Date: 213-2-28

In the early summer of Beijing, in the evening, in a narrow and dilapidated alley, a tree with thick green climbed up to the mossy roof on one side of the alley, and then fell from the roof until it fell to the height of half a person in the alley. \[\]

Wu Xiucai was half drunk and dragged his feet all the way into the alley, crookedly staggered above Ling Xiao, and the lush green leaves pounced on his face, Wu Xiucai raised his hands together to pounce on Ling Xiao Ye, took half a step back, and leaned to the opposite side of the alley.

Wu Xiucai leaned his back against the other side of the alley, raised his neck and looked at the vigorous Ling Xiao tree, when did this Ling Xiao grow so well? This Ling Xiao is the same as those sons of the family, crawling really!

Belch! Ha ha! Wu Xiucai snorted and laughed dryly, he was also lucky! Wu Xiucai raised his hand and touched it into his arms, touched the hard silk cloth bag, stopped, slowly pinched it with two fingers gently, pinched it from bottom to top, and let out a long breath, his hand seemed to have suddenly lost his life, fell down from his arms, fell straight down, hit the alley wall, and was bounced back, swaying back and forth like a plumb.

Luckily......

Wu Xiucai's back slid down a little bit, sat on the ground with his buttocks, raised his neck and hung down weakly, until his chin was against his chest, and the silk bag on his chest was against the flesh and skin.

The night gradually fell, and the alley was a little dark, Wu Xiucai supported the ground with one hand, supported the wall with the other, dragged himself to stand up, flicked his sleeves and slapped a few pieces of dust and moss on his body, rushed through a corner in a few steps, rushed to a very small corner door, and patted the corner door with both hands, and slapped the corner door with both hands, and the sound was all over the inside and outside of the alley.

"Who?" A frightened inquiry came from the courtyard,

"It's me, don't be afraid, Qingniang, it's me!" Wu Xiucai was in pain when his heart was taken off by that frightened voice, and hurriedly answered in a loud voice, the door opened almost immediately from the inside, a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old woman, with a usually white face, a supple expression, and a stomach, it seemed that a woman who had been eight or nine months pregnant saw Wu Xiucai, subconsciously raised her hand and pressed her chest, did not wait for the press, and reacted, hurriedly flashed to the back of the door, let Wu Xiucai in, and did not dare to look out, only listened with her ears, saw that there was no movement around, hurriedly closed the door, turned around, and saw Wu Xiucai looking at her blankly.

"Why did you come back so late today? Did you drink? I'll make you a bowl of decanting soup. Qingniang stretched out her hand to dust off Wu Xiucai's clothes, looked at the moss mark on the hem of the clothes, and a trace of regret flashed in her eyes, this moss mark can't be washed off, except for this one, Wu Xiucai can hardly go out to wear clothes...... The rice bowl is empty again......

"You haven't eaten yet? Don't boil, I'm not drunk, come, let's go inside and talk. Wu Xiucai gently hugged the green lady, two or three steps into the house, this yard is small can not be regarded as a yard, one bright and one dark two wings, three walls in front of the door enclosed two or three steps of a yard, to the alley opened a corner door, just like this, but also after taking out the green lady had to rent.

"Qingniang, look." Wu Xiucai pressed Qingniang to sit on an old chair, took out the silk bag from his arms, pushed away the dishes and chopsticks in front of Qingniang, and pushed Qingniang again, signaling her to open.

"What is this?" Qing Niang untied the silk cloth bag, the bag was a stack of neatly folded Qi deed paper, Qing Niang's heart was lifted all of a sudden, holding her breath, but her fingers couldn't stop shaking, Wu Xiucai's face flashed with brilliance, watching Qing Niang shake her fingers to open the deed above, and said in a dumb voice: "This is all you, reported your illness, you see, all the color is all, don't be afraid in the future." ”

"How do you ...... How...... I'm a rakuka, and I've been a musician for generations...... How do you ......" Qingniang was surprised, happy, suspicious and afraid, and spoke incoherently. Wu Xiucai dragged a stool, sat down next to Qingniang, stretched out his hand to hug her, gently stroked her bulging stomach with one hand, and explained softly: "Don't be afraid, we have met a nobleman, you look below, there is still below." ”

Wu Xiucai circled the young lady, took away the elimination list, and opened the next one and said with a smile: "Qing Niang, look, this is your household registration list, and it will fall into Shuangxi Town, that is, the Shuangxi Town with Baiyun Academy, I will choose a place for you, and this, you see, this is a small village, there are more than 50 hectares of land, more than half of it is a good paddy field, and there is also here, this is 2,000 taels of silver, and when you see the ticket, you will redeem the Yinzhuang ticket......"

The more Qingniang listened, the more frightened she became, staring at Wu Xiucai speechless, Wu Xiucai's chin was against her shoulder and neck, and her hands pressed her bulging abdomen and comforted: "Don't be afraid, it's all serious and rude, let's leave tomorrow, Ming'er will leave early in the morning, go to Zhuangzi, I want to watch you settle down, see you give birth to a child, I have to settle you down......"

He has lived for forty years, he has been in a state of confusion for forty years, struggling for a mouthful of rice and a bowl of wine for all these years, and the day he met her, it seemed that he had suddenly lived back to more than ten years of youth, the sky was blue and white, the flowers were fragrant, and the grass was green......

She is a musician, she is willing to do anything for him, she secretly came out to see him and linger with him, this is the happy time of his life...... Until she was pregnant, Leki couldn't have fornication with others, no matter how they said it, they were also officials, and they were entertainers for the royal family and the court, she and he were both trampled on the soles of their feet, and people knew that she died, and he cut his fame and exile......

He took her into hiding, and hid here in fear, until this morning, when someone found him......

Wu Xiucai lay on the bed, gently hugged the young lady who was close to him, no sleep, it was worth it to be safe and worry-free for her and the child......

A month later, not far from Shuangxi Town, a green water surrounded the courtyard of Sanjin, and there was a clear cry of a baby, and it didn't take long for Wen Po to rush out with a smile on her face and hold the baby wrapped in a big red silk cloth bag and congratulate: "Congratulations to the master, the mother and child are safe!" It's a boy! Look at it, sir, it's white and fat, what a strong boy!"

Wu Xiucai shook his hand and wanted to pick up the child, his hand touched the child's soft body, and he retracted suddenly, Wen Po laughed, motioned Wu Xiucai to sit down, and put the child in his arms, Wu Xiucai was full of joy and sorrow, looked down at his son in his arms, in the soft silk bag, his son's face was wrinkled and red, his mouth was flat and yawned, Wu Xiucai breathed a long sigh of relief, he has a son, and the Wu family has a queen......

Wu Xiucai lowered his head, carefully kissed his son's forehead, handed his son to Wen Po, stood up and shook his robe, and went straight out of the courtyard gate, not far from the courtyard gate, an extremely ordinary carriage was already waiting for him, Wu Xiucai got into the car, the coachman shook the whip, and the car rushed forward and galloped in the direction of the capital.

Outside the Di Mansion in the capital, a middle-aged man with a knife face, hanging eyebrows, eyes slightly triangular, although he was dressed in brocade, his demeanor was full of thick obscenity, and he walked up the steps in a few steps, and the porter seemed to be very familiar with him, and after a few laughs, he turned around and went in to pass the word for him.

After a while, a small guy came over and led the lewd man into the outer study, Di Tuiguan was standing under the verandah of the study, holding a purple sand pot with his left hand, teasing the thrush under the corridor, the lewd man stopped walking two or three times away from Di Tuiguan, slumped down and lowered his eyebrows, and did not dare to come forward to disturb.

Di Tuiguan teased enough of the thrush, slowly took a sip of tea, and then turned his head to look at the lewd man and said, "How did you find your home?" ”

"Back to the master," the lewd man hurriedly stepped forward and half-squatted to salute, the words paused, the triangular eyes flew very obviously swept left and right, Di Tuiguan 'um', slightly raised his hand to retreat from the small house, the lewd man stepped forward half a step, and his voice was pressed to a very low voice: "Master, today Xiao Han San'er teashop heard an important word, there is a down-and-out Xiucai in Xicheng Tofu Lane, surnamed Wu, selling sour Wen'er is poor and sour, drinking too much, and I don't know who is idle, shouting in the tea shop, saying that Prince Jing begged him back then, and he also said that he was also powerful, The pen was extinguished by the Jiang family, and when I heard the Jiang family, I paid attention, and I wanted to inquire about it in the past, who knew that Wu Xiucai would not mention half a sentence again, and then asked in a hurry to leave, Xiao Yi pondered, I was afraid that there was something strange about this matter, and I had to tell the master. ”

"Titi pen destroyed the Jiang family?" Di Tuiguan was a little dazed, and the lewd man hurriedly followed: "Master, in addition to selling sour texts, this surname Wu also has the same strengths, he is good at imitating people and writing, imitating who is like whom, I have seen him imitate a master character since I was a child, it is exactly the same." Di Tuiguan was stunned for a moment, the purple sand pot in his left hand shook violently, the tea was poured on one hand, Di Tuiguan put the purple sand pot on the windowsill casually, stunned for a moment, the Adam's apple suddenly moved up and down a few times, and his eyes squinted and let out light, God really help me Di!

"Is the surname Wu Xiucai watching?" Di Tuiguan gritted his teeth excitedly and asked, the lewd man knew that he had touched a big fish this time, so he hurriedly nodded and said, "Let people watch it tightly, don't worry!" Can't leave him!"

"Good! Good!" Di Tuiguan raised his hand and patted the lewd man's shoulder heavily: "This matter ......" Di Tuiguan stopped abruptly halfway through his words, if he came forward first...... It's not appropriate, although Yao Yanming's surname is Yao at this time, but he is still the Jiang family, he and the Jiang family are also close to each other, if he comes forward to make the first statement, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, if this thing is to be done, you have to make it leaky, well, there is!

"You immediately went to find the prefect of Wu, and said that the matter was urgent, and I was not found in the four corners, so I didn't dare to delay, so I had to report it to him, and tell him that the surname Wu Xiucai was a demon to confuse the public, saying that the Jiang family's case was a gourd to mention the unjust case, please show him, what should I do." The lewd man's eyes and thoughts were the same, and he was busy flattering: "Ye Yingming! Don't worry, let's go, small things, you just have to rest assured. ”

Di Tuiguan said 'um', raised his finger, the lewd man forced his hand to take a few steps back, turned around and ran out, Di Tuiguan watched him go out of the courtyard gate, hurriedly paced back and forth a few steps, raised his voice and called the little guy, and was about to command, the words came to his mouth, but he commanded: "Prepare the car, go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites." ”