Kuai Chuan's face-slapping gold finger

Chapter 53

At dusk, smoke rises from Dongshan Village, and the smell of firewood is everywhere. The tall straw piles in the night fog look like bulges. The cattle and sheep have all returned to the fence. There are dogs barking from time to time, and there is a sense of leisure everywhere. and serenity.

Zhang Xiucai dragged his sick body and held a lamp to guard the door of the house. He looked anxiously towards the entrance of the village. The cool autumn wind made him occasionally cough a few times. Haven't seen you yet?

Faintly, he heard the creaking sound of the carriage rolling over the ground, and Zhang Xiucai's heart rose to his chest, afraid of being disappointed again.

Not long after, the old servant's familiar figure appeared under the dim light, and the light and shadow painted a warm yellow outline. Zhang Xiucai's heart finally settled down, and he let out a heavy breath.

Zhang Xiucai stepped forward with a lantern, only to realize that his legs were numb.

The carriage stopped, and he failed to notice the strange look on the old servant's face in his desperation, only to see that the curtain of the carriage was raised, and Zhang Yuantong got out of the carriage slowly while stroking his chest, looking very pale.

"Tong'er, what's wrong?" Zhang Xiucai became nervous again.

The other party smiled weakly and gestured for them to enter the room to talk again.

In the study, Yu Miaojun told Zhang Xiucai that she had been hijacked by bandits in sign language and writing, and described how he pretended to be sick, saying that he intentionally hurt his throat and spit blood to scare people away.

In fact, her eyesight was not good at the time, and she exerted some force on her lungs, coughing and spurting blood, but she shot very well, it looked serious, but it was only a minor injury. It can be cured within one month.

Zhang Xiucai was startled and frightened when she heard this, and immediately wanted to find a doctor. Yu Miaojun hurriedly stopped him, indicating that it would not be too late to go tomorrow, and she hurriedly gestured: "Those bandits seem to be waiting for me. They don't want money." , but only the people in the car, if they don't know who is in the car, why are they so sure?"

"You mean..." Zhang Xiucai pondered, "They came prepared?"

"Father, did you tell anyone about my visit to my aunt's house?" Yu Miaojun asked with gestures.

Zhang Xiucai shook his head slowly, then was taken aback for a moment, with a look of shock on his face, and then he frowned suspiciously: "I... I mentioned something to Xiang Wen, but he... how is it possible?"

Hearing the word "Xiang Wen", Zui Miaojun lowered his eyebrows, and his expression under the shadow of the lamp showed a trace of loneliness and sadness.

When Zhang Xiucai saw it, why didn't he understand?My daughter must have heard about Nie Xiangwen's absurdity, alas...

He didn't know why, when Nie Xiangwen woke up after a serious illness two years ago, he seemed to have changed his personality, saying that he didn't remember the past, retired from the county school, and didn't talk about business affairs. It's ridiculous to get involved with a prostitute.Everyone in the village knows that all scholars are romantic, but there are so many scholars who only read the books of sages, how can there be so much romanticism?What's more, didn't he also spend his days with his dead wife?In his opinion, what Nie Xiangwen did has tarnished the reputation of scholars!
But what can he do?The marriage has already been settled, and his health is getting worse and worse. If he leaves, how can he rest assured that Liu Tong'er is alive alone?I just hope that this dilapidated body can support Tong'er until he gets married, so that he can go away with more peace of mind.

Just as he was thinking, a voice suddenly came from outside: "In-law, are you there?"

It's Ma Shi. It's so late, why is she here?

Zhang Xiucai looked at his daughter suspiciously, and stood up to greet her.

As soon as he left the courtyard, he saw Mrs. Ma poking his head outside the door. Zhang Xiucai felt a little displeased, coupled with the thought that had just passed by, he forced a smile and said, "Why are my in-laws here?"

Madam Ma saw that his complexion was not good, and disdain flashed across her face, but she quickly calmed down, and she said in a loud voice: "Knowing that my in-laws are still sick, Xiang Wen bought some supplements in the county and asked me to bring them to you." She lifted the things in her hand a little higher, "Besides, I haven't seen Yuan Tong for a while, and I still miss her, so I stopped by today to take a look."

When Zhang Xiucai heard that it was Nie Xiangwen's intentions, the smile on his face became a little more sincere, and his heart was indeed his own carelessness. No matter how absurd Nie Xiangwen was, he grew up watching him grow up. How could it be so bad?So he smiled and thanked: "My in-laws are very polite."

It's not good for him to entertain Mrs. Ma in person this evening, he should have let Tong'er come out to meet her, but thinking of what her daughter has suffered today, he said euphemistically: "Tong'er is a little unwell today, she has already rested, and I will come tomorrow morning Bring her to visit."

Hearing this, Mrs. Ma rolled her eyes and asked, "What's wrong? Just let me take a look." As he said that, he wanted to squeeze in.

Zhang Xiucai's face darkened, he thought that Mrs. Ma is usually very shrewd, how could he be so reckless today, and he didn't want her to disturb his daughter, so he said in a more serious tone: "It's really inconvenient tonight, so I won't bother my in-laws. "

Unexpectedly, as soon as the voice fell, Mrs. Ma immediately changed his face and raised his voice: "Yuan Tong is my future daughter-in-law, even if I feel unwell, what should I do? My in-laws prevent me from seeing Yuan Tong in every possible way. Could it be that there is something shameful?" ?
Zhang Xiucai was taken aback for a moment, when he saw Nie Xiangwen running over from the other direction, panting, pulling Ma Shi and said, "Mother, stop talking and go back with me, that, those are just rumors, you Why do you believe me?" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Xiucai with apologetic eyes, and whispered, "Sir."

"What rumors? That's because someone saw her being taken away by a group of bandits!" Mrs. Ma pulled Nie Xiangwen's hand: "Besides, your mother and I didn't believe it. Didn't you come here to ask your in-laws for verification? I don't know that Mr. Xiucai won't even allow me to meet... woo woo..."

Mashi sat down on the ground, patted his thigh and cried, "My poor son, this family is trying to cheat you on purpose, and wants you to marry a broken shoe, woo woo..."

"You—!" Zhang Xiucai was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. He never expected that things would develop like this!
Many people in the vicinity were quietly pushed open the courtyard door to peek, and at this time they were also shocked by Mrs. Ma's shocking words. Could it be that...the daughter of Mr. Xiucai was...

"You, you are swearing and spitting blood!" Zhang Xiucai swayed and was about to fall. The old servant next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and scolded angrily: "Stop talking nonsense! Mr. Nie, you You are also a scholar, don't you know how important a woman's reputation is?"

When Nie Xiangwen saw him, he was shocked, but then he thought, he watched Zhang Yuantong go away in a carriage, how could she escape from under the hands of a dozen people?Furthermore, how could Zhang Xiucai have no problem with all kinds of prevarications before?What's more, his mother's voice is so loud, if Zhang Yuantong was really in the house, he would probably have been quarreled out long ago. This old servant probably just came back to report.

Thinking of this, he knelt down on the ground with a "plop": "Sir, please forgive my mother, she just loves me." After saying that, he made a heartache and pity expression: "Even if, even if sister Yuantong really It's true that something bad happened to me, and I will never despise her, I..."

"You dare!" Mrs. Ma jumped up from the ground suddenly: "If you dare to marry this dirty broken shoe and enter the door, I, I will crash in front of you and rush to the wooden door."

Nie Xiangwen hurriedly hugged Mrs. Ma's waist, and said in a mournful voice: "But sister Yuantong also has unavoidable difficulties. She is also a victim. If she suffers a second injury, how can I bear it?"

"If you want to marry, then marry, don't call me mother, don't recognize me again, you don't let her get hurt, what about me? I have worked so hard to raise you so big, and I want you to marry someone who is not clean." Broken shoes to make people laugh?!" Mrs. Ma struggled, seeing that Nie Xiangwen was going to be unable to hold back.

"I...I..." He let go of Madam Ma and knelt in front of Zhang Xiucai again: "Sir, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for sister Yuantong, if you want to blame me, I... can't Seeing that my mother does not want her life, I am willing to take sister Yuantong as my concubine, and I will treat her well!" After saying "bang bang bang", I kowtowed three times.

While he was acting, he thought that Zhang Yuantong's reputation had been ruined, and being a concubine for himself was a high prospect, and he also thought of her frail beauty, there must be something wonderful about being a mute in the bed, and a fire arose faintly in his lower abdomen .

"Son, why are we so miserable..." Ma Shi seemed to be desperate, and collapsed on the ground again.

The mother and son came and went between each other, and actually confirmed Zhang Yuantong's loss of virginity. At this time, there were many people around the courtyard gate. They saw that Nie Xiangwen was so affectionate and righteous, and they thought to themselves: You are worthy of being a scholar. This has been ruined. A woman is not even willing to take a widower, and he is willing to take her home with a bright future, which is really righteous.

So someone persuaded: "Nie Erlang, you have a good heart, but... the daughter of the Zhang family was taken away by bandits, and I don't know if she will be able to return. Why don't you tell Li Zheng earlier, and save the person first. .”

"Yes, Mr. Xiucai, don't embarrass Nie Erlang, you really shouldn't hide this matter—" A long-faced woman suddenly stopped talking.

In front of the house door, a figure of Ping Ting appeared, against the light, she was vaguely like a moon fairy.

Someone raised the oil lamp a bit higher, and the firelight reflected her face. She had black eyebrows and clear eyes, a beautiful nose and cherry lips. At this time, her complexion was frosty white, and two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks. pity.

Yu Miaojun is full of drama, her eyes seem sad, resentful, wronged, unbelievable, and her tears seem painful, bitter, sad, heartbroken, of course she won't come out sooner, come early, how can the mother and son be together? play?
Ma Shi, who was crying, stopped crying abruptly, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Nie Xiangwen's heart skipped a beat, secretly yelling that it's not good!

I saw Zhang Xiucai sneered a few times: "Well, well, I really taught a good student and married a good family! I want to ask you, where should my daughter be if she is not at home? I just told her that she is not feeling well. It's not easy to see people, you insist on pestering, even... even slandering such filthy things! The person who reported the letter was also surprised, since he saw Yuan Tong was taken away, why didn't he report to Lizheng, why didn't he save people? First of all, why not go to your house to gossip?"

Ma Shi was dumbfounded on the spot when asked, didn't Erlang say that he had made all the arrangements?

When Zhang Xiucai saw Ma's arrogance before sweeping away, he was dejected and speechless, and saw a few villagers with broken mouths dodge their eyes. A flash of revenge flashed in his heart, and he glared at Nie Xiangwen again: "You are just a scholar, don't ask the truth. , even though your mother is messing around and pretending to be a gentleman, she spreads rumors and slanders everywhere in her words, and keeps saying 'I don't dislike', my good daughter, do you need you to dislike her?! You are the kind of person who speaks sanctimoniously!"

"Yeah, why didn't they think about saving people first, and instead came to make trouble?" Someone in the crowd reacted.

Someone else thought of the rumors heard in the county, and said: "Then Nie Erlang is a scholar after all, why are you making a fuss like an ignorant village woman? Could it be that he is looking for an excuse to call off the marriage? I heard that their family recently climbed into the Outside of Liu Yuan in the county, maybe the Zhang family is blocking the way..."

Nie Xiangwen was still kneeling at this moment, listening to the crowd's discussion, his face turned blue and white, and he scolded Wang Gouzi for being unreliable in his work.

Zhang Xiucai asked coldly: "You are so shameless, don't you just want to withdraw from the marriage?"

How dare Nie Xiangwen admit it, he stammered: "Sir, this...is just a misunderstanding, the student has no intention of renouncing the marriage."

"It's not a misunderstanding." Zhang Xiucai smiled suddenly: "From today onwards, you are no longer my student, and the Zhang and Nie families are no longer in-laws. This marriage is not worth it!"

(End of this chapter)