The forced marriage failed, but the poor boy turned around to exorcise demons and save people

Chapter 21 No.20 The reason for the match between one official and one official
The ancestors of the Cheng family had an imperial doctor, but later the family fell into decline. After inheriting some medical skills, they opened a pharmacy and started running it.A hundred years have passed, not many people in the family know medical skills, but they are better at business. Now the medicinal materials are spread to the whole city.

Today, as the eldest son of the Cheng family, Cheng Jiachuan has read poetry and books since he was a child, and is especially good at business. The Cheng family also intends to train him as an heir, so the medical clinic in Zhaonan Town is handed over to Cheng Jiachuan to run, and he also takes care of the children. My younger brother Cheng Jiayun goes to school here.

The momentum of the family's development is good, and Cheng's mother has already made a good marriage arrangement for Cheng Jiachuan. The other party is Xu Wanyao, the eldest daughter of the Xuzhi County family. Xu Wanyao is delicate and beautiful. She was engaged to Cheng Jiachuan early and only waited for the fifteenth to come to get married. .

As Xu Wanyao grew older, she became more and more beautiful. Zhuang Wenfeng, the legitimate son of the county prime minister's family, fell in love with her at first sight. Moreover, Zhuang Wenfeng had a good literary talent. He became a scholar at the age of 15 and was a rare young talent. Wait a few years and pass the exam. Being a Jinshi was not a problem, so the Xu family wanted to regret their marriage.

Xu Wanyao and Cheng Jiachuan knew about their engagement early on. Every year on festivals, the two families would give each other gifts so that they could meet. Over the past few years, the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper, and they only waited until they were old enough to get married.

But who would have expected that when Xu Wanyao was fifteen, her biological mother passed away, and the Xu family detained Xu Wanyao at home on the grounds that she had observed filial piety for her biological mother for three years.

This matter is bound to fail. Cheng Jiachuan is already two years older than Xu Wanyao. Now he is 17. In three years, when Cheng Jiachuan reaches [-], the government will definitely match him with an official match.

But there is no way, the Xu family does not allow marriage, and no one can bear the suppression of filial piety.After getting married, he gradually realized what the Xu family meant.

Cheng's mother also fell in love with Cheng Jiachuan again.But after all, Cheng Jiachuan fell in love with Xu Wanyao, and they vowed to be together for the rest of their lives. How could he let Xu Wanyao marry someone else while she was keeping her filial piety?

After waiting for two years, it seems that the official match is about to come. However, Xu Wanyao's filial piety period will have to wait until September next year, and she is in a hurry to start a family. Rather than not knowing who the official match will be then, it is better to find someone who knows the character and matches the family early. They got married. For this reason, Cheng's mother looked at each other everywhere, and the news spread. The Xu family simply said that Cheng's family couldn't wait any longer and just let it go. The daughter of the Xu family didn't need such a half-hearted person, so they simply broke off the engagement.

As a result, the married couple immediately found a partner for Cheng Jiachuan and got engaged in June this year.

Cheng Jiachuan was depressed all day long and refused to accept it.But after Cheng Jiachuan set the date of marriage, the Xu family also arranged the marriage for Xu Wanyao and Zhuang Wenfeng. The date of marriage was in July. How could the Cheng family still not understand the Xu family's plan at this time?

The basic purpose was to force them to get married and let go first, and to put them in an unjust situation when they got married, but they couldn't find the Xu family. After all, they were the county magistrate, an official family, and they were merchants.

After hearing this, Cheng Jiachuan went to Xu Mansion many times to look for Xu Wanyao, but never saw him once.

It wasn't until the Dragon Boat Festival in May this year that Cheng Jiachuan heard that Xu Wanyao and Zhuang Wenfeng would watch the dragon boat race together, so he dragged Ye Tianjun around to find out the address of the dragon boat race.

Cheng Jiachuan went there early that day, but who knew that something was wrong as soon as he arrived. Zhuang Wenfeng actually planned to seize Xu Wanyao here. Cheng Jiachuan rushed in, beat Zhuang Wenfeng, pulled Xu Wanyao and ran away.

The two finally explained their misunderstanding and did not let each other down.But both of them are engaged.

"Wanyao wanted to elope with me. We had planned it..." Cheng Jiachuan was already crying. It is said that men don't shed tears easily, but they are not sad yet.

Ye Tianjun also sighed: "Unfortunately, I don't know what part of the elopement went wrong. Before Jiachuan left the house, the Xu family went to find Xu Wanyao and brought Xu Wanyao back."

When something like an elopement happened, no one would be ashamed of it, but Xu Wanyao was the only one, and Xu Wanyao refused to admit her elopement or who the adulterer of the elopement was.

The last few people knew it well but had no evidence to take Cheng Jiachuan, so Cheng Jiachuan escaped, and Xu Wanyao who eloped...

"That night, the firewood shed where Xu Wanyao was imprisoned caught fire, and Xu Wanyao... was burned alive!" Ye Tianjun's voice was obviously heavy, and no one expected this to be the outcome.

"She was in pain and asked me to save her, but there was nothing left when I went..." Cheng Jiachuan spoke with a sob.He personally felt Xu Wanyao's pain and despair in his dream.

She screamed in pain at the top of her lungs over and over again, calling his name over and over again and asking why she didn't arrive for the elopement that day.Since that day, he had nightmares every night, as if he was being roasted by fire, or he could hear the stinging sound of burning fire, each sound made him suffer, and he could never feel at ease day and night.

"So you offered her memorial tablet." Qiao Mu was not moved by this story, her voice remained calm and indifferent.

"Yes." Cheng Jiachuan wiped his face: "Because of the stigma, her funeral was simple. She was wrapped in a straw mat and buried in the wild. I bought incense and candles to worship her."

"I originally wanted her to be buried in my family's ancestral grave... then I went to Tianyi Temple to ask for her memorial tablet to be offered to me." He smiled bitterly.

How could the Cheng family agree to bury Xu Wanyao in the Cheng family's ancestral grave?Regardless of being nameless or distinguished, this is still a woman whose reputation hinders her. It would be great if she could be wrapped in a straw mat and buried.

As for the memorial tablet, he actually heard Xu Wanyao's words in his dream. She said that she died unjustly and that there was nothing wrong with her. She said that she wanted a stable home.

She also said she hoped the memorial tablet would stay with him forever.

"She has a grudge and wants revenge." Qiao Mu suddenly stopped talking and looked at the door: "Someone is coming."

Several people looked at Qiao Mu blankly, who else was coming?
Everyone stared at the door, just wanting to know who was coming.

"Knock Knock Knock!"

"Open the door." Cheng Jiachuan said to the medicine boy in a hoarse voice.

The medicine boy quickly arrived at the door and opened it.

"How can there be such serious Yin Qi here?" The visitor was dressed as a Taoist priest, carrying a sword on his back, frowning and said: "I'm sorry to bother you, but is the shopkeeper here?"

Cheng Jiachuan recognized this person: "Taoist Master Zizhen!"

"It turns out to be the Lord of Destiny."

"This is Taoist Zizhen of Tianyi Temple, the first disciple of Zen Mu Zhenren." He went to Tianyi Temple to ask for Xu Wanyao's tablet. It was Taoist Zizhen who was in charge of it.

Qiao Mu and Song Zhiqing glanced at each other. Unexpectedly, before they went to Tianyi Temple, they met the person in the temple first.

"Hello, everyone!" Zizhen greeted, then looked at Cheng Jiachuan: "Master Cheng, the person in charge here is..."

After hearing this, Cheng Jiachuan understood in his heart: "It's me. Did the Taoist Master see anything?"

Zizhen walked half a circle around the hall, and finally his eyes fell on the back hall: "There is a soul that has turned into a resentful ghost. It has hurt people's lives and needs to be eliminated!"

(End of this chapter)