4. A false alarm
Red plum falls, spring flowers bloom, this is the benefit of a year's spring, the best smoke willow full of imperial capital, last night poured spring cold quietly, snow and new rain fall, the wind brings the old cold. In the past, I would not wake up until at least an hour, but today I am so cold that it is difficult to fall asleep when the rooster crows.
I curled up motionless in the bed, and Qi Yue explained to the three uninvited guests: "Don't be surprised by the adults, our young master is a cold-blooded animal, and the blood freezes when the weather is cold. β
You're cold-blooded! Your whole family is cold-blooded!
The people who came were Jingzhao Yin Yaozheng, Dali Temple Secretary Li Junyu and Criminal Department Shangshu Cao Zhigong, because my Le family Ding Xingwang occupied the morgues of Jingzhao Yamen, Dali Temple and Criminal Department, and those subordinates could be thrown into mass graves, but the Le family had officials and lords, how could they do things hastily? They all need to go to the ancestral grave, so when they die, they will cause trouble for me, the only descendant.
Although they are all the first assistants of the first department, and they are also courteous to me, it does not mean that I can accept their gifts alive, I am younger than me, and I am only a seventh-rank petty official who has not yet taken office, and I can't serve the public with a hereditary title alone, but I just sat stiff in the bed, so that the air was frozen, so Qi Yue explained to them that I was a cold-blooded animal.
Among the three, Cao Zhigong was the most sleek and sophisticated, and first expressed his understanding: "Grandpa Guo's cold-blooded problem is probably an ancestral inheritance, and the rest of the Le family members that this official saw are also cold-blooded, if they didn't occupy the morgue of our three divisions, we wouldn't have come to bother us today!" β
I knew he was saying, "Are you dead?" Your whole family is dead!
I don't have any feelings for Lejia, just scold. But I couldn't bear to scold me, so I yelled at Yue Yue: "Can you make sure I have anything to replace before you wash my clothes!" β
And when is it dry in this humid weather?
Qiyue scratched her head guiltily.
The three adults looked at each other.
Fortunately, Huiguo Mansion is just a person who went to the building and was not empty, and Qiyue finally found the clothes of Le Mang's grandson to me, thinking that the original owner of the clothes was lying in their yamen, and the three adults all respected me and stayed away. They were also very caring, and when they saw that there were only two of us in the huge Guogong Mansion, they sent someone from their own government to personally deliver the corpse to the door.
Le Mang's children and grandchildren are full, Lejia is luxuriant, dozens of coffins converge into Huiguo Mansion, enough to occupy a few streets, magnificent, the people come with the mood of watching the dragon dance, I don't know how much the deceased is loved, after all, the last time the people sent each other on a ten-mile long street was when the famous minister died forty years ago.
Today's weather is quite wet and cold, and the house full of coffins but uninhabited is even more gloomy.
I sat side by side with Qiyue on the threshold, and I was blown by the gust of wind and had a headache.
With so many coffins, the two of us can't bury them until the expiration of the 100-day filial piety period.
Qiyue said: "It's better to burn it!" β
Good idea!
We set up a slightly damp pyre, and finally lit a corner of a coffin, and the neighbors thought that the water was gone, and basins of cold water were overwhelming.
Looking at us who were splashed into soup and the coffin that burned a corner, everyone knew that they had misunderstood, and blamed the person who took the lead in letting them break into the haunted house.
"Hui Guogong has such unfilial descendants, not letting his father and brother go to the ground for peace, and trying to burn their bodies, fortunately we broke it and saved dozens of souls of the Lejia, I didn't expect me to make a great merit!"
It has to be said that he was very successful in this move.
"Poor Hui Gong is still Zhong Mingding's family, not only died but also suffered from cremation!"
"What a rebellion! No wonder Hui Gong wanted to send him out to raise, otherwise he would have been angry to death a few years earlier! β
"Let's go, be careful for a while, Hui Guogong will be angry again!"
Scattered in a hurry.
Qiyue and I roasted around the charcoal stove for an hour before we felt our blood melt.
"Let's bury it on the spot!" I propose.
Qi Yue said in horror: "I don't want to sleep with so many dead people!" β
"Anyway, there are so many yards, we sealed this yard."
"Wouldn't that seal the gate too!"
This is the outermost courtyard.
There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, so I hide in the house and read the tabloids out of sight and out of mind, hoping that the coffin outside will disappear by itself.
The Jingshi tabloid really picked up Duanmulan's information.
Duan Mulan, female, age 20 and 4, two years ago was the general of Pingxi, meritorious in pacifying Xirong, transferred to the leading general of the Beijing Forbidden Army, Zheng Erpin, and was crowned Marquis of Wu. Father: Duanmu Nobuo, one of the twenty-four heroes of the Suzaku Gate Incident, the official worship hussar general, and the title of the prince of the country; Mother: Lin Zhiqing, Duanmu Nobuo's wife, Mrs. Yipin; The eldest brother Duanmuxin and the younger brother Duanmuqing, both of them are not good, and they are the best in Beijing.
I have deep sympathy for the unscrupulous duo, there is such a sister, she is scared and stupid, can you not be embarrassed?
It was another unfortunate afternoon, and just as I was wondering why I thought so, the answer came to my doorβthe fat black man from yesterday was here again!
Don't say force me to withdraw from the marriage and let me marry her, it is better to sentence me to a decision for disobeying the decree.
In addition to the two yesterday, there was a short, thin man walking in front of them.
If I had a choice, I'd rather marry this guy than marry that black fat man!
I wanted to hide, but when I thought of the coffins in the courtyard, wasn't this a relief in the snow?
I shuttled between the coffins to meet the front, trying not to think that the big man was actually a daughter, Shi Shiran bowed, and did not wait for them to refuse to speak first: "General Duanmu, meeting is fate, and we have been on the same holy decree at the same time, whether we can get married or not, we are now all married, I am still your fiancΓ©, and now my fiancΓ©'s family urgently needs to be settled, even if you don't look at our fate, please look at the emperor's face, do me a favor!" Even if we are not fated to do so, this is a merit. β
The fat man grinned: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, Lao Tzu is a man, who has a marriage contract with you!" β
Didn't you say you were a woman?
The little man drank: "Wang Meng! β
With just two words, the fat man and the military advisor were silent.
"Grandpa Guo is polite, Le Guogong and his father assisted the saint to ascend the throne together, Le Guogong passed away, and as a junior, he should let them enter the earth for peace. What's more, the general's lieutenant general and military advisor caused you trouble yesterday, and they are here to make amends to you today, so Lingzun will hand it over to them! Saying that, the little man said to the two behind him: "Today, you must settle the Le family in the ancestral grave, otherwise it will be dealt with according to the delayed military situation!" β
"Yes......"
I suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are General Duanmu!" Then I'm really reluctant to get out of the marriage! β
My heart is happy to fly! Even if you can't get married, you don't have to marry that black fat man!
"If the grandfather of the country insists on not marrying me, I will not force it, and I will ask the emperor to withdraw from the marriage tomorrow."
Duan Mulan smiled politely, if it weren't for the aura of slaughter accumulated on the battlefield, it would be like a boudoir lady who was raised in the depths of the boudoir, not a general who slept in the open air.
"Nope! I do! β
I don't know why, but when I say the words "I do", I feel a solemn feeling in my heart, as if I have made a very precious promise.
Sure enough, there were many people and great strength, and Wang Meng transferred 500 personal soldiers and completed the task before curfew. After the three of them left, I sat under the lamp and continued to read the Jingshi tabloid, gossip hunting is a common problem of people, and the tabloid naturally has the lace news of Duanmulan indispensable.
Duanmulan had three marriage contracts, all of them were generals in the army, who knew that they were all bloodied on the battlefield after being engaged to her, so Duanmulan had the name of "Kefu". Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and he sent her another Tiansha Lone Star - Le Wuqi.
The next day, a new gambling game was set up in the gambling house in the city, and it was widely advertised in the Beijing tabloids.
"Who can have the last laugh against the female general of Kefu? Mingsheng Casino is waiting for you to place your bets! The opening date is on the wedding day of Huiguo Gong and Guiwu Hou! β
Qi Yue came back from the street and said disdainfully: "It must be the young master who wins!" You are the father and mother of the whole family, she is only a husband, where is your life? β
Is this talking for me?
"Perhaps, I have not restrained my wife, and she will be a husband."
"Hah! Young master, I also thought of this, so I bet all my money on the general! He added: "In fact, everyone bet on the general to win, and you don't have a penny, and the gambling house has already regretted setting up this game." β
The day before yesterday, I was trampled on by Wang Meng, why does my chest still hurt so much?
"Go and count the treasury for me, and bet all the money on my victory!"
"Young master, you are also too good to the gambling house! They all thought that this time they were going to lose everything! β
"I bet on Duan Mulan to win the lifeless flower, and if I lose the bet, I have no money to spend, so I can eat enough!"
"Young master, instead of donating to the gambling house, you should donate it to me, I can help you get it and spend it for you by the way, and I will also share a part of your paper money for you!"
"Get out!"