Chapter Eighty-Six: An Uninvited Guest
The county commander didn't expect Hongchen to leave, so he stretched out his hand to stop him, but then he asked his wife to grab it, and he couldn't move, so he could only watch Hongchen go out of the gate, and the officials were also dumbfounded, but who dared to stop her?
Guo Lao sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's it, you guys...... Shape up or ship out. β
Then he went out with him.
Mrs. Zhou looked at Long Er, with a faint worry in his eyes, Long Er was originally ignorant, but he was still confused when he heard Shi Yun and the ghost baby.
"Xiaoyun is dead? Didn't she go back to her hometown to get married? β
Although this child is young and simple, he is not stupid, he has already thought about the cause and effect in a flash, his face suddenly turned white, his eyes were dark, he almost wanted to faint, his lips trembled, and he whispered: "I killed her, it was my fault, I will marry her, Ming Media is marrying, let her be my wife." β
Fifteen years old, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a child, but in the current Great Zhou Dynasty, fifteen years old has reached the age of being able to marry a wife.
Mrs. Zhou reached out and touched his head, and whispered, "Okay, my dragon is responsible!" β
"Phew!" Mrs. County Ling looked ruthless, "You still want to coax my child?" He wants to be the top student in high school in the future, and he will come back with a good life for me, and it is not too much to marry a princess, how can he marry a dead man? β
Madame's voice was so high and sharp that it hurt people's ears to hear it.
Mrs. Zhou was speechless for a while, glanced at his student Xiang Fan, and said with a wry smile: "You, you, it's really ......" He couldn't say anything about regretting accepting this student, after all, Xiang Fan was very filial and was very kind to him as a teacher on weekdays.
That year, he also sincerely married his daughter to this child, but just discussed. I heard that his family had set a family affair for him, and Mrs. Zhou was not such a bully, so he would not entangle him, but he never thought that this matter had actually spread, and it had also reached the ears of Xiang Fan's fiancΓ©e, until now, more than ten years later, that lady still often mentions it, which makes people feel unhappy.
How important a girl's reputation is. For this. Mrs. Zhou didn't dare to be too selective, and hurriedly married her daughter, if it weren't for her son-in-law, she was also a proper person, and she was sensible in reading. I passed the Jinshi examination. Now he has entered the Ministry of Officials as a waiter. He was so scared that he was depressed.
The county magistrate obviously thought of this, and his face was ashamed. sighed: "It's the student who can't stand the teacher." "In his life, he owes a lot to his teacher, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to pay it back.
Mrs. Zhou shook his head, children are debts, this apprentice is no different from his son, he didn't look at the red-clothed woman with a horizontal face, and only whispered: "You are a county magistrate in Qi County, I'm afraid you also know about the Hongchen girl, Lao Guo is well-informed, the people he believes, I also believe, you should think about what the Hongchen girl said." β
The prefectural commander nodded hesitantly.
Xiang Fan is a good person, but he only has one son, so he naturally hopes that his son will get the best, and when he heard this, he was naturally angry and worried, but his son did something wrong, and it was just wrong because he was naΓ―ve and ignorant of the world.
If the girl is not dead, he doesn't say anything else, he always has to give someone an explanation, the position of the wife is unlikely, marrying a concubine is indispensable, the official eunuch family, and not those scholarly families that have been inherited for a hundred years, there are many people who marry concubines before marriage, that is, they are more particular, saying that there are no other women before marriage, but before the daughter-in-law enters the door, she sent the son's side to the room.
But now that everyone is dead, and the matter is so big, no matter how Ming Media is getting married, and tossing and turning noisily, does the son still want a reputation? Which daughter of a good family is willing to marry? Thinking of the series of troubles that followed, he couldn't help but think about it carefully.
July is hot, but at this moment, the weather is still very hot.
Hongchen sat comfortably on the cushion, and shared a large chilled watermelon with Guo Lao, which was full of water and sweet.
Guo Lao took a bite and sighed.
Hongchen took out a book from the small drawer in the car and stuffed it to him: "If the mountain chief is bored, read the book and let the car go more steadily." β
Guo Lao had no choice but to take the book, read it slowly, and sent Hongchen back to the academy all the way.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the academy, I collided with a small novice, who had red lips and white teeth, and was a little thin, but cute and tight.
When he saw Hongchen, he stumbled and said: "The third uncle asked Yuanzuo to tell the female benefactor, you can't control the things you entrusted, if you don't want to find a way, he won't keep that, in case he hurts the flowers and plants of our Puji Temple, it's all his sin, and the Buddha will blame it." β
Hongchen shrugged: "Go back and tell him, I don't care, love is whatever, but that thing ran away in his hand, in case he hurt an innocent person, he is not afraid to bear the sin." β
Xiao Shami stupidly repeated Hongchen's words, and when he went back, he was honest and learned to the monk of Sanyan in the original way.
It didn't matter what the three hated heard, what was this, a more direct crime than this, and he didn't know how many times he had committed it.
But the monk was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he was uneasy, and almost asked the other few elders of Puji Temple who had long been in retreat and cultivating, and easily did not show up, and the three hats hurriedly stopped, this Puji Temple has a monk who doesn't matter, he is a free and easy character, especially believe that put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, and change it to other elders, as far as he made the mistakes before the three hats, it is enough for people to turn into angry King Kong, kill demons, and return Buddhism to a quiet place.
"Senior brother, don't worry, Miss Hongchen is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, she must have a trick, and she won't entrust us with everything. Besides, we can't get rid of this ghost baby's anger, but we have also suppressed it, and it shouldn't implicate the innocent. β
Monk Dian's attainments in this are not as good as his junior brother, and he trusts his junior brother very much, and he is finally relieved.
The three hated the senior brother and fooled him away, so he wrote a letter to Hongchen again, this time he was more serious, he didn't lie to his senior brother, the ghost baby was not innocent for a while, but there were also people who were not so innocent.
The biological father of the ghost baby is the root cause of all the evil consequences, and if one is not handled well, that person will naturally bear the brunt.
Who knows if the senior brother will be angry after the accident?
Hey, he's not very afraid that the great monk will be angry with himself, anyway, he's angry. It's a day and night at most, no matter how long it is, it can't last, I'm afraid that he once thought it was his sin, and then he wanted to atone for his sins, and he really confronted the ghost baby, and he was wronged in vain.
It's better for those who can work harder, and let that demonic little girl plan for it.
Guo Lao led Hongchen all the way, sent her to class, saw her enter the classroom, and didn't say anything in the end. I was very worried.
My own obedient students always encounter all kinds of strange things. That's good, this kind of thing, once in a while, it's a pastime, and there are ten or eight times a month. That's going to kill you!
For several days. There was no movement from the prefectural order.
Red dust is not surprising. Many people still shed tears when they saw the coffin, and besides, the time is still short. The three members of the Xiang family have not seen the coffin yet.
For a while, life was at peace.
"Hey, I don't seem to have seen Xue Xiaohou come over recently."
On this day, Hongchen was in a good mood, and personally cooked a soup, there were more than 30 dishes in the program alone, and the final product was fragrant and delicious, so that people could experience the wonderful feeling of the five flavors of life after taking a sip.
This is still the soup that Mr. Guigu loved to drink, she deliberately asked Wang Po who served the old gentleman to learn it, there is no name, it is called soup, anyway, his old man shouted to drink soup, it is what he said, there are a lot of materials that need to be used, and even the ingredients must be made freshly, Hongchen wants to make it once, and it takes half a month to prepare.
As soon as Luo Niang and the others drank it, they were extremely happy, and when they squinted their eyes, they suddenly thought that Xue Xiaohou Ye actually didn't have such a mouthful, it was really not easy.
The one who was going to come to the door to eat and drink when he saw the sky.
"It's been a while."
Hongchen is also a little strange, but after all, they have a noble status, they talk about it on weekdays, they don't seem to be outsiders, in the end, there are two worlds, as long as the noble son wants to disappear, he can disappear without a trace at any time.
The family gathered around and drank soup slowly, and Luo Niang did not forget to send a pot to Fu Ziwen's four guards, who had no sense of existence at all.
These four are now squatting in a small side room next to the rockery in the courtyard, eating all kinds of stews, pastries, and drinking fragrant soup by the way.
Don't look at the first appearance, all of them are domineering and majestic, and they are very unreliable, but these few have taken on tasks and have also been guards, and they are definitely professionals, and the deployment of this teahouse can be called first-class, even if the guards of the powerful families in the capital are not necessarily much stronger than them.
"We have to leave this month, we can't come back this time, the kindness is almost repaid, right?"
With a snort, Fu Sheng, a short middle-aged man, took a sip of soup and whispered.
They went back to the Qingtian Gang a while ago, but they were thinking that they had done too little for Miss Hongchen, and it was not a grudge to settle grievances, so they turned back again, and they stayed for more than a month.
"Hmm."
Fu Ziwen nodded.
Originally, they only planned to set up some traps for Hongchen, but after such a delay, they had to leave at this time, but they were still a little reluctant to mention it.
"Sanniang said that in a day, she will kill a little lamb and eat a whole sheep feast."
ββ¦β¦ Let's say it's to repay the favor, but the traps they make themselves are much smarter than ours, so we also started to fight, we haven't done anything these days, it's better to stay for another month, as a person in the rivers and lakes, if you don't repay the kindness, how can you be a hero? β
Fu Hong, who was tall and thin next to him, raised his head violently and said righteously.
Fu Ziwen: "......"
The Qingtian Gang, they are the first in the world, and they are the thirteenth hall masters, so they brought such a group of second goods!
Fu Sheng blinked: "What is the whole sheep banquet, I heard that now they are preparing the dishes for the New Year, it seems that Miss Hongchen personally set the menu, there are a large number of Sanniang in it who have never heard of it, all of them are fresh, it seems to be found out from the ancient book menu, and the dishes in the imperial banquet are not usually eaten." β
Fu Ziwen: "We've been here for so long, and it hasn't worked at all, so it's disgraceful to go back like this, stay longer." β
This one also forgot that he had already made up his mind that he had to leave Xiaoxiao Yiqi County, and there were countless big things waiting for him to do outside.
What use can he have in this teahouse?
Now, even if a little thief breaks through the door, I'm afraid it won't be their turn to make a move.
Fu Ziwen glanced out without a trace and shrugged: "I knew that it was better to go back to the Qingtian Gang to deal with official documents than to stay here and waste time." Fu Ziwen shook his head and took a bite of the cake.
Hmm, it's so soft, it's so fragrant!
I can't admit that the food in their gang is worse than the pig's food. After he had tasted a good meal, he was not easy to fool, so he was stranded again and again.
"Be careful, don't make too much noise."
There was a shallow sound of shuffling in the grass from time to time, and two lean men stood against the wall, one wearing a gray short, the other wearing a black beard, both neat.
"I inquired, this teahouse seems to be quite famous, and many of the customers are squires and wealthy merchants. And the readers. The county order also has a little connection with here, but there are a lot of women hidden in it, so let's do this vote. Leave immediately. β
The man in the beard. A shrewd face. His eyes were fierce, "Who let her ruin our business, and broke the seventh sister." I'll let her taste it. β
"Get it, burn it clean with a fire." The short man's demeanor was calmer, and his tone was not too apprehensive, "Let's go." β
Saying that, he grabbed the wall with one hand and jumped on it easily, "Today's trip is cost-effective, in addition to being able to replenish a batch of goods, there is also a big customer in the capital, and after the matter is completed, there are five thousand taels of silver in vain, it is not difficult, it is much more convenient than the Wu family who went to rob the stone fort last time, he has more than 30 thugs, but it is really a bit thrilling." β
The two of them are obviously veterans, and they are like walking on the wall, and the gentlemen on the beam are not necessarily as light as them.
The man in Hufu sat on the wall, half-lying down, threw a stone into it, listened quietly against the wall, and wondered: "Isn't the master here just a peasant girl, how can the nobles in the capital come to intervene?" She doesn't have any special background, brother, let's intervene, don't cause trouble. β
"I'm afraid of a fart, we don't know who the noble person is, and the noble person doesn't know us, it's just that something really happened, as soon as we left, we cut off contact with the Chinese people, besides, what other capable people can there be in a small broken place like Qixian? Who knows what the nobles in the capital are thinking all day long, maybe they just want to play with five thousand taels. β
They haven't seen this kind of person, five thousand taels is naturally a huge amount of money in their eyes, but in the eyes of some people, they may usually make a few clothes and create less jewelry.
There wasn't a sound in it.
The two of them jumped down lightly, and their moods were relatively relaxed, "It's so easy, I can't even see a figure." β
A few years ago, a few of their brothers accidentally broke into the courtyard of a prince, and the prince was very familiar with the green forest road, and suddenly made them look like lost dogs, and finally felt that it was a little unsafe to do that kind of work all the time, but it was easier to abduct and sell a population.
Although it is simple, both of them are familiar with the house, but they are still more cautious, they are very familiar with the house, and they can know at a glance where the owner's family lives.
Walk around the gardens, through the verandah, and walk through the Moon Gate.
When the moon was in the sky, there was suddenly a layer of fog in front of them, and the fog was hazy, and they could still faintly see the lights outside, but they couldn't see when they came in.
"Something is wrong."
They could tell how big the house was through the walls, and if they were even mistaken about it, they would have planted it long ago, and where could they wait for it now. It's just that I've been walking for a long time now, and I should have found the main house a long time ago, but I couldn't even see a shadow.
The man in the beard suddenly became cautious, his pace slowed down a lot, and he whispered, "Let's go, go back the way you came." β
The other also nodded: "!" β
The two of them turned their heads at the same time, and they were stunned for a moment - when they came, there was a bluestone path on the ground, and when they turned around, the ground was full of vines, grasses, thorns, and many more inexplicable flowers and plants.
ββ¦β¦β
They all felt very bad in their hearts, and they instinctively felt very bad, and they panicked in their hearts, and there was a time before, and before they could do their work, they panicked, and that time they were planted, and seven of the dozen brothers died, and the rest were seriously injured, and the lightest lay down for three months, and the worst could not stand up again......
The two glanced at each other, then groped, walked back in the direction of the impression, went around, circled for more than an hour, the more they walked, the more tired they became, they were so tired that they were out of breath, the man in the bearded suit turned pale, kicked the stone next to him violently, and shouted angrily: "Who is his grandmother's?" Who is playing Lao Tzu, come out for me!! β
There was no movement except for the wind.
Minutes and seconds passed.
It was a long time, and it was so long that it even seemed that there might be one day, maybe two days, or even longer, and the two of them were sitting on the ground. With a dull face, he cried: "We were wrong, we will never dare again, let us go." β
"As long as you let us go, we are willing to pay, as much as we want!"
This kind of thing, they have shouted I don't know how many times during this time, coercion and temptation, all kinds of means have been used, but it is useless at all.
ββ¦β¦ It doesn't matter what it is. Even if it's a ghost. Please, come out with one. β
It's not just a matter of exhaustion, it's just that when two people are in such an environment, there is always danger lurking around them. I couldn't relax my spirit. It's like a taut bowstring. Once the bow and arrow can't be shot, or even the target can't be found, sooner or later it will break.
The voice did not fall. Swipe it.
A light white shadow floated in front of him, with a little shimmer, in a trance.
There was a slight numbness in the back, and the cool air rushed from the soles of the feet to the brain.
The two of them shivered in unison, their eyes were sour, their whole bodies trembled, and they instinctively ran away.
"The so-called don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, it seems that these two are doing bad things."
Not far away, Hongchen and Luo Niang were sitting in the gazebo, eating while admiring the man who danced with his two hands and only circled between the two rockeries.
"Won't they faint? I'm not too thirsty, this has been in the same place for more than half an hour, almost connected to shouting, and my voice can't stand it! β
Hongchen smiled: "They don't think it's only half an hour, I guess it's impossible to say that it's like a year at this time, and it seems to be about the same as a moon." β
Next to them, the girls who sat and worked, ate, and drank tea turned their heads at the same time and put on a sympathetic expression.
Of course, for only a moment, they all go back to their own business.
Day by day, the time for them to take the exam is approaching, and the change of fate is just around the corner, who cares about a thief!
Ahh What kind of illusion did they see, and they were afraid of it? β
Hongchen smiled: "Of course it works, how can Luo Niang be so sure that it must be an illusion, maybe I just opened their eyes and let them see another world." β
Luo Niang: "......"
Fu Ziwen's ears moved, his face suddenly stiffened, and he quietly leaned closer to a few of his subordinates.
The same goes for those three.
I would have known that I wouldn't eavesdrop on women's gossip.
After a few words, the two men didn't know what they saw, and they actually began to talk about the various cases they had done over the years.
While listening, Hongchen pondered, if she wasn't very happy to see the county at this time, she should find the county.
"Call Li Zhutou to come."
The two of them actually said that they had kidnapped six children, twelve women, and many rich and noble families in the vicinity of Qixian alone, which was a big deal.
Luo Niang and the others were still a little unbearable, but after hearing the confessions of the two people, they all turned their heads: "Ah Chen, it's not good for your white tiger not to eat living creatures, and when you go back to the mountain in the future, you don't know if you can keep the status of the king of the mountain, so it's better to add food to it." β
"Well, good idea, now that it's teaching two small predators, it's almost time to release them back into the mountains, so it's better to let the two small ones open the meat."
Hongchen also held his chin and said with a smile.
After a few words of gossip, in the treetops of the moon, Hongchen yawned, and was a little tired, a drama has been watched for a long time, and it is annoying in the end.
"Okay, Ping'an will call your godmother over, tie it up and throw it aside, let's rest."
Ping'an also ate a few mouthfuls of the milk of the big white tiger, so the big white tiger became its godmother.
After speaking, Hongchen flicked his sleeves and got up, and as soon as he turned his back, he heard a miserable cry from behind.
The sound came from afar, and there was a scholar sleeping in the study in the front yard, and he turned over violently, blocking his ears, and the next day he was afraid that he would think that he had some strange dream.
Luo Niang and the others also felt miserable.
Jianghu high-rollers like Fu Ziwen are also a little panicked, even if the knife licks the blood, the people in the rivers and lakes are not afraid of death, but if they are scared to death, eaten by tigers, and there are no bones, that is, they will definitely not be able to stand it.
Hongchen stretched her waist and was about to leave, when Luo Niang grabbed her arm.
"What's wrong?"
"I'll keep vigil for you today, how about we stay in the same room?" Glancing at the courtyard, Luo Niang smiled. If she wakes up at night, she has to go through the courtyard to go to the toilet, in case some ecstasy stops her...... She didn't want to wait until the next morning to be picked up by her sisters, because by then she would have turned into dried bacon.
Hongchen: "......"
Before waiting for dawn, Li Zhuhai and the others came over with people, and grabbed the two crutches with great interest, and their faces were red.
Hongchen looked at their appearance, and couldn't help but worry about whether their brains would be too small - the county order is estimated to be anxious at this time, and his subordinates are so happy, and they are not afraid to attract the eyes of their own adults! (To be continued......)