Chapter 394 Huanggu Temple
It turned out that Xu Cuiyun begged her younger brother. Xu Song was furious and immediately sent someone to inform Jinyiwei to seal the house. However, he advised his sister not to make things difficult for Sister Fan. Why did he say that the raw rice was cooked into cooked rice? He had to admit his account.
Xu Cuiyun had to stop listening and insisted on sending someone to secretly catch Sister Fan who sold her to other places to sleep for thousands of people. Xu Song threatened to tell her third brother. Xu Cuiyun had no choice but to endure her anger for a while.
At this time, Wang Er smiled bitterly and said, "What should I do? Is it a joke if I offend the Xu family? It's over, don't think of having a foothold in the capital."
Lu Qing smiled and said, "I think this is a good thing. My second sister-in-law has issued a letter of employment. Does the eldest sister-in-law dare not let her enter the house? Wouldn't that be a seven-in-one crime? No matter what, we have worked hard once. Liu Zhi has to remember this, and if he encounters a difficult situation in the future, it is better to invite the Xu family through him."
"That's true." Wang Er nodded, then shook his head, "To be honest, my sister-in-law committed suicide by hanging her beam that night. Fortunately, she was rescued by me. I was afraid that she would find a short-sighted view again, and in the end she would be no one inside or outside."
Lu Qi was shocked and said quickly: "Then why don't you go back and guard it quickly? You can't cause any death."
At that moment, Lu Qi sent Wang Erzui out and saw that the bronze smith next door named Jin was pulled and beaten by several people. The leader was Li Zengzhi, the younger brother of Duke Cao, Li Jinglong.
Lu Qing hurried forward and took Li Zengzhi's hand and said, "Why is Mr. Li angry? Don't do it. Forget it, just look at my brother's face. Lao Jin must have delayed the construction period again, right?"
Li Zengzhi said angrily: "My family has four copper rings on the sedan chair and placed them in the front yard. I don't know which dog stole three of them. I promised him six cents of silver, and asked him to match three sedan rings. His mother has been doing it for three months, and he deceived me every day. Lao Lu, tell me, from the imperial city, we went back and forth several miles from the straw hat alley. At first, we got to see every three or five days, and then every two days. In the past few days, we called me one day. How much did the rewards for the hot carriage and horses be used? The promise that he had issued a slander yesterday was completed today. It's true that I coaxed me again? I hid at home and couldn't come out. Do you think I'll beat him?"
Lu Qing turned around and scolded, "The unpopular dog thing is so hateful. I have been charged more than three months and I will not be matched. Will you beat you if you don't beat me? I still dare to shout after hitting me a few times, so shut up quickly."
Turning his head, Lu Qi smiled and said, "Because I'm going to give him a break, I'll stop him from lying for three days. If you want to lie, you don't need Mr. Li to do it. I'll break his legs."
Li Zengzhi said, "Actually, I'm not in a hurry a few days later, but early the next morning, my sister-in-law will go to Huanggu Temple to hang a banner and must get the sedan chair given by the emperor. Anyway, he will not be able to compensate me ten times the principal and interest. Hurry up and drive it out overnight, otherwise, I will take you to the Bingmas."
Jin Tongshui covered his face and said, "There is ready-made copper at home. I'll call you. I'll nail it to you tomorrow at noon and ask your wife to sit down the next day."
Li Zengzhi said: "Then you fight quickly. I will be there to guard you today and will not go home."
Of course, few people knew why Li Zengzhi had to care about such ordinary things personally, and why did he come here stupidly for three months even though he knew that Jin Tongshui was unreliable, but he really had indescribable difficulties at home.
Wang Er thought to himself that it was a coincidence that Duke Cao was going to Huanggu Temple. The day after tomorrow I remembered to see the fun and said goodbye to leave.
When she returned to her residence, Sister Fan was furious in the room. Wang Erzui was trying to coax her, and when she asked the reason, she immediately laughed and said, "What's the problem? It's covered by me."
The next day, when I entered Beijing, I saw Li Zengzhi sitting at the street entrance and having tea leisurely. Lu Yu helped in the copper smith shop and pulled him outside the shop and said it.
Lu Qing thought for a while and asked Li Zengzhi who was drinking tea: "Master Li, I have a cousin and sister-in-law who came to another place. I just wanted to go to Huanggu Temple to enjoy it. It was not easy for her to go to Beijing all the way, and I couldn't refuse. Look?"
"What's the difficulty?" Li Zengzhi put down the teacup carelessly, "Report to my sister-in-law, isn't it just taking her in to see the world? It's simple."
However, Lu Qing has always been very meticulous in his work. He did not miss any details easily. This is also the professional habit of the Jinyiwei for many years. In addition, he knew more or less about the trivial matters of the Li family and said in a little embarrassed manner: "She was not well-organized, and she did not follow her maid. She was also beautiful and did not understand the rules of wealthy families."
"Wait." Li Zengzhi remembered the maid who was beaten to death. She changed her color slightly and said, "That's all, the misunderstanding is involved with me, and I can't explain it clearly."
At this time, Wang Er said, "This sister-in-law is actually a relative of the Xu family, that is, the little thing about his wives and concubines."
"Xu family, Jinling Xu family?" Li Zengzhi was very surprised. Seeing Wang Er nodding slightly, he smiled tacitly: "Then you told me earlier, let me tell you the truth. This time it was my sister-in-law who invited the third sister-in-law of the Xu family to worship Buddha. Since they are a family, it's okay."
"Well! It's not easy to clearly state the identity." Li Zengzhi pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Why would she ask her to get into the crowd? Don't say anything. If my sister-in-law sees her, she will say she is from the Xu Mansion; if the third sister-in-law sees her, she will only say the people from my mansion. Who would check the name at that time? Everyone kowtowed, and told her to scramble down and kowtow and then slip to the side. If someone asks, I'll help you."
Lu Qingxi said: "That's great, thank you brother Yucheng."
Later, Wang Ertue told Sister Fan about this. Sister Fan was very happy when she heard it. Who knew the name of the Xu family of Duke Wei? Liu Zhi also boasted about the current Duke of England, and thought that he could not only go to the temple to fulfill his wish, but also take the opportunity to get close to the third young lady who was the real leader of the Xu family. Even if this time he was just a nod, he would have a reason to visit the inner house in the future and be very flattered. Xu Cuiyun would not dare to punish herself to death.
At the third day of the next day, Sister Fan got up early and washed her carefully. After breakfast, she changed into a three-ring bun that was popular in Jinling, put on a long skirt of the new Cui Lansuya that had borrowed from Lu Qing's wife, and rode the borrowed horse to Duke Cao's house. Li Zengzhi had ordered people to wait for her to take care of her and arrange them to join the wives.
Sister Fan just waited so hard, and everyone was almost silent except for occasional coughs. After a while, they saw the two wives riding in two imperial-given eight-carriage sedans, bright yellow sedan roof, Chongfu silk gold-edged sedan, and open the curtains.
Looking closely, the two ladies looked picturesque, both wearing Qilin palace outfits with big red arrow sleeves and snow-white carved jade belts.
In front of the sedan chair, eight flag officials led thirty personal soldiers to lead the way, and behind them were thirty personal soldiers to protect them. Behind were the ceremonial guards holding a big red handle and a long list of bone flower sedan chairs, and seventy or eighty maids, daughters-in-law, and parents followed the servants, all riding horses.
Li Zengzhi reluctantly withdrew her stunning gaze, sighed inwardly, and told her family to support Sister Fan and wait for her wife to get on the horse and follow behind.
But there is a circle of carved walls in front of Huanggu Temple, where green pines conceal the palace, emerald green houses, stone lions and mysterious gates, and beast-faced gold shops embroidered houses. The cigarettes are thin, and the lines are lingering through the pearl curtains; the flowers are full of shadows, and lacquer flowers are flying on the painting threshold.
On the lotus seat, the six-meter-long golden body of the Bodhisattva was raised; in the Baye Hall, there were beautiful pinks left by the late emperor. When the team was about to arrive at the temple gate, four sounds of shocking the sky and the earth were heard. The old nun, the presiding leader of the temple, came out to greet him with a group of nuns.
Although he called his two wives, Li Jinglong's first wife, Li Jinglong's first wife, is not old, not to mention Mu Ningxue, who looks like a young woman.
Sister Fan looked from afar with envy. Mrs. Li was born with a beautiful and dignified man, wearing a red gold-pulled jade Guanyin on her head, and a treasure flower inlaid with Nanyang pearls and jade leaves on her right; and Mrs. Xu's stunning appearance was not to mention, wearing a red gold-spread phoenix, carrying eight jewel knots on her mouth, and a red peach with ruby-breaking diamonds on her right.
Behind the two, four maids were escorting the fans and escorting them slowly. The maid and maid followed in a crazi manner. Sister Fan was supported by the wet nurse and mixed in the crowd. There were many beautiful women in front of her and behind her. At this moment, she was like the sea was sprinkling sand. Who would notice her?
Chapter completed!