This Shen Rong is not an ordinary businessman, his father is Shen Wansan, a wealthy man in the south of the Yangtze River, after Shen Wanshan died, he inherited a huge family business and donated silver to repair the city wall of Nanjing. In order to reward him, the emperor gave him the fictitious position of a foreigner, and with this official position bought with money, he has a big shelf, and he doesn't have to kneel when he sees an official. I heard that his hands and eyes are all over the sky, and I have nothing to do with him......"
While carrying Luan Balang's words, he wrote down the information revealed in his words, and prepared to take these news to Zhu Shouqian and Xu Miaoyi to ask for credit, so as to win the favor of their cousins.
On the other side of the ancestral hall, Zhu Di helped Xu Miaoyi bake the white plum meatloaf for bone examination, threw a dry firewood into the stove, crackled, and the dead branch burst out with a crisp sound, and after a wisp of green smoke was raised, it began to burn, and a red flame rose.
Xu Miaoyi saw Zhu Di approaching, she was still calm and cold, but the index finger part of the finger shrunk in the sleeve began to burn inexplicably, that was the place where Zhu Di kissed last night, she was a little stunned and at a loss, Zhu Di's hot lips were attached to her fingers, she came back to her senses, opened his hand hard, and ran barefoot......
Zhu Di looked at her rabbit-like panicked background, her smooth bare feet kicked on the water, splashing loudly, and fireflies flying, reflecting her figure looming.
The moment he kissed her index finger, the wound on his body immediately stopped hurting, like a panacea, "You are my medicine", which is really good.
He stood in the water and smiled, putting aside the practice of the Zongren Mansion and traveling thousands of miles to find her, which was indeed right.
The index finger was burning, and Xu Miaoyi whispered, "Last night...... As you can see, I'm too busy to think about the questions you asked. ”
After a kiss last night, Zhu Di was already very satisfied, and he looked like he was winning, and said: "I know, you are busy with you, I ...... I just miss you so much, I want to see you. ”
Don't be so insensitive! You will distract me and influence my judgment! It is said that the red face is a disaster, and it seems that the male face is also a disaster!
The index finger burned even more, Xu Miaoyi took a deep breath and said, "Don't say this kind of thing anymore." ”
Zhu Di pretended to be stupid and asked rhetorically: "Don't say that kind of thing?" ”
"It's those things like missing you." Xu Miaoyi said in a low voice, it seems that since the kiss last night, Zhu Di has been shy, confused, and hesitant from before
The indecisive young man has become "brazen". When she was reading the files in the Xuanwu Lake Yellow Book Library for a few days, she took the initiative to ask, "Do you like me?" This sentence.
And now, Zhu Di has begun to have a tendency to chase and fight.
Zhu Di said: "Okay, I won't bother you. ”
But Zhu Di has already tasted the sweetness of the initiative, how can he give up like this?
Zhu Di said again: "I am by your side to remind you that you don't have to carry many things alone, I can share some of them for you." There's no shame in admitting that you need help, and I've often asked you for help in the past. Now, it's time to repay you. ”
Hearing this, Xu Miaoyi not only burned her index finger badly, but even her heart jumped wildly. Fortunately, at this time, the white plum meatloaf had been fired, and Xu Miaoyi carefully smeared the cake on the bones, especially the skull and throat bones, and then used white Tenglian paper to paste on the medicated bones.
After an hour, he uncovered the paper, re-lit the charcoal fire, and held a white silk umbrella to cast a closer look, and the scars on the skull's throat and skull were clearly visible.
Luan Feng and Mrs. Wang are not only the swords in the chest recorded in the file, but also have a wound on the throat of the vital part, and the clue that this throat may be a real fatal wound has never been mentioned in the file, as if it has been deliberately erased.