Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 62

[Chapter 40 (1)]

The man stared at Lin Chengyou and didn’t say a word.

“Are you wondering where you’re revealing the stuffing?” Lin Chengyou tightened the silver chain and opened his mouth with a smile.

Behind him was the blue window Haoyue, the night wind poured in from the window, blowing the oil lamp on the table to flicker on and off, the man was indifferent, only the flames stirred and jumped in a pair of dark eyes.

“To be fair, you did it seamlessly.” Lin Chengyou said, “The matter of Qingzhi and Yao Huang is already dead, a sachet does not explain anything, there is no trace of Luoyang’s idle people, and even the rotten heart grass has a ge towel to carry the pot for you.” As long as you clean the little Buddha Hall well, all the evidence of the crime will be wiped out, and in a few days you will walk out of the Cai Feng Building, and no one will know what you have done. The

silver chain sounded softly, and the man seemed to have just returned to God, caressing the sore spot in his chest while coughing: “Cough, cough, cough… I can’t understand a word of Shizi’s words, I just broke in just to avoid disaster…”

Teng Yuyi hid behind Lin Chengyou, but his eyes kept paying attention to the man’s demeanor, and when she heard this, she smiled slightly: “The mask has been worn for a long time, are you about to forget your true face?” The man had

a stuck in his throat.

“When you sneaked up on me, you shot me so fiercely.” Teng Yu looked at the other party calmly, “Judging from the palm wind and speed, your kung fu is not under the five paths of the Eastern Ming Temple, as long as Lin Chengyou comes in a little later, my life will be lost in your hands.” The man’s

expression became more and more frightened: “No, Prince, is there any misunderstanding in this, I just mistakenly recognized you as a roll pear, I once wanted to greet you, but before I could figure out what was going on, I was tied up by Shizi, you see if you are not doing well now, if I want to hurt people-”

The people in the room buzzed: “The evidence is all there, Even dared to argue-”

Lin Chengyou raised his hand to signal the people around him to be quiet: “I was just wondering if you would admit your guilt happily, it seems that I have thought too much, how can a murderer who has already gone into the fire and confess his mistake?” Since you have no fear, I also have patience, you will not say, I will say for you. He

said in a loud voice, “Bring something in.” Immediately

two servants came in with trays.

The man caught a glimpse of the contents of the tray, and his expression changed subtly.

On the left plate is a stack of scarlet women’s skirts, and on the right is the Taoist priest’s tunic and hat.

Lin Chengyou picked up the scarlet skirt and looked at the man: “In fact, until tonight, I wasn’t sure whether you wanted to kill Curly Pear or Calyx, because both of them had bumped into things that shouldn’t have been bumped into, and there was a possibility that you would be killed, if I guessed correctly, the female ghost that Calyx Ji saw outside the Little Buddha Hall that night was you, right?” The man’s

eyes rippled.

Lin Chengyou looked at the other party with a smile: “You went to the Little Buddha Hall late at night to kill people, but you were bumped into by Calyx, she saw that you were wearing a scarlet skirt, and mistook you for a female ghost, with your cautious nature, you should not let Go of Calyx, why didn’t you kill her in the end?” The man looked

dazed and shook his head in shock.

“If you don’t say it, then I’ll guess.” Lin Chengyou touched his chin, “Calyx Is a person who talks a lot, after hitting the ghost, everywhere tells people what happened to him, soon everyone knows that there are female ghosts in the Little Buddha Hall, if you start at the moment, it is difficult not to let people associate The death of Calyx Ji with the Little Buddha Hall, in case the official government comes to thoroughly investigate the Little Buddha Hall, the things you have deployed are likely to be exposed, instead of taking greater risks, it is better to keep moving.” Other than that—”

“You’re pretty sure Calyx won’t recognize you.” Lin Chengyou looked at the other person’s figure, “The female ghost is wearing a skirt, and when she leaves, her body is as light as the wind, even if Cai Ji wants to break her head, she can’t think that it will be you, that day I told Calyx Ji that the female ghost may be the murderer, let her think about the appearance of the female ghost, although she was suspicious, she never thought about your head, thinking about it because you were quite good at transfiguration kung fu.” The second is that in her heart, you are not only timid as a mouse, but also very clumsy, a light and fluttering female ghost, how can it be you? Killing one more person means taking an extra risk, and since she can’t suspect you, it’s better to let her go for the time being, am I right? The man squeezed out a smile that was

more ugly than crying: “Shizi, the more I listen to it, the more confused I am, what female ghost, what red skirt, I can’t understand a word.” “Don’t

understand?” Lin Chengyou sneered and casually picked up the Daoist robe on another tray, “Then let’s talk about this.” He lifted

his collar and shook it, and the pale yellow tunic hung down, and at first glance it looked unusually wide, and only tall and strong people could wear it.

“You think it’s familiar, don’t you?” Lin Chengyou smiled and squinted, “This was collected according to the dress of the idle man, it is said that this humanism is quite good, and the Little Buddha Hall was built under his guidance.” It was strange that such an important guest had been seen by few people in the building. I asked all the prostitutes and temple guests in the building, and claimed that I had seen no more than fifteen of them, one of whom was a roll of pears, and she had seen not only in the Cai Feng Lou, but also once after that.

He said in a loud voice: “On the eighth day of the first month of the last month, Curly Pear went to the Bodhi Temple to burn incense, and when he came out and rested on the side of the road, he accidentally saw the idle people passing by the door, this Daoist priest had been missing for a long time, and suddenly appeared in Chang’an, it was inevitable that people would feel strange, And Curly Pear came back and said this with Baozhu, and as a result, it was heard by Calyx and Qingzhi, and this matter finally reached your ears, making you have the idea of killing Curly Pear.” The flesh on the man’s

face seemed to freeze, and his expression did not move.

Lin Chengyou added, “Actually, at first I couldn’t figure it out, didn’t I just see the people who were scattered, so why did they invite the disaster of killing themselves?” In order to understand this, I deliberately went to the Bodhi Temple to go around, and found that in addition to the HuHao Tavern, there was also a jewelry shop, and when I asked, I learned that Qingzhi had taken a few ingots of gold that day and bought some valuable jewelry in the shop, and her money was extorted from your hands. The

man coughed violently, waving his hand as he coughed, and the word “wronged” was written on his face.

“Are you trying to say that the curly pear saw the idle people, why did it pull on your head?” Lin Chengyou sneered and put the Daoist robe back on the tray and picked up a portrait at the bottom, “Since the beginning to the end, there is no so-called idle person, this Daoist has always been your disguise.” As soon

as these words came out, the ears of the people sounded like a thunderclap.

“How is this, how is this possible?”

Lin Chengyou glanced at the angry-eyed Vajra-like Daoist on the portrait: “Judging from this portrait alone, who would have thought that the Daoist priest was played by you?” You also know that you have a good kung fu, when you track Qingzhi, you deliberately dressed up as a casual person, at that time you have moved the idea of killing Qingzhi, because she has repeatedly blackmailed you, instead of doing it in the Caifeng Building, it is better to find a secluded place on the street to kill her, the prostitutes in the building on the eighth day of the first day have gone out on leave, Qingzhi is no exception, you think this is a good opportunity, so you follow behind Qingzhi, but this scene was seen by the roll pear.

“Roll Pear doesn’t know that you are stalking Qingzhi, because she only saw you dressed as a casual person, but she did not see Qingzhi in the crowd, but you are always suspicious and worried that she will think of something.” Qingzhi is bound to die, in case The scroll of pears remembers that Qingzhi was followed by the Idle Scattered People before his death, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the government, and if it is really to find the heads of the Idle Scattered People, many things will not be hidden. Speaking

of this, Lin Chengyou threw the scroll back on the tray: “You know very well in your heart that the idle people are illusory and cannot withstand investigation at all.” When you appeared in the Cai Feng Lou disguised as a runaway person, you just wanted to build a small Buddha hall in the name of a Taoist. The name of the small Buddha hall is zhen evil, but it is actually a place used to perform evil arts. The man’s

expression could not be maintained, and the sleeve was still hidden around his lips, but he forgot to cough for a long time.

Lin Chengyou’s smile deepened in his eyes: “As for why you chose here, it is because the famous Qimang Guide has various restrictions, the first rule is that you can only deploy in the place where the deceased breathes, the Tian couple died in the building, you can only detain their souls here, I am right, Peng Dalang.” ”

The wick exploded, and the candlelight illuminated the oil of a layer of white flowers on He Mingsheng’s forehead, and he looked at Lin Chengyou quietly, and his eyes seemed to be quiet into a pool of stopping water.

Lin Chengyou’s eyes were complicated: “If I am not mistaken, before you murdered the couple, you had already thought of using the Seven Rays to guide them to abuse them, and soon after the death of the two, you deliberately attracted a number of ghosts to the building, the locals heard that this building was not clean, who dared to pay for the plate, and when the time was ripe, you pretended to be a merchant from Luoyang to go down this building.” You are practicing magic, and naturally you can’t find a real Taoist monk to come forward, so while you are cultivating, you are pretending to look for a high person.

He paused and sneered, “One day, you appear as a runaway person, as a high-ranking stranger, guide the craftsmen to build a small Buddha hall according to your wishes, although your transfiguration technique is clever, several false mothers are like hooks, you are afraid that they will find out that you are inappropriate, and you intend to support them in advance before coming, so there are only a few people in the building who have seen the idle people.”

“I said—” He Mingsheng opened his mouth coldly, “how did you find out that the Little Buddha Hall had the Seven Mangs Guiding Seal?” Teng Yuyi’s scalp was numb, it was strange to say, this person’s appearance had not changed, but his demeanor and tone seemed to have become another person in an instant, the businessman’s

habitual oil was gone, his posture had a kind of dignified temperament, he was not hurried when speaking, and there seemed to be a huge wave under the calm sound line.

When she entered the building a few days ago, she had inadvertently seen the ledger in He Mingsheng’s hand, and she remembered that she had wondered at that time that a mercenary businessman could write a good hand, and that handwriting was dashing and vigorous, which was not a day’s work.

In fact, if you want to not arouse people’s suspicions, it is best to cover up even this point, but He Mingsheng is not like this, which shows that even if this person is used to disguise everywhere, there are still some things in his heart that he is unwilling to give up.

“It doesn’t hurt to tell you.” Lin Chengyou took out a seal and threw it in his hand, “My two disciples found a shallow mark on the floor tiles, looking like the first seal of the Seven Mangs Guiding Seal, I only suspected that someone had done the Fa in the Little Buddha Hall after I checked it.”

He Mingsheng nodded slowly, “It turned out to be this.” The brick was hidden in the corner under the incense case, and the print was shallow, and I thought about finding someone to change it in a few days, but I still didn’t have time.

Lin Chengyou sighed, “You are already cautious enough.” Judging from the tragic situation of the ghosts of the Tian couple, you have abused them for some days, and you have done the Fa so many times, leaving only such a flaw, if it were not for my two disciples cleaning up all night, it is estimated that it would be difficult to find. But speaking of this, doesn’t Boss He understand that compared to this seal, another omission is the most deadly.

He Mingsheng calmly arched his hand: “Please also ask Shizi for advice.”

Lin Chengyou smiled slightly: “When a few craftsmen were working, they accidentally smashed out the depth you specified, they were afraid of not getting the honorarium, they did not tell you about this matter, you did not know that there was still a hundred-year large array hidden underneath, and never made a preventive move, until half a year later, the two monsters escaped from the formation, everything was too late.” It is precisely because I want to catch the demon that I will live in the CaiFeng Building, if the person investigating the case is not me, with your various means, the truth may never surface. He Mingsheng’s

appearance was a little regretful: “Only blame Peng Mou for all these years to drill the camp of evil arts, the cultivation on the right path is too shallow, if I had detected that there was another evil demon hidden underneath, maybe I would have waited until I subdued the two monsters before I started, as long as I avoided this period, it would not arouse the suspicion of Shizi.”

Lin Chengyou looked at He Mingsheng meaningfully: “In fact, you hid well enough, several of your neighbors recognized your appearance, and none of them could recognize you, but this is not surprising, your nose has been seriously injured and broken, and your figure is the same as before.”

He Mingsheng: “I said why I was suddenly called to the garden in the afternoon, and it turned out that Shizi had specifically found someone to identify me.” “You’ve

never regretted killing so many people?”

He Mingsheng smiled lightly: “No.”

“You have a vendetta against the Tian couple, so why kill Qingzhi and Yao Huang?”

He Mingchang sighed, “They have a bad heart, and living is also harmful, so instead of more people suffering in the future, it is better for me to get rid of this scourge.”

Lin Chengyou felt that this was very fresh, and hugged his arm: “Oh? How to say this. “Yao

Huang ruined Ge Jian’s appearance just because of jealousy, wasn’t it bad enough?” Qingzhi conspired with her sister to kill her own Du zhi niangzi, is it not bad enough? Isn’t it bad enough for her to spy on my secret and then blackmail me? He Mingsheng shook his head and sighed, “Ge Jian cried out day and night after being disfigured, but Yao Huang and Qingzhi did not see any remorse, and their thoughts at a young age were so sinister, in the future, in order to pursue profits, they would only be more vicious.”

Lin Chengyou: “So you already know that it was they who harmed Ge Jian?” The

corners of He Mingsheng’s mouth tightened: “There is nothing in this building that can hide from me.” “How

did Qingzhi blackmail you?”

“That’s a long story.” He Mingsheng shook his sleeve.

For many years, He Mingsheng has been looking for the whereabouts of the Tian couple, from the south to the north, I don’t know how much effort it took, the kung fu paid off, about a year ago, he finally found out the whereabouts of the Tian couple.

One day, he disguised himself as a businessman to buy cloth in the Cai Feng Building, and it happened that the Tian couple was not in the store, so he took the opportunity to ask the guys in the store about the daily life of the Tian couple, just at this time, a hairy underling accidentally spilled tea on his shoes.

In the early autumn, He Mingsheng was wearing only a pair of light and soft thread shoes on his feet, and the cup of piping hot tea was burned through the upper to the back of his feet.

He Mingsheng was in pain, but he was busy getting up and leaving, and the guy next to him was frightened and overwhelmed, so he had to tell the Rong family behind him about this matter, and the Rong family replied that he should quickly find a medical worker, and also let the guy take a new pair of socks from the cabinet to the guests.

He Mingsheng only said that he did not need to ask a medical worker, and after taking the socks, he did not even change his shoes and left.

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 Rong Shi upstairs.

Rong Shi, worried about offending the distinguished guests, had been upstairs to pay attention to the situation of the distinguished guests when they went out, but unexpectedly saw a red birthmark with a large bowl on the back of He Mingsheng’s feet, and he was stunned at that time.

Rong is a Yuezhou people, before coming to Chang’an has been living in Yuezhou Taozhi Ferry, in her memory, the ferry mouth is colorful, is a good place to play, every summer season, often there are Xiao LangJun and the little lady to play together, a group of small Lang Jun, there is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old Lang Jun the strangest, come not to go into the water, only holding a book sitting on the shore.

Rong Shi heard that the people called the person “Peng Family Book Fool”, and said that he was going to Chang’an to take the exam in the future, such a person may want to be Zaifu in the future, how can he play with the common people? Tongue-in-cheek, there is anything to say anyway.

Peng Jia Da Lang let his friends joke about himself and read books at his own side. Once someone made a bad person push Peng Jia Da Lang into the water, the first thing Peng Jia Da Lang did after swimming up was not to scold people, but to look around for shoes, and quickly touched the shoes, he smiled and put the shoes on his feet, although the action was surprisingly fast, or Rong Shi saw the birthmark on his feet.

The original birthmark was exactly the same as the one on the foot of the businessman downstairs, and even the situation of hiding to the side and wearing shoes was the same.

Rong Shi was frightened and cold, because she could not see this person in Chang’an.

Peng Jia DaLang’s life was very bitter, and he was killed with his grandmother’s sister ten years ago.

Moreover, Peng Jia Dalang was as thin as a bamboo pole, but the figure of the businessman in front of him was unusually fat, from the facial features to the temperament, there was simply no similarity. But Yung still felt something was wrong,Would there be such a similar birthmark in the world?

Just when Rong Shi was wondering, Qing Zhi came to the shop to find her, Qing Zhi has been trying to inquire about the whereabouts of her sister for several years, and when she learned that Rong Shi is also from Yuezhou, she often sneaked out to find Rong Shi.

Rong Asked Qingzhi if he knew about the Peng family, although Qingzhi was also from Yuezhou, he had always lived in Lefang, and when he heard Rong describe the peng family’s tragic situation, he smiled and said that he did not know.

Not long after Rong Shi went to the nearby fruit shop to buy apricots for Rong Shi, but unexpectedly saw He Mingsheng in the crowd again, she was busy asking Qing Zhi around her whether she had seen this man, and Qing Zhi naturally said that she had not seen it.

After such a delay, rong and Qingzhi bought back the apricots later than usual, Qi insulted Rong, and Qingzhi foolishly defended Rong, saying that Rong did not intend to stay outside, but saw a deceased person, and said that the person’s surname was Peng, who was also from Yuezhou.

Qi’s face changed at that time, dragging Qingzhi to ask in detail, Rong because of fear of Qi’s scolding, directly rebuked Qingzhi nonsense, Qingzhi did not know, busy changing his surname Cheng, just happened to be the boss of a nearby charcoal shop surnamed Cheng, but this family came to Chang’an more than twenty years ago, Rong lied that it was Cheng Niangzi who saw on the road, it was not easy to get through in front of Qi’s, and took advantage of Qi’s distraction, so that Qingzhi left quickly.

Since then, the Qi clan has intensified its scolding of the Rong clan, and soon the Rong clan has committed suicide by jumping into the well because of the humiliation of the Qi clan.

He Mingsheng was unaware of this section of the Rong and Qingzhi clans, and he plotted to kill the Tian couple as he wished, and a few months later he ordered the color line.

On the day that the Cai Feng Lou became cai feng lou, Wo Ji came with her daughters to run, And Qing Zhi huddled in the crowd and recognized He Mingsheng at a glance, according to Rong’s account, this person named Peng Dalang had died ten years ago, but this person not only appeared in Chang’an, but also called himself He Mingsheng.

Qingzhi only thought that Rong Shi was wrong, but he couldn’t help but pay attention to He Mingsheng’s every move.

After several months, he did not find anything wrong, until one day last month, Qingzhi was ordered to go to He Mingsheng’s room to deliver something, just in time for He Mingsheng to check the account book with the procurer, perhaps he was busy and dizzy, and he accidentally wrote the wrong word when he waved the pen to drop the money.

The place where “He” should have been written in the account book was actually written as “Peng”, although He Mingsheng was silent and quickly changed it, Qingzhi was still surprised. No matter how confused a person is, he will never write his own surname wrongly. Mo Fei Rongshi did not admit it, the main family is really that Peng family lang.

In order to further confirm her suspicions, Qingzhi began to create opportunities, and once when she met He Mingsheng in the corridor, she coldly shouted: “Peng Dalang.” Unsurprisingly

, He Mingsheng’s face immediately changed.

Qingzhi pretended to say the wrong thing and left in a hurry, but her heart was happy to blossom, and then whenever He Mingsheng was present, she would intentionally or unintentionally mention the Rong clan, not only the Rong clan, but also the Yue Prefecture.

He Mingsheng was secretly deploying to deal with the souls of the Tian couple at that time, and he did not expect that a Qingzhi would pop up at this time.

There is a saying that “if you want people to not know, unless you can’t do anything”, I thought that everything was seamless, but God joked with him, and what a person has done will eventually be revealed in an unexpected way.

He Mingsheng began to deal with Qingzhi, but it turned out that she didn’t know much, and the words of this lady alone could not prove that he was Peng Dalang, and he did not want to be blackmailed by her, nor did he want to make a fuss, so he planned to find an excuse to throw Qingzhi out.

Qingzhi seemed to have insight into He Mingsheng’s intentions, and when he asked her to call her to the front floor for questioning, he asked him a question in person: “Lord, do you recognize the Qi family?” She said that she was

not surprised that Rong Shi remembered the Peng family, only that Qi Shi’s reaction when he heard “Yuezhou Peng” a year ago, Qi Shi was obviously not from Yuezhou, why did he panic so much.

“Lord, you always went to the Cai Shu Line at that time, did you also know the Qi family?” Everyone said that her death was a bit strange, so should the maid tell the government about it?

He Mingsheng understood on the spot that this Qingzhi was a natural extortionist, and although she did not know the ins and outs of the whole thing, she had a keen intuition to see 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 ingots of gold according to his words, but behind her back, he began to follow her, and was looking for an opportunity to attack, when the two monsters broke out.

“After you lived in the Cai Feng Building, Qingzhi felt that she had a dependency and began to blackmail me twice.” He Mingsheng smiled bitterly, “Cai Feng Lou is full of people everywhere, even the small Buddha Hall has placed a number of Taoists, she thought I did not dare to act rashly, but I did not expect that I had secretly performed magic on her, that night I asked her out, she probably felt that the well was near the small Buddha Hall, I guess I did not dare to take her, so I was very relieved to go to the well.”

“When a person is greedy to the extreme, he often shows a stupid appearance.” He sighed, “If Qingzhi doesn’t change Ben and intensifies blackmailing me, maybe I will let her go.” Unfortunately there is no if, she is dead and has more than enough to live. As for her disfigured sister, it was no pity to die either. He summed

it up calmly, in a tone as if he were talking about last night’s rain.

“That’s the way it is.” Lin Chengyou sighed.

He looked up at He Mingsheng: “If you left Chang’an after killing the Tian couple, there would be no trouble, but for you, taking the lives of the Tian couple does not seem to be enough to vent the hatred in your heart.” The

corners of He Mingsheng’s mouth moved almost invisibly.

“You hate them.” Lin Chengyou observed every change in his face, “Especially Qi Shi, if I’m not mistaken, she is your aunt.” He Mingsheng’s

figure shook, a strong hatred burst out of his eyes, and his originally calm and calm face was instantly filled with murderous qi.

He laughed darkly, “‘I’m a dog, I don’t deserve to live. Every

time he uttered a word, his face added a pleasant color.

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

Lin Chengyou did not induce He Mingsheng to open his mouth anymore, but just looked at him quietly.

He Mingsheng stood motionless, as if caught in the memory, his cheeks faintly showing sharp edges and corners, obviously clenching his teeth.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember a certain fragment, the original vicious facial features were loosened, and a touch of desolation slowly appeared on his face.

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

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

Lin Chengyou hesitated for a moment and smiled lightly: “‘Kunshan piece of jade, a branch of Guilin’, a good name.” “Let

Setsuko see the smile.” Peng Yugui smiled bitterly, “This is Peng Mou’s grandfather, he hopes that I can one day fold Gui climb the toad, so even the name is taken to this.” I also have a younger sister, whose name is Baojiao, which was also taken by Grandpa. ‘Baojiao’ means the love of the heart. His

brow furrowed slightly, and he closed his eyes suddenly, but the tears were uncontrollable, and they fell silently.

Lin Chengyou’s heart was full of mixed feelings, and he suddenly heard the sound of the clothes behind him, only to find that Teng Yuyi seemed to be touched.

“My grandfather is a sour rot literati.” Peng Yugui slowly opened his eyes, his expression was a little numb, “After reading a lifetime of books, the last thing has not been achieved, in the eyes of the world, he is obviously not very successful, but we all know that he is a good old man who can’t be better.” Saying that it is a village school, Grandpa collects the children of poor families, and whenever it comes to handing over the shackles, most of the children can’t come up with money, but Grandpa doesn’t care, still does his best to teach, opens private schools for several years, and can’t make ends meet every year.

“My aunt never seems to know how to complain, in order to supplement the family, she spends all day making needlework and washing clothes for people, and saves some silver money on weekdays, which is used for our brothers and sisters to eat.” The surplus was slowly exhausted, the days were getting more and more bitter, Grandpa was distressed by Ah Niang, and he ruthlessly closed the private school, and heard that fishing could maintain a livelihood, so he wrote and painted for people during the day, and secretly went to learn to fish in the middle of the night.

He smiled bitterly: “Even if you are living on a poor basis, the family is always happy and harmonious, and there are many rich families in the ferry, but my sister and I have never envied other people’s children.” My aunt is the most able to do ‘cold tao’ (note), every summer, she uses locust leaves to twist into juice and noodles, put the noodles down into the well water and use it, and then mix vegetarian sauce for us to eat, cold tao, my sister and I can eat a big bowl, ah niang wiped the corners of her mouth for her sister, and smiled and wiped it for me. Grandpa, as for me, was bent on reading well, and as long as I had time, he would teach me to write with one stroke and one drawing. I learned, and then I taught my sister. Peng Yugui

spread his palms, tears flashed in his eyes, and the cocoons on his knuckles were still there, which were the traces left by the hard practice in those years. Grandpa left him nothing in the world, except for the cocoons on his hands.

Over the years, he was reluctant to put down the pipe pen in his hand, just afraid that time would smooth out the cocoon, and if even this disappeared, the last thought left to him by the grandmother would be gone.

“I fell in love with the word ‘child’ in the bookstore than my sister, and I wrote her name on a piece of paper and told her: You are Baojiao’er. She wrote a whole sheet of ‘child’ words and ran around the house laughing. Peng Yugui said, and a gentle color appeared on his face, which made his face look much calmer.

The people in the room listened intently, and no one could bear to interrupt Peng Yugui.

“One year, because Grandpa saved a rich merchant, our family’s life was much better, and the rich merchant was superstitious about Bu Zheng, and after being rescued by Grandpa, he said that it was his year of great misfortune, ‘light is ruined, heavy is lost’, only when he meets nobles, he can be murdered. He firmly believed that my grandfather was his nobleman and insisted on giving him fifty gold ingots. According to Grandpa’s former nature, he would never accept this huge amount of money, but perhaps the family had lived too hard in these years, or perhaps for the sake of my future future, in short, he finally accepted it. It was these fifty ingots of gold that attracted the pair of jackals. Peng Yugui

clenched his fists, and his face suddenly darkened.

“People often say, ‘Accumulate virtue and benevolence, accumulate evil and residual disaster’. Do good, because ‘good and evil will be rewarded in the end’. He sneered, “But I think these words are purely deceitful, because good people like my grandmother have not escaped the cruelty of evil people, but jackals like Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e have lived for so many years.”

Speaking of indignation, he couldn’t help but grab at the neckline and touch the cold silver chain around his neck before realizing that he had fallen into the hands of the government.

He hesitated for a moment, looked up and laughed, the laughter was intermittent and dry, endless irony, laughed for a long time, his voice gradually lowered, and finally turned into a sneer in the nasal cavity.

He said expressionlessly: “My aunt is a nostalgic person, since settling in Yuezhou, I often asked my grandfather to write letters to guanzhong’s eldest sister and sister-in-law on her behalf, Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e were not too bad at that time, but they scattered a few letters.” After a few years, there was a famine in Guanzhong, and the two jackals could not survive in their hometown, so they came out to run to their relatives, and the eldest sister of the Qi family fell ill and died the first year, so they had to go to Yuezhou.

“Ah Niang was very happy to receive the letter, and hurriedly picked up a bedroom, and one evening more than a month later, Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e went ashore with the displaced people, and my grandfather picked them up at the ferry port and led the pair of jackals to our village on the mountain.”

Peng Yugui recalled the situation as he spoke, and resentment slowly rose from his chest, and his face became more and more vicious.

After the Tian couple arrived, they were very surprised by the wealth of their family, and when the family gave them the wind and dust that night, Tian Yunde took advantage of Grandpa’s drunkenness to deliberately cliché, and Grandpa treated them with sincerity and was defenseless.

The two of them heard that the Peng family had received such a huge amount of money out of thin air, and their eyes were very hungry. After living for a few days, Qi Cui’e said that she planned to settle here, and in the future, she would make a living by selling silk colors, but her pockets were empty, and she wanted to raise some silver money with her sister and brother-in-law first.

Without saying a word, Grandpa borrowed ten ingots of gold to Tian Yunde, and knowing that the Tian couple had to advance, they started the idea of the remaining gold.

I remember that that night, Tian Yunde began to persuade Grandpa to do business with them, saying that the way south could be seen clearly, and the best color in guan was lacking, and if he could sell Yuezhou Aya to the north, he would be able to please the two capitals, and once the business was done, he would not have to worry about food and clothing in the future. There are too many people who make a living, and if you want to stand out from it, you must invest a lot of money.

Grandpa didn’t know anything about business, and he refused. Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e were not dead hearted, and pulled Grandpa and poured some ecstasy soup, but Grandpa Nai just refused to nod.

After two days, coinciding with Qi Cui’e’s birthday, Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e said that after coming, they were locked up on the mountain all day, and today they had a rare opportunity, and if they wanted to go down the mountain, they didn’t know what good places to go in Yuezhou.

Recalling this, Peng Yugui’s eyes appeared with a strong sense of remorse.

He was only sixteen years old at the time, and in his eyes, his uncle was warm and kind, his aunt was straightforward and spicy, and since he had come from afar, he naturally had a sense of closeness to them, and when he heard this, he was busy with ideas, saying that there was a lotus dock nearby, so it was better to row a boat at night to pick lotus puffs.

The sister clapped her hands and shouted with joy, and Grandpa had no objections, so Ah Niang prepared some wine and food with joy and joy, and in the evening the family took a boat to see the lotus flowers.

Knowing that he was still in the middle of the road, Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e talked about the two partnerships doing business.

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

Peng Yugui was playing with his sister on the side of the ship, and when he heard this, he knew that Grandpa was worried that doing business would ruin his son’s future.

When the imperial court took the throne, there were always many restrictions on the son of Shang Jia (Note 2), and once the Peng family became a merchant and a merchant, it was likely to affect his future scientific expeditions.

Tian Yunde and Qi Cui’e persuaded for a while, but Grandpa did not agree. Seeing that Grandpa had a sullen look on his face, the Tian couple had no choice but to stop talking.

Ah Niang was afraid that the family was too stiff, and was busy persuading them to eat wine, but not long after, Qi Cui’e started to talk again, saying that since her brother-in-law was not willing to do business with them, it was better to introduce the giant of the gift for them.

The giant is a local rich man, and a little slag leaks from the cracks of his hands, which is enough for the two of them to handle the business. Of course, this matter still has to be done by the brother-in-law, who is the savior of JuJia, as long as he opens his mouth, Jujia will definitely be willing to yi.

Grandpa was furious and said that they regarded him as someone else, and that they would do this kind of thing by themselves, and that they would not want to affect the reputation of the Peng family.

Qi Cui’e’s smile froze on her face, she had a deep hatred for Grandpa’s oil and salt in her heart, and she was accused by Grandpa’s split head and face, and her voice was also raised. Saying that Grandpa is also unwilling to do that, it is clear that he is poor and loves rich, if it were not for the fact that they were poor and sour, Grandpa estimated that he would be another face. The more he said, the more ugly it became, and the sentences poked at Grandpa’s heart.

When they quarreled, Baojiao cried in fright, and Peng Yugui wanted to hold her sister and walk away, and she was worried that her grandmother and uncle would quarrel more and more fiercely.

I overheard Grandpa say a word in a gambleTreat him as a villain, and don’t even ask for the ten ingots of gold. While saying this, he escorted Ah Niang out of the cabin, and as soon as these words landed, Tian Yunde Huoran stood up from the side of the table, took a few steps to the back of Ah Ye, and pushed Ah Ye hard.

Grandpa’s body was thin and weak, but Tian Yunde was tall and mighty, the deck was already wet, and this time he made a full force, Grandpa was not defensive for a while, his body was planted forward, and the forehead corner happened to hit the iron lock raised on the ship’s board.

Ah Niang screamed, Qi Shi sniffed and rushed out, Tian Yunde seemed to be particularly angry, and his mouth was still cursing something.

Peng Yugui ran over to help Grandpa, only to find that Grandpa had a big opening open above his head, yin red blood gushed out, and in a flash it filled Grandpa’s entire face, probed Grandpa’s sniffles, only to feel weak and abnormal, his heart sank straight down, and angrily said: “Why are you hurting people?!”

Ah Niang also saw that Ah Ye was not good, and began to cry: “Kill people! Kill! Qi Shi

was frightened and stunned, and Tian Yunde also panicked, originally a move under the anger, he did not expect to hurt people so badly.

The boatman rushed to hear the noise and was confused: “Madam, do you want to report to the official?” Ah Niang’s

hands were full of blood, and she vigorously covered the wound on Grandpa’s head with a veil, and cried intermittently: “Quickly, quickly go back to the shore to find Huang Doctor, and then the old man may not be able to live.” The

boatman became more and more anxious: “Huang Medical Worker went to the city to see a doctor, these days are not at the ferry, how is this good, and then far away is the Medical Worker in the area of Chunxing Dock, rush over to say less about it for more than an hour.”

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

[End of This Chapter]