Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 62

[Chapter 40 (1)]

The man stared at Lin Chengyou without saying a word.

“Are you wondering where you’ve exposed yourself?” Lin Chengyou clenched the silver chain tightly and opened his mouth with a smile.

Behind him was the blue window and the bright moon, and the night wind poured in from the window, blowing the oil lamp on the table to flicker.

“In all fairness, you have indeed done a perfect job.” Lin Chengyou said, “The affair between Qingzhi and Yao Huang is dead, and a sachet can’t explain anything. There is no trace of Xiaoyao Sanren in Luoyang. As long as you clean the little Buddha hall well, all the evidence of crime will be turned into nothing. You walk out of Caifeng Building in a few days, and no one will know what you did.” The

silver chain sounded softly, and the man seemed to have just returned. As if divine, while stroking the sore spot on his chest, he coughed: “Cough, cough, cough…I can’t understand a single word of the prince’s words. I just came in to avoid trouble…”

Teng Yuyi hid in Behind Lin Chengyou, her eyes kept paying attention to the man’s demeanor. After hearing this, she smiled slightly: “Have you been wearing the mask for a long time, have you almost forgotten your true face?”

The man’s throat got stuck.

“When you attacked me, how ruthless you were.” Teng Yu looked at the opponent calmly, “Judging from the style of your palm and your speed, your kung fu is not under the five ways of Dongmingguan, as long as Lin Chengyou comes in a little later, My life is in your hands.”

The man’s expression became more and more terrified: “No, Young Master Wang, is there any misunderstanding in this, I mistakenly recognized you as a curling pear just now, and wanted to say hello to you for a while, But before I figured out what was going on, I was bound by the prince, you see, aren’t you doing well now, if I want to hurt someone—”

The people in the room buzzed: “There are witnesses and evidences, You dare to argue—”

Lin Chengyou raised his hand to signal the people around him to be quiet: “I was just wondering if you would plead guilty, but it seems that I have thought too much. How could a murderer who has gone so far as to admit his mistake? Since you I have no fear, I also have patience, if you refuse to speak, I will speak for you.”

He said loudly, “Bring your things in.”

Immediately, two yamen came in with trays in hand.

The man glanced at the contents of the tray, and his expression changed subtly.

The plate on the left is a stack of scarlet women’s ru skirts, and on the right is a Taoist priest’s robe and gauze hat.

Lin Chengyou picked up the scarlet Ru skirt and glanced at the man: “Actually, until tonight, I’m not sure whether you want to kill Juanerli or Calyji, because both of them have bumped into things they shouldn’t have bumped into. There is a possibility of being killed by you, if you guessed correctly, the female ghost that Calyx Ji saw outside the Little Buddha Hall that night was you, right?”

The man’s eyes twitched.

Lin Chengyou looked at each other with a smile: “You went to the Little Buddha Hall late at night to set up a formation to harm others, but unexpectedly you were bumped into by Calyx Ji. She saw that you were wearing a scarlet ru skirt and mistook you for a female ghost, so you are cautious. Temperament, it’s logical that Calyx Ji should not be spared, why didn’t you kill her in the end?”

The man looked blank and shook his head blankly.

“If you don’t tell me, then I’ll just guess.” Lin Chengyou rubbed his chin, “Qi Ji is a talkative person. After she hit a ghost, she told people about her experience everywhere. Soon everyone knew that there were female ghosts in the Little Buddha Hall. Haunting, if you do this right away, it will be hard not to let people associate the death of Calyx Ji with the Little Buddha Hall. If the government comes to investigate the Little Buddha Hall, your formation is likely to be revealed. It’s risky, it’s better to stay still. Other than that—”

“You’re quite sure that Calyx Ji won’t recognize you.” Lin Chengyou looked at the other person’s figure, “The female ghost was wearing a ru skirt, and she was as light as the wind when she left, even if Calyx Ji broke her head, but she never thought it would be you. That day, I told Calyx Ji that the female ghost might be the murderer, and asked her to recall the appearance of the female ghost. Although she became suspicious, she never thought of you. One is that you are very good at Yi Rong. The second is that in her heart, you are not only timid, but also very clumsy. How could you be a fluttering female ghost? Killing one more person means that Take one more risk, since she can’t suspect you, it’s better to let her go temporarily, am I right?”

The man squeezed out a smile that was even uglier than crying: “Sir, the more I listen, the more confused I get. What kind of ghost, what red skirt, I can’t understand a word.”

“Can’t understand?” Lin Chengyou sneered, He picked up another Taoist robe on the tray, “Then let’s talk about this.”

He lifted his collar and shook it, and the pale yellow robe hung down. At first glance, the robe was unusually large, and only a tall and strong person could do it. Dress well.

“It looks familiar, right?” Lin Chengyou said with a smile, “This is collected according to the dress of the Xiaoyao Sanren. It is said that this person is quite good at Taoism, and the Little Buddha Hall was built under his guidance. It is strange that such a person The important guests, but few people in the building have seen them with their own eyes. I asked all the prostitutes and temple guests in the building, and there were no more than fifteen who claimed to have met Xiaoyao Sanren, one of whom was Juan Erli, and she was not only in the I’ve seen it at Caifenglou, and I’ve seen Xiaoyao Sanren once after that.”

He paused: “On the eighth day of last month, Juanerli went to Bodhi Temple to burn incense. After coming out, when he was resting at the roadside Hu Si, he accidentally saw Xiaoyao Sanren passing by the door. , This Taoist priest has been missing for a long time, and suddenly appeared in Chang’an, which inevitably makes people feel strange. After Juanerli came back, he told Baozhu about this, but Caly Ji and Qingzhi heard about it. This matter finally reached your ears, so that You have the idea of killing Juanerli.”

The flesh on the man’s face seemed to be frozen, and his expression remained unchanged.

Lin Chengyou said again: “Actually at first, I couldn’t figure it out, didn’t I just see Xiaoyao Sanren, why did I get killed? In order to understand this, I went to the Bodhi Temple to look around, and found that there was no other place than that. There is also a jewelry shop in the Husi Tavern. I only found out that Qingzhi brought a few ingots of gold that day and bought a lot of precious jewelry in the shop, and her money was extorted from you.”

The man snapped . He coughed and waved his hands while coughing, with the word “wronged” written all over his face.

“Are you trying to say that what Juan Erli saw was Xiaoyao Sanren, why did he pull it on your head again?” Lin Chengyou sneered and put the robe back on the tray, and picked up a portrait underneath, “Because it’s because it was from the beginning to the end. There is no so-called Xiaoyao Sanren, this Taoist priest has always been pretending to be you.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone’s ears sounded like a thunderclap.

“How, how is this possible?”

Lin Chengyou glanced at the angry-looking Taoist on the portrait: “Just from this portrait, who would have thought that you were the Taoist? You also know that you are good at disguising yourself, and you are following Qingzhi. At that time, you deliberately pretended to be Xiaoyao Sanren. At that time, you already had the idea of killing Qingzhi, because she repeatedly blackmailed you. The prostitutes and actresses in China have all taken leave, and Qingzhi is no exception. You think this is a good opportunity, so you follow Qingzhi. Unexpectedly, this scene was seen by Juanerli.

“Juanerli didn’t know you were following Qingzhi, Because she only saw you dressed as Xiaoyao Sanren, but did not see Qingzhi in the crowd, but you were always suspicious and worried about what she would think of. Qingzhi is bound to die. If Juan Erli remembers that Qingzhi was followed by Xiaoyao Sanren before his death, it will definitely attract suspicion from the government. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Chengyou threw the scroll back to the tray: “You know very well in your heart that Xiaoyao Sanren’s sons are nothing, and they can’t stand investigation at all. When you appeared in Caifeng Tower disguised as Xiaoyao Sanren, you were simply trying to build a small Buddhist hall in the name of Taoism. The small Buddhist hall is called Zhenxie, but it is actually a place used to perform sorcery. ”

The man’s demeanor could not be maintained anymore, his sleeves were still covered by his lips, but he forgot to cough for a long time.

The smile deepened in Lin Chengyou’s eyes: “As for why you chose this place, it was because of the famous Seven There are all kinds of restrictions on Mang Yin Road. The first rule is that you can only set up at the place where the deceased died. Tian and his wife died in the building. You can only detain their souls by doing this here. I am right, Peng Dalang . The

wick exploded, and the candlelight illuminated the white oil on He Mingsheng’s forehead. He looked at Lin Chengyou quietly, his eyes seemed to be still like a pool of still water.

Lin Chengyou’s eyes were complicated: “If I’m not mistaken, before you murdered the couple, you had already planned to use Qimang to lead the road to torture them. Shortly after the two died, you deliberately attracted many ghosts to the building. I heard that this building is not clean, how dare you pay for it, and when the time is right, you will pretend to be a businessman from Luoyang to buy this building. You are doing sorcery, and naturally you can’t find a real Taoist priest to come forward, so you side Repair, while pretending to look for a master.”

He paused and sneered: “One day, you will appear as a Xiaoyao Sanren, and as a master, you will guide the craftsmen to build a small Buddha hall according to your wishes. , although your disguise technique is brilliant, the fake mothers have eyes like hooks, you are afraid that they will find something wrong with you, and you intend to open them up in advance before coming, so there are only a handful of people in the building who have seen Xiaoyao Sanren.”

“I said—” He Mingsheng said coldly, “How did you find out that there are seven lights leading the way in the Little Buddha Hall?”

Teng Yuyi’s scalp went numb, which was strange. It was as if he had changed into another person in an instant, the usual shrewdness of businessmen was gone, and his posture had a kind of graceful bearing. He spoke in a leisurely manner, and there seemed to be huge waves beneath his calm voice.

When she entered the building a few days ago, she accidentally saw the ledger in He Mingsheng’s hand. She remembered that she had wondered at the time that a mercenary businessman could write a good handwriting. .

In fact, if you want to avoid suspicion, it is best to cover up this point, but He Mingsheng didn’t do that. It can be seen that even though this person is used to pretending everywhere, there is still something in his heart that he is unwilling to give up.

“It’s okay to tell you.” Lin Chengyou took out a seal and threw it in his hand, “My two junior brothers found a little scratch on the floor tile, which looked like the first seal of the Qimang Guiding Road Seal. I suspect that someone has done the Dharma in the small Buddha hall.”

He Mingsheng nodded slowly: “It turns out to be this. The brick is hidden in the corner under the incense table, and the mark is very shallow. I thought I would find someone to replace it in a few days. Yes, but it still didn’t make it.”

Lin Chengyou snorted: “You are already cautious enough. Judging from the tragic situation of the Tian family’s ghosts, you have been abusing them for some time. You have done so many times, leaving only one flaw. If it weren’t for my two The younger brother spent the whole night cleaning, and it is estimated that it is difficult to find. But when it comes to this, doesn’t Boss He understand that, compared with this mark, another omission is the most deadly.”

He Mingsheng bowed his hands calmly: “I also ask the prince for advice.”

Lin Chengyou smiled slightly: “When a few craftsmen were working, they accidentally smashed the depth you stipulated. They were afraid that they would not get the remuneration, so they didn’t tell you about it. There is a hundred-year-old formation hidden, and no preventive measures have been taken. When the two monsters escaped after half a year, it will be too late. It is precisely because I want to catch the demon that I will live in Caifenglou. If the person investigating the case is not I, with your various methods, the truth may never come to the surface.”

He Mingsheng looked a little regretful: “It’s just that Peng has devoted himself to sorcery all these years, and his cultivation on the right path is too shallow. There are other demons hidden underneath, maybe I will wait until the two monsters are subdued before I start, as long as I avoid this for a while, it will not arouse the suspicion of the prince.”

Lin Chengyou looked at He Mingsheng meaningfully: “Actually, you hid well enough. Now, several of your neighbors back then recognized your appearance, but none of them could recognize you, but it’s not surprising that your nose has been seriously injured and your face is broken, and your physique is completely different from before. He Mingsheng: ”

I said why I was suddenly called to the garden in the afternoon. It turns out that the prince specially found someone to identify me.”

“You have killed so many people, and you have never regretted it?”

He Mingsheng smiled lightly: “Never ” It’s just

that you have a grudge against the Tian family, why did you want to kill Qingzhi and Yao Huang?”

He Ming sighed: “They have broken their minds, and life is also a harm to others. Rather than having more people suffer in the future, it is better for me Let’s get rid of this pair of scourges.”

Lin Chengyou felt that these words were very new, he crossed his arms and said, “Oh? How do you say this.”

“Yao Huang ruined Ge Jin’s appearance just because of jealousy. Isn’t it bad enough? Qingzhi and her sister conspired to harm the lady you know, isn’t it bad enough? After she saw my secret, she took the opportunity to blackmail me, isn’t it bad enough?” Mingsheng shook his head and sighed, “Ge Jin was mourning day and night after his disfigurement, but Yao Huang and Qingzhi showed no remorse at all. Their minds were so sinister at a young age, and they will only be more vicious in the future for profit.”

Lin Chengyou: “So you already knew that. Are they the ones who killed Ge Jin?”

He Mingsheng pursed his lips tightly: “There is nothing in this building that can be hidden from me.”

“How did Qingzhi deceive you?”

“Then talk about it. It’s long.” He Mingsheng shook his sleeves.

For many years, He Mingsheng has been searching for the whereabouts of the Tians and his wife, from the south to the north. He has spent a lot of hard work, but his efforts paid off. About a year ago, he finally found out the whereabouts of the Tians and his wife.

One day, he disguised himself as a businessman and went to the Caifeng Building to buy cloth. It happened that the Tian and his wife were not in the store, so he used the excuse to inquire about the daily life of the Tian and his wife. Carefully spilled the tea on his shoes.

In the early autumn, He Mingsheng was only wearing a pair of soft line shoes, and the cup of hot tea scalded his instep through the vamp.

He Mingsheng was in pain, so he was about to get up and leave. The guy next to him was overwhelmed with fright. guest.

He Mingsheng only said that there was no need to hire a medical worker. After taking the socks, he left without even changing his shoes.

After coming out, he carefully walked to a secluded corner to take off his shoes and change his socks, but he did not know that this scene was seen by Mr. Rong upstairs.

Worried about offending the distinguished guest, Mr. Rong had been upstairs paying attention to the guest’s condition when they went out. Unexpectedly, he saw a red birthmark the size of a bowl on the instep of He Mingsheng, and was stunned at the time.

Mrs. Rong is from Yuezhou. Before coming to Chang’an, she lived in Taozhi Ferry in Yuezhou. In her memory, the ferry was full of water and sky. Come to play, among the little Langjun, there is a 16-year-old Langjun who is the strangest. When he comes, he does not go into the water, but just sits on the shore with a book.

Mr. Rong heard everyone call that person “Peng’s book idiot”, and also said that he was going to Chang’an to take the exam in the future. Such a person might become a Zaifu in the future, so how could he play with the common people? Gossiping, saying anything anyway.

Peng Jia Dalang let his friends tease him and read books on his own. Once someone pushed Peng Jia Da Lang into the water, the first thing Peng Jia Da Lang did when he swam up was not to curse, but to look around for shoes. He quickly found them, he smiled and put a set of shoes on his feet. , Although the action was surprisingly fast, Mr. Rong still saw the birthmark on his foot.

The birthmark at the beginning was exactly the same as the one on the foot of the businessman downstairs, and it was the same even when he hid to the side and put on his shoes.

Rong’s body was cold with fear, because she couldn’t see this person in Chang’an.

The life of the Peng family was very difficult. Ten years ago, he was killed together with his father, mother and sister.

Moreover, the Peng family was as thin as a bamboo pole, but the businessman in front of him was extremely chubby, with no resemblance in every aspect from his facial features to his bearing. But Mr. Rong still felt that something was wrong. Could there be such a similar birthmark in the world?

Just when Mr. Rong was wondering, Qingzhi came to the store to look for her. Qingzhi had been wanting to find out her sister’s whereabouts for several years, and knowing that Mrs. Rong was also from Yuezhou, she often slipped out to find Mrs. Rong.

Mr. Rong asked Qingzhi if he knew what happened to the Peng family back then. Although Qingzhi was also from Yuezhou, he had always lived in Lefang. When Mrs. Rong described the tragic situation of the Peng family, he said with a smile that he didn’t know.

Not long after Mr. Rong went to the nearby fruit shop to buy preserved apricots for Mr. Rong, unexpectedly, she saw He Mingsheng in the crowd again. She hurriedly asked Qingzhi beside her if she had seen this man, and Qingzhi naturally said that she had never seen him.

With such a delay, Mrs Rong and Qingzhi bought the preserved apricots later than usual. Mrs. Qi insulted Mrs. Rong. The man’s surname was Peng, and he was also from Yuezhou.

Qi’s complexion changed at that time, and he had to ask Qingzhi in detail. Rong’s scolded Qingzhi for nonsense because he was afraid of being beaten by Qi’s. It’s just that the family came to Chang’an more than 20 years ago, and Mrs. Rong lied that she saw Mrs. Cheng on the road. She managed to get through in front of Mrs. Qi.

Since then, Mrs. Qi has intensified beating and scolding Mr. Rong. Soon, Mrs. Rong jumped into a well and committed suicide because she could not bear the humiliation of Mrs. Qi.

He Mingsheng had no idea about the relationship between the Rong family and Qingzhi. He murdered the Tian family and his wife as he wished, and a few months later, he sold the color silk line.

On the day that Caibohang became Caifenglou, Wo Ji brought her daughters to flee. Qingzhi was crowded with people and recognized He Mingsheng at a glance. According to Mr. Rong, this man named Peng Dalang had already He died ten years ago, but this person not only appeared in Chang’an, but also called himself He Mingsheng.

Qingzhi thought that Mr. Rong remembered it wrong, but couldn’t help but pay attention to He Mingsheng’s every move.

After several months, I didn’t notice anything wrong. Until one day last month, Qingzhi was ordered to deliver things to He Mingsheng’s room. He was just in time to check the account books with He Mingsheng. Maybe he was dizzy. I accidentally made a typo.

The place where “He” should have been written on the account book turned out to be “Peng”. Although He Mingsheng remained calm and changed it quickly, Qingzhi was still surprised. No matter how confused a person is, he will never spell his surname wrong. Could it be that Mr. Rong did not admit his mistake, the main family is really the great man of the Peng family.

In order to further confirm her guess, Qingzhi began to create opportunities. When she met He Mingsheng in the corridor once, she suddenly called out, “Peng Dalang.”

As expected, He Mingsheng’s expression changed immediately.

Qingzhi pretended to say the wrong thing and left in a hurry, but her heart blossomed with joy. After that, whenever He Mingsheng was there, she would mention the Rong family intentionally or unintentionally, not only the Rong family, but also Yuezhou.

He Mingsheng was secretly arranging to deal with the souls of the Tian family and his wife, and he never expected a Qingzhi to pop up at this time.

There is a saying, “If you want people to know nothing, you can’t do anything unless you don’t.”

He Mingsheng began to deal with Qingzhi, but it turned out that she didn’t know much, and the girl’s words alone were far from proving that he was Peng Dalang. He didn’t want to be threatened by her or make trouble, so he planned to find an excuse to Qingzhi drove out.

Qingzhi seemed to have insight into He Mingsheng’s intentions. When he asked her to call her to the front building for questioning, he asked him a question in person: “Master, do you know Qi’s family?”

She said that she was not surprised by Rong’s family. Remembering the incident of the Peng family, I only wondered Qi’s reaction when he heard “Yuezhou Peng’s” a year ago. Qi’s was obviously not from Yuezhou, so why was he so panicked.

“Master, you always went to Caibohang at that time. Do you also know Qi’s family? Everyone said that her death was a bit strange. Should the maid tell the government about it?”

He Mingsheng understood on the spot that this Qingzhi was a A natural blackmailer, although she did not know the ins and outs of the whole thing, with a keen intuition, she understood the darkest part of his heart.

At that moment, He Mingsheng made up his mind to get rid of Qingzhi. He gave Qingzhi a few gold ingots according to his words, but he started to follow her behind his back.

“After you all lived in Caifeng Building, Qingzhi felt that she was relying on her and began to blackmail me.” He Mingsheng smiled wryly, “Caifeng Building is full of people, and even the Little Buddha Hall has many Taoist priests, she thought I was I didn’t dare to act rashly, but I didn’t expect that I had secretly cast a sorcery on her. I asked her out that night. She guessed that the well was near the small Buddha hall. I didn’t dare to do anything with her, so I was very relieved by the well.”

“When a person is greedy to the extreme, he often looks stupid.” He sighed, “If Qingzhi doesn’t keep blackmailing me, maybe I’ll let her go. Unfortunately, if she doesn’t, she will die. As for her disfigured sister. , it’s not a pity to die.”

He concluded calmly, with a tone that sounded as if he was talking about the rain last night.

“So that’s what happened.” Lin Chengyou mumbled.

He raised his eyes and looked at He Mingsheng: “If you left Chang’an after killing the Tian family members, there would be no trouble. But for you, taking the Tian family members’ lives alone does not seem to be enough to vent your hatred.”

The corner of He Mingsheng’s mouth moved invisibly.

“You hate them very much.” Lin Chengyou observed every change on his face, “Especially Mrs. Qi, if I guessed correctly, she is your aunt.”

He Mingsheng swayed, a strong hatred Shooting out from his eyes, the originally calm face was instantly filled with murderous aura.

He smiled grimly: “‘I’m a dog, I don’t deserve to live.”

Every time he uttered a word, a look of comfort appeared on his face.

“My biggest regret over the years is to let these two beasts live an extra ten years, three months, and twenty days.”

Lin Chengyou didn’t induce He Mingsheng to speak again, but just looked at him quietly.

He Mingsheng stood motionless, as if lost in memory, with sharp edges and corners vaguely showing on his cheeks, obviously clenching his teeth.

All of a sudden, he seemed to remember a certain clip, the originally ferocious facial features loosened, and a bleak color slowly appeared on his face.

When he spoke again, there was more bitterness in his calm voice.

“My real surname is Peng.” He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Chengyou quietly, “Former name is Peng Yugui.”

Lin Chengyou was stunned for a moment, then smiled lightly: “‘Kunshan Pianyu, Guilin Yizhi’, a good name.”

“Let the prince laugh.” Peng Yugui smiled bitterly, “This is taken by Peng’s grandfather. He hoped that I would be able to win the laurel and climb the toad one day, so he even took the name from it. I also have a sister, the name of my sister. It’s called Baojiao, and it was also taken by Grandpa. ‘Baojiao’ means the love of the heart.”

His brows trembled, and he closed his eyes suddenly, but the tears fell out of control and fell silently.

Lin Chengyou had mixed feelings in his heart, and when he suddenly heard the rustling of the fabric behind him, he realized that Teng Yuyi seemed to be touched.

“My grandfather is a sour literati.” Peng Yugui slowly opened his eyes, his expression a little numb, “I have read books for a lifetime, but in the end I have achieved nothing. In the eyes of the world, he is obviously not very promising, but we all know that he is a good man. He is a good old man. It is said that it is a village school. Grandpa accepts children from poor families. When it comes to handover, most of the children can’t pay, but Grandpa doesn’t care about it and still does his best. She started a private school for several years, and she couldn’t make ends meet every year.

“My aunt never seems to know how to complain. In order to supplement the family, she does needlework and laundry for others all day, and saves a little money on weekdays, all of which are used for For our brothers and sisters to eat. The surplus was slowly exhausted, and the days became more and more difficult. Grandpa felt bad for Grandma, so he closed the private school. Hearing that fishing can make a living, he wrote and painted for others during the day, and secretly went to study in the middle of the night fishing.

He smiled bitterly: “Even if we live in poverty, the family is always happy. There are many rich families in the ferry, but my sister and I have never envied other people’s children. ” My aunt is best at making ‘cold scouring’ (note), every summer, she twists the locust leaves into juice and mixes the noodles, puts the noodles into the well water and washes them, and then mixes them with vegetarian sauce for us to eat. Leng Tao Bi Yingying, my sister and I can eat a big bowl, A Niang wiped the corners of my sister’s mouth, and then wiped it for me with a smile. As for my grandfather, he wanted me to study hard. As long as I had time, he would teach me how to write. I have learned, and I will teach my sister again. Peng Yugui opened his palms, tears flashed in his eyes, and the calluses on his knuckles were still there, which were the traces left by his hard training .

Grandpa and mother did not leave him anything in the world, except these calluses on his hands.

Over the years, he was reluctant to put down the pen in his hand, because he was afraid that time would smooth out the cocoon. If even this disappeared, the last thought left by his father and mother would be gone.

“I fell in love with the bookstore earlier than my younger sister, and I wrote her name on a piece of paper and told her: You are Bao Jiaoer. She wrote a whole piece of the word ‘er’ and laughed all over the house. Run.” Peng Yugui said, a gentle color appeared on his face, which made his face look a lot calmer.

The people in the room were fascinated, and no one had the heart to interrupt Peng Yugui.

“One year, because Grandpa rescued a rich businessman, our family had a much better life. The wealthy businessman was superstitious in divination, and after being rescued by Grandpa, he said that it was his bad year. ‘, only when you meet a noble person can you turn bad luck into good luck. He firmly believes that my grandfather is his noble person, and insists on giving him fifty ingots of gold. According to his previous temperament, he will never accept this huge sum of money. Yes, but maybe it was because the family had been through too hard these years, or maybe it was for the sake of my future future, but he finally accepted it. It was these fifty ingots that attracted the pair of jackals.”

Peng Yugui clenched her fists tightly . He fisted, his face suddenly gloomy.

“People often say, ‘Accumulation of virtue leads to benevolence, and accumulation of evil leads to misfortune’. Do good deeds, because ‘good and evil will pay off in the end’.” He sneered, “I think these words are pure lies, because my mother and father did that. The good people have not been able to escape the cruelty of the wicked, but jackals like Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e have had so many years of good life.”

Speaking of his indignation, he couldn’t help grabbing towards the neckline, touching the cold silver chain on his neck, and then he realized He has fallen into the hands of the government.

He was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and laughed loudly. The laughter was intermittent and dry, with inexhaustible sarcasm. After laughing aloud for a while, his voice gradually fell, and finally turned into a sneer in his nose.

He said blankly: “My grandmother is a nostalgic person. Since she settled in Yuezhou, she often asked her grandfather to write letters to the eldest and youngest sisters in Guanzhong. Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e were not too good at that time. It’s bad, but I’ve returned a few letters. After a few years, there was a famine in Guanzhong, and the pair of jackals couldn’t survive in their hometown, so they went out to go to their relatives. Come from Vietnam.

“Auntie was very happy to receive the letter, and hurriedly packed a bedroom. One evening more than a month later, Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e went ashore with the refugees. My grandfather picked them up at the ferry and led the pair of jackals to the shore. Go to our village on the mountain.”

Peng Yugui said while recalling the situation at that time, his resentment slowly rose from his chest, and his face became more and more hideous.

When the Tian couple arrived, they were surprised by the wealth of their family. When the family cleaned up the dust for them that night, Tian Yunde deliberately made clichés while the grandfather was drunk.

When the couple heard that the Peng family had obtained such a huge sum of money out of thin air, they were very envious. After living for a few days, Qi Cui’e said that she planned to settle here, and she would make a living by selling colored lanterns in the future.

Grandpa borrowed ten ingots of gold to Tian Yunde without saying a word, but Tian’s husband and wife had to make an inch, and they came up with the idea of leaving the gold.

I remember that that night, Tian Yunde began to persuade Grandpa to do business with them, saying that he could understand the journey southward, that Guanzhong lacked the most good colored silk, and if he could sell Yuezhou Linglian to the north, he would definitely be able to ask for your valuables in the two capitals. Once the business is done, you will not have to worry about food and clothing in the future. It’s just that there are too many people doing this for a living. If you want to stand out from them, you must invest a lot of money.

Grandpa doesn’t know anything about business, so he refused. Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e didn’t give up, they pulled Grandpa and poured more ecstasy soup, but Grandpa refused to nod.

Two days later, it coincided with Qi Cui’e’s birthday. Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e were locked up on the mountain all day after they came. Today, they have a rare chance. If they want to go down the mountain for a walk, they don’t know what good places to go to in Yuezhou.

Recalling this, Peng Yugui had a deep regret in her eyes.

He was only sixteen years old at the time. In his eyes, his uncle was warm and kind, his aunt was straightforward, and because he had come from afar, he naturally had a sense of closeness to them. Hearing this, he quickly came up with an idea, saying that there was a lotus flower nearby. Dock, it is better to row a boat at night to pick lotus pods.

The younger sister clapped her hands and shouted with joy, and the grandfather had no objection, so the grandmother happily prepared a lot of food and wine, and the family took a boat to see the lotus flowers in the evening.

Unexpectedly, they were still halfway through, Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e talked about the business of the two partners.

Grandpa categorically refused, saying that the Peng family would never be able to do business.

Peng Yugui was playing with her sister on the side of the boat at the time. When she heard this, she knew that Grandpa was worried that doing business would ruin his son’s future.

When the imperial court took office, there were always many restrictions on the sons of merchants (Note 2). Once the Peng family became a businessman, it would likely affect his future scientific research.

Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e persuaded for a while, but Grandpa refused to agree. Seeing the sullenness on Grandpa’s face, the Tian couple had to stop.

A-Niang was afraid that the family would be too stiff, so she hurriedly persuaded them to have a drink. However, after a while, Qi Cui’e started another conversation, saying that since her brother-in-law didn’t want to do business with them, it would be better to introduce the giant who gave them the money.

The giant is a local rich man, and if a little scum leaks out of his hands, it is enough for the two of them to manage the business. Of course, my brother-in-law has to come forward. My brother-in-law is the savior of the giant. As long as he speaks, the giant will definitely obey.

Grandpa was furious and said that they took him for someone, and they could do this kind of frowning and bowing themselves, and they would not want to harm the reputation of the Peng family.

Qi Cui’e’s smile froze on her face. She hated her grandfather for not being able to enter the oil and salt in her heart. She was criticized by her grandfather, and her voice became louder. Saying that grandpa would not agree to this or that, it is clear that he dislikes the poor and loves the rich. If it wasn’t for seeing them as poor and sour, grandpa would probably be another face. The more the words were said, the more ugly they sounded, and each sentence poked into Grandpa’s heart.

When they quarreled, Baojiao was so frightened that she cried. Peng Yugui wanted to hug her sister and walk away, but she was worried that the more quarrel between her grandfather and mother, her uncle and aunt would become fiercer.

Suddenly, I heard Grandpa say in a fit of anger: Since he is regarded as a villain, don’t even ask for the ten gold coins. While talking, he was protecting A-Niang from the cabin. As soon as the words landed, Tian Yunde suddenly stood up from the table, chased behind the grandpa with a few steps, and shoved the grandpa hard.

Grandpa’s body is thin, but Tian Yunde is tall and mighty, and the deck is already wet, and this time he exerted a full force. Grandpa was unprepared for a while, and his body fell forward, and his forehead happened to hit the raised iron on the ship’s board. Lock.

A-Niang screamed, Qi Shi hurried out after hearing the sound, Tian Yunde seemed to be particularly puzzled, and was still cursing something in his mouth.

Peng Yugui ran over to help Grandpa, only to find that the top of Grandpa’s head had a big hole, and the bright red blood gurgled out, covering Grandpa’s entire face in an instant. Unusually, his heart sank and he said angrily: “Why did you hurt people?!” A

-Niang also saw that Grandpa was not good, and began to cry and grab the ground: “Killing! Killing!”

Qi Shi was frightened He was stunned, and Tian Yunde also panicked. This was an act of anger, but he did not expect to hurt people so badly.

When the boatman heard the sound, he was at a loss: “Madam, do you want to report to the official?”

A-niang covered her hands with blood, and kept covering the wound on her head with a handkerchief, crying intermittently, “Quickly. , Go back to the shore to find Huang Yigong, if it’s too late, I’m afraid I won’t be able to live.” The

boatman became more and more eager: “Huang Yigong went to the city to see a doctor, and he has not been at the ferry for a few days. There is a medical worker, rush over and say it will take more than an hour.”

Peng Yugui’s heart was twisted into a ball, Grandpa’s

[End of This Chapter]