Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two

Liu Zhenshou had heard of Bu Shouru's name and rumors when he was in the Qing Dynasty in his early years. He knew that although Bu Shouru came from a humble background, he was quite handsome. , just want to meet. Coincidentally, in the autumn of this year, the old father died, and the guard Liu wanted to hold a big funeral, so there was an opportunity. Master Fuyuan, a monk of Yunfu Temple, said that it is better for the funeral to be undertaken by the old Maji. The envoy Liu Zhenshou ignored him, insisted on not using the sedan chair of Ma Ji's old account, and personally ordered the new account of the Bu family, and asked Bu Shouru to come to the envoy's office to discuss this matter.

This happened in the spring of the fourth year after the successful revolution, when Liu Zhenshou was promoted to lieutenant general and division commander. The spring of that year was extremely abnormal. Just after the vernal equinox, the weather unexpectedly warmed up, and I couldn't even wear the jacket. Bu Shouru was wearing a plain cheongsam and a red cloak to go to the guarding envoy. A blue woolen sedan chair with a square top. Ma Wuye also went together, taking a small sedan chair. Along the way, many brothers from the sect followed, cheering and embracing, it was very lively, attracting many passers-by to stop and watch.

Because it was the first time he went back to see Liu Zhenshou, Bu Shouru was worried and always uneasy, fearing that something might be wrong, which would spoil the big deal between himself and Liu Zhenshou. The envoy Liu Zhenshou had just been promoted to the division commander, and it was the time when the spring breeze was in full bloom, and the old father's funeral would have a lot of ostentation. Rough calculations, thousands of sedan chairs were moved, and each sedan chair was worth 800 cash, which was a lot of money to earn. . If things are done well, there will always be rewards from the bereaved family.

What's more, once the funeral of Liu Zhenshou's family is completed, the sign of the new account will ring, which will change the situation that the old account of Maji takes care of the whole city's funeral. Feeling uneasy, he felt that the road was short. In a blink of an eye, he arrived at the old street of Dedong City, only one mile away from the guardian envoy. The coffin is really for quieting my heart. After walking around in the shop, he took out a small mirror to take a picture of himself in front of and behind him, and decided that he was quite agile, so Bu Shouru got into the sedan chair again.

After getting on the sedan chair, I still couldn't help thinking about it, and then I discovered a new problem: I was worried that Ma Wuye and Ma Wuye's brothers would make a fool of themselves in the guarding mission and ruin the big event. He stopped the sedan chair at the intersection of the old street and told Ma Wuye and his brothers to go back. Master Ma Wu refused, saying that it would be best to meet Liu Zhenshou together. If one person can't explain clearly, the two can explain clearly. Bu Shouru knew that Fifth Lord Ma wanted to accompany her to see Liu Zhenshou out of good intentions, but that day he felt that Lord Fifth and his brothers were not pleasing to the eye, so he put on a pink face and insisted that Lord Ma go back.

Master Ma Wu was not very happy, but he listened to Bu Shouru's persuasion and went back. Bu Shouru remembered clearly that it was evening when four blue woolen sedan chairs floated into the guarding post, and the white light of the setting sun reflected on the guns and faces of the soldiers at the gate, making the soldiers and guns even more majestic. Needless to say, he was nervous, when a few soldiers fired their guns and ordered Bu Shouru to get off the sedan chair, Bu Shouru's heart beat wildly. Fortunately, the soldiers were polite, and when they learned that Bu Shouru was ordered by Liu Zhenshou to see him, they put down their guns, and one of the soldiers led Bu Shouru to meet Liu Zhenshou.

Guard Liu was very mighty, wearing a neat military uniform, and slung a big foreign knife with red tassels on his waist.When Bu Shouru entered the door, the envoy Liu was talking to an official. While talking, he walked back and forth, and his riding boots made a rattling sound. Seeing Bu Shouru coming in, Liu Zhenshou was stunned for a moment, sent the official away, asked Bu Shouru to sit down, and asked his soldiers to bring refreshments and make tea. After both sat down, the envoy Liu Zhenshou stared at Bu Shouru for a long time, and the first thing he said was: "You are so handsome."

Bu Shouru was flustered and wanted to hide it, so he sat on the chair with half of his body leaning on the chair, turned his head to look at Liu Zhenshou, and smiled with a row of broken jade-like teeth. Then he picked up the teacup and pinched the lid with his thumb and forefinger , stir the tea leaves on the water. Liu Zhenshou said again: "No wonder our sedan chairs in Shicheng are so good, but it turns out that there is such a handsome woman as you who are making sedan chairs!" Bu Shouru was worried about the big business that was about to open, so he said: "The sedan chairs in the city... I am not alone in making them, and... there is the old Ma family! In the past... the old Ma family took care of all the funerals in the city. Yes. This... this time the general thinks highly of me, I am proud to do things well for the general, and... I will not disappoint the general's praise..."

Liu Zhenshou waved his hand and said very kindly: "What are you flattering? I just want to meet you. I've heard about you a long time ago, and I always feel strange. It's strange to think about it. Women make strange things about sedan chairs, make out It's even more strange to be someone's concubine, but it's even more strange to be against someone in the same house." Bu Shouru saw that Liu Zhenshou was very easy-going, and the tension in his heart subsided a little. He looked up at Liu Zhenshou, and said with a smile: "It's not surprising! My father has been in the sedan chair for eighteen years, and I grew up in the sedan chair shop since I was a child. Yes, what else can you do without a sedan chair? Is it possible to get a gun like you, General?"

The envoy Liu Zhen also laughed, and shook his head while laughing: "The sedan chair and the gun are not made by women." Bu Shouru raised his eyebrows: "Who said it wasn't done by a woman? Didn't I just do it today?" Liu Zhenshou said: "That's why I say you are a strange woman! You have extraordinary ambitions, you dare to break the stereotypes, dare to go against the norm, it is really rare." Bu Shouru said: "What kind of stereotypes are broken? What's the opposite of common sense? I never thought about it! If I really dared to oppose this and that as you said, General, I would have killed Ma Erye a long time ago!"

Liu Zhenshou laughed loudly: "It is really a blessing to be slaughtered by a handsome woman like you! There is a saying that 'if you die under a pomegranate skirt, you can be a ghost and have fun'!" Bu Shouru pouted: "Actually... Actually, I dare not." The envoy Liu Zhen asked, "Are you afraid that I will punish you for your crime?" Bu Shouru said, "If you don't punish me, I... I don't dare either." Liu Zhenshou said: "You are a woman after all, and your heart is still kind." Bu Shouru raised his head and argued, "It's not very kind, I will fight whoever deceives me." After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Zhenshou and said: "You are a general, you must be good at martial arts, hurry up, you...you teach me two hands, if I meet anyone who dares to bully me, I will beat him." Liu Zhenshou laughed and said: "I dare not teach you, if you really know how to do it, I'm afraid that I, the master, will be beaten by you first!" Bu Shouru waved his hands again and again: "I won't beat you, I won't beat you, don't be afraid." Liu Zhenshou became more and more overjoyed: "It seems that I am really afraid of you!" He also said: "I really can't imagine what you, a handsome woman, look like when you fight..." The atmosphere in the room gradually became less restrained, and the two of them didn't meet for the first time, but rather like old friends who had known each other for many years.Especially Liu Zhenshou, who even forgot the original intention of inviting Bu Shouru to come, just blindly joked and flirted with Bu Shouru. So reluctant. Unknowingly, it was getting dark, and Liu Zhenshou was still in high spirits, so he asked Bu Shouru to stay and drink with him. Bu Shouru had already seen the meaning in Liu Zhenshou's eyes at that moment, and knew that he couldn't refuse, so he didn't refuse, and readily agreed. While drinking, Liu Zhenshou was not honest anymore, and praised Bu Shouru for being handsome, saying that it was late to meet him, and while talking, he touched Bu Shouru's body, up and down. Bu Shouru said: "If you know both hands, you can use them now." Guard Liu said with a smile: "That's useless, I still have a gun." Immediately, Bu Shouru thought of the humiliation he had suffered, annoyed, and pushed Liu Zhenshou away: "Then go and get it!" Liu Zhenshou was startled, and touched his hand again: "What am I doing with the gun? I don't want to scare you!" Bu Shouru said: "If you dare to point a gun at me, I will fight you!" Guard Liu flattered him and said, "I brought the gun for you. If you get annoyed, shoot me." Bu Shouru snorted: "Really?" The envoy Liu Zhenzhen took out his gun: "Here you go, hit me, I'm not afraid. As I said, if you die under the pomegranate skirt, you can be a ghost." Bu Shouru took the gun and looked at it, then put it down: "You are a fake hero, you know I dare not kill people." Guard Liu laughed and said, "It's not that I don't dare, I'm afraid I can't bear it!" Bu Shouru didn't make a sound, and Liu Zhenshou thought that Bu Shouru had acquiesced... The night of drinking was long, and Liu Zhenshou was still somewhat disciplined and considerate despite his hands and feet, because Bu Shouru was coming, So he didn't do that with Bu Shouru. This is different from Master Ma Wu, who is very manly, he can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't care whether he comes or not. If Liu Zhenshou didn't do this, he left some good impressions on Bu Shouru. Because of that favor, Bu Shouru came to the town guard's office at the invitation of Liu town guard after finishing the funeral for Liu town guard's father, drinking and chatting with Liu town guard.He listened to Liu Zhenshou's talk, and he talked about it himself, about his father who fell on the Mashi Road, about the old and useless Second Master Ma, about the abuse that Second Master Ma had done to her back then, and shed tears when he talked about his sadness. As soon as Bu Shouru cried, Liu Zhenshou felt sad. Liu Zhenshou, both civil and military, compared himself to Yue Wumu. One day when he was sad, he wrote a poem for Bu Shouru, which is called "New Song of Everlasting Regret".The song says: Yeyue Tower is full, and Shicheng has a lot of peach noodles. Everyone in the world sleeps in their dreams, and the e-niang sedan chair has passed. Sighing sadly, the face of mourning faded. With hatred for being a concubine, the blooming season is wasted. Empathize with thousands of sedan chairs, and sing the big wind song slightly. Basil is everywhere, and the spring breeze blows wildfire. With the turmoil of 1911, the banner of righteousness was changed to mountains and rivers. I draw the three-foot sword and cut all the mistakes in the world. Also free body, red makeup a scarf. Accompanying each other often, remembering each other with a smile... Liu Zhenshou made it clear in his poem that Bu Shouru being the concubine of Ma Erye was one of the world's great mistakes, and Liu Zhenshou wanted to kill him with his sword. Another point, Liu Zhenshou also made it clear that Liu Zhenshou wanted to be with Bu Shouru and often remember each other.From Liu Zhenshou's point of view, Bu Shouru was just as good as his concubine, but being Ma Erye's concubine and being insulted by Ma Erye, it was really aggrieved. Liu Zhenshou is a hero of the revolution, an upstart in the Republic of China, and he is not very old. He is only fifty-two years younger than the second master Ma. It is very suitable for Bu Shouru to be the fourth concubine. At that time, Liu Zhenshou did not have nine concubines. But Bu Shouru didn't want to remember each other with Liu Zhenshou's constant companion. She didn't want to offend Ma Wuye and cause trouble on the ground, and she didn't want to leave Ma's house openly and lose her property. Ever since Brother Ba left that year, she has never had a good time with any man in her heart. Her heart has long since died. Only the sedan chair and the sedan chair can make her live a happy life. She is not willing to let Liu Zhenshou put it on Even if he has a good impression of Liu Zhenshou, he still doesn't want to be set up by Liu Zhenshou. The next day, Bu Shouru asked Third Master Qiu to find an old scholar for the price of two buckets of rice, and asked the old scholar to write a poem in her tone and send it back to Liu Zhenshou. The poem is drawn on a silk handkerchief.The poem says: The concubine's sedan chair is like a boat, and the water master in front of the door watches the fish swim. Don't hang out the westerly net at the window, for fear that the nobles will sympathize with sorrow. Marriage is predestined in previous lives, and it is difficult to cut autumn with a long sword. Even though the spring is infinitely good, Wu Mu should also seek a title. After receiving Bu Shouru's poem silk, Liu Zhenshou became more and more distraught, not to mention that he didn't want to find a Marquis, he even forgot about the business that he should do, and told people around that this Bu girl is not only handsome, but also has a life-like personality. He has a great ability, and he is also educated. He can write poems well. But the old teacher beside Liu Zhenshou said: "The meaning of the poem is good, but it is not in the right order." The teacher immediately shook his head, and recited the rhythm of "Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping melody." Liu Zhenshou put his face down and said: "You are pedantic. Miss Bu's poems are good because they are broken. The difference between Miss Bu is that she dares to break stereotypes and go against the norm. I like her. Point! If she becomes my fourth aunt, I will ask her to teach my seven children to do this kind of broken poem." After a few days, the envoy Liu Zhen made another good poem and sent it to Bu Shouru, who was sent by his adjutant.The poem says: A lane of cold smoke locks up Biliu, and Wu Mu has no intention of seeking a title. But I beg Jiaoniang to always be with me, and the moon shines on the restaurant building with two shadows. I don't see the flag floating in the mountains and rivers, the ancient ferry of the Yinghun Yunqiao. Han industry has changed with the spring, how sad was Yanzhao in those years? In this way, it will be difficult for Bu Shouru, even if he doesn't want to make friends with Liu Zhenshou. Liu Zhenshou would rather not be a Marquis, but also stay with her in the moonlight, and she is moved by this friendship.Knowing that Liu Zhenshou is the old Mrs. Deng, the lord of the city, who can make her lose, he dare not neglect her. Therefore, Bu Shouru told Liu Zhenshou that Mingli's concubine cannot be a concubine, and Ma Erye is old, and the old woman is dead, and if he leaves, the old bastard will die and be reviled of.If Liu Zhenshou doesn't dislike her, she can be a secret concubine, and she can live up to Liu Zhenshou's warm and cold love. The envoy Liu Zhenshou agreed, and invited Bu Shouru every now and then to have drinks, attend parties, and often do things that make love between men and women. As soon as Liu Zhenshou took off his military uniform and went to bed, he was no longer Yue Wumu. He didn't show any martial arts skills, but he looked like a dog with body odor. Bu Shouru endured it all, and pretended to be very happy, and often praised Liu Zhenshou for his good skills. But he couldn't write the poem, so he told the truth to the envoy Liu Zhen on the bed, he hired someone to do it, and it cost two buckets of rice. The envoy Liu Zhen laughed, saying that the poem is worth two buckets of rice?Really cheap.He also said that he would invite the old scholar who wrote poetry to meet him. The envoy Liu Zhenshou really liked Bu Shouru. For the convenience of communication, he recognized Bu Shouru as his goddaughter, and gave Bu Shouru's sedan chair a new name, "Wan Cheng Xing". "Chengxing" composes a poem: The Mashi ancient road is ten thousand times prosperous, and it is as ethereal as a boat traveling in a dream. As a guest, you are not afraid of the mountains and rivers, and the sedan chair is like smoke all over the Spring City. Bu Shouru mounted Liu Zhenshou's poems like dog meat, and immediately took care of official sedan chair errands and most of the folk weddings and weddings. Master Fuyuan, a monk at Yunfu Temple, originally only recognized Ma Erye's words, and when doing Buddhist affairs in Yunfu Temple, he asked the benefactor to use the sedan chair of the old Ma Ji. Seeing that Liu Zhenshou envoy praised Bu Shouru, he changed, and asked the benefactor Use the sedan chair of "Wan Cheng Xing" and let "Wan Cheng Xing" arrange the funeral. The business was getting better and better, so Bu Shouru kept updating the sedan chairs, and bought new sedan chairs with blue cloth and red edges for the bearers. On the back of the sedan chairs, there were three big red characters "Wan Cheng Xing", like balls of fire, burning to death. Ma Erye's more than 30 old accounts feel ashamed and dare not think anything wrong. The sedan chairs of "Wan Cheng Xing" are new, and the seats are spacious and comfortable. Even if Liu Zhenshou's face is not considered, the city people are willing to sit on it, and they don't hesitate to pay more.But Ma Erye is getting old day by day, and he only knows how to smoke opium, and he has long since left his mind on the sedan chair. Ma Ji's old sedan chair is broken and has no money to repair, and the livery is worn out and has no money to buy. It is difficult to attract visitors, and for a long time, it can only carry individual customers and walk in street sedan chairs. Later, many bearers simply abandoned their old names and came to "Wanchengxing".