Chapter 10 Chapter Eight

Ever since Luqiu Danyi proposed in the temple, Lin Zhitong felt embarrassed to see her senior brother.It's not that she didn't want to get along with her senior brother before, but now that her dream is brought up, she really doesn't know if it's a fantasy.But thinking of that camellia tree and that monkey, she couldn't be happy at all.His face was flushed, for a while he hated Xu Jing, and for a while he hated himself, and for a while he felt that neither Xu Jing nor himself was wrong, it was only because the flowers bloomed too brightly in that spring. As usual, Dan Yi would visit the ancient temple at noon every day, sometimes bringing a few boxes of food, and sometimes sending a few quilts.Yuan Shi also accepted them all, but he resolutely refused to give money.Every time she sees her senior brother coming over, Zhitong finds an excuse to avoid her.On this day, the senior brother brought a jade hairpin to Zhitong on a special trip, and Zhitong returned it to the senior brother with a blushing face, turned around and left the ancient temple.

While sewing, Yuan smiled and said, "I can't see this little female beast, she's still shy." Luqiu Danyi lowered his head and said: "Master, Third Uncle has asked someone to destroy the notice of the Ministry of Criminal Justice between you and your junior sister. We only have to wait a few days for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to withdraw the case. You and your junior sister can go home and live." Yuan Shi threaded the thread through a needle, and said in a low voice, "How can I thank you? Will you really treat Miss Xidi well in the future? She is not a worry-free lady--a swordsman and a gun, even the name Dare to change. How did you get into a scholarly family like you?"

Dan Yi knelt down and said: "Master, don't worry, I prefer this kind of innocence." Yuan Shi heard that the hand was poked by the needle, sucked it lightly, and sighed: "Since that's the case, I don't have much problem. If your junior sister is willing, no matter whether her father can get married or not, I agree to this marriage." gone." Dan Yi said happily: "Thank you, Master, I will go back and beg my father. I am the eldest son in my family, and my parents dote on me. If I ask hard, I will definitely agree." Yuan was silent for a while, and said: "Son, I don't think that your family background is good. Although my mother's family was not as good as yours back then, it was still considered to be a prosperous place in ten miles and eight villages. But who has seen the nobles after three generations? It’s just a passing moment, but your character really makes me happy. If your father agrees, you don’t need too many gifts, and you can drive here. If you give a gift, I will send most of it back as a dowry. If your father disagrees, you can also You don’t have to force it. Now that this family is desolate and the daughter of a sinner, it’s only natural to disagree, so don’t quarrel with your father over this matter.”

Dan Yi said firmly: "This matter is not normal. I hate snobs the most in my life. If my junior sister does not give up, I will be this wife in this life." Yuan Shi raised her hand, indicating that Zhitong was practicing boxing behind the temple.Dan Yi blushed and walked over. Yuan Shi thought of her daughter, who was carried to the Luqiu mansion by a big sedan chair, and a few traces of rose-colored warmth rose in her heart. Lin Zhitong saw Dan Yi approaching, and hurriedly said: "Ah, senior brother, I still have some things to go down the mountain, you can talk to mother." After finishing speaking, she was about to run away.

Dan Yi bravely stopped him and said, "Junior Sister, what do you need to go down the mountain?" Lin Zhitong said, "Ah—soy sauce." Dan Yi frowned and said, "Junior Junior Sister, why do I feel that you have been avoiding me all this time. I thought you also have a good impression of me. If you really don't want it in your heart, even though senior brother is not a gentleman, he will not force others to make things difficult for him." Lin Zhitong made a grimace, and said, "Hehe, I didn't say I didn't want to." Dan Yi paused and said: "Actually, I have been in love with you for a long time."

Lin Zhitong asked in surprise, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Dan Yi said with a serious face: "At that time, you were not yet at the age of Ji. The Master said, 'Don't see wrongdoing, don't hear wrongly, don't speak wrongly'. How dare I disobey the words of the sage? Now you are one year older, Mrs. I also said about marrying a daughter, so I raised this proposal abruptly, besides, Master suffered such a catastrophe, and his life and death are uncertain, I also want to marry you as soon as possible, so that you and my wife can rely on each other."

Lin Zhitong was a child by nature, and said gratefully: "Actually, I also liked you very early." Dan Yi said: "I know." Lin Zhitong jumped up and said, "When did you know?" Luqiu Danyi said: "When it snowed last winter, you threw a handful of snow into my collar." Lin Zhitong blushed and said, "Then when did you like me?" Dan Yi said: "When I practice martial arts, I always make troubles by my side. If I make troubles a lot, I won't forget them." Lin Zhitong pushed angrily, and said: "Idiot, don't insult me ​​like this, don't insult me ​​like that, isn't it tiring to live like this? Wouldn't it be nice if you molested me earlier?"

Dan Yi, a humble gentleman, was shocked by the words for a long time, and said, "What did you say?" Lin Zhitong hooked his fingers and said, "Come here." Dan Yi stepped forward. Lin Zhitong leaned her neck back, and kissed him lightly on the face, she said, "Pinch my hand, and I'll see if what you said just now is true." Dan Yi only felt that his face was being drawn by countless willow leaves, he slowly stretched out his fingers, and just touched his junior sister's hand, he quickly pulled it away, saying: "Junior sister, wait for the wedding ceremony, a gentleman must not be married It's lighter than you."

Lin Zhitong raised her eyebrows sideways, and said leisurely, "What if I don't marry you? Don't you regret it?" Dan Yi said: "Then it's even worse. A Confucian student, what he cultivates is self-denial and ritual." Lin Zhitong lowered her head, lightly stepped on the stone with one foot, and said, "Senior brother, I'm not good enough for you——it's your fault, too, for not looking for me sooner." Dan Yi said: "Junior Sister, don't worry, once a man speaks, it's hard to follow. I'll go to ask my father and send someone over to propose marriage. My father is honest and gentle, but those who practice immortality and alchemy are not pedantic people."

Begonia is in full bloom in the school government. Lu Qiuming was furious when he heard the words, and told Dan Yi to kneel in front of the middle hall, and refused to allow his wife to wait in. Lu Qiuming scolded: "You practice martial arts, it's considered physical fitness, although it's not elegant, but it can be regarded as 'shooting' in the Six Arts, so I will let your temperament not to object. Now you actually want to marry the daughter of a martial artist with the status of the young master of Luqiu Mansion. Can you be more absurd in such a big Luqiu Mansion with hundreds of lives and lives?"

Luqiu Danyi said: "Father, Master was wronged." Lu Qiuming smoked from the seven orifices, and said: "From ancient times to the present, there have been many people who have been wronged. Who has the patience to investigate them one by one? Even if they are not guilty and released, they are now called suspects; if they can't get out, they are called criminals; they will be released in a few years. It’s also called release. How can a family like ours accommodate the daughter of a prisoner? The Luqiu family is shameless! You respect your master, and you are helping to write the petition, and you are asking your third uncle to sell the mother and daughter. This is the most benevolent and righteous. How can there be such a way to pay for the whole family?" Dan Yi said: "Father calm down, this girl and my childhood sweetheart, now that I have said my word, I will not take it back. If my father refuses to agree, I will have no choice but to kneel down." Lu Qiuming said: "Let me tell you, it is impossible to marry the daughter of this family. As long as your master—don't think that he has the title of Shaolin hero—it is still unpredictable. When you are in the court, you really care about a Jianghu gang." Is it? If you say he is a national teacher, you are a national teacher, and you will be rewarded with some fruit; if you say he is a traitor, you are a traitor, and you will be beaten a few times." Luqiu Danyi knelt down and said stubbornly: "No matter who the master is, he will always be kind to the child; no matter whose daughter this girl is, he will always be kind to the child." Luqiu Ming furiously said: "You are also a big family member. Where is there no grass in the world? For a woman, you don't even care about the safety of the entire Luqiu family? Do you know that you are involved in the case of the Thirteen Yamen, but you want to destroy the nine clans?" Yes! Father, mother, so many younger brothers and sisters, are they all inferior to a woman?" Dan Yi's heart was also shocked, he lowered his head and did not speak. Lu Qiuming softened his tone and said: "You have been sensible since you were young, and you are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. You should know that a man's fame is the most important thing, and you should also know that an official is walking on thin ice. One problem, one trouble, is a serious problem. No one has many A political enemy? As long as you sit in that seat for a day, you will naturally be an enemy in the eyes of countless people. You are the boss of the Luqiu family, and you have to weave a big net for the family to protect the family. This is your life. , It is also your responsibility. I think Miss Xu's family is very good, she is the daughter of Hangzhou Baoyi Xiaoqi Shenling, you can consider it." Luqiu Danyi turned around and said: "Father, my words have been spoken, I will marry my junior sister in this life. How can a man not keep his word?" Luqiu said angrily: "Are you going to disobey to the end? It's not your turn to speak in this family. Let me ask you again, do you want this family or the girl from the Lin family?" Luqiu Danyi didn't speak, but after a while he said, "I want my junior sister." Lu Qiuming paced back and forth, and said: "You have studied Confucianism since childhood, and you have also studied "The Doctrine of the Mean". You can know that 'the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are not released, which is called the middle; when they are all in the middle, it is called harmony." Be a Confucianist How can a gentleman be extreme?" Dan Yi said: "Father, just allow me to be self-willed once." Lu Qiuming looked up to the sky and smiled, gritted his teeth and said, "Come here—— Zhao Long, Qian Hu, call me." Zhao Long didn't move for a long time, and asked softly: "Really beating?" This question was like adding fuel to the fire, and Lu Qiuming shouted: "If the beating is light, you don't have to do it in the house!" The two said they were offended, and tied Dan Yi to the stool, and the board was thrown down hard and fast.Dan Yi didn't say a word until the stick broke in two and the whole trousers were stained with blood.Seeing his son, Lu Qiuming didn't beg for mercy, his face turned blue with anger, and he waved his hands with tears in his eyes. Everyone wanted to carry Dan Yi back into the room, but Dan Yi tried his best to tear everyone away, knelt down and said: "My son is not filial, my son will leave." He collapsed on the ground after speaking.Early outside, there was the mournful cry of his mother, Mrs. Zhang. When the maids took off their trousers and wiped the medicine, they found that from the buttocks to the shins, there was no good meat, either blue or purple.The pants and the flesh are stuck together, and it hurts to tear it off. The maid Xiao Cui choked up and said, "Master is too cruel. When did this young master suffer so much?" Mrs. Zhang rushed into the room and cried loudly, "My son, why have you been seduced by a vixen? Quickly admit your mistake to father, and don't delay your bright future." Dan Yi was upset, turned his head and fell asleep. The maid Xiaotao cried on the young master's body and said, "I don't know why the girl from the Lin family is such a beautiful girl that she is so fascinated by the young master." Luqiu Danyi said indifferently: "It's not something beautiful, it's something I've always wanted but didn't have—you don't understand." When Luqiu Danyi thought of his junior sister, the pain in his buttocks also eased a little, and he secretly swore: I will be a rock, and my junior sister will be Pu Wei.If father can calm down, what's the point of being beaten a few more times?If the rocks and puwei are together forever, and the case is equal, there will be no injustice in this life. Luqiu Danyi thought again that he had actually contradicted his father, and he was terrified and a little proud. For several days, Dan Yi didn't come to the temple, Mu Muchi went back to the city, and found out that Dan Yi was beaten and disabled by his family, and he probably won't recover in half a month.He also said that the arrest warrants for his wife and younger sister were torn off, and the seal in the house was also torn off, so they can go home.The two were surprised and delighted. Lin Zhitong stood up and said, "I'm going to save senior brother." Yuan Shi held back Zhitong: "It's your turn to save someone else's son? It's my fault too. I should have advised Dan Yi not to mention this matter to his father long ago. I was confused and still had some sweet dreams. His behavior like that Family background, do you really think that anyone can live for themselves? There is a net behind everyone." Lin Zhitong said: "I don't want to marry senior brother either." Yuan stroking Zhitong's back, said: "Everyone has his own destiny. It's not uncommon for this sparrow to become a phoenix, but most of them have to be scheming and ruthless. You are so self-willed and kind, it's better not to climb high. Let's go back and buy some more family property, and find a down-to-earth family to marry. If your father really can't come out and no one wants to marry, we will live in another city and we will marry you to your husband's family." Lin Zhitong said: "Mom, am I that bad?" Yuan Shi said: "Yes, mother is not even worried about your father now, she is only worried that you will not get married." Yuan Shi, Zhitong, and Mu Muchi carried a few empty boxes, left the ruined temple, and meandered to Nancheng.Seeing her own cattle about to be slaughtered in front of Beef Alley, Zhitong shouted anxiously: "Ah Huang, Ah Huang." Ah Huang turned her head happily, looked at the little master and yelled "Moo!", actually shed tears. Yuan Shi was also reluctant, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade her. Butcher Hu hesitated and said, "Sister, you are back! I really didn't know you could come back. This cow was bought from the government's seizure office for three taels of silver. Zhu Dahu has already Ordered, hurry to kill. If you really want it, take the money to redeem it. I’m unlucky, I’ll go and get scolded by Zhu Dahu. We are all neighbors in Nancheng Street. Among the poor, there is always Talk about being humane." Yuan shi hurriedly thanked him, touched his pocket, but said in a daze, "I don't have any money for the time being." Looking back at Mu Chi, she immediately knew that she had misjudged the person. Butcher Hu smiled naively, wondering: "Sister, I also want to support a family here?" Lin Zhitong jumped in front of the cow, clenched his fists and stamped his feet: "Don't kill my Ah Huang! Don't kill my Ah Huang! This cow was brought up by me." Pulling Zhitong away, Yuan Shi smiled wryly at Butcher Hu, "Children are ignorant, so you should work." Lin Zhitong turned her head and saw that the cow was still looking at her, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she couldn't even walk, her feet seemed to be filled with lead.Three taels of silver, just three taels of silver. Supporting Zhitong, Yuan Shi also wiped away her tears and said, "Mother is also reluctant to part with my property! Even if you can't marry a wealthy family, you have to go to a wealthy family. Women can't afford to be poor—it's a pity that you don't want to learn well Female red cooking, what good family would want such a woman." After finishing speaking, I felt a little resentful in my heart, thinking that it would be good for someone to accept such material as my daughter, and most likely there is no hope for someone who wants to marry a well-off family, and then thought The husband didn't know when he would be released from prison, and the family didn't have much money left, so he became sad and anxious. Zhitong is still sad for Ah Huang, and wants to go back several times but realizes that she is wrong.With resentment in his heart, he had no place to vent, and slapped Mu Chi on the back: "Why do you have no money?" Mu Muchi was in pain from the beating, but he just smiled foolishly, revealing his teeth with leeks remaining. Wenting to Caoyu Alley, he saw several rows of guards standing in front of the house from a distance. Lin Zhitong wiped away her tears, and said, "It's strange, wood idiot! Didn't you say that the ban has been lifted? Why is our house still so heavily guarded?" Wood Chi quietly picked up the axe and said: "I went over and chopped them down if there was no one there the day before yesterday." Lin Zhitong blocked Mu Muchi's hand holding the axe, and said, "You protect your mother and wait here, I'll go check out the situation first." Mu Muchi stood in front of him and said, "Junior Sister, I'll go." Lin Zhitong rolled his eyes at him, and said, "Just your bad lightness? You stay well, don't get in the way." After speaking, she lowered her head and walked quickly to her own room.Lin Zhitong is confident that in terms of lightness kung fu, no one should be able to catch her except her own father and the toad Lai Sangong who met twice before.So walking into the crowd of thousands of armies, I don't feel too nervous. When she was a few feet in front of the door, she suddenly became dumbfounded. She saw a huge Chinese character "囍" pasted on the partition wall inside the gate of her house, and the green door of the house had been repainted.Lin Zhitong rubbed her eyes, made sure that this was her home, and was about to turn around quietly suspiciously.A guard shouted happily: "Can Fujin has returned to the mansion." A group of guards knelt on the ground on one knee and shouted in unison: "Welcome Fang Fujin back to the mansion." Lin Zhitong was shocked when he heard the words, pulled out his dagger nervously, and ran away. But he saw Lai Sangong jumping out of the door like a toad, standing in front of him and bowing: "My slave, Lai Sangong, pays his respects to Fujin." Lin Zhitong turned around and said, "What? Side Fujin? Lai Sangong, do you have a fever?" "It was you who said that you would marry me after one month. Don't deny it." A sedan chair slowly came out from the door. It turned out to be the young master from Baihua Lake, who didn't bring a jug, smiling gently Then, he was carried out of the room by four people.Someone behind the sedan chair was holding a yellow flag with a large "Geng" character embroidered on it. Lin Zhitong said indifferently: "Oh, it's you - who are you?" The young master jumped off the sedan chair, bowed to the bottom and said: "Xiaosheng Geng Juzhong—the third young master of Jingnan Palace. I already know about your father, and the old man will be back soon." Yuan Shi covered her mouth from behind, feeling a little dizzy. She had always hoped that her daughter would find a rich man to marry, but this was too smooth.The third young master of the Jingnan Palace—the legendary youngest prince Taishi of the Qing Dynasty, the younger brother of Jingnan King Geng Jingzhong, the eldest son Geng Juzhong?Is this a blessing or a curse? Lin Zhitong stretched out his hand and said, "I don't care who you are, just lend me three taels of silver." Geng Juzhong was taken aback, he never had the habit of carrying money.Suspiciously, Lai San took out a stack of bank notes, at least three hundred taels.Lin Zhitong didn't know the difference, so she used her lightness kung fu and ran back to Niu Niu Lane, only to see that A Huang had already collapsed in a pool of blood, her eyes were not closed, the corners of her mouth were slightly opened, and she was still looking at Grass Carp Lane.