Zhu Dedong was slapped twenty first, and then hit sixty boards, feeling that he only had half a life left, and now he heard that he would have to have eighty rods, so he was so frightened that he screamed repeatedly: "My lord spares my life, Xiaomin has not divorced my wife, my lord spares my life, spares my life." ”

Wan Tuiguan shouted: "I dare to deny it, just now the Jiang family has confessed that you want to divorce your wife and marry her, and Zeng's brother Zeng Qian also heard you personally say that you want to divorce your wife, and if you divorce your wife for no reason, you should still have a rod of eighty and two years." ”

Zhu Dedong kowtowed and said: "My lord Mingjian, Xiaomin is just joking and angry for a while, how dare Xiaomin divorce his wife, divorce his wife must have a divorce letter, Xiaomin did not write a divorce letter." ”

Zeng Yu on the side said: "If it weren't for my eldest brother who gave you a slap in the face, your divorce letter would have been written, and you would go to court with Jiang Yuanrui today, wouldn't you want to divorce your wife by the way while Jiang Yuanrui sued me."

Zhu Dedong crawled and turned to Zeng Zhen and Zeng Yu brothers and begged for mercy: "Big brother, brother carp, I am lard and said some bastard words, I know that I am wrong, please ask the two adults for a favor, spare me this time, spare me this time." ”

Zeng Yu said: "My sister has broken her heart, if you want to divorce her, she will divorce you, and you will be sentenced to hard labor with a cane, and you have nothing to do with us." ”

Wan Tuiguan patted the case and said: "Zhu Dedong, this official will give you a three-day time limit, if you can't get Zeng's change of heart within three days, you will be punished for the crime of divorce for no reason." He bowed his hand to Governor Lin and asked, "Does the Mansion have any instructions?" ”

Governor Lin said: "That's it, Zhu Dedong can't get Zeng's forgiveness within three days, so he will be eighty years old and two years away from the court." Xiang Zeng Yu nodded, and went to the back hall with Wan Tuiguan.

Zeng Yu said to his eldest brother Zeng Qian: "Big brother, let's go." "Step by step—

Ignoring the pain in his hips and back, Zhu Dedong used his hands and feet at the same time, crawled over and grabbed Zeng Zhen's straight hem: "Brother Zeng, I know that I am wrong, I will change, I will change, I will change, beg the eldest brother to take me to see Ruolan." He turned his head to Zhu Yandong and said, "Second brother, help me beg Brother Zeng and Brother Li, otherwise I will die." ”

Zhu Yandong also knew that the Taoist official had no jokes, if Zhu Dedong could not get the forgiveness of the Zeng brothers and Zeng Ruolan, let alone the cane death, and the two years of hard labor could not stand it, although they did not get along with the three brothers of the Zhu family, but they would not gloat, and the brotherhood was still there, and he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Zeng, the nine carp Xianggong, Dedong He was also confused for a while, and now he has been severely punished by the old man of the mansion, he now knows that he has repented, please let him go this time." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Second brother Zhu, it's not that we are ruthless, but Zhu Dedong's words and deeds are too chilling, there is no need to say more, don't say goodbye." He took his eldest brother Zeng Qian and walked outside the curtain hall.

Zeng Zhen's straight hem was tightly dragged by Zhu Dedong, a life-saving straw, how could he let go, and begged bitterly: "Brother Zeng, Brother Li, I know that I am wrong, I know that I am wrong, I have always loved Ruolan, this time it is a ghost, I know that I am wrong, spare me this time." ”

Zhu Yandong also pleaded on the side, Zeng Zhen was soft-hearted and asked Zeng Yu: "Little brother, what do you say?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "This has to be the master, but the sister has been heartbroken by this person, and the Lord refuses to see him again, so why should we say good things for him." ”

Zhu Dedong hurriedly said: "Tell me where Ruolan is now, and I'll ask her for forgiveness." ”

Zeng Yu's anger came up again, and he sneered: "You don't know where your wife and daughter are, you don't know if they are dead or alive or desperate on the streets, do you still take your small sedan chair to accompany your concubine to have fun, right, people like you should be killed in the court?"

Zhu Dedong didn't dare to say anything, but he pulled Zeng Zhen's straight hem tighter.

Zhu Yandong knew that Zeng Qian was easier to talk to, and he begged for good words, Zeng Zhen said: "This matter has to be decided by my brother, if it wasn't for my brother to come forward this time, I would have been beaten half to death by your Zhu family in Zhujiajia." ”

Zhu Yandong was so embarrassed, he didn't know what to say, and he complained that the third brother had done too much.

Zeng Yu saw that the heat was almost over, and said: "I put forward a condition on behalf of my sister, I want to invite my sister because the Zhu family must invite the elders in the village and Zhu Dedong together, otherwise there is no need to talk." ”

Zhu Dedong was overjoyed when he heard Zeng Yu say this, and said repeatedly: "I must do it, I must do it." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Don't be too happy, this is the condition I put forward on behalf of my sister, but it is difficult to say whether my sister will forgive you or not, I want my sister to forgive you first, and then that condition." ”

Zhu Dedong said: "I'm going to ask Ruolan-"

Zeng Yu said: "Don't frighten my sister and Ah Tong and Ah Wei's little sisters like this, don't think about pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic, you have to sincerely repent, my sister can forgive you, you go back to Zhu's house with Second Brother Zhu first, and come back tomorrow." ”

Zhu Dedong nodded and said, "Okay, come early tomorrow morning-Brother Li, where do you all live?" ”

Zeng Yu sighed and said: "Is it wrong to say that you are unkind, Lao Shan followed my sister to Shitian and came back, you just need to care a little and ask Lao Shan if you know the truth." ”

Zhu Dedong said ashamedly: "Yes, yes, Brother Li's lesson must be." Loosened the straight hem of Zeng Zhen.

Zeng Qian walked a few steps, turned back to Zhu Dedong and said, "Hurry up and take it to Liu's pharmacy in the south of the city and ask Dr. Liu Yiyuan to treat your injury, the weather is hot, be careful." ”

Shangrao Liu Yiyuan specializes in treating bruises, has ancestral secret medicine, and the effect is very good, Zeng Qian has a little friendship with Liu Yiyuan, and knows Liu Yiyuan's ability, although Zhu Dedong is hateful, he is always his brother-in-law, so he reminds -

Zhu Dedong said gratefully: "Brother Xie Lu, Brother Xie Xie." ”

Zeng Yu went out first, let the eldest brother sing with a red face, and he would sing with a black face.

Out of the gate of the mansion, Zeng Yu and his eldest brother Zeng Qian walked to the west gate, but saw Wu Chunze walking out of a tea shop opposite, and asked, "Brother Zeng, Jiu Li, how is the case going?" ”

Zeng Yu told Wu Chunze about the trial situation, and Wu Chunze nodded and said: "This is the best, not only to punish, but also to give him a chance to mend his ways." He also said: "Jiang Yuanrui went back to Yongfeng, his reputation is difficult to protect, alas, if he is cheating and going to school, he should be humble, don't be arrogant, and now he has fallen from a high place and has become a laughing stock." ”

Zeng Yu said: "The blame is on his own, I estimate that he relied on the scarf on his head after entering school, and he also offended many people in Yongfeng.

It was already past noon, the sun was shining, and the three of them walked under the shade of the roadside, I don't know whose stomach was "growling", Zeng Yu said: "Thanks to Brother Wu's help this time, today my two brothers invited Brother Wu to have two drinks." ”

Wu Chunze said: "In Shangrao, I am the host, of course I invite." ”

Zeng Yu smiled: "I am also ready to settle down in Shangrao, or I will invite you." ”

Wu Chunze said with a smile: "Okay, I also have something to discuss with Brother Xian, doesn't Brother Xian want to buy a house and settle down, I have a distant cousin, there is a house on the bank of Lingxi outside the north gate, the front and back yards, a total of four acres in size, and it is convenient to enter and exit the city——"

Zeng Yu said: "That's good, I don't know how much to ask for?" His mother, Zhou, doesn't like to live in street houses in the city, and likes to have a big yard where you can grow flowers and plants.

Wu Chunze said: "Fifty taels of silver." ”

Zeng Yu was surprised: "This seems to be too cheap." ”

The land price here in Guangxin Mansion, one acre of good paddy field is worth ten taels of silver, Wu Chunze said that the house at the north gate covers an area of four acres, and it is worth forty taels even if it is sold as vacant land, such a big house is only sold for fifty taels, which is a bit suspicious-

Sure enough, Wu Chunze said: "The reason why it is sold so cheaply is because the house has poor feng shui, my cousin is engaged in tea oil trading, and he earned some silver in his early years, but since he built that house eighteen years ago, the business has repeatedly lost, and it is just a matter of losing some silver, and what is even worse is that the two sons, a twelve-year-old and a nine-year-old, died in three years, so the house has been deserted since seven years ago, and he can't sell it if he wants to, and he will rent it out for a few months every year, and there is no permanent resident." ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Wu Chunze said again: "The reason why I took the liberty to recommend this house to Brother Xian is, of course, because Brother Xian is proficient in Yang Gongxiang's house technique, and Brother Xian can go and have a look." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Okay, there is something to do in the past two days, please ask Brother Wu to accompany me to see the house in a few days - the eldest brother will also go to see it." ”

Zeng Qian said: "I haven't learned feng shui. ”

While talking, when he came to the West Gate, Zeng Yu asked Wu Chunze to stay at the Chunjiang Restaurant opposite, and he and his eldest brother Zeng Qian went back to the Tea Saint Inn first-

Zeng Ruolan went to the government since her eldest brother Zeng Qian, her heart went up and down, suddenly resentful, suddenly sad, suddenly pity, and suddenly worried, and told Xiao Xi Sixi to go to the government to inquire about the news, Sixi came back and said that there was a soap to stop her, not let in, so anxious that Zeng Ruolan was restless, Zeng Ruolan's mother Zhou comforted her not to be anxious, Xiaoyu is measured, and will deal with it properly, Zeng Ruolan is always uneasy in her heart, and when she saw the eldest brother and the younger brother coming back, she hurriedly asked: "How is the case going?" ”

Zeng Yu said the trial process, focusing on the scene of Zhu Dedong and Jiang Yuqin biting each other in court, Zeng Ruolan bit her lip and listened silently, hearing that Zhu Dedong and Jiang Yuqin each suffered sixty boards, both happy and heartbroken, to that Bo Qinglang is to be beaten, but worried that the injury is too serious, when she heard Wan Tuiguan say that she would fight another eighty boards, Zeng Ruolan couldn't help but exclaim, thinking that it would be killed

Zeng Yu slowly picked up the teacup and drank water at this juncture, and his great-mother Zhou said angrily: "Say it quickly, look at your sister's urgency." ”

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Sister must be calm, and she will also learn some imperial skills in the future, and my eldest brother and I can only help you with this." "I told the rest of the story.

Great-mother Zhou nodded and said, "This is good, Ruolan will have face when she returns to the Zhu family." ”

Zeng Yu said again: "Tomorrow I wish my brother-in-law to intercede, my sister must not forgive him in a few words, at least grind him for half a day, let him suffer and suffer, and when my sister is soft-hearted, I will think about the suffering I have suffered these days - okay, Wu Xiucai is still waiting for me and my eldest brother to go to drink in the restaurant opposite, and I will ask the restaurant guy to send some dishes and snacks later." ”

The Zeng brothers drank with Wu Chunze until the beginning of Shen Shichu, and Wu Chunze resigned and agreed to go to the north gate to see the house outside the north gate early in the morning of July 13.

Zeng Qian and Zeng Yu returned to the Chasheng Inn, and when they talked about buying a house, Zeng Qian said: "If Brother Li's house is bought with less silver, you can slowly find a way, and don't buy this house with bad feng shui, no matter how cheap it is." ”

Great-mother Zhou and Zeng Ruolan heard about buying a house, and hurriedly asked what was going on, Zeng Yu said, Zeng Ruolan said: "Sister, there are twenty taels of private silver here, you can use it first." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Sister, I have silver, I participated in a literary meeting in Yuanzhou, the first in eight shares, won a reward of dozens of taels of silver, wrote a couplet for Zhang Tianshi in Longhu Mountain, and got sixty taels of silver to moisten the pen silver, where will I shorten the money to buy a house, Wu Xiucai said that I will go to see the house, where is the deviation, as the saying goes, feng shui rotates, feng shui is not fixed, maybe that house is a good IKEA home after I changed it slightly." ”

Zeng Ruolan asked, "Is the little brother's feng shui so proficient?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Xiangyin Mansion has not yet peeped into the mystery, Xiangyang Mansion has been passed on by uncle, sister, you think, Feng Shui is my livelihood skill, I originally planned to be Mr. Feng Shui without being admitted to Xiucai, this ancestral skill can not be wasted." ”

Early the next morning, Zeng Ruolan dressed up neatly, waiting for Zhu Dedong to apologize, Zeng Yu took his little sister Niuniu and Ah Tong and Ah Wei, the two nieces, to the nearby tea mountain to play, this is Zeng Yu's carefulness, don't let Ah Tong and Ah Wei's little sisters see Zhu Dedong's pleading, let Zhu Dedong maintain a little fatherly face

Tea Mountain is the Tang Dynasty Lu Yu Lu Hong gradually planted tea hill, later called the Tea Mountain, there is Lu Yu Spring at the foot of the mountain, Lu Yu "Tea Classic" commented that this spring is the fourth spring, Zeng Yu and the old girl Huan Meixiang took three little girls from the small door of Guangjiao Temple to enter, in the Great Compassion Hall to find the Hongjing Spring, the well is octagonal, the wall of the well is made of red and blue granite stone, Niu Niu first ran over to look at the well, and said in surprise: "Brother come and look in the mirror - Ah Tong, Ah Wei, come on, shine clearly." ”

The water quality of Lu Yuquan is clear, the bottom of the well is deep, reflecting the light of the sky, forming a natural water mirror, eyebrows and facial features, clear and recognizable, clearer than the bronze mirror, three little girls are looking at the well water endlessly, chirping, like a few little happy sparrows flying on the tea mountain——

Zeng Yu also took a self-portrait in the well and asked Niuniu and her two nieces: "Who is the most beautiful person in this well, to be honest."

Seven-year-old Niu Niu said: "My brother is the most beautiful. ”

Eight-year-old Ah Tong said: "I also said that Uncle Carp is the most beautiful - Ah Wei, you haven't said it yet." ”

Five-year-old Ah Wei is short, and Mei Xiang hugged him to look at the well water and said, "My mother is the most beautiful." ”

Ah Tong said: "My mother is not here, it means that the people in the well are the most beautiful now." ”

Ah Wei's childish clear eyes looked up and looked at Zeng Yu very seriously-

Sister Ah Tong corrected her sister again: "I want to see the shadow in the well." ”

Ah Wei looked down at the reflection in the well again, and said, "Then Uncle Carp is the most beautiful." "Reluctantly

Zeng Yu Ha laughed.

Lu Yuquan, who is the fourth in the world, of course, wants to take water back to cook tea, the monks have a way to make money, Lu Yuquan sells gourds, Zeng Yu spent five cents to buy a big gourd, first filled half a gourd spring water, and gave each of the three children a few sips to drink, and suddenly heard someone behind him whispering: "Zeng Xianggong, a coincidence." ”

Zeng Yu looked back and saw that it was Xiao Dan who played Zhao Wuniang in the opera troupe of the back garden of the government yesterday, named Xia Wan, who was stunned when he reported his name at that time, and then because of the case, he forgot about this Xiao Dan, but he didn't expect to meet it again in this Guangjiao Temple.