At night, Chenjiazhuang. Stars flickered in the dark night. The villages on both sides were staggered. A girl wearing a plain horse-faced skirt with a lotus-colored lotus pattern was still bent over, beating her clothes by the river.
Chenjiazhuang, with a radius of dozens of miles, has roofs with tiles and white walls, stretching endlessly in the night and between the mountains. One after another, people light up the candles in the house, open the screen windows, and look out of the house.
On the winding path in the middle of the village, there was a group of people chattering. Most of them were men in their prime, wearing commoners and scarves. They were in small groups, following a man with gray hair, wearing gold silk, bamboo orchid satin.
Next to the old man wearing a jade crown and an emerald hairpin.
The old man looked to be in his sixties, with gray temples and wrinkles on his face, but there was a calculating and intelligent energy in his eyes.
They all held lanterns in their hands, and some also held sticks.
"Find them for me. If you find them for me, beat them to death!" The old man standing in the middle blushed and puffed his beard.
I choked and kept coughing for a long time.
The people around me were very confused after hearing this, "Chief, do you really want to beat me to death? That is your own daughter, are you willing to do it?"
"Yes, don't you usually like Miss Wan the most? She is your favorite little daughter."
The old man snorted coldly when he heard this, "I don't have such a shameless daughter."
He likes her the most on weekdays, because she is the most beautiful and beautiful, and he hopes that she will fly on the branches and become a phoenix in the future, and lead his father to enjoy glory and wealth!
As a result, Chen Wan actually did such a bastard thing today! In the presence of many guests at home! Now in order to save her own face, she has no choice but to deal with such unfilial daughters with her own hands!
"She's such a bitch! She's a watery, unlucky thing!"
"What is the use of such an unfilial daughter? The betrothal gift from the Shangshu Mansion was delivered to the door of my house. How did I deal with that bastard?"
"You threw away the betrothal gift! How dare you mention your relative in front of the Minister of Rites and say that she is pregnant? Oops! I have no place to put my face! Give me a slap on both Zhuang Sheng and that little bitch!
Beat me to death!"
"Caught the pig cage, I don't have such a daughter!"
According to the Golden Rules, it is not a capital crime for a woman to have an affair with another person. However, this is not allowed in the clan and it is considered a shame. In many families, if such a thing happens, both men and women must be killed alive.
It is worth mentioning that the Golden Rule stated ten years ago that the death of a man and a woman due to an affair would be treated as an ordinary crime. Obviously, among the dozens of people in Chenjiazhuang, they could not read a few Chinese characters and were all legally illiterate.
Daijin people have always loved to join in the fun, not to mention this rural village where they work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and there is no other entertainment except farming. Listening to gossip is their greatest pleasure. So,
Everyone lit a dozen candles in the room and put their ears to the window, wishing they could hear everything clearly.
The woman who was washing her gauze by the river did not stop beating her clothes with her hands, but with her sharp ears, she heard all of this in just a few words!
Oh! It turns out that the eldest daughter of the village has eloped with the great scholar Zhuang Sheng! No wonder they always flirt with each other when I see them on weekdays. It turns out that they have been in love with each other for a long time and have been secretly committed to each other for life!
The chief wanted to climb a high tree, and his daughter happened to be named Shui Shui Hibiscus. That day, the Master of the Ministry of Rites passed by Chenjiazhuang and fell in love with the little girl. He wanted to take her back to the house as a concubine. When the chief heard this, he was very happy.
But he is the son of the Minister of Rites!
If the younger daughter is to get married, then her in-laws will be the family of the third-rank official in the current court!
I take this marriage seriously!
The head of the village was very happy about such a good thing, and he immediately agreed without asking his daughter's opinion.
"Marry, marry, marry! Whenever the young master delivers the betrothal gift to our home, then we can marry him on the spot!"
The head of the village agreed readily, but turned around and discovered that something was wrong - his daughter was unwilling to marry and refused to explain the reason. So he delayed it again and again, and finally dragged it to a box of betrothal gifts from the Minister of Etiquette's Mansion.
, I really carried it to my door.
The daughter-in-law held it in for several days and refused to tell her the reason. But on the day when she proposed marriage to the Shangshu Mansion, she immediately made a big move: in front of the followers of the Shangshu Mansion, she confessed that she was pregnant!
She is also pregnant with Zhuang Xiucai’s child!
How could the Shang Shufu be a high-ranking official in the capital? How could he allow such a thing? The matchmaker and attendants were so frightened that they refused to marry. A group of people carried the dowry and returned to the original route.
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It is said that the dowry was later given intact by the Minister of Rites to the richest man in Daikin - his/her mother, Yun Xuantan's family. The youngest daughter of the eldest family did not even take a fancy to this box of dowry, let alone
That day, Yun Xuantan, who was unparalleled in the world, made a fortune.
The result was obvious, and it was straightforward, without leaving any room for emotion - he was rejected.
The young master of the Ministry of Etiquette looks like he is almost twenty-five years old. He can be said to be a real older leftover man in the Jin Dynasty. However, he has not married yet! His love luck is also quite bumpy. Of course, this is another story.
In short, the village chief wanted to give his little daughter to a noble family as a concubine, but he ended up letting the little girl not get married, and even revealed that he was having an affair with someone else and had a child. This was quite exciting.
As expected, Li Chang was so angry that he ordered someone to lock Chen Wan in a room, and then asked a doctor to find out. The doctor took a pulse and found out that it was indeed the case.
The mayor of the village prepared musk and saffron, preparing to kill this scoundrel so that he would die. In the evening, he discovered that Chen Wan had avoided the eyes of the servants in the family, and simply stayed and flew with Zhuang Xiucai.
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This is how the scene of searching for someone at night in Chenjiazhuang began.
After hearing this series of ins and outs, Huansha Nu couldn't help but sigh in her heart: This is really a big, fragrant and sweet melon! Unfortunately, the night is dark today and the sisters have all gone to bed. Let her go back and think about it for one night and think about it.
I will share the words with all my good sisters tomorrow!
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suburbs.
On July 20, Haishi, a man and a woman passed by a mountain temple.
The woman wears a double-breasted plum blossom smoke skirt, and wears Dengyun shoes, which are popular among the people recently for female mysterious detectives. She has a thin jade belt wrapped around her waist, and a silver bracelet on her hand that shines brightly in the moonlight. It is worth a lot at first glance.
Next to the woman stood a scholar wearing a silk scarf, wearing white clothes, and carrying many slender bodies on his back. The scholar supported the woman and moved forward slowly.
"Slow down, don't hurt the child in your belly." The scholar gently stroked the woman's shoulder, as if to comfort her.
However, the woman's complexion did not have any relief from the comfort. Instead, her lips turned white and she kept breaking out into cold sweats.
"No. I really can't walk anymore. Zhuang Sheng, let's rest for a while."
Zhuang Sheng looked at his surroundings and thought that they had walked a long way from Chenjiazhuang, so it wouldn't be a big deal to rest for a while now.
He glanced at a ruined temple not far away.
It is an abandoned mountain temple. The building is old and decayed, the wooden door seems to be broken long ago, and the murals on the wall have long since peeled off. The entire mountain temple is covered with dust and ash under the moonlight, and is covered with spider webs.
"Wan'er, let's go to the temple and sit for a while. Let's wait until you feel comfortable before leaving."
After hearing this, the woman's distracted eyes finally regained some brilliance.
"good."
So, Zhuang Sheng supported Chen Wan and walked step by step towards the mountain temple on the outskirts of the city.
I originally thought it was just a short resting place on the escape route, but I never thought that step by step, I was heading towards the road to hell.
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The environment in the ruined temple is even older than it looks outside, and the air is filled with the smell of moisture and corroded wood.
Chen Wan pinched her nose, the smell was too strong.
Seeing that Chen Wan was not feeling well, Zhuang Sheng picked up some relatively dry wood, then took out the huozhezi from the baggage. He lit the huozhezi and started a fire.
"Smell the smell of the fire and you won't be so angry."
Chen Wan grabbed the hand of her husband, her voice was a little coquettish, but also a little frightened, "I'm a little scared."
She had been pampered since childhood, and this was her first time traveling far away. And once she left, she would not even return home.
Zhuang Sheng sat next to her, held her in his arms, and kissed her forehead.
"Don't be afraid. I'm here."
"Yes." The beauty in his arms nodded and leaned on his shoulder shyly.
"Zhuangsheng, what should we name our child?"
"Let's call her Zhuang Muwan. Zhuang Sheng loves Chen Wan."
Chen Wanjiao scolded, "It's too old-fashioned, and how do you know it must be a girl?"
"It's great that I'm my daughter. She looks like you, so pretty."
While the two were still joking, they suddenly heard the sound of roaring wind blowing outside the house.
what happened?!
The two of them were shocked and quickly put out the fire. Just as they were thinking about where to hide, the half-broken door of the ruined temple was completely kicked away this time.
Is it daddy?!
Chen Wan suddenly panicked in her heart.
However, the person who came was just a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. She had long dark hair hanging down her shoulders. She was wearing a thin inner garment and an outer shirt, and she was holding a charm in her hand.
The visitor's eyes were closed and not opened. But the shoes he wore were also popular climbing shoes. And they were genuine - real climbing shoes that could travel hundreds of miles a day!
"Detective Yunxuan!" Chen Wan was the first to recognize that this was her favorite heroine among women, Yunzhongxuantan who was most admired and pursued by thousands of wealthy women - Yun Feiyan.
The reason why Chen Wan had the courage to elope with Zhuang Sheng this time was because of a murder case discovered by Yun Xuan two months ago.
It is said that after the case was concluded, Detective Yun Xuan personally spent money to bury the lovers together.
Yun Xuantan once said: Women are inherently free and can seek love or self-improvement.
If Detective Yunxuan knew their current situation, he would definitely help them!
Just when Chen Wan was about to step forward, Zhuang Sheng discovered something strange about this female detective.
She was wearing underwear and only a coat, as if she had just woken up.
My eyes were always closed and never opened!
That is to say, she is still parading in her dream!
Zhuang Sheng immediately pulled Chen Wan back and held her in his arms.
He hadn't figured out how to save his lover in his arms, and Chen Wan hadn't realized what went wrong. The female detective threw a fire talisman at the two of them.
The fire talisman fell on Zhuang Sheng's arm, ignited his clothes, and a fire suddenly broke out. The raging flames continued to burn in the ruined temple until they were burned alive, their faces and bodies were completely destroyed, and their ears and fingers were burned away.