pretty lady in disguise

Chapter 28

When Ming An delivered dinner to Zhan Huaichun, he behaved well, put down his things and went out, and when he came to clean up the dishes, he was also obedient.

Zhan Huaichun watched her go out and smiled.

It was getting dark, Ming An packed up all the dishes in the kitchen, and went back to the room as usual.

She was lying on the bed, and after an unknown amount of time, she heard deliberately light footsteps outside the door. The footsteps slowly came to the window, and she paused, as if she wanted to see if she was inside.Ming An lay motionless on the bed, holding the quilt in his arms as if sleeping peacefully.The moonlight is bright tonight, and she believes that the other party will be able to see her sleeping clearly.

Soon, the man left.

When Ming An opened her eyes, she knew that Jingci would trust Ayu to serve that young master, but she would never trust her.

So what?There is only Jing Ci in this nunnery, she can use Gao Chang to frighten them, but she cannot keep an eye on her all the time.

Ming An continued to wait, and only quietly got up in the middle of the night. When she was dressing, she paused, and in the end she didn't wear anything underneath, only a loose nun's robe on the outside, which would fall to the ground with a light pull.If that plan doesn't work, she can only rely on her body. She knows that the other party looks down on her, but this is her last capital.

Under the moonlight, Ming An quietly came to the door of the guest room, she knocked lightly, and stopped after knocking three times, lest the sound be too loud and spread to the backyard.

On the fourth knock, she heard movement at last inside.

At that moment, Ming An's heart was raised.

"Who?" Through the door panel, a man's hoarse voice came from inside, with a slight annoyance that his sleep was disturbed.

"Master Shi... it's me, Ming An, please open the door, Mr. Ming An has something to say to you."

Zhan Huaichun sneered: "I have nothing to say to you, you..."

"My lord, I'm here to tell you something about my junior sister."

Something to do with the little nun?

Zhan Huaichun became somewhat interested, he was silent for a moment, opened the door, turned around and sat in front of the table, poured water for himself as if no one was around, and drank by himself.

Ming An walked in cautiously, and after a little hesitation, closed the door from the inside.The other party didn't stop her, she was a little excited in her heart, forced herself to calm down, lowered her head and walked slowly in front of Zhan Huaichun, knelt down and said: "My lord, today's junior sister is returning to vulgar life, Ming An guesses, you redeemed her body, right?"

"So what?" Zhan Huaichun asked while playing with the teacup.

Ming An felt sour for a while, "Then, how much money did you spend?"

Zhan Huaichun's voice became cold: "Why should I tell you? What do you have to say? If you talk nonsense, get out immediately."

Ming An was not flustered, and said with a wry smile: "Young master, don't worry, Ming An just can't figure out why she let go this time since she never sold us. Since she let go, either the price given by the young master satisfies her very much, or it is the young master. Fell for her."

"I was fooled by her?" Zhan Huaichun repeated in amazement, "What can I be fooled by her? How could I be fooled if I handed over the money and took it away?"

Ming An raised his head and looked at him: "Then can she give you the deed of selling her junior sister? If she does, what she just said just now is for nothing."

Zhan Huaichun frowned, and after thinking about it, he understood Jingci's plan: "You two became nuns, did you sign the deed of prostitution?"

Ming An also knew it well in her heart, she knew that Jingci would not let people go easily, and before so many people wanted to redeem themselves but gave up because the price was too high, this young man is definitely not a fool, it is absolutely impossible for a fool Yu is willing to spend such a high price, and there must be tricks in it.

She lowered her head and explained softly: "My parents originally planned to sell me to be a maid. Later, Gaochang sent someone to tell them that Yuquan nunnery would accept nuns, but they had to sign a contract of sale to the nunnery because they were afraid that the little nun would suffer and escape down the mountain. When my father and mother heard that the price offered by the nunnery was higher than that of a maid, they signed. I came later than my junior sister. I don’t know how she got into the nunnery. It should be about the same. My son, she, she didn’t Give you the contract of selling your life as a junior sister?"

"No." Zhan Huaichun stared at the teacup in his hand, thinking of the old man's words in his mind.

No prostitutes.

That old bustard is really capable, is she going to wash his hands with his silver and gold basin, and then transfer Ayu's deed of sale to others to ask him for it, or will she accuse him of robbing people in the future?
It's a pity that she picked the wrong person. Even if he didn't know about it, he didn't intend to let her go down the mountain alive.

He looked at the person kneeling in front of him, and asked calmly: "You tell me this, what good will it do you? There is Gao Chang behind her, I can't afford to offend her, at most I can get the money back and I won't redeem your younger sister, absolutely It is impossible to save you from the flames just because I am grateful to you."

Ming An shook his head: "You don't need Young Master to save me, Ming An only asks Young Master to prepare one thing for me."

"tell me the story."

"...Sweat medicine."

After hesitating for a moment, Ming An spoke, and she spoke. Her heart was completely settled, and she revealed her plan: "My lord, you were put together by Jingci, and you don't want to be reconciled to it? You are a noble person, so you definitely don't want to be with her." Make more entanglements, Ming An just asks you to prepare the sweat medicine for me, and I will do it myself. At that time, the young master can take away your money and the contract of sale of the junior sister. If you want, you can take away the contract of sale of everyone, as long as you can escape Here, Ming An is willing to do your work for you."

"Then how will you be willing to be reconciled after the host wakes up? Even if I take your contract of prostitution, you still have the certificate in her hand, and she can prohibit you from returning to vulgarity as the host, not to mention her backer Gaochang."

Ming An gritted his teeth and decided to go all out: "She won't wake up. After the young master takes away what he wants, Ming An will set fire to the nunnery, and tell the government that the Jingci house was flooded in the middle of the night, and will never implicate the young master. Without Jingci, there is no contract of sale, as long as the young master can take us down the mountain after Gaochang gets the letter, then Gaochang has no reason to rob you again." She thought of so many ways, this is the safest way, there is no future trouble, You don't have to worry about your reputation being exposed. Those male guests came here secretly, so they shouldn't make a fuss about it.

"You are cruel enough." Zhan Huaichun lazily leaned back on the chair, staring at the seemingly thin humanity in front of him.He really didn't expect that this person would be so cruel and ruthless, except for the contract of selling his life that he didn't know about, her plans coincided with his, but he wanted to encourage Ming An to kill people with a knife, but Ming An was willing to be her. knife.

Ming An smiled wryly: "As long as I can keep my innocence, I can do even the most ruthless thing. Young master, Ming An begs you." He kowtowed heavily.

Zhan Huaichun didn't agree immediately, pretending to consider the pros and cons, and said after a long time: "I'll give you something tomorrow, and you can do it at dinner."

"Tomorrow night? Will it be too late? I'm worried that Gaochang will go up the mountain one night earlier, and there are others..."

"You don't have to worry about this, just do what you should do, remember, before setting fire, I will go to her house first, and you are not allowed to touch anything in her house. Well, you go, Be careful tomorrow, don't show your feet." Zhan Huaichun got up to see off the guests.Gao Chang is dead, and those male guests... There is Xiao Ren, a government servant dressed up as a guard in the name of arresting murderers, guarding the intersection at the foot of the mountain. I believe no one dares to go up the mountain.

Ming An didn't dare to argue, and left anxiously.

Zhan Huaichun no longer felt sleepy, he leaned on the bed and meditated.

sell off...

If the little nun was also sold to the nunnery by her parents, then he sent the little nun back afterwards. Will her parents sell her again when they see her beauty?Even if he gave them enough money to live comfortably in this life, such cruel parents would take good care of this silly daughter who was not around?

What a hassle.

The next morning it was still Ming An who came to deliver breakfast, Zhan Huaichun asked her to call A Yu over, and learned that A Yu accompanied Qing Shi to Taolin to enjoy the flowers.

Zhan Huaichun had never seen Qing poetry before.

After sending Ming An away, he went to Taolin to find someone.From a distance, he saw two nuns, one tall and one short, standing under the tree, and he hid quietly.

"Ayu, look, a woman is like a peach blossom. Before she gets married, she blooms. After she gets married, she blooms. She shows her most beautiful appearance in front of her husband and son-in-law, and then she conceives and gives birth to a child. Ayu, you have a hard life, but you are also If you are lucky, you have met a noble person. Since the benefactor will take you home, you should listen to him carefully and serve him carefully so as not to make him angry. When he marries a wife in the future, you have to respect her, except what the husband and wife say, Don't listen to anyone, just do what you should do, and life should be easier." There is not much time, and Qing Shi can't teach his disciples too much, so he can only mention her as much as possible.

Ayu didn't quite understand: "The benefactor said he would send me home soon...but if he gets married before I go home, I will obey the master."

Qing Shi sighed, hoping that the disciple would continue to be so ignorant, that he would not be hurt by love in the future, and would not become a thorn in the eyes of the mistress because of uneasiness, but she was also afraid that if she was so simple, once the mistress and concubine's room moved, she might even I don't know how I died.As for the man who redeemed her, men are the most unreliable.

"Ayu, in case you feel wronged or hurt in the future, just recite the scriptures and don't think about those mundane things. It will make you feel better." The Buddha can't save people, but the Buddhist scriptures can purify the heart. She has been here for so many years, isn't she? Yet?
Ayu nodded seriously: "Master, don't worry, I will recite scriptures every day."

The master and apprentice gradually went away, Zhan Huaichun leaned behind the tree, wanted to laugh at the big nun's worrying and worrying, and wanted to laugh at the little nun's answer, but he never laughed.

All poor people.

Night falls.

Ming An brought the dinner to Jingci's room, retreated outside and waited, when there was a splashing sound inside, she went to find Zhan Huaichun.

Zhan Huaichun led her in, he stood proudly dressed in fancy clothes, saw Ming An rummaging inside for a while, and finally found a wooden box with the key hanging around Jing Ci's neck, Ming An nervously opened it.

The wooden box has two floors, the upper part is some broken silver, the lower part is the neat banknotes, and the bottom part is the nuns' certificates and deeds of prostitution.

When the certificate was returned to the government, everyone officially returned to vulgarity. Ayu's share of Jingci was originally promised to be given to him later, but now Zhan Huaichun directly took it out, squeezed five bank notes and put them away, and finally found out everyone's prostitution The deeds are collected, and the other certificates are handed over to Ming An: "After everyone escapes from Huoqi, you return these to them, the silver, and you handle it yourself... If you want to keep it for yourself, I don't care about other people's, and Qingshi's share is up to you. Better not move."

Ming An kept staring at him, seeing that he had also taken his own contract of selling his life, he was overjoyed, when he heard this, he hurriedly defended: "I never thought about it..."

Zhan Huaichun raised his hand to interrupt her, his eyes fell on the unconscious Jing Ci, "Do it." He turned and left.

He was so indifferent, Ming An was extremely embarrassed, but fortunately there were more important things waiting for her.After confirming that Zhan Huaichun had left, Ming An looked at Jing Ci, picked up the teapot and slammed it on top of her head, and she fell to the ground after hitting her, her body trembling uncontrollably.Slowly, her eyes fell on the wooden box, which contained the money of selling themselves for Qing Shi and the others.

Ming An was moved, she counted and found that there were more than 2000 taels, and Ming Rong and Ming Hua had only received customers for two or three years, so it can be seen that most of them were earned by Qing poetry and Qing paintings.Ming An originally thought that Zhan Huaichun would take all of them, but he only took five of them...

Do you want to steal it?

Ming An thought for a while, thought of Zhan Huaichun's sarcastic words, and thought of Qing Hua's shrewdness, so he only took two hundred-liang silver notes. 200 taels is enough for her to live comfortably. That young man doesn't like the money, which shows that his family is rich enough to stay by his side. Why should she give him the impression of being greedy for money because of the money?

Putting the ultimatum into the box, Ming An stood up and lit the fire.

When the flames in the Jingci room shot up to the sky, Ming An screamed and started acting.

At this time, Zhan Huaichun had already supported Ayu and stood at the gate of the nunnery.

A Yu was unconscious, leaning limply in his arms, because Zhan Huaichun asked Ming An to inject medicine into her meal, and he didn't want her to know what would happen next.

The fire was raging, and in this kind of place, no one cared about whether others were alive or dead, and rushed out to run outside. When they ran outside and saw Zhan Huaichun, they were all stunned.Qing Shi was the calmest one, she didn't say anything when she saw this, she just looked at Zhan Huaichun more.

Ming An finally ran out, in a panic: "Master, the fire in Master's house was too great. When I was saving Master, a beam fell down. Master, she..."

"Then what are you holding in your hand?" After being stunned, Qing Hua was the first to speak, and ran to Ming An and snatched the wooden box. With the light of the fire behind her, she found several people's diplomas and silver inside.She was overjoyed, and went to look through her own contract of sale, but became more and more anxious, "Where's my contract of sale?"

"Don't look for it, it's all here with me." Zhan Huaichun finally spoke.

His eyes were indifferent and his voice was cold. Even though he was supporting someone, it didn't affect his intimidating aura in the slightest. In addition, he was the only man here. All the nuns couldn't help but calmed down. They looked at him and waited for him to continue talking. .

Zhan Huaichun took out those deeds of prostitution, shook them, and said in a cold voice: "I bought your deeds of prostitution yesterday, but I will not take you down the mountain. Whether you will go home or go to another nunnery elsewhere is entirely up to you. It has nothing to do with me. Withholding your deeds of prostitution is just to make you keep your mouth shut. Don’t tell anyone that you met me in the nunnery. If I hear any rumors that I have been here in the future, or about Ayu I will send your deeds of prostitution to the brothel immediately, and I believe you all know what the consequences will be."

Qing Shi was expressionless, Qing Hua frowned, and Ming Rong and Ming Hua were dumbfounded.

Ming An reacted the most, the disappointment of not being able to stay by Zhan Huaichun's side was instantly suppressed by the panic of being betrayed at any time, and said anxiously: "Young master, I swear I will keep my mouth shut about your coming to the nunnery, but Ah Yu lives here, so Many people have seen her, and..."

"I asked Jingci, except for you, no one knows that Mingxin's original name is Ayu, and I have a way to keep those male guests from mentioning that they came to the nunnery, so there are no more rumors that insult Ayu's reputation. , It must have come from your mouths. Don't worry, as long as you behave well, I will not touch these contracts." Zhan Huaichun stared at Ming An warningly, and he wanted to guard against this vicious woman the most.

Ming An saw the meaning behind his words, bowed his head and stopped talking, feeling complicated in his heart.

"Then what about the money?" Ming Rong didn't care about A Yu, she just wanted to share the money.

"How else can we divide it? This is all earned by me and Qingshi. You and Minghua can get some, and I will share the rest equally with Qingshi." Qing Hua said with her eyes wide open.

Qing Shi laughed at herself, she didn't want such money, she was about to shake her head, her eyes glanced at her two disciples, she sighed: "Give my share to Ming An Ming Xin."

Everyone was stunned, Ming An was overjoyed, Qing Shi could get at least 1000 taels, and if she shared it with A Yu, she could get another 500 taels!
Qing Hua pursed her lips, looked at Zhan Huaichun again, without saying a word, counted out ten hundred taels of silver bills and handed them to Qing Shi.

Qing Shi didn't pick it up, and asked Ming An to take 500 taels by herself, and let her send the rest to Zhan Huaichun, and she also walked over, saluting with one hand: "Benefactor, Ah Yu is pure and kind, please treat her kindly." .”

Zhan Huaichun didn't take the money and asked her what her plan was.It's rare that there is such a place where there is a person who keeps his heart.

Qing Shi bowed her head, hesitated for a moment, and begged: "If it is convenient for the benefactor, the poor nun begs the benefactor to introduce me to a Buddhist place." She wants to live the rest of her life quietly.

"Okay, follow me down the mountain first, and I'll make arrangements for you right away." Zhan Huaichun agreed, and carried Ayu on his back. At the intersection, Xiao Ren had already walked over with a lantern.

That night, a carriage took Qing Shi to the south of the Yangtze River, to a place where no one knew her.

That night, Yuquan Nunnery on Yuquan Mountain was burned down by thieves with a big fire, and the presiding officer was murdered and died in the flames.After that, all the nuns returned to secular life one after another, and the government wanted the perpetrators. Anyone who went up the mountain recently was suspected, so no one dared to mention that they had been to Yuquan Nunnery.

It was night, Ayu spent her first night in Zhanfu, and had a good night's sleep.

(End of this chapter)