Ximen Qing left Lichun Court in despair and returned to Ximen Mansion. The family members were shocked when they saw his cheeks were swollen and blood was hanging from the corners of his mouth. Ximen Qing ignored them and just came straight to see Yueniang. Yueniang was in full swing.
I was embroidering a second gold silk purse to match the original one. When I saw Ximen Qing came in with a grimace, my hand trembled in surprise and a needle poked the thimble on my finger.
Yueniang couldn't bear to be thankful that her finger was not injured. She put away the needle and thread, came forward to inspect Ximen Qing's injury, and asked with tears in her eyes: "Where did this come from? Why did it become like this?"
Ximen Qing stood there blankly and let Yueniang do his bidding. After a while, tears suddenly flowed from his eyes. After helping Yueniang to sit down on a chair, he bowed his head and saluted: "Yueniang, I have a favor for my husband."
Yueniang was shocked by Ximen Qing's reaction, and felt uneasy in her heart. She just said: "But I don't know what is going on? But let the officials do this solemnly?"
Ximen Qing bowed deeply again: "I beg my wife, please allow me to marry another person!"
The next day, news came out again in Qinghe County, saying that in three days, the official Ximen Qing, who will be born in the sky, will marry Li Jiaoer from Li Chun Yuan as his equal wife. And the person he is marrying is not a human being, but actually a woman.
Damn it! For a time, not to mention Qinghe County, even Dongping Prefecture was shocked, and it was only a matter of time before it spread to all eight prefectures in Shandong.
This actually created a problem for those who were close friends with Ximen Qing. Normally, when a high-ranking official of Ximen gets married, everyone should come to congratulate him, but the problem is that he is not marrying a living person, but a dead person - this and this
, but what does this make people do?
Coming to the door to congratulate you? Congratulations on the new addition to the family? Doesn’t this make people feel more troubled? Come to the door to express condolences and ask questions? But they clearly said that they are planning a happy event...
In the end, County Magistrate Li Zhi sighed: "Oh! An extraordinary person must do extraordinary things! You and I have to give a generous gift, but I don't know how I got over it!" Xia Tixing, Zhou Shoubei, Wu Dalang and others looked at each other in shock.
Everyone nodded.
On the third day, the Ximen Mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations early in the morning. It was like celebrating the New Year in advance, but it fell on the hearts of those who watched it, but they felt that there was countless desolation in this joy.
Ximen Qing rode a white horse, wore a lucky suit, played and played, and came straight to Lichun Courtyard. People from Qinghe County crowded in and followed the procession to watch the excitement, and no one did not nod and sigh. They all said that Li Jiaoer was a prostitute all his life.
, to be able to make friends with such a loving and righteous person like the official Ximen, he can be regarded as a hero with big eyes like Hong Fu Nu, but it is a pity that his life is too short.
Countless people were so infuriated that they scolded Chen Jingji, who had no conscience, and was a bad guy and good guy. There were also those who were soft-hearted, listening to the scolding and looking at the scene, they sighed and made a long line,
A short line of tears.
When they arrived at Li Chun Yuan, the Li family took them out. Ximen Qing went to the coffin with tears in his eyes to offer sacrifices. Although the coffin was expensive and the sacrifices were neat, the mourning and honor after death, even if it was ten times more solemn, could not be tolerated by Jiao Qing.
Er opened his eyes again and smiled sweetly to himself. For a moment, his heart hurt like a knife gouging a cone.
Reluctantly restraining herself, she burned three sticks of incense in front of the soul and prayed silently in her heart: "Jiao'er, I'm here to take you home. This year's New Year, as long as I'm with you, you won't be lonely even under the Nine Springs."
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He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Tokyo, and the resentment in his heart was all reflected in this glance. Although he hated Chen Jingjing very much in his heart, he never mentioned a word in front of others these days. Even when he was in front of Li Jiaoer's death, he still
Just a glance.
But when he raised his head, he saw an elegiac couplet hanging in front of the soul. Ximen Qing didn't look at it. When he looked at it, he was so angry that he broke his teeth in his mouth and shouted: "This elegiac couplet"
Who wrote it?!"
The power of this drink was like spring thunder, shocking hundreds of miles away. People inside and outside Lichun Courtyard were all watching the excitement. It was originally noisy, but at this time, after Ximen Qing drank it, there was silence.
Why was Ximen Qing so angry? It turns out that this elegiac couplet has a history.
The person who wrote the elegiac couplet was none other than the Shui scholar who lived on the street of Li Chun Yuan. This person once worked as a tutor in the house of Minister Li. There were dozens of girls in the Li family, all of whom were beautiful and handsome.
There were also several servants, all of whom were handsome from Longyang. The Shui scholar stayed there for four or five years, and then he started to flirt with her. After being discovered by his master, he kicked him out, causing a stir in the neighborhood and everyone.
They all said that he was in mourning and had nothing to do.
Two days ago, Shui Xiucai was studying behind closed doors at home. He was enjoying reading when someone opened the door and came in. He shouted with a smile: "Where is my brother Shui?"
Shui Xiucai hurriedly covered his head and stepped forward to greet him: "Brother Ying, are you here? Please sit down quickly. Isn't this the eldest brother Li Waichuan from the Yamen?"
The person who came was none other than Count Ying. He and Shui Xiu had been good brothers since they were young. They were familiar with each other and were not polite. They didn't even need to knock on the door when they entered the house. Li Jiaoer, who heard that Ximen Qing was going to marry, was immediately stunned.
He came up with a plan and took Li Waichuan, who was suffering from the same illness, to Shui Xiucai's house to give Ximen Qing eye drops.
Seeing Shui Xiucai coming up to greet him in disheveled clothes, Earl Ying smiled and said: "Brother Li is no longer on official business in the Yamen today - but brother, why are you hiding at home?"
Shui Xiucai hurriedly said: "My little brother is quietly reading "Spring and Autumn" to nourish that awe-inspiring righteousness."
Earl Ying sneered: "Come here!" He pushed Shui Xiucai away, flipped through his desk, raised a book, and laughed, "Obviously I am reading the erotic palace quietly to cultivate that awe-inspiring evil spirit!"
Shui Xiucai said suddenly: "Second Brother Ying, I met Brother Li for the first time today. Why don't you save some face for me?"
Li Waichuan laughed and said, "What's so embarrassing about this? Brother, I don't have much else at home, but I have a whole cabinet full of these picture albums!"
The three of them laughed loudly, and as soon as they sat together, they felt that they were in harmony.
Shui Xiucai then asked: "Brother Ying, you were in a lawsuit a month ago. How can your leg injury be healed? I came home today, but I don't know how to take care of my brother?"
Earl Ying smiled and said: "I am a cheap person, thick and long, and my legs have healed long ago. But you, brother, there are copper coins on the ground in front of me and behind me, why don't you pick them up?"
Shui Xiucai's eyes lit up, he cupped his hands and said, "I'd like to hear the details!"
Li Waizhuan pointed to the next door and said with a smile: "The old madam of the Li family of Li Chun Yuan is taking care of the funeral arrangements for her dead daughter. She shines in the light of Ximen Qing, and the copper coins are like running water. Brother Shui, please come forward.
, it’s good to get some moisture!”
Shui Xiucai then waved his hand and said: "Although I am a poor scholar, I still have integrity. How can I be willing to serve the bastard family?"
Earl Ying then said: "I'm afraid you want to serve but have no way to get in, right? My brother has a Qiao Zong'er here. He told me that if he obeys, he can also get some money from the Li family to spend it.
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When Shui Xiucai heard how much money there was, his heart jumped with joy, and he gave Earl Ying a glass of boiled water with saliva on his face: "Brother, please tell me, we brothers share the blessings and spend the money together."
Earl Ying smiled sinisterly, teaching like this, and so on. After hearing this, Shui Xiucai muttered: "I'm afraid I'm offending a senior official from Ximen, but I can't do it!"
Li Waichuan sneered: "Although Ximen Qing is the reincarnated star, he is also famous for being uneducated and unskilled in Qinghe. With his little level, can he see through the secrets of Brother Ying's plan? If you don't do it, we will find it.
If someone else does it, it will be a pity that those few copper coins will be given to outsiders in vain!" After saying that, he pulled Earl Ying to leave.
Shui Xiucai was so stunned that he hurriedly got up and grabbed Ying, Li, and the three of them for a while, before Shui Xiucai turned around and walked into Lichun Courtyard.
After meeting the old madam, Shui Xiucai gave a few false words of comfort, and then said that he would write an elegiac couplet for Li Jiaoer, and the price was only five coins. The old madam had long wanted to meet someone to write an elegiac couplet, but three days later, when the high official from Ximen came
, he looks better before his death, but he knows that his status is low, so he is afraid that if he talks to those literary and artistic talents in vain, they will not agree, but will slap him in the face, so he hesitates. At this time, a scholar comes to deliver the goods, how can he do it?
Don't you like it? After some hard talk, the price was reduced to three dollars. Shui Xiucai shook his head and sighed, then bought paper for elegiac couplets from the paper shop. With a stroke of his pen, he wrote fourteen words - the first couplet was: Eighteen
The second couplet of "Years of Hard Work" is: The fourteen words of "a life of ups and downs in this world" were hung high in front of Li Jiaoer's soul. The old bustard read it, and although he did not understand a word, he could hear that the elegiac couplet contained the words "hard work and ups and downs", and it was inevitable.
It means that her daughter's life is miserable. When Ximen Qing sees it, he will definitely be moved to his sad heart, and he will feel more at ease after paying three times the false debt.
Therefore, he happily paid three guan of money and sent Shui Xiucai out. Shui Xiucai returned home to speak to the earl. When Li Waichuan said this, the three of them fell down laughing. Li Waichuan held his stomach and said, "The old madam of the Li family has done it for nothing.
After all her life, does she really not know what 'hard work' is? She really doesn't know when does she become a 'top'? When does she become a 'stream'?"
Earl Ying then smiled and said: "Let me hang up this elegiac couplet for three days, and I will also put on a good disguise with the high official Ximen! It will not be in vain for him to treat our good brother!"
Shui Xiucai was quite frightened, but when he touched the shining three-string new money on the table, he was so excited that he couldn't care less.
This elegiac couplet hung in the Li family for three days in vain. People who came and went saw it. The ignorant people just looked at the excitement, and the intelligent people read it. Who wouldn't laugh? It's just that you can't stand up for the bastard family.
At this moment, when Ximen Qing saw this elegiac couplet, how could he hide the sinister meaning in it? For a moment, his eyes were filled with fire, his mouth was filled with smoke, and he shouted loudly: "Who wrote this elegiac couplet?!
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The old madam was so frightened that her heart pounded loudly, and she thought to herself: "Could it be that this elegiac couplet was written so well that the Star Lord and the high official were so sad when they saw it, that they suddenly lost their minds and went crazy? Otherwise, how could you yell?"
So loud?"
Immediately, he stepped forward tremblingly and said, "Officials, don't be overly sad. This elegiac couplet was written by the old lady who paid three thousand dollars for the scholar next door." After saying this, he felt like waking up from a dream. He really wished he could give himself a slap in the face.
——I was only concerned about being afraid, but I forgot to report false accounts, and lost six copper coins in vain.
Ximen Qing's eyes turned around in the crowd, and he had already spotted the shivering Shui Xiucai. He immediately pounced on him, grabbed his waist, rounded him up and threw him to the ground, knocking him half to death.
He shouted loudly: "You idiot! You are asking for death today!" This is exactly:
Mo Yan, a gentleman has no pride? Remember that the dragon has reverse scales! But I don’t know what the fate of Shui Xiucai is. I’ll explain it next time.