Chapter 13: Who is the Yellow Sparrow?
The five flavors of the world, the fireworks of the world, in this bizarre world, seasoning all kinds of life and death. Zuo Shiqi is a hundred dead, he no longer has to regret the pain and regret of the people of Zuofu who died in the fire, and he does not need to face more love and hatred, everything has disappeared.....
The entire Qingyuan Mansion trembled when the fire burned in Zuofu, and in the second half of the night, the adults and officials of the Mansion rushed to put out the fire, otherwise the fire would spread, and the pavilions and palaces of Qingyuan Mansion would be in danger. It's not about hanging high, at this time the fire burned the buttocks, no one could sit still, Qingyuan several surnames under the call of the government all organized family servants to participate in the firefighting, fortunately, the Xiaoqing River is close in front of you, and it is convenient to draw water.
In the early morning, the fire was finally extinguished after a night of hard work by the government and the people. A fire burned out the hearts of the people in Qingyuan Mansion, and some people wished that the fire would burn more and more, the old lady Zuo had been majestic for too long, and it was time for Qingyuan to change the day; Some people are sincere in fighting fires, and the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by springs; Others are up and down in their hearts, could it be a golden cicada? While fighting the fire, people searched for the whereabouts of the people in Zuofu, and this million treasure money became a disaster.
The whole Qingyuan Mansion City is filled with pungent smoke and fire, this change happened too suddenly, merchants from all over the world gathered in the tavern teahouse to talk endlessly, there is a saying that the old lady Zuo and his family members and children totaled a total of more than 100 people were not spared, all of them were buried in the fire, the speaker said chiseledly, and the listeners looked at each other.
Zuofu is not a small household, more than 30% of the taxes of Qingyuan banknotes are from Zuo's, and the merchants from the north and south have business dealings with Zuo's, but they have all dealt with each other. This fire can be said to be priceless, the burning Qingyuan Guan main book is painful, the burning Futai Yamen jumps to the feet, and it is the regret of the principal of the Cao family, the Tao family, and the Qiao family.
The quick-witted ones had already run to pick up the goods, and for a while, Zuo's shops were crowded with merchants from all over the world, and there was about to be a run.
Fortunately, the Cao family, the Tao family, and the Qiao family explained to everyone in the Chamber of Commerce in a timely manner that most of the Zuo family's shops had been transferred to their names, which suppressed the expansion of the riots, after all, their three major families were intact. No one is a fool, a fire has changed the business pattern of Qingyuan Mansion, and no one dares to risk offending a few surnames at this time.
The other three surnames of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce don't think like this, they hollowed out the real money and bought eighty percent of the shops in Zuofu, not to mention, and now they have to help appease the merchants from all over the world. If it weren't for the prestige of a few surnames, they would have dispersed first. I am afraid that the run will only get bigger and bigger, and even its own industry will be impacted. Several principals looked at each other with annoyance in their hearts, as if they had been tricked. Old Man Cao angrily threw the freshly brewed cup of pineapple tea on the ground, and said cruelly: "I don't care if you are dead or alive, dig three feet into the ground and dig out Lao Tzu's silver." ”
Dumb people eat coptis, and they can't say what they are bitter about.
The three major families can only be busy wiping the buttocks of the Zuo family trading house, appeasing the customers and businessmen, and the key is to have a clear handover with the government office. If it weren't for the union of the three surnames, I'm afraid no one would be able to clean up the mess of the Zuo family alone.
Zuo Shiqi is said to have committed a felony of stealing his family and exterminating his family, and once he is confirmed, he may not be able to help him. At the beginning, he was hungry for profit, knowing that he sold his property and dredged the Taikang relationship to rescue his son, but he only wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob and lower the price, but now he is a little scared when he looks at it.
Master Cao also had a bigger worry about how to appease the eldest prince Xiao of Jin'an, and the housekeeper sent to Jin'an Xiao's Mansion to inquire about the situation had not returned for a long time, which made him restless.
The matter of the Zuo clan in Qingyuan Mansion being buried in the sea of fire spread to Jin'an City that night, if it is said that ordinary people do not know about the Zuo family, but if you want to mention that the Zuo clan is the family of the young master Zuo Shiqi Zuo, the leader of the Yunliang Pavilion, then everyone has a clear look. It is not unusual for the owner who spends thousands of dollars to have a lot of wealth. It is most normal to go to the water and catch fire, and be remembered by others.
But Xiao Jing slapped the table angrily in the house, and the roof was almost blown off in anger. I thought that if I caught Zuo Shiqi, I wouldn't be able to run away from Zuo's monk temple. The major case of fraud in the imperial examination that shocked the government and the opposition uprooted the big tree of the Zuo family. It's good now, Xu Ningyuan's waste actually let Zuo Shiqi die in prison under his nose, and Zuo's mansion far away in Qingyuan was burned down by a fire.
Although the Xiao family of Jin'an is an imperial merchant, but has been unable to insert his hand into Qingyuan's silk porcelain business, for many years can only secretly support the Cao family and the Zuo family to fight, after a long period of planning and preparation, now the fatal blow is in hand, about to start picking fruits, was burned by a fire. Xiao Jing's anger at this time can be compared to the burning fire in Qingyuanzuo's Mansion last night, smashing bottles and cans all over the ground, frightening the entire hall The servants knelt down and bowed their heads, silent.
And what makes people even more angry is that the Cao family's dog minions, before they got his instructions, they actually united with the Tao family and the Qiao family who were blinded by lard to eat the treasure banknotes and silver bills used by the Zuo family in the eighty percent of the shops and warehouses in Qingyuan Mansion, which was one million taels of treasure banknotes and silver bills. Zuo Shiqi is already dead in prison, and Zuo's estate is not waiting for Lao Tzu to harvest. These minions don't know the height of the sky, and they do it privately, can't they see that Zuo Youguang's old bastard makes it a plan for the golden cicada to get out of the shell?
The more Xiao Jing thought about it, the more angry he became, and his teeth itched with hatred. The newly replaced eight-treasure gaiwan teacup was slammed in front of the housekeeper of Caofu, and the poor housekeeper of Caofu was splashed with hot tea and did not dare to erase it, so he had to lie on the ground honestly.
Go back and tell Cao Xida and the three of them: "If you have the courage to eat eighty percent of Zuo's firm, you have to have a life flower, and be careful to burst your belly." Zuo Shiqi is dead, and this holy decree of the family is on the way......"
After hearing this, the housekeeper of Cao Mansion poured down like a bucket of ice water, his whole body trembled, and he retreated stupidly, fell to the ground when he got out of the threshold, and climbed into the carriage to rush to Qingyuan Mansion. After Xiao Jing finished scolding people, he was a little more angry, tidied up his clothes and walked into the inner hall, things have changed so much, I am afraid that the layout of the full plate of chess pieces will have to be changed, and the closing stage is not completed, and now I can only ask the ancestor what to do.
It is said that after Cui Hanzhang and the two of them finished sending a letter to Miss Qiao's family, they turned around and rushed to Qianyanzhou in Xikou before they entered the door.
The two finally arrived at sunset, and after crossing the boulder at the mouth of the stream, Cui Mingtang broke up with him and went directly to the ancestral hall of Cui's mansion.
Cui Hanzhang looked at the overgrown weeds at the entrance of the small courtyard, and gently pushed the door panel after dismounting, and it happened that Hanling pushed open the curtain and poured water, and saw his brother Cui Hanzhang standing at the door in a daze, and instantly the basin fell to the ground, and tears poured out uncontrollably, and threw himself into his arms: "Brother, you are back", as if he wanted to cry out all the grievances he had suffered over the years.
Cui Hanzhang hugged his sister and comforted: "Silly girl, what a girl is still crying, brother, isn't it good to come back." ”
Hearing her daughter's cry outside the house, her mother hurriedly came out to take a look, thinking that she had been bullied by a naughty boy again. The mother-in-law reluctantly drank the medicine, and finally just fell asleep, for fear of waking up again. When Cui's mother saw the Hanzhang brothers and sisters hugging each other in the yard, she was stunned for a while, tears rained down, and a heart finally fell into her stomach.
Since the son was arrested at the Mingtang crown banquet, his mother was worried day and night, and she took care of her sick mother-in-law every day, who knows how many nights she secretly wiped her tears until dawn.
Cui Hanzhang hugged his sister and hugged his mother, gently helped his mother wipe away her tears, and comforted her mother: "My son is not filial, which makes my mother worried." The mother, who has always been silent, just patted the dust on her son's body and smiled with tears: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, go into the house outside cold."
When Cui Hanzhang saw his old grandmother lying on the bed, he felt that her breath was weak, like a candle in the wind, which would be extinguished at any time. I couldn't hold back the tears anymore, and I fell to my knees on the ground.
The son wants to raise, but the parent does not wait.
Cui Hanzhang's prison disaster knocked down the old man in an instant, and under the torture of waiting for the news of his grandson for a long time, the old man gradually became confused, and he couldn't eat the medicinal soup, in Lang Zhong's words, the family was going to start preparing for the future.
The old man seemed to have a premonition that his grandson would return home tonight, and he reluctantly ate imported decoction, and kept him awake for a long time.
Cui Hanzhang suppressed his voice and whispered: "Grandmother, I'm back, you get up and see me." The poor house was so quiet that only the north wind howled outside. Grandmother's arm suddenly lifted and pointed ahead, but her eyelids tried to move but still didn't open, and her arm hung limply on the bed. Grandmother's lips opened, but in the end she didn't make a sound.
For Cui Hanzhang, he seemed to hear his grandmother's call, the voice was weak and low, melodious and distant, every time it hit his heart, it could make despair, expectation, remorse, and longing many contradictory emotions intertwined, tangling the most fragile nerves in the depths of his heart.
Cui Hanzhang buzzed in his head, and his heart suddenly became discouraged, and his grandmother left like this, after all, she didn't open her eyes to look at her beloved grandson.
Han Ling is still young after all, and he is still in the joy of his brother's safe return home, and he has not noticed the strangeness of his grandmother. But Cui's mother knew in her heart that her mother-in-law and her old man could persist until Hanzhang returned to his hometown, which was already the limit.
Cui's mother knelt lightly and kowtowed three times, Han Ling walked to the bed and shook her grandmother, and when she didn't see the old man wake up, she saw her mother and brother kneeling on the ground, and she cried out and called out to grandma. The tranquil night sky of Thousand Smoke Island was disturbed by this mournful cry.......
Cui Hanzhang quietly accompanied his grandmother on the last journey, the cold and cold of the night was bone-chilling, as if the cold air at the mouth of the entire stream had rushed to the bleak farmhouse courtyard.
Cui Hanzhang tasted the five flavors of the world in this cold winter, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty, as if he had completed the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in three months in a short period of time. After experiencing the life and death tribulation of Jin'an North Prison, this will be surprisingly quiet, he knows that people will die after all, he just wants to send his grandmother away quietly.
If it is said that before the Jin'an scientific expedition, it was a spring in his youth, then the road after Jin'an North Prison is a scorching summer and cold winter, and joys and sorrows are indispensable, but his heart is bright.
Cui Hanzhang and Cui Mingtang never imagined that the blood book delivered day and night would become Zuofu's amulet. Qiao Xiangrou's life fell into boundless darkness again before hope came, maybe this is the helplessness of the world.
Zuo Shiqi's self-murder made everyone's fate deviate from the track, and only those who have died know that it is good to be alive, Cui Hanzhang is a person who has died, he knows that this is a red dust purgatory, and all living beings are fighting for it......
When Cui's father returned home and saw the strange atmosphere, the whole person was stunned, the old mother was so unwilling, her sons and grandsons couldn't get off their knees, got rid of it in a state of confusion, and knelt in front of the old mother's bed and cried bitterly. The next day, when the neighbors saw the white silk hanging on the eaves of Hanzhang's house, they realized that Grandma Cui was gone. The old sisters and brothers who have lived all their lives came to see them off on crutches, but when they saw Cui Hanzhang kneeling in front of the spirit, they all smiled from the bottom of their hearts......
After the Cui family has a queen, God has mercy.
Cui Mingtang rushed into the courtyard crying, he didn't believe that the grandmother who often told him the story of the Xikou Dragon Kiln left like this, his brother Hanzhang had just escaped death and rushed back to serve her old man, why did God just keep his eyes open, even if he served a meal of porridge, he could make Hanzhang have no regrets in his heart.
The funeral was minimalist, Xikou Cui Fu sent someone to send a couplet, and the grief of Cui Hanzhang's family was soaked in Qianyanzhou at once, and everyone felt that the land where their ancestors had grown for generations seemed to have lost their spirits, and there was a kind of sadness flowing in their lives. The last two dragon kiln furnaces are also a lot of defective products, and the finished product effect is not satisfactory, and it has not been able to return to the state before the turn of the ground cow.
The older generation occasionally sees Cui Hanzhang's appearance and demeanor in the countryside, and they feel that it is very different from before, and they can only sigh that the children who have gone through things have grown up after all........