Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 143 Haunted House
If you have money or not, go home for the New Year; big and small things will be counted after the year.As New Year's Eve approached, the sluggish atmosphere in Cheng's mansion finally improved, and the servants dared to show smiles on their faces.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the senior executives also mentioned the matter of moving in front of Mrs. Sun.After the emperor made Cheng Dashan a marquis, he also gave him a mansion, not far from here.The senior executives guessed that they would not be able to move before the year, and they had to finish the New Year anyway, so they didn't urge Sun.Mrs. Sun really forgot about it, after all, Cheng Dashan's becoming a Marquis is far less worrying than Zhuhua's marrying into Prince Ping's mansion, even Cheng Dashan himself forgot.

Because of the accident, people came to congratulate him these days, but Cheng Dashan didn't see any of them, and he didn't even go to the banquet he was going to attend, because he was afraid that he would drink too much and do something to anger the women at home.He is bitter in his heart, obviously he has good intentions, but no one in the family can understand it, and they all hate him. Only his good grandson knows his difficulties. Unfortunately, his son-in-law always dominates his grandson, making him even want to kiss him. It has to be robbed.

In fact, after receiving the dowry, Zhuhua calmed down, but she didn't reveal it, otherwise she would appear to be too practical, even though it was true.

In the betrothal gift, part of it was added by Queen Ping. Facing the gift list, Zhuhua watched King Ping send a pearl blouse with an inexplicable expression on her face.Yes, her name has a "bead" in it, but she doesn't necessarily like pearls. It seems that many people gave her pearls in the past two years, and she did accept some of them and use them, but Pearl shirt?Can she pawn it? It looks quite expensive, but she probably doesn't know how to wear it.

"Miss, this pearl shirt is so beautiful." Qiu Chu admired.

If it is said to be beautiful, it is indeed beautiful. The pearls used on it are round and bright. It is simply a work of art, but when worn on the body?Zhuhua imagined that scene, and some period dramas came to her mind, let's forget it~
"Take it, I will give it to my daughter as a dowry in the future." Zhuhua said with a big wave of her hand.

"Is it the lady who is going to marry the prince of Xihai County?" Qiu Chu joked.

Only then did Zhuhua remember the joke, and replied with a smile, "It's not that young lady."

Although the two joked in private for a while, Zhuhua was still angry on the surface, and she justifiably returned all the family affairs to Mrs. Sun.In fact, it is not difficult to follow the rules and regulations she has set to be a director, but the work has suddenly increased, and Sun is still a little too busy. This is still under the premise of Qinglan's help.When she thought that in the year after tomorrow, Qinglan would have to follow Zhuhua to Prince Ping's Mansion, she felt annoyed.

"Qing Lan, do you really want to go to Prince Ping's Mansion? I heard that the mansion is quite evil." Sun advised privately.

Qinglan smiled and said: "Madam, even the young lady is married, how can you talk about evil?"

Sun smiled coyly, and heard Qinglan say again: "Madam, don't worry, Ruyi and Ruyan are smart, and there are still a few daughters-in-law who can afford things in the house, you just need to be busy during the New Year's Eve. If you're really too busy at that time, you can still borrow someone from the lady, and the lady will definitely agree."

"That's right." Sun had no choice but to say so.

Because Zhuhua was going to marry into the palace, there were many people in the palace who were going to marry as dowries, and even the dowry might have to be added.Zhuhua is also stubborn. At that time, the family agreed that the dowries of the three sisters were the same. Naturally, she couldn't surpass her sisters, so she took out 1000 taels from her private house, and also got a few shops and Zhuangzi that she secretly bought. On the bright side.Only then did Mrs. Sun know that she had earned a lot in these years, and Mrs. Sun did not calculate the [-]% of the money she handed over in previous years. Some months Zhuhua paid more and some months paid less. In fact, it seems to be a lot of money Number of.In fact, she didn't really want it, but put it away alone and planned to return it to Zhuhua's dowry in the future.

"Azhu, you earn so much and you still refuse to give your family a small coat for nothing. How much cloth did you use?"

"Mother, no one in this house has as much money as you. You always trade your clothes for jewelry, so you're ashamed to blame me. Speaking of which, these jewelry are enough to make up a box of dowry."

"It's not a way to make up like this..." Sun said awkwardly.

Several concubines got married in front, and the dowry with the least amount was 98.Now counting the 36 dowry originally prepared by the Cheng family and the [-] gold dowry gift from the royal family, it can make up a decent dowry.It's just that the betrothal gifts sent by the previous princes were all [-] gold, and all the mansions put them into the dowry and carried them to the palace. Naturally, the [-] gold of King Ping cannot be moved. That's about fifty or so dowry.Even if it is because he is married to Prince Ping, it is not easy for the Cheng family to prepare the dowry over the other concubines, but it must not be less than eighty levies.The private house that Zhuhua took out couldn't buy a few boxes of things, so what about the poor dowry in the middle?

It's not that the Cheng family can't do such a dowry. At that time, Mrs. Sun didn't expect a daughter to marry into the royal family, so she said that the three daughters had the same dowry.If the youngest daughter's dowry has increased now, will the eldest daughter and the second daughter have to make up for it privately?If it is made up, the mansion will really be evacuated.

Zhuhua knew Sun's embarrassment, so she said: "Mother, do you really want to pack so many boxes of good things? Then everyone will open the boxes and have a look. Who wants to move? You put A good layer is enough. Besides, although my little clothes can’t be carried in a box on the surface, my dolls can. I put a box of dolls, a box of toys, and a box of weapons. That's three boxes."

"Why are you armed?"

"It is very important to have ready-made weapons available when you want to do something in the future. By the way, you can also ask for some magic weapons and put them in a box. I originally wanted to find some homework to put a box in. Seeing that the other party is For the sake of the prince, the family law is fine."

"Family law? What family law?"

"Wooden sticks, bamboo sticks, and washboards."

Sun's back shivered, but she couldn't help asking, "Why is there a washboard? This is for King Ping to help you wash your clothes?"

"How can I make King Ping do such a thing, just let him kneel on the washboard until he wears the board."

"You..." Mrs. Sun stared at her in surprise, then turned her head and told Ruyan, who was stunned, "Go, ask someone to buy a few washboards and keep them in the house, the master will definitely need them."

"Yes, ma'am." Ruyan quickly responded and came out of the room, she didn't dare to stay inside and listen to the two of them discuss how to physically punish the prince.

In addition to the dowry, she also had to bring a few companions over there, and the servants in the mansion didn't have much thought for this New Year's Eve.It is true that it is a decent thing to be able to go to the palace to work as an errand, but that is the Pingwang Palace, what if I go to the palace and run into evil?Now that the selected candidates are decided, Qiuyun and his wife, as well as Qiuchu and Qiushi will definitely be there. Because there is a need for a nanny to marry them, Qinglan and Shixiang will also follow, and naturally the girls who are close to them will also follow. .The rest of the bead flowers are still undecided, maybe I will pick a few good ones when I buy people in the Spring Mansion tomorrow.

Next year the mansion will be moved to Zhongguohou's mansion, and the servants will naturally have to add a lot. Cheng Dashan intends to give this house to Qin San.Qin San's family is happy and happy, the original house is not enough to live in, and Jin Hua is pregnant again, and there will be more people in the family, Qin San plans to wait for Jin Hua to give birth safely in the coming year and change to a bigger house.Cheng Dashan had heard from him early in the morning, so he discussed with the Sun family to exchange this house with Qin San's house, and save Qin San's house for Yinhua who came to Beijing in the spring, so that the daughters would be near her mother's house Except that Zhuhua will marry a little further away in the future, and it will take half an hour to get there by carriage.

After a messy year, it was the seventh day of the lunar new year. According to theory, King Ping got the future Yue's family to come to pay New Year's greetings, but he didn't come. He was only given a heavy gift.He has been sick since that day, and he still hasn't recovered. The imperial doctor told him that if he doesn't give birth properly, he might develop lung disease.After thinking about it, he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​going to pay New Year's greetings when he was sick, and he was recuperating at home depressed.

Because his illness has not recovered, Ji Wang, who has never believed that there are ghosts in his mansion, became superstitious, and specially invited the priest of Perak to make calculations for Ping Wang.After hearing the reason, Daoist Perak ignored him, and he looked too lazy to talk to him, which made Ji Wang very annoyed.However, the attitude of Daoist Priest Perak also shows that King Ping's illness is a real illness, not some mutual restraint as rumored outside.

After the seventh day of the lunar new year, the Cheng Mansion chose a day, and the whole family moved to the Zhongguohou Mansion.Zhongguohou's Mansion is more than twice the size of the original Cheng's Mansion. The rooms inside are still new, and there are not many places that need to be repaired, but the furniture has to be re-prepared.The layout of the Hou's Mansion is similar to that of the original Cheng's Mansion. After entering the second gate, there is the main courtyard. There are two side courtyards in the main courtyard, a total of five large rooms.There are four large courtyards behind the main courtyard, and there are also side courtyards in the courtyards, with a total of three large houses.

The garden in the mansion is very large, there is a small lake in it, and there is a broken boat tied to the lake, probably left over from before.There are still some residual lotus in the lake, and I can imagine what it will be like in summer.There is a small courtyard by the lake, surrounded by grass and trees, and the pavilions inside are very exquisite.When Mrs. Sun saw such a big house, she thought, how many more servants do I have to buy?She wished she could block the mansion and rent out the unoccupied ones behind.

Zhu Hua thought of a trick for her, saying that the lake in the garden can be used to raise fish and lotus roots, and if there are too many fish to eat, the small yard next to it can also be used to dry fish.The senior executive who heard her words at that time couldn't help but shook his beard, thinking to himself, if the former Fengya master knew that the lotus candy he took painstaking efforts turned into a fish pond, he would not know why he would feel distressed.Now that Mrs. Sun has seen the world, she refuted Zhuhua's suggestion to dry fish in the sun. As for the idea of ​​raising lotus root fish, she still agrees with this idea.

Because there are too many yards, Changzi and Dabao and Erbao who originally lived in the same yard had to live separately.Boss Guzi didn't want to, seeing that Dabao and Erbao were still living together, and he was the only one in the yard, so he felt that Sun didn't love him.Mrs. Sun didn't listen to what she said, but later saw that he even used the old trick of rolling on the ground when he was a child, so Mrs. Sun had to let the three of them continue to live together.

"They're all grown-ups, and they always follow their brothers, so they don't feel ashamed. Could it be that they are timid and dare not sleep alone at night?" Zhuhua joked on the sidelines.

"I'm not timid, I'm the most courageous in the school."

"I think others are afraid of you rolling on the ground and letting you go."

When Changzi heard this, he snorted a few times angrily, and said harshly: "In a few days, you will know that I am bold."

"I am waiting."

Zhuhua knew that Changzi had been to Prince Ping's mansion, but she didn't know that King Ping invited them to play in the scary courtyard, so she didn't expect Changzi to say this.Changzi had already secretly agreed with some of his good classmates that they would go to the scary courtyard of Pingwang Mansion to play together on the first day of school.

After King Ping finished repairing the courtyard, only King Ji and Geng Jieqing have been there so far.Over the years, he has continued to repair it, always wanting to make it perfect, so that those who have been to the yard are too scared to come back again.At the end of last year, the yard was finally repaired, and he didn't make any noise, thinking about inviting someone to try it first.Just when the intestines came, he wanted this brave kid to come and play first.Of course, he would tell the person in charge of playing the ghost inside not to make it too real, it would be bad if it frightened people, this is Zhuhua's younger brother.

Changzi heard people say that there is a scary yard in Prince Ping's mansion a long time ago. Some people said that he raised ghosts in the yard, but others said that he specially built a yard to scare people. Only the brave There is a chance to go in and play.From then on, he wanted to play in the scary courtyard of Prince Ping's Mansion once, and even took Dabao and Erbao around the periphery of Prince Ping's Mansion several times.The other children who wanted to enter Prince Ping's mansion but couldn't get in, also often wandered outside of Prince Ping's mansion, imagining that they would be discovered by King Ping one day, and then please come in.It's a pity that after all these years, there is no child who can go in.

To say that history is always surprisingly similar, when the rumors of the Pingwang Mansion being haunted first came out, Zhuhua took Dabao and Erbao to wander outside the Pingwang Mansion in the same way, hoping to encounter some strange things.Unfortunately, neither of them met.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the children went to school to hand in the Shuxiu and then listen to the teacher recite a few rules before they can go back.Changzi had gone to the home of a few courageous children who were having fun as early as the Chinese New Year, and told them about being able to enter the courtyard of Prince Ping's Mansion, and encouraged them to go with them.How could a child of this age be able to withstand the stimulation, so he naturally complied.As a result, after screaming a few times, these children called the courageous people they knew to go together, and on the appointed day, sixteen people gathered outside Prince Ping's mansion.

"Will this be too much?" Dabao asked worriedly.

Changzi has no idea, and blames himself for being careless in making friends, each of them dare not come alone and drag a helper, but he doesn't want to be able to dominate the school for so long because he always drags Dabao and Erbao as two helpers.

"I'll ask first." Changzi went to the gate of the mansion to find someone to pass on the message.

In fact, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, it was known earlier that he would come today, so King Ping sent Xiao Lin to wait for him.Seeing that Mr. Cheng finally came, Xiao Lin bent over to greet him.

After hearing what he asked, Xiao Lin replied respectfully: "Of course it is possible. It doesn't matter how many people you bring with Mr. Cheng."

Seeing that Changzi was fine, he turned his head and waved to the people who followed grandly, saying, "Come here, everyone."

A group of children immediately gathered around, making the corners of Xiao Lin's mouth twitch slightly.

Xiao Lin opened the side door, led people in, and said: "The yard is for scaring people, you young masters, you have to think about it, if you get frightened, the house will not be responsible."

"We know." Some children thought that Xiao Lin looked down on them, so they boldly replied.

Xiao Lin smiled, and said: "Later, it's best to go in in groups of several people. There is a maze inside, and the young masters can compare which group will come out first."

While speaking, a group of people had already arrived in front of the yard.Different from the beautifully repaired courtyard they walked along, this courtyard looked dilapidated from the outside. There was a plaque with spider webs on it, and there were some dark marks on the plaque. The most frightening thing was the broken There are still many yellow talisman papers pasted on the old door.Everyone stopped for a moment, and before returning to their senses, there was a sharp cry in the courtyard, and several crows flew away from the courtyard in shock.

"This is the yard." Xiao Lin stepped forward to unlock the iron lock on the yard, and slowly pushed the door open.

There was a hoarse sound when the courtyard door opened, and then there was a rustling sound from the courtyard door, as if something was walking through the grass.The children who had been laughing and joking all the way stopped talking for a moment. They looked at the weedy yard and the dark house ahead from the door, and glanced at each other.

"Don't worry, everyone. The yard was newly built last year. There are no snakes, insects, rats and ants in it. As for the others, I can't guarantee it." Xiao Lin joked, seeing that these children seemed to be serious, he said: "How about today Don't go in, ask the adults to come with you in a few days?"

Children of this age are very unconvinced when they hear what others say and they have to be accompanied by adults.

"No, let's go." The first person in the intestines jumped out and said, and then said to the pale person next to him, "How about it? If anyone dares to go, stand up now, we will never laugh at you."

When I say this, I don't believe it at all.

"Okay, since no one gave up, let's go. Let's divide into groups first. We will be divided into groups of three, and you will divide yourself." Changzi said awkwardly, and spontaneously stood between Dabao and Erbao, embracing the two tightly. human hand.

The remaining thirteen children were divided into four groups, with one group consisting of four people and the others all three.Changzi looked at the group of four and said, "Since you have one more person, you can go first."

"Yes, you are advanced." The trio immediately booed.

The group of four was dumbfounded. At first they were happy to have one more person, but now...they swallowed their saliva, and although they nodded, they just stood there without moving.

"Go." The intestines who watched the excitement urged from behind.

While the four of them were still hesitating, Xiao Lin thoughtfully asked for four lighted lanterns to be handed over, and said, "Young Masters, it's dark inside, be careful."

The four of them took the lanterns and entered the room hesitantly under the booing of everyone.In fact, the room was so dark because the walls were covered with black cloth until the corner. After turning the corner, the four of them hadn't breathed a sigh of relief when they saw something sticking out from the corner in front of them and staring at them.

"Oh my god!" Someone yelled and knocked over the lantern in his hand, and the rest of the people immediately threw the lantern and ran back.

"Mrs, Mrs..." The person who ran out grabbed the person standing at the door, stuttered and couldn't speak, took a deep breath after a while and finished the rest, "It's too scary."

"There is a ghost." Someone in the same group next to him said in a crying voice, "I saw it, and it was staring at us at the corner."

"No, that's... the guests of this yard." Xiao Lin was ordered by King Ping, but he couldn't clearly say that the weirdness inside was faked, so he thought of such an excuse.

"That's a ghost. I want to go home." The man said persistently.

"Okay, don't cry, just go home when you go home." Changzi said with a little disgust, but he was relieved in his heart, thinking to himself, luckily it wasn't him who went in first.

A group of people just looked at the yard like this, even if the people who entered went back as soon as they turned the corner.When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, Xiao Lin thoughtfully said: "All the young masters have come out, don't you miss anyone?"

As soon as he said this, the number of people rose up, the number didn't matter, there was one less, which surprised Xiao Lin who reminded him.He was clearly staring at these fifteen people, how could there be one less, and what if he had evil thoughts?
It's just that after he counted again, he found that the number of people was not small. Looking at the person who counted again, he couldn't help reminding: "Young master, you forgot to count yourself."

There were quite a few dignified people who counted together, and then it dawned on them. After confirming that the number was correct, everyone left.

Although they only stood in the yard for a while, it was enough for them to chat excitedly for a long time, especially those who went in, repeatedly declared that they had really seen it, because these few people said so, and the rest believed it.They had such a heated discussion on the road, how could they not be heard by the troublemakers in Chang'an.Immediately there were rumors that the young master of the Cheng family took a group of classmates to Ping Wang's mansion to test their courage, but they encountered a real ghost, and one of them was almost captured.

One day later, King Ping's illness happened to be cured.The rumors in the market immediately changed again. It was said that there was one more child among the children who went there that day, and it might be the evil spirits from Prince Ping's mansion who followed.This story spread to many children's parents, and those children who went to Prince Ping's mansion with them were given a lesson. Naturally, there were intestines and Dabao and Erbao in it.

The gentleman in the school didn't react when he heard about it. This gentleman has always been straightforward, and he usually gets along with the students more casually, but his knowledge is really good.At that time, Zhuhua changed several schools for Dabao and Erbao before choosing this one. She didn't think that Mr.'s performance could not control the students. The children in the school are very respectful to Mr., which shows that he also has his moments of.In modern times, I have been with many teachers who get along with students, but when it is time to point out mistakes, the teacher will not show mercy.Moreover, this gentleman's knowledge is really good, but every time he takes the exam, he will get sick, so he didn't pass the imperial examination to become an official.After three times in a row, he also looked away and opened a private school to teach.Zhuhua didn't know his specific details, but once she met him at Wu Yinggong's reception, it happened to be the second day after she went to school to deal with the bowel fight, and she didn't have the nerve to go up and say hello to the husband.The husband didn't seem to see her either, and he didn't talk to her about the Duke Wu's mansion in private afterwards, which made Zhuhua more convinced of his character.

(End of this chapter)