Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

In mid-autumn, the night is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, and the silence is mixed with the chirping of autumn insects. I am tired from walking during the day, but I start tossing and turning at night.

Xiaocai loved to drink Maofeng tea. After eating the light tea soup, he wrote quickly by the light of the lamp. He looked up and saw Wang Heng reading in the adjoining bedroom and said, "Seventh brother, Brother Yueting is very happy. I don't want to say that." If it's disappointing, I'm afraid his old Taishan's behavior is not very authentic. In our hometown, most of the marriages are to subsidize the betrothal guests. The groom's family will give 100 taels as a bride price, and the dowry must bring a full 160 taels. The stingiest family will get at least half of the bride price back with the dowry. It's so unfair It takes years for people to talk about your decency.”

Wang Heng put down his book, stretched and said: "I have never seen an official who has retired and returned to his hometown as poor as the Ye family. But as the old saying goes, marry a girl from a high family and marry a woman from a low family. As long as the girl is good, you can live a harmonious and beautiful life. , It’s just a matter of helping my parents’ family, and Brother Yueting can afford it.”

Xiaocai remained noncommittal and continued writing his "Notes of Wanhuzhuang". Xiaocai had been writing the storybook for more than a year, but no bookstore was willing to print a few copies for him.

Early the next morning, the Jiang family mansion was bustling with people. Relatives and relatives came to give gifts. Lao Song temporarily hired a few errands to handle the situation. Folks from Mohua Village also came to help.

The wedding banquet was placed in the courtyard of the mansion, and the craftsmen who built the wedding tent were busy today.

Although he was busy, he was still in an orderly manner. Old Song took his servants to take care of things, and Wang Cai and his two brothers were still wandering around Mohua Village.

In the afternoon, I went to Gaosheng Tea House to listen to a book. What I was talking about these days was "Wu Song's Blood Splattered on the Lion Tower". I had already killed Ximen Qing the afternoon before yesterday. I don't know what he said yesterday. Today, I heard that he hadn't jumped off the Lion Tower yet. .

The storyteller was just impressed by Wu Song's sudden roar, and the empty bowls and vats in the Lion Tower were making a sound. The rhythm was too slow, and some of the audience fell asleep and quietly walked away.

Wangcai heard them whispering, "Today, there is a Feiyun Troupe singing Southern Songs at the social opera stage."

After a while, half of the tea guests left, and Xiaocai said in a low voice: "Seventh brother, let's go to the theater too."

The two of them followed the other tea guests down to the teahouse to watch the opera. The social opera stage was much closer to the Jiang family mansion. It was located at the west end of the Chiang Kai-shek Temple, facing west.

With the melodious sound of the flute and flute, many people gathered around the stage. The vendors had already heard the news and seized the favorable terrain.

Wang Cai has experience in watching social operas. He occupied the position with his lower right hand on the stage for "Everyone is Celebrating". He was in a good position facing the stage and would be packed when the play started.

The opera troupe was invited by the Lord of Mohua Village to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone in the village can watch it without paying any more. If the male and female guests are satisfied with the performance, they are free to give a small reward.

Today Feiyun class sang "The Lion's Roar", which is the most humorous play.Chen Jichang's appearance, although not as good as Yueting's, is still very handsome. Liu Yue'e, the female lead, is ordinary in appearance, but her singing, reading, and fighting skills are very impressive. She played the shrew so vividly that the whole hall applauded.

Liu Yue'e: I'll punish you by kneeling by the pool.

Chen Jichang: Madam, please kneel down. I just ask you to close the door. I am afraid someone will see you and be embarrassed.

Liu Yue'e: Kneel down after beating me.

Chen Jichang: Kneel down if you want.

Before the layman Dongpo came on the stage to persuade and curse each other, a drunken opera man who was watching the theater in the audience got up, jumped up to the stage in two steps, and shouted: "You are a shrewd woman from Hen Sichen, you don't follow the rules of a woman. Give me a punch."

Seeing this rude man drunkenly on the stage, everyone held their breath, fearing that something might happen on the stage. A man jumped out from behind the stage, put his feet up, jumped up, and gently lifted the drunken man up. He stood up and jumped off the stage like a dragonfly. Everyone saw the figure in front of them shaking, rolling down several feet away and floating away.

Everyone could not help but be dazzled when they saw the light skill of this hand, which was as smooth as clouds and water, and completed in one go.

Xiaocai kept applauding and cheering. He was waiting for someone to come over and wanted to get to know him. Unexpectedly, this person disappeared into the crowd, and no one could see his face clearly. They could only vaguely recognize that he was a young man.

After the play, I returned to the Jiang family mansion and saw Yueting. Wang Cai kept talking freely. Wang Heng also said that Feiyun Class Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Xu is a rare master.

The young man moved around and made gestures for Yue Ting to see. Yue Ting was surprised when he saw it. He himself was not weak in martial arts. He had traveled around the world for many years and was apprenticed to several well-known old heroes in the world. He thought that he did not have such skills and could lift weights. Ruqing could lift a man weighing more than 100 kilograms and fly several feet away in an instant.

The young man was delighted to see Hunter Xin, and asked Yueting repeatedly which sect of Qinggong it was. Yueting frowned and thought for a long time, and said: "With my limited experience in martial arts, I can't think of many people with such superb martial arts. However, I heard the old boxer Moling Ji once mentioned that there is a sect in the south of the Yangtze River called Saoye Shanfang. He has unparalleled light skills, but is very mysterious and rarely gets involved in disputes in the world. Maybe he is a disciple of Saoye Shanfang."

Wang Heng and Xiaocai knew nothing about Jianghu sects, so they secretly remembered the sect Saoye Shanfang.

Xiaocai sincerely wanted to make friends with this master, so he went to the theater early the next morning. Unfortunately, the whole day was uneventful, and the master never appeared again.