In the year when the fate of Tao Sinian in Zhejiang took a huge turn, a middle-aged Taoist priest who lived in the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty practiced at home also took a turn in his fate.

An ordinary courtyard on Shili Street in Nancheng, Beijing, Wan Kezhou with his wife Ru Mengyao and daughter Wan Dong'er, a family of three is in the yard admiring the white horse that the family just bought, Wan Kezhou first hugged his eight-year-old daughter Wan Dong'er to the horse, and then turned over on the horse, holding the child in his arms, the father and daughter rode a handsome and vigorous white horse back and forth in the yard, enjoying the feeling of riding a horse in a circle, Wan Kezhou was very doting on his daughter's ear and asked: "Baby, are you afraid?" Do you want your dad to take you out of town to ride a horse? ”

Wan Dong'er held her father's arm, tried to overtake her father's hand to grab the reins, and drove the horse herself, but her arms were far from long enough, so she could only hold her father's arm to feel the shaking of the reins, and when she heard her father's temptation, she replied happily: "Think, think, Daddy, let's go now, let's go to the grass outside the city." ”

Ru Mengyao, the mother who had been watching from the side, heard this, and was very dissatisfied, and reprimanded them from afar: "No, this horse has just been brought home, we don't know what kind of temperament we have yet, first familiarize ourselves with it in the yard, and then go out of the city to play when your father understands the temper of this horse." ”

Wan Kezhou saw that his wife had spoken, so he smiled and said to his daughter: "Daddy has already applied for you, our prime minister doesn't approve it, and Daddy has no choice, so you can wait for a while." ”

Dong'er was very disappointed, frowned and pouted and complained: "Mother is really annoying, this can't be done all day, that can't work, I want to apply for another mother." ”

Wan Kezhou teased Mrs.: "Madam, your daughter applied for another mother, will this be approved?" ”？

Ru Mengyao said with a smile: "If Master Wan has a favorite person, then change it, anyway, I am already old, and I have already planned to resign." ”

Wan Kezhou coaxed his daughter again: "Baby, this mother is not old, let's live for another two years, and we will change it in two years, okay?" ”

Dong'er looked at her mother, thought about it seriously, and said, "Okay, then let's use it for another two years, and I won't be able to find a new one for a while." ”

Ru Mengyao made the two of them happy, and counted her husband: "The surname is Wan, I think you are too used to children, as if you are the only one in the world who gave birth to a daughter, as if no one else has it, she said that she wants a little white horse, you really have to buy her a horse to come home, please see what kind of family you are, you don't even have a bigger yard, I don't know where this beast sleeps at night." ”

Dong'er protested: "Mother, it's not that I want, it's my father who has been egging me on, asking me if I want a little white horse, I made him annoyed with asking, so he said I wanted, but I specified a small white horse, only I can ride, adults can't ride, Dad still bought a horse so big, he said that this horse is a pony with a big man." ”

Ru Mengyao smiled and said: "Dong'er, you remember it for me, a man's mouth, a deceitful ghost, you were used by your father, he wanted to raise horses to play, and he was afraid that I would not agree, so he bought it in your name to play." You, father, are just like the reincarnation of Emperor Zhengde in the past, thinking about how to play all day long, and you won't stop until you play new tricks. ”

Dong'er just wanted to turn her head and ask her father if she was using her name to buy what she liked, there was a knock on the door, Ru Mengyao ordered Aunt Song behind her to go over and open the door, and Wan Kezhou also drove the horse to the gate, wanting to surprise the visiting guests.

Aunt Song opened the door, and saw a handsome young woman standing at the door with a boy of four or five years old, and asked Aunt Song timidly: "Sister-in-law, is this the home of Wan Kezhou Wan Dao Chang?" ”

Aunt Song said yes, and just wanted to ask who the other party was. The young woman had already made eye contact with Wan Kezhou, who had come to the door on horseback.

When Wan Kezhou saw the guest, he was dumbfounded, and the blood in his body suddenly became cold.

As soon as the young woman saw that the person on the tall horse was the person she was looking for, she immediately rejoiced, and quickly picked up the four or five-year-old boy beside her, pointed to Wan Kezhou and said to the child: "Qiu'er, this is your father, quickly, call Daddy." ”

Ru Mengyao had already come to the front of the gate at this time, just when she saw the woman holding the boy and asking him to call Wan Kezhou her father, she was so angry that her face turned pale, and she looked at her husband who was stunned on the tall horse: "Wan Kezhou, what is going on?" ”

Wan Kezhou woke up like a dream, hurriedly rolled off the horse, handed the reins to Aunt Song's husband--- old servant Zhou Ning, who rushed to hear the news, and instructed Zhou Ning: "You lead the horse and take the young lady to walk outside the gate, don't go far." ”

Zhou Ning took the reins and took Dong'er to walk outside the gate. Aunt Song hurriedly coaxed her two daughters, Xiaohe Xiaolian, to go back to the room to play. At the gate were only Wan Kezhou, Ru Mengyao, the young woman who had just arrived, and her son.

The woman dragged the child to Ru Mengyao to kneel and kowtow, and said, "Slave Jia Yue greets the eldest mother." ”

The boy brought by the woman was exceptionally well-behaved and sensible, and hurriedly kowtowed to Ru Mengyao, shouting: "Qiu'er has asked for peace to the eldest mother." ”

Ru Mengyao looked at the mother and son as if they were nothing, so she grabbed Wan Kezhou's clothes and asked angrily: "Wan Kezhou, you speak, why don't you speak, are you dumb?" ”

Wan Kezhou's heart was like a knife, and he complained bitterly and helplessly about Qiu'er's mother, Jia Yue: "Daoyou, how can you do this? ”

Jia Yue shed two lines of tears and cried: "I'm sorry, Wan Daochang, I know I was wrong, but this child is innocent, he is the flesh and blood of your family, our mother and daughter are now dead, and I ask my mother to give this child a way to live." ”

Ru Mengyao hadn't heard her husband explain yet, she still held on to the last bit of hope, hoping that Wan Kezhou would deny that the boy was his son, but Wan Kezhou was facing her, hugging her shoulders and saying: "Lady, this Jia Yue is the Taoist friend I told you I rescued in Hangzhou, but later, I ------"

"Enough, I don't want to hear it." Ru Mengyao shook off her husband's arm and walked back angrily, Wan Kezhou didn't care about the mother and son at the gate, chased after Mrs., and kept explaining: "Lady, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it, I was also confused at the time, ----- lady"

Ru Mengyao entered the room and closed the door with a bang, no matter how Wan Kezhou slapped the door panel, she didn't make any response.

Jia Yue led the child to the outside of Ru Mengyao's room, still dragging the child to kneel, and pleaded for Wan Kezhou with tears in her eyes: "Don't resent Wan Daochang, it's Jia Yue's ghost who is obsessed, knowing that Wan Daochang has a wife and daughter, Jia Yue is also delusional to promise to repay Wan Daochang's life-saving grace, everything is Jia Yue's fault, Jia Yue is willing to be a cow and a horse for the eldest mother, and repay the eldest mother's kindness." ”

The door opened, Ru Mengyao carried a package, stood at the door, looked at Jia Yue's mother and son kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "How could I drive you out, you gave birth to a son, and the mother is expensive by the son, and I didn't add a man to the Wanjia, even if it is for the incense of the Wanjia, I can't do anything to get rid of your mother and son." ”

Wan Kezhou hurriedly comforted his wife: "Lady, I am a cultivator, my dream is to become an immortal, how could I have thought about the fact that my children and grandchildren are full of children and grandchildren, and the ancestral tomb is smoking, I am already satisfied with only one winter child between you and me, I am not rare for any man, and the lady must not be arrogant." ”

Ru Mengyao pointed to Jia Yue's mother and son and asked Wan Kezhou: "Then what do you want to do?" Kick them out? ”

Wan Kezhou was speechless, how to settle Jia Yue's mother and son really had to think about it, after all, the child was born by himself.

Ru Mengyao thought that her husband was struggling with the question of Jia Yue's mother and son staying, and sneered: "This is a matter between the two of you, I am very upset, I want to go back to my mother's house for two days, and you will discuss the result and then pick me up." ”

Wan Kezhou tried his best to dissuade his wife from going back to her parents' house at this juncture, but Ru Mengyao was so determined that she had to go back to her parents' house, Wan Kezhou had no choice but to call Aunt Song and ask Aunt Song to send her wife back.