Chapter 358: The Wife of a Taoist Priest

On the second day, after breakfast, Wang Hui told Wang Xiu to keep her home, and she had to go out to find out the news.

After Wang Hui finished his explanation, he mounted his horse, took his servants and old people, and headed east, wanting to go to Bozhou City. After walking on the road for a few hours, it was already evening, and when I came to the three-way intersection, I saw a group of people on horseback coming from another road, as many as a dozen. Wang Hui let him pass by the side of the road first, but when he saw this group of people hanging swords from their waists, they were all good at their spirits.

There are two people among them, but they don't look like people in the rivers and lakes, but like leaders. One was a brocade-clothed Xiushi, about forty years old, somewhat thin, with a pale and blue face, obviously overindulged, and the other was nearly sixty years old, with dignified features and a majestic weather, like an official, and the two of them went south like a nest of wind under the protection of everyone.

Wang Hui let them go and slowly came south behind.

Two days later, I walked to Bozhou City. After eating, lead the horse and wander the streets. Walking into a small alley, the bluestone road, the houses are neat, but in the middle of the alley is a majestic palace - Huaibei Palace. Wang Hui led the horse and walked slowly, there were two mighty stone lions in front of the palace, and there were two guards sitting at the door, looking in, there was a wall inside, and the situation in the courtyard could not be seen.

Wang Hui walked through the palace and came to another lively street, and found a hotel to stay in, but the name of the hotel was very strange, called "Yigu Hotel". Wang Hui asked for a house on the street to live in.

At this time, it was already evening, Wang Hui sat by the window, leisurely looking at the street. This street is a lively commercial street, and there are people coming and going on the street, and there is nothing unusual about it. There is a tiled room opposite, there is a table in front of the room, and behind the table sits a middle-aged Taoist priest, and a small flag is erected behind him, and the flag is written "Divine Calculation", which is a fortune-telling Taoist priest.

It was late at night, there was no one on the street, and the sky was cloudy. Wang Hui masked his face, jumped out of the window, came out into the street, walked along the eaves, turned an intersection, and came to the alley where the palace was located.

Wang Hui flew up to the room and headed towards the palace. ran through more than a dozen households and came to Huaibei Palace. The lights and candles in the palace were brilliant, but fortunately, there were many trees, Wang Hui jumped into the courtyard, and walked towards the main house under the cover of the trees. There are many servants in front of him, so he went around to the back, flew into the room, jumped to the back of the house, behind the house is a small garden, Wang Hui quietly came to the back window, looked in from the crack in the window, the main house is feasting guests, the host is the king of Huaibei, but the guests are two days ago, the group of people met at the three-way intersection.

Wang Hui hid in the back window, listened for a long time, but didn't hear a reason, thinking, you are not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, who will not be able to hold back when the time comes? Thinking of this, Wang Hui flew into the room, left the palace, returned to the hotel, and lay down without mentioning it.

On the second day, after Wang Hui finished eating, he did not go out, but sat in the house, looking at the street through the window, and the street was still full of people.

When it was close to noon, I saw a group of people coming from the east, a man who looked like a son, and a few servants slowly walked over.

When he walked in front of the Taoist priest's "magic plan", he didn't care, and he was about to walk in front of him. The middle-aged Taoist priest saw Childe walking over, hurriedly stood up, walked a few steps quickly, walked to Childe's side, and said:

"I see that the son has a clear personality and a beautiful face, he must be a rich and noble person, let the poor road calculate a hexagram for the son, and the son will not be able to enjoy it for the rest of his life. ”

The boy was willing to believe his nonsense, and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned his head and saw a little lady behind the curtain in the house, with a beautiful appearance, the first in the city. Childe has read countless beauties in his life, and after seeing this woman, half of his body immediately became soft, and he walked to the table and sat down unconsciously.

The son reported the birth date, and the Taoist priest lowered his head and calculated. This fortune-teller Taoist priest will only tell fortunes to others, but he will not calculate the fortune and fortune of his own family! The prince said nonsense, just kept looking into the house, and the little lady showed half of her pretty face for a while, and then she showed half of her bewitching body, which provoked the son to not realize that his soul flew out of the clouds for a long time. Childe dropped a few pennies, winked at the other servants, and said:

"Count, I'm in a hurry, I'll come when I go. ”

The boy left his servant, shook the folding fan, paced the square steps, walked slowly to the east, came to the fork in the road, walked briskly from the other road to the west, and about the back of the fortune teller's house, a low wall, I think it was a long time, the rain eroded, and a gap collapsed. Childe picked up two broken bricks, stepped on the bricks, and looked inward, this is a small courtyard, piled with firewood, miscellaneous flowers everywhere.

After looking at it for a while, I saw the little lady from before walking out of the house slowly, with a spring in her face and a graceful figure, carrying a wooden bucket, walking to the well in the courtyard, bending down to fetch water.

Childe looked at her and brought a bucket of water up, and couldn't help but exclaim:

"Little lady. ”

The woman suddenly heard it, raised her head, looked out of the courtyard wall, and saw the son lying on the wall, she was very surprised, and opened her mouth to speak.

Childe hurriedly said: "Xiaosheng is walking, a little thirsty, I hope that the little lady will drink saliva, and I am grateful." ”

When the little lady heard it, she was no longer alarmed, opened her lips, showed her jade teeth, and said in a delicate voice: "Wait a minute, childe." ”

The little lady turned and went into the house, took out a fine porcelain bowl, went to the courtyard, scooped out half a bowl of water from the bucket, walked to the wall, and handed it to the son on her back. Childe reached out and took it, drank it dry, and handed the bowl to the woman.

Childe took the opportunity to say: "Thank you little lady! Xiaosheng's surname is Cheng Yuyou, a native of the city, his family lives in the east of the city, his father is an official in other places, his family has a lot of money, many houses, and servants are like clouds. The little lady doesn't look like a local, may I ask Fang's name, when did she move here?"

The little lady was about to open her mouth to answer, but she heard the fortune teller in the house shouting, "Lady, where are you, hurry up and cook for me to eat." ”

This sentence immediately shocked a pair of mandarin ducks, Cheng Yuyou hurriedly retracted his head, and the woman turned around and said:

"It's coming. ”

The woman carried a bucket and walked into the house.

When the Taoist priest saw the lady enter the house, he said proudly: "I calculated a few hexagrams today and got some small money, you cook quickly, I want to drink a few glasses of wine." ”

The little lady went into the kitchen to cook. The Taoist priest went out of the house, walked out into the street, came to the delicatessen, bought half a braised pig's head, went to the hotel, bought a pot of wine, hummed a little tune, and walked back.

The little lady quickly made a few vegetarian dishes and put them on the table, and the Taoist priest braised the pig's head, ate meat and drank wine. After the meal, the Taoist priest walked to the front of the room, sat behind the table, and waited for the guests to come and tell the hexagram. Lin San, who was next door, walked over, and saw that the Taoist priest's face was flushed and the smell of wine was smoking, so he said:

"Sir, drinking?"

"Drank a pot. ”

"What's the happy thing?"

The Taoist priest said proudly: "I met a son today, got some small money, bought half a braised pig's head, and a pot of wine to drink." ”

That Lin San said dissatisfiedly: "You eat braised pig's head and drink wine, and you don't invite me to come over and drink with you?"

The Taoist priest smiled: "I will invite you next time." ”

Lin San arched his hand, walked away, and after walking more than thirty steps, he turned around, looked at this Taoist priest, and said hatefully:

"You stingy ghost, you can't die well! I don't want to kill you. ”

Two days later, Lin San, who was next door, went to the yamen to report the case, saying that the Taoist priest abducted and sold the woman, and the woman did not comply, so he killed her, and the woman was not seen for two days.

The prefect saw that it was a serious case, so he dared to be careless, so he hurriedly ordered the arrest to escort Lin San to the Taoist priest's house. When he came near, the Taoist priest was still telling fortunes in front of the house.

Lin San pointed with his hand and said to the catcher: "It's this Taoist priest." ”

The crowd rushed up and tied up the Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest was busy shouting wronged, and the head catcher said:

"You murdered people's lives, and you are still wronged!"

The Taoist priest said, "I don't." ”

The head catcher asked, "Where is your lady?"

The Taoist priest said: "I'm back to my mother's house." ”

"Where's my mother's house? Take us there. ”

The Taoist priest was speechless for a moment.

The headcatcher said: "It's true. Let me go in and search for it. ”

These catchers are like wolves and tigers, running into the house, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, digging the ground and digging walls, where can they find a delicate and beautiful little lady to come out.

After searching the house, he found nothing, went to the backyard, turned over the firewood, and was nowhere to be found. One of the catchers looked down at the well, and saw clothes floating on the water, and he hurriedly shouted:

"Here it is. ”

A few catchers ran over, and saw that there seemed to be a woman in the well, and they were busy fishing, and after a long time, a woman was fished out, and the Taoist priest shouted:

"Wronged, this dead corpse is not my mother. ”

The head catcher shouted: "If there is any wrong, I will talk about it at the yamen." An order was given: "Take him back." ”