When Baoyu told Baoyu that Jia Xu was alive and had been adopted by Prince Dongping, Jia Mu was immediately frightened and fell ill. She read Jia Cong at midnight and Jia Huan Zhenzhen spent dinner outside before returning to the house. She was dragged to Jia Mu's yard from the door of the house. The two brothers talked half-truths and half-falsely, saying that Jia Xu's martial arts skills were as high as walking on the ground when he stepped on the treetops on the wall. Jia Mu was so frightened that she couldn't even get off the kang, and she kept guarding the beams and roofs of the house with orders one after another. Everyone just said, I really don’t know how to protect the beams and roof.
Jia Zheng said anxiously: "Why don't you go to Dongping Prince's Mansion to apologize?"
Jia Cong thought for a moment and said: "They didn't say it clearly, but they just wanted to save face for our family. Tomorrow I will go and find out. If I apologize, I will be exempted. Admitting this matter will bring bad reputation to the family. Dear sisters, Not even married yet."
Jia Zhenglian said "very, very much".
The next day, the two of them ran to Prince Dongping's Mansion. Naturally, they were not apologizing, but asking for credit. They told Old Man Mu how Jia Mu was so frightened. Old Man Mu sighed: "This is serious revenge, you Fifth Uncle I'll figure it out after some time." They all said, "The old man is wise," and they played with him all day. When they got home, they only said that the Mu family's words were vague and they were not sure what they meant.
Jia's mother had no trace of luck in her heart. She was terrified day and night. Every time there was a slight sound, she felt that an assassin had entered the house. Finally, Shi Xiangyun came up with the idea of tying many bells to the beams, but if someone walked over them, they would definitely ring the bells. Jia Mu immediately ordered people to hang bells on the beam like spider webs. When the bells didn't ring, Jia Mu felt more calm. But if she accidentally got a little wind, when the bells rang, she immediately sat up in shock. , unable to sleep and eat well, he has aged ten years in just three to five days, and according to later generations, he has neurasthenia. After hearing the news, Jia Cong sighed: "This is suffering. If you ask me, it is better to die early." It’s okay, but she has always been in good health, so I don’t know how long she will be punished for this crime.”
When Jia's mother fell ill, Mrs. Wang's spirits immediately improved and she could even speak much more smoothly. On this day, Baoyu came to pay her respects. Mrs. Wang took advantage of the situation and said: "Your wife is weak and it is not convenient for her to serve you. I have two good friends here." Girl, let them follow you so that they can take care of you in the morning and evening, I can rest assured." Several young girls around took a breath of air-conditioning and looked at each other secretly. Caiyun lowered his head like a wooden figure.
Baoyu said: "My ancestor has just fallen ill, so what's the point of adding someone to my grandson's side? There are enough people in my house, so I don't need to worry about my wife. But my wife is sick, and it's best if someone is happy to take care of her."
Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "Aren't the girls and daughters-in-law in my house enough? Baoyu, both of them are honest, you must treat them well." This is forced.
Baoyu thought for a moment and said, "If you give it to me, does it count as mine? Do I have the final say?"
Mrs. Wang smiled kindly and said, "Since I gave it to you, it is naturally yours. You can decide what you want."
Baoyu nodded: "In that case, my son would like to thank my wife for the reward."
Mrs. Wang couldn't help shouting with joy: "Chunlan, Qiulan!" The two girls, fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair and dewy looks, were full of surprise and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow. "You just follow the second master. From now on, he will be Your master, I only leave him to you to take good care of him."
The two girls both said yes, and were so happy that they burst into tears.
Baoyu's expression was calm and he bowed deeply to Mrs. Wang: "Thank you, Madam, for the reward! I hope your wife will be well and take good care of her."
Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "Go back quickly, I have plenty of people to take care of you, I don't need you anymore."
Baoyu bowed again and led the two girls away, but he didn't take a closer look at them.
The two girls were ecstatic and a little worried, and followed Baoyu closely. Unexpectedly, after walking for a while, they felt that the road was wrong. They looked at each other several times, Qiulan was more courageous.
, stepped forward and said: "Second Master, are you going the wrong way?"
Baoyu lowered his eyebrows and said, "That's right."
Qiulan said cautiously: "Slave, look...this doesn't seem to be the way back to our yard?"
Baoyu glanced at her: "Our yard?"
Seeing his cold expression, Qiulan was startled and said, "No...it doesn't look like the way back to the second master's yard."
Baoyu said "Hmm": "This is to Sister-in-law Zhu's courtyard."
The two of them looked at each other a few more times, and suddenly they were overjoyed! That's right, the wife just gave them to the second master casually, and she didn't tell anyone else. Grandma Zhu is now the housekeeper, and she has to handle the monthly payment.
Then he became more and more happy.
When they arrived at Li Wan's yard, Li Wan came out from the back room to greet him and said with a smile, "How come Brother Bao has time to come to our house today?"
Baoyu bowed to her and said seriously: "Sister-in-law, these two girls were given to me by my wife just now. Because my yard is small and cannot accommodate so many people, and I can't bear to refuse my wife's kindness. Especially
Come and beg my sister-in-law to let them go and get married."
The two maids were shocked and shouted in unison: "Second Master!"
Baoyu saluted again without squinting. Without waiting for Li Wan and the two girls to do anything, they didn't even enter the house, but picked up their feet and walked away! The remaining girls and women in the yard were stunned.
What else didn't Li Wan know? Seeing that the two girls were about to chase him, he hurriedly ordered someone to stop them. Seeing that Baoyu had disappeared, the two girls were frightened and burst into tears.
Li Wan glanced at them and said, "Why are you crying? Isn't it better to go out and get married than to stay at home and be a girl? You all look good, why are you afraid that your husband won't like you?" He sighed again, "Just take a look.
Caiyun is already twenty, and she hasn’t been released yet.”
Qiulan choked with sobs and said aggrievedly: "My wife agreed to marry my two aunts."
Li Wan sneered: "Aunt Bai is not dead yet."
The two maids shuddered together. After a while, Chunlan whispered: "There is a wife..."
Li Wan looked at her and said: "Which wife will live longer or Second Grandma Baoyu will live longer? My wife can't get out of bed yet. Who knows whether she can make decisions for whom in the future. Do you know why our ancestors got sick? Baoyu is
It’s for your own good. Otherwise, does he have the right to care about your life and death?”
Gossip in the Rongguo Mansion always spreads quickly. Everything that needs to be known is known about the old lady’s murder of her old aunt and grandma and the former Duke’s son’s son. The two maids looked at each other for a long time, then fell to their knees on the ground and said no more.
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That Baoyu went straight back to his yard, doing nothing but not mentioning anything to Xiangyun.
Two days later, a letter came from Qidian. Jia Xu had already found out the background of the case. The person who killed Zhu Tong's father and the youngest son of Prince Yi Zhong was actually a monk. His Buddhist name was Gui Ming, and he was usually outside the west gate of the capital.
He lived in Tianqi Temple. The temple was built by the previous dynasty and has gradually become dilapidated and desolate in recent years. Jia Cong knew about this temple. In the original work, there was a Taoist priest "Wang Yitie" who specialized in false advertising and hung out there. It's just that
The signboard of their temple reads "Temple", but in fact there are both monks and Taoists, so it's quite a mixed bag.
Jarvis, who usually doesn't like to talk, sighed after hearing the news: "He is actually a monk."
Jia Cong said: "If I don't protect my family, I will become a killer first and then leave the family."
Jarvis shook his head and said: "Since you are a disciple of Buddhism, how can you kill living beings?"
Jia Huan said: "He really complied with what he said. There is a way to have both peace and harmony in the world, and he will live up to the Tathagata and the Lord."
Then he called everyone to gather at Liu's Timber Shop and told the story.
Zhu Tong was stunned for a long time: "A monk?!" He gritted his teeth and said, "It's in vain that I sometimes think that everyone will be their own master after all. If I don't kill this person, I would be sorry to the Buddha."
"Huh?" Jia Cong said in surprise, "Have you ever thought about each being his own master? Oh, Zhu Tong, you are such a good person! I used to think that you and Gong Kun were both scoundrels, but I was wrong."
In recent days, Gong Kun has been staying at Gong Sanyi's place to take care of the old man's injury. Today, he called him over to discuss important matters. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Zhu, Gong was originally a humble gentleman. Because I respect my master,
It gradually became the temperament it is now."
Jia Huan also said: "I used to have the same temperament as Shi Qiusheng."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "In the past, your temperament was similar to that of Yao'er brother, but you were younger and not as calm as him. After so many years, you have become almost as skinny as me, how come he is still the same as before?"
Jia Huan opened his mouth to refute, but Qin Keqing coughed and Jia Huan did not dare to speak. Liu Xianglian laughed beside her.
Jia Cong said: "The news I got from my fifth uncle is that this monk is extremely skilled and cannot be dealt with by ordinary people. Scholars like Zhu Tong don't even have to think about it. Besides, Tianqi Temple is a mixed place. What's the point of not protecting everything?"
character."
Gong Kun asked: "Have you checked with Luo Tainiang?"
Jia Cong said: "After checking, everything else is ordinary, except for one strange thing. This monk lives in poverty but loves tea. Tea is something that costs money. Although Guiming's Buddhism is mediocre, he always has donors to give him.
Good tea." Everyone smiled softly. He continued, "There is nothing we can find out about Tianqi Temple itself. The more ordinary the place, the safer it is. He is an important killer of the imperial court, so it is better to make it bigger."
Gong Kun asked: "According to what the Fifth Master said, what is the Guiming Kung Fu like? Is there a metaphor for it?"
Jia Cong said: "No matter ten of us, we are no match." He looked at Zhu Tong, "Do you have to take revenge with your own hands or just kill him?"
Zhu Tong said: "I will take action personally to kill my father."
Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "Then it's between you and Gong Kun. This person is very powerful. Unless we wait for old man Gong to recover, the rest of us, the big and small shrimps, are no match." Liu Xianglian coughed twice, and Jia Cong just said
Didn't hear it.
Gong Kun said: "His enemy, naturally he will think of ideas. If he can't think of anything, I will think about it."
Zhu Tong said calmly: "It's not difficult now that you know who it is."
Gong Kun said with a smile: "Sit back and wait for Mr. Gao to make plans."
Jia Cong, Jia Huan, Liu Xianglian reached out to the last piece of walnut cake with their three hands at the same time.
A few days later, a pilgrim named Tong Xiucai came to Tianqi Temple, saying that he was here to fulfill his vows. Although the temple was in ruins, a lot of money and food were prepared and provided to the pilgrims every day. The scholar was a foreigner who went to Beijing to study.
Scholar, after burning incense, he walked around the temple for a while. Although the statues of gods and ghosts were ferocious, he was not afraid and took a leisurely look at them. He retreated to the Taoist temple to rest, and met the Taoist priest Lao Wang who was in charge here.
, is the "Wang Yi Tie" whom Jia Cong once mentioned. This man was originally a charlatan, and he was used to talking to all kinds of people. When he met this young scholar, he even said a few sentences about poetry, and he got a few incense coins.
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Tong Xiucai said: "I heard that Wang Daozhang's plaster can cure all kinds of diseases. Is there any plaster that can cure henpecks?"
Wang Yitie looked him up and down and said, "A scholar is henpecked? It's hard to tell."
Tong Xiucai waved his hand and said: "It's not a late student. Later students traveled to Beijing to study. The money brought by their family gradually ran out, and they were short of money. Now they work as a bookkeeper in a shop to make a living. The owner is generous and generous. Anyone who goes out with him will pay a little attention.
He paid all the small money for us, and he also paid the bill when we ate or drank out. There was only one thing. The boss was henpecked and never wanted to go to the flower house. Every time I went to the flower house with the guys, I had to pay for it myself. If the boss or the boss
It would be nice if I wasn't so afraid of my wife."
The little Taoist priest serving the tea showed contempt on his face, but Wang Yitie didn't show it at all. He clapped his hands and said: "This is easy. Use one excellent autumn pear, two coins of rock sugar, one coin of tangerine peel, three bowls of water, and pear
Ripeness is the degree of success. Eat a pear like this every morning and eat it over and over again."
Tong Xiucai pointed at him and said: "What an old Taoist priest, here to coax people again. This is just an ordinary rock sugar pear. It clears away heat and quenches thirst, relieves lung-heat cough, itchy throat and excessive phlegm. It has nothing to do with henpecking."
Wang Yitie said with a smile: "So the scholar knows this! How about I try another health-preserving formula? It's sweet, delicious, and harmless. People who eat it after a hundred years will die anyway, so what's the point of feeling guilty after death?"
That’s when it took effect.”
Tong Xiucai shook his head and said, "It's strange that Taoists say you are a glib bullhead."
Just as he was talking, the door curtain opened, and a very beautiful woman came out. Tong Xiucai couldn't help but follow her with his eyes. The woman nodded slightly to Wang Yitie and left, but Wang Yitie stood up and called her.
Jishou. The woman had just gone out. Tong Xiucai turned to look at Wang Yitie and shook his head in a petty manner: "You are such a dishonest Taoist priest. There is such a charming and pretty little lady hiding in the house~~"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was only a "dang" sound. Before Tong Xiucai could move, he felt something flying over and landed on the ground pressing on his scalp. When he didn't realize it, he stretched out his hand and the hair on his forehead was pressed and cut off.
A small piece was broken! I couldn't help but open my mouth and look at Wang Yitie in horror. Wang Yitie pointed at the ground and saw a copper coin with smooth sides spinning on the blue bricks without stopping.
Tong Xiucai was shocked! "This, this, this... who is this woman?"
Wang Yitie said "hiss", waved his hand and said: "You are so brave, a scholar! That woman is Qin Sangu, the tyrant in the west of the city, the shopkeeper of the Qin Dynasty. Although she is a widow, her man was very impressive back then, and she was a well-known one.
What a hero! This woman learned all her skills from him, and she also made the business left by her husband even bigger. Do you dare to tease her? Are you seeking death?"
Tong Xiucai suddenly realized: "It turns out she is Qin Sangu! She has been famous for a long time, and our landlady likes her very much."
Wang Yitie said: "Your boss lady must be very tight."
"Isn't it?" Tong Xiucai was very interested, and the shock he had just forgotten had long been forgotten. "Our boss's wife is also pretty and tight. No wonder the boss treats her like a treasure."
Wang Yitie attacked the case and said: "Let me just say, the wife of a henpecked man is either a shrew or a beauty!"
The two of them chatted for a long time, and Tong Xiucai finally thought of his hair: "Oh! It will take a long time to grow out! It's ugly and tight, what should I do?"
Wang Yitie looked at him and said, "Scholarships don't feel sad at all."
Tong Xiucai chuckled and said: "Anyway, I won't take the science test next year. It won't be a problem. I just want to make the guys below me laugh a few times. I can just find any excuse. This shopkeeper Qin is really a beauty. It's just a few hairs."
, I would be happy even if she stabbed her."
Wang Yitie only laughed and said that he was "extremely bold". After a few more words, Tong Xiucai said goodbye and left.
Unexpectedly, he had only left for half an hour when the sound of horse hooves could be heard outside. It was Zhao Cheng, the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Department, who personally led the people! It turned out that a policeman had just discovered him in the toilet of the Yamen.
There was a piece of yellow paper with blood written on it: "The evil monk of Tianqi Temple returned to the Ming Dynasty to kill me. This revenge will not be returned to the underworld." There was also a baby's bloody handprint. Zhao Cheng was shocked and immediately ordered the widow to check it.
It was human blood. Fearing that an innocent soul might complain, Zhao Cheng hurriedly came to Tianqi Temple to find out what happened.