Chapter 80: Ning Huaixiu is dead
Leaving the annoying woman, Cai Wei's bad mood slowly adjusted, but she still didn't forget to glare at the man and blame: "It's all you, what are you doing when you look so handsome?" If you don't attract bees and butterflies, the children will suffer with you! ”
Nangong Yi was extremely innocent, and said aggrievedly: "Who knew that she would meet such a shameless woman? Or do I also follow the example of you women, and when I come out, I wear a hat and cover my face? ”
Cai Wei laughed "poof", and made up the appearance of the man with a hat curtain, and she was even more happy, and the buns on horseback saw the queen mother laughing and trembling, and asked in a milky voice: "Mother, what are you laughing at?" ”
Cai Wei instructed them not to call them father and queen mother when they were outside in front of outsiders, but to call them father and mother.
Nangong Yi saw Cai Wei smiling awkwardly, and looked at him while laughing, and knew that she didn't think of anything good, her face turned dark, and said, "Your mother didn't think about anything good, so she said, what do you want?" ”
Cai Wei coughed, didn't dare to tell the truth, pointed to the lantern in front of her, and said, "Look, the light is on!" ”
At this time, the sky has already darkened, although there is no black head, but those lanterns for the festival can not wait to be lit as soon as the sky is dark, with the first light, soon there will be a second, the third, not much effort, the street has been illuminated by thousands of lanterns in the day.
"Childe, madam, there are too many people in front, and the villain's horse can't pass, so the little boy and the little lady can only get off here."
The groom looked at the crowd surging in front of him, measured it, shook his head, and turned his head to report to Cai Wei and Nangong Yi, who were guarding the horses.
"Alright then, let's do it right here, thank you."
Cai Wei took out her purse, and gave it to the groom with a small piece of broken silver, which weighed about a penny, which was converted into a copper plate for more than 100 yuan, and the groom's employment fee was only 30 yuan, and the money he was rewarded with was four or five times the salary he deserved, which was as much as what he usually earned in one night!
"Thank you, ma'am, thank you, ma'am!"
With the money, he could buy some big, white buns and go back to his children, and the children would be happy. Before leaving, the groom kindly said to Cai Wei and Nangong Yi: "Mrs. Gongzi is not a native of our Ping'an Prefecture, the villain has one more mouth, you have just offended Zhang Dahu's concubine, let's leave here as much as possible, that Zhang Dahu is not a good person, you hit his concubine, he will not give up." ”
went to a big household, in the eyes of Nangong Yi and Cai Wei, he was just a clown who jumped off the beam, Cai Wei smiled: "Thank you for reminding us, we have our own measure!" ”
As he spoke, picking up Mingzhu, Nangong Yi picked up Jin'er and Yu'er one by one, and walked along with the crowd all the way.
There are men, women and children in the crowd, many people travel as a family, and from time to time there are a few pickers passing by, and the things sold are also rich, such as clay figurines, tassels, sugar balls, and some exquisite purses, handkerchiefs, embroidery threads, etc., which are about to catch up with a grocery store.
"Deep-fried cakes, deep-fried cakes with glutinous rice noodles! Come and try it when you pass by! There are bean paste fillings and jujube paste fillings, which don't cost money if they are not delicious! ”
There are many stalls selling all kinds of snacks on the side of the road, one after another, there are people on the seats next to each one, and there are many people holding the snacks they bought, eating all the way, watching everywhere, very excited.
The snacks that Cai Wei had eaten in her previous life of fried cake had not eaten for many years! At first sight, she suddenly felt homesick, and involuntarily stopped in front of the stall selling fried cakes.
Mingzhu stared at the big black eyes, looked at the golden fried cake, sniffed her little nose, and stuffed her short and fat fingers into her mouth, she had never eaten fried cakes, this cake looked oily, and it smelled fragrant, it must be delicious, and she saw that her mother was also looking at the golden cake, and she seemed to want to eat it.
"This lady, let's have two fried cakes, ten cents a piece, fragrant and sweet, guaranteed to be delicious!"
The guy standing in front of him shouting was about 20 years old, dressed very neatly, holding a rag in his hand, wiping the tables and chairs behind the stall, and there were customers next to him, enjoying the food.
Nangong Yi also stopped, and looked back to see his baby lady and baby daughter, who were looking at the fried cakes on the stall with a look of fascination, and walked over without saying a word, and put the two buns on the chairs of the stall.
"Let's have a few pieces to try, it's still early, and I just heard that there will be a lion dance later."
They had just eaten dinner, and they were not hungry yet, so they only ordered five yuan to taste.
Not to mention, this fried cake is really good, the heat is moderate, the thin glutinous rice noodles are fried into a golden golden brown, the surface is crispy, the filling inside is also soft and glutinous, the real material, slightly sweet, although not as delicious as the food in the space, but the outside can be so delicious, it is already rare.
So, the family ate their own piece of fried cake.
Cai Wei also specially bought a few pieces and secretly gave them to the parrot to eat, and when Brother Parrot and Changmei ate such a snack for the first time, they also thought it was really good, and shouted for Cai Wei to buy more back. Anyway, the space has the function of keeping fresh, and it won't spoil until it is left, so it's better to buy more and keep it for them as a snack.
This request was not difficult to achieve, and Cai Wei met them, and bought fifty yuan each for the jujube paste filling and the bean paste filling.
The vendor who bought the fried cake saw that Cai Wei's family only ordered so many fried cakes, but they occupied a table for him, and he was a little uncomfortable, but Cai Wei immediately bought a hundred yuan in one mouth, and immediately made the hawker so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he was busy packing the oil paper for Cai Wei.
One hundred fried cakes, that's one or two pieces of silver, at least five dollars of silver, it's really lucky to meet such a big customer......
After eating the fried cake, Cai Wei paid the bill, the couple led the children to continue to stroll, and walked to a crowded place, Cai Wei unknowingly put the fried cake into the space, pointing while walking, telling the children what is this, what is that, everyone walked to the East Street, where the road is the widest, the lights are the most, the dragon dance and the lion dance are the first, and it is also the most lively.
"Xiao Long Bao, three fresh small wontons, come to a bowl on such a cold day, warm your stomach, there are dried shrimp transported from the south of the sea in these three fresh, you can't eat it on weekdays! Come on with the new ones! ”
"Branded leek box, freshly made and sold, buy a taste, fresh wine and food, delicious very much! Yo, auntie, you see that your eldest grandson seems to be hungry, how about a copy? Three texts in one copy! ”
There are too many people, Nangong Yi picked up the two sons again, Cai Wei also hugged Zhu'er in her arms, with the flow of people, everyone on the street is dressed in new clothes, with joy on their faces, and from time to time there are young ladies from large families, with maids out, the streets have banned cars and horses, and everyone can only walk slowly.
On both sides of the street is the sound of hawking, and from time to time there are guys standing in front of the stalls to solicit customers to the crowd, the air is filled with the smell of all kinds of snacks, many of them have never seen it, and the children are dazzled by all kinds of novelties, and their eyes are not enough.
"Sugar-fried chestnuts! Qingxian Malatang! Mu family's secret barbecue skewers! Deep-fried stinky tofu! ”
There was another shout, there were many people in front of them who were attracted to it, some of the stalls were selling hot, and some people were standing in front of them waiting in line, after eating a group of people, the guys were busy washing dishes and wiping the table, on such a cold day, their hands were red from the cold, but there was a satisfied smile on their faces.
"The Mu family's secret barbecue skewers? Qingxian Malatang? I don't know, but it's all the food I invented? Cai Wei said with a smile.
"Potato flour, smooth potato flour, handmade at home, with shredded tofu, dried mushrooms and chicken, full of ingredients!"
There were more stalls in front, as well as the potato flour that Cai Wei liked to eat in her previous life, but she couldn't eat anything now, so she could only watch with her eyes blank, and then walked past the stall.
"On the fifteenth day of the first month, I wear a flower, madam, buy a flower to wear? You look at how beautiful the big red flower is, please a good luck! ”
The peddler saw that Nangong Yi and Cai Wei were dressed well, and they looked like rich lords, and when they saw them passing by their stalls, they immediately held up a gaudy red silk flower and shouted.
As soon as Cai Wei saw the silk flower, she immediately remembered the matchmaker on TV, and quickly pulled Nangong Yi away.
"Hey, what's that?"
Jin'er was held in Nangong Yi's arms, his position was high, and he could see far away, he pointed in the direction in front of him and asked curiously.
Cai Wei looked over, and saw that there were many people around a merchant who sold masks to choose masks, the face has a fairy-like, with large hollow flowers, more styles of birds and beasts, many people choose their own physiognomy, and there are girls who love beauty to try it on, the merchant is good, and also prepared a bronze mirror for everyone to see the effect of trying on, and from time to time to give advice.
"At that time, the mask was worn on the face!" Cai Wei patiently explained.
The three little milk babies saw the masks for the first time, and when they saw everyone wearing masks, their hearts were also itchy, and their big black grape-like eyes showed longing.
"Do you want it? Let's go, Dad will take you to buy it. ”
Nangong Yi saw the desire in the children's eyes, and immediately took the children to the mask stall.
In the end, Jin'er chose a Kunlun slave, Mingzhu chose a fairy, Yu'er chose a monkey, and the three buns wore their own masks, all of which were beautiful and pleasant.
A few hundred dollars can make the children so happy, Nangong Yi is also in a good mood, and continues to move forward with his family.
East Street is obviously more lively, there is not only a lantern festival here, it is said that there are also lantern riddles on the day of the Yuan Festival, many shops are free to guess lantern riddles, as long as you guess correctly, you can get a lantern for free, of course, there are many who can't guess, buy it directly, it takes a lot of money.
There are many illuminations on both sides, and not only are there a variety of products, but also the craftsmanship is exquisite. The materials are extremely exquisite, with metal structures, fine wood carvings, gold lacquer inlays, glass paintings and other types. They come in a variety of shapes. Such as six slurry lanterns, tower lanterns, festive and auspicious lanterns, birds and beasts, peaceful and interesting lanterns, as well as pavilions and pavilions of scenery lanterns.
"It's beautiful!"
The crowd came and went, standing in front of her favorite style, and Cai Wei looked at the children, wondering if they liked it or not, and if she wanted to buy them two to play with. However, she did see a few strange-looking masks.
Cai Wei shook her head with a smile and said her thoughts: "Do you want lanterns?" Is it okay for my mother to buy you lanterns? ”
Under the three masks, three pairs of dark eyes rolled up, and the buns stared at these lanterns of different shapes, all showing their favorite expressions, but their mother couldn't see it. "Yes!"
Under the mask, I don't know if it was Jin'er or Yu'er who agreed, I could feel that he was very excited, and he seemed to like these lanterns very much. "Mother, I want it too, I want a rabbit lamp!"
Mingzhu snuggled into Cai Wei's arms and pointed to a stall selling animal lanterns in the distance. "Boss, how much does a lantern cost?"
Cai Wei hugged her daughter and walked to the small stall in Mingzhuxiang, Nangong Yi followed behind their mother and daughter with a pair of sons, and the vendor said enthusiastically: "All lanterns are for one price, two taels of silver each." “
Cai Wei sighed in her heart, it's really expensive, two taels and one lamp, even if she can buy it, the people will not buy such a thing, she can't eat or wear it, but fortunately, she has now passed the situation of putting two taels of silver in her eyes, even twenty two two hundred taels she can afford.
She generously asked the children to pick one each, and then paid the money.
When the stall owner saw that he had sold six taels of silver at once, he was so happy that he couldn't open his eyes, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Gongzi walks slowly, and comes back on the fifteenth day of the first month, there is a lantern riddle that day, if you guess it, you can get a lamp for nothing, but if you can't guess it three times, you have to pay the silver for a small lamp..." “
Cai Wei is the best at guessing lantern riddles, Nangong Yi has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and it should not be difficult for him, but they don't have time to join in this fun, and at this time in four days, they should be in the palace of Qingluo Kingdom! "Look, look, the dragon lantern is coming!"
I don't know who shouted, Cai Wei listened to it, and sure enough, she heard a faint sound of gongs and drums. "Knock knock, knock knock", the sound of gongs and drums is getting closer and closer, and I saw a team of people holding thousands of scales and thousands of armors, and the dragon lanterns with teeth and claws came from the side of the street, and the dragon chased the red orb and jumped and jumped, suddenly towering, like flying into the clouds, suddenly low, like the sea breaking waves, meandering and moving, it is very good-looking.
The dragon dance team changed the style while walking, performing actions such as "two dragons playing with pearls", "double dragons out of the water", "fire dragon soaring", "dragon making trouble" and other actions, the pedestrians watching the lights on the street flocked up, Nangong Yi hugged the two sons in his arms tightly, his eyes did not look at the dragon lantern, but he stared at Cai Wei and his daughter tightly, so as not to let his wife and daughter be scattered by the crowd.
Many little babies are riding on their father's neck, clapping their hands and laughing, and from time to time they also say a few words affectionately with their father, and there are cheers from the crowd, which sets off the atmosphere of the whole lantern festival to the highest court.
Many people follow the pace of the dragon dance team to the front, and the lion dance team comes behind, a lion is two people, followed by several big lions, swaying left and right with the rhythm of the drum, the two people before and after cooperate tacitly, from time to time can also roll in the ground, perform a lion rolling hydrangea.
It was lively and lively along the way, and there were more and more people, and the three milk buns were all excited when they had seen such a warm scene, and Mingzhu simply took off the mask on his face so that he could watch it carefully. ”
"There, it's the man and woman who are holding the child in front, and it's they who beat the lady!"
In the bustle, a man's voice suddenly sounded, Cai Wei heard as if she was talking about them, so she followed the voice, but saw more than a dozen men wearing family clothes, squeezing over from all directions, approaching them, with a little excitement in their eyes.
No need to ask, it must be the concubine of the big family who went home to complain, and the big family sent someone to avenge his concubine.
Cai Wei sneered, and lit a row of candles in her heart for these poor doglegs.
The children are happy at this time, she doesn't want to kill and kill the children, and there are so many people, if she makes a move, she will definitely hurt the innocent.
"Long eyebrows, brother parrot, clean up those dog legs for me!" Cai Wei quietly called out Changmei and Brother Parrot, handed over the family members who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and turned her head to continue watching the lion dance!
Nangong Yi also noticed those people, he lowered his head and whispered to Cai Wei: "Lady, take the children in and clean them up for your husband." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a miserable scream: "Oops? Who really pinched Lao Tzu's eggs? ”
"Ahh......h
"Help, where did the mad bird come from......"
The screams sounded one after another, but the people turned a deaf ear, because the gongs and drums of the dragon and lion dance shook the sky, drowning out their voices, Cai Wei and Nangong Yi because they are people who practice internal strength, and they are nourished by the aura, so their ears are much more sensitive than others, and the children have grown up in the space since they were children, and their ear power is better than ordinary people, so why Nangong Yi deliberately stayed away from the scene in order not to affect the children, and held the children to the front to continue watching the dragon and lion dance .......
The night was so exciting for the children that until they returned to the space, the children were still highly excited, and Cai Wei and Nangong Yi took a lot of effort to lull them to sleep......
Ningfu, the capital of the Great Jin Kingdom
Ning Huaixiu fell ill, she had not eaten water and rice for several days, she was dying, and she couldn't see it......
Mrs. Ning stayed by her daughter's bedside, crying uncontrollably, the old man just died last month, and her daughter is not good this month, what is the crime at home?
Ning Huaixiu is sick, although the illness is heavy, but the heart is not confused, these days, she has been thinking back to the last time she entered the palace, recalling again and again, but in her memory, only he and his queen sat on the kang and talked leisurely, only the sound of the birds fluttering their wings above her head when she visited, and the choking powder sprinkled on her head.
Wait a minute, powder!
Why is there a powder? What is the powder? Why did she not know anything when all that powder was sprinkled on her head? What happened while she didn't know anything? Why didn't he and his queen summon her again, and no one mentioned anything about her unconscious that day, as if nothing had happened!
Why is this, she couldn't figure it out, but she was faintly aware of the uneasiness, the daughter of the Shen family was not dead, she must have told the queen about her stunning, the queen was so smart, she couldn't not suspect that she had led her into the cave, but she didn't do anything, only summoned her once, and then there was no movement.
Why didn't she interrogate her? Why is it so quiet? The silence made her feel weak and frightened.
In her panic and anxiety, her father suddenly fell ill, the illness was menacing, from the illness to the death of less than ten days, the cause of death even the imperial doctor could not find out, only said that it was a strange disease.
But she knows that her father is by no means a strange disease, her father is a literati, he has always paid attention to health preservation, and his body has always been healthy, there are no ancestors in the family who have strange diseases, and her father can never have strange diseases.
Who killed his father, and even the verdict of the Tai Hospital helped him whitewash the peace, the answer is self-evident!
Ning Huaixiu was very scared, they finally made a move, and it was still a gentle shot, although it was gentle, but the strength was not light at all. Father is dead, next, is it her turn, is he already killing himself?
It's hard to be reborn, but the facts show that there are some things that she can't think or not. Because of the panic, she couldn't eat sweetly, couldn't sleep at night, and stayed up like a frightened bird all day long, and after a few days, she became ill, at first, she thought it was a heart disease, but after a few days she realized that something was wrong.
She had hallucinations, and often saw all kinds of strange fantasies, for example, she would suddenly see a white monkey with long eyebrows on the beam of the house, and the monkey would smile at her eerily, with an expression exactly like a human, and it would look very hideous; For another example, when she was sleeping, she would hear a man's miserable voice in her ears: "Miss Ning..." Miss Ning...... You've hurt me so badly... You're going to give me back my life......"
That voice seemed to be Bai Gongzi's, because she used him to lure the queen to take the bait, causing him to die tragically under the rockery, so he must have come to ask for his life. She was so frightened that when she opened her eyes screaming, there was nothing, but she couldn't sleep anymore, so she could only hold the quilt and sit tremblingly until dawn....
This happened more than once, so that she felt unusually frightened, and finally one day, she completely collapsed, yelling and rushing out of the house, although she didn't run far and was dragged back by the maids, but the daughter raised in the greenhouse could not stand the wind and cold of the first month, she fell ill, the illness became more and more serious, often all day and all day unconscious, when awake, often recalled the things that had happened since her rebirth.
thought that the identity of rebirth would allow her to flourish in this familiar world, but she didn't expect it to end up like this.
She regretted it, but it was too late. The medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, she drank it without falling, although she knew that he and her queen were likely to use their hands and feet in her medicine bowl, but she knew his temperament even more, he wanted her to die, if she resisted, it would be a thousand times more tragic than being poisoned by the medicine, which she had seen in her previous life.
Therefore, she did not dare to disobey, and she was powerless to resist, if there was an afterlife, I only wished that she could be born in the house of ordinary people and not see him again.......
"Huaixiu, Huaixiu, your father is dead, and you want to leave your mother again, how can you let your mother live-"
Mrs. Ning sat in front of her daughter's couch, her heart was about to break, the old man had just died less than a month, and the imperial doctor sentenced her daughter to death, and she lost two of her dearest relatives in a row, and she didn't want to live anymore.
When Ning Huaixiu was dying, she heard her mother's cry, and her heart hurt like oil, if it weren't for her great ambition, her father would still be alive in the world at this time, and she would still be sitting in the admirable prime minister's position, Ning Mansion would still be as prominent as before, and her mother would still be as beautiful as before.
However, because of her selfishness, her father died, the family was defeated, and her wishes were ultimately in vain......
"Mother...... Right.... ......"
She reluctantly opened her eyes, used all her strength, said the last four words of her life, closed her eyes, and went back to where she was supposed to be.
Ning Huaixiu died, and the news spread all over the capital the next day, and when Cui Shi heard the news, he said with hatred: "Yes, this bad woman has finally got the retribution she deserves." ”
Lord Shen stroked his beard and said: "Thanks to the queen mother, otherwise our chrysanthemums will be destroyed in the hands of that poisonous woman, once a woman loses her virginity, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this world, although our son-in-law is rich, dare not dislike our daughter anything, but the heart will also be resigned, once we all leave this world in the future, when the time comes, he will not turn over the account." ”
"Yes, Rao is like this, this matter has also spread all over the city, and when the son-in-law comes back in the future, I don't know if he will have a bad heart." Choi sighed.
The last time Nangong Yi interrogated Ning Huaixiu in the back garden of the Liguo Mansion, many people heard that Chrysanthemum was taken into the cave by Bai Gongzi, so the capital was already full of rumors, Shen Luming and his wife were worried, and they didn't have a good year, but fortunately, Chrysanthemum didn't have a long heart, and was not affected by anything, she should eat and drink every day, and she lived quite freely. If you are a narrow-hearted person, it is possible to wipe your neck and hang yourself!
Cui Shi said: "Master, I have been thinking for the past few days, why don't you resign from the official position, and our family will move far away to a place where no one knows, lest the son-in-law know about this matter, which is not good for our daughter, and if you have a grandson or granddaughter in the future, you will definitely be affected by this incident." ”
Lord Shen nodded and said: "To be honest, I'm planning to do this these days, our furniture is enough for our family to eat and drink for a lifetime, instead of listening to these rumors in this capital, it is better to find a beautiful place to live quietly!" ”
"Great, I didn't expect us to think of one place, fortunately, we don't have any property in the capital, and the house is also public, as long as we take off the fur of our daughter's family, we can go!" Cui Shi said happily.
"Well, that's right, I'll go to Master Mu tomorrow to discuss, if nothing happens, after the New Year, our family can leave this place." The two of them summed it up and soon made the decision to leave the capital.
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