Cai Guogong was extremely filial, and he was deeply in love with his wife, the flounder. Lin Dan cursed all three of them in one sentence, and his words were extremely vicious. The more he thought about it, the more angry Cai Guogong became. He went to Yongxin Hou's mansion that night. He also said that the lord was very taboo about these things, and advised him to be cautious in his words and deeds.
Cai Guogong originally had good intentions, but he did not expect that Yongxin Hou not only did not appreciate it, but also had a dispute with him in order to protect Lin Dan.
Cai Guogong was so mad at Yongxinhou that he pointed at his nose and scolded him for being an idiot. He was bewitched and used by a demon without knowing it.
Marquis Yongxin was also violent, he squeezed his fingers and almost broke his hand bones.
The two of them both drank a few pots of white wine, and the smell of alcohol became more and more violent, and the friendship between the two families was cut off.
Cai Guogong left angrily, and when he got home, he immediately summoned the eldest lady and ordered her not to communicate with Mrs. Yongxinhou in the future. The eldest lady lowered her head the whole time, not daring to speak, her body was shaking like a sieve, and her appearance was very abnormal. It's a pity that Duke Cai was so dizzy that he didn't notice the difference.
The news that the Cai and Liu families fell out because of a Taoist priest quickly spread in the capital, along with the Taoist priest's comments. Thanks too. The ancestral emperor was bewitched by the demon and became dazed, and even almost lost his country, so the officials of the next two dynasties, including the royal clan, did not like the Taoist priests favorably.
Some people believed Lin Dan's remarks, but most people scoffed, and secretly laughed at the ignorance of Marquis Yongxin. So from this day onwards, the number of honors and honors willing to communicate with the Yongxinhou Mansion has been greatly reduced, and their family has become a joke.
"One of the old lady and the lady of the country must die. Why? This is too evil, I don't believe it." The little emperor shook his head repeatedly.
Prince Jin, who was sitting opposite him, also lowered his eyes and pondered. After a while, he said: "Lady Lin is definitely not a person who is lying. She naturally has her reasons for saying this. Let's take a look."
"Uncle Huang, since you met Mrs. Lin, your catchphrase has almost changed to 'Look again'." The little emperor couldn't help but laugh.
When Prince Jin thought about it, he couldn't help but chuckle. However, he really likes the feeling of standing aside and paying attention to Lin Dan quietly. Her every move, every word and deed is like a Zen poem, profound and incomprehensible, yet fascinating.
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Xu Zuguang had just finished a banquet, and it was already evening when he returned home. Even if he has a powerful father-in-law, but because his wife is only a prostitute, he can not get much benefit from the Wan family. In the officialdom, if you want to be promoted as soon as possible, connections and money are indispensable resources. The help that Wan Yushi can give him has reached its peak. If he wants more, he must show a certain ability or value.
But if Xu Zuguang was really capable, how could he rely on one woman after another to climb up? Therefore, Wan Yushi is not optimistic about him, and he is not ready to support him with all his heart, as long as he can honestly do his duty and be good to his daughter. In this way, Xu Zuguang had to clear the way with rich money. As long as he has money, he can naturally get through the above relationship.
In the last life, the original owner continuously delivered silver taels for him in order to make up for him, and finally gave him a foothold in the army. He has tasted the sweetness, and he will only value silver coins more in this life than in the previous life. He firmly remembered the most profitable properties of the original owner, and began to manage it according to the trajectory of his previous life.
He spent a lot of money to buy a few shops that did not belong to his family, and also spent a lot of money to hire those pastry chefs, perfumers, embroiderers, etc. who had made countless silver taels for the original owner. But for some reason, these people are holding high monthly money that others can't imagine in their entire lives, but the finished products they make are only slightly better than ordinary goods, and they are not as shocking as they were in their previous lives.
Today, the properties that Xu Zuguang bought are losing money every day, sometimes 30 or 40 taels, and sometimes 1,200 taels, so that his not very rich family property was quickly emptied. Seeing that the family was about to make ends meet, he never thought of giving up. It always takes time to develop new products, perhaps because the time has not come, the inspiration has not come, and then wait, what if after a few days, those masters and craftsmen will be enlightened
With such a fantasy, Xu Zuguang could only grit his teeth and take out money, even borrowing money to get by. He also really wanted to use Wan Xiu'er's dowry, but Wan Xiu'er took the key of the warehouse very seriously, and he had no chance at all.
In such anxiety, he walked into the house disoriented, only to see Wan Xiu'er sitting in the main hall with a bowl of hot tea, the gorgeous robes on her body had not been changed, as if she had just returned from outside.
"Going out today?" Xu Zuguang hurriedly put on a smile.
"Yeah, I went to my aunt's house and heard a strange thing..." Wan Xiu'er told the story of Lin Dan's curse on Cai Guogong's mansion, and sneered, "I don't know where the magic stick came from. It's still too big, not only cursed the old lady Cai and the eldest lady, but also implied that the young master Cai was a disaster star, and suddenly lifted Cai Guogong's three reverse scales, causing Cai Guogong to break with Yongxin Hou, who introduced the magic stick. You Tell me how that Taoist priest will die in the future? If I were Cai Guogong, I would definitely order someone to step down her Taoist temple and tear her bones apart!"
Xu Zuguang sent people to stare at Lin Dan every day, and he naturally knew that she had bought the Xuanqing Temple. After hearing this, his extremely unhappy mood miraculously improved. He has been looking for opportunities to attack Lin Dan, but there are too many nobles coming and going on Nam Dou Mountain. In recent days, Prince Jin has been living at the foot of the mountain every day. How could he dare to cause trouble there
Prince Jin has always been cautious, and the little emperor attaches great importance to his safety. Whenever there is any trouble in Nandou Mountain, they must investigate it to the end. Therefore, Lin Dan and the three were clearly lonely and helpless, and he didn't dare to touch them. He also thought about buying the three Taoist priests, but they were all rejected. The frustration in his heart was indescribable in words.
Lin Dan was a poisonous thorn stuck in Xu Zuguang's heart, and he couldn't pull it out. Now, for some reason, she has climbed the Yongxin Hou Mansion, which has become more and more worrying for Xu Zuguang. But now it's alright, she offended Cai Guogong, and with Cai Guogong's stubborn temper, she will definitely suffer in the future. When she lost her backing and was kicked out of Nam Doosan, it was the best time to start.
Thinking of this, Xu Zuguang felt much more comfortable. He was about to gather the servants to set up the meal, but when he saw the butler running into the main hall sweating profusely, he seemed to have something to say. With a flattering smile, he secretly winked at the master.
Xu Zuguang's heart sank, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, but he didn't dare to ask in front of his wife, so he could only hold it down. But not wanting to wait for a while, Wan Xiu'er's nanny walked in, first glared at Xu Zuguang fiercely, and then said a few words in the ear of the master.
The family name is Xu on the face, but in fact every plant, tree, brick and tile are the dowry that Wan family accompanies to Wan Xiuer. She is the real owner of the family, so she can do whatever she wants without giving her husband any face. She threw the tea bowl in her hand to the ground and said, "Bring those two bastards in!"
Xu Zuguang looked at the housekeeper, who shrank his neck and whispered, "The eldest young master and the eldest young lady are here."
"They're a fart eldest young master and eldest miss!"
As soon as Xu Weibai and Xu Yuling walked into the main hall, they heard Wan Xiuer sneering in a sharp voice, and without even looking at them, they just stared at Xu Zuguang and said sternly: "Okay Xu Zuguang, since you have a wife and son , why did you lie to me that you were never married? My daughter from the Wanyu Shifu is already very wronged to give you such a poor family. You even gave me a divorce and remarry, and now I even have children. It's so old, where did you put the child in my stomach! I'll go home and ask my daddy to judge, you wait for me!" He turned around and left.
Xu Zuguang was so frightened that his face turned pale, he hurriedly stepped forward to hug her, and ordered the housekeeper to take Xu Weibai and Xu Yuling to the side yard to be locked up.
Xu Weibai didn't speak with a sullen face, but Xu Yuling said in disbelief, "How could Xiuer's mother not recognize us? Dad clearly said that he would put us in her name."
Two strong old women stepped forward, held her arms to prevent her from escaping, and sneered: "Remember it in the name of the madam? What are you doing? The madam is pregnant now, and she can give birth to herself. Di son and daughter, why do you recognize you two wild species?"
While struggling, Xu Yuling scolded the two wives angrily, unaware of what the situation was now, but Xu Weibai seemed to have figured out something, and her face instantly turned pale. They were placed in a yard on the outskirts of the city by Xu Zuguang, and they were guarded by their family members and could not go out. They waited for a month or two, but they never returned to Xu's house in an open and honest way.
Seeing that the day of the imperial examination is getting closer and closer, and his father neither sent him to study at the Guozijian nor arranged for someone to prepare the documents for the examination for himself, Xu Weibai was in a hurry. He was locked up again, and the servants scolded wildly one by one, and he never received the preferential treatment he imagined.
Xu Yuling was very excited and couldn't think so much, but Xu Weibai shuddered and her complexion changed dramatically.
The two of them were locked in a simple wing room with no snacks and tea to serve. Instead, they were watched by a few housekeepers, the door was locked from the outside, and the windows were also sealed. No escape from the wings. Xu Yuling has calmed down now, looked at her brother, and whispered: "Brother, why is Xiu'er mother different from her previous life? I remember that she is the most kind, even ants are reluctant to step on it, how can this happen? Treat us? Something must have gone wrong."
Xu Weibai lowered her eyes and pondered, as if she hadn't heard her words. After a long time, she sneered and laughed at herself: "The most kind? Yuling, don't you understand? This life is completely different from the previous one. We have gone the wrong way. One step at a time!"
"Brother, what are you talking about?" Xu Yuling still didn't understand, Xu Zuguang opened the door lock and walked in angrily. He slapped his daughter and son severely, knocking them out of the way.
"Dad, you hit me?" Xu Yuling looked at Xu Zuguang in disbelief, but Xu Weibai licked the blood on the corner of her mouth, revealing a sarcastic smile.
"It's you two bastards! Didn't I tell you to stay in another courtyard? What are you doing here? Do you know that Xiu'er was almost mad at you just now. Give birth!"
Xu Yuling did not respond to these words, but Xu Weibai's eyes lit up slightly.
"I will send you back to Tanzhou now, and you will never come back in the future! Remember, I, Xu Zuguang, have never been married to Lin Dan, and have never had any children. You are the children of the fourth uncle, named Xu Cuihua and Xu Dafu. As long as you stay in your hometown honestly, I will give you money regularly to support you."
"Father, are you going to send us away? Didn't you say you would bring us back to live with you?" Before Xu Yuling could figure out the situation, Xu Weibai was shocked and almost collapsed.
Xu Zuguang sighed and said, "I suddenly have two sons and daughters. Can anyone who cares look at it and not check it? If I find something, I will be exiled like in my previous life, and you are still after the offenders. So, if If you want to live a good life, just stay with me in your hometown, don't make trouble, I will take you back in a few years in the name of raising your cousin orphan. I know that you are all filial and good children, and I certainly can't bear to watch Should I be arrested by the government again? As long as we help each other and support each other, good days will come."
Xu Yuling clearly felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say anything to refute it. She couldn't just watch her father suffer again in her previous life.
Xu Weibai lowered his head and remained silent, half of his face hidden in the shadows.
Xu Zuguang continued: "Your fourth uncle is already dead, and his sons and daughters don't know where they were washed by the flood. Eight times out of ten, nine of them will not survive. You have replaced their identities. When you go back, you must be careful. There are traces."
Xu Weibai didn't speak until now: "No matter how careful we are, my mother is so famous in my hometown, and others will recognize us."
"Nothing, I will send you to a more remote place, and I will change your household registration for you. Don't worry, I have sent someone back to your hometown to take care of it. As long as you are careful and don't contact outsiders, no one will be involved in this matter. I know. Now I'm just a sixth-rank official, how can I dare to offend the Wan family? After a few years, when I'm promoted, I'll take you back and take them as adopted sons and daughters, and our family is still neat and tidy."
These words frightened Xu Yuling, but not Xu Weibai, but he didn't dare to show any strangeness at all, so he could only force a smile and nod his head.
Xu Zuguang had long known that these two were easy to manipulate, and left without thinking much. The housekeeper immediately closed the door and locked it again.
Hearing the clink of the chain hitting the door bolt, Xu Weibai shook his head and laughed softly, then his eyes turned red, and a monstrous regret burst out from his pupils.
"Yuling, we were both blinded by Xu Zuguang and Wan Xiu'er in our last life. We are probably the dumbest people in the world, you know?" He gritted his teeth and said word by word.
Xu Yuling looked at him puzzled.
He added: "Do you know what kind of path Xu Zuguang chose for us? He put our household registration under the name of our fourth uncle. From now on, you will be a village woman, and I will be an illiterate farmer. My fame is gone, I can't participate in the imperial examinations, and I can't enter the office. If Xu Zuguang wants to climb to a position where he can compete with Wan Yushi, it will take more than ten or twenty years. Think about it, what will we be? What does it look like? We were trapped in a remote small mountain village by him, and we do not communicate with outsiders. What is the use of having more money? When he thinks of us, you may have already married a local poor family and made a living all day long I was worried, but I married a peasant woman, turned my back to the loess and faced the sky, and this life was wasted like this!"
Xu Yuling finally showed a look of horror.
Xu Weibai smiled miserably and said, "Do you remember what our situation was at this time in your last life? Although Xu Zuguang was exiled, we are the upright sons and daughters of the Xu family, and all servants have to look at our faces and act. I don’t dare to be disobedient at all. We can go wherever we want, and we have never been imprisoned and free; we can have whatever we want, and we have never been treated harshly. I entered the Hanshan Academy, the most famous of the dynasty, and made many friends. Later, I participated in the scientific examination. , became the youngest scholar and became famous in one fell swoop. And you have endless brocade clothes and jade food and silk and satin. Do you remember?"
Xu Yuling was stunned by what he said. After a long time, she lowered her head, looked at the coarse cloth on her body, and shed two lines of tears. She remembered that at this time in her previous life, although they were criminals, apart from being criticized occasionally, they had never suffered the slightest grievance...
Xu Weibai gritted his teeth and said, "Have you not figured it out yet? The biggest difference between my previous life and this one is that Wan Xiu'er still occupies the position of the principal wife, and she is pregnant with a son-in-law. She can give birth by herself, so how could she give birth to us? Recognize it and compete with her son for the family property? She wished that we would never show up! And for the sake of his own future and life, it is even more impossible for Daddy to recognize us. We have nowhere to go!"
Only then did Xu Yuling want to understand, and then she was struck by lightning.
"Could it be that only the path my mother took is the most correct?"
"What do you say?"
"Can we still be like the previous life? I don't want to be a peasant woman, I want to marry Huang Lang! I don't want to go to the countryside." Xu Yuling burst into tears.
"No matter how noisy you are, be honest with me!" The servant who was guarding outside knocked on the door with a fierce tone.
Xu Yuling choked and covered her mouth, but she heard someone whispering from the back window: "She seems very reluctant. If she goes to the country and is not honest, she might cause a big mess. No, we have to tell my wife."
"The madam almost had a miscarriage, don't bother her. But the two bastards, the master doesn't care, we can deal with it privately..." After speaking, the two voices disappeared.
Xu Yuling and Xu Weibai were not ordinary 12- or 13-year-old children, so they naturally understood what this servant girl meant by private disposal. If they are dishonest, they will be given drugs for dumbing down, or their tendons will be broken, and they will never be able to reveal Xu Zuguang's scandal. In short, Wan Xiu'er could give birth by herself and occupy the position of the main wife, so she didn't need to rely on them to deal with Lin Dan, and there was no need to leave two wild species as an eyesore.
With the power of the Wan family, she can easily erase the traces of their existence.
Xu Yuling finally realized how bad the situation was between herself and her brother, and her voice trembled as she spoke: "Brother, what should we do now! Daddy won't be so cruel, right? He will protect us, right? "
Xu Weibai smiled bitterly and said, "If he wanted to protect us, he wouldn't put our household registration on the fourth uncle's head, and he wouldn't send us far away. The Xu family is all from Wan Xiu'er. How can he be treated, can he not imagine?"
Xu Yuling was in despair. She slumped on the ground, covering her face and crying. She didn't dare to cry loudly, lest it would annoy Wan Xiuer and attack them early.
Xu Weibai looked at the top of her sister's head and finally showed a desperate expression. Only now did he realize that only his mother was their support, and only his mother would plan for them wholeheartedly. But sadly, they had already cut off their relationship with her, and actually sent themselves on a road of no return.
I would rather beg a mother than be an official father. The words Lin Dan said before leaving clearly appeared in Xu Weibai's mind. Yes, mother can beg for food in order to keep the child full, what will father do? The bond between a child and a mother is the only one, and it is always cut off, but a father can have many children and many women, so why would he care about their lives
In the past life, this family was all supported by the mother, and there was no father at all. How could they not see or hear it? Really blind, fascinated, deserve to be punished in this life!
Xu Weibai tugged at her hair fiercely, feeling both regret and hatred in her heart. But what if you regret it? He is now on the verge of a dead end...
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Lin Dan always knew that Xu Zuguang was a ruthless person, and would never let Xu Weibai and Xu Yuling return to Xu's house as their sons and daughters, but he didn't expect him to be so cruel. Go to a remote mountain village. Didn't he know he was ruining the future of his two children by doing so
Of course he knew, but he didn't care.
But these have nothing to do with Lin Dan. She has now become a person on the cusp of the storm. Almost every day, noble ladies come to Xuanqing Temple, not for enlightenment, but to see her jokes. Behind the scenes, they even called her Yaodao, and said that she was so mad that she would be rectified sooner or later.
Under the instruction of Cai Guogong, several groups of people came to find trouble with Xuanqingguan, and wanted Lin Dan to sell the mountain to Hanguang Temple at an ultra-low price. Seeing the increasing pressure from the government, at this juncture, Cai Guogong's government hung up white banners and issued an obituary, and the spirited old lady Cai died!
As soon as the news came out, the entire aristocratic circle became a sensation, and the little emperor even smashed the tea cup in his hand. He was shocked and horrified, not knowing what to do.
"It's only been a few days, how do you say you're dead? How did the imperial doctor who sent me to ask the old lady and Mrs. Cai for the Ping An pulse replied?"
"Back to the emperor, Taiyi Chen said that the old lady has a strong pulse and is a sign of longevity. Although Mrs. Cai has suffered losses, it is not a serious problem. She can recover in a few months. "
"How did the old lady die?"
"Grandpa said it was a sudden death, and he was gone after a sleep."
"How could it be, how could it be possible! I can't figure it out! I must go and ask Mrs. Lin! Could it be that she is really a living fairy?!" Tortured like crazy.