I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 8 Resurrection
"Oh! My dear sister!" Mrs. Wei let out a sad cry as soon as she stepped over the threshold.She is about the same age as Song Wusao, but not as beautiful as Song Wusao, but she still exudes an unconcealable nobility from head to toe in plain clothes, which makes people have to look up.

Zhang Yun'er stood beside her with a short body, holding her hand carefully, with an unnatural smile on her face.

Li Xian'e couldn't help but glanced sideways at Mrs. Song Wu, and said with some puzzlement, "This Mrs. Wei is..."

Before Fifth Sister Song could speak, Mo Yunxi came up to her and complained to her: "Mother, why don't you even know Mrs. Wei? She is the first wife of Zeng Buzeng's privy secretary, the court's first-rank wife."

"Oh! It's strange!" Li Xian'e opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and sighed, "I don't go out all the year round, so I didn't know that He Lu had made such a prominent friend."

Song Wusao wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, shook her head and smiled wryly: "'I can accompany the Jade Emperor, and I can accompany the beggars of Beitian Courtyard'." She looked sideways at Li Xian'e, and added: "Su Zizhan's self-deprecating words are placed in the lotus. It’s fine to be exposed.”

While speaking, Mrs. Wei had come down to the coffin with Zhang Yun'er's support.She also knelt on the futon and bowed three times.Seeing such an honorable person worshiping Mo Yunxiao, Li Xian'e was rather uneasy. She wanted to dissuade her, but when she thought about etiquette, she just watched silently.

"Helu, Helu! We were supposed to go for an outing, but why did you take this step first!" After Madam Wei finished her worship, she stood up with the support of the maid and sat on the seat of Zhang Yuner. .

Zhang Yun'er smiled and said: "Madam Wei, my Helu is just a girl who hasn't grown up. It's frightening that she can be appreciated by Madam Wei, and I don't know what to say. Look at this..."

Mrs. Wei squinted at her, and seeing her embarrassed appearance, she gradually stopped crying, and said, "Although He Lu is not very big, fortunately, she has such a heroic spirit. What makes me happy is her heroic spirit." .”

At this time, the female envoy brought several bowls of tea soup in due course and distributed them to Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Song Wu and Song Mingxuan.

Mrs. Wei took a sip of the hot tea, and then said: "If you have time, you two grandmas, you can go outside and have a look. I don't know how many beggars and commoners are crying bitterly. Alas, these people have all received the favor of Helu. forget."

After she finished speaking, she "gudong gudong" drank a bowl of fragrant tea soup.

"Madam Wei is right." Zhang Yun'er said with a smile: "But the girl is going to marry someone else to be her wife. Hehe, He Lu is not like her two younger sisters, she doesn't bind her feet, she doesn't study writing, she only knows how to dance with a spear It’s awesome, no wonder Brother Xuan..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Xian'e coughed heavily on the side, reminding her that too much talk is bound to fall short.She was also startled, and swallowed half of the words like this.Song Wusao and Song Mingxuan couldn't help but looked at each other, both showing shame.

"The wind of foot binding originated in modern times. It's just the words of sour literati making fun of brothel divas. We are good girls, why bother to bind our feet!" Plain flat shoes are not the "wrong end" that girls wear after binding their feet.

Mrs. Wei was straightforward, although what she said was reasonable, it also embarrassed Zhang Yun'er and Li Xian'e, the mother and daughter.The four of them looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't dare to offend the person in front of them, so they had to suppress their embarrassment.

Only Mo Yunxiang was more tempered, his pink face was flushed with shame, he couldn't help stomping his foot heavily, with a coquettish sound, he turned his head and left.

It is extremely rude to walk away in such a angry way in front of guests.So Zhang Yun'er was also in a hurry, and hurriedly called her: "Xiang'er! Come back!" But she couldn't hold back.Luyu was also panicked and hurried to follow.

Mrs. Wei glanced at Mo Yunxiang's back, then at Mo Yunxiao's coffin, she couldn't help but shed tears, and said, "Look, He Lu, I said something I shouldn't have said again. Alas, in the future But who else can forgive me and understand me?"

Zhang Yun'er smiled awkwardly, and said: "What's wrong with Ma'am, it's because Xiang'er is ignorant. I'll teach her a lesson!" She left this sentence and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Li Xian'e had no choice but to come up to talk to Mrs. Wei.She pursed her lips and didn't know what to say for a moment, she thought for a while before she said: "Madam Wei is well informed, she came here just after the sky broke."

Mrs. Wei sighed, and said: "In less than the fourth watch, some palace servants came to the house and asked the master to go. When he left, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. I was afraid that something might happen in the court, so I put on my clothes." Come to the street. Just at the gate of the street, I heard that people from the four divisions and six bureaus reported the funeral, so I knew about He Lu."

"Oh!" Li Xian'e only echoed, and then fell silent.

Mo Yunze rushed over and asked, "Secretary Zeng entered the palace overnight, but is it related to the official's dragon body?"

Mrs. Wei shook her head dumbly, and said, "I don't know, I don't know. But... it's not a good thing. Well, as the saying goes, blessings never come together, but misfortunes never come singly. It's true."

After she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at Mo Yunze, showing some admiration, and said, "You are Shiyu, right? I used to hear He Lu talk about you, saying that you have thousands of volumes in your chest, which is very different from Suzi back then." Looking at the elegant demeanor when you were young, are you determined to win the next year's palace examination?"

Mo Yunze clasped his fists in salute, and said, "Daughter, brother, you're being ridiculously praised. Yunze is just a luminous light, how dare it shine with the sun and the moon? The next year's big exam...do your best."

Mrs. Wei nodded, and said, "He Lu has high hopes for you, and I only hope that you can become a Jinshi to honor your ancestors. But... Let me say something to spoil your fun. Now the officialdom of the Song Dynasty is dominated by villains. Zhang Dun in the court How can Cai Bian and Cai Bian have the slightest image of Renzong Shi Fubi and Wen Yanbo? I often persuade my master to beg for bones and not fish in this muddy water. But he just refuses. So Shiyu, you I will not stop you from taking the imperial examinations, but you have to be an official like Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi. You can manage the world with literature, and you can stabilize the country with martial arts. The Song Dynasty now wants such people. If you just want to be a Fame and wealth, there is no need to toss about like this. The wealth of your Minglou is also very eye-catching."

Mo Yunze's heart was full of blood, and his eyes were filled with tears.He lifted his long lapel, knelt down in front of Mrs. Wei, cupped his fists and said, "Yunze took Madam's lesson to heart, and dare not forget it!"

Then, he knocked his head heavily on the ground.

Mrs. Wei nodded in relief, and said, "It's good that you know. If He Lu heard what I said, she would definitely appreciate it."

She couldn't help but looked up at the lonely coffin.Just at this moment, there was a "click" sound from the coffin.Mrs. Wei frowned, showing a look of surprise.

Li Xian'e saw that her complexion was different, so she leaned forward and asked cautiously: "Ma'am, what do you see?"

"There was a sound over there, did you hear it?" Madam Wei pointed to the coffin.Everyone also looked in the direction of her finger, and saw that the coffin was still lying there, motionless.

"There are so many people, maybe a raccoon slave came to steal the fruit to eat." Li Xian'e hurriedly beckoned to an old woman and said, "Go over there and have a look."

"Yes." This old woman is about sixty years old, and she has seen a lot of birth, old age, illness and death, so she doesn't feel afraid.

She strode over, resting her hands on the edge of the coffin and looking inside and out with her eyes, for fear of missing something.

Mo Yunxiao, who was wearing a shroud, just lay flat, with her hands folded in front of her abdomen.Her eyes were closed tightly, and her eyelashes were thick and long.

The old lady sighed softly, and was about to turn around and walk away, but when she glanced out of the corner of her eye, she seemed to see Mo Yunxiao's eyelids move.She couldn't help the hairs all over her body standing on end, and her legs were numb.

She quietly turned her head to take a look again, but Mo Yunxiao was still lying there motionless.Her nervousness eased a little.

"Old is old, and my eyes are blurry." She sighed in her heart, and was about to turn her face away again, but suddenly, Mo Yunxiao's fingers moved.

"Ah!" She saw it for real this time, and couldn't help exclaiming.Her legs were trembling, and she was clasping the coffin tightly with her hands, apparently unable to hold on anymore.

"What's all the fuss about!" Li Xian'e turned around and scolded.Li Xian'e was originally a person who didn't like to lose her temper, but Zhang Yun'er's mother and daughter lost their temper first, and the always steady old mother lost her temper later, and she was in front of Mrs. Wei again, which was too detrimental to the face of the Mo family.

"Big girl, she..." Before the old lady could finish her sentence, she fell to the ground and couldn't even get up.

Only then did everyone realize that there was something different, some timid female envoys already screamed and hid back, and Mrs. Song Wu couldn't help taking two steps back.Even Mo Yunze and Song Mingxuan were stunned on the spot, at a loss.

Mrs. Wei jumped up from her seat and said, "Let me go and have a look."

Li Xian'e hurriedly stopped her, and said in panic, "I'm afraid it's not a dead body? Madam is a body of a thousand gold, how can I take such a risk."

Mrs. Wei glanced at the corner of her mouth and said: "He Lu and I were close friends, even if the corpse turns into a corpse, he will not fail to recognize me!"

As she spoke, she pushed Li Xian'e away heavily, and was about to step up.At this moment, I heard a voice from inside the coffin: "Oh! Where is this!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they yelled "Wow". The people in the room were like boiling hot water, from Li Xian'e and Mo Yunxi to the mothers and maids running out in unison.

Although the door of the middle hall is wide, it cannot accommodate so many people.Ever since, female relatives push each other, how can there be any half-decentness? "Aiyo" and "Aiyo" rang out, and even Mo Yunxi was pushed to the ground heavily.

Only Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Song Wu, Mo Yunze, and Song Mingxuan remained calm.But they also murmured in their hearts, not knowing whether Mo Yunxiao was alive or dead.

Four people, four pairs of eyes stared at the coffin.Not knowing whether it was fear or excitement, Mo Yunze's knees gave way, and he knelt down in front of the coffin with a "plop", and called out: "Brother!"

"Who? Who's there?" Mo Yunxiao's voice came from inside the coffin: "My head hurts, why is it so noisy outside?"

Mrs. Wei and Fifth Aunt Song looked at each other with joyful expressions.They ran over side by side, shouting at the same time: "He Lu!" "Sister Mo!"

One of Mo Yunxiao's hands was raised towards the void as if she was sleepwalking.Mrs. Wei grabbed her hand tightly, feeling that her hand was as cold as a stone, but as moist as precious jade.

"He Lu! Open your eyes and look at me!" Madam Wei burst into tears with excitement, her voice trembling even more.Song Wusao at the side was also clasping the edge of the coffin tightly with both hands, shedding tears.

Mo Yunxiao frowned, opened her eyes slowly, and said, "Oh, it's so noisy, didn't it just fall into the water, what's the fuss about?"

She opened her eyes, but there was no expression in them.She just inspected the roof in a daze, the coffin she was lying on and the person in front of her.

Mrs. Wei wiped away tears, and said with a choked voice: "God, I'm sorry, our Helu escaped from the judge!"

Mo Yunxiao raised her eyebrows together, looked at Mrs. Wei with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)