Chapter 15
The grand event of Qizhen Temple has been over for more than half an hour, and the pilgrims and believers have gone down the mountain one after another.
On the winding mountain road, two women bathed in the sunset, accompanied by a tall Taoist priest, slowly descended. The two women were Wang Yuehan and the maid Xiaozhen, and the young Taoist priest was Wu Ming with a gloomy face. If Master Chengzhi had not received a large sum of incense and oil, he told Wu Ming to send two distinguished guests down the mountain, Wu Ming would not have left his hut at all.
The three stopped and took a rest under the trees halfway up the mountain. Wang Yuehan faced the sunset and took a deep breath to adjust the disordered breath. A layer of fine beads of sweat emerged from her beautiful face, which shone with charming luster under the rays of sunset.
Xiaozhen leaned beside Wang Yuehan, pointing to the mountain top that was about to disappear in the distance and said excitedly. Finally, she stuck it to Wang Yuehan's ear and pointed to the small wooden house with a corner on the mountain and whispered, which soon caused Wang Yuehan's low voice to be angry.
The two of them had a quarrel for a while, and Wang Yuehan's shyness disappeared. He turned around and came to Wu Ming: "When I left the mountain gate, I vaguely heard what Master Chengzhi said to you. Why didn't you go to the town to receive the certificate of Zhang's certificate, and then go to the county to handle the identity certificate issued by the Zhang Minguo government, but you want to send it to Longhu Mountain? Longhu Mountain is under the jurisdiction of Yingtan, but you are from Huanggu Town!"
Wu Ming, who was sitting on the stone slab, raised his head: "How do you know that I am from Huanggu Town?"
Wang Yuehan was slightly stunned: "I guess, your accent is the local accent."
Wu Ming stared at Wang Yuehan's eyes coldly: "How long have you been to Huanggu Town?"
Xiaozhen rushed to answer: "Our lady only married here last fall. Lao Li left Yingtan's hometown on the fifth day of the seventh month of the seventh month, arrived in Shangrao County on the seventh day of the day, and moved into our Mr. Wang's mansion. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, he only took a 8-carrying sedan chair to marry into this ghost place. If the lady hadn't recovered from her illness, we would have gone to Nanchang long ago. Who would have stayed here? Why are you asking?"
Wu Ming nodded: "There is something you should have heard of. Last summer, a poor man in Wujia Village in the west of Zhen was killed by the Chen family in Huanggu Town. Later, her son went to take revenge, but the revenge was not achieved. Instead, he was framed by the Chen family as a Red Bandit and was sent to the county jail. He tortured for life. This matter was very big at that time. Huanggu Town and the surrounding villages knew about it. You might not have heard of it, right?"
Wang Yuehan and Xiaozhen looked at each other and finally turned their eyes to Wu Wei's face.
Xiaozhen's big eyes were wide open, "I heard that the people in our mansion said that the evil man who came to the mansion with a knife late at night was rescued by hundreds of red bandits. On the day of the prison, guns and cannons in the county were constantly bleeding. More than 20 soldiers under our master Wang alone died and injured. More than a dozen officials and rich gentry houses burned the red bandits to ashes. Later, I heard that the brave evil man dared to return to Tianjia Village on the first day of the Lunar New Year to repair the tombs and burn incense for his dead mother, which doubled the number of servants in our mansion. It was not until the second young master sent someone to secretly send more than a dozen long and short guns from Nanchang. But at night, the housekeeper and the guard guard had to patrol the front and back yards and not allow people to walk around, for fear that the desperate would come to kill again. Huh? Why are you asking?"
"What do you think?" Wu Ming looked over coldly.
Xiaozhen exclaimed in fear, took two steps and sat down on the stone steps.
Wang Yuehan helped Xiaozhen up, her delicate body trembled slightly, and her eyes were filled with sorrow. After a long time, she endured the huge waves in her heart and looked forward and worriedly at Wu Ming: "Have you been hiding in Qi Zhenguan?"
Wu Ming nodded helplessly: "Can't you afford to mess with me? I won't say this anymore. Thank you and Xiaozhen for helping me clean so many things, so that I can save a lot of trouble. Don't worry, I will leave in the next two days. The world's greatest will always have my place to live. Don't come here in the future. It's hard to walk on the mountain roads, and it's hard to tell whether it's right or wrong."
Wang Yuehan was silent for a moment, turned around and helped Xiaozhen, who was weak and weak: "Xiaozhen, don't be afraid. The rumors are not credible. Master Wu is not the kind of murderer they said, otherwise he would not risk his life to save us in the dilapidated temple. Don't be afraid. You go down the mountain and wait for me first. I will say a few words to Master Wu and go back."
Xiaozhen lost her idea, nodded frequently and turned around and left, took a few steps and turned back. When she saw Wang Yuehan signaling her to leave, she panicked and worried about gains and losses, she quickly walked down the mountain.
Wang Yuehan looked at Wu Ming with a blank expression and after a while, he mustered up the courage to ask: "So, you already know your life experience and who I am?"
Wu Ming nodded without saying anything, no emotion could be seen in his deep eyes, and it seemed that he didn't care about all this.
Wang Yuehan gently caressed the beautiful hair of the mountain wind: "Since I saw you for the first time, I have been guessing that you look too much like the old brother of the Chen family. I have also heard a lot of things about you, and I am full of doubts, but it cannot be confirmed, and I dare not ask the people in the house. Later, when she chatted with the third aunt, she talked about the whole thing, and I learned about your life experience, and I know your miserable mother, I, I am very sad."
Wu Ming stood up: "This matter has nothing to do with you. OK, take care of yourself!"
"Wait!" Wang Yuehan caught up with two stone steps, his eyes flushed, and his face was full of unconcealed reluctance: "Can you tell me where you are going?"
Wu Ming paused, turned around slowly, and saw a rare sadness and gentleness in his eyes: "I don't know, maybe go to Shanghai, maybe go to Guangzhou or even Hong Kong, just take one step at a time."
Wang Yuehan looked up at Wu Ming with a lonely expression, and could not say a word.
Wu Ming sighed, turned around and strode up the mountain. When his figure disappeared at the bend above, Wang Yuehan's eyes were filled with tears, and she sat on the stone steps weakly and she cried.
Night has already fallen, and the atmosphere is solemnly hung in the living room of Chenfu, Huanggu Town.
Chen Jiyao sat upright on the chair of the Grand Master of the Hall, his eyes closed slightly, and his face looked very ugly. He sat down with a plump woman in her forties with a round face and fair facial features. It was obvious that she was very handsome when she was young. If she hadn't had a slightly larger mouth and a little thin lips, she could have been called graceful and rich. She was wearing dark blue silk clothes, her hair was shiny and not messy, and the phoenix golden hairpin on her head trembled frequently.
The tall housekeeper in a black poplin gown stood behind the woman, four strong and sharp-eyed servants distributed to the hall, and everyone's eyes were focused on the coachman kneeling in the center of the main hall.
The panicked coachman had already reported truthfully about the process of sending young grandma Wang Yuehan to Qizhen Temple to burn incense today, and said that he was careful not to delay the journey, but he couldn't explain why he got home after it was dark. He just couldn't help but argue that the second young grandma was a little late to go down the mountain, and then went down to the foot of the mountain without any delay.
"roll!"
The coachman got up in a hurry amid the woman's sharp scolding, bent down and ran away.
The woman then asked the servants to retreat, stood up and walked to Chen Jiyao with a pale face: "Master, you have heard that what incense your wife burns will take so long? The ritual of Qizhen Temple was over at noon. The people who went to burn incense in the town had already returned, except for your wife. There were only a few steps down the mountain, and it was only an hour to walk back and forth. Why did she go down to the foot of the mountain when it was dark? She is not a little wife with three inches of golden lotus. If she makes any gossip, where will our Chen family put their face?"
"Okay, okay! When she greets her tomorrow morning, just say she will give me a few words of warning. You are the eldest wife, and it is your business to discipline the inner family." Chen Jiyao stood up impatiently, feeling confused for no reason.
The eldest wife quickly grabbed Chen Jiyao's sleeve: "Master, you have to say a few words to her! She relied on studying in the provincial capital for a few days and thought she was aloof. She has been so arrogant since she entered my Chen family. Why? Although the Wang family is a big family, Wang Yuehan is the one who is born in the illegitimate family. How could she say that she is noble? If it weren't for Brother Wang's face, I could spoil her so much? I'm hard to be a master. I only know that being a wife of the Chen family requires more rules. She is no longer the crazy talented woman in Nanchang City. When a woman gets married, she has to uphold morality. She is not ashamed to show up all day. If she hadn't entered the city to get a new book last time, how could she have caused the official army to be harmed halfway? Until now, she has to say something else. If you and the third wife are indulging her so much, it is hard to guarantee that the Chen family will be completely defeated one day!"
"Enough!"
Chen Jiyao stared at the big wife in anger: "After the Spring Festival, I told you again and again, send your daughter-in-law to Nanchang, let her and Kang'er live their own lives, and it's better to give birth to a man and a half woman to continue the family line. You are worried about following you, but you always make a slap in your mind. Whose fault is it if you can't control it? Humph!"
"master……."
Chen Jiyao left without looking back. The eldest wife was so angry that she stamped her feet. Seeing that Chen Jiyao was moving in the third concubine's yard, the eldest wife felt very aggrieved and she held her heart and she burst into tears.
The housekeeper who was hiding beside him hurriedly went up to support him: "Sister, this matter is not over, but you can't be so stiff anymore, otherwise it will only make your brother-in-law disgusted."
"I'm going to kill this day! I've married into his Chen family for twenty-eight years and gave birth to two sons for him. How could he treat me like this? The fairy in Dongyuan gave birth to only a girl, but did not give birth to half of the Chen family for the succession. But he spoiled and held her all day long, disliked me for being so ugly!" The eldest lady cried with her younger brother.
The housekeeper quickly whispered: "Sister, whisper, whisper! Think about it, why do you say that you are the main wife, the eldest wife? Who is more noble than you except brother-in-law in the Chen family? The reason why you are so kind-hearted. Brother-in-law just said that you didn't take care of the family well! You have great power, why don't you have the right to do it? In my opinion, I will use this reason today to establish your prestige. Kang'er's wife cannot move. Can't the little girl in the demon be moved? The master is wrong and the slave is guilty. He arrested the girl and asked me to carefully investigate, but he is afraid that he can't catch the handle? Even if she is beaten to death, he will not care. Wang Fa will not care. Through this incident, kill a warning to all people in the mansion and let the people in the mansion take a good look at who is the master of this family!"
The eldest lady woke up and thought about it. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her brother's words were reasonable. She suddenly felt her blood flowing. She wiped away the tears from her face, and gritted her teeth and ordered hatefully: "Go, ask Qingping from my room to go to Xiyuan, call the girl to my room, and bring the two women in the kitchen together. Today, you must exclaim your anger, hum! I can't do it if I don't show my power!"
The housekeeper smiled and said, "That's right! Sister, according to me, the young lady may have something wrong, otherwise she would not have been so much trouble? You go back to the room to raise your spirits first. I will ask someone to bring the sharp-toned girl over and let a few mothers go up and greet her. Seeing whether she is stubborn or hard, she might not be able to dig out some shameful things."
Chapter completed!