Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 200 A good piece of fat that you compete with me for
The dark night before dawn is the hardest to stop.

Cheng Xiucai was preparing to leave at dawn and took Lingwei back to Taiping Town. The boat they came in was parked at the Jiangjiahe Pier Water Bridge.

The clock has not yet come, and it is difficult to sit still. It is too late to catch up on some sleep.

Xiaocai yawned and asked Yueting to wake up the cook Ah Fu and start making breakfast.

He asked for crepe ravioli. Wang Heng wanted to eat flatbread with dumpling soup, or dumplings with sesame and bean paste core. Although Fei Yue'er was a little girl, she had the best appetite. She wanted to eat braised noodles with oil early in the morning. The little talent knew what was going on and ordered her another plate of shredded pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots, which would relieve her boredom.

Cheng Xiucai followed Wang Heng and also ordered big cakes. Lingwei didn't dare to open her mouth, so Cheng Xiucai ordered white porridge for her.

Aunt Song, the nanny of Yueting, was old and young. She heard the sound of people walking back and forth outside, so she got up early and saw a room full of young men and women in the flower hall. She didn't dare to disturb her. When she saw the lights in the kitchen, she left to help. Do the work.

Soon, I heard Aunt Song yelling angrily: "Old Song, you are a floating corpse, you are still sleepy, the old man from the Ye family has been here, do you know how to cut it?"

Old Song was in a daze, and he didn't know what he said in a vague way. Aunt Song rushed into the room and dragged him up, saying angrily: "The copper and silver are at stake, five hundred and eighty taels of betrothal silver, and twenty-six pieces of gold and silver jewelry. There are dozens of boxes of silk and satin, why don't you ask Old Man Ye to get them back? You think Old Master Lao An's money was cut by the strong wind."

Old Song woke up now and said: "Old lady, don't be anxious, I have my own ideas."

The couple chatted quietly for a while.

About half an hour later, Aunt Song came with a wooden tray to deliver the meal. There were white porridge, big cakes, dumplings, and crepe wontons. Because today is the first day of September, the Jiang family eats vegetarian food, and eats vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. There was no preparation for Bo Da Pai today, so the cook Ah Fu ordered a bowl of shredded noodles with pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots.

Fei Yue'er just said it was excellent.

"The first day of September, today is the first day of September." Xiaocai stamped his feet and screamed.

Wang Heng was also shocked, and the two looked at each other. They had to quickly go back to Taicang to pick up their luggage and report to the Imperial College in Nanjing.

Wang Heng thought for a while and then said firmly: "Mr. Zhang has already gone to Nanjing, so it's no problem."

After hearing this, Fei Yue'er knew that they were very pressed for time and couldn't wait any longer, so she asked them not to waste time and go directly back to Taicang from Yunjian. She could just follow Cheng Xiucai's ship home.

Thinking that she was very good at martial arts and was traveling during the day, there was nothing to worry about. Wang Heng and Xiaocai no longer insisted on sending her home.

Aunt Song put down her meal and stood in the hall to wait. When Jiang and Ye's family had a blind date in the first half of the year, Mrs. Sheng, the matchmaker, accompanied Yueting, so she didn't know Miss Ye San. There were two girls in the house, so she just thought they were friends. Came with the Wang brothers.

Aunt Song saw a sword resting on the table beside Yueting. It was not from home, so she looked at it with her eyes.

Yueting has always respected Aunt Song and knew that she was dedicated to helping him become a family. He pointed at the sword and said, "This sword is called Qingshuang. It was given to me by Zhang Ye."

Aunt Song smiled but said: "It's strange that everyone has to be a reading husband. A piece of scrap metal can be worth the real money of our family, bah."

Yueting didn't dare to speak, so she sat up straight and pretended to be silent.

The child was just about to say something funny, but suddenly he remembered that he had promised Aunt Song that he would get the bride price back, but now he was breaking his promise, so he hurriedly lowered his head and ate wontons, telling Aunt Song not to think about him. After dinner, it was almost dawn, and Yueting asked Lao Song to go to Zhuangzi to ask a boatman he knew well to take Wang Heng and Xiaocai back to Taicang.

After some time, Lao Song got on the boat and asked the Wang brothers to get on the boat.

First, he bid farewell to Cheng Xiucai and the other two people, and arranged to go to Taiping Town to greet Aunt Fei when the Imperial Academy was on holiday. Wang Hengqian warned Cheng Xiucai to be careful on the road, and wanted to send Fei Yue'er home. He kept talking, and Fei Yue'er kept talking. Yawning, Cheng Xiucai responded one by one, unmoored and boarded the ship, and said goodbye.

The boat was swaying toward the depths of the misty water.

Xiaocai looked away, only to see Wang Heng and Yueting gathering together and whispering. He walked over in a few steps. Wang Heng waved his sleeves, jumped on the sampan, and said, "Let's go."

Xiaocai shouted: "Wait a minute, wait a minute."

He dragged Yueting to the corner and lowered his voice: "Brother Yueting, a good man is not afraid of having a good wife. I have a wonderful marriage here, but it's a little early to propose it now."

Yueting smiled and said: "You have to wait half a year, and it has been more than half a year since the third girl of the Ye family died, before you can mention it to me, right?"

"Well, who told you this?" Yueting smiled but said nothing. Xiaocai looked towards the boat and saw Wang Heng smiling proudly. He tutted: "Brother Yueting, I didn't expect you to fight for a piece of mine." Where’s the fat?”

Yueting suddenly remembered something, took off the Qingshuang Sword from his back, put it in Xiaocai's hand, and shouted to Wang Heng: "Seventh Young Master, you go to Nanjing Imperial College, be careful when going out, I have tried this Qingshuang Sword. Yes, it is indeed a good sword. You should take it with you for self-defense.”

Wang Heng shook his head and said: "The sword is rare, and Mr. Ye passed it on to you. You should keep it well."

Yueting smiled bitterly: "I will stay at Mohua Village all day. If there is any danger and I need to use the Qingshuang Sword, you can take it to Nanjing. It's best to have peace and quiet. It's just for kids to play with."

Speaking of this, Xiaocai took over the Qingshuang Sword. It was really a magic weapon. The scabbard was simple, the sword body was faintly green, and it looked majestic.

Yiyi waved goodbye, never ending her sadness.

The sky was bright, the dawn breeze was gentle, and the boat rushed towards the Wusong River, meandering northward into the Yantie Pond, all the way along the mountain, passing Xinfeng City, and reaching Taicang Prefecture City.

At dusk, carrying a river of silver waves, watching the smoke curling up from the kitchen stove in the distance, the boat swayed into Zhihe Pond and stopped under the Zhou Bridge.

Wang Heng and Xiao Cai carried their luggage to the dock and entered Wang's house. He thought for a long time on the boat and decided to write a letter to his uncle Yuan Yu about everything about Taxue Villa.

They went to Helaitang in a hurry. Wang Heng explained in detail how to watch the excitement in Suzhou, how to collect three thousand taels of gold at night, how the common people in Suzhou revolted in front of the hall, how to take a boat to Shen Mansion in Songling, Wujiang County, and how he met Luo Guan in the woodshed. Master, before he died, he asked the messenger to say, "Guests from Taxue Villa will disembark from Zhigu Village to Beijing." He put this information into Pingwang Post Tianzi No. 2, and found out that the post talisman calling Pingwang Post was the Ministry of War. Issued by the Vehicle and Driving Department to Shen Junzheng, Director of the Staff Department of the Ministry of War.

I wrote all these things that I couldn't quite understand in a letter and told Master Yuan Yu. Then I breathed a sigh of relief and took the letter to Mrs. Zhu's bedroom to say hello.

Mrs. Zhu was very happy to see Wang Heng return. She had counted the time and Wang Heng should have returned a long time ago. She was already preparing the things he would take with him when he went to the South Prison. When she saw Wang Heng solemnly handed the letter to her, she stretched out her hand and gave it to her. He flipped it over, then closed it and said, "You are a very careful kid, this matter is very important."

He asked Guixiang to seal the credit with wax, and asked the housekeeper Agen to send it to the official post overnight and rush it to the imperial capital.

Mrs. Zhu told Wang Heng that Master Zhang Wu had been here a few days ago. Seeing that Wang Heng was not at home, he had to go to Nanjing first, and made an appointment to set off on Wang Zhai's own boat early on the third day of September the day after tomorrow.