Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Daiyu and Zhou Hang followed back to Sun's house, and the neighbors came out, seeing this scene, they all sighed.

"This sister-in-law Sun is too capable, even more capable than the most powerful man. But no matter how capable you are, you have to cherish yourself, son, you are here, you have to persuade her well. It doesn't matter if she is exhausted, Ling'er How old is it, who can I rely on in the future.”

Everyone talked at once.

"Sister-in-law Sun, you don't dare to do this again in the future. If you exhaust yourself, it's not because Ling'er feels sorry for you!"

"Yes, Mrs. Sun, don't dare to do this!"

"Sister-in-law Sun, we don't have much work at home. I will help you after I finish my own work."

Mrs. Sun knew that she was indeed wrong, so she didn't speak, and listened with her head down, "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" without saying a word.

Neighbors said that when Sun mentioned her benefactor, she was always respectful, and she might not listen to other people's persuasion, but it would only be useful if Daiyu and Zhou Hang persuaded her, so she asked Daiyu to persuade Sun more.Daiyu agreed one by one. After entering the door, she asked Sun why she worked so hard. Sun said that Ling'er was getting older and she wanted to prepare a dowry for her.If she wanted to marry Ling'er to a wealthy and good family, she had to have a generous dowry.When mentioning this, she sighed, saying that Ling'er had suffered so much at a young age, and that her virginity was broken by her father, she was afraid that she would be rejected by her husband's family in the future, and she didn't know what to do.

"I thought, if I can set up a family business, I can live a prosperous life. It's best not to marry out, and get a son-in-law to live. With me watching, he doesn't dare to wrong Ling'er." Sun took a breath and gritted her teeth. He bit his lip, as if he had made up his mind.

It is really rare for a widowed woman to maintain a pure heart after experiencing the sufferings and tribulations in the world, and sincerely treat a girl who is not related by blood as her own daughter.

"People know that it's good to be motivated, but don't go too far." Looking at Mrs. Sun, Daiyu raised her brows slightly and frowned, "If you just don't slack off and hurt your body, you are really stupid. "

Sun's head was lowered, her eye circles were already red, and there were crystal clear tears in her eyes, which she tried not to let fall.After a long while, she sighed slightly, and said: "I have no other way... But, what my benefactor taught me is that I was too hasty." She hugged Ling'er, showing an expression of chagrin and apology , "Ling'er, it's my mother who sorry for making you worry. Don't worry, from now on, my mother will change and never try to be brave again."

"Mother—" Ling'er hugged Sun and cried out loudly.

Although Sun fainted from exhaustion, after drinking the diluted spirit spring water, her spirit has improved a lot.But after all she had been ill for a long time and was weak, Daiyu told her to take a good rest, so she came out with Zhou Hang and sat down on the stone bench in the yard.

This is Daiyu's second visit to this small village in the eastern outskirts since she sent the Sun's mother and daughter over last time.

A few months passed, and Daiyu planned to come to see how the Sun mother and daughter were doing and whether they could adapt to the life of the Meng family.If the two get used to it well, she can rest assured that they will not disturb their peaceful life in the future.After all, the Sun family is a widowed mother living with an underage daughter, and Zhou Hang and himself have a young man in name.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived here, she first noticed the smell of blood in Sun's yard, and then Sun fainted. She needs to rest now, so it's better to ask her about other things right away.

Zhou Hang got up, walked around the yard with his hands behind his back, and stopped under a big elm tree.

Daiyu walked over, frowned and slapped her nose with her hand, "This is it, it's so fishy!"

As soon as Zhou Hang raised his hand, the fish ball jumped out of his sleeve.

Ling'er was just coming out of the house, and said in surprise: "Benefactor, it turns out that you still have a cat hidden in your sleeve!"

Zhou Hang did not say a word to express his acquiescence, otherwise what could he say, he ran out of the space?Not yet considered a monster.

As soon as the fish balls landed on the ground, they meowed for a while, in a hurry, one after another, it seemed angry and anxious, it sounded horrible and shrill, Ling'er retreated into the room, leaned out half of her body, a little frightened He said: "Benefactor, why does this cat sound so frightening?"

Zhou Hang turned his head and tried his best to show a gentle smile: "Little girl, go in first, we won't ask you to come out, so as not to scare you."

Ling'er went into the room ignorantly, the door curtain was closed, Zhou Hang touched Yuball's neck, Yuball stopped barking, and began to scratch the ground with his claws vigorously.Daiyu said, "Brother Hang, I'm afraid there is something underground."

Zhou Hang nodded, went to the utility room in the yard to find a shovel and a small shovel, and dug a while, until a black cloth bundle appeared at a depth of two feet.Daiyu reached out to take it, but Zhou Hang grabbed her hand and said, "I'll do it!"

He was afraid that if there was any danger, Daiyu would be hurt.

Daiyu's hand was held tightly by him, and she couldn't stretch it forward at all, so she had to retract it.

"Stand back." Zhou Hang said again, and he had to wait for Daiyu to step back five steps before showing reassured eyes and turning his head to focus on the black cloth bag.

"Be careful." Now it was Daiyu's turn to worry.

"I understand." Zhou Hang gave him a reassuring look, and reached out to fish out the black cloth bag from the dirt.The imagined scenes of evil Gu worms jumping out of it suddenly, ugly little monsters jumping out of it, or explosions spraying people with filth all over their bodies did not appear.Calmly, the black cloth bag was fished out, Yu Wan let out a low growl, and the whole cat pounced on it.It was very fierce, like when it was hunting, Zhou Hang threw it back into the space with his neck.

Daiyu couldn't help but covered her nose, the pungent bloody smell coming from her was too unbearable.Looking at Zhou Hang, he was still expressionless.Daiyu sighed in her heart, this is too bearable.No, she has to close her sense of smell, or she will be fumigated.

Wrapped in the black cloth was a bloody, rotting crow with its bones exposed. It stinks and is full of maggots that feed on carrion. It is very disgusting. The only thing that is still intact is the head wrapped in yellow talisman paper. department.

Such a tragic scene directly disgusted Zhou Hang, he hurriedly wrapped the black cloth and threw it back into the pit.

Ling'er screamed "Ah", and Daiyu found out that she had been lying on the crack of the door peeking the whole time.When I saw the rotten crow, I was so frightened that I couldn't bear it anymore.

Daiyu walked over, waved her hand, Ling'er was startled, her eyes glazed over, as if she had lost her soul, Daiyu said softly: "Good boy, go back to sleep, and when you wake up, you won't remember anything." gone."

Walking to Zhou Hang's side, Daiyu frowned, "I don't know what kind of sorcery it is, it must have been done after we left last time, otherwise we wouldn't have missed it last time."

Zhou Hang said: "In this yard, could it be related to the Sun family?"

Daiyu: "Let's ask her."

Of course, you can't ask directly, because it hurts your feelings and may not be able to ask the truth.Using a truth talisman is the best choice. As long as you know it, the other party will say it like a pea, and you don't remember it after you finish it. It is the most convenient and quick.Then Daiyu and Zhou Hang found out that Mrs. Sun didn't know about such filthy things buried under the big elm tree at home. This was expected, and Daiyu always believed in Mrs. Sun's character.

He also asked what strange people he had seen recently.

Mrs. Sun said that half a month ago, several Taoist priests in black robes and masks came here, and they exuded an aura of not being close to strangers, which was a little creepy.Those Taoist priests came to stay overnight, saying that they would only stay for one night, and that they would be given two meals in the morning and evening, and they would be paid ten taels of silver.At that time, Mrs. Sun was ill and almost spent all the money in the family. Thinking that this business was very cost-effective, he agreed.

Daiyu asked again, "Did they do anything unusual?"

Mrs. Sun thought for a while and said, "At the third watch, I heard some movement outside, got up to check, and found that those Taoist priests were burning something in the yard. I asked, but they refused to tell, but they rushed away fiercely." I'm leaving. I was scared at the time, and I didn't dare to ask more questions. Later, I looked out through the window, only to see that they seemed to be burning some talisman paper. I was quite puzzled at the time, why did the secret talisman paper burn out a stench? The smell. The next morning, they left, and before they left, they gave an extra five liang of silver. Anyway, everyone left, so I didn't think much about it. But since that day, I always feel that there is another trouble in the yard It smells, but I can't tell what it is. I asked Ling'er, and Ling'er said she didn't smell it, and asked others, and they all said they didn't smell it..."

Daiyu looked at Zhou Hang: "According to Mrs. Sun, those are definitely not ordinary Taoist priests. Ordinary Taoist priests practice. How could there be such a thing? Maybe it has something to do with that masked Taoist priest. It must have been doing evil that night. "

Zhou Hang nodded: "Never mind what kind of law or evil they did, let's set them on fire, so that they can't succeed."

So he went outside and burned the black cloth, and asked Sun's Taoists which direction they were going.

Sun said to go south.

After Zhou Hang returned to Beijing, he told Li Zhao to send a report to the residence along the way from the capital to the south, and when he saw these Taoists, he immediately arrested them.

On the second day, Daiyu called Li Feng's wife, and asked her to tell him that his man, Li Feng, was going to the suburbs of Beijing to buy vegetables, and told him to buy all the vegetables, especially those from the Sun's family, and give him an extra cent or two in price.After a month or two, they will go to buy food, whether it is food, dried fruits, or vegetables. Villagers, kill two birds with one stone.

One day Daiyu was doing needlework with Huier at home, when someone came to report that Prince Jing's son had come to deliver something and asked Daiyu if she wanted to see her.

Originally, at Daiyu's age, it was not suitable to meet male strangers, but this Prince Jing's son is different from others, he is Daiyu's foster brother, with this brother-sister relationship, it doesn't hurt to meet him.

Daiyu was also curious about what Li Yu came to give suddenly, so she said, "Please serve tea in the main hall, and put a screen in the hall."

The visitor agreed to leave, Daiyu changed into a half-old peach red floral dress and a double-breasted gown, brought Huier, Xueyan and four second-class maids into the main hall through the back door, did not meet each other directly, separated Dali through the red sandalwood shelf. The temple screen saluted Li Yu.Li Yu returned the gift, glanced across the screen, and saw a few graceful young girls indistinctly. He recognized Daiyu at first sight, "My sister is so polite, my father left a dozen things before he left. Instruct Brother Yu to give one to my sister every three to five months as a token of my affection."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Surely the righteous father didn't say that in the original words?"

"My younger sister is smart, and she guessed well." Li Yu smiled, "My father's original words were 'All these things from me are good, you can give Lin girl one every few months. Come back sooner or later, lest that girl forget me.'”

"The adoptive father is still so funny." Daiyu pursed her lips and blessed her body slightly, "I'd like to trouble my brother to run, my sister really feels a little sorry."

Li Yu cupped his hands: "Your sister is polite."

The two women moved the box at Li Yu's feet to Daiyu's. Daiyu opened it, and the first thing she saw was an inkstone in the shape of a phoenix nirvana. An ancient poem, with the inscription below it, is the name of a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, which is really rare; next to it is a blue and white porcelain pen holder, which is also an old object from the Tang Dynasty; there is also a red sandalwood box. An exquisite phoenix hairpin, backed by pure gold, inlaid with three round and clear pearls, extremely exquisite.

Daiyu expressed her thanks again, and stayed with Li Yu for lunch before leaving. Her original words were, "there is a very good Jiangnan cook in the house, who cooks very authentic Jiangnan dishes. My brother lived in the capital since he was a child, and has never been to Jiangnan, why don't you try Lin Fu's Jiangnan cuisine before going."

It stands to reason that Li Yu shouldn't have stayed. After he was promoted, he was busy with official duties, and it was hard for him to come to Lin's mansion. If he stayed for dinner, I'm afraid it would be a waste of time.But he somehow stayed behind.

Daiyu left early, but Li Yu was still holding the tea bowl in a daze, wondering if she would like that phoenix hairpin.

Yes, he played tricks.

Li Xu originally only had an inkstone and a pen holder, and the phoenix hairpin was added by Li Yu selfishly.Although he had lost his mind long ago, Li Yu always hoped that one or two things around Daiyu were from him.

Just as Daiyu sent Li Yu away, Zhou Hang sent someone to deliver things again.

It was Koizumi who came, and Daiyu directly ordered someone to bring him in.

Koizumi has gotten fat from eating recently, and Daiyu always teases him when she sees him: "Koizumi, what delicious food did your master give you, and you're getting fat again."

Koizumi knelt down to pay his respects: "Miss Wanfu Jinan." He raised his head and smiled, "Miss is making fun of the servant again."

Daiyu smiled: "Look, it's obvious that you've gained weight, so don't let people tell you."

Koizumi said: "Let's talk, let's talk, the girl can say whatever she wants, the slave has no complaints."

"You are so knowledgeable about current affairs, it's not easy for me to bully you." Daiyu said, looking behind Koizumi, "What did your master ask you to bring again, don't it just be food?"

Koizumi said, "It's not for food this time, the girl will definitely like it when she sees it."

Opening it up, it turned out to be a box of lonely books and paintings, and Daiyu was really overjoyed.Koizumi dog-leggedly stepped forward to hold it.He unfolded one pair of them for Daiyu to see, spit out the obedient words without thinking, and praised Zhou Hang's hard work by the way.

Daiyu was very happy, and not only rewarded him ten taels of silver, but also asked him to have lunch before leaving.

Koizumi's dining place was not in the main hall, Daiyu ordered people to entertain him in the side room of her small courtyard, which seemed even more intimate.

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Time flies, and several months have passed in a blink of an eye, and a bad news comes out from the palace—the Supreme Emperor is critically ill.

The emperor had just grasped the real power for less than a year, when news spread that the Supreme Emperor was seriously ill, the influence was very bad. There were already some unpleasant rumors in the streets and alleys of the capital, saying that the emperor had manipulated the emperor in the past few years. up.

Wave after wave of imperial physicians rushed to the emperor's palace, sending precious medicinal materials in, but the emperor became more and more ill, to the point where he was hanging by his own body.

Li Zhao said that although the northern border has been calmed down, the southwest is still very unstable. In addition, Li Chengyu and the rest of the party have not yet been arrested, and there is also an undead army of masked Taoists, and the former Princess Cangling of Rongguo is at large.The Taishang Emperor's serious illness was originally an extremely confidential matter. How did people outside know it? It was not deliberately spread by someone.It can be seen that the imperial court and the palace are not ordinary.Those restless elements are waiting for the moment when the imperial court is uneasy and the hearts of the people are in turmoil, so that they can seize the opportunity to make trouble.

Therefore, Li Zhao said: "As long as the Supreme Emperor is safe and sound, the rumors outside will be self-defeating."

After hearing this, Zhou Hang said, "It's better to use the spiritual spring water, it can cure all diseases."

Li Zhao didn't want Zhou Hang and Daiyu to leak the matter of the space and the spiritual spring water, so he vetoed it.Daiyu suggested that it is better to let a genius doctor enter the palace to treat the Supreme Emperor, and Li Zhao agreed.

Although the genius doctor didn't like to enter the palace, under Daiyu's persuasion, he still agreed.

On a crisp autumn morning, the miracle doctor drove into the palace with Prince Yi, carrying his medicine box on his back.

Unexpectedly, the diagnosis result surprised Li Zhao and Zhou Hang.

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