Ten days later, Hanmen Xiucai's family invited the official media in Tanzhou to go to Dr. Ding's mansion to ask for the third lady. Half a month later, the official media of the Hubei Provincial Governor's Mansion went to Dr. Ding's Mansion with a valuable bride price to marry the fourth lady for Qi Ziyang.

Half a year later, the two daughters of the Ding Mansion, the third miss married the Hanmen Xiucai, and the fourth miss married the second young master of the Governor's Mansion.

A few years later, the husbands of the two daughters were both promoted to the jinshi and became officials. The humble show is the highest official position in the fourth grade. Qi Ziyang's official worship is higher than the official position of his father and brother-in-law, and he only has one wife in his life. That's all for later.

Let's say that the academy guards all went out, searched for three days and two nights, and finally caught four green-clothed gangsters who peeped at Xiangguo to shoot down the hornet's nest.

The four of them were so hungry that they couldn't walk, and the guards didn't need to be tortured and beaten at all, and only used eight cold steamed buns to make them confess.

It turned out that the four gangsters were all men, there were three second-rate sons of Tanzhou, and one was a slave who used to keep bees.

This slave's name is Feng San, and the master is Gou Sihai, a wealthy man in Wangcheng County who has 100 hectares of fields, 10 tea gardens, and 9 restaurants.

Gou Sihai was only 17 years old, he preferred to read when he was young, and after inheriting the ancestral property at the age of 15, he handed over the property to the housekeeper to take care of.

Last year, he participated in the Wangcheng County Examination to show his talents, and he was extremely proud, so he took the entrance examination of Tanzhou Academy in June, and after failing, he moved his mind crookedly, and made a thousand taels of silver to the Changshi Mansion a year ago, and asked the Changshi to write a letter to Tanzhou Academy, thinking that he could enter the academy to study in the spring of this year, but he did not expect the academy to publish the list, but there was no name for him.

How dare he go to the theory of long history, he can only swallow the bitter water. In June this year, I came to take the academy exam for the second time, and I didn't pass the exam, so I was embarrassed and angry, and overheard the people in the inn who also failed to make the list say that Huaguo would be, so I came up with a poisonous plan, which could take revenge on the academy and make Governor Tan lose his black hat.

He sent Feng San to Yuelu Mountain to find out the terrain, and sent fat servants to spend silver to hire four second-rate sons.

He asked Feng San to find four huge hornet's nests in the forest of Yuelu Mountain, and on the first day of the Flower and Fruit Meeting, he tied the big hornet's nests to the tree poles with ropes, and when the Flower and Fruit Society was ready, he sent four second-rate people to cut the ropes with knives, and the four honeycombs fell to the ground, and tens of thousands of hornets would smell the fruit and fly to the fragrant fruit to sting.

If the plan is successful, the students of the academy will be stung to death and hundreds injured, the reputation of the academy will be ruined, the president, vice president and the general of the army will all be exiled for thousands of miles, and the governor of Tan, Shi Wusha, will not be protected.

And he will take Feng San and the fat slave to Chang'an, disappear for two years, and come back when the matter subsides. The four second-rate sons only knew the fat slave, but they didn't recognize him, and the government couldn't find him even if they killed him.

Unexpectedly, the night before the Huaguo Meeting, a second-rate son ate rotten meat and vegetables and suffered from dysentery, and he couldn't walk on the ground, let alone do the crime.

This second-rate son is the most familiar with the terrain of Yuelu Mountain, and the other three second-rate people are not led by him, and they can't even find the back mountain.

Gou Sihai only sent Fengsan to the forest with three second-rate sons.

After the four of them arrived at their destination, they changed into green clothes, put on special bee-blocking cloaks and gloves, and climbed the tree for a while, when they were discovered by more than a dozen children, and they also taught a few students to enter the forest.

In a hurry, Feng San cut the rope, and a hornet's nest fell from a high altitude and shattered, and more than 2,000 hornets flew out.

The three second-rate people were timid at the critical moment, and they didn't care about cutting the rope, so they ran away with Huisan when they got off the tree.

The academy first had more than 20 guards from the Xiaotan forest to pursue them, and then General Li ordered the entire Yuelu Mountain to be sealed and the four of them were captured alive.

Because the case involved the governor of Tan, General Li handed over the four criminals to the governor of Hunan Province for trial.

Three days later, the government posted a verdict notice, Gou Sihai and Feng San were immediately beheaded for capital crimes, three second-rate sons were sentenced to 50 strokes with a cane and exiled for 3,000 li and not allowed to return to their hometowns, and second-rate sons suffering from dysentery were sentenced to 20 canes and exiled for 1,000 li for three years. All Gou Sihai's family property was confiscated, and the victims of the academy were compensated.

Dean Niu wrote a memo to the imperial court, taking all the responsibility for this incident and asking He Dong to punish him severely.

As the inspector of Hunan Province, Di Yujie wrote a secret report of 10,000 words to He Dong.

The secret fold wrote in detail the story of the Xiangguo Society poisonous bee stinging case, including witnessing Li Jingjing saving the lives of three children, Gou Sihai bribing Tan Governor Shi Qianliang with silver, and the Hunan Provincial Governor did not mention the matter at all.

In the afternoon, the sky was overcast, dark clouds were thick, heavy rain fell for half an hour, the clouds dispersed and the sun rose, and a dazzling rainbow hung in the sky.

Two black horses carrying two middle-aged and tall eunuchs, led by the housekeeper of the Tanzhou Guogong Mansion on horseback, rushed into the Tanzhou Academy from the official road, and came to the gate of the other courtyard.

The two eunuchs were sent by Emperor He Dong and came from Chang'an, thousands of miles away, and considering that Qin Yue was recuperating from his injuries and could not move, he deliberately read out the holy decree in the bedroom.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Qin Yue is conscientious in his duties, God rewards diligence, is virtuous, except for the group of tigers, and has a good reputation. He is hereby named General Mingwei. ”

"He Huishu is dignified and generous, Tianzhao Qiji, the plaice is affectionate, gentle and quiet, and praises the pure and good, then the real Jiazhi, and is promoted to the lady from the fourth grade, Qinzai." (Divine Decree Glossary from Baidu)

Ming kowtowed and got up, because he didn't understand what the holy decree was reading, and it was not good to ask on the spot, waiting for the two eunuchs to go to the hall to eat tea, and then quietly asked He Huishu.

"Grandma, Your Majesty has been promoted to the rank of your second grandson at two levels, and now he is General Mingwei from the fourth rank, and I have become a lady from the fourth rank."

Now the northern army is fighting with the Xiongnu, and the military attaches who have made meritorious contributions to their official posts are all meritorious, as if Qin Yue is in a stable rear, and there are very few military attachés who have promoted their official posts by fighting tigers.

Ming was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really wise. ”

Qin Yue was so happy that his mouth couldn't close.

He Huishu shook her head and said: "Your life is almost dead when you come back from Eagle's Beak Ridge, and your bones are reborn every day for a month, and it hurts terribly, and this promotion is majestic." I'd rather you didn't have anything to do and stay home safe. ”

The old man of the Ming family had tears in his eyes and said with emotion: "Thanks to God opening his eyes and helping our Qin family, your life was saved, and you were promoted to an official position." ”

Qin Yue saw that Ming's crying, thinking that he almost made her sad and died, he felt guilty and blamed himself and put away his smile.

He Huishu said slowly: "Your Majesty, this time you are still the military attache who canonized you. If you are a smart person, don't go to the evil tiger next time to make a show. ”

Qin Xionghuang and Qin Nan of the Guogong Mansion both held real positions in the army, holding 80,000 soldiers.

He Dong gave Qin Yue a dismissal as a military attaché, and did not give him military power, the intention was very clear, that is, to let him stay in Tanzhou honestly and send the Ming family to the end of his life.

Qin Yue calmed down the thought of making meritorious service again, nodded and said, "Okay." I listen to you. ”

The two eunuchs sat for a while, and when they saw He Huishu coming with Ming's help, they hurriedly got up to greet Ming's body, saying that the queen mother specially instructed them to greet Ming's well-being.

Queen Murong Ying once personally checked Ming's pulse, and helped Ming's lie that the disease was not cured, and helped Ming's favor, so that Ming's family used this excuse to return to his hometown in Tanzhou.

Ming remembered the queen, and with tears of gratitude, he said: "Thank you so much for thinking about me, an old woman who is about to enter the ground." How is the queen's body? ”

The slightly older eunuch replied, "The queen is in good health. ”

He Huishu gave each of the two eunuchs a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and after they left, she immediately told the Li family the good news.

Qu's and He's were all happy for He Huishu.

He Huishu hugged Li Jingjing and kissed her mouth, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for my Jingniang who saved my husband's life, where would our husband and wife get the glory today." ”

Li Jingjing said: "I said a long time ago, my uncle is blessed by you." Without you, I don't know who my uncle is. ”

The servant guarding the door came in to report that Dr. Hong's wife, the Li family, had sent a butler to send a post and wanted to visit the Qu family and the He family.

He Shi read the post, and asked He Huishu suspiciously: "Jing Niang saved the life of Dr. Hong's second son, yesterday the Hong family has come to thank you, what is the purpose of sending the post to see me and my mother?" ”

He Huishu held Li Jingjing's little hand, called Li Yunxiao again, and coaxed: "Your uncle was promoted, I just said a few words about him and poured cold water on him." My Jing Niang and Xiao Lang, it's good for you to go and see your uncle. ”

The dragon and phoenix fetus were branched out.

He Huishu's face was complicated, and Fang said: "Aunt in-law, sister, you are a fan of the authorities. Yesterday, Dr. Hong's family came, and I stood aside and watched carefully. Li is holding her second son in one hand and my Jing Niang in the other. Dr. Hong's family wants to be your in-laws, and they want my Jing Niang to be their daughter-in-law in Hongfu. ”

Qu and He looked at each other.

Qu Shi was happy first and then worried, and said: "The population in Dr. Hong's house is simple, Dr. Hong's father and mother, Dr. Hong's husband and wife have a good relationship, and the family is very reasonable and knows how to repay gratitude, all of which are very good. ”

After He Huishu listened to Qu's words, her eyes fell on He's.

The He family's opinion of Dr. Hong's family is the same as that of the Qu family, but the Li family is not unattainable, and said slowly: "Mother, Jing Niang is only five years old, and she is too young. We'll talk about her family later. If Li asks, I will refuse on this ground, what? ”

"Good. After a few years, I'll talk about it when Sister Jing grows up. Qu thinks about it in a few years, Li Qu will be sick and take the exam, maybe he will study hard and be able to pass the exam, and the threshold of the Li family will be higher, if Dr. Hong's family is still very sincere to marry Li Jingjing as a second daughter-in-law, then he should go down to this good family business.

The Li family of Hongfu got the message and immediately brought Hong Zhiyuan, who had recovered his health.

Li Yunxiao hugged Hong Zhiyuan and talked and laughed, and was very affectionate.

Hong Zhiyuan's delicate little face was flushed, and he secretly glanced at Li Jingjing standing behind He from time to time.

Seeing that his second son liked Li Jingjing so much, Li became more determined to listen to the words of his husband and in-laws and turn Li Jingjing into a daughter-in-law.

She only chatted with Qu and He, not about the ancestral history that embarrassed the Li family, but about how her in-laws gave birth to Dr. Hong at an advanced age, how hard she raised Dr. Hong, and said that she was born in the same year as Dr. Hong, and how she got married at the age of five.

She didn't say a word about asking Li Jingjing to marry her second son.

He Huishu sent away the Li family's mother and son, went to the bedroom, and said to Qin Yue: "My Jing Niang was targeted by the Hong Mansion. ”

Qin Yue glared at the bull's eye and said very unhappily: "Hong Mansion dares to beat my daughter-in-law's idea?" ”

He Huishu raised her eyebrows and said, "Dr. Hong's wife, Li, looks at her every banquet and thinks she is a stuffy gourd and has no right ideas. Only now did I know that she was not simple, she talked a lot and thought far, which made people feel close. ”

She reviewed Li's words word for word, and said: "Li said that she was born in the same year as Dr. Hong, married at the age of five, and ran family affairs when she grew up, and lived an excellent life. Is this an allusion to the fact that my Jing Niang is the same age as her second son, and there is a big age difference with our Yelang. ”

Qin Yue hurriedly said: "When I can go to the ground, I will go to Dr. Hong, and I will tell him in person that Jing Niang is my daughter-in-law, and she will marry my son in the future, so that they can get acquainted with each other and quickly dispel this idea." ”

"What's the use of what you say. I heard Ye Lang once say that Dr. Hung is a very strong man. The more you are like this, the more he wants to marry Jing Niang back to Hongfu as his daughter-in-law. He Huishu couldn't help but feel bored.

While the couple were talking, the slave guarding the door came in to report that Mrs. Bai in Dean Niu's mansion had sent a housekeeper to hand over a post, wanting to visit Ming and He Huishu.

He Huishu whispered to Qin Yue: "The Bai family is from a low background, but he is self-aware, he never participates in banquets, and he doesn't go to various mansions to walk around with his wife. She came to our mansion for the sake of Dean Niu's official position. ”

Qin Yue said: "Dean Niu is a good person, this time his luck was too bad, and he was rectified by a vicious Xiucai." ”

He Huishu sighed lightly and said, "More than 100 people in the academy were stung by bees, such a big thing, even if Your Majesty regrets Dean Niu's talent, it is impossible to punish it lightly." ”

After the lunch break in the afternoon, Bai took Niu Haoxing to the other courtyard, only bringing fruit snacks and expensive gifts, not a single expensive gift, not to ask for help at all.

Ming's was the first time he saw the Bai family, the legendary first beauty in Hunan Province, and his old eyes were no longer dazzled, he looked at it very carefully, nodded and praised: "It's more beautiful than the person in the painting." ”

Bai Shi Waner.

Qu sat on the side, and saw that Bai's speech and demeanor were not frivolous at all, and there was no wind and dust at all, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

When Bai saw He enter the hall, the topic immediately changed, and she unexpectedly talked about her origin.

It turned out that her father was the leader of the scientific examination of the Kai Dynasty, and later served as the four-rank Huangmen squire, a close servant of the Son of Heaven, and later offended the brother of the emperor's favored concubine, and the whole family was beheaded.

Because she was born beautiful, she was replaced by a female death row prisoner before the execution, stolen from the cell, and sold to the Qinglou.

She is a fierce person, and she is determined to sell her art and not her body. The old bustard of the Qinglou saw that she didn't sell her body to make more money and her reputation was more famous, so he allowed it.

Dean Niu and her father were close friends, and they finally ransomed her from the Qinglou with great manpower and material resources. The eldest son Niu Kun's third wife died of illness, and Dean Niu asked him to marry her as his fourth wife.

The four women only said that the Bai family had been raised in the Qinglou since she was born, but they did not expect that she was the daughter of a former dynasty official, and her family was all beheaded and died tragically, and her fate was so miserable.

Ming's and Qu's sympathetic shed tears.

He Huishu and the He family thought of the He family and their own fate, and they had similarities with the Bai family and the Bai family. If Qin Xionghuang and Li Bing had been one step late, they would have been sent to be official prostitutes like the Bai family.

The two sisters wiped their tears lightly, and looked at Bai's pity in their eyes with more intimacy.

The women in the hall talked. Niu Haoxing took Li Yunxiao to play outside, and after playing for a while, he went to the pharmacy to find Li Jingjing.

The light and fragrant smell of pears and orange peels wafted through the medicine room, and six tin stoves lined up, each with a black medicine jar boiling pale yellow juice on top of each stove.

Li Jingjing stayed in the sea with her forehead in unison, revealing her delicate and curved eyebrows, combing her bun head, wearing a bean-green cardigan collar with a streamer, wearing a goose-yellow long skirt, and yellow forged soft shoes with mille-feuille bottoms, sitting on a small one-foot-high bench, holding a bamboo fan in her hand and concentrating on guarding the medicine jar on the stove.

Li Yunxiao was too familiar with this medicinal taste, and asked with a smile: "Sister Jing, you want to boil autumn pear paste again." ”

Li Jingjing said: "It's about to be autumn." I boiled it up to leave it for my aunt's family. ”

"The pear paste you made is very good. Last year, the fine girls and sisters in the village ate it, and none of them coughed. Li Yunxiao really wanted to ask for some for his little friend, but when he opened his mouth in front of Niu Haoxing, it would be too embarrassing if Li Jingjing refused.

Niu Haoxing shyly turned around and took out something wrapped in red silk cloth from his arms, then turned back, presented it with both hands, and said, "Jing Niang, I begged my grandfather to copy this medicine book, and I will give it to you." ”

"Thank you so much." Li Jingjing's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, put down the small bamboo fan, deliberately cleaned his hands, wiped it clean with a handkerchief, and then took it, opened the red silk, and inside was a booklet bound with white paper and white rope with a slightly thicker book, and the cover was written in cursive with the four big characters of "Folk Medicine Book".

She opened the "Book of Folk Medicine", and the fonts in it were all small letters, each word was large, and the strokes were very neat.

Niu Haoxing was very happy when he saw Li Jingjing reading the "Book of Folk Medicine" very seriously, and he begged his grandfather for the book in vain, and copied it for four whole days.

Li Yunxiao asked, "Sister, is this book good?" ”

Li Jingjing nodded and said, "Okay." The Book of Folk Medicine records the prescriptions that have been circulated among the people of various dynasties from ancient times to 100 years ago. ”

Li Yunxiao chuckled and said, "Brother Niu, I gave you medicine last time, and my aunt has already given me a gift." This time you copied so many words of the medicine book to thank me. Have you ever copied the words of the medicine book incorrectly? ”

Niu Haoxing hurriedly shook his head and said, "After I finished copying, I read my mother to the original book." I didn't make a single mistake. ”

"You're really careful about copying. I'll look at your words. Li Yunxiao approached Li Jingjing, saw more than a dozen lines of words on the booklet page, neat to the point that each word was of average size, scratched his head embarrassedly, and said, "Your handwriting is much better than mine." ”

Fortunately, it was a comparison of knowledge, not a comparison of words. If he compares words, he has to call Niu Haoxing his brother.

Li Jingjing read a few pages, and when she heard Li Yunxiao say that the stove was hot, she closed the booklet and said with a smile: "Brother Niu, you really have a heart." I like this book of folk medicine very much. ”

Niu Haoxing said shyly: "My grandfather still has a few medicine books in his collection, and I will copy them and give them to you when I go back." ”

Li Yunxiao and Niu Haoxing played in the backyard for a while, and the Bai family's slave called Niu Haoxing back to the hall, and the Bai family took him away.

Li Yunxiao gestured his fingers to the thickness of the book, and said excitedly: "Mother, Brother Niu came to thank me again for sending him medicine." Just now he gave a hand-copied medicine book to his sister. ”

He smiled and asked Li Yunxiao to call Li Jingjing over, read Niu Haoxing's hand-copied medicine book, and said, "Sister, Dean Niu has a wide collection of books, and there are such ancient medicine books. There are no children and grandchildren in his house who can make medicines, so he generously gave this medicine book to Jing Niang. ”

"The words on the cover should be written by Bai, and the small characters inside are written by Xinglang. This kid is so young, he writes so well, and he puts a lot of effort into his daily life. He Huishu took the booklet and looked through each page carefully, feeling a little complicated.

Li Jingjing said: "Xiao Yanzi, if you don't practice calligraphy well, you won't be able to write well in the future." At that time, Brother Niu won't call you brother. ”

Li Yunxiao pouted and said, "I'll go to practice calligraphy." ”

Qin Minye and Li went to the school when they got sick, first went to wash their faces and hands, and then went to the hall.

He Huishu smiled: "Yelang, your father will be able to move in three days." I've discussed it with your grandmother, and we'll all go back to the house that day, and ask your aunt's family to stay there for a while. ”

Qin Minye was a little surprised, and when he saw He Huishu's secret eyes, he didn't ask. Xindao: Didn't you say that it was okay, I would live in the other courtyard for another ten days, and my aunt's family would go directly back to Qujia Village from the other courtyard, and then live in the house in early winter. How in advance.

For three days in a row, Li and Bai took their youngest sons to visit the hospital. The two seem to have discussed, the Li family came in the morning, and the Bai family came in the afternoon.

On the morning of the fourth day, the housekeeper of the Hong Mansion still came to the gate of the Guogong Mansion with the post, but saw four luxurious carriages parked, and after inquiring with the door slave, he learned that the Li family followed the Ming family and Qin Yue to live in the Guogong Mansion today, and immediately returned to the Hong Mansion with the post to report.

Li Shi said to himself: "General Qin's wife's tone is really tight, I'm afraid that we will know it, so I want the address of the Li family." ”

She waited for Dr. Hong to say the matter as soon as he returned.

Dr. Hong smiled and said, "Madam, don't be impatient, my husband has officially accepted Li Qu as an apprentice, and from tomorrow onwards, I will teach him to play the piano in our house." Li Qubing is my apprentice, how can he hide his home address from me. When I asked Li Qu's illness, his family could go back to the house at that time, and he told me that on the other day, we would go to the Li Mansion to formally propose marriage for Yuanlang, which would be more sincere than going to the Guogong Mansion to discuss relatives. ”

Li Shixi said: "The husband is far-sighted, and the chess is high. ”

And the Ming family and others took a carriage to the Tanzhou Guogong Mansion.

Several housekeepers in the house had already received He Huishu's instructions, arranged everything properly, and sent two slaves, one to guard the street five miles away, and the other to guard the street two miles away.

As soon as the motorcade appeared at a street corner five miles away, the first servant rode back home to report the news. The vermilion heavy bronze gate at the main entrance of the Guogong Mansion was wide open, and the subordinates were lined up according to men and women and ranks, and they greeted each other on both sides of the main gate.

------Off topic------

The last day of April.

Tomorrow Friday will be the starting holiday.

On May 1st and 2nd, I was going to take my mother, husband, and daughter to climb the mountain, and I wanted to relieve my fatigue, but I was so tired that I asked my relatives for two days off. Thank you for your understanding.

The update resumed on the morning of May 3.

Happy holidays to relatives and families! Hug everyone!

Friends, remember to read the article on the morning of May 3rd!