Capture the Jade:

The king of Chun'an took a sip of tea and said slowly:

"The mansion of the Marquis of Lin'an is very beautiful, and there is a large lotus pond in the back garden. Chengyou came up with the idea of ​​a flower pond in order to win when playing hide-and-seek.

"At that time, he didn't know how to water, but he couldn't hold back his courage. He found a straw and bit his mouth, and sneaked into the Fuqu Pond. The friends couldn't find Chengyou in the garden, so they had to swarm After going to another place, Chengyou waited for a while, guessing that he was sure to win, so he got out of the Fuqu pond, but the bottom of the pond was full of aquatic plants, which immediately entangled his feet."

When Chun'an County King said this, he gently stroked the Biqing white porcelain teacup from Xing Kiln in his hand. He had heard about this three times before and after, and he remembered it quite clearly.

Lin Chengyou struggled a few times in the water, and lost the straw in his mouth. He called for help, but because he was afraid of being found out, he drove the servants away. Later, the servants sneaked back to find the young master , and mistakenly thought that Lin Chengyou was with those young masters.

Just as Lin Chengyou was thumping desperately, a girl doll appeared from behind the flowers. Seeing someone drowning, the girl threw the kite into the water in desperation. She also fell into the pond. The second time, the girl learned to be smart and knew how to tie the kite string to the tree on the bank. Although the tie was still unstable, Lin Chengyou had already mastered light work at that time, so he climbed up with this strength. up.

When the servants heard the news and rushed over, they saw Lin Chengyou and a girl sitting side by side behind a bush of flowers on the bank. The two had been talking back and forth for some time.

The servants wanted to come forward to serve him, but Lin Chengyou was annoyed that they didn't come in time, so he told them to get out of the way. The servants knew about Xiao Langjun's temper, so he sent a few people to send a letter to Princess Cheng, and the rest were staring at him. Waiting by the side.

Because of this, the servants knew what Xiao Langjun said to the little lady.

At that time, Lin Chengyou was dripping wet, and while wiping the drops of water from his face, he asked the girl, "Did you pass by here? Or did you stay here?"

The female doll is holding a puppet in her arms, but she refuses to speak.

Lin Chengyou asked again: "Why is your face full of snot, oh I see, you just hid in the flowers and cried. Why are you crying, where are your grandparents?"

The girl was very angry and pushed Lin Chengyou violently.

Lin Chengyou didn't get angry, just smiled and said: "Tell me, whoever offended you, I know how to repay you. You saved my life just now, so I can vent my anger on you."

The girl doll was still silent, Lin Chengyou looked at her: "The puppet in your arms is so dirty, why don't you let your mother sew another one for you?"

The female doll burst into tears.

Lin Chengyou hurriedly took off the sachet from his waist: "Don't cry, this is the pear flower candy made by the cook in our house. It's delicious, and my sister likes it. The candy is not wet, you can try it Let's go."

The girl put the candy in her mouth and chewed it slowly. Seeing that she liked it, Lin Chengyou simply gave her the whole bag: "My sister can't walk yet, otherwise she can play with you, she called Azhi, what's your name?"

The girl ate sweets for a while, and finally agreed to speak: "My name is Gu."

"A Gu?" Lin Chengyou asked strangely, "How could someone be called A Gu?"

The female doll is very upset: "A Gu is a Gu, it's none of your business!"

Lin Chengyou smiled and said: "Well, it's none of my business, but you saved my life just now, I can't leave you here alone, do you miss your mother? I'll take you to find Her."

With sugar in her mouth, the girl cried again for some reason. Lin Chengyou had no other choice: "How about I take you to find my mother? My mother likes children very much, especially like you." Girl doll, and she knows a lot of female relatives, maybe she knows where your mother is."

Agu thought for a while, and agreed with Lin Chengyou to pull her up. After walking a few steps, the group of young masters came back and saw Lin Chengyou holding a little lady by the hand, they all shouted: "Ada, The divination you gave yourself is so accurate, you only met this girl once, and you took the initiative to play with her."

Lin Chengyou: "Nonsense! I only care about her because she is a poor person."

The gang of boys continued to boo: "But you have already held her hand. Ada, tell yourself, do you want to marry a wife? This girl doll started?"

Lin Chengyou stepped forward and kicked the man: "You fart!"

A group of young masters quickly fought fiercely. The servants rushed up from all directions to fight, and Ah Gu also rushed up to help Lin Chengyou with the puppet in his arms. Unfortunately, he was too weak to get close.

It was finally pulled away, and the servants were in a hurry to change Lin Chengyou's clothes. A Gu caught up with the bag of candy: "Little brother, your candy."

When the partners saw this, they began to make fun of Lin Chengyou again: "Ada, your wife wants to give you candy."

Infuriated, Lin Chengyou turned his head and said to the female doll, "Stop following me."

As soon as he finished changing his clothes, he hurried back to the pool to look for A Gu, but unfortunately A Gu was no longer there. Princess Cheng wondered why her son was looking for someone everywhere, so the servants told all the previous things in detail Become a princess.

Hearing this, Yu Fengyu couldn't help but answer: "Whose girl is Ah Gu?"

The king of Chun'an County shook his head: "Sister-in-law heard about this and immediately ordered someone to help Chengyou find this little savior. However, there were too many guests in the Hou's mansion that day, and only the family members of the old Hou's old department were there." Hundreds of people came, and the number of young gentlemen and young ladies from each family could not be counted. It was strange that none of the officials who came to the Hou's mansion that day came from Yangzhou.

"Sister-in-law thought that the accents in Jiangnan are similar, and Chengyou has never been to Yangzhou, so I don't know if I heard it wrong. I also asked if anyone brought puppets to the banquet that day, but there was no news.

"The search took more than half a year. The classmates in Chongwenguan learned that Chengyou was asking around for the whereabouts of the little lady, and made fun of him as soon as they met. Chengyou never suffered in front of his friends, but because of This incident has been repeatedly ridiculed.

"At that time, Daoist Master Qingxuzi began to teach Chengyou to practice talismans. Chengyou looked through the tomb scriptures in the temple, and accidentally found a box with an ancient book and a copper awl locked inside. This is the cause of Chengyou's illness."

Yu Fengyu was surprised and said: "An ancient book? Could it be that it records talismans? What is that copper awl?"

The king of Chun'an County said: "I don't know anything about Taoist talismans. I only know that this talisman is very evil. It was passed down by an heretic Taoist in Kunlun Mountains a hundred years ago. Falling into obsessive love, he once worked hard for the dream of the person he loves, tried many methods, but failed to get the woman, the evil way was unbearable, and he vowed to practice the world's sorcery. A talisman Gu technique called 'Wang Jiu Bu Ju'.

"'Wang Jiu doesn't live'?" Juesheng Qizhi said in surprise, "Isn't this a kind of Xiang Gua?"

The king of Chun'an County sarcastically said: "It is named after the Taoist Book of Changes, but in fact it is connected with witches and Gu, corresponding to the Nine and Three Lines, and there are Gu insects hidden in the copper cone.

"That Gu worm was originally used by the shaman queen of Nanzhao Kingdom to punish the unfaithful. The evil way introduced it into the five elements of Yin and Yang in Taoism, which can be described as evil on top of evil.

"Once the copper cone pierces the skin, the Gu worms will penetrate into the blood vessels. What is restrained is the sixth line of the first day, and what is damaged is the sixth line. Insects can also cause trouble in the heart veins, making people heartless."

Yu Fengyu was stupefied when he heard that, no wonder Xiaoshizi was eighteen, and he was not close to women.

He slapped the table and said, "Absurd, absurd."

Juesheng and Qizhi look at each other in astonishment, what kind of vicious curse is "unfeeling and heartless", is the taste of bitter love more painful than heart-wrenching? Otherwise, why would the evil way treat itself like this.

The king of Chun'an County said: "It's not enough to practice the evil way by yourself. He also wants to harm others. In order to lure future generations to practice this evil art, he deliberately wrote down various benefits on the scroll. Chengyou is still young. The passage written by Xie Dao at the beginning of the volume, he thought: As long as I practice this technique, I will not be confused about women when I grow up. It worked, and I will go back to the Chongwen Museum to make a divination in public, and see who dares to laugh at me.

"This child is not afraid of anything, so he made up his mind and tried it if he said so. Only after he got a red mark did he know that he had been poisoned by Gu poison.

"Since then, Daoist Qingxuzi has exhausted his lifelong knowledge, but he has not been able to drive the Gu worms out of Chengyou's body. It is for this reason that Daoist Qingxuzi will refine the famous Liuyuan Pill, but it is a pity that he finally refined it. It can only clean up the demon poison, but it has no effect on the Gu poison. Every year when Chengyou attacks, he can only temporarily suppress the Gu insect with medicine soup."

With a thud, the door of the side room opened from the inside, Duke An's face was full of scorching faces: "Two little Taoists, have you finished drawing the talisman paper?"

The king of Chun'an County smiled slightly, and stopped talking.

Juesheng and Qizhi sent talisman papers in, but they were kicked out by Lin Chengyou: "If today's affairs can't be done well, just go back and get punished."

Juesheng and Qizhi slipped out and got into the car, their minds were full of what happened just now.

"I forgot to ask His Majesty the Prince, did the brother find the little lady named Agu later?"

Juesheng shook his head: "Probably not. If you find it, His Royal Highness would not need a 'female doll' long and a 'female doll' short. You can tell Yu Fengyu whose little lady it is."

"That's right. At that time, the brother was poisoned by Gu before he found Ah Gu. When he recovered from his illness, he might have forgotten about it. Hey, 'A Gu', 'A Gu ', how can someone call 'A Gu', if the senior brother heard correctly, could the little lady be lying to the senior brother?"

Juesheng held his head and said: "Don't think about it now, when we get to Teng's mansion, we have to deceive Mrs. Teng according to what my senior brother said."

Qizhi raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat. It was the first time to plot against someone. I don't know if it will work. Madam Teng doesn't look easy to deceive, but who told her to offend her senior brother? He hasn't seen her for so long. Senior brother has failed in the matter of scheming people.

Qinrenfang is not far from Qingyun Temple, and it will arrive in a short time. Juesheng and Qizhi went to Teng's mansion first, and were told that Teng Yuyi was staying at his aunt's house for a while, so they changed their way to Du's mansion.

When the two arrived at the door, there were already guards waiting in the Du mansion.

Juesheng and Qizhi reported their intentions, and the spectators were so enthusiastic: "Two priests, please come in, madam and lady have been waiting for a long time."

***

Teng Yuyi was sent to rest last night by Mrs. Du, but she didn't sleep soundly. When it was about to dawn, she vaguely heard someone in the next room exclaiming. When she opened her eyes suddenly, Qiyun and Biluo lifted the curtain and came in and said, "My lady." , Lady Du is awake."

Teng Yuyi lifted the quilt out of bed: "Where are Duanfu and Baizhi?"

"Duanfu is resting in the outer courtyard, the steward has not yet sent the news, Baizhi and Hongnu have already woken up."

Teng Yuyi went to the next room in three steps and took two steps at a time. The servants came in and out holding towels, and Du Tinglan was lying on the edge of the bed and vomiting.

Teng Yuyi thought of the tragic death of her cousin in the previous life, and hesitated, fearing that there was an illusion in front of her, which would turn into nothingness at the touch of it.

Madam Du only thought that Teng Yuyi was overjoyed: "Yu'er, come quickly, your elder sister is looking for you."

Du Tinglan raised his head and said softly: "Ayu."

Teng Yuyi ran over to pat Du Tinglan's back, worried: "Why did you suddenly vomit."

Du Tinglan wiped her face clean: "My chest is a little congested, just vomit it and it will be fine."

She looked haggard, and her forehead was covered with fine sweat. She was obviously very uncomfortable, but she still did not forget to comfort her mother and cousin.

Madam Du worried: "I'm vomiting like this, I don't know if I should ask the medical officer to come and have a look."

Teng Yuyi thought for a while: "My sister was harmed by evil spirits. The ordinary Qihuang technique may not be suitable for the symptoms. Anyway, the Taoist leader of Qingyun Temple will come to the door. It's better to wait for them to see it before making a decision, so as not to use random medicines and evacuate. The residual poison in the body."

Madam Du said: "That's right, that little priest told me not to take medicine indiscriminately last night, Qingwan, you go to the front yard to find the master and the eldest son, and tell them to come to the backyard because your mother is awake."

The servant girl responded and went down.

Du Tinglan patted the edge of the bed lightly: "Ayu, sit down and let Sister take a good look at you."

Teng Yuyi sat down as promised, and seeing Du Tinglan's gentle expression, he felt that some words were stuck in his throat, so he simply took the handkerchief from the servant's hand, and gently wiped Du Tinglan's sweat: "Sister, are you feeling better?" ?”

Du Tinglan took Teng Yuyi's hand and said softly: "I don't know what's wrong, I just remember going to Jingfu Temple with my mother to pray for blessings, but I can't remember everything after that. You said in your letter that it will take a few days to arrive Why did you come so early? Auntie said that you went back home with us, could it be that you also went to Qujiang yesterday—"

When she said this, she seemed to have remembered something, and her face instantly faded completely.

Teng Yuyi's heart skipped a beat. In her previous life, she searched hard for the murderer, but found nothing in the end. Now that her cousin is alive in front of her eyes, she may soon learn the truth.

She said cautiously: "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Du Tinglan was still in a daze, her face was pale, and there were big beads of sweat on her forehead.

Mrs. Du realized something, and hurriedly dismissed her servants: "Mother wants to rest, you should wait outside first, if the Taoist chief comes, please invite them in quickly."

Teng Yuyi didn't dare to show her anger, she was looking forward to knowing the truth, but she was afraid that her cousin would be too worried to leave the root cause of the disease. After hesitating for a moment, she helped Du Tinglan to lie down: "Sister, take a rest first, if you have anything to say, wait until you have something to say." .”

Du Tinglan suddenly grabbed Teng Yuyi's hand: "I remembered, last night, last night I ran into something evil in the bamboo forest."

She trembled all over, and the words in her mouth became intermittent.

"Good boy, why are you so confused." Mrs. Du said with red eyes, "Didn't Aunt just tell you that Yu'er and Duan Fu were in time last night and saved you."

"Yes, sister." Teng Yuyi tried her best to comfort Du Tinglan, "That thing was beaten back to its original shape by Prince Cheng last night. Now, no one wants to hurt you."

But Du Tinglan buried her head in her mother's arms, she was so frightened that she wanted to curl up into a ball: "That thing chased me and said it was going to eat me, Auntie, I'm so scared..."

She couldn't help sobbing. She almost died in the forest last night. The helplessness and despair on the verge of death soaked into every pore.

Madam Du's heart is almost crushed. Since this child is sensible, he has never lost his composure like this.

She caressed her daughter's back over and over again: "I'm so frightened and confused, I have to ask the Taoist priest for some magic objects to calm the soul."

Du Tinglan suddenly remembered something, grabbed Teng Yuyi and said, "Ayu, you also went to the bamboo forest?"

Teng Yuyi held Du Tinglan's hand: "Yes, I'm going, sister, that thing is nothing to fear, Duan Fu and I cut off the monster's right claw as soon as we arrived in the forest."

Du Tinglan's lips turned pale for a while, and she looked Teng Yuyi up and down, making sure that her cousin was intact, she nodded reassuringly, and then, she seemed to be caught in a chaotic memory, and she started to startle again.

Teng Yuyi and Mrs. Du leaned over to cover Du Tinglan's quilt. Du Tinglan is currently out of her mind, and she can't ask any questions.

The two were busy, Du Tinglan looked around with wide eyes in panic, and suddenly said: "Ayu, besides that monster, did you see someone else in the forest?"

Teng Yuyi's heartstrings were tense all of a sudden, she sat on the side of the bed again, held her breath and asked: "Sister, who else was in the forest at that time?"

Du Tinglan's voice was stuck in his throat, his face became more and more ugly, and his breath became more and more disordered.

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Du said, "Son, why did you go to the bamboo forest? Who made you like this, why are you still refusing to tell?"

Du Tinglan closed her eyes, as if she was too regretful, but also ashamed, suddenly, as if a disgusting memory had been triggered, she leaned over and vomited again, this time more violently and uncontrollably than before.

Mrs. Du hurriedly stepped forward to pat her, she vomited endlessly, something would happen sooner or later, Teng Yuyi couldn't hold her breath anymore, she hurriedly got up and said, "Auntie, I'll call for a medical officer."

As soon as he took a step, Du Tinglan grabbed his arm: "I'm fine, I just feel sick."

Teng Yuyi bent down and twisted the towel to wipe Du Tinglan's face. The back of her hand suddenly became warm. She looked up in surprise and found that Du Tinglan was weeping silently.

"Sister."

Du Tinglan barely supported her body and looked at Mrs. Du with shame: "My daughter lost her mind and made my mother worry and frightened. My daughter has no place to be ashamed. I beg my mother to take care of your body. Ayu, you just arrived in Chang'an, but last night because of me Risky, I'm sorry, sister."

Teng Yuyi's heart was sour, and she hurriedly said: "Sister, you are uneasy now, if you have anything to say, I will talk about it later."

Du Tinglan burst into tears, as if she was suffering in her heart, she was silent for a moment, and then said again: "A Niang, A Yu, I was lucky enough to save my life, if I don't say something, I'm afraid it will be too late."

Mrs. Du and Teng Yuyi's hearts jumped into their throats instantly. Looking at Du Tinglan, they didn't dare to breathe.

Du Tinglan hung her head to her chest in shame: "Actually, Hong Nu and I left Jingfu Temple to meet someone."

Madam Du was trembling with anger: "I should have known... I should have known... You will not leave Jingshui Temple for no reason..."

Looking at Du Tinglan, she could only cry silently. She pushed her daughter anxiously and said, "You child... tell me... who is that person?"

Du Tinglan blushed so much that she was about to bleed, she wanted to speak several times, but her words were blocked in her throat because she was too embarrassed.

"Aren't you going to kill your mother in a hurry?" Mrs. Du held Du Tinglan's hand tightly and said in a trembling voice, "That man made you look like this, what else do you have to hide!"

Du Tinglan's heart ached, and she choked and said, "...don't be sad, Auntie... I... I said."

She looked at Mrs. Du through the mist of tears in her eyes: "Aniang, you still remember that when Grandpa was an official in Yangzhou, once during the Qingming Festival, I took Hongnu to Yinshan Temple for an outing alone."

Ms. Du was taken aback, and then she rounded her eyes and said, "Shaotang was going to accompany you that day. Unfortunately, they had something to do in school, so Shaotang went back halfway. Why, did you meet something that day? People?"

Du Tinglan burst into tears: "When I was admiring the flowers in the temple, I happened to bump into a group of scholars fighting poetry in the peach blossom forest, and the one who won the first prize... was a twenty-year-old son."

Speaking of this, she bit her lip tightly, clutching the collar of her chest with both hands, her knuckles turned white.

Madam Du almost fell headlong to the bedside, Teng Yuyi hurriedly helped Madam Du, Du Tinglan also got up from the quilt in fright, Madam Du poked Du Tinglan's forehead tremblingly, and said through gritted teeth: "How did you If you know this person and how you got along with him, explain everything to Auntie, don't miss a single word!"

Du Tinglan's eyelids were swollen like peaches, and she cried for a long time before she opened her mouth and said: "This man is poor and has no one to rely on, he has been studying in the temple all year round, and finally got together the money, and he plans to take the exam in Chang'an next year. , the poems are especially outstanding, so I... I developed a good impression of him, and we have been in contact with each other from time to time, and he often gave me poems, because he was afraid of showing his traces, so he used Caisheng as letter paper, which is neither eye-catching nor eye-catching. Easy to pass."

Teng Yuyi was taken aback. She had expected that her cousin would cut the ribbon in the nunnery for the purpose of delivering a message, and it was so.

Madam Du suppressed her anger and nodded: "Very well, we met on Ching Ming Festival last year, and it has been a whole year now. Let me ask you, you have been with him privately for so long, has that man ever mentioned marriage?" What about?"

Du Tinglan choked up and said: "The man said that he has no fame, even if he came to ask for marriage, my parents would not agree, so everything has to wait until he goes to Beijing to take the exam, and when he has fame, everything is easy to talk about. Later, Grandpa I was recommended to the Imperial College as a doctor of Taixue, and my family was going to move back to Chang'an. Before I left, I was worried that he would not have enough money for the exam, so I gave him all the money I had saved. The man gave him a gold hairpin that was passed down from his family Give it to me, and promise that I will not marry unless I am, and when he comes to Chang'an to take the exam next year, he will definitely come to propose marriage."

Speaking of this, Du Tinglan paused for a moment, as if recalling something, the regret in his eyes became more and more intense.

"After we arrived in Chang'an, we communicated in secret, at least five days and half a month at the latest, and we have never broken letters. Three months after our family arrived in Chang'an, he also set off from Yangzhou ahead of schedule. After arriving in Chang'an, he lived in In a village in the south of the city, I was afraid that he would be short of money, so I asked someone to send some money to me. At first he was kind, but as he got to know more and more people, he gradually stopped replying to me.

"Not long ago he was in high school, and I followed the address on the letter to find him. I didn't think he had moved away long ago. On the way back to the city, I met him drinking with his friends in a wine shop. He looked very happy. The people around him He is decorated with luxurious clothes, so he is a well-dressed boy. I heard that the sage and several prime ministers boasted about his poems and essays when he applied for the exam. Now he is famous, and the friends around him are no longer those poor people in the past.

"I still had a glimmer of hope in my heart. He was busy applying for the exam recently, so he might not have time to reply to my letter, so he asked the driver to stop, opened the curtain and looked at him, but he pretended not to know me. The few friends around him saw me staring at him, and said with a smile: "The little lady has been looking at you, is she admiring you?" I was shocked and ashamed, and immediately lowered the curtain to let the coachman go on his way, only to hear the man sneer: 'Where are the floating flowers and waves.'”

Teng Yuyi was furious, stood up and said: "Zhu Zi dare you!"

Madam Du was also so angry that her daughter was always smart and self-confident, but she never thought that she would fall into the hands of such a young man. He beat his chest in a muffled sound.

Du Tinglan was afraid that her mother would get angry, so she cried and hugged her.

Mrs. Du gritted her teeth and said, "What happened later? That young man invited you to the bamboo forest yesterday?"

Du Tinglan wiped away her tears and said in a low voice: "I was discouraged at the time, and when I came back, I thought, those things of mine are nothing more than that, they should be thrown into the toilet, but there are many lingering and sentimental words written in those letters." If you don't get it back, disaster will happen sooner or later. A while ago, I couldn't sleep because of this matter. I found out that he would go to the Jinshi banquet on the Shangsi Festival. It happened that A Niang also went to Jingfu Temple to offer incense, so I went with A Niang , while A Niang was going to Xiyuan to listen to an opera, I asked Hong Nu to pretend to be a barbarian and stop him in front of the Moon Lantern Pavilion. This time he readily agreed and asked me to meet in the bamboo forest next to the Moon Lantern Pavilion."

Teng Yuyi was furious when she heard that her cousin and Hong Nu were strangled to death in her previous life. At that time, she was investigating the scene and said that she found footprints left by a man's short boots near her cousin's body. Go to the bamboo forest.

She knows that imperial examinations for Jinshi have always been difficult, and there are only a handful of people who have entered high school at a young age. She remembers that there was a very famous talented person in her previous life. , Soon transferred to Yushitai and became the youngest admonisher. Later, he was appreciated by Zheng Pushe and married Zheng Pushe's only daughter.

I remember that when the wedding invitation was delivered to the Teng Mansion, it was only half a year since my cousin was strangled to death. Because she is the married daughter of the Zheng family, a well-known aristocratic family, on the day of the wedding, the streets and alleys were crowded with ordinary people who watched the excitement.

Although Teng Yuyi did not go to the banquet, she passed by Zheng's mansion and saw the groom who was welcoming her.

Thinking of this, Teng Yuyi's face was blackened, and when he spoke again, there was a coolness in his tone: "Sister, is that man called Lu Zhaoan?!"