Chapter 18 The Fifteenth Tournament Hanyang Beauties Extort Money from Zhengzhou Robbers

Speaking of which, after Liu Niang peeked at the telegram, why did she become angry and change her mind? It turned out that the original text of the telegram clearly wrote: Lin'er learned that your mother had a stroke and died within two days.See the words and return to the funeral.Father Yu Yang. When Liu Niang saw it, it was like a basin of cold water poured over her head, immediately chilling her heart.Thinking in her heart, it turned out that although Cao Yulin looks magnificent on the outside, she is actually an owl on the inside.His own biological mother died, yet he could not change his face, and wanted to sleep in Liu Mianhua.People like this are rare in the world.Even if his biological mother is like this, how can it be different from outsiders.It can be seen that being close to me on weekdays is purely for lust, how can there be true love?It's also God's pity, I shouldn't have married a bandit by mistake, that's why I got to see this telegram.From now on, I will definitely reject him strictly.Then I changed my mind again, no no no.He and I have already made a marriage agreement, and I suddenly turned my face at this moment, how can he let it go?If I want to take advantage of the official position and put pressure on me, am I asking for trouble?I'm afraid that Ye Laoguiqiu won't be able to escape his grasp.I must think of a wonderful way to make other people lose their money. I expected that I would not be considered guilty of cheating such people, so I frowned and thought about it.Immediately rejoice, still go to bed to accompany.But Yulin urged her to make preparations as soon as possible, so that she could rent another room, take her out first, and use it as an outhouse, and then move back home to live with her after the wife is dredged up.Liu Niang made a full promise, only saying that there is still a debt of seven or eight hundred yuan in the local area, and once the debt is paid off, she can be discharged from the hospital immediately.Yulin said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Tomorrow I'll give you a thousand yuan first to pay off the debt. If it's not enough, just talk." Liu Niang agreed.

On the second night, Yulin really came excitedly. As soon as she entered the door, she heard crying from upstairs, it was Liu Niang.Yulin was stunned for a moment, and thought that Liu Niang would soon be discharged from the hospital to be a concubine, and when she was in high spirits, why was she looking for trouble and crying, could it be that someone dared to bully her?This person has eaten the heart of a leopard, so he should also know that she is Mrs. Cao's concubine, so he has to give up three points.Now that he dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head, I must deal with this person severely.While thinking, he walked upstairs.A long time ago, there was a aunt and elder sister who shouted loudly: "Master Cao is here!" This sentence really came true, and the mourning stopped immediately.When they reached the top of the building, Liu Niang had already come out to greet her.But she saw that her clothes were disheveled, her makeup was not applied, her eyes were swollen like walnuts, and her tears were still wet.When Yulin saw her, she felt pity for her. She hurried into the room, and before she could sit down, she asked Liu Niang, "I'll be happy sooner or later. What are you crying about? Could it be that someone bullied you?" He took out his wallet from his bosom, opened it and took out a roll of tickets, and said with a smile, "This is a traffic ticket of fifty yuan each, and there are twenty tickets in total. You should take it first and pay the bill." Lin thought that Liu Niang would definitely take it with both hands, but unexpectedly Liu Niang shook her head and said, "You take it first, I don't need it anymore." After hearing this sentence, Yulin felt like a thunderbolt struck in a sunny day. , as if a filial son received a telegram of his mother's death, he immediately stared blankly, unable to speak for a while.After hesitating for a long time, she took another breath of air and asked just now: "What is the reason? Did you go back on your word?" Liu Niang choked up and replied: "I don't have anything to go back on, I just hate my life, I don't deserve to be you My concubine, you just think of me as dead, and you don’t have to think about me any more in this life.” Yulin was even more surprised when she heard this, and she stood in front of her and asked, “What is your reason? It’s not like this." Liu Niang said anxiously: "I am not angry with others, and I have always been angry with different people." Yulin said: "Since I am not angry with others, can it be that I am angry with me?" Liu Niang became more and more angry. In a hurry, he cried and said: "Seeing that people are going to put me to death, you still say that I am angry with you. You won't even forgive me. What am I doing alive!" Bang your head against the wall.Yulin hurried over, hugged her, and said: "I made a mistake, don't be angry. Who is going to put you to death? Tell me. It's not like I'm talking big, whoever he is, I Send the three-inch film to the Hankou Police Station, and if it doesn’t work, he will be fined for half a year as a coolie.” Liu Niang shook her hand to Yulin as she struggled free, signaling for him to keep her voice low.At this time, a shrewd and capable Cao Yulin was sent into the fog, and she could hardly distinguish east, west, north and south.He had no choice but to hold Liu Niang's hand and asked in a low voice: "What is your reason? Why not tell me clearly. Even if I can't help you, I can give you an idea."

Only now did Liu Niang let out a long sigh, and the teardrops in her eyes couldn't stop flowing.After a pause, he said in a low voice: "I'm really ashamed to say this, but I have to tell you the truth. I'm a married woman. From when I was a few years old, my aunt When we got married, my father betrothed me to my aunt's son named Wang Ying. He passed the door when he was fifteen years old. My husband was four years older than me. After only one year, he went to South Africa as a Chinese laborer. After half a year, his companion sent a letter saying that he was not acclimatized and died of illness in South Africa. My aunt felt sorry for her son and died of illness. My parents because of Life is hard, and I was rented to a prostitute, which is the reason for entering the water. I have been in the water for two years, and I have a little money left. I only redeemed my body this year. After marrying you, it’s finally destined. I wanted to marry you, and I’ve been able to rely on my parents from now on. Who would have thought that things would take a long time, my sinful cousin husband, who was not dead, had been fooling around in a foreign country for several years, and then ran back When I returned to my hometown in Yangzhou, I didn’t know which wicked person told him everything about my prostitution in Hankou, and he immediately ran over. This afternoon, I actually found the door and met my parents. He said he had ruined his family's family style, so he must file a lawsuit. My parents didn't have any ideas. I frightened him and said that you don't have to sue. Since I have ruined your family's style, I don't have to. Already alive in this world, I might as well jump into the river. He saw that I was going to die, and he was afraid that I would lose money, so he softened his tone. I asked him what his plan was, and he said that he could ask for people or money. I asked What does he mean by asking for money? He said he wants someone, you have to go with me immediately, let's go to Shanghai, I would rather be a ready-made tortoise; if you want money, you give me 5,000 yuan, and I will write I will give you a letter of divorce, and I will cut off kudzu forever. I told him that it will never work. He still refused to let go. Later, an aunt came out to say good things, and she gave him five yuan first, telling him to take a bath, shave his head and eat. Come back if you have anything to say Besides, he went out after getting the money, and said to me, I am not afraid of you flying to the sky. He has already made me mad when he came, and it happened that I met my old and stupid father again, and I was frightened by him , would rather ask me to go with him, so as not to quarrel. Think about it for me, is there still a way to survive? That’s why I cried and cried just now. It’s really hard work, never blame others, always blame my life, not that big Good luck, marry you Mr. Cao. As the saying goes, there are so many beautiful women in the world, you should find another beauty." At this point, she covered her face and burst into tears again.

When Cao Yulin heard this, she jumped up and laughed, "It's very easy to handle, you don't have to cry." Liu Niang said: "You still laugh and say it's easy to scratch your head, you're just making fun of me. I can't blame anyone for saying that you officials like to take pleasure in other people's misfortune." Yulin said: "You don't have to blame me first, may I ask you, didn't you say that your husband has something to say, and you can write a divorce letter for five thousand yuan? I If you give five thousand yuan, won't this matter be completely resolved? Is there anything difficult to do?" Liu Niang listened and said in a low voice: "Don't shout, let me tell you in detail. There are five thousand yuan Money, of course it can be done, but as far as I think, it can’t be so cheap for him. Besides, if he knows that you, Mr. Cao, paid five thousand yuan, he will definitely refuse to agree. He is very cunning. I heard that the Bureau of Western Affairs If the general manager marries me, he must regard it as a rare commodity to live in. Fever is talking nonsense, and Almighty wants to export thirty to twenty thousand. Of course you don’t regret the money, and he will have a handle from now on." Yulin hurriedly Ask: "Why is this?" Liu Niang said: "You are an official, and it is strictly forbidden to marry a married woman. He has spent all his money, and he will definitely come to you again. When did you If you don’t give him money, he can sue you at any time, don’t you just spend money to buy crimes?” Yulin suddenly realized when she heard this, and kept boasting: “You are really shrewd and far-sighted, so how do you deal with him? Okay?" Liu Niang said: "Now I have a method that saves money and has no future troubles. I wonder if you agree or not?" Yulin said: "I have no reason to disapprove of your words." Liu Niang said: " Didn't you want to pay five thousand yuan? Even if he agreed to five thousand yuan, even if I pay back the debt and put some clothes on the face, it will cost at least seven thousand yuan. Since I marry you, how can I ask you to waste more money? Now only You take out 4,000 yuan, and I will go out with him. I have 2,000 yuan, which is enough to pay him and leave. The 2,000 yuan is enough to pay off the debt and buy things. But there is one thing, I have to make an agreement with you for three chapters. Within a week, you must never come to my door. Not only do you not come, but even your friends, all of them are told not to come. To avoid his eyes, let him not know that I have rich customers , Naturally, his greed has eased a lot. Then I told him that I would lend him the money, and slowly increase it from a few hundred yuan to two thousand yuan, and it would definitely succeed. As long as I got the letter of divorce in my hand, I would not be afraid. He is gone. When I get the divorce certificate, I will immediately deport him and leave the hospital. If he does not leave, I will inform you in secret, and you will notify the patrol station and send two policemen to escort him out of the country. This is called courtesy first. Even if he is cunning, he can't escape from our hands. What do you think of this strategy?" Yulin applauded after hearing this.He deserved it, he just received a diplomatic fee from the bureau today, which was 5,700 yuan.Immediately took it out, counted 4,500 yuan, and handed it to Liu Niang.Said: "I have a little more to save you from embarrassing." Liu Niang just took it, and saw the elder sister coming in, and said to her: "The person who went out just now is back again. He was very drunk and sleeping downstairs. "Liu Niang frowned and said: "I know." Then she said to Yulin in a low voice: "Condescend to you, you should avoid him first, fortunately our life is long." He stood up, hurriedly walked downstairs, went out and took a carriage back to the mansion.

From then on, seven days later.According to Cao Yulin, she was originally a person of elves and ghosts, how could she fall into such a trap like Liu Niang, but he was willing to fall into this big trick with all her heart, what is the reason for this?It turns out that a person who likes whoring always thinks that he is really close to the prostitute he loves. No matter what kind of bad intentions the prostitute has, he always thinks it is open and honest when he sees it, and there is no other intention.That's why he had to pay ten for one, no matter how hard the ax struck, he would not be aware of it.And the more he was hit by the ax, the more he felt that he was struggling with him, squandering thousands of dollars, but he didn't care.I am most afraid of attracting suspicion from prostitutes, and they are alienated from each other, so they can't get them.Therefore, if a prostitute says a word, he will regard it as a god, and compare it with the will of the monarch and the orders of his parents, especially respect ten times.Those who are working as prostitutes also guessed his psychology, so they let go to do it, frankly and without any fear, even if they took his money, they still have to do it in the palm of their hands.As long as the words uttered by the mouth and the attitude on the face are flawless and can convince him, he can do whatever he wants without any hindrance.This time Liu Niang made up her mind, first she made a false threat, followed by Tiaohu Lishan, took 4,500 yuan safely, and then fled Hankou freely, leaving Cao Yulin in the dark , so that he did not understand what was going on.This is certainly a prostitute's means, but it is not too much to apply to such a person.

Gossip is less, but it is said that Yulin returned home, and his wife Jiang was resting on the bed after taking medicine.Seeing him coming in, he frowned and asked, "Recently, I've been sick. You're always away from home every night, and you have to come back after three o'clock at the earliest. Sometimes you still live outside and don't come back all night. When I ask you, you will Is there a business, do you only do your business at night? From my point of view, I'm afraid it's a little unreliable. I used to be ill and didn't have the nerve to ask you. After watching it with a cold eye, I always feel that you are a little distracted. Maybe you Maybe you have an affair? If you don't have to hide it from me sometimes, just tell me that I will never make things difficult for you. If it is right, I may take you home and be your concubine. If you don't tell me, if I find out At that time, don’t blame me for turning my face and being ruthless, we are going to the governor’s office to talk about it.” Yulin listened and smiled: “My wife, why are you so concerned about these places? I want you to find an affair. Take good care of your illness and stop worrying about such unnecessary things.” Jiang said with a sneer, “You men are good at deceiving women. Don’t listen to the hype in your mouth. Go to heaven, move all the fairies of Nine Heavens down, and give them to one person to enjoy. That's what you want. I'm sick now, and I don't have time to take care of your affairs. But from today onwards, I will make three chapters and go home every day at the latest No past nine o’clock. If it’s past nine o’clock, I’ll go to the Foreign Affairs Bureau to see. If you’re there, everything will be closed. If you’re not there, we’ll have to recalculate the account from scratch, do you hear?” Yulin He hurriedly replied: "I will do as I do, don't worry. From now on, I will definitely come back early." I promised in my mouth, but I thought in my heart that this rare good opportunity, Liu Niang is making an appointment with me not to go for seven days.I have seven days to make my wife happy first, and then try to pick up Liuniang.Tall and ugly daughters-in-law have to see their parents-in-law.After receiving it, no matter what, she has to pass this test.At present, I have no choice but to perfunctory, but beg her not to ask.After receiving it, I quickly published Ding You and brought them all back to their hometown. If there is any quarrel, we will talk about it when we go home.Fortunately, my old father reconciled for me at home, and I guess this hag can't do anything.I made up my mind, and sure enough, I came home at four or five o'clock every night from the next day.After returning home, she no longer goes out, but cooks medicine and decoction in the house, and serves the Rouge Tiger by the bedside.

Seeing that he was so docile, Jiang thought that he had wrongly blamed the good guy, and it was very face-saving.In this shortest period of time, it was finally the Harmony of Qin and Se.On the seventh day, Yulin thought that Liu Niang must be looking forward to me.But in the past seven days, why hasn't she received a single letter, or even made a phone call? What's the reason for this?Could it be that her man was difficult to deal with, and she never made an agreement.I expected that her husband was leaving, so she must have called someone to invite me, but since no one came, it can be seen that she must have not left.Even though it's seven days, I can't do anything wrong, if I go early and produce other branches, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing for Liu Niang?Thinking of this, he couldn't hold back, and endured for another three days.It's been ten days, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I rode in the carriage and rushed to Liu Niang's place.When she got to the door, Yulin got out of the car and wanted to step in, but she saw that the door was closed, the lantern on the door was also taken off, but there was a red note on the door.Yulin raised her eyes and looked carefully, and saw that it was clearly written on the note that there are seven rooms in total in one building. If there is any renter, please go to No. 11 of this village to inquire, and someone will show it.After Yulin finished reading, she was taken aback, as if a basin of cold water poured down her head.Gathering my mind, I thought to myself, could it be that my eyes are dazzled, how could there be such a miracle?So I read the note again, yes, it was well written!I have to ask to get to the bottom of it.Turning around by myself, I went to look for No. 11.After six or seven doors, I found it, and it turned out to be a small grocery store.Yulin walked in and said hard work.The shopkeeper seemed to recognize him, and quickly stood up to greet him.Yulin first asked, "Does the house below Liu Niang belong to you?" The owner of the shop shrank back into the room without answering the question.Yulin didn't know what he meant either.When I was young, the owner of the store came out, holding a letter in his hand, and asked Yulin with a smile, "Is your old surname Cao?" Yulin nodded and said yes.The owner of the shop greeted him respectfully, and said with a smile, "So it's Mr. Cao, please sit inside, and the businessman will answer you when you have something to say." Yulin walked into the cabinet listlessly.The shop owner asked him to sit up, and he accompanied him below, holding a letter in his hand, and first said: "Master Cao, are you always looking for Liu Niang?" Yulin said: "Yes, why do you know?" The shop owner said: " The house Liu Niang lives in is the house of the businessman’s owner. She left a week ago. When the house was handed over, Liu Niang called the businessman into a secret room with tears in her eyes and said to me: “Five days later There is a Mr. Cao who will come to look for me. If he comes, I have a letter here, please give it to him. It says that I, Liu Niang, will never see him again in this life. He will treat me only in the next life. Let’s make up the report.” I asked her why she had to leave Hankou? She told me that because of her husband’s persecution, her parents refused to support her and turned to her son-in-law. , as a last resort, that's why I followed them. All the grievances and grievances are clearly written in the letter, please read the letter, Mr. Cao, and you will know."

Before Yulin finished speaking, she was already fascinated, and hurriedly snatched the letter from him.Seeing that the envelope was very tight, he tore it open with his hands, and took out the letter. Seeing that it said: Liu Niang, a concubine with a bad life, wrote a letter to His Excellency Cao Lang: I met the king myself, and I was lucky to meet a confidant in the wind and dust. The relationship is getting closer and the love is getting deeper.Therefore, it is enough to wish to make a covenant of whiteheads, and to be a maidservant with the king for life.Unexpectedly, good things never last long, and disasters come from heaven.The ex-husband was not dead, so he came back rashly.At the beginning, I thought that money has a spirit, and it can drive others away.Unexpectedly, wolves are ambitious and insatiable. They want both money and people.If you don't follow, you will hold a knife and use a sword, and threaten all kinds of people.Fu Nian ants are greedy for life, let alone human beings.In addition, parents do not forgive and insist on the principle of oneness, which is irreversible.So on a certain day, the riverboat was fixed, and the concubine was forced to go with him.If I knew this earlier, I would never ask you for even one yuan of money.Zai Jun throws gold at Xu Yu, so I don't necessarily care about it.And the concubine is as flawed as Bai Bi, and she really feels guilty.Every time I think about it, I wish I could plunge into the river, chase after Sun Shangxiang, and use it to repay my confidant.In this world, there will never be a time to meet each other.Geng Geng is sincere, only the retribution of the next life.The book is not enough, tears and ink are all together.

After seeing it, Yulin burst into tears unconsciously.The owner of the shop tried his best to persuade him.Yulin cried for a while, feeling bored, hurriedly put the letter in her bosom, bid farewell to the shopkeeper and left.At this time, the carriage had already been pulled to the front of the store, Yulin got on the carriage and drove back to the mansion.Walking into the upper room, lying on the bed weakly, weeping unceasingly.Since Jiang returned home a few days ago, more than half of his illness has recovered.Today, I specially prepared a few delicacies, and I am going to have a drink with my husband.But seeing him come in, with tears on his face, lying listlessly on the bed, still crying, doubts arose in his heart, he hurried over and asked, "Why are you crying for no reason?" After this question, I remembered that the Yasha woman at home was right in front of me, I shouldn't have exposed myself, so I hurriedly wiped away my tears with my sleeve, and said with a smile: "I didn't cry, maybe you misunderstood." Jiang sneered and said, "I'm not a three-year-old child either. I can't even tell if I'm crying or laughing. You must have something on your mind. Don't hide it from me before it's too late. Tell the truth quickly. It's a lot. It's boring!" Yulin laughed and said, "I'm not guilty, and I'm not afraid of you to investigate. You are better, and you should rest up, why worry so much?" Jiang saw that he refused to admit it, so it was inconvenient to pursue him further. Just keep an eye out and check his flaws.It's what she deserved, Yulin only cared about Liu Niang in her heart, but forgot the letter in her pocket.When Ye Lai undressed and went to sleep, Jiang searched secretly, found the letter and read it under the lamp.He was originally a young lady from a family, and he had studied for a few years when he was young, so she could not block her eyes from this talented letter.After reading it, without making a sound, I tucked it into the pocket of my little jacket and went to bed to rest.

I got up very early the next day, finished washing and grooming, put up a chair, sat down at the door of the room, with my face facing the sky, without saying a word.After Yulin got up and washed, she called for a set car.After changing my clothes, I wanted to go out to the bureau.Just walked to the door, saw Jiang sitting blocking the door, smiled and said: "Madam please step aside, let me go, it's time for work." I looked up and down all over.Suddenly sneered, and said slowly: "Where are you going?" Yulin smiled and said: "Of course it is to the Diplomatic Bureau, are there two other places?" Jiang sneered: "Go to the Diplomatic Bureau to find Who is going?" Yulin said: "It's just for work, who else can I find?" Jiang snorted and said, "I don't think so. I heard that there is some peach girl in your diplomatic bureau Liu Niang, don't you want to go to pay your respects?" Upon hearing this, Yulin's face turned yellow with fright, as if a child had heard a thunderbolt for the first time.Hastily stretched out his hand into his clothes pocket to take out the letter, but there was no shadow there.This shock was no small matter, and she stomped her feet anxiously and said, "Damn it, why is it so absurd?" Jiang said with a half-angry, half-smiling smile: "You finally have a conscience, and you know it's absurd. You can't blame yourself. Since you were sick, you have often lived outside. The Ganqing Foreign Affairs Bureau has moved to Liuniang’s place. You have brought her home long ago, so you don’t have to run away! Now that you have no money, I can’t complain that your tears are bigger than springs. If I died of illness, probably you would never have had so many tears. It shows that you are a sentimental person, but it is a pity that your affection is not used properly, so people don't know your affection, so they cheated of your money. Telling you to be single-minded. Think about it for yourself, it's really interesting." Yulin's face was blushing at Jiang's harsh and sarcastic words.Thinking about it to myself, before she turns her face, say a few soft words to calm her down and avoid arguing.Then with an old face, he asked Jiang deeply for a deep smile and said: "What Madam said is true. I really deserve to die at the moment, and went the wrong way. Fortunately, the matter is over, and she has gone too. I beg Madam Raise your hand and return this letter to me. I will burn it, and from now on, I will cut off evil thoughts and never make my wife angry." Jiang sneered and shook his head: "You don't have to be hypocritical, you have to think about it yourself, it belongs to the imperial family. Commander, and Commander-in-Chief Zhuang knew him very well, and entrusted him with a heavy diplomatic mission. You are unclean and serve the public, and dare to hire a prostitute. You are really a scum in the officialdom. If this is the case, it is better to go home as soon as possible, so you don’t have to be ashamed here. I am now Now that I have your handle, how can I let it go with you? Today, I went across the river to see the commander-in-chief, but I asked for instructions, can you officials whore freely prostitute?" Yulin was ashamed again after being taught by Jiang. , is afraid again.If she really did it, what would be her face.Then I thought, if I take this opportunity to repay Ding You, it is a perfect opportunity.But if you are prevented from going out, how can you publish this matter?It's very difficult to think about it.Fortunately, the husband and wife have no hatred, so they can only use soft methods, but they have to be perfunctory for a while, and when Ding You returns home, this matter will naturally disappear.After making up his mind, he simply sent a message to unload the car, and he didn't go out by himself, just chatting with Jiang Shi and trying to please her in different ways.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jiang never opened his mouth to laugh, and let you talk wildly, and he simply remained silent.Yulin spent a whole day talking, but in the end she couldn't coax Jiang Shi away.

The next day, he was still not allowed to go out.Although Yulin was anxious, there was nothing she could do.When he was unable to step down from the stage, he suddenly saw his family member Zhang Li come up in a panic and replied to Yulin: "There is a man outside who claims to be named You Sheng, and he is from the master's house. Please tell the master to see if he is gone?" Yulin heard I knew in my heart that it must be his father who couldn't go home for the funeral because of the electricity, so he sent his family member You Sheng to call him.Xin said, this is a good opportunity to save the siege, and hurriedly said to Zhang Li: "Call him in quickly, this is my old servant, don't you recognize it?" He said to Yulin: "Yousheng is someone the old man needs. If there is something important, you must not send him out. Could it be that something happened at home?" Just as he was wondering, he saw Yousheng had come in with Zhang Li.With a white belt tied around his waist and two white shoes under his feet, he entered the room, kowtowed to Yulin and Jiang, and burst into tears.In fact, Yulin knew it in her heart, but pretended not to know.Seeing such a scene, Mrs. Jiang understood half of her heart, and hurriedly asked: "Get up and talk, maybe something terrible happened at home?" You Sheng got up and cried: "My young master and grandma, something is wrong. The old lady has passed away." After finishing this sentence, Yulin and the Jiang family all burst into tears.Everyone has a conscience, don't look at Yulin who was obsessed with lust a few days ago and put this matter behind her mind, now that she is hurt by the scene, her conscience will naturally find out.As for the Jiang family, because her mother-in-law is kind and treats her very well, now that she has been away for three or four years, she suddenly received a dead letter. Looking back on the past, how could she not cry bitterly?The two cried for a while, and You Sheng persuaded: "Don't cry yet, and go home and go to the funeral after discussing, the old man is in a hurry." Jiang choked back his tears and asked: "Since the old lady passed away, why didn't you send a telegram?" , but told you to run back and forth, delaying these many days?" You Sheng said anxiously: "I sent an urgent telegram on the day I passed away, and I waited for seven or eight days. Not only did no one come back, but there was no reply to the call. It was Zhang Shan and Master Zhang who came up with the idea and told me to look for it in person. Why didn’t you send a telegram?” Jiang was stunned when he heard this, and asked Yulin, “Since you followed the telegram, why didn’t you tell me , Could it be that it was Tao Niang and Liu Niang who stopped you, and you can't say it?" Yulin could only cunningly say at this time: "It's unreasonable! There is no mother in the world who died, and then sent a telegram, pretending not to know. I even It's absurd, but it's not so absurd that it's worse than a beast. Aren't you scolding people?" Jiang sneered twice and said, "I'm afraid it's just unreliable." Yulin said, "Did this telegram go to the Foreign Affairs Bureau or to your home?" You Sheng said: "It was taken at the Diplomatic Bureau." Yulin stomped her feet and said, "It's broken, it's broken, and there is no one in the Diplomatic Bureau after the afternoon shift. There is only one old janitor, deaf and blind, If it is thrown into his hands, it will be bad." Jiang scolded beside him: "This old gatekeeper, who hides his funeral and does not report it, pretends to be deaf and blind, should be struck by lightning from the sky, five thunders will strike the top, and he will go to the eighteenth level of hell after death. " Yulin scolded hollowly, but she didn't dare to say anything, but said with a smile: "Madam, don't be angry, let's go home and go to the funeral." Jiang said: "That's natural. You go to report to Ding You, get ready Confess. As for the family affairs, I will take care of them all by myself. Fortunately, Yousheng is here, and he is the most reliable. He helped me clean up, and we get up and leave." Yulin reported Ding You to Jiang on the same day.The Zhuang Zhijun sent Hankou Daoist and deputy director of the bureau to meet Yulin and told him: "If you keep your filial piety for a hundred days, you will be on a mission when you come back. Fortunately, you are not really short of personnel, and there is nothing hindering you. I will not wait for the mission of the Foreign Affairs Bureau." Entrust others, it would be better for you to go early and return early." Yulin thanked.Before leaving, Zhuang Zhijun also gave 200 silver as a gift and 200 silver as a dish fee.The civil and military officials in Hecheng saw such preferential treatment from the Zhijun, who would not flatter them, Jing Dianjing took more than 3,000 taels, and there were countless foreign tents and so on. Wang Lin chose to get up on the second day of October, and took the Jinghan train to Beijing first.Unexpectedly, when I walked to Zhengzhou, Henan, there was a sudden danger of a car collision ahead.More than a dozen passenger cars were damaged, and even a large section of the track was damaged, so they could not run for three to five days.Yulin had no choice but to temporarily stay in the Zhengzhou inn.This inn is called Hongsheng Store, but it is a time-honored store, but there are mixed people, and all customers live there.Yulin lived in this shop for two days, so she couldn't help but bring out the official dispatch. She thought the waiter was not good enough, so she wanted to send it to the Zhengzhou Yamen for boarding.Unexpectedly, the temperament of Henan people is different from that of Hubei.People from Hubei are cowardly officials, and as soon as they show their official authority, he is so scared that he pees and feces.People from Henan resist the officials, if you use your authority to frighten them, they will simply fight you to the end.Seeing that Yulin lost her temper and wanted to send him to an official, Xiao Er sneered and said, "Okay, please send him. Those who don't will be his wife and grandchildren. I'm afraid you will send him an old man." After being contradicted like this, he immediately flew into a rage and said, "It's the opposite! I'll hit you, you bastard first." As he said that, he snatched it up and wanted to hit Xiaoer in the mouth.Xiao Er quickly moved away and shouted: "You are so shameless! If you hit me again, I will fight back." At this time, Zhang Liyou promoted four or five servants, all of whom ran over.As soon as they saw this situation, they rushed forward regardless of indiscriminate injustice, and beat up the waiter in the shop.Unexpectedly, this Xiao Er has both strength and fists, and he knocked down two of them in the blink of an eye.It happened that Yulin lived in the backyard, and there was a fight, and the building in front was completely unaware.Seeing the servant being knocked down by him, Yulin felt a little scared in her heart.Asking himself that although he is powerful, it is inevitable that he will suffer in front of him, so he wants to run to the front and call the shopkeeper.When he was in critical condition, he saw a guest living in the same courtyard push open the door and come out, shouting to the waiter in the shop, "Xiao Ma, are you causing trouble again? Hurry up and help him up, if you want to do this again, I will beat you !" When Xiaoer saw this person, he immediately put his hands and feet back, and said politely: "Second Master, I dare not beat anyone. They all surround me. Am I willing to be beaten?" The guest shouted: "Nonsense! You don't If you provoke someone, will they beat you?" Seeing that someone came out to rescue her, Yulin stopped calling the shopkeeper.Looking closely at this guest, he is about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a jade face and red lips, like a scholar.It's just two sword-shaped eyebrows flying obliquely into the temples, and one phoenix eye, shining brightly, concealing a murderous aura.A proud person like Yulin dared not meet his eyes.He thought in his heart that this must be the young master of a family, he quickly cupped his hands with a smile and said, "What is the eldest brother's surname? Just now, the younger brother has nothing to do with it, I accept your rescue, brother is very grateful. If you don't mind, please sit in the room. "The guest was not humble after hearing this, so he followed Yulin to sit in the house.It turned out that Yulin lived in three upper rooms, one bright and two dark.Then let the guests go to the west room and call Yousheng to pour tea.The guest said with a smile: "My younger brother's surname is Wang, and he is from Weihui Mansion. He wanted to do business in Beijing, but unexpectedly caught up with the parking lot. He has lived in this shop for six or seven days. I just heard Xiao Er fighting, so I came out to control him. I didn't want to meet Brother Zun. I don't know your name, where is the house, but I want to ask for advice." Yulin didn't hide anything, so she told the guests surnamed Wang about his history as an official.After hearing this, Guest Wang respectfully said: "It turns out that he is a noble official, and the businessman's eyes are clumsy, so he is really disrespectful." Seeing him like this, Yulin put on her official airs and said with a smile: "You businessmen, If it wasn't in the hotel, how could we easily meet our officials?" Guest Wang replied solemnly: "Yes, yes. But I don't know if Mr. Cao is still waiting for the bus, or is there a drought?" Yulin said: "This floor It hasn't been decided yet." The guest Wang said: "According to the merchant, Mr. Cao should get up and go. One is that there is no fixed time, and there is no certain time when you can drive; two, the Beijing-Han Road often crashes, and it is too dangerous." Yulin said: "Your words are indeed reasonable, but I have too much luggage, and I'm afraid it will be inconvenient." The guest Wang said, "What's the inconvenience? Just hire a few more cars. Just order the store to order dozens of cars." Hundreds of cars are ready." After finishing speaking, he got up and said goodbye, and went back to his house.However, Yulin was persuaded by this remark, and discussed with Jiang Shi again, Jiang Shi also agreed very much.Because of the danger of a collision, the woman is timid and dare not take the train again.That night, he called the shopkeeper over and told him to hire six or seven cars, and he got up and set off tomorrow morning.The shopkeeper agreed.In the early morning of the next day, they hired all the cars, explaining that they would pay 12 yuan for each car to be transported to Beijing, not including the money for fodder and food.Because Yulin was in a hurry to leave, she agreed without asking the price of the car.I packed four cars with suitcases, and I took one with Jiang and his two daughters, and asked the servants to share the other two cars.The driver shook his whip and drove straight on the road. It was mid-October at this time, and the weather was suddenly cold, and I gradually felt cold when walking on the road.According to Yulin's intention, she wanted to stay in the store for two more days and wait for the weather to clear up and warm up a little before leaving.But Jiang refused, saying that the seven cars are too much to use every day, and one more day of delay is a waste of money for one day, but why bother.Yulin had no choice but to rely on her.It so happened that the next day was cloudy and the weather was extremely cold.Yulin hesitated, but Jiang urged her to leave.Ji Er, the leader of the driver, said to Yulin: "Master Cao, it's not a villain's advice, and I always take it as a decision not to go today. You see, the weather is so cold, it will snow if you can't keep the road. The one who is going ahead is exactly The mountain road is very difficult to walk if you are fascinated by the snow. You only need to wait for a day, and the snow will melt, so is it too late to go then?" Yulin felt reasonable after hearing this, so she didn't want to leave.However, Mrs. Jiang refused to let go, saying: "This is a trick of the coachman. Why do you listen to him if you don't leave for a day and eat ready-made meals for a day?"Unexpectedly, after walking two miles away, it was snowing heavily, and the flat land was covered in an instant.Looking ahead, it really is a mountain.Although the coachman was not happy, he had no choice but to go forward in the snow.玉琳问车夫：“前面可有集镇吗？”季二道：“前面是鸡公山，过了鸡公山，才到松林镇。大约须有六十里路才能到呢。”玉琳道：“我们就住在那个镇上，不必再往前走了。”季二道：“也只好如此。回头过了山，大人望见有一片松林，离那镇就剩八里路了。”说罢又告诉其余车夫，快着一点走，到松林镇便休息了。众人听了这话，果然走得加快。无奈这雪越下越大，在平川路上，固然可以快走，及至临山路近了，崎岖凹凸，实在难行。直绕了两个多时辰，才绕出鸡公山外。果然远远地看见一片松林，却是白茫茫的，全被雪盖住了。玉琳催大家道：“快走快走！好冷天，再不到栈房，就要把人冻坏了。”一面又埋怨江氏，不听他的话。好在离山渐远，路也渐渐平了。这七辆车，便如风驰电掣一般，直往前进，眼看离松林有半里路了。季二道：“好在今天是大雪，若在平日，再是孤行客人，这个松林就很不易走呢。”玉琳忙问是什么缘故。季二道：“等到店里再说吧。” 二人说着话，转眼已来至松林前面，相离着不过两三丈远。玉琳举目细看，见这林子密匝匝足有二里多长，阴森森毫无声息，果然是一片大林。才要向季二问话，忽听林子中有枪声，一连响了三下。吓得玉琳几乎从车上掉下来，忙向季二道：“你、你、你听这、这是什么声音？”季二并不答玉琳的话，只向同伴道：“你们快停住吧，原来二大王在这里。”这句话尚未说完，又听呼哨一声，从树林后拥出许多人来。头里打着一面红旗，红旗上镶着尺大的一个王字。众车夫见了，并不害怕，从车上跳下来，抱着鞭子在旁边一蹲。只见红旗底下，站着一个为首的人，身穿青缎子小皮袄、青缎皮裤，头扎青洋绉包巾，足着黑皮靴子，腰里掖着自来得手枪，手里拿着一柄背厚刃薄的短把刀。其余随从的有二三十人，全是青布短衣，也有拿手枪的，也有拿短刀的，俱在为首人左右，排班站立。只听那为首的人高声说道：“请曹大人出来说话！”玉琳一听，更觉诧异，心说这贼头怎会认得我呢？事到其间，只得硬着头皮，从车上跳下来。再看江氏同两个女儿，早吓得面无人色，互相搂抱，在车里抖作一团。玉琳下了车，举目细看，不觉失声叫道：“朋友你不是与我同店的王客人吗？为何却在这里？咱们萍水相逢，一见如故，前日无仇，今日无恨，请你高抬贵手，放我们过去吧。”为首人笑道：“曹公不这样说法。我王天宠虽系大盗，做事光明，所劫的必是贪官污吏，所取的必是非义钱财，至于安分的商民，我从来不曾伤着一个。你曹大人日前在店里相遇，觉着你官气熏人，一定不是清廉之辈。并且见你行囊过多，不过多是些民膏民脂。我王天宠这三个月中，不曾发一次利市。要搁在生意好的时候呢，既然前日有一面之缘，也就放你过去了。偏偏赶上我手头困乏，只好向你曹大人先借一点用用。好在你们做官的人，只要有三分气在，说一句话，发一个令，便有无数金钱。这一次的损失，料也满不在意。并且我今日特别优待，所有你的金钱衣物，我只取十之七八，必给你留下几成，做回府的路费。咱们是先礼而后兵，你曹大人可要三思三想。”玉琳听他侃侃而谈，句句话极和平，却是句句话中有刺。料想今天若不将所有尽他拿去，眼见得便有性命之忧。常言光棍不吃眼前亏，我莫若同他客气几句，他倒许给我多留几成。想到这里，便也抱拳拱手，带笑说道：“老哥的话，兄弟实在佩服得很。兄弟生平爱慕的，就是侠义英雄。看你老哥英风飒飒，义胆侠肠，还要替兄弟留回家的路费，更是感激之至。”说着便用手指那四轮行李车：“所有金银衣物，俱在这四个车中，请你老哥随便自取。至于贱内同小女的车上，却是毫无所有。无论如何，请你留一点面子，不要惊吓了他们母女，兄弟就感激不尽了。”王天宠笑道：“难得你曹大人这样慷慨，我谢谢你。至于令正同女公子，你自请放心，我王天宠自入绿林以来，从不曾伤着一个妇女。不要说啰唣，连正眼我全不看。”说罢，便向左右发令：“你们把那四车东西，通通取下来。”众盗得令，便一拥而上，把车上各箱笼包裹，俱都取下，先将锁头打掉，王天宠拉着玉琳笑道：“我明人不做暗事，请你曹大人亲眼看着，我们拿去哪样，你心里也好明白。”玉琳只得随着他来至车前，见箱子里共有两千多块现洋，有十几卷番票。天宠问他番票共是多少？玉琳道：“银票是四千五百七十两，洋钱票是八千。”天宠点点头，将所有票子，吩咐大家分着带起来，现洋却一个未动。又看那几只箱子，俱是男女衣服，什么单夹皮棉纱，样样俱全，并且袍套官方，尤占多数。天宠见了，忽然心神一动，吩咐大家把道两箱官衣抬回去，我有用处。又搜检了一番，见一个皮匣内，装着许多文书。天宠细看，却是玉琳历次在北洋湖广得差的札子，还有在日本大学卒业的证书。便笑向玉琳道：“你曹大人现在丁忧，这些物事，全是用不着的，暂且借我一用，以一年为限，我仍旧寄还，决不食言。”玉琳虽然心中难过，却又不敢不依。眼看着众盗把金钱衣物，俱都慢慢运走，天宠才拱拱手笑道：“改日再会。”抹转头随着众盗一声呼哨，又投入林中去了。此时七个车夫同尤升、张立、高升等，方才集拢上来。玉琳满腹牢骚，才要向下人发泄，却见季二深深向他请安，说小人给曹大人贺喜。玉琳见了，不觉愣然一惊。要问他因何贺喜，且看下回分解。