Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Cui Que didn't go home so early some days. Mrs. Xu heard the announcement in the back house and hurriedly ordered the kitchen to clean up the delicacies for him. She peeled a few crabs with her hands, poured the clear green chrysanthemum wine, and brought it to him.

Cui Que had no appetite, so he barely picked up the peeled crab roe and put down his chopsticks, and asked, "Have you arranged for someone to send a monthly bill to Brother Xie?"

Mrs. Xu smiled slightly and replied in a low voice, "I have called Cui Ming to go. Brother Xie lives in the county. It is inconvenient to send rice and food, make clothes and bedding, and I asked Cui Mingzhe to replace it with silver. Yes. I also told him to go to Zhuangzi and give him a copy of the Mid-Autumn Festival gift list to Brother Xie. What else do you want to give Brother Xie, Master?"

Cui Que said with a deep face, "He lacks something! If there is a lack, Jin Yiwei also sent it to him. Why should I be my meddling!"

Jin Yiwei? ! Madam Xu's heart trembled, her eyes wandered, and she asked with a guilty conscience: "Jin Yiwei? What is the relationship between Brother Xie and Jin Yiwei?"

Cui Que flashed Yongkanghou’s smile, depressed, and he did not want to mention Jingbiao any more. He only said perfunctorily: "I, Cui Clan, a heir to Qingliu Menting, have anything to do with Jin Yiwei. It is the teacher and Wan Commander. I joined the clan family, and neither of them... nothing, you don't have to ask about the outside affairs. Next time I send something to Brother Xie, I will give you less, so he will temper his temper!"

Mrs. Xu heard his indifference and disgust, her heartbeat slowed down, she covered the corner of her mouth with a veil and chuckled softly, and said softly: "Brother Xie is just a young man, so the master will teach him more. Let's go ahead. When it’s time to send the monthly rule, I sent an old man in the family to teach him the rules, so that he can be sensible, so he can come back for the New Year."

Cui Que snorted coldly: "Tell him to come back, not even the ancestors during the New Year. Tell him to live in the old house and reflect on it, and come back when the people in Beijing forget about it!"

Mrs. Xu was full of joy and served him eagerly. She only ate a small bowl of rice with tea and two pieces of steamed red glutinous anchovies.

After the meal, Cui Que went to the backyard. This time she didn’t feel sour as usual. Instead, she couldn’t wait to call Mama Di, and said in a spring breeze: "My brother Heng has been restrained these days. Go and tell him that you don’t have to pretend to be sick again. Just don’t make too much noise at home and let him run into him."

Mother Di smiled and said, "Amitabha, that's good. That one will never be able to overcome the storm again."

Mrs. Xu didn't even care about her master, and she only looked forward to Cui Ming's return day by day, and brought her back Cui Xie's ruin and the good news that she did not dare to go out to meet people in her hometown. But waited and waited, did not wait for good news, but only waited until the coachman brought a letter from Cui Xie, informing the family that Cui Ming had been jailed by Qian'an County Order and sentenced to hang because of the monthly law of stealing him.

Mrs. Xu was in a cold sweat, and the letter in her hand fluttered to the ground. She seemed to have a noose around her neck, making her breathless.

She drove out the several foster mothers and servants in the room, clutching mother Di’s hand tightly and saying, "This little killer who has suffered a thousand swords, he hates me! Where is he telling Cui Ming, he It's killing chickens and monkeys, let me see it!"

Mother Di comforted: "Madam, don't watch him make a fuss, can he still jump back to Beijing? Our master's most important official voice, the one who sent Cui Ming off to an official lost the face of the family, and the master must hate it in his heart. He is ignorant, doesn't it show that our young master is obedient and sensible?"

Mrs. Xu picked up the letter and waited for the master to come back to complain. But there are others who are one step earlier than her-the head of the Criminal Ministry personally notified Cui Que that his servant was sued by Cui Xie for insulting the owner and stealing the property of the owner's house. Qian'an County was sentenced to the hanging prison, and Yongping Mansion had already delivered the file to him. The Criminal Department.

The two doctors who worked in the same room and the staff member who came to submit the dossier had long ears.

Cui Que was so ashamed that he couldn't wait any longer. He immediately asked for leave, went home and asked someone to copy Cui Ming's house, copying out hundreds of twenty percent of large silver, as well as gold and silver jewelry and white bars for lending.

He asked someone to bring Ren Yazi and sold the family away. He went back to the house and sat for a long time without any relief. He didn’t know if he was more angry with Cui Ming for invading the owner’s property or Cui Xie. Go to the county office to file a complaint.

The ugliness of the family should not be publicized. How could it be that Xiaozi sent Cui Ming to the official office just for a little bit of precedence... It would be better to kill him on the spot!

He was upset when he thought of Cui Ming at home, but he heard people talking about his evil servants deceiving the Lord. It happened that Gao Liang, the **** in the county and Xie Ying, Jin Yiwei, ran into the legend of presiding justice for his son on the spot. Annoyed. Uncomfortable, his mother, who has been convalescent for many years, suddenly summoned him and his wife to the room.

Cui Que has always been a filial son, so he went straight to the room without even changing his clothes.

Old Mrs. Cui was lying on the bed, and when he saw him coming in, he turned his face to him, "Ahhhhh" a few times. He did not dislike the smell of sandalwood, medicinal gas, and old man's body odor in the house. He first greeted his parents, and asked thoughtfully: "What is the matter with the mother calling the son? If the two adults are unwell, the son will ask for another seat. The doctor comes."

Mrs. Xu was also graciously holding tea and handing water next to her, asking the maid grandfather whether it is good to eat and sleep, and the medicine used is effective, helping to show off his filial piety.

Mrs. Cui shook her head: "I asked you to come today for this reason. I am old and your father is sick again. The two of us who are immortal will not be able to breathe this breath someday. There is something. Don’t do it, I’m afraid I won’t close my eyes."

This is too important to say, Cui Que said quickly: "The mother is not saying this to shame her son! Although the son is incompetent, he must continue to ask for medicine so that the two adults can enjoy life."

The old lady sighed, "What's the use of a human being so long? It's not to make people behave like an old idiot, and can't even keep his grandson. At the beginning, I couldn't control his studies, he was beaten and I couldn't protect him. Now he has gone out. , And some people think that he is doing too well outside, they must send someone to toss him..."

Cui Que's eyes flickered, and he smiled strongly, "What did mother say..."

"You have copied Cui Ming's home. The whole street is talking about this ugly thing in our house. Who can't hear? Do you think I and your father are not breathing?" The old lady patted the table again: "If it wasn't for you The good wife told people to go to the countryside to bully your son and abuse him with rags. Can these honest children like Brother Xie go to the Yamen to sue?"

Mrs. Xu knelt "bang" and repeatedly defended: "There is really no concubine. It is because the evil servant Cui Ming has a bad heart and stole our family's things. The concubine is Brother Xie's mother. he!"

Mrs. Cui had an attack just now, and she was exhausted. She panted for a long time with a trembling breath, and said coldly: "I didn't crawl out of my own intestines. I don't blame you if you don't get close. Brother Xie is the eldest son and grandson of our Cui family. In the future, he will give his father and me to the end of his life. I must give him a way to survive if I give up this old face. Otherwise, who will give us a beating?"

The old man was also panting, his head trembling slightly, as if he was nodding.

Mrs. Xu lay on the ground sobbing and weeping, Cui Que sighed irritably: "What is the mother saying, who is going to harm him! It was he himself who beat and scolded his brother and rebelled against his parents. The son just asked him to return to his hometown to reflect on it. ."

But he did not reflect. How else could Cui Ming be sent to the yamen for a few village money, and also told Jin Yiwei and the **** about this?

The old lady glared at them, her chest rising and falling for a long time before she sighed: "Are you to blame him for putting Cui Ming in prison and losing your face as an official? But why don't you think that Cui Ming is outside the old house? If you scold him for being unfilial or not, do you still want to have his face like a man? You can't be a good old man, you can only see Brother Heng, and you blame him for being a child for not being thoughtful?"

"He is different from Brother Heng. He was ill of his father when he was in Liu's stomach, and after he was born, he hindered his mother to death. Later, his mother raised him for a few years and then fell the root of the disease... He is raised in the detached house. I don’t know if I can give birth to Brother Heng and Brother He!"

Cui Que's voice contained uncontrollable anger, and it became louder and louder. It made the old lady's head bump and hurt, and the old lady almost poured sputum in a hurry.

She rubbed her temples, gritted her teeth and said: "What do you mean by this! I know that you have married an official lady and have a concubine full of gardens, so I don't like your age. I don't beg you to treat him. Take it back, and take it back, the two of us can’t protect him, so I’ll just ask you-do you still listen to your parents?"

"As long as you still think of our two old bones, don't let him beg for food in your wife's hands. Give him the things and shops that his mother had accompanied him."

Mrs. Xu cried aggrievedly: "Does my mother think I'm the kind of person who covets a dowry in the front room? Our Xu family didn't marry me naked, and I haven't touched anything accompanied by sister Liu's house. According to the Da Ming law, the mistress's **** should be divided equally between the concubines and concubines. Our brother Heng doesn't want him. You always don't care for your little grandson and sister Yun?"

Cui Que also said, "What can Liu dowry? The Zhuangzi who accompanied his family was still outside the city. When I first came to Beijing, I thought that Zhuangzi was inconvenient to go back and forth, and asked people to sell it? There was another bookstore last year. It's also called Da Shui Chong, and the books inside are all washed out, which inverts a lot of our family's capital."

The old lady closed her eyes and leaned her whole body on the back of the chair, and said wearily: "I know that you are the old lady and look down on me, the sick old lady. I don't count anything. But Brother Xie is us. The great-grandson of the family can not compare with him. I have discussed with your father, the other is in your hands, I am not the master, but the land deed of the old house and his mother’s **** are my charge Now, I'll give it to him, and don't rob any of you!"

"Mother, what does Brother Xie know! You give him this, don't you tell him to squander—"

Cui Que yelled in annoyance and helplessness. Mrs. Cui opened her eyes suddenly, her turbid eyes glaring at them, and there was a terrifying light: "I've already asked Mrs. Zhang to send them home. Come back again, otherwise not only your son will sue, your mother and I can also send someone to the Yamen to sue!"