Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 88 Diao Chan (315)
Chen Heng couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately stepped forward.Cautiously approaching the other party, he also made a look of sighing.

Seeing Chen Heng like this, the man felt pity in his heart, and asked, "Little brother, are you also in trouble?"

"That's right." Chen Heng waited for this sentence, and immediately responded.

Seeing Chen Heng's tender face, the man was full of kindness, and wanted to help him, so he said: "If you have any difficulties, you can tell me about it, and I can help you with the details."

"It's hard to tell, it's really hard to speak." Chen Heng pretended to sigh, and thanked the man, "Brother, you have such a good heart, and what happened to make you look so embarrassed."

The same person who was reduced to the bottom of the world, the man heaved a long sigh, probably because there was no one to tell about this matter, and the depression of having nowhere to tell, let this man tell Chen Heng the whole story.

It turned out that the man's surname was Ma, and he was a porter at Guazhou Wharf in Yangzhou City.It is not easy to earn three melons and two dates on weekdays, but he is as lucky as the sesame seed seller, and he married a beautiful wife and returned home.

After the couple got married, their relationship was very affectionate, and no one nearby had a double surname, so they lived happily ever after.

This is a good thing, and because of such a virtuous daughter-in-law, Brother Ma worked harder to earn money to support the family.

Life should have been such a stable life, but he never expected that one day he would go home early because of poor business.But he saw his father, half naked, sitting at the door of his room.

It was a matter of repayment, and when Brother Ma was in doubt, his father saw his son coming back, and said in a panic: "I came to get something, and my daughter-in-law hasn't opened the door yet."

Seeing that his father's expression was different, Brother Ma responded a few times, and then watched his father go back to the house.He walked to the house by himself and was about to push the door, only to find that the door was locked from the inside.After finally calling out his daughter-in-law and asking her to open the door, she saw that her eyes were slightly red, obviously she had cried a lot.

The couple closed the door, asking questions and answering each other.

Only then did Brother Ma know that his father often knocked on his daughter-in-law's door while he was away.

Women are naturally sensitive to this kind of thing, and when they come and go, they are afraid of their father-in-law and often avoid it intentionally.

But they are under the same roof, and the husband has to go out to work to support the family, so there is always a gap for the father-in-law to catch.

Brother Ma was shocked and angry after hearing this, and immediately turned around and went to his father's room to have a big fight.

The father and son broke up unhappy, and his father threatened that if the son and daughter-in-law dared to move out of the house, they would go to the Yamen to sue them for being unfilial.

Brother Ma came to the Yamen this time for this purpose.

But there are two reasons for his stagnation. Influenced by the etiquette of the previous dynasty, the father can sue the son. If the son sues the father, no matter whether it is justified or not, it is against human ethics and he will be convicted.

The rules of the Dayong Dynasty were a little better. If a son sued his father, he would hit twenty boards first.

The second difficulty is that his mother passed away early, and although his father didn't care much about him since he was a child, he is an old man after all, and he has only one son.Brother Ma went to ask the lawyers on the street, and they all said that he would definitely lose the case.

After all, no matter which dynasty, ruling the world with filial piety is fundamental.There is no reason for an only son to leave his father behind and move out to live alone.

Chen Heng was shocked and angry when he heard it, how could there be people who dare to pick up ashes in this world.Who does he think he is?The third-class general of the imperial court?

"Brother Ma, can you write?" Chen Heng asked coldly.

Ma Dayin nodded and said, "I can write a few words."

Chen Heng immediately grabbed Ma Dayin and hid in a shop on the corner of the street.He called Xue Biao again and asked him to take out a pen and paper.

After asking Ma Dayin to write a few words on the paper, Chen Heng took a look and found that the handwriting was fairly correct, and the strokes were very simple.

Chen Heng found a table and began to imitate Ma Dayin's handwriting.With just a few strokes, Chen Heng finished writing on two sheets of paper.

After folding them, Chen Heng called Ma Dayin and said to him: "Brother Ma, when you enter the county office, don't beat the drum of grievances. When you see the magistrate, don't say anything, just hold this in both hands, just kowtow and cry. If the magistrate asks you what's the matter, you just hand over the two pieces of paper."

"What do you mean?" Ma Dayin was still dazed after being teased from beginning to end.

"This is a talisman that can save you. Remember, don't open it." Chen Heng warned, "Only let the county magistrate see it for himself."

Under Chen Heng's repeated assurances, Ma Dayin walked out of the shop suspiciously.He was also obedient, and he didn't go to beat the drum to complain, he just said that he had something to ask to see the county magistrate.

If the common people want to see him, the county magistrate must let him see him.Otherwise, if you say it, there will be right and wrong.

Seeing Ma Dayin walking into the county government office, Chen Heng sat down at the entrance of the shop, and Xue Biao and Xin Suzhao watched from beginning to end, and asked Chen Heng what was written on the paper, regardless of any awkwardness.

Chen Heng just smiled without saying a word. Not long after, he saw two officials running out.

After a long time, two officials brought an old man to the Yamen.

After a while, Chen Heng saw Ma Dayin running out happily, and went straight to Chen Heng.

"Little brother, it's done, it's done. You are amazing. When the county magistrate saw the paper you wrote, he ordered someone to call my father and sentenced us to live separately."

Chen Heng nodded with a smile, Xue Biao and Xin Suzhao saw that Ma Dayin was still holding a piece of paper, and each of them took a piece of paper.Xue Biao opened his eyes and wrote a letter: His wife has the beauty of Diao Chan.

Looking at the one in Xin Suzhao's hand, he wrote: "Father has Dong Zhuo's heart."

Only then did the two understand the mystery on the paper.

However, Chen Heng didn't have time to talk to them. Now that he has found his own Dongfeng, he is also very happy in his heart.After discussing with Ma Dayin, I will bring this matter up, omit the name and post it to the newspaper.

Ma Dayin didn't know what the newspaper was, but after all Chen Heng had done him such a big favor, he wouldn't mention their family's name anyway, so it didn't matter.

After the three of them sent away the happy Ma Dayin, Chen Heng stretched his waist and said proudly: "This matter is done, we can set fire to Chibi."

Xin Suzhao watched such an interesting play, and suddenly felt that the hard work of the past few days was not in vain, so he couldn't help but encourage him: "Brother Heng, if you want to find such a thing, don't you have a pen yourself, just close your eyes and make up a paragraph."

Chen Heng changed his expression on the spot, grabbed Xue Biao and said, "Speaking of this matter, I want to explain it to my brother in advance."

Seeing that he was speaking so seriously, Xue Biao stopped and listened.

"In the future, we will never allow any falsification in our newspapers. This rule will not be broken until death." Chen Heng said harshly. Seeing that the first newspaper in the Yong Dynasty was about to be written by himself, he didn't want to take the lead in breaking the rules of this industry.

"Okay, brother is up to you." Xue Biao nodded heavily,
Xin Suzhao couldn't help sticking out his tongue, knowing that he just said something wrong.

Chen Heng didn't mean to blame him, he turned his head and smiled to comfort him, "If it wasn't for elder brother, younger brother would have almost forgotten about it. Thank you very much."

"Okay, okay, you kid, are you still taking my face into consideration?" Xin Suzhao waved his hand casually, without getting annoyed, "Come on, brother will take you to the restaurant for something to eat."

In the next few days, Chen Heng dragged Xue Biao and Xin Suzhao through the streets and alleys.Collected a lot of information about renting a house and finding lost property.

On the fourth day, Chen Qi rushed to Yangzhou with what Chen Heng wanted.His father was very worried about his son suddenly spending so much money.Chen Heng had no choice but to take his father to the printing shop and Xue's house.

Chen Qi saw that the Xue family's gate was so luxurious, so he believed that his son was not deceived by others as a fool.

Only then did I let go of half of my worries and go home by myself.Looking at it this way, there is also a reason for the ancients to decorate their own gates with gorgeous and extravagant luxury.

Now that everything was over, Chen Heng took Xue Biao to stay in the printing shop together, hurrying to produce the first newspaper of the Yong Dynasty.

Ten days later, a thousand newspapers, the size of half an arm, were carried in front of the two by the craftsmen.

Chen Heng picked up a copy and opened it in the palm of his hand.

This first newspaper was very crude, and the quality of the paper used was not high, far inferior to the rice paper used by scholars.

But Chen Heng was very satisfied. After all, the price was only five cents a piece, which was the price of cabbage. What more quality was needed.

It doesn't dislike me being poor, and I don't dislike it being ugly.

We are made for each other.

Chen Heng happily flipped through the newspaper. The first page at the beginning was naturally his "Legend of the Swordsman in Shu Mountain".

The second side is the story of Ma Dayin, but he changed his name and disappeared himself.Chen Heng replaced Ma Dayin with Zhang (pseudonym).Under Ma Dayin's incident, there are some information about renting a house, finding lost property, and so on.

There was only so much content in the first page of the newspaper, but Chen Heng liked it more and more as he read it, pulling Xue Biao to show off.

"Even if all the thousand copies are sold, we will be at a loss. Brother Heng." Xue Biao was a little worried.

For this batch of newspapers, their printing shop recruited more than a dozen craftsmen and apprentices.

This group of people, people eat horse chews, only five cents a piece, and it takes a year of the monkey to get back their money.

Chen Heng laughed out loud, pointed to the end of the newspaper, and said, "Brother, just look at it, it's not a chicken that lays golden eggs, it's a golden mountain."

Xue Biao took advantage of the situation to look at the position Chen Heng pointed to, and saw that it read: This newspaper publishes renting houses for free. If necessary, you can move to Jing'an Newspaper Shop, Wuyun Street, Sancaifang. (next to Yeung Kee Restaurant)
　I was so mad, I was too happy to code, and I missed the experience of six 10-minute sign-in. It has been three days, and I missed sixty points of experience.

　　I still owe you twelve chapters, cheers, hahahaha.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)