Chapter Seventy-Three: Ancestors

No matter how good the fat sheep is, with Miss Hongchen suppressing it, he doesn't dare to stuff it in his mouth.

Wang Banxian shook his head and left, and he could only comfort and comfort himself, since the young lady made a move, it was better for him to stay away, it was important to make money, but he had to have a life to spend it!

In Xue's house, Xue Mingzhu's face was pale, he stood up and stared at the door for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Third uncle, really don't stop him?" ”

What is a fortune teller? I really thought everyone was a fool, she Xue Mingzhu controlled the Xue family as a daughter, but she was only seventeen years old, and even her father obeyed everything, how could she be simple?

If she believed that at such a critical juncture, the warlock suddenly came out and said a call, then her father would definitely not worry about letting her marry King Li, and it would be better to recruit a son-in-law to come back as soon as possible to inherit the family business.

Anyway, for several generations of their family, they only have an only daughter, and they have recruited a son-in-law, her father Xue Ming, is a little green among thousands of flowers, a rare boy, even if he has a soft temperament and looks like a girl, he still took over the family business smoothly.

Xue Mingzhu came to recruit again, it was commonplace, it was not a big deal, if it weren't for the fact that there was a young daughter at home, this eldest lady wanted to enter Beijing and marry King Li, I was afraid that Xue Ming would not be too happy.

The third uncle sneered: "What if you don't let him go?" This man is a straw bale, and there is no point in leaving him. Since the other party has made a move, let's cover it with water, let's follow the path drawn by others. ”

The main reason is that there is no way, Xue Mingzhu's face can't be cured, they just caught the culprit out and broke the corpse into thousands of pieces, which is also a failure.

What's moreβ€”"That person must be an extremely high-level spirit master, this kind of person." Not to mention the enemy, it is not appropriate to outwit, it is best to turn hostility into friendship, can get closer to the relationship, form a good fate, and maybe turn bad things into good things. ”

Xue Mingzhu's eyes were dark, he sighed, but he still didn't say anything, this is not the time to lose his temper unwillingly.

The heavy rain finally turned into a continuous drizzle.

The idle literati and scholars were greedy for the rain, and no one thought about how many states and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty were affected. They were in such a drizzle. Three or five confidants and friends, meet in the depths of the garden, a cup of fragrant tea, and a volume of ancient books. Chatting. Isn't it happy?

The carriage came to a clatter on the side of the road.

The mountain road below is not easy to walk. needed to walk, the coachman opened the door, and the two maids helped the eldest lady of the Xue family get out of the car.

Xue Mingzhu wears a hat. The whole face was tightly covered, there was no umbrella, the drizzle blew wet her clothes and hair, and when she looked at it from a distance, her waist, which had always been stiff, looked a little loose, and her back became much more decadent unconsciously.

"Miss, the teahouse they talked about is still some distance away, this road is slippery, it's not easy to walk, why don't you sit on your shoulder?"

Xue Mingzhu gritted his teeth: "No! ”

The third uncle of her family is a spirit master himself, he has always been turtle hair, and his temperament is also very strange, who knows if she sits on her shoulder, the spirit master will think that she is insincere, and there will be another incident, although the anger squeezed in her heart is hot, but Xue Mingzhu still endures it.

The two maids couldn't bear it.

"Miss, what kind of ghost do you think Hongchen is doing? Let's not talk about her young age, is it as powerful as the third master said, if it is really her, what is she trying to do? Our two families have no grievances in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future. ”

To put it bluntly, what kind of Hongchen is a rural village girl, their miss is a phoenix far away in the sky, and she doesn't even look at that person more on weekdays, where to go to grudge?

Xue Mingzhu gritted her teeth and walked, ignoring her maid, her teeth were about to be crushed, and her tongue licked her lips, all of which smelled of rust.

She actually didn't go for too long, since the teahouse can be opened and there are still many customers, it can't be located in the deep mountains and old forests.

I walked for less than half an hour, and I came to the front of the house with red walls and green tiles, Xue Mingzhu just wanted to go around to the main entrance, the side door next to it creaked open, and a big cat came out of it?

It looks like a leopard, but it is wearing a small dark blue shoulder, obviously a small domestic thing, who would keep a leopard as a pet?

The big cat swayed and swayed in front of her, with a note in its mouth.

The note was obviously cut at random, with uneven edges, and on it was written a big word -- 'enter'.

Xue Mingzhu had no choice but to walk in one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The outside of the teahouse looks very good, big and broad, under the shade of flowers and trees, there is no interest, you can enter through this side door, it is like a monster opened its mouth and swallowed her, the feet are all mud, step by step.

"Damn, what's this way on?"

The mother-in-law hugged her young lady and said hurriedly, "It's better to go to the front door." ”

Xue Mingzhu nodded, and the group turned around.

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

A big tiger with bright fur and a particularly well-proportioned white, I don't know when it was blocked at the door, the big head swayed slightly, the eyes glowed green, a pair of eyes, Xue Mingzhu suddenly had soft feet, gasped for air, and his mind was blank in an instant, without thinking about it, he turned his head and ran.

ran out of the panic for a long time, and the group found their senses.

Xue Mingzhu was a clear-headed person after all, took a deep breath, calmed down, gritted his teeth and said, "Go, no one is allowed to mess up!" ”

Her two maids took a few steps forward, trying very hard to clear the way ahead, and the two mothers-in-law supported her on the side.

After that, she didn't encounter anything particularly scary, but when she entered the courtyard and saw Hongchen sitting in the gazebo reading, she was all embarrassed, her shoes were covered with mud, her skirt was messy, and her black hair was stained with a lot of dead branches and leaves.

Hongchen was also stunned, and turned his head to look at Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo sat in the shadow under the tree, boiling tea with his head down, without even lifting it, and innocent was written on every strand of hair.

The kitten leaned over and said in a low voice, "Miss, that Xue Mingzhu offended our Xiao Mo, right?" ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I don't know. ”

I really don't know, but looking at this posture, it does seem to have a 'deep hatred', Hongchen doesn't have the heart to rectify the eldest lady of the Xue family, she plays a hand, just because she suddenly wants to resolve the long-standing grudge, and also help Sister Xin, who is still eye-catching, not really look down on Xue Mingzhu.

In fact. Xue Mingzhu is also innocent.

Thinking about it, the eldest lady of the Xue family had already forbearance and appeared in front of the pavilion in embarrassment.

Because she was wearing a curtain hat, she couldn't see her face clearly, but Hongchen knew that her face was definitely not very good. The two maids glared at Hongchen even more indignantly, and it was estimated that if their eyes could kill, Hongchen would be killed one hundred and eighty times.

"It's all here, time is limited, let's not say any polite words. Miss Hongchen. Can you cure my disease? ”

Xue Mingzhu walked over, found a stone bench to sit down, and rubbed the mud on her shoes without a trace. Entered the pavilion. The wind and rain outside also seem to have lessened. As soon as her body was warm, the anger suppressed in her heart swelled more and more, but she was angry again. At this time, he still refused to have a seizure.

Hongchen smiled: "I'm not a doctor. ”

With a fluttering word, Xue Mingzhu's brain buzzed, and the maid beside her jumped up suddenly: "Why?" Do you have a grudge against my young lady? If you do this, aren't you afraid of death? My young lady will be the concubine of King Li soon, and she can ...... with one finger."

Hongchen shook her fingers gently, she still had a smile on her face, but before the girl could spit out, she was suddenly held in her throat and couldn't spit it out, and a trace of fear suddenly rose in her heart, and a chill ran down her back.

"Miss Mingzhu is a fire, and it shouldn't be sent to my head." Hongchen smiled, poured a cup of tea carelessly, and asked the kitten to send it over, "The grievances of your Xue family's own people, the cause and effect of the past life, the cause and effect are just like this, the ancestors of the Xue family don't like you, and they want you to be unlucky, who is to blame?" ”

Xue Mingzhu suddenly scoffed: "My ancestor of the Xue family? Why, just because I didn't bother to pay attention to their family and didn't want to help, my ancestors were not happy? If this is the case, why didn't the ancestor show a spirit when the family bullied my grandmother? If there is any cause and effect, then their family should also get retribution first! ”

This eldest lady has always been very strong, don't look at her grandmother died when she was very young, but she still remembers that she was a very gentle woman, and she was also very kind to her, and she has been blocked in her heart in one breath, and she can't go up and down, and she hasn't forgotten the suffering of her relatives because of many years.

"Back then, my father didn't look at the white eyes of those people, they said that my family did a lot of bad things, and my ancestors were ashamed, only my father was a sick man for many years, and the rest were girls, I let them see, even if there are only girls in my family, they are a hundred times stronger than them, a thousand times!"

Xue Mingzhu sneered, "Now that you can use me, you can come to the door, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" ”

Her two girls' eyes were red, and the kitten and the little fox also vaguely felt that what Miss Xue had done, although it was a little excessive, but in this way, it was not unreasonable. Although it is said that it is time to repay grievances, it is best to smile and enmity, but it seems that it is not impossible for people to take revenge.

Hongchen nodded and said softly, "I'll tell you a story." ”

There is a big family surnamed Xue in Qi County, a woman with bad customs in the family, should have drowned in the river, thanks to the pity of the old people in the clan, just expelled from the family, but unfortunately died in childbirth, the person who eloped with Miss was a spiritual master, and finally solved the trouble outside and came back to find this young lady, but learned that Miss was dead, only one daughter was left, and the parents of the young lady, the three grandchildren depended on each other, often by the eyes of other people in the clan, life was hard, he was furious, he found the ancestral grave of the Xue family, and moved his hands and feet, He also found a Yuelao Temple with a flourishing incense and just the right location, attached his daughter's life and soul to it, and arranged a particularly complicated feng shui bureau to steal the luck of the Xue family.

"This feng shui bureau was originally used to strengthen the weak branches, the spirit master is very talented, and he can learn and use it lively, and vice versa, but this kind of layout hurts the heavens and the peace, and the spirit master is afraid that it will be difficult for him to die well."

When Hongchen tells the story, he tells the story straightforwardly, and there is no literary brilliance at all, if a stranger listens to her, I am afraid that he will laugh at it, but the more Xue Mingzhu listens to it, the more familiar he feels, and he is even more furious, and he reacts for a long time, and reluctantly sneers: "Do you think that if you say these nonsense, I will believe it?" ”

"Didn't Wang Banxian tell you, you can't believe it." Hongchen sighed, "The spirit master who arranged the feng shui bureau at the beginning was young and thoughtful after all, he only thought about his daughter, and he had no scruples when he did it, but he didn't know that the feng shui bureau could not be perfect, resulting in although your family stole the luck of the entire Xue family clan, only women benefited, so that all the daughters in the family were Zhong Lingyuxiu." Men are not very successful, and of course, they can't even be born. ”

Xue Mingzhu didn't speak for a long time.

"You have to understand, stealing luck, blinding the heavens, can succeed for a while, it is impossible not to be unexposed forever, you should think about it, once the ancestors of the Xue family noticed this matter, how could it be possible to make you feel better? Definitely fight hard. If you don't have the surname Xue, you also have the surname Xue. I'm afraid that there won't be any of the troubles I have now, and I will definitely pay it back a thousand times earlier, maybe there will be no bones left. ”

Hongchen exhaled and took a sip of tea. Such a long story. She also had a dry mouth. Seeing Xue Mingzhu sitting there, his hands tightly grasping the hem of his clothes, although his body was still sitting straight. But there was a faint tremble.

"I think you are an understanding person, you should know that although such a feng shui bureau is evil, it is only better than the word secret, now that the foundation has been lifted, it is easy to break it, the people of the Xue family don't have to do anything, as long as you go to the ancestral temple to cry, everything will be solved, but what will happen to you?"

Xue Mingzhu shrank down.

If she didn't know anything, she wouldn't be so frightened, but as Hongchen said, she didn't know anything about these things, there was a third uncle here, although he didn't teach her anything seriously, but he also mentioned it a little.

Besides, even if she wanted to believe it, more and more boils grew there on her face, and they never went away, and she couldn't believe it anymore.

"Take a mirror."

Xue Mingzhu said softly.

Hongchen asked the kitten to take a bronze mirror that was polished to an extremely smooth surface.

The maid held it in front of the eldest lady and took off her curtain hat, and the face in the bronze mirror made even her feel disgusting when she looked at it.

"The skin seems to be looser."

Xue Mingzhu carefully touched the corners of her eyes, and for a moment she felt that the skin was rough and loose to the touch, and her heart suddenly tightened.

Others may not be able to see that this cold, tall and arrogant eldest lady has a little narcissistic tendency, and she attaches the most importance to her appearance on weekdays.

Xue Mingzhu had a feeling that every word said by the girl in front of her was true, and her prediction was very likely to come true.

"What do you want me to do? What can be done to ensure that the Feng Shui Bureau is not broken! ”

Her voice became low,** said.

Hongchen raised his eyebrows: "What?" Do you really want to keep it? Don't you mind if you never have a boy in the family again? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ If people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. Xue Mingzhu lowered his head slightly, clasped his hands together, and sat upright, very elegant, "Our Xue family is only my sister and I in this generation, as daughters, what are we afraid of!" ”

said that Hongchen wanted to set up a feng shui bureau for herself, but unfortunately, the Xia family was not the Xue family, and she couldn't find a spirit master who was willing to sacrifice for her.

"You can see it, but unfortunately I am afraid that you can't make the decision on this matter, presumably the ancestors of the Xue family will not agree."

Hongchen shook his head.

Xue Mingzhu didn't have much hope, and as soon as she heard her say this, she changed her words from the point of being kind: "Then what else is the way to crack it?" ”

Only she has a clear mind, not impatient or impatient, she is a material to do big things, Hongchen glanced at her casually, and then did not sell it: "It's very simple, you and the Xue family clan are as good as ever, the two families merge into one, rebuild the ancestral tomb, worship the ancestral temple, the symptoms on the body will naturally disappear, and in the future it may not be like you used to, everything you do is like God's help, but as long as you work hard, you don't necessarily have a bad life, Feng Shui Bureau, no matter how powerful it is, it can only be borrowed by people, and it's not that it's gone." ”

"There are so many successful people in the world, and there is no one who has excellent feng shui at home."

After Hongchen finished speaking, he served tea and sent it off.

It's better to read a few more books if you have spare time, a group of friends in the study are waiting to give her a lecture, and they are too lazy to deal with this eldest lady for too long.

Xue Mingzhu was silent for a moment, then stood up, took the cloak handed over by the maid and put it on, said goodbye and left, just walked a few steps, turned his head, looked at Hongchen, and said softly: "The so-called cultivation of the body and the transfer of qi, the origin of a person should determine a person's temperament, it's really strange, you are not like the village girl who grew up in Jiangjiazhuang, I heard the third uncle say before, occasionally the spirit girl Tianzi is outstanding and has Su Hui, didn't you see the legend today?" ”

Hongchen just smiled.

Xue Mingzhu also smiled: "That's it, do you have Su Hui or do you have to meet the Master, what does it have to do with me, I don't know how to end my own affairs, and how to manage others!" ”

She was gone anyway.

The day has not passed, it has just arrived in the evening. Hongchen heard in the mouths of the guests in the teahouse that the future concubine of King Li actually changed her temperament, and once again warmed up with the Xue family, the family was harmonious, and the ancestral tomb was rebuilt, and the ancestors were worshipped, after all, it was also a great joy for the Xue family to have a girl marry King Li.

The kitten felt strange: "Miss, why didn't you tell those people in the Xue family's own family that their luck was stolen by Xue Ming's branch?" ”

Hongchen shook his head. What's the use of saying it. In addition to adding mustard, it seems to be useless, in the end, it is still a member of the same family, and the family is indeed weak. Without the help of Xue Mingzhu. I don't know how long it will take to recover. Xue Mingzhu is weak, and he doesn't even have a brother in the family, if he can have some clansmen. It's also a good thing.

In fact, even if the family knows about it, they may still make the same choice.

Anyway, the feng shui bureau has been cracked, there is no need to worry about it, and there is no need to let Xue Mingzhu repay the debts owed by their ancestors, of course, more importantly, they just can't do it if they want to.

Hongchen himself doesn't have much to do, everything is fine.

Within two days, the Xue family also sent a gift to Hongchen, who came an old man with withered yellow hair, and when Hongchen saw him, he was shocked: "You are still alive?" ”

The third uncle was also shocked: "I didn't expect you to be so young? ”

He has been staying in the Xue family, not going out, not contacting outsiders, naturally he doesn't know who Hongchen is, I heard Xue Mingzhu say that it was a young girl, and I thought that she was at least twenty-five or sixteen years old, but she didn't expect it to be really a girl.

"yes, I should die." Listening to this girl's words, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, "But I promised others that they must live and wait, and before they can wait for the result, they can't die randomly." ”

Although this third uncle of the Xue family looks thin and haggard and aging, he does not look like a good thing, he has a good temperament, and the gifts he sent are not only ordinary, but also some books given to him by his master.

It is all ancient yellowed bamboo slips, particularly bulky, most of them are about the feng shui bureau, or the kind of feng shui bureau that is more out of the way, either too yin and evil, or the kind that will lose both as long as it is arranged, and it is very powerful, and it is also very dangerous.

This kind of thing is usually not even willing to be taught to the apprentice, and it is better to take it to the grave to be safe.

"Although you may not need it, but at my age and appearance, I'm afraid it's unlikely to accept another disciple, and it's a pity that the things left by my ancestors are wasted."

Hongchen suddenly rolled his eyes, and at this time, in the book he sent, the top one was shouting: "Fart, it's still the ancestor, Lao Tzu and his grandmother were dug up by your master's tomb robbery, I thought Lao Tzu wanted to follow you, hum, and wanted to destroy the corpse, if Lao Tzu was really thrown into the charcoal basin, he wouldn't let you go as an idiot!" ”

"Girl, tell you, this kid has a bad mind, maybe I'll lure you to learn from me, I know those things, you just learn how to crack it, but don't have anything to do to arrange one for others."

Pretending to know nothing and sending the third uncle away, Hongchen simply wrapped these bamboo slips in red silk, tied a bow, and stuffed them into the bookcase and put them in one place with her secret books.

This box is a special nagging goods, and it is more lively to get together.

Although Yujue Space did not release a task this time, it seems that she also got a good prize after completing it.

Time passed day by day, and as we entered June, the rain stopped, and the sun was shining brightly on several good days.

Hongchen also began to go to school to study, and the teaching of Yanshan Academy is actually very interesting, especially this year's gentlemen, who are quite level, Hongchen has listened to a few classes, and it is quite rewarding.

When she was studying, she met old pedants who could only read from the book, and she had never seen such a good gentleman who could tell history more than stories, teach painting, and take students to see the mountains and rivers, trees, and beauties.

Although she was happy to go to school, Hongchen did not forget that her original intention was to help Luo Niang and them take the exam and get out of the country.

On this day, Hongchen was holding her notebook that remembered densely, full of sketch symbols and simplified words, staring at Luo Niang's group of girls to re-copy, the door curtain was suddenly opened, and the heat was coming, and now the weather is starting to be stuffy, staying in the house without a moment of sweat trickling down, but the heat of opening the door is more sufficient.

"Miss Hongchen, Master Feng is here." (To be continued......)