Chapter 1032 of the Main Text Volume of Shenyin Shan Hai Jing In the secular world, the Jiang family and the Lu family are neighbors. They both live in Gusu City, one in the south and one in the north, separated by "Guanqian Street".

Along Guanqian Street to the west, there is a Taoist temple not far away called "Xuanmiao Temple", which is the same Taoist temple where the alchemy furnace was stolen by Lu Cheng.

Xuanmiao Temple has a long history. It was founded in 276 AD. It was originally called "Zhenqing Taoist Temple" and was later renamed "Kaiyuan Palace" and "Tianqing Temple". In 1295 AD, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ordered it to be renamed Xuanmiao Temple.
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Jiang Heng of Qianhu was over fifty years old, married one wife and two concubines, and gave birth to three sons and four daughters. These children were all born to concubines.

His first wife, named "Lin Niang", has been married for thirty years and has never given birth to a child.

According to common sense, not having children is one of the "seven outs".

However, Lin Niang’s two brothers are not simple. One is a political advisor in Zhongshu Province, and the other is a doctor in Nanjing Hubu. Not only are they of high rank, but they are also civil servants. In the Ming Dynasty, civil servants had a higher status than military attachés. Therefore,

, Jiang Heng not only did not dare to divorce his wife, but also showed great affection.

On Mrs. Lin’s fiftieth birthday, she drank two glasses of wine and slept with her husband for one night. Unexpectedly, she became pregnant!

Pregnancy at the age of fifty is considered a high-risk pregnancy even if it is left to future generations. It was even more worrying in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Mrs. Lin was very happy and would rather risk her life to give birth to the child.

She was pregnant for ten months and gave birth once, and on a rainy night in late autumn, she gave birth to a baby girl as white as porcelain, named "Qiu Yu".

Although she is a daughter and not as valuable as her son, Lin Niang's love for her remains undiminished and she is regarded as her darling.

Qiu Yu is very beautiful, with dark eyes and a white and tender face. Everyone likes her when they see her, but she doesn't cry or scream, she behaves too quietly!

Lin Niang was suspicious: "Is it possible that my daughter is mute?"

After half a year, Qiu Yu still didn't open her mouth and couldn't even say "yeah", so Lin Niang had to ask a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

The veteran Chinese doctors of these days are good at treating emergencies such as diarrhea in children, but they are helpless in treating deaf and mute people. They can only prick them a few times with silver needles.

Another half year passed, Qiu Yu turned one year old, and still didn’t speak.

Lin Niang could only accept her fate: "My miserable daughter! It's all my mother's fault. It was too late for me to give birth to you, I didn't have enough energy and blood, and I couldn't support you, so you were born with defects..."

Qiu Yu grows up day by day, and is eight years old in the blink of an eye.

Mrs. Lin was nearly sixty years old, so she had to plan ahead and plan a marriage for her daughter.

Most girls from ordinary families propose marriage at the age of thirteen or fourteen and get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen. Although Qiu Yu is a beautiful girl, she has flaws after all, so Lin Niang needs to start early and ask someone to find a suitable family.

Not long after, she received news that Lu Xiu, the eldest grandson of the prefect Lu Jing, was very delicate but had insufficient hearing and was born deaf!

Lin Niang found an excuse and took her daughter Qiu Yu to visit Lu Xiu.

Nine-year-old Lu Xiu was practicing swordplay in the garden, with light steps and a sword flying up and down.

Lin Niang fell in love with her at just one glance, and said to the young lady Wang Wan: "The Lu family is a scholarly family, why do you let your children practice martial arts and swordsmanship?"

Wang Wan sighed and said: "Xiu'er is not hearing enough and cannot take the imperial examination. She practices martial arts and swordsmanship just to strengthen her body."

Lin Niang said: "My Lin family was originally a scholar, but I didn't like studying, so I married a military commander. I like this child Lu Xiu and want to marry the Lu family. This is my only daughter, named Qiu Yu. Although

She is not good at words, but she is smart and beautiful. She is only 8 years old and has read a lot of books."

Wang Wan lowered her head and glanced at Jiang Qiuyu, and found that the little girl with pink makeup was looking at Lu Xiu with a smile on her face, so she thought in her heart: "Maybe they are really a good match."

She opened her mouth and said: "I know the purpose of Madam's visit. I will give you a reply after I tell you."

At this time, Lu Xiu stopped her sword stance, put the sword into its scabbard, walked over and bowed: "I have met Madam." Then she bowed slightly to Qiu Yu.

Jiang Qiuyu returned the favor with a smile.

The more Lin Niang watched, the more she liked it. She wanted to ask the other party a few words, but was afraid that the other party would be embarrassed because she couldn't hear.

After Lu Xiu finished saluting, he retreated.

Wang Wan asked Jiang Qiuyu: "Can the girl know how to write?"

Jiang Qiuyu nodded.

So, Wang Wan ordered people to fetch the four treasures of the study and put them on the stone table in the yard.

Jiang Qiuyu took up the pen and wrote a poem: "The creek girl doesn't like the thrush, but likes to listen to the thrush. When she sings from the bank, the dawn mountain is not green yet."

Wang Wan was very satisfied with it and asked again: "Where did this poem come from?"

Jiang Qiuyu shook his head as if confused and wrote on the paper: "I forgot."

Lin Niang talked to Wang Wan for a while, and soon took her daughter back.

In the evening, Wang Wan told her husband Lu Zhen about the matter.

Lu Zhen passed the imperial examination at a young age. He originally thought that he was like a roc, about to spread its wings and fly high in the court. However, after ten years of studying poetry and books, he failed to win the Jinshi, and he was about to turn thirty. He still thought

If you fail the test after a few more tests at fifty, you will have to give up your fantasy and become a rich man.

After listening to his wife's words, he pondered and said: "Ms. Lin's two brothers are officials in the court and are now in high positions. Getting married will be beneficial to the Lu family."

So not long after, the two families had a marriage contract.

Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Xiu is seventeen years old, with a handsome appearance and a beautiful tree facing the wind.

Jiang Qiuyu is sixteen years old, with a pretty face and a quiet girl.

The two families began to prepare for the six rituals.

At this time, Lu Xiu's grandfather Lu Jing was 65 years old, serving as the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and had already left Suzhou.

The retirement age of officials in ancient China was 70 years old from the Zhou Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. It was only changed to 60 years old in the Qing Dynasty. "Book of Rites: Qu Lishang" says: "A doctor becomes an official at seventy." "Become an official"

It means retirement.

Lu Xiu's father, Lu Zhen, was 36 years old and still stayed in Suzhou, continuing to study poetry and books in preparation for the next imperial examination.

Logically speaking, as the Immortal Emperor, Lu Cheng could calculate the imperial examination questions and help Lu Zhen out of the sea of ​​misery with just a few calculations, but he did not do that because this was the Ming Dynasty and the aura in the air was extremely weak.

If his clone Lu Xiu wants to improve his skills, he must rely on a little spiritual energy emanating from the Hongmeng Pearl.

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The Hongmeng Pearl cannot be opened at will, but it will emit a little spiritual energy. The range of the spiritual energy is very small, no more than one kilometer. If Lu Zhen passes the Jinshi examination, he will leave Suzhou with his wife and children. In that case, even if Lu Xiu takes the Hongmeng Pearl with him

If he leaves, he can continue to practice, but Jiang Qiuyu cannot follow.

Some people may ask, why do Lu Xiu and Jiang Qiuyu pretend to be deaf and dumb?

Because by doing this, you can get rid of the interference of mundane affairs.

If she had not pretended to be deaf and dumb, Lu Xiu would have been forced to study and prepare for the imperial examination. Being disobedient would be unfilial; Jiang Qiuyu would also have been forced to embroider and, like other girls, study "The Female Commandments" and "The Story of a Martyr Woman"

, "The Analects of Confucius", "The Classic of Female Filial Piety".

Immortals are reborn in the mortal world and take advantage of others, so they owe karma.

In order to reduce trouble, they pretended to be deaf and dumb, wanted to live a pure life, and calm down to cultivate immortality.

However, doing this will definitely make the parents sad. The father may not feel so uncomfortable, but the mother is really sad. If Lu Xiu and Jiang Qiuyu don't make up for this shortcoming, then there will be more obstacles on the road to immortality in the future.<

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In the spring of the 23rd year of Wanli, Lu Xiu, the grandson of the Lu family, married Jiang Qiuyu, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family.

On this day, guests arrived, and many people came to watch the ceremony.

When people see boys and girls who are handsome and gorgeous, they can't help but praise them, envy them, and so on.

Soon there were whispers among each other. It was rumored that one of the two young men was deaf and the other was mute. So everyone whispered, some sighed, some said sarcastic words, and some looked on with cold eyes, cursing in their hearts: "People are here."

If you do it, God is watching. If you don’t practice morality as an official, God will punish them."

Some people even snorted: "The groom is deaf. I'm afraid he can't even hear the words of the emcee. How can the wedding go on? Let's just wait and see the joke."

However, the wedding went smoothly. They worshiped the heaven and the earth, bowed twice to the high hall, the husband and wife bowed to each other, and then they were sent into the bridal chamber.

The groom behaved politely, followed the instructions of the emcee, and successfully completed the ceremony of marriage.

One month after their marriage, the young couple went to Xuanmiao Temple to offer incense.

Lu Xiu presented ten taels of silver and met Wang Lin, the master of the temple, who was about forty years old. He took out a book called "Golden Elixir and Jade Liquid Sutra", opened a lotus flower in his mouth, bewitched the other person, and quietly patted Wang Lin on the head.
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Wang Lin had been cultivating Taoism for many years, but his gains were limited. With a gentle tap from him, he suddenly opened his heavenly apertures and felt strands of spiritual energy. He was immediately blessed and wanted to make Lu Xiu his teacher.

Lu Xiu refused to accept a disciple, but was willing to give guidance on his practice.

A few months later, Wang Lin followed Lu Xiu's instructions and selected ginseng from Changbai Mountain, Polygonatum japonica from Jiuhua Mountain, antler from sika deer, and several herbs to refine some elixirs.

In late July, he put on the most exquisite Taoist priest's clothes, went to the Lu Mansion, met with Lu Xiu, and presented the elixir.

Lu Xiu and Jiang Qiuyu each swallowed a pill in front of their parents, and then amazing changes occurred. One could hear voices, and the other could speak!

Of course, for them, the pill is just an excuse because they are pretending to be deaf and dumb.

But in the eyes of others, it is a huge miracle!

Both Wang Wan and Lu Zhen felt happy. After hearing the news, Mrs. Lin hurried over. She was so excited that she burst into tears and hugged her daughter and refused to let go.
To be continued...