Chapter 68 Sticks Beat Mandarin Ducks
Life is like tea, when the boiling water hits, or choose to face the difficulties and float on the water, you can also temporarily avoid the edge and sink at the bottom of the cup. The fragrance remains between ups and downs, and by the time the aroma is gone, the boiling water has cooled.
Tao can wash the heart, so is tea, there is sweetness in bitterness, sweetness in bitterness, and the same is true in life.
Lean back in your chair and take a sip of tea to feel the taste. This was the most pleasant time in Huang Zhutou's past.
A series of murders have already made him unskilled, and now another one has come to help investigate his husband's whereabouts, originally he disdained to deal with this kind of thing, but today he has to help this person.
The teahouse is located at the corner of the street, the four big characters of "the world of smoke and clouds" are written by the dragon and the phoenix dance, it is rumored that these words are still written by a wandering magician, the shopkeeper saw that these words are quite chivalrous and made a signboard, the teahouse has two floors up and down, and the ground floor is a small bookstore.
It was noon, and the bookstore had not yet opened, so there were basically no outsiders in the lobby on the first floor, except for a few shopkeepers in the teahouse who were napping there.
Huang Zhutou sat alone by the window on the second floor, staring at the teacup in front of him in a daze.
Thinking back to the past, I couldn't help but feel sad, my eyes were red, and I wanted to cry.
Just when Huang Zhutou was sighing alone and making people, a soft sigh came from his ears.
Huang Zhutou hurriedly looked for prestige, only to see a woman standing at the staircase, seeing the woman looking at him with a smile, Huang Zhutou scratched his head helplessly, stood up and whispered: "Wan'er, you are here!" ”
The woman called Wan'er looks like she is in her early forties, as pretty as a peach in three springs, as pure as a chrysanthemum in nine autumns, and she is about forty years old, dressed in plain clothes, and her eyes are looking forward to it. Although a little fat powder is applied, it is difficult to hide the traces of erosion of the years, and the slight fine lines at the corners of the eyes seem to tell the warmth and coldness of the people that a pair of phoenix eyes have seen, and even the temples have a few silver threads mixed in them.
I saw her slowly come to Huang Zhutou and say, "Cousin! Before he finished speaking, his eyes were full of tears.
Huang Zhutou's heart trembled, and he hurriedly greeted him, holding the jade arm with both hands, and said with concern: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm much haggard!" With that, he helped the woman to the table. After the woman stood still, Huang Zhutou gently moved the chair outside slightly, signaling to sit down first.
The woman who called Wan'er didn't shirk it, and sat down. When Huang Zhutou returned and sat down, he heard her crying and said, "Cousin, you are my only relative of Tang Wan'er, you have to make decisions for me in this matter."
Huang Zhutou was slightly stunned, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, don't cry first, when the sky falls, my brother will help you stand up, tell my brother what happened?" ”
Tang Wan'er reached out and took out a towel from her sleeve pocket, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said in a choked voice: "Some time ago, he accepted another small one. ”
Huang Zhutou sighed and said slowly: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, let alone an outsider, and if he accepts a small one, isn't it right with your heart?" ”
When Tang Wan'er heard Huang Zhutou say this, her face turned pale, she looked at Huang Zhutou and said, "Cousin, I don't know if you still miss the friendship between our brothers and sisters?" ”
Huang Zhutou was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Wan'er, where did you start with this, why don't I miss the brother-sister friendship?" Besides, don't you know my affection for you? Do you and I still need to ask this question? ”
Tang Wan'er lowered her head and said in a wrying manner: "Then what should you do if someone bullies me, cousin, will you help me teach him a lesson?" ”
Huang Zhutou and Tang Wan'er grew up together, and their parents originally planned to hold a wedding for the two as soon as they were old, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, one day Wan'er went to the street with her old father, and saw that there were thieves stealing. The onlookers all applauded.
Since ancient times, beautiful women love heroes, and men love heroes, not to mention a heroine, there is a son surnamed Zhao in the crowd of onlookers, and naturally it is no exception.
Ever since he saw Tang Wan'er teach the thief a lesson on the street, Zhao Gongzi didn't think about it as if he had a hypothesis. Old man Zhao saw that his son-in-law was getting thinner and thinner, so he inquired in many ways and found out that it was because he forgot to sleep and eat for a mountain village girl.
He summoned Zhao Gongzi to the front and asked, "Do you really want to marry her?" Being a father can help you, but only if you eat and sleep well. ”
When Zhao Gongzi heard that he was going to marry Tang Wan'er, he suddenly came to his senses, he could eat, and he slept soundly.
It didn't take long for Mr. Zhao to design to make Tang Wan'er's father owe a large amount of money to the Zhao family, but the Tang family had no money to pay off the debts for generations.
Seeing that he couldn't pay off the money, Mr. Zhao asked Tang Wan's father and daughter to pay off the debts for their father, and within a few days, a bunch of welcoming teams came to Tang's house.
When Old Man Tang saw his beloved daughter crying and being dragged onto the sedan chair, he was suddenly angry and bloody, and he died without coming up.
Tang Wan'er saw her old father vomiting blood and falling to the ground in the sedan chair, and she fainted with sadness for a while.
When Huang Zhutou, who went out to visit famous teachers and wanted to do chivalrous righteousness, returned because he couldn't find the legendary master outside the world, Tang Wan'er, who was a childhood sweetheart, became the young grandmother of Zhaofu.
was originally a young couple who were envious of others, but they failed to tie the knot because they were calculated. Tang Wan'er's personality has also become weird after that incident, and although she is now nearly forty years old, her temperament is still as moody as a girl in her twenties.
When Huang Zhutou saw Tang Wan'er like this, he couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, if it weren't for the chivalrous dream that he was about to do back then, Wan'er would not have become like this.
The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt, so I sighed and said, "Tell me, who bullied you, let my cousin clean him up!" ”
Tang Wan'er said coldly: "I want to grab a medicine, but the people in the pharmacy won't sell it to me!" ”
Huang Zhutou was surprised and asked, "Why is this?" You tell me which pharmacy it is, and I'll go to them for a theory. How can ordinary people buy medicine and not sell it! ”
Tang Wan'er thought for a while and said, "Maybe you bully me because you see that I'm a woman, and it's not a precious medicinal material, are you still afraid that I won't be able to pay?" It would be nice to know someone from the pharmacy. It doesn't have to be so troublesome. ”
Huang Zhutou smiled and said complacently: "Then you are looking for me, I am looking for the right person, I just met a capable person in a pharmacy today, and it is also the largest Yichun Hall here, I will go to him for help when I turn around, what do you think?" ”
As soon as Tang Wan'er heard that Huang Zhutou was willing to help, she said happily: "I knew that my cousin would definitely help me, and it would be more convenient if you had someone you knew." ”
Huang Zhutou smiled and said: "It's okay to go directly to me for this matter, how can you think of going to report to the official, and say that he is missing, don't do it next time." ”
Tang Wan'er shook her head and said: "No, I didn't panic, he really didn't go home for two or three days, two days ago, the prefect's 60th birthday said that he was going to a banquet, and he never came back after that, and there was no news." ”
Huang Zhutou felt sour, sighed and said, "You are so worried if you haven't gone home for two or three days?" ”
Tang Wan'er was slightly stunned when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Cousin, what are you thinking, you are still jealous at such an age!" Besides, don't you know your cousin's intentions? With that, he gently put his hand on Huang Zhutou's wrist.
Huang Zhutou glanced at it and said shyly: "Don't worry, it shouldn't be okay if you don't go home for two or three days." Maybe I've already gone back by now! ”
Tang Wan'er said coldly: "I don't care when he comes back, I just want to know if he is still alive!" ”
As soon as Huang Zhutou heard this, he seemed to have some other meaning, so he asked in a low voice, "You hit him again?" ”
Tang Wan'er snorted and said angrily: "It's light to beat him, if it weren't for my concern for you, I would have cut him off a long time ago!" ”
Huang Zhutou was just about to reach out to grab Wan'er's hand when he heard a noisy sound of footsteps coming from the staircase.
The two of them looked for prestige, only to see two officials coming up, Huang Zhutou saw the person coming, and said suspiciously: "Why did these two people come here?" ”
The two people who came up the stairs swept their eyes and found that the entire second floor was a table of guests on Huang Zhutou, so they ran over without hesitation, but when they got closer, they saw Huang Zhutou sitting with a woman, and after a closer look, they found that the two looked a little strange.
Both of them were stunned in place, neither advancing nor retreating, looking at Huang Zhutou in embarrassment.
Huang Zhutou looked at the two of them angrily, and said quite unhappily: "Why don't you two stay at Yuelai Restaurant and come here to do something?" ”
One of the officials with a birthmark on his face seemed to be a little angry when he saw Huang Zhutou, so he said with a smile on his face: "Brother Huang, something happened to Yuelai Restaurant!" ”
Huang Zhutou stood up suddenly, and asked anxiously, "Tell me quickly, what's wrong!" ”
Another official panted and replied, "Two people came and took that man away!" The shopkeeper let us drink water from the well and gave us food offerings. ”
"What a mess, are you in a hurry to borrow this mouth? What the hell is going on with you! Huang Zhutou roared angrily as he pointed his hand at the official with the birthmark on his face.
The official with the birthmark was slightly stunned at first, evened out two breaths and said slowly: "Brother Huang, I can't tell for a while, you better go with me!" ”
Huang Zhutou looked at Tang Wan'er, who was sitting there without saying a word, and said with a smile: "Cousin still has important things to do, you go back first and wait for me to deal with this matter before I go to get you medicine!" By the way, you forgot to ask what medicine you want to catch, and how much more? ”
Tang Wan'er frowned slightly and looked at the officials in the distance, and said in a low voice, "Can you let them go down first?" ”
Huang Zhutou didn't raise his eyelids, but just waved his hand and said, "You two go down and wait for me for a while, and I'll come down after I'm done dealing with this matter." ”