Then the master and servant drank some water and prepared to leave in the car. But just as the driver had just started driving, he heard him scold: "Didn't my master already give you snacks before?" Why are you still here? ”

Mingyan lifted the curtain, frowned, and said, "It's the little beggar from before, and he brought an older one that should be his mother, oh no, there are seven or eight smaller ones behind!" This beggar woman is amazing, she can give birth so well, she is about to catch up with the sow. ”

Lu Zhaoming was already lying flat in the carriage at this time, and he didn't tease his eyelids when he heard the words, but said: "Speak well, give them some broken silver, and send them away." ”

Mingyan has followed Lu Zhaoming since he was a child, and he knows that his temperament is the kind of goods that are soft-mouthed and soft-hearted. So Ma Li got out of the carriage and said a few words to the child before, and after learning that these seven or eight were born to his mother, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, shook his head and said: "You are too capable of giving birth, these seven or eight babies are not easy to support!" By the way, what about Wa's father? Why don't you see it? ”

When the beggar woman heard this, she began to weep aloud. At this moment, the noise made Lu Zhaoming unable to sleep, got off the carriage and listened, it turned out that this family was doing a small business near Yunyin Temple to sell flowers and fruits for a living, somehow, the woman did not conceive for the first five or six years after marriage, so she frequently went to the temple to incense and ask for Buddha.

I don't know if it's sincerity or Bodhisattva's kindness, but I finally asked her to ask for a son, which is the oldest boy of seven or eight years old. And after this child was conceived, in the next five years, she gave birth to three children one after another, each of which was a twin, with a son and a daughter, so that it became the scale of seven babies today. As far as giving birth to a child is concerned, she is an absolute winner in life, which makes most women worship.

But unfortunately, after giving birth to the last pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, before the child was full moon, her husband accidentally fell from a high altitude when he was applying gold paint to the Bodhisattva in the temple, and he bled out of breath when he landed. The woman had no choice but to take the seven children to beg around the Yunyin Temple, living a life without clothes and food.

After hearing this, Lu Zhaoming immediately frowned: "Since the person fell to his death in the temple, didn't the temple prison and others pay you money?" ”

The embarrassed woman burst into tears again, shook her head and choked up, "No, because they said that my man stole the gold paint from the temple and sold it, so this is the Bodhisattva who was angry and punished him." At that time, there was all the certified physical evidence, and I was a woman with a few children, so I didn't dare to argue with them......."

"How can this be true? This group of bald donkeys in the Cloud Hidden Temple is also excessive! Man...... Madame, what do you think of this? ”

Lu Zhaoming thought about it, and suddenly felt that this matter was a bit of a broken iron shoe and nowhere to be found, so it took no effort to get it, so he comforted the woman twice, and asked: "Then do you remember that when you first got married, why did you never conceive a child?" ”

"The little women on this floor are even more unclear, but many of the families who lived there in Caotou Lane back then, as long as they got married in those two years, most of them had difficult children. I only remember that there were two or three families who were more affluent, and for this reason, they went out of Beijing to find a famous doctor for medicine and consultation, and they also had money to make the ghost grind, anyway, they tossed outside for a few months and a half, and when they came back, they were already pregnant with a child. For those of us who have neither money nor that kind of effort, there is no other way than to go to the temple to worship the Bodhisattva and ask for a bowl of holy water. ”

Lu Zhaoming's eyes lit up: "Holy water? You mean, the holy well on the other side of the cliff behind the temple? ”

"Yes, yes, that well is said to be a thousand years old and is one of the four major water sources in our capital. The little woman had never read any books or seen much of the world, but anyway, she knew that I was pregnant not long after drinking the holy water, so it can be seen that this holy water is very effective! ”

Mingyan sensitively looked at his master, whose eyes had changed greatly, only to see a faint cold light reflected inside, and then Lu Zhaoming nodded slowly, floating a little indifferent smile, and said: "Yes, one of the four major water sources in the capital, if it weren't for your reminder, Madame, I would have forgotten about this stubble!" ”

Because the life of this big family is unsustainable, and there is no stubble for begging in front of this temple, and food and clothing are hard to find, Lu Zhaoming asked Mingyan to bring the biggest, clear and bright child with clear eyes to follow him, and asked him: "In the future, you will follow me, and the monthly money of two taels of silver per month." In addition, I will arrange the living expenses of your mother and your younger siblings, how about it? ”

The kid didn't hesitate at all, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him: "My name is Wen Sheng!" In the future, as long as it is instructed by my wife, I will do it. ”

"......." Lu Zhaoming pressed his tired and not fully rested temples with a little headache, thinking that this beginning was really unfortunate. Madame....... forget it, let's bring the people back first!

When he returned to Jian Xin Pavilion, he immediately changed back into men's clothes and went to Jingzhao Mansion to find Xu Zhizhang. Seeing him come in, Xu Zhizhang hooked his lips and smiled evilly: "Yo! Mrs. Lin, did you take advantage of your husband's absence to secretly come over to have a private meeting with me? It just so happens that my lord and I'm lonely at this moment......."

"When you are lonely, you have no time to satisfy your desires!"