Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 9 Red Line (2)
Zhang Long and Zhao Hu still remembered how much Zhan Zhao resisted the marriage at the beginning, but after returning from Duanmucui, everything seemed to be indifferent.

"It's God's will." Zhan Zhao said flatly, "Let it go."

The difference between the two people before and after inevitably makes people speculate.

"Hey, tell me," Wang Chao stretched out his elbow to beat Ma Han, and approached mysteriously, "Did brother Zhan have that kind of meaning for me, Duanmu, but it turned out that Duanmu didn't have that kind of meaning for brother Zhan, so I showed Eldest brother felt that this day was boring, so he accepted Miss Xu's marriage."

Ma Han was dazed by Wang Chao: "What do you mean, what do you mean by this or that? Can you explain it more clearly?"

Wang Chao glared at Ma Han angrily: "That's what it means."

Ma Han opened his mouth and finally understood: "Oh, what do you mean by that?"

Dynasty nodded: "What do you think?"

"I think it's possible." Ma Han said in a serious tone, "How capable do you think my sister Duanmu is? Now I can slay demons and slay demons and fly to the sky and escape from the earth. In the future, I won't become a fairy and ascend in the daytime? Isn't it all in the play? If you want to cultivate a righteous fruit, you have to cut off worldly thoughts.”

"Yes, yes." Wang Chao hurriedly agreed, "According to what you said, sister Duanmu ascended to the ascension, will she also bring us to immortality? Isn't there an old saying, how do you say it, one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven?"

What he said made Ma Han's imagination run wild: "That's right, if we become immortals, we should be at the level of heavenly soldiers and generals, right?"

Gongsun Ce, who had been listening for a long time and was ignored for a long time, finally couldn't stand it anymore: "The fever is serious, do you want me to tell my lord that you don't have to watch the night tonight?"

But seeing Wang Chao and Ma Han blushing, they seemed to run away.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu followed Zhanzhong to Xu's mansion to hire him, and they met Duanmucui for the first time in the bustling West Street.

"Sister Duanmu!" Zhang Long was overjoyed, and greeted her from afar.

Hearing the word "Sister Duanmu", Zhan Zhao also looked this way.Duanmucui was originally two or three people behind her, squinting her eyes at the sun and looking carefully at a piece of old jade in her hand.

"It's you guys." Duanmucui looked behind the two of them, "Where is Zhan Zhao, isn't he with you?"

"We went to Xu Mansion with Uncle Zhan, Master Zhan said he had something to do, so he didn't come with us."

Zhan Zhao originally turned his head to look at Duanmucui, but after hearing what Zhang Long said, he slightly turned his body back.

In fact, Zhan Zhao is quite eye-catching in the crowd, but Zhan Zhong's old eyes are dim, and the two people with sound ears and eyes are full of Duanmucui, so no one notices that Zhan Zhao is here.

"Is that so." Duanmucui fell silent.

"Sister Duanmu, there is really nothing you can do about Brother Zhan?" Zhao Hu still wanted to try something.

Duanmucui caressed the old jade in her hand, and said after a long time: "It's God's will, what can I do?"

"Brother Zhan said the same thing." Zhang Long sighed, peeked at Zhan Zhong, and leaned closer to Duanmucui and said in a low voice, "Actually, I think Brother Zhan really doesn't like Miss Xu, and he still doesn't want to go to Xu's mansion. Meet Miss Xu."

"The poor don't fight the rich, the rich don't fight the officials, and the people don't fight the sky." Duanmucui sighed, and suddenly remembered something, "Have you seen Xu Qiongxiang? How is she? Is she beautiful?"

"You mean Ms. Xu?" Zhao Hu scratched his head, "I took a look outside the door, she was worshiping Bodhisattva there, and I saw her back."

"That's not a Bodhisattva," Zhang Long corrected, "it's an old man with a rucksack, leaning on the threshold, holding a ball of thread in his hand to wind around..."

Duanmucui didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What old man? That's Old Yue. In his rucksack are the wedding records of men and women from all over the world. That's not a ball of thread, it's red thread."

Zhao Hu didn't understand: "The painting looks dark, like it's at night - he's still going around the red line, can you see it clearly?"

Duanmucui wished to knock Zhao Hu a shudder: "Haven't you seen the moon in the sky? Haven't you heard of moon inspection books and moon-watching tying knots?"

"There's no moon." Zhao Hu was at a loss.

"That may be half a month, you didn't see it clearly." Duanmucui was annoyed.

"Sister Duanmu, you just don't understand me." Zhao Hu was not convinced, "I can't say anything else. In terms of eyesight, my old Zhao is definitely the first among the captains of Kaifeng Prefecture. Zhang Long, tell me, Did you see the moon?"

"This... seems to be... I don't seem to have seen it." Zhang Long looked forward to Ai Ai.

Duanmucui's face suddenly showed a strange look: "Is there really no moon?"

"No." Zhao Hu affirmed.

"No moon... no moon... no moon..." Duanmucui murmured, the piece of old jade was thrown from left hand to right hand, and then from right hand to left hand, the stall owner was terrified and was about to stop it, when he heard Duanmucui yelled angrily: "Yue Laosan, you have deceived me so hard!"

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were taken aback, and just about to say something, Duanmucui was furious, and stomped his feet: "Land, borrow me..."

Before the word "Tao" came out of his mouth, someone suddenly grabbed Duanmucui's arm.

Looking back, it was Zhan Zhao.

"Duanmucui," Zhan Zhao glanced at Duanmucui, then gestured to his surroundings, "Under the eyes of everyone, you don't want to escape from Tudun, do you?"

Only then did Duanmucui realize that she lived in a busy city and not in a Duanmu thatched cottage, she stopped reluctantly, and suddenly thought of something, Zhan Yan smiled, and patted Zhan Zhao on the shoulder: "Master Zhan, Guard Zhan, you are really lucky, Help me pay the jade money, and I will relieve you of your misfortune."

As he spoke, he smiled, shook Lao Yu in front of Zhan Zhao, and walked briskly.

"As expected...you won't suffer any time." Zhan Zhao lowered his head and took out the money from his waist pocket, but couldn't help but smile.

The incense stick was ignited, and the incense mist curled up. The woman with fine eyebrows folded her hands on her chest and whispered piously: "Today, the Zhan's family went to the government to discuss the employment, and the little girl's wish was fulfilled. Thank you for the kindness of the old matchmaker. Xu's Qiongxiang wishes A 20-year lifespan is discounted to thank Yue Lao for fulfillment."

After finishing speaking, he slowly bent his body and knelt on the futon.

A salute.

The old moon stickers on the wall suddenly turned up at the corners.

Two thanks.

That month's old sticker peeled off the wall, floating in the air.

Three prayers.

The old moon sticks out flat, stretching out from the gap in the window sash.

After the ceremony, get up.

As far as he could see, Xu Qiongxiang's face turned pale suddenly, he stumbled forward, stretched out his fingers, and tremblingly caressed towards the empty wall.

Outside the window, Duanmucui rolled up the sticker slowly, and sighed softly, barely audible.

Back in the Duanmu thatched cottage, Duanmu Cui went straight to the stove, tapped three times on the stove with her fingers: "Raise the fire."

With a whoosh, the fire burst into flames in the stove, Duanmucui crumpled the scroll in his hand and threw it into the fire.

Then someone screamed in agony, using both hands and feet, crawling from the fire to the stove.Watching the head sticking out of the stove, Duanmucui kicked it back unceremoniously.

The man gave another strange cry, and tried his best to crawl out again, this time Duanmucui didn't make things difficult for him, he took a chair and sat on it leisurely, waiting for the man to come out of the oven.

As soon as the man came out of the stove, he jumped all over the room, wheezing and blowing the flames on his body.Duanmucui looked at him coldly, but saw that the man had sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, two goatee beards, a pair of mung bean eyes, his clothes were patched and patched, his eyebrows were burnt to the point of burning, and his unkempt hair was still emitting scorching smoke.

After bouncing around for a while, the man stopped suddenly, and looked at Duanmucui viciously: "You teased Yuelao, what should you do?"

"Yo, you really treat yourself like a green onion." Duanmucui looked at the man sideways, "Yue Laosan, if I expose this matter... Think about it, how many years can you dance in the sun?"

Yue Lao San suddenly became shorter, stretched out his finger to Mu Cui: "You, you, you, you know that I am Yue Lao..."

Duanmu Cui leaned lazily on the back of the chair: "Yuelao three brothers, the Yuelao is in the immortal class, and knots a rope for the full moon, and handles the best marriages in the world. In-laws. You are the third child of this month, with extremely poor qualifications and ordinary bones. You should have fallen into reincarnation long ago, but the two elder brothers took pity on you as the younger brother, and secretly gave you the red rope and red thread to make you fight in the world. Under their guise to bluff and deceive, the marriage is in chaos, and the life of those idiots and resentful women is tricked into surviving, am I right or not?"

Yue Lao San hung his head, muttering in a dying struggle: "I'm not all mixed up, there are several times I also got married..."

Duanmucui sneered: "A blind cat can run into a dead mouse. If you make a few good matches, you will be justified?"

Yue Laosan fell silent.

"You held the red line between Zhan Zhao and Xu Qiongxiang?"

"Yes," Yue Laosan tried his best to exalt his motives for hooking up, "I see that Miss Xu's family is quite lovely, she is very compatible with Zhan Zhaodeng, and she has the beauty of being an adult..."

"It's because of greed for Xu Qiongxiang's 20-year lifespan." Duanmucui put it bluntly.

"That's right." Yue Lao San was not unreasonable, "But such a girl from a good family background and appearance is willing to lose 20 years of life in order to be with Zhan Zhao, isn't it pitiful? She I don't have any other bad intentions, so what's the matter with Zhan Zhao?"

"Besides," Yuelao Sanyue said more and more vigorously, "Zhan Zhao hasn't tied the red thread on his feet yet, so he might be a lone star of the gods. I'll give him the thread out of my kindness, and I'll take advantage of him."

"There is no red line on Zhan Zhao's feet?" Duanmucui was taken aback.

"Exactly."

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense chatter." Duanmucui turned back to the topic, "Untie the red thread you tied on Zhan Zhao's feet as soon as possible."

"Why?" Yue Lao San was puzzled, "Zhan Zhao doesn't have a red line yet, but Xu Qiongxiang's red line was held by my second brother, who belongs to the lower-level in-laws. One of the lower-level in-laws has no red line at all, wouldn't everyone be happy when they get together?"

"Why why why?" Duanmucui sullenly said, "No reason, just untie it."

Yue Lao San suddenly stopped talking, and stared at Duanmucui thoughtfully, which made Duanmucui's heart hair tremble.

"I said it!" Yue Laosan patted his thigh, "You have taken a fancy to him, no wonder you helped him so much. I think you are good, no matter what you say, you should be a fairy fetus in the upper realm. I advise you, girl , don’t ruin your bright future for an ordinary person.”

Duanmucui felt furious when he heard it, and glanced at the broken blue and white porcelain bowl on the shelf with his two small arms propped up to watch the excitement. .

Hearing two ouches, Yue Lao San was frightened, but the blue and white porcelain bowl hit the wall firmly, fortunately his body is still strong, but there is another gap.

The blue and white porcelain bowl is full of tears.Duanmucui felt a sense of guilt, thought for a while and said: "You go down first, and we will talk about the conditions for compensation."

Hearing the word "compensation", the eyes of the blue and white porcelain bowl lit up, and he limped away happily.

Duanmucui suppressed her anger, and looked at Yue Laosan again: "Do you understand or not?"

Yue Lao San was afraid of Duanmucui, and refused to submit obediently, so he muttered: "It's not impossible to untie it, but why not let Zhan Zhao decide for himself. If he knows that he has no red line, maybe he will be willing to marry that Miss Xu's family , something is better than nothing, isn't it?"

Duan Mucui sneered: "Who said Zhan Zhao didn't have a red thread? If Zhan Zhao didn't have a red thread, I'd go and grab all your elder brother's red thread. If Zhan Zhao likes a girl, I'll help him lead that girl, and if he likes a girl, I'll hold her." One, if I like ten, I will hold ten, you can see if I have the ability!"

Yuelao San looked at the stove that had just burned him to the point of howling, then looked up at Duanmucui, and finally realized that Duanmucui was definitely not joking.He was awkward, and was about to make a promise along the way, when a voice came from outside.

"It smells so burnt, Duanmucui, what are you burning?"

It was Zhan Zhao who came in with a smile. As soon as he entered the door, his eyes fell on Yue Laosan: "Is it you?"

"You know him?" Duanmucui was curious.

"It's not considered acquaintance." Zhan Zhao smiled, "On the street that day, he was the one who rushed over and said that I, Hong Luan, was moving."

That's how it turned out, Duanmucui suddenly realized that he took this opportunity to wrap a red thread around Zhan Zhao, and took advantage of the chaos to replace Li Daitao with Jiansui.

Duanmucui rested her elbows on the table, she seemed bored, but she was engrossed in it, not wanting to miss every word coming from the courtyard.

I thought it was all about untying the red thread, but I didn't expect Zhan Zhao to have so many things to do.

"If it's Zhan's resignation, I'm afraid it will hurt Miss Xu's reputation. My husband might as well let the Xu family say to the outside world that they are compatible, and the two are not compatible..."

"Okay, okay." Yue Laosan stroked his goatee and shook his head, as if he really regarded himself as an "old man".

"Miss Duanmu said that the marriage is predestined, but the red thread has already been drawn, and I bothered my husband to untie it. Zhan is really sorry."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Yue Laosan put on a show.

Duanmu Cui pouted.

"This time we have to draw the red line again for Ms. Xu. Zhan hopes that my husband can lead a good in-law for Ms. Xu..."

"This..." Yue Laosan hesitated a little, seeing Duanmucui's frosty face from the corner of his eyes, and quickly agreed, "I will do my best and I will do my best."

There are so many things to talk about... Duanmucui rolled his eyes, and suddenly saw the broken blue and white porcelain bowl, blushing and climbing up the table.

"That," seeing Duanmucui staring at him, the blue and white porcelain bowl wiped off his sweat guiltily, "You mentioned compensation during the day..."

Drizzle.

An oiled paper umbrella, under the umbrella is a modest gentleman and a slim beauty.

If this gentleman hadn't been for Zhan Zhao, and if the beauty hadn't been for Duanmucui, he could have created a gentle and tender picture, but it's a pity...

"Why do you have to go out to buy bowls on a rainy day?" Zhan Zhao complained, "There are too many bowls in Kaifeng Mansion, and it's not that you are not allowed to use..."

Duanmu Cuibai gave Zhanzhao a glance: "There is a bowl of red luan and the stars are moving. I must have a beautiful bowl like flowers and jade to accompany me. What can I do? If I didn't untie the red thread of Lao Shizi for you, I would not throw out the blue and white porcelain bowl... In the final analysis, it's all for you, pulling you out to buy bowls with me, are you just so reluctant..." The more he said, the more angry he raised his half-wet cuffs: "You're avenging your own private revenge by deliberately getting me wet, right?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, turned his body sideways, and let Duanmucui see his shoulders which were mostly wet.

Facts speak louder than words, Duanmucui said thoughtfully, "Is that so..."

Suddenly he stretched out his hand and pulled the handle of the umbrella, and covered the entire canopy on top of himself: "It's all done for me, you have rough skin and thick flesh, and there is no harm in getting some rain."

It's just...too deceiving...

Zhan Zhao was about to throw the umbrella cover to his side, when he suddenly heard Duanmucui's meaningful voice: "Xu Qiongxiang is not the only infatuated woman in this world, if anyone sincerely begs that Yue Lao..."

As he spoke, he casually glanced at Zhan Zhao's ankle.

Zhan Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

Forget it, if you can't bear it, you will make a big conspiracy, so it's better not to offend her.

(End of this chapter)