9 Chapter 9
Tan Baolu knelt straight to the ground.
Even when kneeling, the waist is never bent.
This posture is much tougher than that of a few of them standing and performing.
Seeing Tan Baolu's appearance, Tan Wei became even more angry, and his eyes were about to bulge out of his sockets.
"Ouch, old man," the second lady couldn't wait to talk about Wei's disgust with the third room, and said with a smile hidden in her knife: "I can't make such a big fire, and I will be angry with my own body, but there is no one to replace it!" β
"Yes, yes!" Others chimed in.
The second lady continued: "The difference between this person and a person is greater than the difference between a person and a dog, and some people just don't have that ability. The little family is angry and can't be on the stage, which is not timid. I don't think the eldest lady raised Mo'er will be like this, I call my Xiaofu every day to watch and learn with her eldest sister. β
Tan Mo is the daughter of the eldest lady, and these words not only trampled Tan Baolu to the end, but also praised the eldest lady, which is really exquisite.
The eldest lady twisted the Buddha beads, and smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth.
There was a good show singing in the hall, and Tan Baolu knelt lazily under the hall to listen.
If it was in the previous life, the second lady arranged her like this, because the second lady was an elder, she would endure it.
But now, she's dead once, and she cares about that?
Any respect is in exchange, since you don't respect me and compare me to a dog, then why should I give you a good look? What are you?
Tan Baolu deliberately pinched her legs with her fingernails, and squeezed out a few fake tears, Chu Chu said pitifully: "Second lady, don't blame my father anymore!" β
The second lady was stunned. She has been scolding Tan Baolu, why did she become an accusation against Tan Wei?
Tan Baolu continued: "Speaking of which, who is not a sage? There are also times when picking piglets and picking away eyes, there are so many children in the family, it is understandable that the father picks the wrong one, right? Why did the second lady keep holding on and blaming her father? Children are all born to Lao Tzu, and scolding children is scolding their fathers! Second lady, if you want to blame me, blame me. β
There are so many children in the family, this is good, that is also wonderful, Tan Wei still picked her to dance, and now she is not dancing well, is this scolding Tan Wei for being blind and not being able to see people?
The second lady's face changed in an instant.
Where would she have thought that Tan Baolu would say that?
"Sir, sir...... I, I didn't mean it that way......" The second lady was anxious to explain.
Tan Wei originally thought about the second lady's words, but Tan Baolu deliberately said this, but he also set him up.
If you want to talk about Baolu going to dance, isn't that what he meant, and now that things are messed up, is he, the one who chooses and appoints people, has no responsibility?
To scold a son is to scold a father. He can scold when talking about Baolu, Mrs. Xin can scold, why should her second wife scold?
Tan Wei was full of sorrow in his heart, and was annoyed by the second lady's quarrel, stretched his face, and scolded: "Shut up for me!" β
The second lady was silent suddenly, and her face turned pale with shame.
Tan Wei's tone slowed down, and asked Tan Baolu: "You have practiced this dance for so long, and you have never stepped on the ice, why did you make a mistake today?" β
Tan Baolu lowered her head and deliberately moved her kneeling leg away from the futon mat, revealing her scarred ankle.
The old injuries and new injuries on the ankles are all from dancing practice, and no one can say that she hasn't worked hard when anyone sees it.
Tan Baolu: "My daughter doesn't know why, probably because she wants to fight for our Tan family, and wants the Tan family to have a face in front of the saint, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, woo...... It's self-defeating! The daughter knew that she had done something wrong tonight, and she was willing to accept the punishment. β
She pulled the banner of "fighting for the family", and finished everything she could say, and she had nothing to say about Wei.
"Hey...... That's it. Tan Wei let out a long sigh.
But at this moment, Tan Wei looked at Tan Baolu's pitiful appearance, and his foot was also injured, which was somewhat distressed.
Tan Wei: "Just go to the ancestral hall and kneel." β
The second lady opened her mouth wide in disbelief.
Just kneel in the ancestral hall, and this matter will be turned over? If her daughter Tan Fu made a mistake, she would also go to the ancestral hall to kneel for one night. Guilty of such a big mistake, just such a punishment? It's too partial!
"Master......" The second lady still wants to fan the flames.
Tan Wei drank unhappily and scolded: "Okay, okay, tonight you have the longest tongue and the most words, and the two thick lips are enough for me to eat a pot of wine!" When they were gone, they all went back to rest. β
The eldest lady was also unhappy with this decision, twisted the Buddha's beads, pursed the corners of her mouth, and went straight out. The second lady didn't dare to talk too much, and after eating such a secret loss, she also went out with the eldest lady.
*
Tan Baolu knelt in the ancestral hall.
As soon as the door closed, he immediately stood up from the futon.
She patted her knee and moved a chair.
The ancestral hall of the Tan family enshrines the ancestors of the Tan family, and some fruits and cakes are placed on the altar.
Tan Baolu first lit three incense sticks, bowed three times to the tablet, and then inserted the incense. Entering the incense burner, he clasped his hands together and said very reverently: "Ancestor, I didn't die well last time, and I didn't have a chance to see you, but next time I have a chance, I have a good visit." I'm really a little hungry at this moment, eat one of your offerings, everyone is a person who died once, don't be angry! β
Of course, the ancestor of the Tan family could not speak, but he flashed the candle very cooperatively.
Tan Baolu was eating the fruit offering while basking in the moonlight comfortably, and began to think about what to do next.
She took a few pieces of yellow talisman paper and a charcoal pen for worshipping her ancestors, and quickly wrote down the past lives she still remembered in her mind.
It's the early spring of Etohai.
In the last life, there was a sudden spring cold in March of this year.
The collapse of dynasties often begins from within, and if the doomed decay of Hedongyan is pushed forward, absolutely no one will believe that the ant that caused the collapse of the levee is just a cooling down.
The sudden freezing rain froze the crops in the fields, and the people starved to death without food. There were so many people who starved to death that undecomposed corpses were piled up in the streets, and then the plague ensued.
The glory of the Great Jin Dynasty for hundreds of years has laid the first foreshadowing in the people's lives.
Her mother, Xin, also died in March of this year.
After the death of her mother, Tan Baolu was trapped in the deep palace, often idle during the day, often reading medical books, and learned some medical skills.
She found a similar illness to her mother in the book, it turned out that her mother's illness was not incurable, but she was born with a weak life, and Tan Wei treated her coldly, and her heart was depressed, so she became more and more sick, and if she could find a doctor with excellent medical skills this morning, it would be completely cured.
And in June of this year, Concubine Hui in the palace also had a serious illness. At that time, Xu Yu went crazy and asked for medicine among the people, and finally found a doctor named Know-it-all. The doctor prescribed a few medicines to Concubine Hui, and Concubine Hui's illness immediately improved.
Thinking of this, Tan Baolu left a few strokes on the yellow rune paper - as long as she also found this miracle doctor before March, then her mother's illness would definitely be saved.
In addition, there is also the prison disaster of the eldest brother Tan Yu......
The younger brother talks about Jie's road to the imperial examination......
Sister's Marriage......
Before you know it, the yellow rune paper is densely covered with handwriting.
She wrote down the last thing that happened before she died, and then put down her pen and rubbed her sore shoulder.
She held the yellow rune paper in both hands and recited it silently in her heart until she had memorized every word, then folded the paper in half and approached the candle until the yellow rune paper turned into a cloud of ashes.
No one will come, so she saves herself.
*
Early the next morning, Tan Baolu walked out of the ancestral hall with a lazy yawn and walked towards the courtyard of the third room.
"Three girls early." The eldest lady and the little maid in the second lady's house saluted with her.
She thumped her shoulders and her legs.
When the little maid saw her miserable appearance, she immediately ran back to the house in a hurry to restore her life.
When they walked away, Tan Baolu immediately stood up straight, and her steps were like flying.
This night, she figured out what was on her mind, and her body and mind were particularly comfortable.
As soon as she returned to the house, Zhou's mother hurriedly came over with a bowl of Yangchun noodles with two eggs, "Come on, come on, kneel all night, and eat the noodles!" β
"It's still Zhou's mother who loves me the most!" Tan Baolu grabbed her chopsticks with a smile.
Zhou's mother said: "The master has already gone to the court, I just looked at his face, I should not be angry with the third girl." β
Tan Baolu laughed and said happily: "It's not a big deal!" Mother Zhou, don't worry. β
"Sister!"
"Sister! Sister! Tan Jie and Tan Ni stepped over the threshold one after the other, rushed towards her, and hit her head on the leg.
"Ouch hey." Tan Baolu held her two little heads and smiled with crooked eyebrows.
The two children were carrying small schoolbags made of floral cloth and were going to school.
Tan Baolu asked, "Have you had breakfast?" β
"I've eaten it!" Tan Jie said: "When I woke up this morning, I saw that my sister was not there, and I thought my sister was gone again." β
Tan Baolu's heart softened, pinched the child's fleshy little face, raised the little thumb that had been hooked, and said, "How come, let's hook it." β
"Hmmm! If you pull the hook, it won't change. Tan Jie said confidently.
Tan Baolu said: "Okay, let's go to school quickly, how about in the school?" My sister taught you. β
Tan Jie Langsheng said: "Listen to the teacher. β
Tan Ni said vigorously, "You can't beat your companions." β
Tan Baolu couldn't help laughing, scratched her two little faces, and said, "Yes, there is the most important point. β
"Huh?"
Tan Baolu said seriously: "Once anything bad happens in the school, you must tell your sister, don't hide it secretly, okay?" β
"Good!" Tan Jie and Tan Ni said in unison.
"Go ahead!" Tan Baolu patted the two of them with a small flower cloth schoolbag.
The two children bounced to school one after the other, and Zhou's mother sighed: "It's really rare to have such a good relationship between sisters and sisters like you." β
Tan Baolu smiled and said, "I watched them grow up." β
Zhou's mother: "Yes, the third girl brought these two little ones, more than the lady." The two of them have three girls, you take care of them, pity my three girls, no one has cared for them since I was a child......"
Tan Baolu laughed again, comforting Zhou's mother and said, "Where do I have no one to care about?" Didn't I always have you Mama Zhou! β
Mother Zhou was both grateful and relieved, she was a helper, where could she afford such a big gift from the third girl, she was busy and said: "Eat more eggs, don't patronize noodles." β
"Hmm!" Eating hot Yangchun noodles, Tan Baolu suddenly thought that although Zhou's mother was doing things in Tanfu, her husband and two sons were still guarding a few acres of thin fields.
If there will be a cold spring in this life, the acres of land in Zhou's mother's house will also be affected.
Although I don't know if she will believe her if she mentions this matter to Zhou's mother now, she still wants to help Zhou's mother.
Tan Baolu thought for a while and said, "Mother Zhou, I think this weather will change in a few days, so the paddy fields at home should prepare arch sheds in advance and unblock the waterways." β
Arched sheds and waterways are a good way to spend the winter in rice fields, but when spring begins, many families think that the weather is getting warmer, so they don't care, so they are caught off guard by the cold of spring.
Zhou's mother wondered: "The weather is getting warmer these days, where are there any signs of changing the sky?" β
Tan Baolu said: "I have been dreaming these days, and the things I dreamed of have come true, and I dreamed that it would be cold soon, and I am afraid that it will come true." It is not a bad thing to repair the arches and waterways, and it is better to believe that there is something than to believe that there is none. β
Although Zhou's mother didn't believe it all, she still listened to Tan Baolu's words, nodded, and said, "My family's arch shed is about to be repaired, I'll go home in a few days to have a look." β
Tan Baolu hurriedly said: "Don't wait a few days, just today." β
Zhou's mother was stunned, "Today? Where am I going today? β
"I'm here." Tan Baolu said with a smile, "Mother Zhou, go back quickly." β
Zhou's mother was grateful: "Thank you three girls, thank you three girls!" β
*
At the same time, Tan Wei went to the court worriedly.
This morning, he was afraid that He Dongyan would shoot him because of what happened last night.
He stood in a cold sweat offstage, listening to his colleagues report on government affairs:
ββ¦β¦ In the Dayu area, the soldiers and civilians are fierce, and the prison is fighting against food, and such vices have become a common practice......"
ββ¦β¦ Today, the river is repaired, and more than 20,000 quintals of rice and grain are allocated, and after Jianfu, 20,000 quintals become 10,000 quintals, and the remaining 10,000 quintals are missing! β
On the jade steps, He Dongyan listened with a ride, his fingers boredly fiddling with the dragon ball on the armrest of the dragon chair.
He always couldn't make up his mind about political affairs, and for a while he felt that this was reasonable, and for a while he felt that that he was good, and he never had his own opinions.
He simply squinted and pretended to sleep, and when the officials asked him about his attitude, he looked at Cen Canaan's face under the platform in a panic.
If Cen Canaan agrees, he will have someone to support him, and he will speak with a little confidence, if Cen Canaan does not care, he will immediately change his words. Anyway, if Cen Canaan doesn't agree, even if he wants to push it, he can't push it down.
Cen Jianan was wearing a purple dark bat-patterned court dress today, a crown of white jade hair on his head, a jade belt tied around his waist, thin eyelids were half-drooping, his expression was indifferent and lazy, and the morning sun shone on his eyelids, making the skin in that place slightly red.
I don't know if something happened last night, Cen Canaan didn't seem to be in high spirits, and even a little absent-minded. Halfway up the court, he actually left directly.
As soon as Cen Jianan left, He Dongyan didn't even nod and shake his head, he simply waved his hand and said, "Retreat, retreat, come back tomorrow if you have something." β
The morning court ended hastily, and everyone inevitably discussed: "Did something happen last night?" Why is that 'that one' not in a good mood? β
"Haven't you heard of that?"
"What's the matter?"
"Don't say it, don't say it, you want to know, you can ask He Fei for yourself!"
"Since you can't say it, you put it on my side and talk about it! The son who sells Guan Zi has no ass! β
"Tut-tut, military attachΓ©s are vulgar!"
Tan Wei was greatly relieved to follow the crowd of people in the next dynasty.
It seems that he did escape this fate.
"Please stay and talk about adults." Xu Yu suddenly stopped him.
Seeing Xu Yu's little white face that was always smiling and not smiling, Tan Wei couldn't help but be scared, and asked cautiously: "What advice does Gonggong Xu have?" β
Xu Yu seemed to smile and said: "The Buddha bones of the Sixth Baotong Temple in the first six years, can adults know about this matter?" β
In that year, He Dongyan succeeded to the throne, and Buddhist scholars made a great effort, and since then, Buddhism has won a great victory in the battle of Buddhism and Taoism, and the Great Jin Dynasty has become a common practice. Welcoming the Buddha bones from afar from Tianzhu has become a first-class event.
On this day, He Dongyan will personally lead hundreds of civil and military officials into the temple to listen to the talks, view the Buddha's bones, and pray for the people.
Tan Wei nodded repeatedly, "I've heard of it." β
Xu Yu smiled: "Let's go with Master Tan." β
Tan Wei was taken aback: "Isn't Gonggong Xu mistaken?" Xiaguan, Xiaguan's name is not among the companions. β
Xu Yu smiled slightly and said, "Isn't it just a name?" It's just not added in. Talking about adults, this is blaming the slave for not putting the adult's name in first? β
Tan Wei hurriedly waved his hand: "Where is there?!" Father-in-law Xu has tormented the old man. β
Tan Wei was surprised and delighted, what an honor it was to be able to go with the emperor to pay homage to the Buddha's bones! He thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you Father-in-law Xu!" β
Xu Yu said: "Thank you for what I did, didn't you talk about the honor that the adults earned themselves?" β
Tan Wei laughed dryly twice.
Xu Yu paused, and then said, "However, there is one more thing. β
Tan Wei hurriedly asked: "Father-in-law Xu, please speak." β
Xu Yu said: "I am fortunate to look at the Buddha's bones, this is a great blessing, and the blessing is one more person, which is called Tianfu." Therefore, on that day, the adults will also bring the children of the family to touch the Buddha's light together. β
Talking about Wei was stunned again, and finally understood Xu Yu's off-string sound-
He Dongyan wanted to take advantage of this day to welcome the Buddha's bones and see Tan Baolu again.