Ximen Qing left Lichun Courtyard in despair and returned to Ximen Mansion, and all the family members were frightened when they saw that his cheeks were swollen and the corners of his mouth were bloody. Ximenqing also ignored them, and just came straight to see Yueniang. Yueniang was embroidering the second gold silk purse, to match with the original good one, when she saw Ximen Qingshen come in with a grimace, her hand trembled in shock, and a needle poked on the thimble worn on her finger.

Yueniang didn't care about being glad that her fingers were not injured, so she threw away the needle and thread first, came forward to inspect Ximenqing's injury, and asked with tears: "What's going on here?" How did you become like this? ”

Ximen Qing stood at the mercy of Yueniang in a daze, and after a while, tears suddenly flowed in his eyes, and after helping Yueniang to sit on the chair, he gave a long salute: "Yueniang, I have something to ask for my husband." ”

Yueniang was shocked by Ximenqing's reaction, and she was apprehensive, but she just said, "But I don't know what it is?" But let the officials be so solemn? ”

Ximenqing took a deep look again: "I beg the lady and allow me to marry another person!" ”

The next day, news came out in Qinghe County, saying that three days later, the Ximen Qing official who was born in the sky was going to marry Li Jiaoer of Lichun Courtyard as his wife. And it's not a human being who is married, it's a ghost! For a while, not to mention Qinghe County, even Dongping Mansion was a sensation, and it was a matter of time before it was shouted all over the eight mansions in Shandong.

This time, it has given a problem to the people who have friends with Ximen Qing. It is said that when Simon marries a big official, everyone should come to congratulate him, but the problem is that he is not marrying a living person, but a dead person.

Congratulations? Congratulations on adding another population? Isn't this adding to people's hearts? Door-to-door mourning? But people clearly said that they wanted to do a happy event......

Zuihou or Li Zhi County Magistrate sighed: "Alas! Extraordinary people must do extraordinary things! You and I have to give a generous gift, but people don't know how to pass! Xia Tixing, Zhou Shoubei, Wu Dalang and others looked at each other and nodded.

On the third day, early in the morning, the Ximen Mansion was decorated with lights, as if it was an early New Year, but it only fell on the hearts of those who watched, but they felt that this joy was carried with countless desolations.

Ximenqing rode a white horse, wore auspicious clothes, blew and blow, and came straight to Lichun Courtyard. The people in Qinghe County were shoulder to shoulder, and they all followed the team to watch the excitement, and none of them did not nod and sigh. It is said that Li Jiaoer is a prostitute, and she can make friends with such a affectionate and righteous person as a big official of Ximen, and she can be regarded as a giant-eyed hero like the Red Whisk Girl, but unfortunately her fate is also thin.

There are countless people who are angry and scold Chen Jie, who has lost his conscience and bad people's good deeds, and the soft-hearted person, listening to this scolding, looking at this scene, sighing and crying in a long line and a short line on the side.

When I arrived at Lichun Courtyard, the Li family took it out, and Ximen Qing went to the spirit with tears in his eyes to sacrifice, although he saw that the coffin was valuable and the sacrifices were neat, but the mourning after his death was ten times more solemn, but he couldn't let Jiao'er open his eyes again, and then smile at himself, for a while, his heart hurt like a knife stabbing a cone.

Reluctantly restrained himself, put on three pillars of incense in front of the spirit, and prayed silently in his heart: "Jiao'er, I'll take you home, this year's New Year, with me with you, you won't be lonely under Jiuquan." ”

When I raised my eyes and looked in the direction of Tokyo, the resentment in my heart was all in this eye. Although he hated Chen Economy very much in his heart, these days, he never mentioned a word in front of people, even if he came to Li Jiao'er Ling at this time, it was just a glance.

But under this head, he saw an elegiac couplet hanging in front of the spirit. Ximenqing didn't look at it, but when he saw it, he was really angry and even his liver and lungs, smashed his teeth in his mouth, and shouted: "Who wrote this couplet?!" ”

The power of this drink, like a spring thunder, shocked hundreds of miles. Lichun Courtyard inside and out, all of them are lively, originally noisy and noisy, but at this time by Ximen Qingyi drunk, it was silent.

Why was Ximenqing angry? It turns out that this elegiac couplet has a history.

The person who wrote the elegy couplet was Shui Xiucai, who lived on the street of Lichun Temple. This person once sat in a Li Shilang's mansion as a tutor, and the Li family had dozens of girls, all of whom were beautiful and handsome; There are also a few serving servants, all of whom are Peugeot Longyang. That Shui Xiu only lived for four or five years, and then hooked up softly, and was expelled from the door after being noticed by the owner, and for a while the neighborhood was disturbed, and everyone said that he was mournful.

Two days ago, Shui Xiucai was reading at home behind closed doors, and was reading to the end, but someone pushed open the door and came in, smiling and shouting: "Where is my water brother?" ”

Shui Xiucai hurriedly covered the roll and stepped forward to greet him: "Second brother Ying, are you here?" Hurry up and take a seat, isn't this the eldest brother Li Waichuan in the yamen? ”

The person who came was Earl Ying, he and this water show were good brothers who had played big since childhood, they were not polite, and they didn't even need to knock on the door when they entered the house. Hearing that Ximenqing was going to marry Li Jiaoer, who was dead, he had a plan for a while, so he took Li Waichuan, who was sympathetic to the same disease, to Shui Xiucai's house to give Ximenqing eye medicine.

Seeing Shui Xiucai stepped forward to greet him untidy, Earl Ying smiled and said, "Brother Li is no longer on business in the yamen today, but you are brother, what are you doing hiding at home?" ”

Shui Xiucai hurriedly said: "The little brother is quietly reading "Spring and Autumn" to cultivate that Haoran righteousness. ”

Earl Ying sneered: "Come less!" Pushing Shui Xiucai away, he flipped through his bookcase, held up a booklet, and said, "Obviously I am quietly reading the Spring Palace, and I am right to raise that Haoran evil spirit!" ”

Shui Xiu said: "Second Brother Ying, I met Brother Li for the first time today, why don't you leave me some face?" ”

Li Waichuan laughed and said, "What's so shameful about this? Brother, I don't have much else at home, but I have saved a cabinet of these albums! ”

The three of them hahadaxiao, as soon as they sat down, they felt like-minded.

Shui Xiucai asked: "Second brother Ying, you had a lawsuit a month ago, and the leg injury is very good?" When you come home today, you don't know how to bring your brother? ”

Earl Ying smiled: "I am a cheap bone, thick and long, this leg has long been healed." It's you, brother, there are copper coins all over the ground in front of and behind you, why don't you see you picking up flowers? ”

Shui Xiucai's eyes lit up, and he arched his hand and said, "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

Li Waichuan pointed to the next door and said with a smile: "The old bustard of the Li family in Lichun Courtyard will do her dead daughter's funeral, rubbing the light of Ximenqing, and the copper coin is like flowing water." Brother Shui, you can go up and get some moisture! ”

Shui Xiucai shook his hand and said: "Although I am a poor talent, I still have integrity, so I am willing to serve the Wang Bajia?" ”

Earl Ying said: "I'm afraid I want to serve but have no way in, right?" My brother has a Qiao Zong'er here, saying that with my brother, if he is in tune, he can also get a few dollars from the Li family to spend it. ”

As soon as Shui Xiucai heard that there was a few pieces of money, his heart jumped with joy, and he salivated and gave Earl Ying a cup of boiled water: "Brother, please say, we brothers, we are blessed to share and spend money." ”

Earl Ying sneered, teaching like this, like this. Shui Xiucai listened to it and groaned: "There are Ximen officials who are guilty of this, but I am afraid that I can't do it!" ”

Li Waichuan sneered: "Although Ximen Qing is a reincarnated celestial star, he is also a famous Qinghe who does not learn and has no skills, with his level, can he see through the mystery of the second brother's plan?" If you don't do it, we will find someone else to do it, but it's a pity that we gave those few copper coins to outsiders in vain! As he spoke, he pulled Count Ying to leave.

Shui Xiucai made Zhi dizzy, and hurriedly got up and grabbed Ying and Li, and the three of them twisted for a while, and Shui Xiucai turned around and stepped into Lichun Courtyard.

Seeing the old bustard, Shui Xiucai pretended to comfort a few words, and said that he would write a couplet for Li Jiaoer, and only made a price of five yuan. The old bustard had long wanted to touch a person to write a couplet, and when the Ximen officials came three days later, they looked better in front of the spirit, but they knew that their own identity was lowly, and they were afraid that they would open their mouths to those literary and opera stars, and they would not agree, but slapped their faces, so they hesitated. It's good to say, the price was cut to three times, Shui Xiucai shook his head and sighed, then bought the paper from the paper shop, waved his pen, and inscribed fourteen words The upper link is: Eighteen years of hard work and hardship The lower link is: The fourteen words of the world's turbulent displacement are hung high in front of Li Jiaoer's spirit, and the old bustard saw it, although he didn't know a word, but he could hear that it was hard and turbulent in the couplet, and it must be that her daughter's life was hard, and when Ximenqing saw it, he would definitely be able to move his grief heart, and his three times the false account was reported, and he was also at ease.

Therefore, he happily paid three times and sent the water show out of the house. Shui Xiucai went home to respond to the earl and Li Waichuan, and the three of them laughed and fell. That Li waichuan covered his stomach and said: "Then the old bustard of the Li family has made a hook fence for a lifetime, doesn't she really know what 'hard work' is?" I really don't know when it's a 'bump'? When is a 'stream' not successful? ”

Earl Ying smiled and said: "This couplet will be hung for three days, and it will also be under the guise of makeup with the Ximen officials!" It's not in vain that he treats our good brothers! ”

Shui Xiucai was three points frightened in his heart, but when he touched the shiny three new money on the table, he couldn't care about it.

This elegiac couplet was hung in the Li family for three days in vain, and the people who came and went read it, and the ignorant people just watched the excitement, and the wise read it, who didn't laugh? It's just that he can't stand up for the eight families.

At this time, Ximenqing saw this elegiac couplet, where could he hide the meaning of yin damage? For a while, it only provoked fire in his eyes, smoke in his mouth, and a loud shout: "Who wrote this elegiac couplet?!" ”

The old bustard was so frightened that he jumped in his heart, and said secretly: "Could it be that this elegiac couplet is too well written, and the star lord and the big officials were overly sad when they saw it, but they suddenly lost their hearts and went crazy?" Otherwise, how could you yell so loudly? ”

stepped forward at the moment and said: "The big officials don't have to be overly sad, this elegiac couplet was written by the old woman and son for three times, and I asked Shui Xiucai next door to write it." After saying a word, like waking up from a dream, I really wanted to give myself a slap in the face, I was only afraid, but I forgot to report the false account, and lost six copper coins in vain.

Ximenqing's cannibalistic eyes turned in the crowd, and he had already seen Shui Xiucai, who was cowering, and pounced on the next step, grabbed his waist and crotch, and threw it to the ground, fell half to death first, and shouted: "Dog Cai!" You're killing yourself today! "This is exactly what it is:

Mo Yan is not arrogant? It must be remembered that the dragon has reverse scales! But I don't know what Shui Xiucai's life is, and listen to the next decomposition.