Judgement

Chapter 220 Two After Zhongliang

Chapter 220 Two After Zhongliang

Seeing Mrs. Wen's inquisitive inquiries, the shopkeeper of the grocery store put the money on the ledger into his arms very aggressively.He shouted loudly to the shop assistants: "Ah Sheng, you have finished the shop for me. I have something to talk to these merchants. Please come inside, I will make tea for you." The shopkeeper who received the money Warmly greet this large group of people to enter the back hall, even if you are busy all day long with a small business, you can't earn two taels of silver.

The shopkeeper graciously invited the Su family and Chen Mengsheng into the back hall. After making tea and pouring water, he said: "The one Madam asked about, Mu Shiguang, is a long story..."

In the 25th year of Shaoxing, the traitor Qin Hui died of illness not long after.Someone suggested to Song Gaozong that he would erect a monument to cast a statue of Qin Hui to show his meritorious deeds. Unexpectedly, the incumbent Jiangzhou Town Fushi Mu, who was in office at that time, knew about it.Lord Mu, he set off on a starry night and went straight to Lin'an to meet Emperor Gaozong, exposing Qin Hui's falsely reported military exploits to the world, and he has annoyed Qin Xiang's party ever since.

In fact, Emperor Gaozong was not ignorant of the fact that Qin Hui returned victory with defeat and fell into the hands of the golden man to buy his life with money.The reason why Song Gaozong kept Qin Hui was entirely because the Great Song Dynasty was afraid of being beaten by Jin Guo, and finally a general like Han Shizhong and Yue Fei came out, and Gaozong was worried that they would rebel in the future.Master Mu is a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers. After the incident broke out in Lin'an, Gaozong stopped discussing the matter of casting a statue of Qin Hui and erecting a monument.After sending Master Mu back to Jiangzhou, Xiangye Qin's party members hated Master Mu deeply.At that time, Wan Yanliang, King of Hailing, gathered his army and was trying to plot against the Song Dynasty. Master Mu gave a memorial and was willing to lead his troops to fight to the end with the Jinren.It's a pity that when the memorial entered the court, it was said by Qin Xiang's followers that Master Mu wanted to support his troops and respect himself. This really violated Emperor Gaozong's taboo.

In September of the same year, Emperor Gaozong ransacked Mr. Mu's house at once, and Mr. Mu was so angry that he died.Only one son, Mu Shiguang, who is less than three years old, and his mother, Jiao Shi, are left behind.Everyone inside and out is a master, in order to replenish Jiao's body in the cold winter months, he would not hesitate to break the ice and ask for fish. Jiao is a sick tuberculosis, and his life is very miserable...

Su Zhongfan nodded in praise and said, "Okay, he really is a strong man. Bai Shanxiao is the first, dare to ask the shopkeeper where the shepherd boy lives now? I want to go and see if he is as the shopkeeper said?"

"Hehe, this master, how can I tell lies to deceive you? There are old and young in the shepherd's family, and he is the only one to support him!"

Su Zhaoqing cried out in surprise: "Young Master Mu, he already has a family? Didn't he say that he only had one old mother that day?" Su Zhaoqing's complexion immediately turned ashen, and her fingers twisted around her hair in a daze, not knowing what to say What's the matter.

The shopkeeper of the grocery store didn't understand, and he said in a daze, "Miss, what's the matter with you? Why did your face change like this? Could it be that the child picked up by the herdsman has something to do with you?"

"The child you picked up? Shopkeeper, what do you say?" Mrs. Wen asked Su Zhaoqing strangely as she pulled Su Zhaoqing over.

There was a little fear in the shopkeeper's eyes, and he drank more than half a cup of tea, wiped the water stains between his lips, and said: "The matter of the shepherd's son picking up the son, it was a strange thing that happened about five or six years ago. Jiangzhou Not many people in the mansion know about it, and I only heard about it from the shopkeeper Hong of the Longwang rice shop next door to Mr. Mujia."

Chen Mengsheng frowned and asked, "What kind of strange thing is it? Why is the shopkeeper showing panic?"

"This gentleman asked, I really can't say, why don't you go west and go two miles west to ask the shopkeeper Hong at the Longwang Rice Shop in person and you will understand." It seems that he is extremely reluctant to talk about this matter with others.

Xiang Xiaotian shouted loudly: "You shopkeeper is so unhappy, you are still showing off in front of us what you know!"

The shopkeeper said with a bitter face: "Where is my displeasure? This matter is really unreasonable. The big girl who gave birth to a child doesn't even know who the father of the child is. What do you call me, this old man?" !"

As soon as Chen Mengsheng heard the shopkeeper say this, he immediately remembered Bai Wanzhen, and asked the shopkeeper in a deep voice, "Where is the mother of the child now? Can she cruelly abandon her own flesh and blood?"

The shopkeeper of the grocery store trembled in fright and said: "That child is not an ordinary person, so just leave your business here alone. Can I return the money to you? I just ask you not to inquire any more. I still have It’s not worthwhile for a wife, children, and children to lose their lives..."

Mrs. Wen frowned and said: "Forget it, Master Hong, the shopkeeper of Longwang Rice Shop in Jiangzhou Mansion, is my cousin's husband. Didn't he come to drink the wedding wine on the day we got married? Don't you remember, Master?"

"Yeah, I really almost forgot him. Madam, I think it's like this. You take Qing'er and a few maids back to your Wen Mansion first. Let Qing'er kowtow to the old man properly. Let's go to Mu's house with Brother Chen and the others." After Su Zhongfan sent Mrs. Wen and the girls out of the grocery store, he asked the shopkeeper about Mu Shiguang's house and hired a cart, so he got in the car and left with Chen Mengsheng and the others. .

In less than a moment, the car dealer came to a dilapidated house, and Su Zhongfan started to mutter when he saw this house.If Qing'er marries into the shepherd's family in the future, won't she suffer?After getting out of the car, Su Zhongfan couldn't help sighing with his hands behind his back, stepped forward to knock on the door, the door was really dilapidated and out of shape.There is no need for someone from the house to open the door, the door opens by itself and you can see the courtyard inside.

Su Zhongfan spread his hands with a wry smile and made a helpless gesture to Chen Mengsheng and the others. Chen Mengsheng also stepped into the courtyard with a slight smile.There was a coughing sound from the house, and a woman over forty years old came out with a bamboo stick to support the wall.Chen Mengsheng saw that the woman's temples were stained with frost, although it was a rough and torn gown, it could not hide her bookish aura that only a lady should have.The woman tried her best to smile and greet everyone, but before she opened her mouth, the violent cough made her out of breath.

The master of the Su family frowned slightly and said, "I don't know if Mr. Mu's family lives here?"

The woman coughed and nodded repeatedly: "cough cough cough...this master...cough cough cough you are looking for my Guang'er...I don't know if you want to call...cough cough cough...ask him to help build the house or repair the beams ?”

Su Zhongfan was asked inexplicably and at a loss, "What is building a house or repairing a beam?"

Chen Mengsheng pointed to the belongings of carpenters and masons piled up on the corner of the courtyard, and Su Zhongfan looked along the corner that Chen Mengsheng pointed to, but what Master Su was looking at was not the belongings piled on the ground, but a broken piece of poetry left on the mottled wall. poetry.The first two lines of verse have been eroded by the rain and sun exposure, leaving only the last two lines of verse. "But let the flying generals of the Dragon City stay, and don't teach Huma to go to the Yinshan Mountains." Under the iron hook and silver strokes, people read these two verses, and they will inevitably feel the desolation of the gold and iron horses...

Xiang Xiaotian grinned and said: "Look at the iron fork-like characters left on the wall, you will be fascinated by Master Su. But I saw a pair of stone locks on the ground, and I guess it would cost at least a hundred catties Heavy." Xiang Xiaotian grabbed a stone lock with one hand and waved it.

Su Zhongfan said angrily, "What do you know? This is wild grass. The ancients have a saying that seeing words is like seeing people. Well, well, it is true that Mingzhu secretly cast such a good brushwork and momentum to become a mason for someone! It's a pity! , What a shame!"

Seeing that Su Zhongfan praised her son so much, the woman came over to salute her: "Old woman...cough cough cough...you can't give the master a full salute if you are sick...cough cough cough...hope master Haihan."

Su Zhongfan quickly supported the woman and said, "Eldest sister, you don't need to be too polite, because I sighed at the sight of the words. I don't know where your son is now? I want to see him!"

Shangguan Yanran saw the woman trembling slightly leaning on a bamboo stick, stepped forward to hold the woman, put her hand on her veins, thought for a moment, and said: "Ma'am, your illness has been going on for a long time, you have blood Unstable and vain pulse, disturbed mood and internal disharmony. Senior brother, you should come and help auntie."

The woman said with a sad smile: "I'm getting old...cough cough cough...it's useless, but I'm tired...cough cough cough...two children. The doctor they invited for me...cough cough cough... I took a lot of medicine...cough cough cough...the whole family has been poor because of me...cough cough cough..." Chen Mengsheng concentrated his hand, tapped his finger on the woman's head, and directed a nectar curse at the woman Tiandu Parkway.

"Black man, what do you want to do? Stay away from my mother and watch the trick!" A nine-foot majestic man came in from the door, and he punched Chen Mengsheng no matter how much he wanted.

Xiang Xiaotian said angrily: "My brother, my brother was kind enough to save your mother, and you still don't ask what's wrong. I'll have a good time with you. I've had itchy hands for a long time, and today I'll use you to open the business." Both of them are tall horses Big guys, one is Ruhu Chulin and the other is Long Xiao Jiutian.Fisting is like electricity and moves are like shadows. Chen Mengsheng helped the woman heal her stubborn illness when she heard the wind of fists behind her.

Turning around, he shouted: "Brother, he should be Mu Shiguang. Just give him some advice, don't hurt him."

Xiang Xiaotian laughed and said: "Brother, don't worry. This kid is very good at kung fu, so I will naturally have a sense of proportion." Chen Mengsheng shook his head and stopped talking, and healed the woman with peace of mind. .

Shangguan Yanran and Qi Ying in the courtyard watched Xiang Xiaotian and Mu Shiguang fist and kick in a ball in the courtyard, and couldn't help feeling anxious and startled.Su Zhongfan looked intently at Mu Shiguang, he was indeed handsome, and he was indeed a rare talent who was capable of both literature and martial arts.If he can kill enemies for the country in the future, the future must be limitless, he nodded secretly in praise.

"Guang'er, what are you doing?" After the woman yelled, Mu Shiguang stopped and ran over to help the woman, looking at the five people in his courtyard with a puzzled face.

"Mom, are you okay? Are they?"

Xiang Xiaotian smiled and said: "Of course we are good people who came to save your mother. My whole body is itching from fighting you, boy. Next time, I must have a good discussion with you."

"Hehe, you are too modest, a hero. Mu Shiguang fought you just now, and you let me go, otherwise I would have already been lying down." Mu Shiguang smiled awkwardly.

The woman tried to adjust her breath a few times, and she really stopped coughing, she wanted to bow to Chen Mengsheng in surprise.Chen Mengsheng smiled and said to Su Zhongfan, "Master Su, what do you think?"

Su Zhongfan said calmly, "Brother Chen, should we have a drink before we talk. Hahaha..."

Chen Mengsheng also smiled and said: "Master Su has said so, so of course we should be respectful rather than obedient." In the yard, Mu Shiguang mother and son were left confused, watching them walk away in a strange way...