Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 63 Liancheng and Qiao Sheng

The murals did undergo subtle changes:
Several eagles in the painting disappeared strangely.

There are a few women in the painting who used to have shawl hair, but now they have their hair in a bun, showing a little more mature charm.

The flowers bloom more brilliantly, and there are many butterflies and bees among the flowers.

Faintly, I can still see the backs of several scholars among the flowers...

"Amazing."

"Sir, did you just travel too far and come to this world of painted walls?"

"Brother Yu, what kind of adventure do you guys have..."

"oops……"

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared under the mural out of thin air, in a state of falling.

Sun Li hurried forward to help him: "Brother Meng? What's wrong with you?"

Meng Longtan looked weak, glanced at the painting wall and murmured: "Finally I'm back..."

"How long have you been in there?"

"After you left, my little brother stayed for an extra month..."

"No wonder..." Yu Xiu had an expression of envy, sympathy and understanding.

Zhou Yu looked at the mural and murmured a poem: "Once the sea was too difficult to be water, except Wushan is not a cloud. Take the time to look back at the flowers, half destined to be a Taoist and half destined to be a king."

After dawn.

Meng Longtan said that he was alone and had nothing to worry about, so he insisted on following Zhou Yu and others.

Two days later, while passing through a small town, Qiao Sheng found Zhou Yu with a preoccupied look.

"Sir, I'm really sorry, and there's no reason for it. In the past two days, I've always felt panicked in my heart, presumably something happened at home.

Therefore, I implore Mr. Enzhu to go back next time. "

Zhou Yu nodded: "Well, it's okay, you can go home quickly and take a look at it, so you can feel at ease."

"Thank you sir."

"You are Welcome……"

Afterwards, Qiao Sheng hurried to the town to find a carriage and drove away.

In fact, he didn't tell the whole truth.

Speaking of family, Qiao Sheng's parents died early, and he was still unmarried. One person was full and the whole family was not hungry.

The reason why he was in a hurry to go back was indeed because of inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, but it was not because of family affairs, but because of a woman he loved: Liancheng.

Liancheng was born in a scholarly family. He is good at embroidery and has a good knowledge of books and rituals.

His father is a well-known Master Juren in the county, known as Master Shi, and some people call him Master Xiaolian.

One day, Master Shi took out a painting embroidered by his daughter and asked young scholars in the city to write poems on the picture, hoping to choose a talented son-in-law among them.

Qiao Sheng had seen Liancheng a long time ago, and admired his beauty and talent.

So, he wrote a poem based on the embroidered picture: "The maid with a high bun and green maiden whirled, and embroidered green lotuses to the orchid window early. When the mandarin ducks were pierced, they stopped their needles and threads to knit their moths."

In order to win the hearts of the beauties, Qiao Sheng wrote another poem to praise the embroidery.

"Embroidery thread is picked like a sketch, and the flowers and birds in the painting are formed naturally. Back then, brocade weaving was not a long-term skill, but fortunately, the palindrome is very enlightening."

Sure enough, these two poems touched Liancheng's heart, and he praised Qiao Sheng's talent to his father.

The implication is that she wants to choose Qiao Sheng.

Master Shi also admired Qiao Sheng's talent, so he ordered his servants to inquire about Qiao Sheng's situation.

When the servants inquired...Qiao Sheng had no father or mother, his family was poor, and he failed the provincial examination not long ago.

Hearing about this situation, Master Shi discussed with his wife, but she also firmly opposed it.

After all, the old couple only have Liancheng as the apple of their eye, so naturally they don't want their daughter to suffer.

After Lian Zhi learned of his parents' attitude, he felt very disappointed.

After that, I found a chance to let the servant girl accompany me to take a sneak peek at Qiao Sheng, which was even more heartwarming.

Next, another servant girl was sent to deliver a letter and some money to Qiao Sheng.

In the letter, he praised Qiao Sheng's poetic talent, and vomited his feelings, and told Qiao Sheng not to be discouraged, to accept the money and concentrate on studying and taking the exam, and she would definitely find a way to convince her parents.

After reading the letter, Qiao Sheng was very relieved, and even made Liancheng his confidant in his heart.

He replied a letter, saying that he would study hard to get a good grade in the exam.

He confiscated the money and asked the servant girl to take it back, and said that he would find a way to earn money to study...

Not long after that, he came to Zhou Yu's library to teach and study hard.

Two days ago, Qiao Sheng suddenly had a nightmare, dreaming that Liancheng was taken away by robbers...

After waking up, I felt uneasy all the time, so I decided to go back and have a look.

As everyone knows, after returning to the county seat, after inquiring, something really happened to Liancheng...

This matter starts with a dude named Wang Huacheng.

This man was the son of a salt merchant, and his family was rich and powerful.

That day, after Wang Huacheng accidentally saw Liancheng on the street, he was fascinated.

After further inquiry, I found out that it was Master Shi's favorite jewel, so I begged my father to find a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.

His father was very satisfied when he heard that it was Liancheng.

But Wang Dayou knew that Master Shi was always upright, so he prepared a generous gift to ask the county magistrate, hoping to use the county magistrate's face to get the marriage done.

After the county magistrate accepted the gift, he entrusted his wife to personally go to Shiqin to protect the matchmaker.

Master Shi and his wife agreed to the marriage because of the prestige of the county magistrate, and because the Wang family was also a well-known wealthy businessman in the city.

But Liancheng refused to follow him, and cried and made trouble when he found his parents...

"Father, mother, you know that your daughter loves Qiao Sheng, why don't you match others?"

Master Shi tried hard to persuade: "Daughter, father and mother are also for your own good, and don't want you to live in poverty."

"My daughter is not afraid of suffering. In the past, Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru sold wine, and my daughter would like to follow suit.

Besides, Qiao Sheng has a brilliant literary talent, and my daughter believes that sooner or later he will be successful in the exam..."

"Nonsense!" Master Shi became angry: "How can we gamble on marriage? Since ancient times, the words of the matchmaker and the orders of the parents.

This matter is a foregone conclusion, you don't have to refuse any more, and prepare for the marriage. "

Liancheng was so angry and anxious that he couldn't afford to get sick.

Mr. Shi called many doctors to come for diagnosis and treatment, but they were either at a loss what to do, or shook their heads and sighed that the heart disease was intractable.

After Wang Huacheng heard about it, he cheekily came to visit him, but it made Liancheng even more ill.

Just at this time, Wang Dayou was introduced to a monk from the Western Regions named "Jumo".

Originally, he was looking for Jiumo to consecrate him at home, but Wang Huacheng inadvertently mentioned the matter of Liancheng, and asked Jiumo if there was any way to heal him.

Jiumo asked the reason, and said with a smile: "This is undoubtedly a heart disease. It seems that your unmarried wife is thinking of others."

Wang Huacheng's heart moved, and he said, "I've heard people say that she liked a scholar named Qiao Sheng before."

"Go and investigate in detail..."

Therefore, Wang Huacheng sent someone to inquire secretly, and finally found out the story between Liancheng and Qiao Sheng.

Telling it to Jiumo again, Jiumo said: "That's right, it's that Qiao Sheng that she never forgets in her heart."

Wang Huacheng was burning with jealousy: "Then may I ask Master, can there be a turning point for this matter?"

"Yes, there is, but..."

Having said this, Jiumo deliberately stopped talking.

Wang Huacheng was not a fool, he knew it well, and immediately promised: "As long as the master can cure Liancheng and make her change her mind, Wang is willing to pay 1000 taels of silver."

"Hehe, then I'll try my best..."

(End of this chapter)