Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 7 When the flowers are full and the moon is full, spring will not come

Wu Dalang was originally from Yanggu County. That year there was a severe drought, people died of hunger all over the land, and the plague was raging.

When Wu Dalang was desperate, he took his wife and daughter to a wealthy place, which was Qinghe County.

After spending some money, I moved to Zishi Street, one of the more prosperous streets in Qinghe County.

At that time, many neighbors were secretly making irresponsible remarks, saying that the three inches of Dinggu tree bark was useless and even a six or seven-year-old child could beat him up.

Wu Dalang has heard about this a lot, but he has no time to take care of it.

After all, he was focused on selling cooking cakes. If he didn't do this well, his wife and daughter would starve.

Less than two years later, one day, the lady passed away due to illness, leaving behind her daughter Ying'er and heading to the Western Paradise alone.

Wu Dalang's family was already stretched thin on daily expenses, and after his wife's death, he owed a large foreign debt.

Fortunately, several servants from Zhang Dahu's family in Qinghe County had some personal relationships with him, so when Wu Dalang was in danger, they ran to Zhang Dahu to beg for mercy.

To be honest, Zhang Dahu doesn't care about these three melons, two dates, and eighty cents.

In this way, the marriage line between Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian was somehow tied.

As the saying goes: Color is the steel knife that scrapes bones.

After Pan Jinlian married Wu Dalang, because she was so beautiful, there were always scoundrels harassing her at the door.
After all, this woman had an ill-fated fate. She had been in and out of one house for half of her life. In despair, she locked herself in the house every day and never left the house.

Every time she dreamed back at midnight, the woman was unbearably lonely, but when she saw the extremely ugly Wu Dalang lying next to her, she felt so unbearable both physically and mentally that she had the urge to end her life with a knife.

Time flies like water in the east, and a few years have passed by in the blink of an eye. The woman suddenly looked back, and those past events seemed like a big dream!
Suddenly one day, rumors spread in the streets and alleys of Qinghe County that a tiger fighting hero had appeared. The woman never expected that the tiger fighting hero turned out to be Wu Dalang's twin brother, Wu Song.

The uncle and sister-in-law have lived together under the same roof since then, one with intention and the other without intention.

One is sour, numb, and itchy, while the other has a heart of stone in ethics and morality.

Falling flowers and flowing water fill the fragrant boudoir, but spring will not come even if the flowers are full and the moon is full.

At this time, the woman was like a canary imprisoned in a cage day and night, looking at Earl Ying who jumped down from the wall with a bamboo pole in his hand.

For a moment, he was so surprised that he couldn't move.

Earl Ying felt guilty about being a thief and faced the fear, so he reluctantly smiled at the woman.

He quickly waved his hand and motioned for the woman to come over.

As if by mistake, the woman took small steps all the way to the back of the big locust tree in the courtyard, and kept looking back at the house with vigilance.

"I'm the brother of the high official Ximen, Ying Guanghou. He specially asked me to bring this to you."

Earl Ying handed the bamboo pole to Pan Jinlian's hand. As soon as Pan Jinlian heard the words "Ximen Senior Official", her beauty immediately turned pale.

why!That handsome man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was actually the famous Ximen official from Qinghe County, Ximen Qing!

This woman just cried out of sadness and despair. The night fog was deep at the moment, and she hurriedly arranged her hair.

Seeing Earl Ying's eyes staring straight at her, a hint of disdain suddenly appeared in his heart.

He thought to himself: This guy looks like a human being, but it turns out he is just a master who has never eaten or seen anything.

Then he booed and asked, "How come the senior official doesn't come on his own, but wants you to take his place?"

Earl Ying shook his head and chuckled, and said: "My brother Ximen Qing's business shop has done a lot, how can I be idle all day long?" "He is so anxious about the young lady, he is simply afraid that the young lady will fall into the eyes of others. "

These words indeed seemed very frivolous, but the woman didn't care. She accepted the bamboo pole and asked the earl to quickly go back along the original road.

Through the secret peeping just now, Earl Ying also knew that this woman's heart had all been given to Wu Song.

So he calmly gave the blond hairpin to the woman, who was recalling the brief encounter with Ximen Qing under the window two days ago.

As soon as I saw this golden hairpin, my eyes immediately lit up and I was extremely happy. My whole body felt like a dead tree blooming, and like a dying person being reborn.

"Give it to me?"

She looked at Earl Ying in disbelief, holding the blond hairpin tightly in her hand.

"This is my first time meeting you, and why can I come here empty-handed?"

Earl Ying said.

After all, this woman had seen a lot of the world and knew that this blond hairpin was priceless, so she couldn't help but start to re-examine Earl Ying.

Earl Ying pointed his finger into the dark room and said softly: "Your uncle is very romantic. Before and after he came to Qinghe County, he always went into brothels regardless of anything."

"Now that I have become a member of the government, I am even more proud. In recent days, I heard that a kiln lady has been groomed in Lichun Courtyard."

Pan Jinlian was startled and said in surprise: "Shu Luan...my uncle has already raised a brothel girl?"

Earl Ying nodded firmly and said: "Even the tiger hunting in Jingyanggang is actually...hehe! Your uncle has been surrounded by women for several years, and his body is actually in ruins."

"Otherwise, why do you think he so ruthlessly rejected your kind offer just now?"

Subversion, Earl Ying wanted to completely subvert Wu Song's impression in Pan Jinlian's heart.

She heard that this guy's words were quite plausible, and if they were unreasonable, they were somewhat reasonable.

I think some are true and some are false, but I can’t take them all as true.

"Ying Guanghou, if most of what you say is false, no matter how rich and powerful you are, no matter how handsome and tall you are, I, Pan Jinlian, will never care about you."

Pan Jinlian held the blond hairpin tightly in her hand, making a gesture of returning it to Earl Ying.

Earl Ying placed his palm tightly on the back of her hand, pushed it back gently, and said, "Take it, I will come back at this time tomorrow and bring you two more pieces of jewelry that you like."

The woman knew that Ying Guanghou took the opportunity to touch her hand, so she quickly withdrew her hand.

Nodding her head, she was about to watch Earl Ying leave when suddenly her expression changed drastically and she was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, he hurriedly turned around and found a ragged girl in the corner of the courtyard. He picked her up and quickly returned.

The girl never expected to be discovered and caught by Pan Jinlian. She was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, trembling and said: "Mom, I didn't mean to..."

It turned out that this girl was Ying'er, the daughter born to Wu Dalang and his wife.

Pan Jinlian's face turned cold, and she pointed at her nose and said, "You weird slave, believe it or not, I threw you into the cage and steamed you with those damn cakes!"

Her voice was very harsh, but also very soft, for fear of being heard by the two brothers in the room.

Earl Ying was also stunned. Seeing how pitiful and skinny the girl was, he felt heartbroken for a moment.

(End of this chapter)