Qing Wu Red House

In October of the sixth year of Hongzheng.It is a metaphor for the world: Empress Sun became sick from overwork, so she sought out famous doctors from all over the world to enter the palace for treatment.For a while, Beijing and the whole country were surprised. There was no news that the queen was seriously ill. When she went to Fahua Temple to offer incense early last year, she was still in high spirits.

When the Rongguo Mansion got the news, the fragments on Baoyu's feet had been taken out and wrapped in thick cotton cloth.Since the imperial physicians gathered around the queen, they invited a doctor they knew well to prescribe two medicines to recuperate quietly.

Within two days, there was news that Grandma Rong was seriously ill again from the Ningguo Mansion, and she couldn't find a familiar imperial doctor for a while.On the recommendation of Feng Ziying, the son of Shenwu General Feng Tang, a scholar-doctor Zhang You was invited to treat Grandma Rong's illness. He only said that it was delayed by the previous doctors and left a prescription for careful recuperation.After further questioning, it is irrelevant to say that this winter is irrelevant. It is always after the vernal equinox that you can expect to recover.

People in both Ningrong and Rongfu were worried about Grandma Rong's illness, and Daiyu couldn't pretend that she never knew about it, so she deliberately found some medicinal materials, added some clothes and jewelry, and sent Nanny Song and Zijuan to her. , to express condolences.

Grandma Rong's condition has not improved, and Empress Sun in the palace seems to be inappropriate.Within a few days, rumors spread in the palace that Concubine De was made a noble concubine, and that she and Concubine Wu took pictures of the Six Palaces together.

As soon as such news came, Mother Jia couldn't stand it anymore. Obviously, Queen Sun's illness must change a lot, so wouldn't Yuanchun also have a chance to rise to the top.Mother Jia thought and thought, and then ordered someone to call Mrs. Wang, and the two discussed the regulations in detail.On the second day, Mother Jia took out 5000 taels of private money and sent it to Mrs. Wang.It's just that for some reason, within a few days, Jia Zheng sent the money back. Those who had such good deeds wanted to see if Mrs. Wang was unwilling, but Mrs. Wang didn't show any strangeness.

Apparently, although the people in Rongguo Mansion had some ideas, they didn't make a big fuss about Empress Sun's condition being unknown.But some people can't sit still, the biggest representative of which is Queen Sun's natal family.

At this time, Taishi Sun was sitting in the main hall, listening to Sun Xuewu's talk about the martial arts contest he had agreed with Lin Haorui that day. Talk about these things no more.Today, Taishi Sun went out to meet friends, and occasionally he was very angry when he heard about it.Immediately after returning home, Sun Xuewu was called to ask him to explain what happened that day carefully.

Mrs. Taishi is also an old lady who protects her grandson in every possible way, especially Sun Xuewu who won the first place in this year's martial arts in the capital, which made her very fond of it.Seeing the angry look of his master, he hurriedly called the eldest son and second son back, so as to persuade them.

So Sun Xuewu was honored to recount the events of that day in front of the whole family.After Grand Master Sun heard about it, he didn't fly into a rage as Mrs. Grand Master imagined, but asked Sun Xuemin in detail: "According to Xuemin, how is Lin Haorui's skill?"

Sun Xuemin thought for a while, and then returned cautiously: "If you go back to your grandfather, according to your grandson, Lin Haorui's skill should be a little weaker than the other young man. If the fourth brother responds, there should be a [-]% chance of winning."

"Then the other young man is also the apprentice of Zen Master Huijing?" Grand Master Sun still asked in a deep voice, as if he was thinking about something.

"Yes, after I came back that day, my grandson sent someone to investigate. The boy's name was Chu Tianyou. He worshiped Zen Master Huijing when he was five years old. It should be regarded as the teaching of Zen Master Huijing himself. The only disciple. This Chu Tianyou, this year is the head of the Jinling Mansion, Xie Yuan!" Sun Xuemin said calmly.

"Oh? Not martial arts?" asked Sun Borong, the eldest son of Grand Master Sun and the father of Sun Xuemin.

Sun Xuemin hurriedly said: "Back to my father, it's the imperial examination. It is said that I worshiped under the name of Mrs. Chen Ruicheng in Xuezitang. My son also heard that Lin Haorui was also No. 7 in the Jinling Mansion Children's Examination. He missed it only because he was in the filial piety period." This Keqiu Wei."

Sun Borong nodded, and looked at Grand Master Sun: "What orders does father have?" Grand Master Sun didn't answer, but asked his two sons, "Boss and second, what do you think about the Queen's serious illness this time?"

Sun Borong glanced at his younger brother Sun Boming, and then slowly replied: "In my son's opinion, I'm afraid it's not easy."

Sun Boming agreed: "I agree with elder brother's opinion. Two days ago, I had someone send some items to my aunt, and I wanted to ask my aunt for advice. But there was no movement from my aunt, and my son felt that something was wrong. .”

Grand Master Sun snorted coldly, and said a little angrily: "The current emperor can give your sister six years of glory, which is far beyond my expectation. However, it is still very early to completely destroy our Sun family."

Mrs. Tai Shi hurriedly said in a low voice: "Master, please be careful with your words!"

"Our Sun family has reached such a point, why not say anything. The Supreme Emperor passed the throne to this one in a moment of confusion. If that day..." This time it was Sun Borong who interrupted Grand Master Sun: "Father!"

Grand Master Sun sighed: "Oh, is there any movement from the First Prince and the Second Prince?"

"They are all in the Changning Palace to serve the sick, and they have never left the palace, and there is no news!" Sun Boming replied: "A few days ago, the second girl asked to enter the palace to serve the sick, but the Holy Majesty refused, saying that she was afraid that my sister would see her." The family is even more sad."

"The Holy Majesty has made up his mind to target our Sun family. The Supreme Emperor is still alive, yet he dares to be so rampant!" Grand Master Sun threw a cup angrily.Tilting his head to see Sun Xuewu at the side, his eyes narrowed slightly again.

Sun Xuewu couldn't help feeling a little uneasy when his grandfather looked at him like this.Grand Master Sun said angrily: "Tell me, why did you want to compete with that Lin family boy without explaining it? Did you have any festivals before? I think you really think that our Sun family's wife is peaceful."

"Grandson doesn't dare!" Sun Xuewu knelt down when Grandmaster Sun became angry, "Grandson didn't think twice, he was impulsive!"

"What are you impulsive about?" Taishi Sun said angrily.

Sun Xuewu knelt on the ground, glanced at his grandfather, then at his father, hesitating.Sun Taishi became even angrier when he saw it: "Quickly tell me, who will you show this ghostly look to?" Sun Xuewu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The grandson met the girl from the Zhao family a few days ago and liked it very much. I want my mother to show it to my grandson." My son proposed marriage. Who would have thought that the Zhao family revealed that they already had someone they liked, and they were unwilling to marry our Sun family. When my grandson got angry, he sent someone to inquire about it..."

Although Sun Xuewu didn't continue talking, he still made Grand Master Sun very angry: "Look at your achievements, you are really embarrassing to the ancestors of the Sun family. Go to the ancestral hall and kneel for two hours by yourself." Sun Xuewu had no choice but to feel wronged. The answer: "Yes!"

As soon as Sun Xuewu pushed open the door of the main hall, he saw Taishi Sun's staff walking around in the yard, and couldn't help shouting: "Mr. Zheng." When Mr. Zheng saw Sun Xuewu, he hurriedly said: "Please let the fourth young master give it to you." The Grand Master will inform you that the students have important matters to discuss." Grand Master Sun had already heard the movement and asked his eldest son to come out to greet him in person.Then Mr. Zheng was not polite, and came quickly with a copy of the imperial court report: "Teacher, Changzhou and Dezhou were hit by disasters." Grand Master Sun took the residence report and asked suspiciously: "What kind of disaster did you suffer at this time of year?" ?”

"Snow disaster!" Mr. Zheng said slowly.

"Snow disaster?" Grand Master Sun was even more suspicious.

At this time, Sun Xuebin, the eldest son of Sun Boming, said quickly: "Go back to grandfather, this is the opportunity for our Sun family!"

October of the sixth year of Hong Zhen was indeed an eventful year.First, it was reported that Empress Sun was seriously ill, and then it was reported that there was a snowstorm in the south.The queen is seriously ill and doesn't care about it. There is a sudden snowstorm in the south, but it is a vision.I don't know when, there was a saying among the folks that there was a grievance when it snowed from the sky. For a while, the rebels from all over the place, under the banner of avenging the people and eliminating corrupt officials, burned, killed, looted and committed crimes everywhere.

For this reason, Emperor Hongzhen was very restless. In addition to sending people to relieve the disaster, he also wanted to suppress the rebels everywhere.For a while, roars often came from the court hall, officials big and small were submissive, for fear of offending the real dragon emperor.

At this moment, a arena was quietly set up on the street outside Shangjing City God's Temple.Just when the common people were wondering, Sun Taishi, the cousin of the Taishanghuang, the mentor of Emperor Hongzhen, and the biological father of the current empress, delivered a speech in person.The general idea is that when the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible.As in-laws of the royal family, the Sun family cannot sit still before such a catastrophe.However, in line with the principle of not causing trouble for the Holy One, the Grand Master Sun's Mansion joined forces with Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, Zhen Guo Gong Mansion, and Li Guo Gong Mansion to hold a martial arts competition outside the Town God's Temple.

The rules of the contest are as follows: whether it is a knight-errant, a trafficker, or a military general, as long as he wins the challenge on the stage and wins the fourth young master of the Sun family, Sun Xuewu, he will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.Of course, a challenge fee of [-] coppers was required to take part in the stage challenge.In addition, all common people can participate in the on-site guessing activities. The day before each contest, Taishi Sun’s Mansion will release the contest information, and the contest will be given at the price of ten copper coins, one hundred copper coins, one thousand copper coins, five taels of silver, or ten taels of silver. These five levels of expenses insure the challenger.

If the challenger fails, then the funds will be used as funds to raise food for the people in the south and sent to the disaster relief office.If the challenger wins, Sun Taishi's Office will return double the insured amount, and Sun Taishi's Office will pay the same amount to the disaster relief department.

In addition, Sun Taishi's residence also stated that in order to ensure fairness and openness.Sun Taishi's mansion also specially appointed a local great Confucianism to act as a supervisor, and clearly stated all the insurances on the field.The general public is also invited to supervise.

This move by Sun Taishi's mansion immediately caused a whirlwind in Shangjing. Before the martial arts competition started, many small officials who depended on Sun Taishi's mansion to survive have already offered silver taels, demanding to bear the risk together.And those who were not optimistic, all stared wide-eyed and waited for the palace's reaction to this matter.What's more, the troublesome one carefully calculated an account for Sun Taishi's residence, and found that no matter what, this move by Sun Taishi's residence would definitely pay off.

But the common people are much simpler. Seeing that the first person who came to challenge Sun Xuewu was the No. 2 move in the martial arts exam, the one who was brave enough invested 10 copper coins for insurance.Unexpectedly, Sun Xuewu lost in the martial arts competition the next day.Seeing those policyholders excitedly taking away the double money, the common people couldn't help but shine.

After two consecutive matches, there was finally some movement in the palace.Emperor Hong Zhen decreed that Sun Xueyun, the eldest granddaughter of Sun Taishi, would enter the palace to serve the sick and accompany Empress Sun.He also said that Sun Taishi is for the country and the people, for the loyalty of a generation, and a special reward of 1000 taels of gold.

For a while, the martial arts arena became more lively. There was that passionate young man who voluntarily participated in the disaster relief charity performance, and together with Sun Xuewu, he met the challenges of the vast number of warriors.As a result, in Beijing in October, if you don't talk about the martial arts arena in Sun Taishi's mansion, you will be ignorant.And the noble ladies of the family who had daughters to marry all secretly went to the Chenghuang Temple to watch the martial arts competition, and secretly wrote down the young and promising Fourth Young Master of the Sun family.

And Teng Man, who lived with Daiyu in the Rongguo Mansion, after hearing what Lin Haorui had said, spewed out another mouthful of water, and did not recover for a while...

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