Jinpingmei

Chapter 30 Cai Taishi is good at benevolence Xijue Ximen Qing gave birth to a son and became an official

The word says: "Ten thousand days are spent as slaves for flowers, and Feng Zidu is a proud camel with white horses."This year, he is newly worshiping the King of Kings.

Invasion of the curtain reveals that the peaches bear fruit at the beginning, and the birds are jealous of the flowers and birds.The sisters in the boudoir are half worried.

It is said that Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian slept in the room after taking a bath.Chunmei was sitting on a cool chair in the corridor putting on her shoes, and she saw Qin Tonger watching from the corner door with her head relaxed.Chunmei asked, "What do you have to say?"

Seeing Qiu Ju kneeling in the yard with the stone on top of her head, the Qin boy just pointed with his hands.Chunmei scolded: "It's the root of the prisoner! If you have anything to say, just say it, and point fingers?"

The Qin boy laughed for a long time, and then said: "Zhang An, who is looking at the grave, is waiting outside for Dad to talk."

Chunmei said: "The root of the thief! It's Zhang An's job. Why make a fuss, it's like a ghost! Quietly, father and mother are asleep. If you wake him up, you will die. Just ask Zhang An to wait outside. "

Qin Tong'er came out and waited for about half a day, then came to the corner door to look around, and asked, "Has daddy woke up yet?"

Chunmei said: "Weird prisoner! Get out of your wits and pretend to frighten me. It doesn't matter if it's important or not, there are wandering spirits at both ends!"

Qin Tong said: "Zhang An waits for Dad to speak, and he has to rush out, afraid that it will be late."

Chunmei said: "Father and mother are sleeping sweetly, who dares to disturb him, you tell Zhang An to wait, it's very late, tell him to go tomorrow."

As she was talking, she didn't want Ximen Qing to hear her in the room, so she called Chunmei into the room and asked who was talking.Chunmei said: "Tong Qin said that Zhang An'er on the grave is outside and saw his father talking."

Ximen Qing said, "Get the clothes and I'll put them on, wait for me to get up."

While Chunmei sent Ximenqing to get dressed, Jinlian asked, "What did Zhang An say?"

Ximen Qing said: "Zhang An said the day before yesterday that Zhuang Zier, the Widow Zhao's family next door to our grave, wanted to sell land for 300 taels of silver. I only paid him 250 taels of silver and taught Zhang An to talk to him. Inside, I took a look at the well. Four well circles are used to draw water. If you buy this village, you can open it up and combine it into one building, inside which you will build three rolling sheds, three halls, Dieshanzi garden, well pavilion, archery hall, playing field, and a place for playing children. It doesn't matter if you pay two silver coins."

The woman said: "Forget it, let's buy it. Every time your mother goes to the grave tomorrow, go there to play."

After finishing speaking, Ximen Qing went forward to talk to Zhang An.

Jin Lian got up, put her powdered face in front of the mirror again, and then adjusted the cloud girl.When I came out of the courtyard, I wanted to beat Qiuju.That Chunmei went outside and called Qin Tong'er to hang the board.Jin Lian asked: "I asked you to bring wine, why did you take cold wine to eat with dad? It turns out that your family is not big, and you are still stubborn when talking about it!"

Shout: "Ask Qin Tong'er to fight this slave with twenty boards honestly!"

The qin boy hit ten boards, thanks to Li Ping'er who smiled and came over to persuade him, and spared him ten boards.The Golden Lotus Sect kowtowed to Li Ping'er, let him get up, and left to cook.Li Ping'er said: "Old Pan took a 15-year-old girl, and the second elder sister bought a house to be her servant. She asked for seven taels of silver. Please go and have a look."

Jin Lian then went behind with Li Ping'er.Li Jiaoer Guo asked Ximenqing to buy it for seven taels of silver, and renamed it Xia Hua'er, and it was no problem to use it in the room.

Shan Biao came to Baobao and Director Wu to escort the birthday bearer. It was a very hot weather and the road was very difficult, so he would be hungry and thirsty.One day, I arrived outside the Longevity Gate in Tokyo and settled down in a shop.On the next day, I took a box of gifts on the platform and went to wait in front of the gate of Cai Taishi's mansion at Tianhan Bridge.Director Wu, who came to protect the education, put on the gift, put on his green clothes, and sang to the gatekeeper.The gatekeeper asked, "Where are you from?"

Lai Baodao: "I am a member of the Ximen family in Qinghe County, Shandong Province, and I am here to present a birthday present to the master."

The officials scolded: "Several thieves die wild prisoner army! Where do you want to be a member of the East Gate and West Gate? My master is now under one person, above ten thousand people, regardless of three or eight, regardless of sons and grandsons, who dares to be in the master's place?" Such a title in front of the mansion? Stay behind as soon as possible!"

Some of them came to Bao who recognized him, so he comforted Lai Bao and said: "This is the gatekeeper of Xincan. It's only a few days. He doesn't recognize you. Don't be surprised. You have to report to the master, and I will invite Uncle Di Come."

Then Bao took out a bag of silver from his sleeve, weighed one tael, and handed it to the man.The man said: "I don't need it. You add another point, and the two officials, Hugh is as knowledgeable as him."

Laibao hurriedly took out three bags of silver, one or two for each person, and sent them away.The official smiled a little, and said: "Since you are from Qinghe County, please wait for a while, and I will take you to see Steward Zhai first. The master just came back from the Shangqing Baoxiao Palace and slept in the study."

After a long time, please bring Butler Zhai out, wearing sandals, clean socks, and a blue silk robe.See you here, and kowtow quickly.Housekeeper Zhai returned the gift and said, "The former tired you. Are you here to bear the birthday present with the master?"

Lai Bao first handed over a post, and the people at his feet held a pair of Nanjing rulers, 30 taels of platinum, and said: "The owner of the family, Ximenqing, often goes above Di's father. He has no expression. These small gifts are rewarded with Zhai's father. The former salt Father Duomeng Zhai is bothering about the matter of guest king four."

Zhai Qian said: "I don't deserve this gift. Go, go, I'll accept it."

Laibao handed over the gift card for Taishi's birthday. After reading it, he paid it back to Laibao and ordered the gift to be brought in and served in the second gate.It turns out that there are three inverted seats at the west end of the second gate, where people who come and go have tea.After a while, a boy brought two cups of tea and ate with Lai Bao and Director Wu.

After a while, the grand master came out of the hall.Zhai Qian first reported to the grand master, and then ordered Laibao and director Wu to come in and kneel at the bottom of the steps.Zhai Qian first presented the birthday post to the Taishi for viewing, and Director Lai Bao and Director Wu each brought presents.But see: the yellow golden pot and jade cup, the white swaying and reducing [Ge Fan] immortals.Splendid python clothes, colorful; Nanjing silk satin, resplendent with gold and green.The soup, sheep and wine are all covered; the exotic fruits are new, and the boxes are stacked high.He didn't like it, so he said: "This gift is definitely not good, you will go back."

In a panic, Lai Bao waited and kowtowed, and said: "The little master Ximenqing has no filial piety, and some small things are presented to the master as a reward."

The grand master said: "Since this is the case, order the left and right to accept it."

There are only people waiting to accept the presents.The grand master said again: "I have sent someone to write a letter to your Governor Hou Ye about the matter of the Cangzhou guest Wang Siwai the day before yesterday. Is it clear that there is no point?"

Lai Bao said: "Thanks to the grace of the Lord, when the book arrives, all the salters will be released."

The grand master said to Laibao again: "Your master has been troubled many times, and there is nothing to stretch. What should you do? Does your master have any official duties?"

Lai Bao said: "The master of the villain is a villager, what kind of official service does he have?"

The grand master said: "I have no official service. Yesterday, the imperial court gave me a few empty-name complaint letters to pay. I will arrange for your master to be a deputy thousand household in your Shandong prison, and pay the thousand household congratulatory gold. There is a shortage of staff, okay?"

Lai Bao hurriedly kowtowed and thanked: "Master Meng is so kind to you, the little patriarch and his whole family were smashed to pieces, there is no way to repay him!"

So he called the waiting officer to bring the case over, and immediately signed and charged an empty-name complaint letter, filled it with Ximenqing's name, and listed it as Jinwu Weiyi Zuo Deputy Qianhu, Shandong and other places for punishment.He always said, "It's been hard work for you two to present my birthday present."

Yin asked, "Who are you kneeling behind?"

When Lai Baocai said he was a buddy, Director Wu said forward, "The younger one is Ximen Qing's brother-in-law, named Wu Dian'en."

The grand master said: "Since you are Ximenqing's brother-in-law, I think you look good."

The waiter in the hall took a letter and paid: "I promise you to be a postman in Qinghe County here, and you will go."

Wu Dian'en kowtowed in panic.Another letter was taken to pay, and the name of Laibao was filled in Shandong Yunwang's mansion, and he became a school lieutenant.They all kowtowed and received the letter.Instruct the two ministries of officials and soldiers to register tomorrow morning to discuss reconnaissance and cooperation, and to serve within a limited time.He also ordered Zhai Qian to take care of the wine and food in the west wing, and ask for ten taels of silver to pay the travel expenses with the two of them.

The officials heard: At that time Huizong, the world was out of power, treacherous officials were in power, slanderous and sycophant, the four treacherous parties, Gao, Yang, Tong, and Cai, sold officials in the court, bribed public officials, promoted officials by hanging scales, and pointed out Fang. premium.Those who have good fortune and piercing skills will suddenly be promoted to beauty; those who are virtuous and honest will not get rid of them with age.As a result, customs have become decadent, corrupt officials and officials have spread all over the world, slavery and taxation have flourished, people have become poor and robbed, and the world is in a commotion.It's not because the treacherous ministers live in Taifu, it's because the people in the Central Plains are blood-stained.

At that moment, Zhai Qian invited Director Lai Bao and Director Wu to take care of them in the wing room, and had a hearty meal with big plates and big bowls.Zhai Qian said to Laibao: "I have one thing, I will ask your father to do everything for me. I don't know if your father will agree to it or not?"

Lai Bao said: "Dad Zhai said that! Being supported and cared for by such a master as your old man, you don't choose anything, but you are willing to give orders, and you will obey all orders."

Zhai Qiandao: "To tell you the truth, I promise my lord that I will cut down one person every day. I am about forty years old, often suffer from illness, and have nothing to do around me. My father, you have good talents and women in your place. Fifteen or sixteen, find one for me and send it to me. I will give it to you one by one."

After finishing speaking, he sent a letter of personnel affairs and a letter of reply to Lai Bao, and sent the two of them five taels of money.Lai Bao refused to accept it again and again, and said, "Master has already rewarded you just now. Father Di still took it back."

Zhai Qian said: "That is the master's, this is mine, there is no need to refuse."

After finishing the meal, Zhai Qian said, "Now I'll send you an officer to go down with you. Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the Ministry of Officials and the Second Ministry of Soldiers to register, and then I will receive the survey and cooperation, so I can get up. It will save you the expense of going back and forth tomorrow." Yes. I ordered to go, the Ministry dare not delay your paperwork."

At the same time, he called an officer named Li Zhongyou: "You and the two of you will go to the Ministry to register tomorrow, and talk to me about the investigation and cooperation."

The official made a speech with Lai Bao and Wu Dian'en, and went out of the house to have a conversation in Bai Hotel on Tianhanqiao Street.He came to keep the wine and dinner, and gave Li Zhongyou three taels of silver, and agreed to go to the Ministry of Officials early tomorrow, and then to the Ministry of War, and they all registered to discuss reconciliation.It is heard that it is in the mansion of the grand master, who dares to delay and follow it upside down.Jinwuwei Taiwei Zhu Xi immediately envoyed the seal, signed the ticket, and acted as the head secretary, and filled in the Laibao as an errand in the Yunwang Mansion in Shandong Province.He took another greeting card and went back to Butler Zhai.It doesn't take two days to get things done.One day Hired Toukou got up and went back to Qinghe County at night to announce the good news.Exactly: Wealth and honor must be obtained by treachery, and fame depends entirely on Deng Tongcheng.

Let's talk about the dog days of the day, Ximenqing is at home in the large roll shed in the Jujingtang, enjoying lotus flowers and drinking in summer.Wu Yueniang and Ximen Qing sat on top, and all the concubines and elder sisters sat on both sides. Chunmei, Yingchun, Yuxiao, and Lanxiang, generally four family members, played and sang beside them.How did you see the banquet that day?But see: potted green grass, vases of red flowers.The crystal curtain rolls the shrimp's whiskers, and the mica screen opens the peacock.There are heaps of lin preserved fruit on the plate, and the beautiful woman laughs and holds the purple cloud cup; the basin soaks the ice peach, and the beautiful woman holds the jasper cup.Food and cooking are exotic, and fruits are new.The chords sing, and the sound is clear and beautiful; the beautiful flowers and pearls are beautiful, and there are two lines of dancing girls' songs.Red teeth are sprinkled on the elephant board for the feast, and the dance skirts are covered with beautiful embroidery.The sun and the moon are idle in the recreational pot, and the world is drunk outside the body.

The wives and concubines are drinking, and Li Ping'er is missing from the sitting room.Yueniang said to Xiuchun, "What is your mother doing in the house?"

Xiuchun said: "My mother has a stomachache and is crooked."

Yue Niang said: "Speak to him soon, don't be crooked, come here and listen to the singing."

Ximen Qing asked Yueniang, "What's the matter?"

Yue Niang said: "Miss Li suddenly had a stomachache and was lying in the room. I asked the little girl to invite him."

Yin said to Yulou: "Sister Li is approaching the moon in seven or eight days, I'm afraid it will be disturbed."

Pan Jinlian said: "Big sister, where is this month? Ask him to be a child in August, it's still early!"

Ximen Qing said: "Since it's early, let the girl invite you, Liu Niang, to listen to the singing."

After a while, I saw Li Ping'er coming.Yueniang said: "I'm afraid you're going to lose the air-conditioning. You can drink hot wine for a few minutes and just take care of yourself."

After a while, wine was filled in front of everyone.Ximen Qing told Chunmei: "I'll listen to every song you sing about 'Everyone Fears Summer'."

That Chunmei and the other four just rowed the geese, Ruan crossed the crocodile, opened her lips, showed her white teeth, and sang "Everyone is afraid of summer." At the banquet, Li Ping'er just frowned, I didn't wait for the song to finish, so I went back to the room.After listening to the lyrics and music, Yueniang was so worried that she let Xiaoyu look in her room.Come back and report: "Liu Niang has a stomachache and is rolling on the kang."

Panicked, Yueniang said: "I said it's time, but the sixth sister insisted that it's early. If you don't call the servant, invite my old lady!"

Ximenqing immediately ordered Ping'an'er: "Fengrun! Invite Mrs. Cai to go!"

So they couldn't even eat wine, so they all came to Li Ping'er's room to ask him.

Yue Niang asked: "Sister Li, what do you feel in your heart?"

Li Ping'er replied: "Ma'am, I only have my heart and stomach, and it hurts to fall down."

Yueniang said: "When you get up, don't fall asleep, I'm afraid you will roll and break the fetus. I will come if I invite you."

After a while, Li Ping'er gradually became more and more painful.Yueniang asked again: "Who invited my old lady? We haven't come here yet?"

Dai'an said: "Father has sent Lai'an."

Yue Niang scolded: "This prisoner, why don't you hurry up and meet him! There is no plan to send that little servant to go, there is no hurry."

Ximen Qing told Dai'an to ride a mule and go.Yueniang said: "It's a matter of wind and fire, but it's still as usual and slow."

When Pan Jinlian saw that Li Ping'er was about to raise a child, she felt a little angry.After looking in the room for a while, he pulled Meng Yulou out, and the two stood under the eaves pillars at the west tip to rest there and talk together.Said: "Yeah! The people who squeezed a room full of hot and hot people are not raising children. They all look like guts."

After a long time, I saw Mrs. Cai enter the door, looked at the crowd and said, "Is that the master's grandma?"

Li Jiaoer pointed to Yue Niang and said, "This is a big lady."

The old lady Cai fell down and kowtowed.Yue Niang said: "Grandma, I will accept you. Why are we here? Please look at this lady, dare to wait for birth?"

Mrs. Cai touched Li Ping'er's body in front of the bed, and said, "It's time."

Question: "Ma'am is ready to do the splicing, is there any toilet paper?"

Yue Niang said: "Yes."

Then he called Xiaoyu: "take it to my room quickly!"

And when Yulou saw his old lady coming in, he said to Jinlian, "Cai's old lady is here, why don't we go look in the house?"

That Jin Lian had a different face and said: "If you want to see it, you go. I don't see him. He is a sister with a child, and she is lucky. Why don't people see him? I don't mean it, I said something. My son, 'I'm afraid it's in August', told the eldest sister to grab the white face. I can't think of a reason, but it has annoyed me for a long time."

Yulou said: "I also only said that he is the child of June."

Jin Lian said: "This time even you have a knife! I'll tell you what: he came in August last year, and he is not a daughter of Huanghua. She was pregnant and raised at the beginning. A married wife, I don't know how many times the man has met. If the baby was born in one or two months, would it be regarded as our child? I said it was bad? If the child was born in August, there are still some shadows of our family; I'm short of a hat leader! Lost my hometown, where can I find a calf?"

Just as I was talking, I saw Xiaoyu coming with straw paper, bandages and a small mattress.Meng Yulou said: "Eldest sister has prepared this for him sooner or later. Let's borrow it for emergency today."

Jin Lian said: "One is the eldest wife and the other is the younger wife. Tomorrow, the two will be raised together. They will not be able to raise them, even if they are fragmented. Every time I buy a hen that doesn't lay eggs, if I eat it, I will be successful!"

He said again: "Look up and close, isn't there a dog biting urine to be happy?"

Yulou said, "What did Fifth Sister say!"

Later, when I saw that he was speaking carelessly, he just lowered his head and fiddled with the belt of his skirt, without answering him.After a while, Sun Xue'e heard that Li Ping'er was raising a child, and hurriedly came to watch from behind, but she was almost stumbled by Tai Ji in the shadows.Jin Lian saw it and taught Yulou: "Look at the little slave woman who is dedicated! You walk slowly, why are you panicking? It's life-saving! Hei Ying stumbled and knocked his teeth. It's money! Raise a child, and I will reward you tomorrow." The little female slave only wears a gauze hat!"

After a long time, I only heard a "croak" in the room and raised it.Mrs. Cai said: "Tell the old man who is in charge, please give birth to a brother."

Wu Yueniang reported to Ximen Qing.Ximenqing washed his hands in a hurry, and the ancestors of heaven and earth filled the furnace with incense, and told Xu 120 to make a sacrifice, praying for the safety of the mother and child, and celebrating the birth, and sitting on grass without any danger.When Pan Jinlian heard that the baby was born, the whole family rejoiced and became a mess. She became more and more angry, and went to the room, closed the door, and cried on the bed.In the fourth year of Xuanhe and Wushen, it was read on the third day in June.It's exactly: things that don't go well with you are often eighty-nine, but you can say nothing to others.

Mrs. Cai picked up the child, bit off the umbilical cord, buried the clothes, made some reassuring soup, sent Li Ping'er to eat, and settled the child.Yueniang asked my old lady to take care of the wine and dinner.Before leaving, Ximenqing gave him five taels of silver, and Xu Xi came for three dynasties and gave him a bolt of satin.This old lady Cai is very grateful for going out.

That day, Ximen Qing went into the room and saw a baby in his arms, who was very white and pure, and was very happy in his heart.The whole family is happy.In the evening, I rested in Li Ping'er's room, not stopping to see the baby.The next day, Ba Tian didn't know how to get up, took ten sets of square boxes, and asked the young servants to deliver happy noodles to relatives and neighbors.Earl Ying and Xie Xida heard that Ximen Qing had given birth to a son, and came to congratulate him in panic.Ximen Qing left him to eat noodles in the roll shed.Just sent away, just about to make the boy call a matchmaker to find the adoptive mother, suddenly Mrs. Xue brought a nanny.She was originally a daughter-in-law of a small family. She was 30 years old and had recently lost her child, less than a month ago.A man is in the army. If he can't make it through, he is afraid that he will go to the army and no one will support him. He only needs to sell him for six taels of silver.Seeing that he was born clean, Yueniang told Ximen Qing that she would exchange six taels of silver and keep it, name it Ruyi'er, and teach him to look after the nurse in the morning and evening.He also called Lao Feng to work in the darkroom, and gave him five qian a month to take care of his clothes.

It was a lively day, and suddenly there was a safety report: "Lai Bao, director Wu returned in Tokyo, and saw him at the head of the door."

After a while, the two came in and met Ximen Qing to announce the good news.Ximen Qing asked, "Where does joy come from?"

The two learned that they went to Tokyo to meet Cai Taishi for the ceremony, and said from beginning to end: "The master was very happy to see the gift, and said: "I have received the gift from your master many times, and there is nothing to repay." The court admired him. I gave my father a copy of the name letter, and filled in my father's name and surname in the post of deputy thousand households of the Jinwu Guard, and sent me to the punishment office here to make up for the vacancy of Mr. He. Do the little one Appointed Captain Tie Lingwei, and filled the Prince Yun's Mansion as an errand. Director Wu was promoted to be the postman of the county."

So I paid the same three stamped letters, and combined the two departments of officials and soldiers, and took out all the letters and put them on the table to watch with Ximen Qing.Ximenqing saw that there were many seals on it, and the court respected the case. As expected, he was the deputy of a thousand households.Then he sent down the imperial court and took it to the back to watch with Wu Yueniang and said: "Master Taishi promoted me and promoted me to be the deputy thousand household of the Jinwu Guard, and the position of a fifth-rank doctor. You have received the edict of Wuhuaguan and become your wife." He also took Director Wu with him to be the postman, and came here to protect him as the school lieutenant of Prince Yun's Mansion. Immortal Wu told me to wear a lot of gauze hats, and I had the joy of climbing the clouds on the flat ground. "

Then he said to Yueniang: "The child raised by Sister Li is very hard-footed. After three days of washing, he should be named Guangeer."

Laibao came in, kowtowed to everyone in Yueniang, and talked back.He ordered the documents to be sent to the yamen of the punishment office tomorrow morning, and informed Xia Tixing.Director Wu will write a letter to the county tomorrow morning, and Ximen Qing will go home after giving his speech.

On the next day, after three washes, all relatives, neighbors and friends knew that Ximenqing's sixth wife had a new baby, and within three days, such a beautiful thing happened, the official salary came to the family, and she became a job as a thousand households.Who doesn't come to follow?Gifts and celebrations, people come and go, all day long.As the saying goes: Who doesn't come when the time comes?Who will come when the time is not coming!It's exactly: the stubborn iron has brilliance when it comes, but the real gold has no color when it is returned.

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