Daming Yinghua

Chapter 101 The Punishment of the Silkworm God
Zheng Haizhu saw Shen's condescension to sell Guanzi, so she also cooperated with her, and immediately brewed a look of panic and said: "What do you mean by Grandma's words?"

Mrs. Shen looked at Mrs. Miao, who sat down on the armchair beside the couch, and said, "Girl, when my eldest daughter-in-law and I came to look for you, we were stopped by some silkworm farmers, who said it was the mulberry in their bamboo foil. On the leaves, the characters are displayed, and on each leaf, there are four characters, and the characters of different people are different."

After Miao Atai finished speaking, she asked the doctor in the medical clinic for a pen and paper, wrote a few lines, and showed it to several young people.

But I saw a total of sixteen characters on the paper: "A chicken at two o'clock, a group of wild geese, the capital of the east and the border of the west, Lei Zu's punishment"

Zheng Haizhu had just heard about mulberry leaves showing characters, so he muttered, I don't know what kind of feudal superstition activities the ancients loved, just because he thought that Lu Xiangsheng also used feudal superstition activities to fool him to Songjiang, so he didn't want the eldest brother to call the second brother Then, they cooperate to enter the state of "willing to hear more about it".

Looking at it now, the meaning of the last four words is clear. What do those three sentences mean?
Han Ximeng has been obsessed with Danqing embroidery and serious poetry since he was a child. He has no interest in these prophecies and the like, and looks at a loss.

Lu Xiangsheng, who is all-rounder in civil and military affairs, understood it. He frowned and said, "It's an anagram. It's about guessing the surnames of a hundred families. The chickens are the same as the unit, and the geese are in the shape of "big". The word "East is the capital and the west is the frontier, left is the west and the right is the east, and the right and left sides of the two characters 'du' and 'Zheng' are near the ears. Therefore, these three sentences combine to form the word 'Zheng'."

Zheng Haizhu opened his mouth, surprised for a moment, and said, "So, it's me?"

After waking up today, although she was full of suspicions, she guessed that the villains she had offended in the past would come to take revenge, but then she thought about it, is it not easy to hire a murderer to kill someone? Why do you have to play such a big freshman drama where you have to burn yourself into a fragrant and roasted silkworm chrysalis in full view of the public?
Looking at it now, it is really going to be a show, and there are still several episodes, such as exterior and interior scenes, anagrams of prophecy, and a large number of extras. It is a big production, haha.

Miao Atai's tone was still calm: "The silkworm farmers came to ask me that the word Zheng refers to Ahzhu. I immediately explained to them that the ceremony of worshiping the silkworm empress is all expenses paid by our Gu family. Zhu is the main guide of Matou Niang, and it was my wife who I took the initiative to find her to settle down. The ancestors of the Gu family had a hundred acres of mulberry gardens when Jiajing was a master, and they are still doing raw silk and embroidery business. Although they have always been kind to tenant farmers , and operate with integrity, but for a long time, it may not be jealous of villains. This matter should have nothing to do with Miss Zheng. The villains are at most targeting our Gu family. The anagrams that come here are something like 'the wind sweeps away the red, and Polygonum has no clue'."

Hong Wugong and Liao Wutou spell together the word "Miao".

At the end of Mrs. Miao's words, she pursed her lips and smiled, and her gentle tone at first gradually revealed sarcasm and disdain.

Han Ximeng continued without hesitation: "Ah Tai is absolutely right. Azhu, a foreigner, not only did her best to me and the Han family after she came to Songjiang, but also did her best to do good to the outside world. Silkworm God condemned her What is she doing? Besides, there have been so many ghosts and ghosts in the past, but they are just pretending to be ghosts. In today's parade of floats, Canhu even took out their infants to watch the excitement. A few mulberry leaves for writing, what's the problem?"

Lu Xiangsheng on the side, seeing that the old lady of the Gu family and the young lady of the Han family are so clear-headed, so he also considered the propriety of words, and respectfully said to Aunt Miao: "Old lady Gu, I would like to ask, which family is that white horse?" Is the shop bound and papered?"

Mrs. Miao's eyes lit up: "Master Lu wants to investigate the case? That's great, the old lady likes to see you young people are serious. Boss daughter-in-law..."

Seemingly distracted, Mrs. Shen listened, and hurriedly said: "Mom, the silk horses and silk flowers are all made in the shop chosen by Guanshi Xie. I'll go and ask Guanshi Xie when I return home."

A set aside his own momentum.

Mrs. Miao saw that her daughter-in-law couldn't tell which company made the white horse, so she didn't feel upset, she nodded and said: "There are hundreds of people in the family, and you are busy enough on weekdays, so you shouldn't take care of this matter yourself."

The old man turned his head and scanned the room with his eyes, and quickly caught sight of the robe hanging in the corner.

It was the cloak that Zheng Haizhu was wearing today.

She pointed to the cloak: "Let me have a look."

Zheng Shoukuan hurriedly went to hold it.

The originally gray and white cloak has turned into a large area of ​​light yellow, and there are mottled scorched black.

Mrs. Miao greeted Lu Xiangsheng: "Young Master Lu, I heard that you study firearms intensively, but can you tell what it is made of?"

Lu Xiangsheng picked it up for a closer look, and honestly shook his head, expressing his ignorance.

Zheng Haizhu has already realized: "Auntie, is that Huo Huanbu?"

Mrs. Miao said with a soft smile, "You know a lot, you girl. This robe is quite old. It was a rare item sent by Lanzhou Suwang's mansion when I was still serving your empress in the palace. It is said that it is made of blended Huanbu and lamb velvet donated by the small vassal state in the west. King Su dared not use it himself, so dozens of pieces were sent to the palace. My wife was lucky enough to get one. This is a tribute. It’s easy to wear, and this time it’s a sacrifice to the gods, and it’s almost the same color as Can’er, so I took it out to make you an outfit.”

Huohuanbu is asbestos.Asbestos itself is non-toxic, but after being woven into fabrics, the extremely fine fibers are easily inhaled into the lungs and block the alveoli, which is almost as lethal as PM2.5, so people should not come into close contact with it for a long time.Therefore, if asbestos is used as a fireproof material, it must be well sealed.

But how did the ancients understand these things, they should be regarded as precious things, and made clothes for the royal relatives to wear.Fortunately, productivity is low, it is difficult to extract asbestos, and weaving clothes is even more difficult. Otherwise, after a large number of firearms are used in wars, the senior generals of the Ming army will also use asbestos to make their battle robes.

Zheng Haizhu would never talk about popular science in such a situation, and only showed gratitude and gratitude: "Just now, Ah Zhu thanked Mr. Lu for being quick-witted and saving my life. Now that I know better, I will help you first." It is Atai's robe that blocks the flames."

Miao Atai waved her hands, looked at everyone in the room, and said in a low voice, "It's hot, I hesitated when I took the robe, fearing that Ah Zhu would be stuffy, so I still didn't change it to Qingluo. And Lu My own people like the young master happen to be around. So if you ask me, it’s really God’s eyes to protect Ah Zhu.”

After she finished speaking, she asked Zheng Haizhu's injury carefully to the doctor in the medical clinic who was standing in awe, and ordered her close maid, Zhu Xiang, to settle the medical expenses. Then she stood up and said, "I see that the girl is fine. Grandma and I are also fine." I won't bother you anymore. Later, I will ask Zhuxiang to send some decoctions to improve the throat to the Han Mansion, these are all good prescriptions I wrote down when I was in the palace."

The old man thought about it, and pursed his lips again. There seemed to be a story in every wrinkle of his squinted eyes.

"Some situations have been the same since ancient times. It's okay for me, a rotten person, to sigh with you children. If you want to talk about pretending to be a ghost, stealing and cheating, hehe, these little tricks outside, people from our palace are really good. I can't see it."

……

Zheng Haizhu had a forehead like that of a Bao Gong. When he returned to the Han Mansion, the daughter-in-law of the third room, Mrs. Yang, rarely showed up in the hallway.

"Hey, the big red man in our Han family is really red, hey, it's so red that it's black. It's good now, girl Zhu, even if you put down the bun you put on and put the hair on the center of your forehead. I am afraid that the grand duke of the weaving bureau or the Zhang family of Shaoxing will look down on you."

The maids, women, and servants in the courtyard know that the third grandmother's sanity is getting worse every day, and she doesn't leave her small courtyard during the Chinese New Year. Only when she heard that Azhu girl returned home from the south last month, did she rush out to swear a few words The pig girl vented her anger, and Miss Zheng just looked at her quietly. Where there was any anger on her face, it was clearly the pity of the mad dog.

Afterwards, everything from the second master and the second grandma to the housekeeper, Lao Peng, was explained to the mansion. After all, Mrs. Yang is the third master's direct wife. Whenever she relies on her family to go out, the servants of the Han mansion still have to treat her as the third grandma. , since Ms. Zheng doesn't care, if you see her go crazy, let her torment you. Watch out for the guys in the kitchen and watch out for her not to hurt Ms. Zheng. After the Dragon Boat Festival, Ms. Zheng will go with the eldest lady Gu Fu.

The servants observed for a while, and found that this grandma was not completely crazy. The food and clothing expenses and monthly bills of the third room were closely monitored, and there was no situation where she raised a knife to kill her enemy. The one who killed him knew that if he hurt Miss Zheng, not to mention going to jail in a lawsuit, the only daughter Han Xiying would suffer a loss in the third room's property.

At this moment, everyone saw that Mrs. Yang was unarmed and just talking fiercely, so they stood scattered and watched, letting the master shame as much as he wanted.

Zheng Haizhu also stopped to look at her, but this time she didn't look at the mad dog's mentality, but concentrated on listening to every word she said.

He groped secretly, but there was no clue, so he looked at Han Ximeng.

Han Ximeng looked at his third aunt, shook his head, and led his aunt and nephew back to his courtyard.

After entering the room, Han Ximeng spoke first: "Looking at her stupid appearance, I can't imagine such a big scene."

Zheng Haizhu wrapped his palms in gauze, took a sip of the hot tea fed by his nephew, and said thoughtfully: "Actually, miss, when I was in the south, I was always worried about you. Don't forget that last year we were robbed for no reason. The case that was almost humiliated has not been resolved yet."

(End of this chapter)