The twenty-fifth chapter: Wanniang's deep palace ring child, Cuigu Qinglou
Xiao Maozi followed Zhang Wanqiang to see Aunt Sumala with a ghostly fetus. After the people left, he checked the tea sets and utensils and saw that the Jun porcelain covered bowl was still in the tea set cabinet, but it was stacked with other tea sets for some reason.
.This shows that Aunt Sumala has seen the tureen. He touched the thing and couldn't figure out why she didn't expose it to her face. Aunt Sumala was a well-known person who was always spoken to by the Emperor and the Queen Mother, so why should she protect him?
?
He carefully reviewed the situation at that time and concluded that there was a quarrel between Lagu Sumala and Namo. Ah San had already been attacked before the search. If he yelled about it again after the search, wouldn't it be a smear in his own face? Thinking of this,
He secretly took a breath, but when he looked at Zhang Wanqiang, his face was expressionless.
Aunt Sumala was waiting in the east pavilion of Yangxin Hall. When the little boy entered here for the first time, he saw that everything was golden and bright, and several tall and thick candles were glowing in the cover.
With Lao Gao's flames, Aunt Sumala was sitting in the middle having tea. Xiao Maozi hurriedly called Qian'er and said: "Young man is guilty, big sister has a lot of blessings, please forgive me this time!" He didn't even finish speaking.
He stood up and knelt down on the other leg.
"It's easy to spare you." Aunt Sumala didn't seem to pay much attention, and asked slowly while drinking tea, "Just tell the truth, what did you use to steal that bowl?"
"I think..." he murmured, and suddenly laughed, "I saw that the bowl was really pretty, so I took it to have a look at it, and then secretly sent it back. I didn't want to use it as a thief, and I would have lost the protection of my eldest sister. Otherwise,
I want the little one, it looks great!”
Aunt Sumala didn't expect that this little devil would involve herself, so she felt angry and funny. She sneered and said, "You are too smart. You can't control me because of my bad temper?"
Xiao Maozi rolled his eyes in a circle, and said with a grimace: "Even if I am brave enough, I don't dare to bully you! I just wanted to take a look, so I sent them back. They opened their mouths and said they stole it, I
How can you recognize the thief's name..."
"Zhang Wanqiang!" Aunt Sumala called before he could finish, "Take him to the minister's room to see Lao Zhao. I'm too lazy to listen to his nonsense!"
"Hey, don't, don't, tell the truth..." Xiao Maozi panicked and kowtowed, "It's because I was so helpless that I took this bowl and wanted to go out and change some money to pay off my debt..." He looked up
Seeing Aunt Sumala's face, she didn't seem to believe it, so she hurriedly continued, "...My mother is a blind woman. She doesn't live a day and doesn't even have money for medicine. My eldest brother is very cruel when he marries a sister-in-law.
He also doesn’t care about his family. He is poor but has short ambitions, and his horse is thin and hairy, so he has no choice but to do such a despicable thing." As he spoke, he felt a dull pain, and his eye circles turned red. He pulled his sleeves to wipe away his tears, "Su Da
My sister refused to spare me, and I admitted it. Who said that our lives are cheap? I only pity my mother..." At this point, he choked and did not go on.
"This is a one-time thing, it's over after we talk about it!" Aunt Sumala is a Buddhist believer and a good person. She felt sad and moved when she heard what he said. After thinking about it, she changed her smile and said, "You
If you are in trouble, why don't you go to Xiao Weizi? He won't help you?"
"Master Wei helped me a lot," Xiao Maozi said with a sad face, "I just opened my mouth too many times, and I feel embarrassed."
"Take this!" Aunt Sumala picked up a piece of silver from the table drawer and threw it to Xiao Maozi, "Take this, you are still a filial son, I don't know! I will reward your mother with this silver to treat her illness.
Isn't it better to buy some food than to be a thief? - I heard that you are a good material for gambling, but don't use it to gamble and lose!"
Xiao Maozi never expected such a result. He couldn't help being stunned. He held the money and was just in a daze. He kowtowed for a long time and said in a sob: "It's true that my little gambling money is just out of helplessness. It's just two and a half months' worth."
, what is it good for? I just relied on some cleverness to win over a few people to supplement the family income. However, I even got involved. Since my sister loves me so much and has a conscience above her, I still dare to do it again.
What?"
"It's no wonder you," Aunt Sumala sighed, pitying others as well as herself. "It's not easy to be a human being. I won't increase your monthly salary. If you have any difficulties, just come to me and I will fulfill your filial piety."
Xiao Maozi was overjoyed that he was a blessing in disguise. He kowtowed and said, "What do you want from me by treating me like this? From now on, I will call you aunt!"
Aunt Sumala had nothing to say, so she just smiled in agreement. Zhang Wanqiang saw that the monkey boy was so good at climbing poles, and couldn't help but smile and said: "You are so lucky, I didn't bring you here, so you can get this good fortune!"
What can you thank me for?" Xiao Maozi burst into tears and smiled, kowtowing hurriedly and said: "You don't care about money, I will kowtow to you to thank you!" After saying this, Aunt Sumala and Zhang Wanqiang couldn't help but laugh again.
Xiao Maozi resigned and walked to the flower gate at the entrance of Yangxin Hall. He saw Kangxi coming in in casual clothes. He hurriedly stood by the road with his hands down and his head bowed. Kangxi didn't recognize him, so he waved his hand and entered the east pavilion to look for Su.
Aunt Ma and Xiao Maozi then scurried back to the tea room to dispose of the bowl. Aunt Sumala had already left her seat and bowed to pick her up.
As soon as Kangxi stepped in the door, he smiled and said: "Today I missed you so much that I missed a meeting of the Young Heroes! I am not allowed to listen to Xiao Weizi singing!"
Aunt Sumala smiled apologetically and said, "What kind of god am I to be able to go on stage with my master? What kind of song did I sing?"
"I'll recite it to you!" Kangxi proudly recited the song Wei Dongting had just sung.
Aunt Sumala said thoughtfully: "I wonder how that person surnamed Sun is doing?"
"They all expressed their loyalty," Kangxi said excitedly. "I didn't expect them to be so united. It's just that I can't discuss with them face to face at this time, so I'll let Suo'etu and the others do the work. Let me tell you, there is another one named
Liu Hua's family also went tonight, whether it was Goshiha from Ao Mansion, or in a writing style, I don't know much about it, Xiao Weizi is working hard on errands down there."
After hearing this, Aunt Sumala was speechless. After a while, she laughed and said: "Long live Lord is going out to recite poems tonight, but I don't know that there is news in the palace! I am also biased towards Long live Lord!"
Kangxi smiled and asked: "What news makes you so happy?"
"The eunuch Xiao Maozi in the tea room - the same person who just walked in and bumped into Long Live Lord - made the great guard of Namo very embarrassed." Aunt Suma smiled and gestured, telling the story of the Imperial Teahouse.
He told Kangxi. Kangxi stumbled with laughter and said, "Those who were harmed by Aobai should take more care of them. It would be better for you to hide the stolen goods for others and become an aunt again!" The two chatted and laughed for a while, and Aunt Suma served Kangxi.
Rested.
Liu Jinbiao followed Ban Bulshan's orders and had been staring at the Pearl in the Jiaxing Building area for more than a month. When he kidnapped He Guizhu, he met Wei Dongting in Weizi Hutong, and one of his eyeballs was gouged out by a stubborn donkey. Since then,
, he had no orders, so he walked around the streets with his followers every day, hoping to find He Guizhu or Mingzhu. No matter which one he caught, he had to say it first, but the two people disappeared like ghosts. Wei Dongting was quite common.
But he was a close minister of the emperor. When he entered the palace, he was a third-class shrimp. When he left the palace, he sat on a high horse. Liu Jinbiao watched helplessly but could not provoke him for no reason. He thought that his martial arts skills were inferior to him. If he really took action, he would definitely suffer. This risk
It's impossible to take risks.
It was a coincidence that I was having a drink at Lao Huang's house in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I heard that although Jiaxing Tower never accepted guests, Cuigu there had recently fallen in love with a pretty boy. She also said that someone had seen this pretty boy in front of the emperor in the palace.
He became interested. Bamboulshan once told him that whether it was Wu Ciyou, Mingzhu, Mu Zixu and the rest of them, as long as they could catch one of them quietly, it would be considered a meritorious service, so he went to watch near Jiaxing Tower in person.
Unexpectedly, more than a month passed, and not even a shadow was seen.
When he was about to pass the application, he saw the golden crow falling from the west, the fire clouds had been dyed red for a long time, and he didn't see a fish entering the net. He felt very depressed and cursed secretly: "I don't know if Lao Huang's words are true, but I drank too much.
It makes me sit back and wait for something to happen!" Just as he was feeling uncomfortable, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the pearl swayed three times and it really came. He was afraid that it was dazzled, so he wiped it and took a closer look. He saw that the person who came was wearing a black lake silk robe, white and pure.
Face, a long shiny black braid drags down the back of the head. "If a man wants to be pretty, he should be dressed in soap", it is true at all, he is really elegant and graceful - he is the perfect pearl! Liu Jinbiao secretly said: "Okay!" staring at the pearl.
After entering the door and going up the stairs, he waved his hand and asked the servants to go back and move them in.
But Ming Zhufang went upstairs, and outside the lattice window, he heard someone talking in the room. When he listened carefully, it sounded like the sound of the Taiyuan Hospital enshrining Hu Gongshan.
"Cuigu, do you know? Gu Huafeng, You Hui'an, Chen Qinian and the others couldn't stand the loneliness in the mountains and forests, so they came to Beijing for a trip!"
"With the imperial edict descending to the nine heavens, Yi and Qi will descend Shouyang Mountain together!" The room was silent for a long time before Cui Gu sneered, "If you want to go down the mountain, just go down. Why bother with others?"
"Hey! You are so stubborn when you say something. I didn't say I was going down the mountain, but I was going up the mountain!"
Mingzhu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what these meaningless words meant, and he felt it was very important. Hearing that Cuigu was so close to Mr. Hu, he was a little jealous. Then he laughed at himself: "What am I doing?
Yes, even though I bought her a property, I didn’t have anyone to buy her, so naturally someone named Hu can do it!” When she listened attentively again, Cui Gu said:
"Going up the mountain, what are you going up the mountain for?"
"Seeing that things can't be done, you still go up the mountain to be my Taoist priest. Can you also become a Taoist nun?"
"You're so pretty!" Cui Gu spat, "How can you think of me as a Taoist nun so easily?"
When Mingzhu heard this, she didn't have time to think about it. She covered her mouth and smiled and said loudly: "Okay! One wants to be a Taoist priest, and the other refuses to be a Taoist nun. It's really hard to offend people!"
Hu Gongshan and Cui Gu were not aware of someone eavesdropping, so they were startled. When they opened the door and came out to take a look, they saw it was Mingzhu. They didn't know when he arrived and how much they heard. Mingzhu didn't mind at all, and said with a smile: "Again.
The barbarians came down to Shouyang, and they went up the mountain to become Taoist priests. No one forced you two, so why did you just run away?" After saying this, he entered the room, sat down, fanned the back of his hands and looked at the two of them.
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Cuigu poured a cup of tea and offered it to her. She said with a smile: "Uncle Ming is such a rare visitor, but he has not been here for some time." Hu Gongshan also smiled and said: "We brothers and sisters became Taoist priests and nuns, sweeping the court, and one day we became high-ranking officials.
Why don't you go to Xiaoguan for half a day's leisure?" After saying that, the three of them looked at each other and smiled.
After talking for a while, Hu Gongshan stood up and left. Knowing that it was inconvenient for him, Cuigu didn't stay with him. After he was sent out, she immediately turned back and said to Mingzhu with a smile: "Why do you have time to come to my place today?"
Mingzhu didn't answer, but frowned and asked, "Since you have a good relationship with this Brother Hu, why don't you refuse to be a good person?"
"With him? He really wants to, but it has to be consensual!" Cuigu said simply. Seeing Mingzhu in a daze, she stretched out her hand and tapped his forehead, "Jealous? Fool, he is my godbrother!"
Mingzhu remained silent, thinking carefully about their conversation just now, and then asked: "Gu Huafeng, You Hui'an, Chen Qinian, they seem to be names of several people, but I didn't understand them clearly."
Cui Gu was stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly burst into laughter and covered her chest with her hands. "Thank you for being so smart. What did you hear? There is a regret nunnery in Wuhua Peak. His childhood master Chen Qinian practiced Taoism there. He wants to be crowned."
Return to the mountain and ask me to go to his master together..." At this point, she was laughing so much that she was out of breath.
"You have done a good job as an official, why do you suddenly want to retire?"
"That's your men's business, how do I know?" Cuigu said with a smile, "I always think the black hat is a bit too small!"
"His surname is Hu and your surname is Wu. Why are you brother and sister?"
"Is this it?" Cuigu suppressed her smile and sighed, "It's a long story. He was infatuated with me and saved my life... and then we became brothers and sisters - I'll tell you more about it when I have time.
I'll tell you."
Mingzhu felt relieved at that moment, and found it funny to think that she had misheard a series of names. Cui Gu wanted to divert his mind, so she went back into the inner room and took out a Yao Qin, placed it on the table, lit the incense and said: "You
Let’s play a song, I’ve got some new poems, can I sing them to you?”
"Don't be too busy yet," Mingzhu said with a smile, "Today I also got a poem from Mr. Wu. Take a look at it. Do you like it?"
Cuigu walked over with a smile and said: "It must be good." When she took it and read it, it was a palindrome poem:
Leaning on the mountain pavilion and watching the returning wild geese, my thoughts are sent to the sky.
The sorrow of outing makes one's head turn gray easily, the crows are chilly at dusk and autumn is cold, and the cicadas are cold.
Then he laughed and said, "I'm reading Homesickness in front of me, and I'm reading Homesickness in reverse. It's really well written!"
Mingzhu washed her hands, straightened her clothes, and sat down with bated breath, stroking the strings of the piano. Cuigu heard it was "Deep Night", and after they had passed the door, she opened her voice and sang Wu Ciyou's poem. After the song ended, the two of them sang.
They looked at each other and smiled. Mingzhu suddenly pressed the string and smiled and said: "It's time to listen to you." Then she changed the tune of "Moon on the Lu", Cui Gu said "Okay!" and sang softly:
The new green is beginning to grow, but the remaining red is sparse, and the beauty's clear tears stain her clothes.
Regardless of whether spring returns or not, butterflies only fly deep into the yellow flowers...
Mingzhu couldn't help but be stunned. She stopped and asked, "What are you singing?"
"Just play yours, there are four more songs left!" Cuigu Fang wanted to continue singing. Seeing Mingzhu's expression looking strange, she hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
"I have seen this poem before, and I also know the other four." Mingzhu said, "Where did you get it?"
"Pfft!" Cuigu said with a smile, "Who believes you?"
Mingzhu sneered and said: "Don't believe it? Listen - the swallows of the Six Dynasties come every year and the flowers do not bloom by the Suzaku Bridge. There is no need to ask Wang Xie melancholy whether Liu Lang ever came back after he left - but no?"
Cuigu's expression suddenly changed, her body seemed to have been hit hard, she staggered, sat back in the chair and said, "You already know, what else do you ask?"
"What do I know?" Mingzhu smiled, "If I knew, why would I ask you?"
Cuigu didn't answer, but asked: "Where did you see this poem?"
Mingzhu only took it as a joke at first, but when he saw that her face suddenly became sad and strange, and her eyes were strange, she suspected that she had something important to hide, so she became interested. Then she smiled and said: "Gu Gu, you know what I do, I can know everything.
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"This is my father's poem!" Cui Gu shouted, "Aren't you the emperor's bodyguard? Where did you take my father? Tell me, tell me!" Cui Gu couldn't control herself at all.
His face was pale, he was twitching nervously, and his voice became shrill and hoarse. He rushed over like a tiger and wolf and grabbed Mingzhu by the collar. He gritted his teeth and said, "I still think you are a good person! I gave you my innocent body.
You, you come to amuse me..."
A delicate young girl, because of a few lines of poetry, suddenly turned into a terrifying face, frightening Mingzhu. As long as he lives, he will probably never forget this scene. He made a profit, Cuigu's
His five fingers were like iron hooks, which made him even more frightened.
At this moment, they suddenly heard a loud noise downstairs, and the servants and maids cried together. Before the two of them could think about it, the attic door opened with a bang, and the one-eyed Liu Jinbiao appeared at the door with a few people with a sinister smile.
.There were cluttered footsteps upstairs and downstairs, and Mingzhu knew she couldn't get out.
"What's the matter?" Liu Jinbiao tilted his one eye and smiled, "It's really rare for a brothel to engage in prostitution! Hehe..."
"Keep your mouth clean, your mother is the one!" Cuigu slowly let go of her hand in shock. She seemed a little slow. After being shocked, her hysterical emotions were buffered and she began to become rational again.
, "I have a family here, a name and a surname, at the feet of the emperor of the peaceful world, what do you want to do? Which yamen are you from, acting like this?"
"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with you." Liu Jinbiao saw that she spoke concisely and forcefully, so he did not dare to be frivolous and said, "Sir Bamboulshan has something to ask Mr. Mingzhu, please come and talk to him." He put his lips together and spoke.
A big man in Tsing Yi walked up, held up the pearl, and left. When Cui Gu went up to stop her, Liu Jinbiao blocked her arm. She staggered, then recovered and shouted: "You can't take him away!"
Mingzhu, you heartless person, tell me who can save you!"
"Your Majesty!" Mingzhu had already been dragged down the stairs, and she responded loudly when she heard her question.
"Hurry up, tell me, my father -" Just as she was asking this, Cui Gu suddenly felt that the question was inappropriate, so she hid it. At this time, Mingzhu only heard the answer: "I don't -"...and then "
"Papa", two slaps in the face, as if something was covering the mouth.
For a while, people went to the building to quiet down. Cuigu sat down slumped, as if she had had a nightmare. A gust of wind blew, and the red candle flickered a few times and went out. At this time, only the cold moon in the sky silently illuminated this Jiaxing building. Under the eaves
The iron horse jingles, jingles sadly. (To be continued)
