Chapter 108: Something Bad Is Going to Happen
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"You go and tell Li Sheng to stop this scene immediately." Wei Lingfeng looked at the marionettes on the stage for a long time, and finally said to Qi.
I didn't know what to do, but I quickly responded and went to find Li Sheng.
Because of Wei Lingfeng's stopping, the puppet show soon stopped. Lin Changsheng sat aside without saying a word, and Wei Lingfeng got up and walked out of the green pear orchard. Qi saw it and immediately followed.
Lin Changsheng also got up and called Li Sheng, intending to pay the silver, but when he asked, he realized that Wei Lingfeng had already paid.
Lin Changsheng picked up the rat fur cloak that was taken off the chair and put it on, and also walked out of the green pear orchard.
Out of the garden, Lin Changsheng was about to go home to see his father, but when he turned an intersection, he saw Wei Lingfeng waiting for him under the eaves of the shop on the edge of the intersection.
Lin Changsheng walked over, Wei Lingfeng saw Lin Changsheng, and said, "It seems that Dr. Lin has been in the palace for a long time, and his courage has become bigger. Even dare to choreograph this kind of play. ”
Lin Changsheng shook his head and said, "This puppet show is arranged in the green pear garden, what does it have to do with me?" Look at Wei Shizi's bad face, could it be that this play is too bad to get into Wei Shizi's eyes? ”
Wei Lingfeng snorted and said, "I just want to tell you a word here to persuade you to spare your life." Do your duty to do your own thing, what you hear and see, and know in your heart, this is the duty of a courtier. ”
"Wei Shizi said well, the little one has been taught." Lin Changsheng hugged his fist at Wei Lingfeng, Wei Lingfeng glanced at the black shadow that had been following Lin Changsheng out of the corner of his eye, he passed by Lin Changsheng when he was leaving, lowered his voice and said, "Be cautious, I can't take care of you now, you can do it yourself." ”
The sky suddenly began to rain scattered hailstones, sticking to his body little by little, Lin Changsheng stood for a while, only to realize that his body was actually soaked.
He shook off the hail and snowflakes from his body and continued to walk home.
Wei Lingfeng hurried back to the barracks. As soon as he sat down, he said to Qi: "You go and spread the word to the people in the palace, I want to enter the palace to face the saint these days." ”
"Master." Qi said cautiously, "There has been nothing going on recently, the emperor has not announced you." ”
"I can't enter the palace without announcing me?" Wei Lingfeng's obsidian-like eyes revealed a faint fierceness. Qi didn't dare to say anything for fear of angering him, so he could only respond cautiously: "Yes." And he went down.
Wei Lingfeng leaned back on the chair made of tiger skin blankets, and his palms couldn't stop breaking out in a cold sweat.
The puppet show just now really frightened him. The puppets on the stage screen, singing and harmonizing, just looked at the beginning superficially, and he vaguely felt something.
The puppet show is about an emperor who is greedy for beauty and loves one of his concubines. But as everyone knows, that concubine is actually a fox spirit, she used Gu magic to confuse the emperor's mind, manipulate the emperor, and become a puppet.
It's a very ordinary folk tale, if you are an ordinary person, you will definitely not feel anything abnormal. But the name of the puppet who played the concubine was very familiar to Wei Lingfeng.
The puppet who plays the concubine is called Ying'er.
Others may not know, but Wei Lingfeng knows that Ying'er is Zihan, that is, the current Shen Concubine Niangniang.
Before becoming a concubine of Shen, Ying'er used to be a flower maid in the flower house. and Wei Lingfeng once had a one-sided relationship. That time, Ying'er sent flowers to the queen's Yixiang Palace, accidentally fell into the lake, and was rescued by Wei Lingfeng who was passing by. Later, due to coincidence, Ying'er was left in Yixiang Palace by the queen, and changed her name for some reason. Later, she became the emperor's concubine.
At the hunting ground, Wei Lingfeng recognized Ying'er. It's just that the two only met in Pingshui, and Ying'er expressed her gratitude to Wei Lingfeng very much, and the two never intersected again.
There is definitely more than one girl named Ying'er in this world, but a man named Feng'er was also inserted in the puppet show, and the story said that Ying'er accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by Feng'er, but later Feng'er disappeared, Ying'er was taken by the emperor as his own, and manipulated the emperor in grief and anger.
Whether it's the story, the plot, or the characters, it all seems to be hinting at something. Wei Lingfeng wasn't sure if this was Lin Changsheng's self-directed and self-acting, but thinking of Lin Changsheng's behavior in recent days, Wei Lingfeng's heart became more and more uneasy.
He must enter the palace to see the emperor!
Lin Changsheng walked home leisurely, Baicaotang had been closed some time ago, and he wanted to sell it according to his father.
In order to marry Shi Wan'er before, his father had been looking for a seller. It's just that Lin Changsheng resolutely disagreed, so he went to find Wei Lingfeng and borrowed 500,000 taels of silver.
Although the predicament was solved, it was borrowed silver after all, and Wei Lingfeng never asked him to pay it back, but Lin Changsheng didn't think so. He hated Wei Lingfeng, so naturally he didn't want to owe him anything. One day, he will return the 500,000 taels of white eyes to Wei Lingfeng with his own hands.
Baicaotang has been dragged and not sold, but it was locked by his father. In the cold winter, my father's health is always bad, and now he is even more lingering on the sickbed, so he naturally can't sit in Baicaotang for consultation.
After Lin Zhong fell ill, the family's economy began to be stretched, and only relying on Lin Changsheng's meager monthly silver in the Tai Hospital, the mother-in-law and maids were all dismissed. In desperation, Lin Changsheng had no choice but to place Lin Zhong in the house where Shi Wan'er lived and entrusted Shi Wan'er to take care of him.
On the day Lin Zhong moved out of Baicaotang, Lin Changsheng was still in the palace, and he hadn't seen Shi Wan'er until now. Speaking of which, she is now her wife, and looking at the letter from her father, Shi Wan'er's stomach is now very bulky, and her daily life is inconvenient.
Lin Changsheng walked leisurely, still thinking about things in his head. Before I knew it, I was at the door. Even though he knew that someone was following him all the time, Lin Changsheng still didn't care, and he didn't even look back and look back.
When I walked to the door, I was about to look for the key to open the door, when I suddenly heard a voice from inside.
"Mama Li, the master threw up again last night. In the middle of the night, I got up to clean, and I was really tired. ”
"Alas, it's almost the New Year, and the old lady's health has always been bad. Miss is also about to give birth, you said that it is just the two of us, how can you take care of it. ”
"That can't be helped. In the past, there was only one young lady in the family, and the three of us were okay with making do with it. But now there is an old lady for nothing. It's just a healthy one, but it's just a sick one. This day is already tight, and now there is no money to get a few maids and women to come in and serve. ”
"Why do you say that our young lady has fallen in love with such a poor doctor? Look at how this day compares to when I was in the house! I heard that our old lady is still a famous doctor in Jingzhou City, and now she is sick and half dead. Miss still has a child in her belly, in case she gets sick, how can it be good! ”
"You'd better speak quietly, the young lady and the old lady are still in the house."
"What are you afraid of. This Dr. Lin has never shown up until now. Our young lady has been with him for eight lifetimes. Before anyone showed up, he threw his father-in-law at our young lady. Why? ”
The person who said this was Shi Wan'er's personal maid Hongtang. She sat on a stool on the flat floor of the courtyard, with a large basin of change of clothes in front of her. At this time, she was washing the clothes in the basin.
The snow was heavy, Hongtang's hands were red from the cold, and a teapot was placed next to the stool. From time to time, she picked up the teapot and poured some hot water into the basin so that the water in the basin would not freeze.
Mama Li was squatting next to the red begonia, choosing tonight's dishes. This scene fell in Lin Changsheng's eyes, and it was inexplicably a little bleak.
Seeing that the door was actually opened, Hongtang was very surprised and saw Lin Changsheng. She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you?" ”
After finishing speaking, Hongtang immediately reacted. The key to this house is only owned by Lin Changsheng's father and her young lady, as well as her, Mama Li and Lin Changsheng, the man in front of him is not the husband Lin Changsheng who her young lady is looking forward to day and night, who else can it be?
Lin ...... Dr. Lin? Hongtang said uncertainly. As soon as she finished speaking, Mama Li on the side patted her head fiercely: "What are you shouting, you should be called Young Master." ”
"Oh......" Hongtang immediately changed his words and shouted to Lin Changsheng: "Young master." ”
Lin Changsheng was expressionless, and said softly: "Which house does my father live in?" ”
Hongtang pursed her lips, she grew up with Shi Wan'er since she was a child, and she has seen a lot of dignitaries and nobles, although Lin Changsheng is the imperial doctor in the palace, but compared with the noble sons she has seen before, it is still very shabby. It's just that the first thing he asked after he came back was not her young lady but his father, which really made Hongtang feel sorry for Shi Wan'er.
"It's in the room next door to Madame's house." Hongtang replied. This house is very small, except for the three main rooms and a lobby, there are only two ear rooms left, facing the courtyard to form a circle. And Shi Wan'er's room is in the middle of the three main rooms.
Lin Changsheng raised his eyebrows, this girl is so smart, isn't this just turning a corner and asking him to ask Shi Wan'er which room she lives in.
"Well, you take me." Lin Changsheng didn't say much, just looked at Hongtang and signaled.
Hongtang was angry, and wanted to ask him face to face like this, why did he keep treating her young lady like this. It's just that there is no sound in the house now, and it is estimated that the young lady is sleeping. Shi Wan'er is now bulky and sleepy, Hongtang is very distressed, and naturally can't bear to wake her up.
"In that room." Hongtang stretched out his finger and pointed.
"Thank you." Lin Changsheng nodded, and strode towards Lin Zhong's room, leaving a series of deep and shallow footprints in the snow.
Hongtang was resentful and glared fiercely at Lin Changsheng's back. Mama Li said on the side: "Hongtang, it's so rude for you to talk to Dr. Lin like this!" ”
"What did I say?" Hongtang retorted to Mama Li, "Mama Li, you don't look at what he has been doing all along." I really can't live a day anymore! ”