Jinling City has a unique sense of beauty. It is not the most solemn in the North, but it is more beautiful than all the North. It is not the most beautiful in Jiangnan, but it is more solemn than all of Jiangnan. She is like a female emperor.
, more beautiful than the powerful and solemn emperor, more majestic and solemn than the graceful and gentle queen...
As the imperial capital of the Taizu Dynasty, Jinling City still retains most of its infrastructure at this time. In terms of comfort, to be honest, Jinling City is more suitable for life than Shenjing.
Although there is still some dragon energy left, after nearly ninety years of baptism, except for the old palace, Jinling City at this time has become little different from other cities in Dayan. So the only
Perhaps the only thing that can distinguish Jinling City is its golden powder aura.
Jinling has a luxurious and gentle countryside atmosphere that is not found in other cities. Ancient literati often called it the golden powder atmosphere. It is this golden powder atmosphere that adds a unique temperament to Jinling...
Different from the continuous rain in Zhili and Henan this year, it has not rained in Jiangnan. It was not until winter that it started to rain. Although Jinling is considered a "warm south" in the eyes of northerners,
In fact, winter is also very cold, so there is also snow...
Just because this year's winter seems not as cold as in the past, it is still raining this year. When it rains, there are fewer passers-by walking among the white walls and black tiles. There is only one person holding an umbrella and huddled up.
He walked quickly with his neck twitching, and the mirror on the bluestone tiles was broken by his hurried steps home.
Finally reaching a small courtyard facing the street, he knocked gently on the door, and then couldn't hide the excitement and longing in his tone and shouted, "My dear! Open the door quickly! I'm back!"
Although most of the former dignitaries and wealthy gentry were forcibly moved to Shenjing City at this time, the low prices here are still not much cheaper. It is still very expensive to own an apartment on this street in front of the Qinhuai River near the Confucius Temple.
The small yard shows that the family has a lot of money.
"father!"
After a while, the small ebony courtyard door was hurriedly opened. Just as the man was about to walk in, he saw two children who looked about five or six years old running over with a sharp laugh. The man quickly lowered his body and reached out to fish it out.
The two sons gave each other a kiss.
The two children laughed shrilly and blocked the man's prickly beard, while the man laughed and deliberately rubbed the two children's tender faces with his beard.
"He'er Gu'er, be careful. If you fall carefully, don't cry!"
A woman walked out with a gentle smile, wiped her hands with a towel, and stepped forward with a gentle smile. The woman looked like a gentle and gentle temperament unique to Jiangnan women, with willow eyebrows and an oval face, and her movements were like a weak Liu Fufeng.
The few crow's feet at the corners of her eyes did not make her look older, but instead added a bit of gentleness.
The man looked at the woman and couldn't help but giggle innocently. Upon seeing this, the woman stepped forward to help the man take off the baggage on his back and took the umbrella in his hand. She said softly, "You're back?"
The man smirked and nodded, "Yeah!" The woman held the bundle in her hand, shook her umbrella and said, "Go in and wash up, I just finished cooking."
The man nodded and said "Hey!" He put down the two children in his hands. The two children smiled and hugged the woman's thighs. "Mom! Dad just stabbed us with his beard!"
The woman smiled and said, "Can you please shave it off for your father later?" The two children smiled and clapped their hands, but the man stepped forward and grabbed the woman's hand with a smile and said, "Wash it for me later."
OK?"
The woman rolled her eyes angrily, then gently broke away from the man's hand and whispered, "The children are still there..."
The man smiled and whispered, trying to get closer and say, "They are still young, what can they know..." Before the man could finish speaking, he saw a young man standing opposite him and looking at him expressionlessly. The man couldn't help but be startled.
, and then retracted his hand angrily.
The woman also came back to her senses, turned her head and saw the young man, she quickly took a few steps back, and then she quickly smiled and said, "Ping'er, why are you out? Come in quickly, it's time to eat, it's very cold outside..."
"No!"
The young man looked straight at the man and said coldly, "I'm going back to school." The man forced a smile and said, "Zhiping, you see, my uncle is not at home often, and our family can't even have a reunion dinner...
…”
The young man raised his lips with a sneer, "Let's have a family reunion dinner together!" He said without looking back and left with his books in the rain. The light rain in the south of the Yangtze River was like a silk thread, so it was nothing.
Big problem.
But the yard after the boy left was a little dull. The man lowered his head, and the woman couldn't help but shed a few tears. The two children hid behind the woman and lowered their heads in fear.
After an unknown amount of time passed, the woman wiped her tears, forced a smile and said to the man, "Let's eat first. Ping'er should have food to eat at school."
Hearing this, the man sighed helplessly and nodded and followed the woman in. A small courtyard with three entrances created this elaborate small home. It can be seen from the potted plants in the yard, lotus plants and goldfish on both sides.
It can be seen from the large tank that the hostess is a person who lives a very exquisite life.
The family walked to the main hall, and the man washed his face with hot water under the service of the woman. Then he turned and entered the side room. In the middle of the side room, there was a Buddhist niche. In the Buddhist niche was not an immortal Buddha, but a person's.
As for the spiritual place, it is obvious that this is a mourning hall.
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The man took out incense from the side and lit it on the incense candle. He bowed to the spiritual tablet, then stood up and inserted the incense into the incense burner. Then he looked at the spiritual tablet carefully. It read "Brother Xu Tao Zu Rong".
Spirit!" On the side is a line of small words engraved on the side: "Brother Shi Shanpeng stands respectfully!"
Yes, this man is the ungrateful villain Shi Shanpeng that Xu Zurong mentioned, and the woman is his wife Wu Xiumin. She originally had another name, "Xu Wushi!"
Yes, Wu Xiumin is Xu Zurong’s original wife...
When the news came that Xu Zurong had slipped and fell into the water without any body left, Wu Xiumin fainted and died on the spot. After waking up, she began to seek death and survival. Fortunately, Shi Shanpeng was there to dissuade her, and her young son was crying and shouting.
Mom, Wu Xiumin just gave up on seeking life and death.
After all, if she died, what would the only root of the Xu family, Xu Zurong's biological son Xu Zhiping, do? So for the sake of her son and the Xu family, Wu Xiumin did not commit suicide. She gritted her teeth and wanted to raise her son!
Wu Xiumin only had this wish, and she also had the intention of keeping the festival for Xu Zurong, but from that day on, Shi Shanpeng had been caring for Wu Xiumin's orphans and widowed mother, and often helped with work and so on.
Wu Xiumin was very grateful to Shi Shanpeng. It was really difficult for an orphan and a widowed mother to have no man. In addition, there were not many people in the Xu family. Even Xu Zurong’s funeral was helped by this old friend for many years.
He also provided the money after Xu Zurong's death. Xu Zurong's money and goods were paid back in penny. He also helped Wu Xiumin with money and efforts whenever she suffered.
Originally, Wu Xiumin was a little disgusted with him. When Xu Zurong was with him at the beginning, she tactfully advised Xu Zurong that Xu Zurong did not look like a good person. But now it seems that she was wrong and only showed loyalty in times of crisis!
People's hearts grow from flesh, and Wu Xiumin inevitably felt a little lonely after her husband passed away. Gradually, the two came together, and Wu Xiumin gradually accepted Shi Shanpeng.
Although Shi Shanpeng was only two years younger than Xu Zurong, he had never married, so he married Wu Xiumin directly. Shi Shanpeng immediately moved to Wu Xiumin's yard to live together.
Perhaps the only person who had an opinion on this was Xu Zhirong's son, Xu Zhiping. Although Xu Zhiping was still young at the time, he remembered who his biological father was. How could he be willing to be someone else's father?
And since he was a child, he always dreamed of a man wearing a red official robe. The patches on the official robe were not birds and beasts, but the sun, moon and stars. The man had a beard, leopard eyes, a green face, fangs, and strange
It was extremely ugly. She looked at him and shook her head and cursed, "How dare you come to see me if you think your father is a thief? Why don't you go back and change your ways! Idiot! Idiot!"
Therefore, Xu Zhiping always felt that there might be a hidden reason for his father's death, but he only told his mother about it. She only regarded him as a young man and didn't take it seriously. Xu Zhiping could only keep the matter in his heart.
Year after year passed like this. Wu Xiumin seemed to have forgotten her late husband and returned to a normal life. After that, Wu Xiumin gave birth to two sons for Shi Shanpeng. It seemed that she had really returned to her former life.
As the days passed, I forgot the existence of Xu Zurong.
Only at this time, Wu Xiumin would shed a few tears looking at her late husband's funeral. Shi Shanpeng sighed and patted Wu Xiumin on the shoulder, "Well, Zu Rong doesn't want to see you like this either."
Wu Xiumin nodded, then raised her head with a forced smile and said to Shi Shanpeng, "Let's eat first, it's almost cold..."
Shi Shanpeng smiled and nodded, and the two of them walked out and returned to the main hall. However, they did not notice that the incense sticks that had just been lit behind them went out out of thin air. Moreover, the two incense sticks next to them were very short, but the middle one did not seem to burn!
Shi Shanpeng was sitting in the hall eating, looking at the rain pouring down in the middle of the yard, not to mention how comfortable it was! His two sons were squatting in the yard playing, and his gentle and beautiful wife was putting vegetables on a plate for him.
Shi Shanpeng was inevitably a little carried away, so he smiled and said, "Speaking of which, an interesting thing happened when I was passing by Suqian County a few days ago."
While Wu Xiumin was picking up food for him, she smiled and said, "What's wrong?" Shi Shanpeng laughed and said, "I actually met a Marquis' guard of honor!"
Wu Xiumin smiled and said, "Really? How can there be a marquis in a small county like Suqian?" Shi Shanpeng shrugged and said with a smile, "Who knows? Maybe he was passing by... Haha, but the Suqian County Magistrate
I’m so scared!”
Wu Xiumin smiled and then asked, "Is there anything different about the Marquis's ceremonial guard? I think it must be more grand and powerful?"
Shi Shanpeng curled his lips and said, "It seems that he is not as powerful as the prefect of Jinling! He only held up two signs to bluff people, and there is nothing left!"
Wu Xiumin was slightly surprised and said, "No way? How could a dignified marquis do this?" Shi Shanpeng laughed and said, "Who knows? I heard that there are many poor marquises in Shenjing! Only a title is valuable, and the one at home is
Life is not as good as ours! Those who live frugally at home also have to put on all kinds of ostentation. I heard that in order to save money, they even ask their own girls to pay for the clothes at home! Some of them have to do it every day!"
Wu Xiumin was a little surprised when she heard this, but she still sighed and said, "It's pitiful. The situation of supporting the Marquis is not as comfortable as the lives of ordinary people like us."
Shi Shanpeng smiled and said, "Who says it's not?" He sighed comfortably and asked Wu Xiumin to drink a few glasses of wine with him. Wu Xiumin stopped drinking after two glasses.
But Shi Shanpeng didn't know whether he finally relaxed or was in a really good mood, so he drank half a catty of wine in a row!
Wu Xiumin asked him to drink less with some slight annoyance. Shi Shanpeng seemed to be very happy, but also because this kind of life was too comfortable, so he refused to listen and still took a sip of wine and looked outside.
Outside at this time, his two sons caught a frog to play with at some point. One placed the frog on a lotus leaf, and the other suddenly had a sudden idea and stabbed the frog in the chest with a wooden stick in his hand.
On the legs!
The frog jumped into the water with a "croak" sound. Shi Shanpeng didn't know what he thought of. He suddenly smiled foolishly and blurted out, "Zurong... this is how he died!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although this sentence was said lightly as if it was a commonplace statement, it was like a bolt from the blue. The smile on Wu Xiumin's face suddenly froze, and her whole body
Suddenly it was like falling into an ice cave!
Wu Xiumin looked at Shi Shanpeng with wide eyes and said in disbelief, "What did you say?" Shi Shanpeng suddenly realized that he had actually told this matter in a moment of pride!
Therefore, his expression changed, and then he smiled reluctantly and said, "What, what? What did you say? I didn't speak just now..."
Wu Xiumin glared at Shi Shanpeng. If Shi Shanpeng had just said that she had made a slip of the tongue, Wu Xiumin might have been more likely to believe it! But Shi Shanpeng actually denied it!
She had clearly heard just now. What Shi Shanpeng said clearly was that this is how Xu Zurong died! How did Zu Rong die? Didn't Shi Shanpeng say that Zu Rong slipped and fell into the water? If he died like just now, it was clearly...
The hair on Wu Xiumin's whole body suddenly exploded. She grabbed Shi Shanpeng's lapel violently, gritted her teeth and looked at Shi Shanpeng and said, "I ask you! What did you just say? How did Zu Rong die? Tell me!"
Shi Shanpeng suddenly woke up from the drunkenness all over his body, his eyes evaded and said, "You, what did you say? Are you exhausted? I didn't say..."
Wu Xiumin suddenly exploded, stood up and overturned the table full of food to the ground, shouting hysterically, "I heard it clearly! You said that this is how Zu Rong died! Tell me! How did Zu Rong die?"
!!!”
Shi Shanpeng was silent, and the two children in the yard were also frightened. Shi Shanpeng hesitated for a long time, and finally said helplessly to Wu Xiumin, "I, I was too scared at the time, so..."
Wu Xiumin's legs went weak, and she was stunned. She stared blankly ahead, her mind going blank. Seeing this, Shi Shanpeng hurriedly said, "Xiumin, believe me, it's all because I love you so much! I started from Chapter 1
I fell in love with you the moment I saw you! For you, I would rather not marry for the rest of my life!"
Shi Shanpeng sighed helplessly and said, "I have to do this to get you, and I don't want to do this!" Wu Xiumin's face was as pale as paper and she remained silent.
When Shi Shanpeng saw her opening her mouth like this, he didn't know what to say. He thought there was nothing wrong with it. The two of them had lived together for so many years, which was longer than the time they had spent with Xu Zurong!
Besides, you already have two sons, what else can you do? This is how it is these days, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. Even if I kill your husband, I told you that I love you too much.
, you have given me your life, and you have given birth to your son, what else can you do except continue to live peacefully with me?
Are you really going to report me? How can you, a weak woman, live with three children? Besides, you already have children. When the children grow up, how can you tell them where their father is? Therefore, Shi Shanpeng is quite worried.
Some are fearless.
What happened today is not accidental. He has indeed kept this secret in his heart for too long! This secret almost tortured him crazy! So he took this opportunity to tell it, tell it to his closest people, tell it to
Wu Xiumin, who is also one of the parties involved, is not a bad person...
He sighed, stepped forward and patted Wu Xiumin on the shoulder. He was about to tell her that she would just live a good life in the future and stop thinking about all these things. Let's just pretend that these things never happened...
Who knew that Wu Xiumin coldly avoided Shi Shanpeng's hand. For some reason, these hands had obviously touched her whole body, but now she felt that these hands were so disgusting that they made her sick!
Shi Shanpeng was stunned for a moment and was about to say something, when the voice of the store clerk came from outside the door, saying that there was something to be done in the store and there was something wrong with the batch of goods he had just brought back. When Shi Shanpeng heard this, he could only get up helplessly.
He said he would talk about it when he came back in the evening.
Wu Xiumin looked at Shi Shanpeng's leaving figure coldly. She hated it. She wished she could kill Shi Shanpeng immediately! She could not wait to kill herself immediately! She was actually with the enemy who killed her husband!