Chapter 29 Chapter 25: The Hate of Picking Flowers
Lu Yuanqing cautiously climbed into the courtyard along the hanging rope, thankful that the rulers restricted the height of the city walls, and even the height of the walls of common people's courtyards was strictly regulated.The imperial court can ignore corruption, but the height of the courtyard walls of the common people is a big issue involving the general rules of the monarch and ministers, and it cannot be ignored. Therefore, the courtyard walls of ordinary people's homes are not built high.
Although Xiao Zhai is a well-to-do family, it is still much inferior to the courtyard wall in the yamen, so Lu Yuanqing didn't have much effort to climb, he climbed down slowly, and then landed slowly.During this whole process, the green sleeves standing below watched seriously, with a look of admiration on their faces.
The "worshiped" Lu smiled at Luxiu in a friendly manner, "Thank you, Miss Luxiu, for your promptness. She solved my predicament. I am really grateful."
Lu Xiu actually lowered her face in embarrassment and said with a smirk: "I didn't find the ladder you want, it's because of the embarrassment of Lu Xiu."
Lu Yuanqing sighed in his heart, what a lovely girl, what a pity... He turned his eyes slightly to look at Xiao and Shao who were still fighting. Xiao Qing, no, it should be said to be Xiao Yi, but her martial arts methods are extremely secretive, seemingly feminine and weak, but cunning and changeable, making it hard to guard against.In the conversation, Shao Ying is quite conceited, and he must have never suffered any big losses. Everything seems to be under control, and this kind of temperament is the easiest to suffer from secret losses.Lu Yuanqing frowned secretly. According to the current situation, Shao Ying might suffer...
He glanced at Xiao Yuanwai who had been sitting on the chair all the time, and then looked down at his limp legs, his heart moved, and he asked softly: "Xiao Yuanwai seems to have difficulty moving?"
Xiao Haiping shook his head with a wry smile, "Mister is from the yamen, isn't he?"
Lu Yuanqing nodded happily, "Exactly, the master Lu Yuanqing in Xiabiancheng County, the person who fought with your daughter is the head arrester of this yamen, Shao Ying."
Xiao Haiping lamented and said: "I knew this day would come, but Yi'er is like a demon, and can't listen to what I say."
When Lu Yuanqing heard the words, he turned his head and smiled at Lu Xiu, "Can I bother Miss Lu Xiu to go somewhere?"
Lu Xiu obviously had a good impression of the young master who performed the "rope climbing stunt", and immediately nodded repeatedly, "Where does the young master want me to go?"
Lu Yuanqing smiled and said: "Girl with green sleeves, please go to the yamen of Biancheng County quickly, and inform Master Shen Baishen that Lu Yuanqing is in trouble, and ask him to bring the yamen servants to Xiao's house as soon as possible."
Luxiu was obviously very puzzled by the gentlemen's "difficulties", but she understood that she was asked to go to the yamen to find Mr. Shen, so she nodded quickly and said, "I understand, I don't have a ladder. , but Luxiu knows the Yamen of Biancheng County." Saying that, he ran out quickly.
The movement here obviously caught Xiao Yi's attention, she let out a soft drink, separated from Shao Ying's knife, turned around and rushed towards Lu Yuanqing.Lu Yuanqing was startled, and hurriedly hid behind Xiao Yuanwai, Lu Yuanqing guessed that Xiao Yi would not hurt her father, so he and Xiao Yi played a game of hide and seek around Xiao Haiping.
Away from Xiao Haiping, Xiao Yi didn't dare to play the piccolo for fear of accidentally hurting Xiao Haiping, but this stupid boy is really cunning, every time she was about to catch him, he would either fall or bend over to dodge, if she hadn't looked at him With a panicked look on his face and a dusty mess all over his body, she would think that this nerdy student is a hidden master.
Shao Ying was also watching in shock. He saw that Lu Yuanqing escaped Xiao Yi's sideways grab and fell to the ground in extreme embarrassment. He couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. With Xiao Yi's subsequent blow, the two of them fought together again.
Lu Yuanqing let out a long sigh of relief, and sat down beside Xiao Haiping, but he heard Xiao Haiping anxiously say: "Yi'er, don't be confused and make mistakes again and again, listen to what Dad said..."
But suddenly he heard the person beside him laughing, Xiao Haiping looked suspiciously at Lu Yuanqing who was still in a panic a moment before, but now he was laughing loudly, and asked in surprise: "What are you laughing at, sir?"
Lu Yuanqing ignored the embarrassment all over his body, just smiled heartily, "I laugh at Xiao Yuanwai as extremely pedantic!"
"you……"
Lu Yuanqing stopped laughing, and said with a straight face: "Mr. Xiao, your daughter Xiao Yi is cruel and merciless, and she hurts people's lives. She can't turn back, but you still try to persuade her? If you can persuade her, if she is willing Listen to you, Yuanwai will now sit helplessly on a chair and watch? Isn't Yuanwai's legs the masterpiece of your daughter Xiao Yi?"
Xiao Yuanwai sighed deeply: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
Lu Yuanqing took the opportunity to ask: "Why did Xiao Yi marry into the Liu residence in the name of Xiao Qing? Why did Xiao Qing die? How did Xiao Yi learn this martial art? Why did Xiao Yi hate the son of the Liu residence so much? ?” He actually had conjectures about all this in his heart, but he wanted to confirm it himself.
Xiao Haiping said: "Yi'er has been in poor health since she was born. She has consulted countless doctors and tried a lot of folk remedies, but none of them worked. Both my wife and I thought that this child would not be able to grow up, so we have always treated her with respect." She is obedient and has never been rebellious. This child has been self-willed since she was a child. She always bosses everyone around, but she loves her sister Qing'er very much. Originally, the two sisters got along well, so we should be happy, but... oh, I don’t know if it’s the torment of illness, or we love Yi’er too much. Her temper is violent and weird, and so is her concern for Qing’er. Qing’er raised a bird when she was a child, but once when she opened the cage, the bird flew After going out, Qing'er was so sad that she burst into tears. Later, the servant chased the bird back, but Yi'er watched the sad sister snatch the bird, broke both the bird's wings, and released the dying bird. Back in the birdcage, he comforted Qing'er: In this way, the bird will not fly away again. Qing'er was so frightened that she stopped crying... There are too many things like this, my wife and I feel that Yi'er She's still young, but she's just spoiled a little, and she'll get better when she grows up, but...
"When Yi'er was eight years old, his illness suddenly worsened. Although my wife and I knew it would be like this, how could we bear with our child? Those days were exhausting, and I don't want to think about them again in my life... Later, I heard that the suburbs of the capital were clear. The incense was in full bloom, and it was said that the wish came true. My wife and I treated the dead horse as a living horse doctor, so we took Yier to Tianqing Temple. The merit money of Tianqing Temple was also donated, and the wish may be granted, but everything is still the same. There was no improvement at all. The night after returning from Tianqingguan, Yier developed a high fever. My wife and I understood that this was a sign of powerlessness, so we had to hold our daughter and cry bitterly. We were crying when I suddenly heard someone chanting: Wuliang Tianzun! While singing and walking, we have reached the door of Yi'er's room. My wife and I looked up, and it turned out to be a young Taoist nun. She walked slowly to Yi'er's bed, looked at it for a while, and said: I don't know if you two are willing to let me take this girl away?
"My husband and I hurriedly asked the Taoist nun if there was a way to save the little girl. The Taoist nun just told me and my wife that the little girl should be taken away by her, and let us treat her as dead. My husband and I are very sad, but what can we do? I had to watch helplessly as the nun took Yi'er away."
Xiao Haiping recalled the past, full of sadness, "Ten years have passed. During these ten years, my wife was sick because of missing Yier. In the ninth year, I passed away, leaving only me and my little daughter. Xiao Qing. Qing'er has been sensible since she was a child. She is polite, gentle, and filial. I think God has pity on me. These years, I have taken care of Qing'er by myself. I am afraid that she will be wronged, so I do business. The dyeing workshop was opened just to make Qing'er live a more carefree life. But I never thought that the eldest daughter Xiao Yi, who I thought was dead, would come back ten years later, and she would come back alive."
Lu Yuanqing frowned for a moment, then just nodded, motioning for Xiao Haiping to continue.
Xiao Haiping said again: "Yi'er has changed, she is different from the memory of her, although she still respectfully calls me Dad, and is still so good to Qing'er, but I always feel that something in my heart is getting farther and farther... ...To tell you the truth, although I am Yi'er's father, sometimes I am afraid of her.
"Yi'er came back, but she didn't stay at home often. She often left after staying for a while. I also asked her where she went when she left home. Yi'er just said that she went back to Master. If I asked more deeply, she would keep silent. Answer. At this time, I always think, don’t complain about Yi’er, it’s me and her mother who abandoned her first... Later, there was a problem with the business of the dyeing cloth workshop, and I was very worried. Yi'er proposes marriage."
Lu Yuanqing interjected, "Proposing marriage for Xiao Yi?"
Xiao Haiping nodded, "Yes, I seldom mentioned to outsiders about Yi'er's years away from home, so outsiders only know that I have a pair of twin daughters, but one of them has been sick and bedridden and doesn't go out very often. When going out, because of general knowledge and etiquette, she was often mistaken for her sister Xiao Yi, so at first Matchmaker Wu came to matchmaking for Xiao Yi. To be honest, the business of the cloth dyeing workshop is in trouble, and I urgently need money for two weeks, so I hope that Yier I can marry into a good family, and help the family by the way. But I just mentioned this news to Yi Er, but she immediately rejected it. Soon, Matchmaker Wu brought the news, saying that the mention was the master of the Liu family Liu Dacheng, a well-known rich man in Biancheng County, has been widowed for many years... I fell into a stalemate, worrying day and night, and then Qing'er suddenly told me that she was willing to marry into Liu's mansion and be Liu Dacheng's successor wife. I I know that Qing'er is sensible, but the age gap between Master Liu and Qing'er made me extremely unbearable. But I finally agreed to Qing'er's request, and the marriage was settled like this. During this period, Yi'er never came back. "
"On the eve before Qing'er married into Liu's house, something happened..." Xiao Haiping's expression suddenly seemed to be convulsed with pain, "Qing'er, Qing'er..."
Xiao Yi's cold and strange voice came, "My innocent and kind sister, Xiao Qing, was raped by the flower picker Liu Yin, and she hanged herself that night."
Lu Yuanqing and Xiao Haiping were startled, they looked up at Xiao Yi, she walked slowly step by step, her piccolo was dripping with blood, one drop, two drops... it kept dripping.
Lu Yuanqing was startled, and went to look for Shao Ying, but saw him lying on the ground without making a sound, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
As Xiao Yi approached slowly, he smiled coldly, "Father, why don't you continue?" He looked at Lu Yuanqing again, "Do you want to know the truth? Hahaha, I will fulfill you before I die. The one in red I killed the little bitch, because she dared to fall in love with that Liu Liyang. Liu Liyang is Liuyin. This bitch, who eats everything, dares to touch Liu Liyang's mind, she deserves to die! My sister is so kind to Hongyi, She dared to betray her sister, damn it! She also took the willow leaf from my hand, the willow leaf on my sister's bedside... She was pregnant with a child, maybe it was Liu Yin's evil seed, and she knew about me It's not Xiao Qing's secret, how can I keep her?"
Lu Yuanqing looked at Xiao Yi, who was ferocious and bloodthirsty like a ghost from hell, and asked calmly: "You took away the wet red clothes who were unconscious by the lake in Liu's mansion, right?"
Xiao Yi sneered and said: "When I went back to the room, I found that the willow leaf that Liu Yin left beside my sister's pillow was missing. I guess it was taken by the lowly maid in red. These days, she seems to be seduced every day. I usually go back and forth to Huxin Pavilion, I don't know if she discovered Liu Liyang's secret, anyway, I went to Neihu on purpose, but accidentally found the unconscious Hongyi."
Lu Yuanqing nodded and said: "Then you took the red dress back to your room, no, it wasn't your room, you took her to a secret place, and then you imprisoned her and forced her to ask Liu Ye's whereabouts, right? ?”
Xiao Yi's eyes flashed sharply, "That's right, there is a secret room in my room. Liu Dacheng has not entered my room these years. I have hidden a secret room in my room, and he doesn't even know about it. I locked the red clothes in the In the secret room, she begged me to let her go, she said she guessed that I was actually the eldest lady, not the second lady, she said she had a child, and asked me to let her live, she would never tell everything... She You actually begged me to let her live? Do you think it's ridiculous?"
Lu Yuanqing looked at her calmly, "So you don't need to do anything at all, you just don't give her food, then strip her clothes, and let her die in the cold and fear."
Xiao Yi sneered and said, "You're right. I just watched her sinful life end slowly, and saw her suffer and have nowhere to turn for help. I want her to experience the despair and pain my sister once experienced."
"What happened after you froze to death in Hongyi? What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything, I just helped her take a hot bath to wash away her filth and sins, and then let her appear in front of everyone clean. Speaking of which, I should thank her. If there is no her, alone With those fabrics and those hairs, they can't attract the government's investigation at all, so I should thank her for donating her body, hahaha."
"You arranged everything, and then deliberately staged that flower-picking in the dark night, leading Master Shen and I to check Liu's residence?"
Xiao Yi looked at Lu Yuanqing coldly, "You guessed it right, so what?"
Lu Yuanqing looked at the crazy Xiao Yi, and asked slowly: "So you also pierced the piercing needle in Liu Liyang's head?"
"That's right!" Xiao Yi laughed sadly, "I wasn't sure that Qing'er's death was related to the Liu family, but on the wedding night of Liu Dacheng and I, Liu Liyang came into my room, guess what he told me What? He said why I was so shameless. I was obviously not perfect, but I dared to pretend to be an innocent woman to marry into Liu's mansion. He asked me why I didn't die? Did he say that the lesson from last night was not enough? At that moment I suddenly understood, he is Liu Yin, and this Liu Liyang is the thief Liu Yin who left a willow leaf by my sister's pillow last night!
"The hatred in my heart was overwhelming, and I wanted to end his life immediately. But I heard footsteps, and Liu Dacheng came... I changed my mind. It's too cheap for Liu Liyang to die like this. I want him to live in pain. , Seeing being destroyed by me but powerless, I want his father and son to turn against each other and fall into hell forever!"
Lu Yuanqing looked at Xiao Yi silently, "You succeeded, their father and son turned against each other, Liu Liyang was injured by his father, and he was also imprisoned in Huxin Pavilion by his father."
Xiao Yi snorted coldly and said: "Liu Dacheng still protects his son, and this is not what I want, so I went to the Huxin Pavilion while Liu Liyang was recuperating, and I let him watch me helplessly. I slapped the piercing needle into the top of his head, I turned him into a fool, and I trampled on him at will."
Lu Yuanqing sighed and said: "But you are still not relieved, so there is the scene of 'picking flowers at night' that you performed in front of Mr. Shen and me that night. You left Tianzhu cloth and hair on purpose to lead us to investigate Liu Liyang. "
Xiao Yi sneered and said: "You are not stupid, Mr. Dog. Yes, isn't Liu Dacheng protecting his son who is a flower picker? The more he doesn't want people to know, the more I will make trouble in the city. Liu Yin bullied How many women, he has lost his conscience and deserved what he deserved, I just sent him on his way, what's wrong?"
However, Lu Yuanqing shook his head and sighed: "Liu Liyang is certainly at fault. He violated the laws of the country and will be punished. But you abuse lynching, have ulterior motives, disregard human lives, and use ruthless means. Compared with Liu Liyang, you are only above it, not below it. Said In the end, you are just like him, a person who ignores the laws of Ming Dynasty, acts recklessly, and disregards human life. There is no difference between you and him at all!"
"Shut up!" Xiao Yi yelled crazily, "How could I be the same as Liu Liyang?! I'm different from him! Different!" There was something called madness flickering in her eyes, even her eyes It seemed to be dyed blood red, she sneered and said: "You know everything you should know, then die in peace!"
After saying that, her piccolo slammed down on Lu Yuanqing's head, but the scholar in front of him neither dodged nor panicked, he just looked at Xiao Yi's crazy eyes with pity.Xiao Yi was puzzled, so he couldn't help slowing down his movements, but at this moment, a ray of radiance brought a dazzling cold light, and seemed to come towards Xiao Yi's eyes, Xiao Yi was shocked, and hurriedly dodged back. At the same time, he raised the flute again as if he didn't believe it, and this time what came into his ears was the piercing sound of weapons clashing.Xiao Yi took a few steps back to stabilize her body. She looked up and saw a tall man standing quietly in front of Lu Yuanqing, as if holding a piece of moonlight in his hand.His face was backlit, so he couldn't see clearly, but the tip of his sword trembled slightly under the moonlight, shining with a cold light.
Lu Yuanqing smiled happily, and greeted: "Song Huwei, good swordsmanship!"
Song Yutang snorted coldly, "You're a bookworm, you're so calm, people are going to blow your head off, and you still stand leisurely without hiding, are you getting impatient?"
Lu Yuanqing lowered his head in shame and said, "Hide, I want to hide, but how can I hide?"
Shen Bai's playful laughter came from behind him, "Is Yuan Qing in trouble? Did Shen come in time?"
Lu Yuanqing looked back at Shen Bai and said with a smile, "My lord came neither early nor late, just right."
The two of them were talking in this room, but Song Yutang and Xiao Yi were already fighting together, a long sword and a piccolo shone brightly as each of them dodged and moved.
Lu Yuanqing frowned slightly and said, "Song Huwei..."
He didn't finish speaking, but Shen Bai smiled and said: "Don't worry, Yutang may not like to use his brain as much as Yuan Qing, but he has worked hard in swordsmanship, so don't worry."
Lu Yuanqing nodded and smiled when he heard the words, and after a while, seeing that Shen Bai was paying attention to the fight between Song Yutang and Xiao Yi, but not paying attention to other things, he carefully avoided Shen Bai, slowly moved to the place where Shao Ying fell, and looked at it. After a while, he smiled and said, "Shao Butou, it's very cold on the ground, why don't you get up?"
Shao Ying moved slightly, then got up resentfully, and patted the dirt on his body lazily, "I'm tired from beating, can't I just lie on the ground and rest for a while?"
Lu Yuanqing just smiled and ignored him, but Shao Ying automatically leaned over, "How do you bookworm know that I'm fine?"
Lu Yuanqing smiled mysteriously, "I just think that Shao Tutou shouldn't be beaten so hard."
Shao Ying touched his left shoulder, grinned slightly and said, "But that moment just now, really... I need to bandage it when I go back."
Afterwards, Shao Ying whispered mysteriously again: "Just now...how did you avoid Xiao Yi's 'Li Feng Claw'?"
Hearing this, Lu Yuanqing blinked and said: "You think I have martial arts, so you deliberately cheated, and sent me to that crazy woman Xiao Yi as a test?"
Shao Ying laughed dryly and touched his nose, "Did you see it?"
Lu Yuanqing sighed and said: "I don't know what'Lifeng Claw' is! God knows, I was almost scared to death by that crazy woman's blows. I thought Shao Tutou was a hero, so I invited Shao Tutou to come with me Yes, I didn't expect it... People are unpredictable!"
Shao Ying sneered and said: "Don't change the subject, I will find out if you don't tell me. The origin of your kid must be interesting!"
"Oh?" Lu Yuanqing smiled instead of anger when he heard the words, and nodded happily, "I'm just a poor scholar, what's the origin? The origin of Shao Tutou is more interesting."
Shao Ying was startled, "What background do I have?"
Lu Yuanqing blinked and said: "The few times Shao Butou tapped Wei Zhongming that day, hehe, it was extremely clever! I think Shao Butou must be good at torture and interrogation! Looking at our Ming Dynasty, we used torture to torture officials. There is only one place that is most famous." He paused for a moment, and seeing Shao Ying frowning at him, he whispered a few words: "The edict prison under the Fusi of Beizhen, where Jinyiwei belongs."
Hearing this, Shao Ying was stunned for a moment. He stared stiffly at Lu Yuanqing swaggering past him, and seemed to be talking to himself as he walked by: "I am a person who is full of secrets, so don't try to know other people's secrets." It's better to keep a secret, otherwise, tsk tsk, it's not good, it's very bad!" After speaking, he nodded vigorously.
Shao Ying couldn't help but get angry, with a dark face, and said nothing more.
What Shen Bai said is true, Song Yutang's swordsmanship is indeed superb, and under Song Yutang's interlocking sword moves, Xiao Yi, who is invincible, has a hidden tendency to decline.Song Yutang had already gained the upper hand, but he was not in a hurry, he wanted to slowly make the opponent anxious, make the opponent slowly reveal his flaws, and then catch him in one fell swoop.
Xiao Yi gradually lost control of her anger, her moves became faster and faster, as if she wanted to poke a hole in Song Yutang's head in an instant, but her strength gradually weakened.The battle with Shao Ying just now had consumed a lot of her energy, and as a woman, she was taking a feminine path, so she would suffer from a long-term battle, so she gradually began to lose her breath.She knew that she would be exhausted soon, so she couldn't help but become more anxious. She pressed her footsteps again with her somewhat scattered moves. She would rather hurt herself than to be buried with Song Yutang.
Song Yutang's sword flower came towards him, but Xiao Yi didn't dodge or dodge, swinging his flute like a stick, swept across Song Yutang's face.This is a style of play that hurts both sides. When Xiao Yi smashed Song Yutang's skull, it was also the moment when Song Yutang pierced Xiao Yi's heart.
What Song Yutang was waiting for was the moment when her door opened wide. His sword thrust towards Xiao Yi did not slow down, but he passed the sword from his right hand to his left hand, and quickly twisted the hilt with his right hand. The sword split in two from the middle , From a hard sword to a pair of soft swords.Song Yutang held the two swords in his hands, and with the elasticity of the moment they pressed the swords against each other, he swept the swords flat and swung towards Xiao Yi's neck.Xiao Yi couldn't believe that Song Yutang's sword was so famous, and it was too late to change his moves after being taken aback. He only heard a soft puff sound, and Song Yutang's soft sword was like a pen filled with ink, and quickly fell on Xiao Yi's hand. There was a small red mark on the neck.
The red marks slowly became thicker as Xiao Yi's eyes widened in pain, countless blood sprayed out like mist, dyeing Xiao Yi's snow-white front skirt red.She widened her eyes in disbelief, and let out an unwilling "ahhh" in her throat, slowly threw away the piccolo, and knelt down on the ground.
Xiao Haiping's sad voice came, "Yi'er, my daughter...it's all my father's fault...it's all my father's fault..."
Xiao Yi's body slowly collapsed, and finally lay on the ground. A childish girl's voice seemed to pass by her ears. It was the voice of five-year-old Xiao Qing: Sister, my little bird flew away up...
A strange sound came from Xiao Yi's throat, as if he was saying: "Sister, don't be afraid, sister will help you catch...
Her blood kept oozing out, and was eagerly sucked in by the hungry earth. She thought she could finally meet her younger sister who was buried under the peach tree, and her blood would flow through Xiao Qing's rotten mud The corpse finally merged with her.
Twin sisters... Xiao Yi closed her eyes full of regret, I'm sorry, Xiaoqing, if my sister was willing to marry into the Liu residence, these things would not have happened... I'm sorry... Xiaoqing, come here I'll be with you...don't blame my sister...