Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

"Taxue Villa?" Wang Banchan thought for a long time and said, "It sounds like someone's garden. If you think about it carefully, I really can't tell where it is."

Wang Heng stared sideways at his expression. Wang Banchan seemed to know nothing about it. Hearing the words, he smiled and said: "Brother Banchan, if you think of it in the future, please tell me."

It was raining lightly the next day, and the waiters at the old store fed the horses early as instructed. The three of them led the horses to the door of Guitianyuanju and waited.

Because of the bad weather, Wang Heng was worried. It was common for the spoiled young masters and elder sisters of the first class to talk without telling the truth, or to retreat when they saw that God was not being kind to them.

Fortunately, Wang Banchan was a trustworthy person. The concierge Lao Li went to deliver the message, and the Wang family's carriage drove out of the garden gate.

Brother and sister Wang Banchan and a maid were sitting in the carriage, and they thoughtfully prepared three raincoats for Wang Heng and the others.

Miss Wang invited Fei Yue'er to ride in the carriage so that they could talk along the way. Seeing that there was not much room in the carriage and Wang Yushi was very weak, Fei Yue'er thanked her for her kindness and said that she would lead the way.

When the carriages and horses walked out of the city gate, the rain gradually stopped, and everyone thought it was a good sign.

After traveling for more than ten miles, we arrived in front of the Taiping Town Mengjiang Hall, and then walked a few hundred steps eastward to the Chengjiayuan Dixi Pavilion.

Miss Wang put on her curtain hat and got out of the carriage. Wang Banchan was an official and went to a strange house rashly. He was afraid that other people would feel uncomfortable, so he stayed in the carriage and waited.

A small sedan was parked in front of the gate. I don't know who was visiting.

The old Zhang, the old guard at the door, saw Fei Yue'er and the others and knew they were the uncle's friends. He hurriedly invited them in and said, "Master Meng is here to talk to the uncle today. They are in the main hall."

When Wang Heng came yesterday, he saw a flower garden at the west end of the corridor. He dug a small goldfish pond and built a fish viewing pavilion. He said to Lao Zhang, "Master Meng is an elder. It is inconvenient for the rest of us to disturb you. Just wait at Guanyu Pavilion on the west side."

Not long after, Cheng Xiucai hurried to the pavilion, cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, Master Meng hasn't finished speaking yet. You guys sit down and wait for a while."

Fei Yue'er said: "Old Master Meng must have something serious to talk to you about, so please invite Sister Yun to come out and meet you."

Wang Heng said with a smile: "We came here just to hang out with nothing to do. Brother Cheng, there is no need to disturb the old aunt, so as not to have to greet each other again. The old aunt sees that we are busy and have nothing to do, so she may be tired of us."

Everyone chuckled. Cheng Xiucai told Lao Zhang: "Go and ask the young lady to come out and accompany Mr. Wang, Miss Fei and the others." Then he confessed and returned to the main hall.

After a cup of tea, light footsteps came from the corridor, and in the distance I saw a young Taoist nun wielding a long sword and walking towards the pavilion with slightly moving steps.

"You are all my brother's friends, do you want to listen to the Taoist preaching?" Lingwei's eyes were quick and flowing, he saluted everyone, showed a playful look, and said: "The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, The waves are rolling into the sea, and there are many ups and downs in the world. Let me tell you what this poor man tells me. It is said that in the late Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos, feudal towns were divided, and bandits were everywhere. There was a hero who, with a handful of golden bullets, fought in the north and south. "

This is the opening chapter of Cheng Niangzi's "Golden Bullet".

Before anyone came close, Miss Wang had already recognized her as Miss Ye San, Ye Fangxue, and nodded to Wang Heng.

When Ye Fangxue was talking about her pride, she saw a woman walking out from among her brother's friends. She took off her hat and it turned out to be Miss Wang. She couldn't help being stunned and her face suddenly changed.

The scene froze for a moment, and there was silence for a long time. Ye Fangxue said: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Miss Ye San, we are close friends of Mr. Jiang's family in Mohua Village, Yunjian County. We are both reasonable scholars." Wang Heng said playfully.

Ye Fangxue turned to leave, but Wang Heng stopped him and said: "Miss Ye San, Jiang Yueting, the eldest son of the Jiang family, has written three letters and six etiquettes and spent thousands of taels of silver as a betrothal gift in order to marry you. If I can't do anything for you, just do it." Just leave like this? We are neither here to force you to go home, nor will we force you to marry Jiang Yueting. As long as you personally give Brother Yueting an explanation, apologize for your fault, and ask your father to return the bride price, the matter will be over. If If you are stubborn, I will tell your father Ye Tianliao the news. If he comes to the Cheng family to take you back, no one can stop him."

Ye Fangxue was speechless for a moment and lowered her head in silence.

The scene was deadlocked and no one spoke. When Cheng Xiucai arrived, he saw a strange scene of everyone being silent. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "What's going on? Xiaoyun, go and pack a plate of our own oranges." Come, let everyone have a taste."

Wang Heng took a step forward and said: "Miss Ye San, just tell Brother Cheng honestly how you made up this nonsense. I specifically asked Brother Cheng not to tell my old aunt, in order to save face for you, so as not to hurt my old aunt." Auntie is sad to know the truth."

"Miss Ye San?" Cheng Xiucai didn't react for a moment and said in a daze: "Xiaoyun is the Miss Ye San you are looking for?"

Wang Heng sneered and said: "Miss Ye San, if you don't tell me, I will tell you for you. During the Lantern Festival, there has always been a custom of walking across three bridges in the south of the Yangtze River. The girls and women in the inner house are usually not allowed to go out without any reason. This is the only night where they can When I went out for the Lantern Festival the year before last, Miss Ye San knew that it was the seventh day of Cheng Yun's birthday, so she walked outside the garden wall of Cheng Yun's house in Songling, Wujiang. She happened to see Mrs. Cheng burning incense and praying for her daughter under the moon, so Miss Ye San comforted Cheng. Madam, the fake Tuo Yun Niang has turned into an elf. She was just kind-hearted at the time, but it turned out to be a conspiracy in the future."

Ye Fangxue turned pale and bowed to Cheng Xiucai: "Brother, I did lie to you."