Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

Ruan Dacheng finally slept with Zhang Ersao, the little widow of the house owner. Can't tell who is more active.Ruan Dacheng has long seen the meaning of Mrs. Zhang's second sister-in-law.He knew that as long as he was a little more diligent and used some tricks, Second Sister Zhang would become Sister Ruan.He once thought of going to the silk shop on North Street to grab a few pieces of silk and take the opportunity to visit Mrs. Zhang Er, but in the end he didn't go—it wasn't because he didn't have time to go, but because he didn't want to go because he was afraid that once he went, he would lose his mind. If he couldn't come back, he was even more afraid of falling into the trap set by this woman.

He needed women, and his manly body was like a parched field waiting for a downpour.However, he doesn't want to marry again, what he needs is only a woman, not a family!His previous family had been smashed by the government of the Qing Dynasty, and he could not repeat such a tragedy again!Yes, that second sister-in-law Zhang is pretty good, with a good appearance, heart, and family background. He can definitely turn that second sister-in-law Zhang into a sister-in-law Ruan on a certain morning or a certain evening, but he knows in his heart that the second sister-in-law Zhang has become a sister-in-law Ruan. Neither he nor she is doing any good!

He can't make mistakes, he can't drag an innocent woman into a turbulent vortex.He could only wait, waiting for her to come to his door, he thought, if she came to him on her own initiative, it would be another matter. Zhang's second sister-in-law really came to the door. In the evening of that day, Mrs. Zhang put thin powder on her face, smeared light vermilion on her mouth, and swayed to the gate of Ruan Dacheng's courtyard with a bamboo basket on her white and tender arms like lotus root joints.The courtyard door was ajar, and she timidly knocked on the door twice, but seeing no one answered, she pushed the door halfway open with a "squeak" and walked in; after entering, she immediately turned around and closed the door.Leaning against the door, her sweaty hands brushed the messy hair on her forehead, she was quite flustered.

At this moment, the door slammed, and Ruan Dacheng came out of the room with his upper body naked, a wet towel on his shoulder, and a basin of dirty water in his hand.When he saw her, he was obviously taken aback. With a shake of his hand, half of the basin of water dangled in the door, and he simply poured the other half out, and then put the basin towards the door, holding it hard. Scalp greeted: "Oh, it's...it's Mrs. Zhang's second wife! Sit... in the house!" Zhang's second sister-in-law was blushing, and walked slowly forward, but raised her eyes from time to time, staring at Ruan Dacheng's naked upper body, and yelled, "I'm so ashamed! I'm so ashamed!"

Ruan Dacheng was even more embarrassed, he hurriedly retreated into the room, grabbed a small gown and put it on his body, and turned around to button it. Zhang's second sister-in-law shouted again in front of the door: "The ground is full of water, how can people pass by? Brother Ruan, are you trying to keep people from coming in or something?" Ruan Dacheng only buttoned two buttons on his coat, but he still hoped that he could finish buttoning the remaining few buttons in the shortest possible time, so he said without raising his head, "You...you come around from the side !"

Zhang's second sister-in-law didn't pay attention at all. Facing the water, as if she was facing a big lake, she stamped her little feet and shouted coquettishly, "I can't get through! I can't get through! Brother Ruan won't let me in, so I left! " Ruan Dacheng turned around to take a look, only then noticed that Mrs. Zhang's three-inch golden lotus was covered with a pair of newly made pink satin embroidered shoes.Dacheng immediately understood what Mrs. Zhang meant, and thought to himself: These golden lotuses and embroidered shoes must not get dirty!He said very courteously: "Second sister-in-law don't get angry, and let the brother carry second sister-in-law through the door!"

After finishing speaking, he really stepped across the watery area and pulled Zhang's second sister-in-law's hand with a smile.Zhang Ersao withdrew her hand, but handed the bamboo basket on her elbow to Ruan Dacheng: "Take this first!" Ruan Dacheng took the bamboo basket, and didn't look at what was in the bamboo basket. He just fixed his eyes on Zhang Ersao's face, and then his eyes fell on Zhang Ersao's white neck and protruding breasts. Zhang Ersao's face suddenly turned crimson. "Brother Ruan, come in quickly, I'm here stupidly, let others see what it looks like!"

Ruan Dacheng withdrew his hungry eyes from Mrs. Zhang's chest, picked up the basket and entered the house.Putting the basket on the table, he turned around and helped Mrs. Zhang.When Mrs. Zhang jumped over the water, she fell down and fell into his arms. His eyes flashed red, and a faint scent of powder and fat penetrated into his nostrils.He was intoxicated by this woman's breath, subconsciously opened his two powerful arms, and tightly held Zhang Ersao's slender body in his arms.Zhang's second sister-in-law struggled a few times at first, but when his big hand pressed on her chest, she became like a docile kitten.

Ruan Daxiang carried her off the ground like a chicken, and put her on the wooden bed in the inner room... After making a fuss, Mrs. Zhang got out of bed, redressed, washed her face, and cleaned her hands. Then she lifted the lid of the bamboo basket, took out some appetizers and a small jar of good wine, and placed them in the On the table of the Eight Immortals. Ruan Dacheng sat down at the table, took out two wine glasses, and filled them with wine. The second sister-in-law Zhang took a sip of wine first, looked at Ruan Dacheng obsessively, and said: "Brother Ruan! I heard a lot of rumors about you as soon as you came to Qingpu Town. Some people say that you are not yet married. I don't know if it is true. , There is a saying that male colleges should be married, and female colleges should be married! If the elder brother really loves the concubine, why not marry the concubine as a matchmaker!"

Ruan Dacheng drank the wine in front of him, sighed and said: "Second sister-in-law doesn't know, those rumors on the street are not true! I already had a wife and children when I was in Nanyang, only because of Jiaqing 22 In the new year, there will be troubles in the world, and the whole family will be separated..." "Later, didn't you find it?" Ruan Dacheng was stunned for a moment, and said insincerely: "I found it later, but my wife and children didn't want to go back to Qingpu with me. She is from Nanyang, and she is not used to our life here..."

Mrs. Zhang's second sister-in-law was indignant: "This is unreasonable! How can our Qingpu be inferior to Nanyang? Besides, it is only natural for a wife and concubine to obey her husband. How can she go against her husband's will and not return to her hometown for a long time? From the perspective of a concubine, this kind of woman is No way! Brother, why don't you divorce that bitch, so that we can be together day and night and be a long-term husband and wife!" Ruan Dacheng said: "Second sister-in-law is right, but this matter is not easy to do! That woman's natal family is very powerful in Nanyang, so she can't easily offend her. Besides, she didn't say that she would definitely not come, she just said to treat me Settle everything here, and then come with the Nanyang fleet!" "So, can we only be this dewy couple?" Ruan Dacheng nodded silently. Zhang Ersao burst into tears, choked up and said, "My life is so miserable. I have never met a good person in my whole life! I thought you, Ruan Dacheng, were still an upright man, but unexpectedly, you are also that soft dough! Since you Ruan Dacheng is a sticky ball of dough, why would he do such a thing, you shouldn't lift a woman into the light, and then throw it back into the darkness!" Ruan Dacheng's heart relented, and he lifted up his skirt to wipe away tears for Mrs. Zhang, but Mrs. Zhang pushed him far away: "If you say you are a dough ball, you will become stickier! Who cares about your fake attentiveness! You give me a good life." Think about it, if you are willing to marry me as a matchmaker, if you don't want to, I will never end with you!" After finishing speaking, he broke his tears and smiled, then leaned his body into Ruan Dacheng's arms, and wrapped his hands into a circle, wrapping them around Ruan Dacheng's neck to hang him. "Lushui husband and wife, I don't do it. If you don't want to be married, I won't come here again. Let's see where you can find that delicious dish!" Ruan Dacheng was a little annoyed, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he had to work hard and pretend to be interested to deal with him.While circling around, he thought to himself: This second sister-in-law Zhang is definitely not a kind person, and it is probably not the first time that she has stolen a man. Therefore, no matter what, he can't marry such a woman as his wife or concubine!Even if he doesn't intend to make a big career, he can't recruit such women into his door.Ruan Dacheng is decent! However, decent men often cannot withstand the temptation of those bad women.Mrs. Zhang Er is really a bad woman, and she deserves to be an old hand in Fengyue. , unexpectedly teased the good-looking Ruan Dacheng again, eager to try... Zhang's second sister-in-law said goodbye and went home when the lights were on. Ruan Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief when Mrs. Zhang's second sister-in-law left. He thought he had successfully escaped a trap. He began to practice swords in the empty courtyard with three points of wine. While practicing, he heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard. Under the bright moonlight, Ruan Dacheng saw that it was Yang Laosi, Lin Sangouzi and an unknown woman who entered the courtyard. "Brother Ruan, it's not good, something happened!" Old Si Yang walks in as soon as he enters the door. Ruan Dacheng put away his two swords, wiped the sweat off his face and forehead indiscriminately, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" "Old Lu was taken away by the yamen servants of Jinkou County! Eight or nine brothers from Qingpu Street were also taken away!" "Oh? But what is it for!" Mr. Yang said: "I heard that it caused a big mess! Alas! This... this... alas! This... this..." "What's the big mess? Don't worry, just say it slowly, oh, this woman is—" Lin Sangouzi stepped forward and introduced: "This is Sister-in-law Lu, she knows about Brother Lu, so please tell Sister-in-law Lu!" With tears in her eyes and a look of panic on her face, Mrs. Kuai talked over and over again for a long time, but she didn't explain the ins and outs of the matter clearly. She only said how powerful the yamen servant was, and how thick the iron rope that locked Lu Niupi's neck was. How did Lu Niupi tell her to come find Brother Ruan, etc. Ruan Dacheng didn't understand anyway. On the contrary, Lin Sangouzi understood a little bit, he did not wait for Kuai's babbling to finish, and then continued: "I heard about it—I heard about it as soon as I arrived in Qingpu, Brother Lu has caused a catastrophe this time. This morning, he led a group of brothers to smash the Tianfu business of Li Maozi and Jie Maozi, and took away hundreds of taels of silver! Jie Maozi went to Jinkou City in the afternoon to sue the officials. Mr. Chen became furious when he heard this, and sent someone to Qingpu Town to fetch him! I was just about to go and see Brother Lu, but when I passed Beijie Street, I saw Brother Lu coming over with the iron rope locked up. Pity that Brother Lu... " "Why on earth did Lao Lu want to smash Maozi's Tianfu business?" Ruan Dacheng interrupted abruptly. Old Four Yang said: "I heard from people on the street that it was the fault of those two foreign men! Those two foreign men plundered the nephew of Lao Lu's brother, Xiao Dou Sprout, and Xiao Dou Sprout went to beg for his nephew, but the men would not give it to him. Instead, he beat Little Bean Sprouts, and Lao Lu was so angry that he led a group of brothers to beat the door!" "Yes, that's the case!" Na Kuai hurriedly confirmed. "When they came back from beating, when they were drinking and distributing money at my house, I saw a few bags protruding from the head of the little bean sprouts, and most of the face was still smeared with blood!" Ruan Dacheng's gloomy eyes suddenly lit up: "Huh? If that's the case, then we can argue with foreigners!" "That's right, those two foreigners are too deceptive!" Old Four Yang was furious. Lin Sangouzi said: "Brother Ruan, you are the eldest brother of our brothers, you are well-educated, this time, Brother Ruan has to come forward to help Lao Lu! If you follow Mr. Chen's temperament of the king of hell, Lao Lu will not let you down this time. It must be put on the shackles for ten and a half months! If so, all of us will lose face together!" When Ruan Dacheng heard the word "shame", he couldn't help being a little annoyed, and secretly scolded Lu Niupi a bloody sprinkler in his heart!This Lu cowhide is too capable of causing trouble. It is not enough to blackmail the local Qingpu people, but now, it is also on the heads of other foreigners!After listening to Lin Sangouzi, Yang Laosi and Na Kuai's narrations, he already understood the context of the matter. He understood that Lu Niupi's fight and smashing of the business is fake, and the plundering of other people's money is the truth!Lu Niupi don't know that once the money is stolen, things will be a bit difficult! However, take care!No matter what you say!Even if Lu Niupi was unreasonable for a hundred or a thousand, he still had to find some reasons for him!Invent some reason!He can't let his gang brothers lose face, let alone let them feel that Ruan Dacheng is disloyal and unreliable!If he wanted to do a great job, he had to win over the brothers around him. Without these brothers, he could only accomplish nothing.Then, I remembered the abhorrentness of foreign Maozi. They sold foreign medicines, preached heresies, and competed with Qingpu Hongmen for territory and people's hearts. But he also thought that if he wanted to win this lawsuit, he had to discuss it with Du Tianxing and Qi Mingda, the two military advisors, and he had to find out the bottom line of Jie Maozi and Li Maozi, and he had to knock them down all at once.But to bring them down, you can't just make a fuss about the fight, the most powerful way is to get the conclusive evidence that they spread the cult! At this moment, a shadow-like figure suddenly floated in front of Ruan Dacheng's eyes, and he couldn't help saying hello. Yang Lao Si didn't know what the good sound meant, so he hurriedly said, "My brother has an idea!" Ruan Dacheng said: "I really have an idea! This Jie Maozi and Li Maozi ran to the government, and they entered the Niangniang Temple with their mother's pig's head in their arms - they went to the wrong door! He sued Lao Lu for extortion, and we will sue them for spreading the truth. Cult! This crime is much more serious than extortion, as long as they find evidence, they will pack up and leave without losing their heads!" "Very good! Very good! My brother is really brilliant!" "But... But, is this evidence easy to find?" Fourth Yang was quite worried. "It's easy to find! It's easy to find! Just now I remembered a person, you may know this person, he is Mr. Baojitang's pulse..." "That old man Mo Yide!" Ruan Dacheng asked: "Is the gentleman who took the pulse last name Mo? He looks like a shadow!" "Exactly! Exactly!" Ruan Dacheng said excitedly: "It's that Mo Yide, who believed in foreign religions! He told me himself that as long as we find him and let him come forward to prove that Jie Maozi and Li Maozi are spreading the cult, we can save the old man. Lu, you have turned defeat into victory, let's just say that Lao Lu and the others broke into Tianfu Company because they were targeting the cult..." "Okay! Brother Ruan, let's go find Mo Yide right away!" So, I went to look for Mo Yide overnight.