The fourth time Han Liu rescues his relatives and his daughter-in-law
Seeing that Gao Shiqi was very poor in taking medicine, Han Liu did not have high hopes for him. Hearing this, he lifted the curtain and entered the back room in two or three steps. Gao Shiqi followed him in slowly and leisurely, dragging his drunken steps with his nails.
He picked his teeth and looked aside.
"Mother..." Han Chunhe opened his eyes, his voice was as low as a mosquito's hum, "Son... I'm tired, you old man..." Han Liu felt miserable and relieved, happy and sad at the same time.
, unable to hold back her eyes with tears, she leaned over to tuck him in, and said softly: "He'er, it's okay now. My mother burned some incense in front of Lu Zu at night, and our family has come to save Bodhisattva. In a few days
When the day is over, you have to kowtow to Mr. Gao and set up a memorial tablet for longevity..."
Gao Shiqi saw the love between mother and son. He remembered that he had lost his father when he was young, and his eyes felt wet. He came closer to the hospital bed and said with a smile: "I am not a life-saving Bodhisattva, but we have a good medical relationship. You are sick because of your own heart disease, and you have to be sick."
The medicine for the heart is here to cure you. What is it that makes you so anxious that you need to tell your mother? You are depressed and unwilling to talk about it, and you are still depressed. Can I stay here and wait to save you?" Han Liu said hurriedly.
: "That's it. How did you get this disease? Tell your mother the truth!"
"...I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? Who are you afraid of?" Han Liu asked anxiously.
"I'm afraid of my mother's family law..."
There was silence in the room for a while. Mrs. Han Liu slowly took two steps back, sat down on the chair, and was stunned for a while before saying: "Crazy son, your father died early, and you are the only one who can count on me."
I have to fight for you to fight for my ancestors, and you are so afraid! Now that you are older and more sensible, and you are as sick as you are, what kind of family method will your mother be willing to do?" As he said this, he wiped away his tears.
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"I..." Han Chunhe murmured for a moment and finally said, "...it's still the Zhou family in Zhenxitou... and Caixiu..."
"Caixiu?" Ms. Han Liu was stunned for a moment, and then asked after thinking for a long time, "Is it the girl with the hibiscus flowers on her hair in the Huangliang Dream Society on July 15th of that year? Didn't we agree last year?
I don’t want those broken--" She paused for a moment before finally saying "shoes". Han Chunhe nodded feebly and said, "It was her...it was my mother who forced me to say I didn't want it..."
Mrs. Han Liu didn't say anything after hearing this. She tilted her neck and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Nie'er looks very pleasing to the eye. But she already has her husband's family, and she will be divorced this month. There are many good girls in the world! You
After you recover, let your mother choose one for you - you are really worthless, is this a big deal?" "She left the cabinet because of me..." the son* said. The old lady asked strangely: "Why?
you?"
Gao Shiqi had heard the clues and frowned, thinking that this was really a difficult problem. However, Han Chunhe said a little shyly: "She...is pregnant."
"Oh..." Ms. Han Liu slowly stood up and said to herself, "That's it, it turns out I already have a grandson..." She stared at the big pomegranate tree outside the window, and after a while she smiled and said:
"My grandson can't let them do anything wrong anymore - leave this matter to mom!" Gao Shiqi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard her tone so determined. When he looked at Han Chunhe, he breathed a sigh of relief, with a touch of blood on his face.
, followed by a few more fart sounds - lowering the Qi, which is a sign of good luck for the doctor.
After breakfast, Mrs. Han Liu ordered Gao Shiqi to be brought a new set of clothes. He lit coals and smoked a hookah and said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Gao, he is very talented and has high medical ethics. I have seen so many people who have come to Beijing to take exams."
, but not as good as you. The old lady has thought about it again and again, and wants to ask you to do me a favor again, but I don’t know if it’s possible?” Gao Shiqi was dressed in glamorous clothes, his face was red from eating, and he wiped his mouth with a smile and said, “What’s the matter? Just tell me.” The old lady said.
Looking around to see if there was no one around, he leaned into Gao Shiqi's ear and whispered and made gestures for a while.
"Wonderful!" Gao Shiqi nodded while listening, and clapped and laughed before he finished listening: "Gao has read a lot, but has never done such interesting things - if you are a man, you can be a general, but you can only
For this girl, it’s a pity that this plan is useless!” The old lady giggled and said: “Don’t kill my old lady, for the sake of my son, this is the only way I can do it. You are a famous person, they can’t do anything to you.
Of course, others can do it, but it is inevitable to get beaten up and get a small lawsuit - for the sake of your son, your wife is still pregnant with a grandson, and you can save three people at one time, this is enough for you to earn a position in the Imperial Academy!" Gao Shiqi listened.
He was so happy that he took a glass of leftover wine and swallowed it with a slurp. He put his hands together and said, "Okay, please follow your instructions!"
Han Liu's actions were astonishingly fast, and everything was ready after only two days of preparation. In the evening of the same day, the wheat straw stacks in the autumn field of Yuanwai's house in the Western Zhou Dynasty in Congzhong Town suddenly caught fire, burning half of the sky red.
How could the Zhou family know that this was a plan? Except for the old and weak servants in the front and rear courtyards, all the servants came out, carrying buckets, basins, and earthen pots to put out the fire.
Taking advantage of the noisy crowd, he led his family of more than 30 capable men and brought ten bamboo silk sedans, all custom-made with twenty-five taels of silver, neatly dressed in red and green, and rushed in from the front door of the Zhou family and headed straight to the back hall.
Caixiu, a pregnant bride, was put on a sedan chair and carried away. When several old women from the Zhou family came to stop her, they were pushed to and fro by the servants holding big sticks to protect the sedan chair, and they had already lost their way out.
As soon as the ten light sedans came out of the gate, they separated into two routes. One went south and the other west. They rushed forward according to the route carefully arranged by Han Liu. Only the one Gao Shiqi took took a circuit around Congzhong.
When I arrived at the Han Mansion, I changed the sedan chair bearers hired from the city during the day and walked slowly north along the official road with bright lights and candles.
This time, I did not use a bag of cigarettes before and after the marriage robbery, but all the goals were achieved. The bearers were all young and strong, well fed, and given enough money. They walked fast and steadily, dividing into two and then another.
For two, the road diverged further and further, disappearing into the dark night. Squire Zhou, who was confused by the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, originally thought it was a kidnapping by bandits. It was only when he returned home that he found out what was going on. He was so angry that he beat him in the courtyard.
They scolded the servants and arranged to pursue them. At dawn, only one sedan was intercepted and the rest disappeared as if they had been buried in the ground.
"Bring it in!" Seeing the sedan being carried to the courtyard, Squire Zhou ordered angrily. He served as a county magistrate in his early years, and his words were vaguely official. The boy sitting next to him was wearing a big coat.
, his face was pale, his eyes were numb, and he was silent and silent.
After the sedan landed, Gao Shiqi bent down and came out. When he saw the formation, he was startled for a moment, then turned around with a sigh, stared at Mr. Zhou, and spoke in Mandarin, neither south nor north, and said: "Where is this place?
I've heard that Liu Tiecheng from Shandong often comes to this area to harass me. I thought it was a robber, but I almost didn't scare you to death! What's wrong? Why did you rob my sedan chair, eh?"
"Who...are you?" Mr. Zhou never expected that it was a man. He was shocked when he saw that Gao Shiqi was wearing a golden bird-engraved gold crown, and he was a true filial and honest person.
"You ask me who I am!" Gao Shiqi frowned and said, "I don't even know what's going on, and I was just about to ask who your husband is!"
Mr. Zhou's face was pale, he gritted his teeth and sneered. He looked at Gao Shiqi, who looked inexplicable, and said, "What a great man, who works with bandits to rob people's houses at night! Do you want fame and your head?"
"Hey!" Gao Shiqi stretched his neck, "You don't even know who I am, so you dare to frame me?" Zhou Xiangshen pointed at the sedan with his hand and asked, "Let me ask you, where does this sedan come from?" Gao Shiqi looked at it.
The sedan was covered with red felt curtains, with a black painted frame and beige sedan bars. As soon as he got on the warm sedan, he patted his chest and replied: "Are you interrogating a thief or asking a question? I don't want to tell you!"
What do you dare to do to me? Is it possible that the people who take the bus to Beijing can't even sit in such a broken sedan?"
At this point, Mr. Zhou was really hesitant: judging by his accent, Xiaolian was definitely not from this place, and the bearers were all from Laogangfang, Handan. If he picked one who knew how to lift people by mistake, he would be in big trouble.
After thinking about it, Mr. Zhou had no choice but to sit down on the chair with his legs slumped, with a livid face and said nothing. Gao Shiqi had long seen that this old-fashioned squire was a careless and conceited person, so he couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart, and he stiffened up in his mouth and said sternly.
He ordered: "Sedan bearers, don't go north, get up and go back to Handan Mansion! Who dares to stop me?" He lifted up the skirt of his robe and started to get on the sedan. He turned back and sneered: "Master Jinshen, please be wise.
Come walk with me, don’t wait for the official ticket!”
"Hey..." Mr. Zhou suddenly panicked and grabbed Gao Shiqi. He held it in for a long time before he laughed and said, "Misunderstanding... misunderstanding... The person below is not sensible and thought there was a little girl sitting in the sedan chair...
It frightened my subordinates."
"I don't care about your business, I have to leave," Gao Shiqi said, "We can't let this matter go. Your wife asked the bandits to run away, so you should block the road and rob her?" After saying that, he struggled to get into the sedan.
The girl was quite sensible, and when she saw Gao Shiqi's reluctance, she stood up and said, "The servants frightened the master's driver for no reason. I will give you a complaint. Please sit down and watch the tea!"
"That's not the case." Seeing the other party softening, Gao Shiqi smiled bitterly and said, "How can I afford to disgrace this person!"
This sentence reminded Zhou Xiangshen, and he felt that he could not let the scholar go. Zhou Xiangshen was a man of status. What if this matter was publicized?
"I'm surprised..." He made way to the central hall and asked, "May I ask your surname, sir?"
"Gao Shiqi, named Dan, alias Jiangcun, Qiantang!" Gao Shiqi did not buy his account, "Although his family is poor and does not have a millionaire, he is of high moral character and has no criminals in the family. There is no remarried daughter in the family.
What? You want to punish me for robbery!"
These words sounded like knives to the ears of Mr. Zhou and Ruren. Mr. Zhou asked Gao Shiqi to sit down, and endured all kinds of sarcasm. He just gave up the wine in a low voice: "Please, please use the wine. Use these cold dishes first, and we will finish it later."
It's hot - I'll pour you a cup first to calm your shock!" The servants saw that their master had no way to deal with the scholar, and they felt bored and had already left.
"It's not the student Meng Lang," Gao Shiqi said with a sideways smile after half-drinking, "This is in the way - how can I keep my hobbies alive..." Mr. Zhou's face turned red to the base of his neck, he touched his knees and let out a long sigh.
Without saying a word, Zhou Ruren stood up and went into the room to take out a package. He opened it on the table and pushed it in front of Gao Shiqi. Ten silver cakes of one color and two hundred pairs of silver coins were found. Gao Shiqi asked in surprise, "What does this mean?"
"It makes a little sense." Ruren said, "First, my husband was frightened, so I went to buy something to replenish my health; secondly, I saw that your husband was very talented, and I wanted to ask him to help me plan something." Gao Shiqi understood in his heart that what he meant was
"Help" means keeping his mouth shut and not letting anyone talk about it. With his little knowledge, Ruren is much smarter than the old man with a beard across from him. He weighed it, pushed the money, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old lady.
, how could I ruin someone else's reputation? I can't afford the money, just tell me what you want to discuss!"
Zhou Ruren felt relieved when she saw Gao Shiqi accept the money without hesitation, and sighed: "It's true that it's an injustice. I, the useless third girl, attended the temple fair the year before last, and somehow got close to that kid from the Han family. It turns out that it was the same.
I don’t know. Later, when I saw that I was getting older, I was forced to say it..." As he said this, he glanced at his husband. His face was as red as red cloth, and he wished he could get through a crack in the ground. The old lady continued: "Old man
Let her die first. You think, if she is pregnant, two people will die once she is pregnant; let her have a baby. If the girl gives birth to a child, the old man will be so angry that he will die; if it is too late to have an abortion, someone will still die.
, I want to get married as soon as possible..." Zhou Xiangshen covered his face and said with a crying voice: "Just say less!" Ruren glared at him and said: "What's the point? We can't treat Mr. Gao as an outsider now.
Otherwise, you will suffer even more losses in the future!”
Ruren treated others with such sincerity. Gao Shiqi thought about the deceit in his family. He felt a little ashamed. He leaned forward and whispered: "When the old lady said this, the students have to say something to you. This girl is marrying
Is it appropriate to go to someone else's house?" The old lady sighed: "I said so, but the old man is twisting his neck and refuses!"
"Isn't that boy from the Han family sick?" Zhou Xiangshen retorted.
"Then Chen Guang is not as sick as he is." Ruren wiped his tears and said calmly, "My old man is a decent man, just an old-fashioned man. The Han family is an outsider, and the family background is not clear, and his son is sick.
If we have to live or die, how can we send our daughter to be a housewife? Mr. Gao, this matter is really embarrassing for us!"
Gao Shiqi's "Qi" had already been lost to the Kingdom of Java. After hearing Zhou Ruren's words, he picked up the jellyfish and chewed it loudly. He was lost in thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's impossible to do this."
Son, it is forbidden for your daughter to have another family. You love your daughter, but you never thought that she is already seven or eight months pregnant and will give birth as soon as the baby is born. How can her husband's family be willing to tolerate her?
Here!" Zhou Xiangshen said in a rough voice: "Now I have figured it out and want her to marry the Han family. She is a decent daughter-in-law even though she is a widower. Who told her to make it her own fault?" Zhou Ruren said: "What are you doing now?
I just figured it out, it's too late, now the child has been snatched away. Who on earth robbed it?" Gao Shiqi pretended to persuade: "It's natural for a mother to love her daughter. To tell you the truth, Xiao Ke is very cute.
Knowing medicine, Gao Zugong is the true disciple of Li Shizhen. Tell the old lady, there are only incurable hearts in the world, and there are no incurable diseases. I speculated that during this festival, your love might not have been snatched back by the Han family to celebrate the occasion, the Han family's son
The illness may have originated from your daughter-in this case, I will simply accompany you to the Han family, firstly to find out whether his family has robbed someone, and secondly, to treat Mr. Han's illness.
With good treatment, you will be your son-in-law. This scandal will be covered up. What do you think? - Then you will have to thank me."
"Mr. Danren is so quick to talk! I'll pay another three hundred taels of silver for the cure of Han Chunhe!" Mr. Zhou couldn't help but smile after hearing this. He sighed again, "Actually, among my three daughters, this one hurts the most. Caixiu - But how can we say goodbye to the newly married Wang family?" Gao Shiqi laughed and said, "The old man is really worried. What happened last night has made everyone around the house aware of it, and the Wang family is afraid that it will be too late to break up the engagement. , I still need you to resign!"
A farce of mass robbery ended like this. Seeing the green moss on the graves, the warm water of the Fuyang River, the apricots blooming with white pistils, and the willows blooming with goose yellow, it was already February of the eighteenth year of Kangxi. On the day when the dragon raised his head, Huang Liangmeng set fire to the community, and there were many faithful men and women walking around for dozens of miles. But Gao Shiqi was thinking about going to Beijing. He wore a bamboo-green jacket without a belt, and his shiny black hair was always braided to his waist. For a while, he slipped in and out of the crowd in a leisurely and unrestrained manner. He watched a variety of operas for a while, watched a medicine seller for a while, and saw that the endless performances on the stage were just "Yunfang Ten Test Cave Guests". I felt Feeling bored, I came to the back of Xianmengdo Hall and walked squarely by the large free life pond next to the Shinto stele corridor to watch the fish, thinking about how I should make my chess moves after entering the capital.
"How hard it is!" He patted his forehead and thought to himself, "Based on my true ability and hard exam based on my articles, who do I need to ask for help? But Mingzhu, Suo'etu and other powerful men are all reaching for money from the coffin. ! The thousand taels of silver given by the Zhou and Han families is probably not enough to fill the gap between their teeth! Even if I am lucky enough to pass the exam, I will at most be a county magistrate, but I may still be a county magistrate. I might as well practice medicine and sell calligraphy and painting!" He shook his head and smiled bitterly, and saw a pool of spring water rippling in the wind, with apricot blossoms on the other side like snow, and willow silk like rain. It was really a February scene that was heart-stirring. He was just about to come up with a good sentence, because he saw the pink walls between the monuments under the corridor. When I wrote a poem, I went to the front to ask for a pen and inkstone from the little Taoist priest. I read and walked, criticizing the poems when I saw them, but they only used three words: "dog fart", "dog fart", "dog fart"...
At the end of the stele gallery to the north, there are two poems that are quite eye-catching. One of them is:
There are no new ideas in the smoke and willows, and looking back at the old Guanxiang is blurry.
The rouge is washed away and the lead is gone, and the crown and belt are removed to eat the yellow rice.
It is difficult to seek immortality to relieve the suffering of the world, but it is not necessary to save people with the fragrance of young peach blossoms.
Most of all, he couldn't bear the desolate and cold environment. After chanting, he lowered his eyebrows and hesitated.
Then there is another Qijue song:
Fifty years of wealth and glory, even a dream is romantic.
Now I am on my way to Handan Road and want to borrow a pillow from my husband.
At the bottom, it was signed "Qiantang Chen Huang". The ink was dripping, and the calligraphy of a very elegant style was really free and easy. Gao Shiqi tilted his head and recalled that there was no one named "Chen Huang" he knew. He was waiting to mention it. When I went to write a review, someone behind me laughed and said:
"Gaojiang Village, please show mercy!"
When Gao Shiqi looked back, he saw that the person who came was twenty-six or seventeen years old, with dark muscles and thin skin, but bright eyes and very energetic. He was wearing a floral blue silk robe, standing with his legs spread apart and smiling with his hands behind his back.
"...oh...step...ha, it's Chen Tianyi!" Gao Shiqi hesitated for a moment, then suddenly recognized it, threw his pen and laughed and said: "Why are you so tanned! Chen Huang is your real name, until now I just remembered! Why, my brother is forcing me to go to Beijing to get fame again?" Chen Huang said with a smile: "My brother is thinking about it now. It seems that I was born with a zodiac sign that lacks water in the five elements, and I can't live without the river all my life. I have failed to establish virtues and meritorious service, so I have no choice but to establish words. I have completed the inspection of the North-South Canal, and I want to enter Shanxi from Niangziguan in a few days, and go south along the Yellow River to Hequ Town. There are still some things missing in my "River Defense Summary", such as wanting to To make the Yellow River clean, how to explore its origins..." When it came to scientific research, Chen Huang frowned. When it came to his writings and river management, this dark and thin man smiled happily and kept talking, "...general. To become a prime minister, that is a matter for a person like you, Brother Jiangcun. As for me, I am only qualified to be a water rat." Gao Shiqi listened with a smile and said: "Dayu's achievements will last forever, how can I underestimate you? Look. If you look like this, you will live as a river god and die as a water god. I borrowed your "Essentials of River Control" from your brother-in-law. It is really an essential guide to helping the people and governing the country. I know nothing about water management, but what you said is unparalleled. The words are unprecedented, and the vigilance is breathtaking!"
Chen Huang looked at Gao Shiqi carefully and said, "I don't dare to recognize you. You, a poor scholar, are now so rich!" Gao Shiqi then smiled and told about the treatment at Han Liu's house, but avoided it.
After reading the section about the Han family robbing a bride, he asked again: "Look at your poems. They are also about 'Jiuguanxiang', 'Luotuo', and 'Borrowing Pillows'. Now you have fulfilled your wish, and you have been able to seek kindness and gain kindness."
Why are you complaining? Why are you complaining?" Chen Huang stayed for a long time before he smiled and said: "To be honest, brother Jiangcun, we have exhausted all the troubles and still have a long way to go, so how can we not worry about it?"
"Put it on me!" Gao Shiqi smiled nonchalantly, "If you don't have money in your waist, you won't dare to act wildly - after all, you have a young man's temperament. Like me, Gao, I have no money at all. Didn't I come here from Zhejiang? Let's go.
!Follow me to the Han family and let them vacate the room. You have a good rest, sort out the investigation articles, and be energetic. I will go north and you will go west, each doing his or her own thing - look at what the sun has done to you.