Ping'an Inn is in a secluded alley on Pingqiao Street, with two wide doors, three courtyards, a total of only seven or eight rooms, and most of the merchants who settled in Shandong came to do the business of roasting goods, and the patio was full of flowers, melon seeds, peas, and you could smell the smell of fried goods from afar.

Ma Fushan didn't dare to lead Zhou Shaojin to the Ping'an Inn, so he spent a lot of money, borrowed the hall next door, and asked the old beggar what to say.

“…… Although the old lady is a scholar, she has a burly body...... I like to drink, and every time I go out, I get drunk, and I help the old lady back and serve the old lady tea...... and the twelfth master of the Gu family is a confidant, the twelfth master of the Gu family is from a rich background, how can the old lady be embarrassed to let him eat every time, and occasionally invite back, that is also shy in the pocket, every time he sends the small one to the pawnshop, the small one will drag with the pawnshop people for a long time every time, and treat the death as a life, and live as more silver...... "The old beggar exaggerated his merits.

Zhou Shaojin, who was standing behind the middle hall, listened to his heart and whispered a few words to Shi Xiang.

Shi Xiang nodded and went out to say something to Ma Fushan.

Ma Fushan glanced at the old beggar who was lying on the ground with his head bowed, bowed his head slightly, and said, "The Gu family you are talking about, is it the Gu family in Plum Blossom Lane?" ”

"Yes, yes!" The old beggar talked to himself for a long time, and the person sitting on it finally had a reaction, and he raised his head excitedly.

Ma Fushan immediately snorted coldly.

The old beggar only saw the half-cut white threaded skirt standing next to the black lacquered Taishi chair, and knew that there were still female dependents in this room, maybe it was still a big girl with a head and a face next to the second miss of the Zhou family, he didn't dare to look at it anymore, so he hurriedly lowered his head and fell to the ground.

"Whatever you ask?" Ma Fushan said in a deep voice, "Don't run horses in your mouth. Rattle away. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The old beggar chick nodded like a peck.

Ma Fushan snorted in satisfaction. "What else, you go on!" ”

"Ahh The old beggar looked up in astonishment. Busy again.

One will let him answer whatever he asks, and the other will let him continue to say, whether he will answer what he asks, or continue to say......

The old beggar muttered in his heart, thinking of the mention of the Gu family just now, it seemed that the people of the Zhou family were quite interested, so he continued: "The marriage of the eldest lady of the Zhuang family is the iceman made by the twelve masters of the Gu family. married the uncle of the Cheng family as a continuation room. Speaking of the banker's eldest lady, it is really virtuous. Lao An has been lying in bed for more than ten years, and the eldest lady has not yet had a high table to worry about the firewood, rice, oil and salt at home. It's a pity that the eldest lady has been engaged to the son of the Cheng family in Cunyifang since she was a child......"

When he said this, he stopped the topic in horror and looked at Ma Fushan in trepidation.

Mafushan was shocked.

Mrs. Zhuang had been engaged to Cheng Bai, and it was the first time he had heard of it.

But he has experienced a lot, and he is not so bad that he will lose his temper because of this. But thinking of Zhou Shaojin...... He couldn't help but glance at the nave behind him.

Zhou Shaojin was like being struck by lightning, and his hands and feet were stiff. I didn't come back to my senses for a long time.

Mother was engaged to Cheng Lu's father!

Does Father know?

Isn't there anyone in the Cheng family who knows?

Father should know, right?

Otherwise, why did you marry your mother's personal maid......

and the uncle of the Zhuang family, who forced his mother to almost jump into the river...... What could force my mother to almost jump into the river......

Zhou Shaojin's brain was buzzing. I don't know how long it took for her hands and feet to regain consciousness.

She wrote a few words and asked Shi Xiang to hand them to Ma Fushan.

Ma Fushan took the slip and glanced at it, and said, "We all know what you said. But since you talked about it, I want to ask curiously, since Mrs. Zhuang has been engaged to the Cheng family since she was a child, how did Mrs. Zhuang marry the aunt of the Cheng family? ”

"Well, I don't know......" the old beggar said.

Ma Fushan sneered and said, "You said that you served Old Lady Zhuang. But when you ask about Mrs. Zhuang's family, you say you don't know. I don't think you're here to take refuge in the Zhou family. It's here to defraud the Zhou family, right? Come! He shouted, "Take the master's name card and go to the Jinling Mansion." Let's just say that someone pretended to be an official and asked Lord Shen Qingyun Shen to send a charge to arrest this person! ”

"No, no!" The old beggar jumped up in fright, jumped forward, hugged Ma Fushan's legs, and said in a wailing voice, "Master housekeeper, I really didn't lie, and some of the neighbors of the older generation also knew about this matter." If you don't treat people kindly, Master Bai has already passed away, and the Cheng family's petty officials are a seed of study, and they don't want to talk about the rights and wrongs of his family......"

"You still dare to talk nonsense." Ma Fushan kicked the beggar to the ground, "The Cheng family treats people kindly, is the old lady Zhuang a tyrannical and unreasonable?" The wind blew the plane tree, and there was a long and short road. No matter how kind the Cheng family is, can they still control other people's mouths? I think you're alive...... Come on! Drag him out of here! ”

"Master housekeeper, I said, I said." The old beggar rushed forward and hugged Ma Fushan's leg again, "It's not that the Cheng family treats people kindly, it's my own ghost who is confused and talks nonsense......"

"You're not telling the truth yet!" Ma Fushan saw that this was not a solution, and said, "I'll tell you the truth, this time the second lady only asked a maid to follow." If you are honest, wait until the second lady's reward comes down, and I will take care of it for you. If you dare to be dishonest in front of me, I will immediately reply to Miss Two, saying that you are a liar......"

The old beggar had originally come for the silver, and when he heard this, his mind immediately turned.

The manager of Martha originally wanted to share the money with him...... What should be said and what should not be said has nothing to do with him. As the general manager of Marsh said, he will take care of him when the time comes......

He felt that he understood Ma Fushan's intentions.

"Master Steward, I said, I'll tell you all!" He smiled flatteringly, "That year, the house of the Zhuang Mansion collapsed by snow, but the old lady Zhuang made an appointment with the twelve masters of the Gu family to go to the West Heaven early in the morning, where did the money come from to repair it?" Mrs. Zhuang thought about the old and the young in the family, so she placed Lao An and the eldest lady in the house where Lao An was married......

"It's just an alley away from Cheng's house, and if there's anything going on, the Cheng family can also help take care of one or two.

"It's been fine to start. The wife of the Cheng family often comes to see Miss Zhuang and Lao Anren, and when Master Cheng Bai is fine, he will also send the little maid to come over and ask if there is anything wrong. But after a long time, something went wrong......" he paused. continued, "Miss Dealer, she looks really beautiful. The lady in the palace, the fairy in the sky. That's it. It is a person who sees it and does not not be moved.

"Master Cheng Bai was fine when he didn't see Miss Zhuang, but after seeing Miss Zhuang, he lost six souls of seven souls, and there is still one soul on his body, which is also a soul. I don't read the book anymore, and I open my eyes every day and run to the dealer's house, and the dealer has a needle and thread brain, and he takes it all in his head. Fear of suspicion. If someone on the left and right next to him asked, they only said that there was something wrong with the aunt who was paralyzed on the bed.

"At that time, the door of the dealer was very tight, and except for the Cheng family, he did not interact with other people. No one in the neighborhood doubted it.

"If this is placed in the family of the powerful, it is also a good marriage. But whether it is the Cheng family or the dealer, they are all small households...... Especially the Zhuang family, the old lady Zhuang has been gone for several years, and she lives by being a thing, so Master Cheng Bai is an ignorant of the world. After a few years, he turned out to be a regular customer in the pawnshop. The affairs inside and outside the Zhuang family fell on Master Cheng Bai. Master Cheng Bai delayed the imperial examination for a year for this!

Mrs. Cheng saw it in her eyes. I don't like it. Several times I persuaded Master Cheng Bai in and out of words, but Master Cheng Bai always went in with his left ear and came out with his right ear...... Mrs. Cheng had no choice but to beg Miss Zhuang. Miss Zhuang also persuaded him, not only did he not listen, but he also felt that this was an opportunity, and from time to time he accosted Miss Zhuang, so that Miss Zhuang could not enter or retreat...... Mrs. Cheng didn't like it even more, saying that the eldest lady of the dealer couldn't restrain Master Cheng Bai. Blindly only know how to be pampered, and can't be a house director. Unable to take charge of household chores.

"Miss Zhuang can't say what she is suffering. simply don't see Master Cheng Bai anymore.

"For this, there was even an incident."

Zhou Shaojin, Ma Fushan and others couldn't help but listen.

"Master Cheng Bai has a classmate. surnamed Wang, and Master Cheng Bai are so good that they can wear a pair of pants. Once Master Cheng Bai was really depressed, so he told this surnamed Wang. The surnamed Wang gave an idea to Master Cheng Bai and asked him to go over the back wall of the dealer's house.

"Master Cheng Bai is too...... actually listened to the words of the surnamed Wang and went to the back wall of the dealer's house.

"Didn't this surnamed Wang see the eldest lady of the Zhuang family...... wrote a lot of crooked poems to Miss Zhuang, which made Miss Zhuang angry...... called Master Cheng Bai and scolded him fiercely.

"Master Cheng Bai doesn't have anything to do with the surnamed Wang, but Mrs. Cheng has a heart disease here. I don't know which nun I listened to, saying that Miss Zhuang is the reincarnation of a fox spirit, which will disturb the family...... Coupled with the unwilling heart of the surnamed Wang, seeing that Miss Zhuang had nowhere to start, he set up a bureau and let people lead Master Cheng Bai to gamble and visit the Qinglou.

"Qing-Lou, Master Cheng Bai is not going. Can this gambling ...... Always win at the beginning. If you win, you will quietly supply the dealer. After a long time, the person who played the game has closed the net, where is the time to win? Inevitably, they stole things from home to sell.

"Once, he stole a golden hairpin that Miss Zhuang was carrying...... Another time, when I lost the silver, I had no choice but to ask Miss Zhuang to set up a table and banquet to make amends to those people...... Although the matter was settled with silver in the end, Miss Zhuang treated Master Cheng Bai a little differently...... In the past, I used to say a few words to Master Cheng Bai in front of Lao Anren, but I never met Master Cheng Bai again.

Later, when the old lady Zhuang came back and knew about these things, she sighed and sighed. told the old lady of the Cheng family that if Master Cheng Bai could be admitted to Xiucai, the two families would still be married, and if Master Cheng Bai would still be white after a few years, the two families would quit.

Of course, Master Cheng Bai is reluctant to withdraw from his family.

"I studied behind closed doors for a few years.

Mrs. Zhuang left her daughter at home and waited for Master Cheng Bai to take a fame test.

"As a result, Miss Zhuang is twenty years old, and Master Cheng Bai is still white.

Old lady Zhuang saw that her body was as thin as that day, and she gradually failed, and she was afraid that she would not live to marry Miss Zhuang, so she proposed to withdraw from the Cheng family.

Miss Zhuang didn't agree at first. I don't know what Mrs. Zhuang said to Miss Zhuang, so Miss Zhuang agreed.

"Old lady Zhuang sold her ancestor's property and scraped together five hundred taels of silver and sent it to the Cheng family.

The Cheng family didn't say anything because they had a word with the old lady Zhuang, and soon retired from the Zhuang family and hired a girl from Dong Xiucai's family in the west of the city as a daughter-in-law.

Old lady Zhuang moved to live in Plum Blossom Lane.

"Later, Miss Zhuang married Master Zhou, the son-in-law of the Cheng family."

There will be a meeting in the afternoon, and the update is estimated at around twelve o'clock in the evening...... Sorry, sorry!

※(To be continued) R861