Chapter 139
Master Decheng looked at Shi Zelan with a smile: "I want to drink a cup of the tea you made."
Shi Xiaoliu took out a small red stove to light a fire and boil tea. Shi Zelan took out the tea set and invited Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng to sit down.
Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng looked at each other, smiled, sat down, and breathed a sigh of relief.
The autumn wind has a somewhat chilly feeling, but when you drink a cup of fragrant tea, the autumn wind will feel a bit warm.
In the night. Master Decheng sighed, "Today I heard someone tell a story that is truly unimaginable: a timid young wife poisoned and killed more than a dozen people from her husband's family over a period of five or six years.
Not long ago, the government investigated a case and found this young daughter-in-law. The surrounding neighbors all came forward to plead for her, saying that her husband's family was too bullying and had forced a good woman to kill someone.
She killed people who deserved to be killed, and her mother-in-law made her kneel on the ice to wash clothes in the middle of winter.
This was not the most desperate thing for the young daughter-in-law. After she had a miscarriage, her parents-in-law thought she was infertile and wanted to divorce her.
It just so happened that her husband's family was now living in the yard she brought as a dowry, and they wanted to seize the property, so the surrounding neighbors all spoke up.
The husband's family did not divorce the young daughter-in-law, and the mother-in-law quickly brought a widow from her parents' home to live with them for a while. ”
Master Shanzheng glanced at Master Decheng and asked: "Have all the people in this young wife's clan died out?"
Master Decheng sighed and said, "If there was a good and responsible person in the tribe, the young wife would not be forced to poison her husband's family to protect herself."
The next day, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng went out early and told Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan not to go too far.
After Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan had been busy in the yard for a while, they decided to take a walk around the area.
The two of them walked out of the courtyard gate and looked around. Shi Xiaoliu said, "Go left today, and go right next time."
Shi Zelan agreed: "Let's go, turn around and go to the well on the left and listen to someone's talk for a while."
Shi Xiaoliu stopped immediately and said, "I won't go. It's just women sitting by the well gossiping."
"Let's go, now all the women have gone home to work, and only the men are chatting by the well.
If you don't go, I won't be able to stop nearby and listen to their long discussions. ”
"You want to hear what my master told me yesterday, right?"
Shi Zelan smiled at him: "Xiao Liu, let's go."
"You are too curious. Let's go."
Shi Xiaoliu walked in front and met enthusiastic neighbors on the way. He answered all the questions.
"You brothers and sisters, get out."
"Yes, let's take a walk around here."
"When do you make cakes and sell them?"
"After ten days, if we want to eat pancakes, we will make more."
While Shi Xiaoliu was replying, he led Shi Zelan forward, and Shi Zelan followed behind him with a smile on her face.
They walked to the well and saw an old woman washing vegetables. Shi Xiaoliu turned around and looked at Shi Zelan with a smile.
Shi Zelan waved his fist at him: "Little Six Brother, move forward."
Shi Xiaoliu took the lead and when he reached the alley entrance, he looked back at Shi Zelan and asked, "Are you still going?"
Shi Zelan turned around and walked back: "Yes, I want to go back."
Shi Xiaoliu followed him back. The two stood by the empty well for a while, then walked back in disappointment.
On their way back, they didn't meet any enthusiastic neighbors, and they were both relieved.
They returned to the yard, and Shi Xiaoliu said to Shi Zelan, "I want to refine the elixir, what about you?"
"I'll accompany you and draw the talisman."
Shi Xiaoliu closed the yard door tightly and began to refine the elixir, while Shi Zelan drew talismans with peace of mind.
The wind blew and the leaves fell. Shi Xiaoliu used his spiritual sense to observe the elixir rolling in the alchemy furnace. Shi Zelan placed a stack of drawn talismans next to him.
At 3 p.m., Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng came back from outside, both with gloomy faces.
Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at each other. Shi Xiaoliu went into the kitchen to get hot water, while Shi Zelan took out the tea set and placed the teacups in front of Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng.
Shi Xiaoliu brought out hot water and Shi Zelan made tea. The aroma of tea wafted out. After Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng drank a cup of tea, their expressions relaxed.
"Uncle Master, Master, did you encounter any bad things outside today?"
Master Decheng sighed softly, "The young wife I mentioned yesterday committed suicide last night."
Shi Zelan's expression changed and she took a deep breath: "She was imprisoned in the government, how could she commit suicide?"
"She is liberated this way." Master Shanzheng said calmly.
"Uncle, Master, I know she won't survive in the end, but when I heard that she died like this, I always felt a little uncomfortable."
Master Decheng looked at her and said, "Alas, there are few miracles in this world."
Shanzheng Zhenren sighed softly: "There must be miracles in the world, but you have to live long enough to see them."
It’s getting dark.
Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan walked towards the backyard. Halfway through, Shi Xiaoliu suddenly said, "Sister Lan, we must walk on the right path and use open strategies when doing things."
Shi Zelan glanced at him and said, "You and I both only know how to use overt strategies.
There are too many injustices in the world, so we still have to practice along the way, and strive to be a hero one day and save the truly weak without hurting ourselves. ”
Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan went into the room to meditate and practice until dawn.
In the morning, Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng decided to go to the Taoist temple outside the city to meditate. They once again refused Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan to follow them.
After they left, Shi Xiaoliu asked Shi Zelan, "Sister Lan, where are we going?"
Shi Zelan stood at the gate of the yard, then turned to Shi Xiaoliu and said, "Let's go to the well again today."
Shi Xiaoliu thought for a moment and said, "Let's not go to the well for now. Let's open the door to the yard and listen to the noise outside first."
Shi Zelan retreated back to the courtyard from the gate. She said to Shi Xiaoliu, "Should I read? Or do needlework?"
"Pfft, can you sew? You'd better pretend with a book."
Shi Zelan sat at the table, took out an ancient book, and slowly flipped through it.
Shi Xiaoliu dug out a pile of medicinal herbs and took out a pair of scissors to carefully cut them.
When the neighbors passed by, they all stepped back in surprise: "Xiao Liu, Xiao Lan, you're not going out today?"
Shi Xiaoliu held up the scissors and said to the neighbors, "I'll cut some herbs, Xiaolan needs to recite the book."
Shi Zelan took a deep breath secretly. If she didn't memorize the book, she would be sorry for what Shi Xiaoliu said.
The neighbors came in curiously and looked at the book that Shi Zelan was going to memorize. After reading it, they gasped and looked at Shi Zelan with strange eyes.
"Xiao Lan, do you really want to carry such a thick book?"
Shi Zelan sighed and said, "My brother asked me to memorize this book. He said it would be good for me to memorize it."
The neighbors looked at Shi Xiaoliu and said, "Xiaoliu, your sister doesn't have to take the imperial examination, so don't force her to memorize the book."
Shi Zelan nodded repeatedly at the side: "That's right, I won't take the imperial examination, so I don't need to memorize books."
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