[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

As we approached Fengtai County, seeing the setting sun, it was not appropriate to hurry. Fortunately, we came to a town so that we would not sleep in the wild.Yan Chasan looked around and saw the inn in front of him picking up the green flag, fluttering in the evening wind, so he said to the servant Tong Yumo: "A few hours ago, we just passed by a post station. I wonder if there is any place near here?" It’s an inn, and it’s inconvenient to go back, why don’t you just rest in this inn for one night.”

Yu Mo said: "If Xianggong has spare money, you can stay with him for one night."

The master and servant came to the inn, asked the shopkeeper for a guest room, and asked Xiaoer to take the donkey resting at the door to the stable to tie it.At this time, Yu Mo suddenly shouted: "Look, sir, there are two beautiful horses in the stable!" Yan Chasan also looked in the direction of Yu Mo's finger, and saw one limp and one pussy, Their coats are smooth and smooth, their faces are bright and their bodies are strong, and they are really good-looking and seductive.Yan Chasan nodded slightly, and said to Yu Mo: "Don't look at it, go to the guest room first."

Seeing the Golden Crow disappear, the Jade Rabbit ascends to the east.Yan Chasan and Yu Mo came downstairs, ordered some side dishes from Xiaoer, sat at the Eight Immortals table, and ate them leisurely.

Due to the flood in Huainan, the business in the inn was bleak. Looking around, the people sitting downstairs are all individual guests, and you can count with one hand.The most conspicuous among them is the young woman in a taupe-colored shirt sitting in the center.She was born bright and bright, like spring flowers by the stream, adding a little color to the whole inn.She ordered a roast chicken, five plates of fruit, and a dime of wine from Xiao Er, but she ate with a weary look, as if it didn't suit her appetite.In the southwest corner not far from this woman, sat a shabby-dressed Confucian scholar. The Confucian scarf on his head was also torn with holes, and his green shirt was patched here and there. There was only a plate of wild vegetables in front of him. Cooperate with this bitter vegetable, hold a bowl of white rice and gobble it up.

At this time, a girl about the age of cardamom came outside the door. She was holding a broken bowl, her face was covered with dust, and she walked into the store with a sad expression. , shook the broken bowl in his hand, and said to the Confucian scholar: "My brother, give me two meals..."

Hearing this, Confucian scholar swallowed the last mouthful of rice, scraped the porcelain plate with only a thin layer of vegetable soup with his chopsticks, and shook his head in embarrassment.Yan Chasan saw him, and was about to call Yumo to give a steamed bun to the girl, but he heard a bang beside him, turned his head to look, but it was the young woman who slapped the saber on the table.

The woman raised her brows upside down and scolded the Confucian scholar: "You are a Confucian scholar who has read sage books in vain - this girl begs for food from you, but you finish the food quickly, what does it mean?"

The Confucian scholar suddenly heard the woman scolding him, and couldn't help asking: "This girl came at an unfortunate time, I ate all the food, why did I deliberately refuse to give alms?" He glanced at the food on the woman's table, Said, "I see that girl, you have plenty of food on your table. Why don't you give me alms? Why do you want to take care of me?"

When the woman heard this, she held the saber with one hand and a chicken leg with the other, raised the knife and dropped it, then cut it off, raised her hand, and threw it into the girl's broken bowl.She sneered and said, "Did you see that? This girl has already given alms. What are you going to give to this girl?"

The Confucian scholar shook his head and said, "Since the girl is making trouble out of no reason, I don't have to pay attention to it." After saying that, he sat quietly at the table of the Eight Immortals, as if he was forcing others to be strong.

This move completely angered the woman, she stood up, strode forward, raised the hand of the knife, and cut off a corner of the Eight Immortals table.The shiny knife drew an arc in the air, pointed at the Confucian scholar's face, and said: "Dare to scold me for being unreasonable - I don't know if it's as easy for me to cut off your head as this table?"

Seeing this, Xiao Er rushed up to persuade the quarrel, but unexpectedly, she heard the woman say to the Confucian scholar: "My lady's grandpa is the chief instructor of the Hundred Thousand Imperial Army, and Auntie is the goddaughter of the head of the dynasty. You have offended me." , do you want to eat in prison?"

The Confucian scholar was still sitting, patted his hands on the empty pouch on his waist, and said indifferently: "Even if the girl kills me, I will not be able to donate a penny. It happens that I have nowhere to eat. This prison meal It's also a meal, the girl invites me to dinner, and I have to thank you, girl."

The woman heard this, and was about to get angry, but she heard a gentle voice from behind, saying: "Don't quarrel, you two, just listen to me and say a few words." She turned her head and looked, but it was Yan Chasan who was shocked and pulled Yu Mo, who was in his own clothes, stood up and walked to Confucian scholar.He said to the woman, "Miss, you have good intentions for this begging girl, everyone present can see that."

The woman snorted coldly and did not answer.Yan Chasan continued: "Miss is sensible, and I can see that this man is also struggling..."

Before he finished speaking, the woman snorted coldly and said: "Look at his confident appearance, he may be a miser who hides money in his hands but doesn't want to reveal it, that's why he dressed up in such a down-and-out appearance. Don't go thinking about his money."

Yan Chasan heard the words, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Even if he has a lot of money, the girl shouldn't force him like this. Donation, like many things in this world, everyone has their own thoughts and considerations. Just like an inn The owner of the store sweeps out the house for the passers-by and provides them with accommodation for a living; the shopkeeper of the cloth workshop opposite earns his living by cutting clothes for others. Tailor clothes for a living. Girl, do you think what I say makes sense?"

The woman knew that she was being unreasonable, but after all she couldn't save face, she just stared at the Confucian scholar coldly and didn't speak.Yan Chasan gently took the girl standing beside her, and asked her: "This sister gave you a chicken leg, do you want to thank her?"

The young girl was also quite a governor, she hurriedly bowed to the woman and said, "Sister is really a kind person, I have thanked my sister."

The woman snorted coldly, looked at the Confucian scholar and said, "I'm in a good mood, so I'll let you go. You're lucky this time, don't let this girl bump into you next time!" After saying that, she sat back with a flick of her sleeves At his own table, he picked some fruit and ate a few, then got up and left.Yan Chasan also asked Yumo to get two steamed buns, and took out a few pennies, which he gave to the girl begging for food.

Confucian scholar Wangyan Chasan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, brother, for your righteous words."

Yan Chasan looked at him and waved his hands: "You don't need to thank me, it's just a small effort."

Back in the house, Yu Mo said to Yan Chasan: "My husband scared me to death today."

Yan Chasan said: "Just to say a few words of justice, what scares you?"

Yu Mo said earnestly: "It's not that my husband doesn't know who the head of the country is in that woman's mouth? At that time, the master didn't let my husband come out to be an official, wasn't it because he was afraid that he would provoke treacherous ministers like Grand Master Pang and he would end badly? How could my husband go up and fight with that man?" The woman quarreled? If the woman became angry and sued her, how could Xianggong, the county magistrate, be able to do so safely?"

Yan Chasan wondered: "I see you are so young, why are you so fussy?"

Yu Mo sighed "hey" and said, "Aren't I worried about my husband?"

Yan Chasan looked at Yu Mo and waved his hands: "I care about myself, but you don't have to worry about me."

Seeing this, Yu Mo didn't want to persuade him anymore, but turned around to light the oil lamp on the table.Yan Chasan sat down at the table, spread out a book of "Historical Records", and read it carefully.Yu Mo stood by the side, stretching out his arms from time to time to turn on the oil lamp.

At this moment, Tutu knocked on the door.Yu Mo stepped forward and opened the door a crack, but what he saw was the woman from before, with a saber hanging on her waist, standing outside the door.Seeing that it was her, Yu Mo thought to himself, what is this woman doing here?Is it possible to find trouble with my husband?

He was worried in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, he just asked politely: "Why did Miss come to see my husband?"

Before the woman answered, Yan Chasan's voice came from inside: "Yu Mo, who is here?"

The woman raised her voice and replied, "It's my lady! Miss, I have something to tell you!"

"Please come in." Yan Chasan stood up and walked to the door.The woman looked around the room before stepping into the room.

Yan Chasan asked: "I don't know what you can do for the girl?"

The woman asked straight to the point: "Your surname is Yan, and your name is checked and scattered. You are going to be the magistrate of Fengtai County?"

Yan Chasan didn't know how this woman knew her details so clearly, but since the other party asked, he could only answer: "Exactly."

Then the woman smiled and said: "My surname is Lu, Master Bao ordered me to escort Mr. Yan all the way to Fengtai County."

Before Yan Chasan left, he did receive a letter from Bao Zheng, in which he said that the journey to Fengtai County was difficult and dangerous, and he would send someone to protect Yan Chasan, but Bao Zheng neither said the name of the person who came, nor did he say who he was. What kind of appearance.When Yan Chasan saw the woman surnamed Lu, he said that he was the guard. He was a little surprised, but he didn't ask any further questions. He just cupped his hands and said, "Nvxia Lu will have to work hard on this journey."

The woman surnamed Lu said: "I live next to you, if you have something to do, just come to me."

Yan Chasan thanked her again and again.After the woman surnamed Lu finished speaking, she bid farewell to him and left.

Yan Chasan sat back at the table and read.Not long after, there was another knock on the door.Yu Mo muttered: "This one rushes to the door one by one, and will my husband be allowed to study?" No way, he had no choice but to go forward and open the door.I thought it was the woman surnamed Lu before, but what I saw was the down-and-out scholar.

Yu Mo thought to himself: What is the origin of this person?He was puzzled in his heart, but he turned his body sideways and said to him: "Are you here to find my husband? Please come in."

Yan Chasan heard the commotion outside, put down the scroll in his hand, and walked over. Seeing that it was the Confucian scholar from earlier, he was about to ask him what he was doing, but the Confucian scholar had already entered the room and made a long speech to Yan Chasan. Yidao: "Brother, but Mr. Yan from Changzhou, who went to Fengtai County to serve as magistrate?"

When Yu Mo heard this, he thought to himself, why do these two know the details of my husband so clearly?

Yan Chasan wondered: "Could it be that my dear brother was also sent by Mr. Bao to send me to Fengtai?"

After hearing what he said, the Confucian scholar asked doubtfully, "Why is there a 'ye' in Xiongtai's words? Could it be that someone said the same thing to Xiongtai before, and also claimed that he was sent by Mr. Bao?"

Yan Chasan stared at him with raised eyebrows, and said: "Since my dear brother said that he is a special envoy sent by Mr. Bao, do you have proof?"

The Confucian scholar took out a letter from his pocket, and presented it to Yan Chasan with both hands.Yan Chasan opened it up and took a look, it was indeed Bao Zheng's handwriting, and the signature also had Bao Zheng's official seal, but the letter still didn't say what kind of person came to see it off.Yan Chasan read the letter carefully, and Yu Mo saw that Yan Chasan's expression was the same, so he said to the Confucian scholar: "The girl Lu who was arguing with your husband just now also said that she came to escort my husband-in-law."

The Confucian scholar pondered: "How could such a thing happen? I have been with Master Bao for many years, and I have never seen that woman before." At the end, he said, "Master, I have doubts about my attire—don't hide it from me. , I dressed up to avoid the worries of thieves, and the road is easy, so I pretended to be a sloppy scholar. I originally went to Guixiang to find the young master, but I heard that the young master had already left. The horse rushed over to stay. I just saw the young master's appearance, and it is almost the same as the portrait Master Bao gave me, so I came to ask the young master's name."

Yan Chasan heard him explain the ins and outs clearly, and his doubts were relieved, but he still didn't dare to trust any of these two people.

Yu Mo heard it, and whispered to Yan Chasan: "The girl said that her mother is the adopted daughter of Grand Master Pang, but she didn't show the proof like this gentleman. I'm afraid she is the one who pretended."

Yan Chasan ignored Yu Mo, and only said to the Confucian scholar: "That Miss Lu lives next door, I will invite her here, so that I can teach my dear brother to distinguish the truth from the false."

On the Confucian side, he waved his hand and said: "It's not wrong, Mr. Bao really only sent me here - since that girl is fake, I don't know what she is thinking about. Don't rush to invite her, brother, just look at her." What are you going to do?"

Yan Chasan said: "If she is really a fake, if she sees my brother and shows her feet, I can teach my brother to catch her." After saying that, Wang Yumo lost his wink, and Yumo stepped forward to open the door to call for a woman surnamed Lu Come here, unexpectedly he only opened the door a crack, the woman surnamed Lu kicked the door open, there was a bang, Yu Mo staggered two steps in shock, fell backwards and fell to the ground,

The woman surnamed Lu pointed her knife at the Confucian scholar and cursed: "What a traitor! You stole my letter and came to deceive Mr. Yan. What is your intention?"

The Confucian scholar just sneered, stood with his hands behind his back, and said, "Miss, this thief is calling for a thief. I really don't understand it. If that's the case, you and I will come and confront each other!" Make a testimony with us to see which of us is true and which is false."

Yan Chasan looked left at the Confucian scholar, right at the woman surnamed Lu, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

When Yu Mo saw this, he was very suspicious, and thought: Is my husband so dumbfounded by these two, that he can laugh at such a moment?

Seeing him laughing, the woman surnamed Lu seemed very puzzled, and asked, "What are you laughing at, Mr. Yan?"

Yan Chasan shook his head while laughing and said, "You two don't have to pretend to be so incompatible, you were both sent by Mr. Bao, why bother to act like this in front of Bucai?"

The Confucian scholar asked, "Young Master Yan, what does this mean?"