Jiapingguan Chronicle

"That's right. If the old man is cruel and beats him to death, then it will really be settled, and he will not get a bad reputation. After all, Qu Er's reputation is bad enough. The old man is disciplining his adopted son. , even if he was beaten to death, no one would say anything."

"This is true, after all, it is the relationship of an adoptive father and an adopted son. In any case, the old uncle raised him as a son, better than he treated his own son. This is known to the entire Xijing City. Therefore, the father disciplines his son. , no one will say anything, right?"

"Yes, normal people would think so." Uncle Qi spread his hands and said with a look of disgust, "But he was not beaten to death. The old man was merciful in the end, so this scourge will remain, right? After this incident, he already had a grudge, and Qu Erjiu hated the Qingyuan Mansion even more, and since his mother passed away and no one could restrain him, he became even more unscrupulous."

"Indeed." Xue Ruitian nodded, "If his mother is still here, she might be able to give him some advice, but his only relative is gone, like a duckweed without roots, and no one can control it."

"But it's just a beating. It's not a big deal, right?" Merlin was a little puzzled. "When we were young, except for the boss, who among us had never been beaten? We don't hold grudges after being beaten, right? Is Mr. Qu Er a little too petty? Does a grown man really have the nerve to hang around in this world with such a petty mind? "

"Yes, if it was an ordinary beating, he might not care about it, but this beating from the old man was different. First of all, it was in public, and he was beaten so hard that he didn't save any face. Not only Those suffering masters, many friends who played well with him, also came over to watch the fun, which made him very uncomfortable, so he hated it. Secondly, this meal was indeed cruel enough, and the skin was completely bruised. His body was bloody and bloody, and in the end there was only air coming out, but no air coming in. I heard that Qu Er lay in bed for more than half a year before he managed to recover from his injuries, but the root cause was still there. It was said that when it rained and snowed, At that time, his waist hurt so much that he didn't even have the strength to get up from the bed, let alone standing, which almost turned him into a cripple, which he hated very much."

"Is it so powerful? Not really, right?" Merlin curled his lips in disgust and said, "Although the old man is a military commander, he is very old. How strong can he be?"

"Then you have to consider that Qu Er has been crippled by him. He is incompetent in literature and martial arts. He goes out to eat, drink and gamble with those dandy boys every day. Can his health be restored? He will be crippled after two beatings. Isn't it? Besides, the old man beat him for half an hour before he stopped after being persuaded by the onlookers. Wouldn't it cost him half his life?"

"That's true." Merlin nodded, looked at Jin Miaomiao who was thoughtful next to him, and poked her, "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking, if his back pain is so severe..." Jin Miaomiao narrowed her eyes and frowned slightly, "You won't be using Wangyousan, right?"

As soon as he said this, everyone in the room was stunned. They all looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Xue Ruitian who had met Mr. Qu Er.

"How was your mental state when you saw Qu Er?" Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Cha, "Are you feeling depressed?"

"Well..." Shen Cha recalled carefully and shook his head gently, "Not very depressed, very normal. I just thought about it and he looked relatively healthy, neither fat nor thin. There is no trance like those who take Wangyou Powder. Except that when he accuses the old lady, the whole person looks more excited, other places are relatively normal. Moreover, the mind is very clear, and the evidence is the same. It's all laid out in a very clear order." She turned her head to look at Shen Haolin and asked, "That's how it should be, right?"

Shen Haolin thought for a while, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, that's it. He doesn't seem to be in a situation where he is taking Wangyou Powder, but in his situation, he can't get Wangyou Powder, right? This thing is in There are very few in Xijing City itself, and given the situation of Qingyuan Uncle Mansion, it is impossible to get it."

"That's right." Qi Bo nodded and glanced at Xue Ruitian, "There are only so many Wangyousan in the entire Xijing City!" He stretched out his hands and gestured, "It's about the size of two mung bean cakes, respectively. Put it in the palace and the Xia family. There is no need to think about the one in the palace. The one in the palace is for His Majesty's emergency use, but the Xia family's..." He looked at Xue Ruitian and said, "It's not very easy either. right?"

"Well, it is indeed not easy." Xue Ruitian nodded in agreement, smiled at everyone, and said, "I can't say where the Xia family's Wangyou Powder is placed. It's not that I don't trust you, but that It has to be kept secret in the first place and cannot be easily told to anyone. Even His Majesty doesn’t know where the Xia family’s Wangyou is scattered.”

"That's understandable, but what can you say?"

"I can only tell you very frankly that if you want to get this thing, the person in charge of the Xia family must be present, and then the person who controls the three keys of that place must be present. The most important thing is that the acting prince or Lord Eagle, at least one of the two people must be present."

"Why?" Jin Miaomiao was puzzled and looked at Xue Ruitian, "What does it have to do with the two of them?"

"Because essentially, the Xia family keeps it for the royal family. This thing does not belong to the Xia family, but to the royal family. Therefore, if it is to be used, two people must be present. If the two are not in Xijing City, and it is urgently needed , it’s okay for Yaojia to be here. However, if Yaojia is there, there must be an heir apparent.”

"It's really strict." Jin Miaomiao sighed and thought for a while, "What if someone wants to go to Xia Mansion to steal? After all, Xia Mansion's defense is not as tight as the palace, right?"

"Then ask her." Xue Ruitian pointed at Shen Cha who was smiling and said nothing, smiled evilly at Jin Miaomiao, and said, "Ask what will happen if someone with evil intentions breaks into Xia Mansion. ?”

Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Cha with shock on her face and said, "Why does it have anything to do with you again?"

"The organs of the Xia Mansion were drawn by me when I was lying in bed when I was a child. The master didn't tell me what to use them for. He just told me to draw everything I could think of without worrying about whether it would be used by others. Cause harm. My master also said the same at the time, asking me to listen to the master and see if I remembered what the master taught me. Then I was fine. Setting up this kind of mechanism is also what I like. So, I drew a complete set of mechanisms, including common traps, poisonous arrows, crossbows, and less common big swing balls. I arranged them all very well. Of course, I thought I was very good. . I painted it for about four or five days?" Shen Cha turned to look at Shen Haolin, "I can't remember clearly, that's probably it. My brother and Brother Xiaotian even came over to see me and told me not to do it at night. When I don’t sleep, I draw pictures or something.”

"Yes, I secretly visited her during those nights." Xue Ruitian nodded, "Fortunately, the child is obedient and goes to sleep at night without messing around. I am relatively at ease."

"It happened that you went to see her when she was asleep. Every time I go to see her..." Shen Haolin exposed Shen Cha without hesitation, "She was so focused on drawing. If I hadn't forced her to take it away, She won't sleep obediently!" "So that's it!" Xue Ruitian laughed twice and raised his eyebrows at Shen Cha, who was a little embarrassed, "That is to say, Haolin can control you, and you can't control others. In the left ear and out the right ear.”

"No, I was actually worried. I suddenly thought of this and then forgot about it after a nap, so I drew this while I was still asleep." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, then looked at Xue Ruitian, "I told my brother about this at the time, and he asked me to finish the painting before he took the things away from me. But I never thought that the messy mechanisms I drew would really be useful, and they were also useful. Used in Xia Mansion."

"So, what will be the consequences if that mechanism is touched?"

"If you don't die if a thousand arrows pierce your heart, you will be smashed to pieces!" Seeing Jin Miaomiao's surprised expression, Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why are you looking at me like this? Master didn't tell me that it would really happen It can come in handy. When I returned to Xijing City for the first time, my mother took my brother and I to visit the Xia family, and I realized that my picture was so useful!"

"That's actually the case!" Jin Miaomiao thought for a while, "It seems that Xia Mansion is indeed a more difficult place to enter than the palace!"

"Of course." Shen Cha sighed, "So, he could only endure it, and there was no other way." She looked at Qi Bo, "What happened next? After Master Qu Er recovered from his injury, wasn't it better than before? Has it become more serious? But is it too trivial to only marry a brothel girl? "

"Don't worry, listen to me. After Qu Er recovered from his injuries, I heard that he had a big quarrel with the old uncle. The entire Qingyuan uncle's house kept a secret about what exactly he said. No one knew. Anyway, from that day on, Qu Er just had a cold war with the old man and didn't talk to anyone."

"Just like that, Qu Er didn't move out of the uncle's house?"

"It's not that he doesn't want to move, but the old uncle doesn't allow him to move, and his mother has left her last words before, and she doesn't allow him to move." Uncle Qi sighed softly, "There is no other way but to continue living in the uncle's house. Yes, but the troubles are caused every three days and never stop for a day. The Qingyuan Mansion is basically full of chaos every day."

"Can you bear it, old man?"

"I can't bear it. If it's a small fight, just let it go and pretend not to hear. If the fuss goes too far, I'll pin you down on the bench and beat you up. This kind of beating will definitely not be as good as the first one. The porcelain is solid, but it has to be raised for ten and a half days. It is already very good to be pure for ten and a half months. Later, the old man married two ladies, but due to various reasons, he was very unhappy. He passed away at a young age, and in the end, it was the Langya Guo family who married the eldest lady’s biological sister, and the Qingyuan Mansion finally had a real person in charge.”

"With so many things happening, what is Uncle Qingyuan doing as the eldest son?"

"I heard that he was ill, so he was recuperating in Zhuangzi on the outskirts. He stayed there until the Chinese New Year of the next year, which was about seven or eight months."

"What a coincidence?"

"I can't say whether it was a coincidence or not, but his illness was recorded in the Taiyuan Hospital's files. In order to get the old uncle out, Uncle Qingyuan was really exhausted. After the old uncle was released from prison, he fainted in the prison. At the door, he later developed symptoms of vomiting blood. The old man went to the imperial hospital in the middle of the night and dragged all the imperial doctors on duty to the uncle's house. At first, the doctors thought that the old uncle was making a fuss, but when they actually arrived at the uncle's house, they had to admit that the old man It was timely. If they had been dragging on in Tai Hospital for a while longer, Uncle Qingyuan would have been saved."

"so serious?"

"Yeah!" Uncle Qi nodded, "To be honest, I am also very bored. In order to confirm my friend's guess, I also asked someone to help me check the medical records of Tai Hospital. It is indeed very serious. Uncle Qingyuan is not vomiting blood in a hurry. But there’s something wrong with my stomach.”

"Is it caused by hunger and satiation?"

"No, it was caused by excessive pressure and overwork. During the period before the old man was released from prison, his whole body was like a fully drawn bowstring. He did not dare to relax for a moment until the old man was released. When he came out, the string snapped and his men fell down.”

"This is a very common phenomenon." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Besides, there is indeed no medicine that can cure it. It just needs to be nourished, and it must be rested. There cannot be too much pressure, and the whole person must be relaxed. Therefore, sending him to Zhuangzi in the suburbs is indeed a good choice and will be very helpful for his condition."

"Yes, when he comes back, we will discuss marrying his aunt." Uncle Qi sneered, "He is not interested in who the old uncle marries, but he is interested in marrying his mother's sister. His aunt has no idea, in his opinion, it is better to marry his aunt than marry someone he doesn’t know, so he doesn’t object at all.”

"It's really good for him to have a closer relationship." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "But it's not so good for Qu Er. Guo thinks that Qu Er's mother is the one who killed them. The old lady thinks so as the culprit of the young lady, so she will probably target Qu Er, right?"

"That's right." Uncle Qi sighed, "Qu Er turned against the old man and turned against the old lady. He challenged the old lady's bottom line crazily. He even married a brothel girl to be a real man just to disgust the old lady. Madam. However, the old lady actually did not target her nominal daughter-in-law because of this. She also knew that this was not the life she wanted. She was brought back by Qu Er just to take advantage of her. There was no need for her to go Targeting a poor, innocent girl."

"The old lady knows everything!"