Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

"The demons and ghosts couldn't stay still and jumped out again." Xiaocai walked around the academy. Father Zhang who was watching the gate, Li Xiucai from the elementary school class and others all went to say hello and heard something. gossip.

Shen Xiaolian, the master of Ailianju, was not as talented as his wife. They each had many male and female disciples. Among them, Miss Qu San, the niece of Qu Tongpan, was the most proud female disciple of Mrs. Shen.

Miss Qu San lost her father when she was young, and she has always relied on Qu Tongpian to survive. Since the marriage proposal with the Yang family, a wealthy family in the city, failed last year, Qu Tongpian decided to choose a talented and learned male disciple from Shen Xiaolian to be his wife's son-in-law.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Shen was not happy. Since Shen Xiaolian was not as talented as herself, and the talents of Shen Xiaolian's disciples were not as good as Miss Qu San's, she must choose a talented female disciple for her.

Therefore, Fang organized a plum blossom party and invited thirty young students of similar age from major academies and government schools in the city. It was called a flower viewing event, but in reality it was a blind date.

"Tomorrow's Plum Blossom Party is actually a blind date?" Wang Heng smacked his tongue and said, "I lost the invitation. I was already wavering between going and not going. Since it's a blind date, I can't go. I'm still young. You are young and have no place to stand, so how can you care about such a big thing as getting married?"

"No, I heard that the Qu family is a powerful family in the Western Mountains of Dongting. Miss Qu San is the only daughter of a large family. All the wealth in the family will be dowry in the future. Everyone is envious when talking about it. How come the seventh brother is so generous?" Xiaocai said.

Wang Hengdao: "My eldest aunt has a good saying, how can you covet other people's property when you get married? If you covet money, you will inevitably look ugly. Day by day and night, you will inevitably feel depressed and even regretful. It is not a long-term solution."

"The eldest lady is really wise. After hearing what she said, it seems that a huge fortune is not that important." Xiaocai said: "What can a poor person rely on to turn himself around? I feel so confused."

"Small wealth comes from frugality, and great wealth comes from heaven." Wang Heng was also confused.

The next day was the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month. Wang Heng really didn't go to the meeting, so he and Xiao Cai ate a bowl of glutinous rice dumplings at the dining room to celebrate the occasion.

At the end of the afternoon, the two of them were studying in the fasting room. Suddenly, a servant came and said that on the order of Mr. Xu of Zhishi Tower, Wang Heng was asked to immediately go to Jingyi Zhai where Yuan Shanchang was visiting the guests to discuss important matters. .

Wang Hengzhengwen was drowsy after reading the book. He rubbed his eyes and asked, "What's urgent about Mr. Xu?"He even made a fuss to the mountain chief, put on his cotton robe, got up, and headed towards Jingyi Zhai on the back mountain.

Jingyi Zhai was far away, and before I even entered the building, I heard Mr. Xu’s angry scolding through the window. Mr. Xu, a gentle and gentle man, was actually getting angry and cursing.

"In the academy, you are taught to read books by sages and walk along Kangzhuang Road. You actually become thieves. You don't care about being thieves, and you have to slander the names of your classmates. You are really stubborn."

These few words were said in a very serious way, almost a curse.Wang Heng was puzzled, so he opened the curtain and entered. When he looked up, Jingyi Zhai was crowded with people.

Yuan Shanchang sat on the gauze chair with his hands down and closed his eyes to meditate. Young Master Pu and Young Master Chu stood in the west corner. Mr. Xu pointed at them and cursed angrily.

Chief Yuan Shan bowed his head, and there were two men standing. One was an old man in gray robe, dressed as a servant of a wealthy family, and the other was a young man, wearing a hero's cloak, but dressed as a Jianghu man. These two men appeared in Yuan Shan The long Jingyi Zhai is very strange.

Wang Heng stepped forward, bowed deeply to Yuan Shanchang, and said: "Chang Shan, the New Year is auspicious."

He saluted Mr. Xu again.

Chief Yuan Shan said tiredly: "Assistant Xu, come and talk to Wang Sheng."

It turned out that today the Ailian Residence was decorated with lanterns and decorations, and people from the Plum Blossom Club and the congregation came to attend appointments one after another at noon. Among them, a pair of masters and servants came with invitations from Wang Heng of Ziyang Academy. The concierge was unnoticed, and they were fooled into sneaking into the two different halls. The main venue.

The young man wearing the hero's cloak accompanied his sworn brother to the meeting today. He had met this pair of master and servant in Huqiu before. At that time, both of them were dressed as luxurious princes, one with the surname of Chu and the other with the surname of Pu. , therefore, he asked his adopted brother to inform Shen Xiaolian, fearing that the identities of these two people were not true.

Shen Xiaolian asked the concierge and checked carefully. The invitation they got was from Wang Heng of Ziyang Academy. The steward went to ask them, but they still wanted to deny it.

Shen Xiaolian was furious and sent the stewards to escort the two men to Ziyang Academy. The young Jianghu man volunteered to help and handed over Mr. Chu and Mr. Pu to Chief Yuan Shan.

Only then did Mr. Chu and Mr. Pu San admit that they went to Zhishi Building to take Mr. Xu out and stole the invitation to the Plum Blossom Club.

Mr. Xu was very angry and asked them why they wanted to steal. Mr. Pu San did not say a word, but Mr. Chu was honest and said that they were jealous and did not want to see bumpkins from the countryside attending the Plum Blossom Party.

The two of them violated the hospital rules and should be punished. Wang Heng was the one who suffered the crime, so Yuan Shanchang and Mr. Xu came to ask his opinion.