Chapter 256: Inquiring
Dou Zhao realized that he had done something stupid and was depressed.
But Pottery Heavy was more depressed than her.
He left Beijing on August 25, and he hurried to the horse, but he arrived at Zhending on the 4th.
After entering the city, he asked about the Zhending Dou family at a teahouse: "...... It should be the hometown of Dou Yuanjige, a scholar of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and a scholar of Wenhuadian University! ”
Dr. Tea glanced at the pottery dressed as a scribe, and said with a smile while making tea with his hands and feet: "The old gentleman is not a local, right?" Is there anyone in Zhending Mansion who doesn't know the Dou family in the North Building! The owner of our teahouse is married to the daughter of a housekeeper of the Dou family, and my ancestors also sold cotton to the Dou family, you really asked the right person! ”
The pottery is heavy, and then I really feel that the Dou family is really rooted.
He smiled: "I am from Jiangnan, I have been sitting in Kyoto for many years, and now I am old, and I have resigned and returned to my hometown." A few days ago, I saw Dou Fu marrying a daughter, ten miles red, more magnificent than our Jiangnan people marrying their daughters, so I asked a little bit! ”
Dr. Tea laughed when he heard this, and said, "You're talking about the fourth lady of the Dou family, right?" The fourth lady of the Dou family has been married to the Marquis of Jining in Kyoto since she was a child, but the old marquis of Jining Hou died, and the fourth lady guarded for three years, and was personally escorted by Mrs. Di Yi last year to get married in Kyoto. Counting the days, the fourth lady of the Dou family should also get married. ”
It turned out that the matter of the Dou sisters' easy marriage had not yet reached the truth, or that the people of the Dou family had already known about it, and they didn't know how to explain it to the villagers and neighbors, so they had to keep silent.
Tao Chong was about to ask about Dou Zhao, when he heard someone next to him: "It's a pity that the second lady is not at home, otherwise, if Miss Dou Si leaves the cabinet, Kyoto will definitely send someone to report the good news, and the Dou family will definitely set up a flowing water seat at that time." Set up a stage to sing and make a big party popular, and we can also go and join in the fun! ”
With the pottery re-enacted, there is also an entourage of the pottery heavy, this retinue is the henchman of the pottery heavy, and naturally knows why the pottery is heavy. He couldn't hide his surprise when he made pottery, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "The Dou family is really rich, no wonder it's such a big deal." There is also a silver ticket in the dowry. ”
His words crackled like water dripping into a pan of oil.
"A silver ticket? Why do you want to marry a silver ticket? Someone said strangely, "What the hell is going on, old man?" ”
In the teahouse, whether it is a real local, or a passerby. They can all see the weight of pottery.
The pottery said about the dowry.
Some people are envious, some people sigh, and some people say sourly: "What the Dou family has is silver, what is a silver ticket?" I think that back then, when Dou Jiayao Chenggong entertained the transfer of salt envoys who went to Huai'an to serve in Huai'an at home, he not only invited the opera troupe from Kyoto to sing, but also lit more than 1,000 glazed lotus lanterns in the water pavilion. Reflecting the stars in the sky, you can't tell whether you are on earth or in the sky, that's the real big deal......"
Someone scoffed and said, "What year and month was that?" To say lively. I think the four ladies of the Dou family in the first two years are really lively! Not only the ladies of the Dou family who are far away in Kyoto, Mrs. Shangzhao who is far away in the northwest with her husband, but also the in-laws like the Ji family in Yixing, Jiangnan, the wives of the local squires like Lord Lu, and even the shopkeepers of the branches of the Dou family, the heads of the granges, and those neighbors. They all came to celebrate the fourth lady of the Dou family and Lu, and the entire Beizhili was shocked. You can do it with money! ”
Everyone talked about it, but no one refuted it.
Tao Chong gasped and said, "Why did everyone come back to celebrate the fourth lady of the Dou family?" ”
Those who have good deeds laughed loudly: "The female relatives of the Dou family in Kyoto have all returned, naturally because the seventh master of the Dou family is traveling in Kyoto, and the fourth lady of the Dou family is doing her filial piety on behalf of her father at home, serving Aunt Cui, the biological mother of the seventh master, and the elders of the Dou family want to appease the fourth lady of the Dou family!" And Lord Zhao only has this one niece, love is like a palm bead, although the Zhao family went to the northwest with Lord Zhao, but Mrs. Zhao will come back every few years to see the fourth miss of the Dou family, I am afraid that the fourth miss of the Dou family will have no biological mother and be slighted, Miss Dou Si's and Xu, she will definitely come back. An official wife like Mrs. Lu saw that the second lady valued the fourth lady of the Dou family so much, so she came to add icing on the cake. As for the shopkeepers of those shops and the heads of the granges...... The fourth lady of the Dou family not only presided over the middle feed of the West Dou, but also was supported by the third master of the Dou family, taking care of the affairs of the Dou family. ”
As soon as his words fell, the person who had spoken loudly before sneered: "What you said is a little biased. The fourth lady of the Dou family is pure and kind, no one knows Zhending Mansion, and no one knows. In the lawsuit of the other martial arts hall on Dongxiang Street a few years ago, if he hadn't met the fourth lady of the Dou family, would Master Bei have been able to clear up his grievances? The other sisters are still under the protection of the fourth lady of the Dou family! It really rained heavily that year, if it weren't for the fourth miss of the Dou family who exempted the rent of some granges of the Dou family, I don't know how many people couldn't get by, and wanted to sell their sons and daughters, how could you say that those big shopkeepers and village heads were to tie up Miss Dou Si, so they came to congratulate the fourth miss of the Dou family and the people who gave gifts? ”
His words were immediately echoed by the majority of the teahouse, who buzzed and blamed the loud speaker.
The man looked embarrassed and lowered his head to drink tea.
At this scene, the thunderous pottery-heavy brain rumbled, and the heart became heavier and heavier as if it had pressed a big stone, and it was difficult to maintain a polite smile on his face.
Is this the fourth lady of the Dou family who grew up in the countryside since he was a child, wooden, stubborn, unpopular, and helpless?
Are they talking about the same person?
Tao Chong couldn't help but say: "It's not that the fourth lady of the Dou family is not treated by her stepmother, so she stays in Zhending by Dou Qi's aunt."
Is the birth mother of the body raised? Why did it become 'filial piety on behalf of the father' again? ”
Someone in the teahouse burst out laughing and said, "The old gentleman is from Lingbi County, right?" Don't listen to the Pang family's nonsense. That Wang is just a concubine, although she is the daughter of Wang Youxing, but in those years, Wang Youxing was down, where can he still manage his children? This Wang family is less educated, even if he is corrected, he is still a person who cannot be put on the stage. The middle feed in the family had to be sorted out by the fourth lady of the Dou family. How old is the fourth lady of the Dou family? How can a market woman like Wang's be tolerated? The fourth lady of the Dou family was trained at a young age, how could she be as knowledgeable as the Wang family. I invited myself to follow Dou's sixth wife to start reading, and rarely returned to Xi Dou. This is also why the fourth miss of the Dou family and the Ji family will send someone to congratulate - the sixth wife treats the fourth miss of the Dou family as her own, and the Ji family also regards the fourth miss of the Dou family as their own cousin. The Wang family has a lot of calculations. But she never thought that she would squeeze the fourth miss of the Dou family out of the door, but let the fourth miss of the Dou family have more in-laws to help. If you want to say that the Yixing Ji family is not an ordinary family, not to mention that there have been two emperors in the family, and now there are seven or eight Jinshi who are officials in Kyoto, how can the white body of the Wang family be compared? This is exactly what should be said that people are not as good as heaven, and it should be said that the Wang family will not be able to give birth to a son. ”
The last sentence was said very viciously, and it scared the pottery a lot. couldn't help but look at the person carefully, but he thought about the Yixing Ji family in his heart.
In his impression, the Ji family seems to have only six members.
Although this man's words are a bit exaggerated, they are not outrageous.
It can be seen that what he said is not all nonsense.
Could it be that I am wrong?
The thoughts that have been faintly haunting my heart these days break out of the cocoon, and the center of gravity of the pottery trembles. But Song Mo's shadow suddenly appeared in his mind......
Could it be......
No, no, no!
No way!
is so related to the prince, how did the prince know the fourth lady of the Dou family?
But it has nothing to do with the prince, the Dou family has no reason, why do they want to perform a play about sisters who are easy to marry?
The pottery is a mess in the heart.
Someone whispered in his ear: "The one who cursed the Wang family is the steward of the Lang family, right?" ”
"It's the companion of the fifteenth wife of the Lang family."
"I see!"
"You've heard about it. The Pang family pawnshop, last time I received a purple gold pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha, it turned out to be a fake! The Pang family lost more than 800 taels of silver and went to the county government to cry out for injustice. said that she was the fifteenth wife of the Lang family. ”
Everyone giggled, and their expressions were a little ambiguous "you know and I know".
"My family's offerings have been looked away, who is to blame?" Someone said, "What does the county say?" ”
"What else can the county lord say?" The man laughed. "The money and goods were counted in person, and I didn't see it at the time. At this time, shouting injustice, don't say that if the young people of the various families are lifted, even if they are from a poor family, there is no reason to detain people to fight a lawsuit. His Pang family just relied on the Wang family to live, and he really thought that the Zhending County Government was their family? ”
Someone questioned, "Could it be a mistake?" For the sake of eight hundred taels of silver, he ran to the county lord to come forward? ”
"What am I lying to you for? The Pang family is no longer what it used to be. Since Pang Kunbai was mistaken by the guards around the fourth lady of the Dou family as a robber and beaten half-paralyzed, the Pang family seemed to have bad luck, and they lost money in any business, and every year was not as good as a year. Otherwise, the old lady of the Pang family is still there, why are the three Pang brothers clamoring to split up? ”
"Have you heard of that?" Someone whispered, "I heard that the aunt and grandmother of the Pang family dislike the Pang family for always asking her trouble, so she let it out, the Pang family is the Pang family, she is good, and in the future, the Pang family's affairs will be less involved in her......"
Everyone whispered.
The pottery is heavy and the expression is sluggish.
The Pang family and the Dou family are in-laws, and they were mistaken by the guards around the fourth lady of the Dou family as robbers, and they were beaten to the point of being half-paralyzed...... Is there such a misunderstanding?
He couldn't help but shudder, came back to his senses, hurriedly motioned to his entourage to settle the bill, and quietly walked out of the teahouse.
A cold wind blew, rolling up the yellow leaves and hitting his feet, and he couldn't help but put his hands in his sleeves.
This Zhending County is not from the Dou family, so he doesn't believe it, and he can't ask what kind of person the fourth lady of the Dou family is?
Unwilling to wander aimlessly through the streets with his entourage, he saw a grocery store that also sold tea, and the one sitting in the hall was an old woman in her fifties with a somewhat mean face, who was bored knocking melon seeds there.
He thought about it, walked in, threw away two taels of silver, and ordered two cups of incense.
The old woman knew that a big customer was coming, her eyes lit up, and she graciously sent two pieces of pastry and a small plate of melon seeds.
Tao Chong asked the old woman: "Do you know where the hometown of Dou Ge, the scholar of the Criminal Department of the Dynasty and the scholar of Wenhua Palace, is going?" ”
The old woman laughed when she heard this, looked at the pottery as if she saw a piece of fat, and said, "The old gentleman is here to give a gift to the Dou family, right?" It's a pity that the second wife is not at home, and it is the third master of the Dou family who is in charge. Let me tell you, if you want to say that this is really Dingxian, there is nothing I don't know......"
The sinus vessel stuffed a few pieces of broken silver weighing about three or four taels to the old woman.
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Sisters and brothers who read the book, I'm sorry, make up for the update on June 23.
I'll continue to write today's update, but the update will be postponed to about 12 o'clock today, so let's watch it tomorrow morning!
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