The weather is hot, and the business in the tea shop is not bad. Zhou Tong found a seat on the side, wiped the seat clean with the rag he brought, and let Zhuang solemnly sit down. The teacups and kettles he used were all brought by him. The food in the teahouses near the capital is also more abundant. In addition to the staple food for filling the stomach, there are also thirst-quenching sour plum soup and some common fruits.
Zhou Tong laughed and said: "We can go straight to the capital this time, and we can arrive at the Hou's mansion when you are close to You, just in time for dinner."
Zhuang nodded, feeling uneasy about the unfamiliar environment. During this journey, Zhou Tong told him about the situation in the mansion. There were not many people in Wen Yuanhou's mansion, but the dispute in the inner house was very fierce. Mrs. Hou's move is quite similar to Queen Wang recalling Wu Meiniang from the temple in order to fight Concubine Xiao Shu. It will definitely not be like what Zhou Tong said, that he does not want the blood of the Zhuang family to flow to the people, and the family should be together.
Zhuang Zhong's eyes darkened. Nine out of ten of his previous murders were at the hands of Mrs. Hou or Aunt Yin. Those people pretended to be disaster victims and killed him by stealing food. If You Yuanjue hadn't blocked the knife for him, he would have died by now. And just when he was about to be assassinated, Zhou Tong and his party descended from the sky to rescue him, the timing was as coincidental as acting in a TV series.
Along the way, Zhou Tong always guided him overtly and secretly, asking him to treat Aunt Yin as an enemy and Mrs. Hou as a backer, which made Zhuang Zhong even more suspicious. Those killers might be sent by Aunt Yin in fear that he would take away her son's title, or Madam Hou deliberately did it to win over him, and of course, it might be a third person. To find out, Zhuang Zhong must go to Beijing.
"Get out of the way! I want to go home!" A woman's voice came, interrupting the solemn train of thought.
"You can't go back!" A man stopped him, his tone full of helplessness and anxiety.
A man and a woman appear on the official road to entangle and attract the attention of passers-by. Although Dayou is quite open, he also pays attention to the differences between men and women. This woman is not a woman, and the two of them are not husband and wife. This kind of behavior makes people frown.
"In broad daylight, how decent is a man and a woman arguing!" A passer-by who was slightly older couldn't see it and angrily scolded.
The man blushed when he heard this, and retreated three feet away from the woman at a loss. But when he saw the woman wanted to pass him, he hurried forward to stop him.
"Cousin, you really can't go back!" The man looked distressed, he wanted to stop him but didn't dare, he was in a hurry.
The little lady wiped her tears and cried: "Cousin, let me go back. If I don't go back to my house, my family will be ruined. I can't let my brother be destroyed because of me. He is the only blood of our Wang family!"
The man's face was full of confusion, and he kept persuading: "If you go back, your life will be ruined. Auntie asked me to watch you, and I can't let you go back no matter what."
With tears in her eyes, the little lady gritted her teeth, and said with a firm face: "If I can exchange my brother's life, I'm willing to die. If something happens to my brother, I will be ashamed to live!"
The man was in a dilemma, he didn't know what to do, he stood there anxiously.
After a while, everyone understood. Although they thought it was indecent to argue between the two, they also felt that it was justifiable. Some people couldn't help asking what happened, and the words revealed that something serious happened to the little lady's family.
The owner of the tea shop couldn't help but sighed when he saw the two people. The owner of the tea shop is also from the nearby village, so he also knows about the nearby affairs. This woman is the daughter of the Wang family in Taoyuan Village. She was raised by a widowed mother and has a twelve-year-old brother. Although the family is poor, life is not bad. Mrs. Wang is handsome, hardworking and capable. Just after she passed Jiji, the matchmaker will step on the threshold.
But it happened at this time that something happened. It turned out that there was a Zhang Dalang in Taoyuan Village, who somehow got into a fight with Wang's Xiaolang. The Zhang family brought Zhang Dalang over the next day. The good guy was covered in injuries and was horrific. He lay on the shelf and couldn't move.
The Zhang family asked the Wang family to compensate and demanded a hundred dollars. How could the Wang family have so much money? The Zhang family said that if they had no money to pay, they would marry Mrs. Wang. After Zhang Dalang was injured like this, he must not be able to marry a wife, so he asked Mrs. Wang to marry him to make up for it. The corresponding dowry must also be attached, and the dowry will be disposed of by the Zhang family. If it is not enough, it will be returned year by year.
Where is the Wang family willing, Zhang Dalang looks so shabby that people can't eat, and he is still a lame man. That's all, he's still an idler, stealthy guy, he can eat, drink, prostitute, and gamble, and no one wants to marry him in his 30s, he's a famous bachelor. And the rest of the Zhang family are not good at anything, they are picky, greedy and lazy. People here say that only those whose brains are trapped by the door will marry with this family.
"Wait, did Xiaolang of the Wang family learn martial arts or was he born with supernatural power? But he was only twelve years old and could beat a big man so miserably?" someone in the crowd wondered.
The owner of the tea shop was also quite puzzled, "How can it be, he is just an ordinary farm boy. Maybe Zhang Dalang was emptied by wine and limped, so he was vulnerable. Many people saw Wang's Xiaolang using The stick hit Zhang Dalang fiercely, so the Wang family couldn't blame him."
"Isn't it because I hurt myself and deliberately blackmailed me?"
The owner of the tea shop scratched his head, "Probably not, the injury was serious, and there was no good flesh in his body. If he was injured, it would be too cruel, right? That Zhang Dalang doesn't seem like a man who can stand it. Moreover, in Taoyuan Village, each household is next to each other, if they were beaten so hard, there would definitely be noises, and the neighbors didn't hear anything."
The man on the road couldn't hold back Mrs. Wang in the end, and the two walked to Taoyuan Village together. Lady Wang looked sad, as if rushing to the execution ground. Going back like this is bound to jump into the fire pit. But if he doesn't go back, his younger brother will definitely face a lawsuit, and his life will be ruined.
Seeing this, everyone in the tea shop admired Mrs. Wang. It is both admirable and distressing that such a loving woman will fall into the tiger's mouth. The original seven-point color is now very clear, and some people even offered money, but Mrs. Wang declined. In this way, it is even more admirable to look at, and think that Mrs. Wang is righteous.
"Benefactor Zhou, are we going to pass by Taoyuan Village later?"
"Young master, are you going to take care of this matter?" Zhou Tong rolled his eyes, "Although a hundred coins is a lot, it is nothing to Madam. If you, young master..."
Solemnly waved his hand, "Monks do good deeds without staining money, let's go and see."
Zhou Tong curled his lips, and muttered to himself, "I don't have money to care about my business, do I still want to chant scriptures and Buddha to influence that Dalang?"
Zhuang Zhong and his party rode horses and carriages and arrived at Taoyuan Village earlier than Mrs. Wang. Once you enter Taoyuan Village, you don't even need to ask where the Wang family lives. At this time, the Wang family is busy, and the villagers are all around the Wang family.
When Zhuang Zhong got off the carriage, he had changed back to the clothes he used to wear when he was a monk. Zhou Tong's eyelids twitched when he saw it. All the lobbying along the way was in vain, this kid is still thinking about becoming a monk.
"Your Wang family won't give you a way out, you just want to fool my Dalang like this! Ah bah! Let me tell you, this matter is endless. If you don't explain it to us, we will see you in court! It really is a child without a father My son is wild, and at such a young age, he attacked so viciously that he almost killed my Dalang, and it must be a big disaster in the future!" Zhang Mu put her hips on her hips, pointing at the Queen Mother's nose and yelling, her saliva was as thick as a shower Spray it on the queen mother's head.
The Queen Mother is a petite woman, wiping her tears at this moment and dare not make a sound. He hugged the excited Wang family Xiaolang tightly, for fear of causing any trouble again. Wang's Xiaolang's eyes were red, and he kept staring at Zhang's mother who spoke rudely. He obviously didn't hit Zhang Dalang very much that day, so how could he be injured so badly? If he had this strength, he wouldn't have made his mother and sister work so hard all these years.
And Zhang Dalang was opening his clothes, the injuries on his body were clearly visible, it was indeed extremely miserable. The whole person was lying on the shelf like a gossamer, looking half dead. Although the people present also felt that the Zhang family was too aggressive, but seeing Zhang Dalang's appearance, it was hard to say anything, so they could only persuade the Zhang family not to be too aggressive, so that the Wang family would have no way out. They are all from the folks in the village, so don't make things too extreme.
Zhang's mother consciously took advantage of it, ignored other people at all, and even dragged the village chief to explain.
"Village chief, you can't ignore this matter. How will our Dalang work in the future? How will he marry a wife? If you beat someone, you have to pay. This is the law of the king. What did I do wrong? Look at their family If I don’t have any money, I will take a step back and let their daughter come to my house to enjoy the blessings, which is already benevolent enough, how did the Wang family treat us? They hid their daughter, and they don’t want to pay money, there is no such unreasonable thing in this world!”
When the village head saw Zhang Dalang's appearance, he couldn't help but sighed, "There must be a regulation for this matter, but your conditions are too harsh. This is forcing the Wang family to a dead end."
Zhang's mother snorted coldly, "It's not that I forced them to a dead end, they have to be responsible for what they did. If this is reported to the Yamen, it will cost dozens of boards, and half of their lives will be lost. Still going to jail and exile..."
"I'd rather go to jail than let my sister marry me! One person does the work and the other person is responsible, so let the yamen servants take me away." The young man of the Wang family howled.
Zhang's mother raised her eyebrows, "Okay, if you go to the yamen, then go to the yamen. Then you will have to sit in jail, and you will still have to pay the money, and your sister will still marry me obediently!"
The village chief didn't know this reason, so he always hoped that he could do it privately, so as not to cause trouble to the Wang family, let alone to please the Wang family. He also inspected the injury and washed it with water, but it couldn't be washed off at all, so it was not a fake injury.
"Amitabha, slandering and lying to harm people will be thrown into the hell of pulling out the tongue after death. The little devil will open the mouth of the person, clamp the tongue with iron pliers, pull it out slowly, and then go to the hell of scissors and the hell of iron trees. "
The clear voice uttered terrible words, and the noisy voice stopped immediately. Everyone was taken aback, and looked at the handsome little monk who was only in his teens.
Although Zhang's mother saw that Zhuang Zhong hated it, she didn't dare to be too unreasonable. Although Dayou didn't pay attention to Buddhism as much as the previous dynasty, but the people were always quite afraid of gods and Buddhas, and her voice was a little weaker, "You little monk, what are you talking about?" Don't talk nonsense."
With a serious face, he folded his hands and closed his eyes, looking like an eminent monk, "Monks don't tell lies."
If an elderly monk said these words, some people might still be convinced, and maybe a few words of flickering would solve the Wang family's problem. But the solemnity is too young, and the prestige is not enough.
However, the village head attached great importance to it. He always felt that there was something strange about it, but he couldn't explain why. Although he sympathizes with the Wang family and hates the Zhang family, but as the head of a village, he can't be biased. Now a little monk suddenly appeared, and hope could not help but ignite in his heart, "Little master thinks this injury is fake? Do you have evidence?"