unlucky ghost

The boy at the side moved over a soft stool and put it beside Master Tan, but he didn't care about Tan Zishi.

Liu Xunzhou hurriedly moved a Taishi chair behind Master Tan, pressed Tan Zishi onto the small soft stool, and said, "Uncle Tan, Brother Tan, sit down quickly."

The second aunt cast a cold glance at Liu Xunzhou, and asked, "Does your second and third uncles know?"

Liu Xunzhou said: "I have already sent a letter, Second Uncle will be back tomorrow, but Third Uncle is far away, I'm afraid it will take three to five days."

After Liu Xunzhou finished speaking, he walked to the bedside and looked at his father, his eyes were filled with tears, he choked up and said, "What did the doctor say?"

Second Aunt squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, her face turned pale.

A group of women began to gather together to wipe their tears.

Everyone in the room immediately understood that Mr. Liu might be dying soon.

Master Tan couldn't help but shed tears, and said, "Brother, how could he..."

Before she finished speaking, the second aunt said: "Your elder brother will die soon, if you are willing to let him go at ease, you will dissolve this marriage, so that your elder brother can rest in peace."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xunzhou retorted: "Auntie, how can you say that, my father still has his breath! Besides, my father's illness cannot be blamed on Uncle Tan..."

The second aunt said: "Your father doesn't even dare to talk to me like that, what kind of scumbag are you?"

Liu Xunzhou couldn't speak anymore.

The second aunt said to Master Tan again: "It's not right that our two families are not in the same household. Your elder brother insists on saying that this is the ancestor's rule. He insisted on doing this marriage. He has received many criticisms behind his back. He just can't tolerate others pointing fingers at you." It's just that I was pissed off."

Liu Xunzhou couldn't hold back anymore, and said: "Auntie, you can't speak like that!"

The second aunt scolded sharply: "Liu'er is my daughter, is it possible that I can't even take charge of such trivial matters?"

When she yelled, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in the group of women trembled with fright, tears rolling in her eyes.

Several women hurriedly wiped her tears with handkerchiefs, and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, Liu Er, listen to your mother."

Only then did Tan Zishi take a look at that side, and that little girl turned out to be Liu'er, a soft and weak girl, also looking at him with tears in her eyes.

According to the custom, a man and a woman are not allowed to see each other until they get married, but now it is the first time that Tan Zishi saw the person he was going to marry, and it turned out to be a little girl.

This Liu'er has seen Tan Zishi before, that day Tan Zishi came to Liu's house to celebrate Master Liu's birthday, Liu'er had already seen him lying in the window, his description was suave and his actions were gentle, which really pleased the little girl.

Tan Zishi only glanced at her lightly and then looked away.

Liu'er stared at Tanzi and cried.

Master Tan saw that the second aunt was tearing her face apart in front of so many people, she was already a clumsy person, and she didn't know how to reply at this moment.

Tanzi stood up from the stool vigorously.

Master Tan hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop, and said again and again: "It's... it's really our fault that brother's illness is, it's just..."

Seeing his father humiliatingly taking the blame on himself, Tanzi felt really bad, and said: "This marriage contract was made by my grandpa, if it wasn't because of the promise made by my ancestors, my father would not have made this marriage contract with you, Now that we are married, how can we be so childish, that we can break off the engagement when we say that the engagement is broken? Auntie's style is too lacking in the appearance of a wealthy family!" Master Tan hurriedly scolded Tan Zishi, saying: "You bastard! How can you talk to me? Your aunt spoke, so hurry up and apologize!"

Tanzi didn't even look at his father, and said again: "It's your daughter who is the relative, not you, how can you pick and choose? If you say that you are not in the right family, you will dissolve this engagement. If you really For her own good, I should ask your little girl what she means?"

The second aunt's face darkened, she cheered repeatedly, and said: "Okay, what a sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued man who turns right and wrong, according to what you do, I, a mother, can't be the master?" "If that's the case, then I will Ask her for you!" She said, suddenly turned her head to Liu'er, and said sharply, "Do you want this marriage?"

Liu'er wiped her tears and looked at Tan Zishi.

Tanzi pretended to be a gentleman and stared at her affectionately.

Liu'er was crying with tears and snot all over her face, when she saw him staring straight at her, she blushed for a moment, and hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look again.

A group of women hurriedly wiped her tears.

She turned her head to Second Concubine, who was also staring at her fiercely.

She looked left and right, looked at the faces of the people in the room, and finally stopped at Tan Zishi and Second Aunt and looked back and forth.

Aunt suddenly coughed twice, and Liu'er burst into tears.

The second aunt stood up abruptly, staring at her fiercely and gnashing her teeth, as if she was about to eat her.

Tanzi straightened his facial features and said, "Don't be afraid, just say what's on your mind."

Liu'er wept and stammered: "Father... parents order a matchmaker... the matchmaker's words, Liu... Liu'er listen to mother's... woo..."

Only then did Second Aunt shut her mouth, covered her white teeth, sat back on the edge of the bed again, picked up her veil and brushed off the embroidered placket on her lap, and said: "You all heard clearly , This is what my little daughter said personally."

Tan Zishi smiled coldly, tore off a sachet from his waist, threw it at Second Aunt's feet, said, "Farewell!" and walked away.

Master Tan hurriedly bowed, and the whole room apologized and said good things: "Your child is not sensible, sister-in-law, don't worry about it..."

Tan Zi really hated his father's humble appearance in front of outsiders, kicked the stool behind him, and left the Liu family compound angrily.

Tan Zishi went back to the mansion, took a big lock by himself, and locked himself in the study, lest the old man come back so angry that he would die and beat him with a whip again.

Master Tan followed him back to the mansion, ran to his door angrily, pushed it but didn't open it, and cursed: "Bastard! Open the door."

"Open the door for what, so that you can give me another good blow with a whip?"

Master Tan was angry, "You!..."

"Old man, I ruined your big business, and I hate you so much that I hate it so much that I can't get rid of my anger, and you want to pick my skin off, don't you? You... If you don't like me... just I don't want you to see it..."

"Father, it's all for your own good, why do you..."

Tanzi really didn't appreciate it.

"You...why are you so confused..."

Master Tan left with a sigh.

The little pigeon knocked on the door and asked him what he wanted to eat and play.

Tanzi turned over on the bed, buried his face in the mattress and said, "Go away, I'm going to die on the bed today!"

The little pigeon turned to look at Qin Qing, and Qin Qing also looked at him.

The two rolled away one after the other.

Now this master is getting harder and harder to serve.

On March [-]th, the cloud was clear and the wind was light, and the flowers bloomed just right.

Someone from the yamen finally came to spread the word, saying yes, his lord has slept too much these days, and went to the court with nothing to do, and now he feels that the court is empty, so he specially sent someone to invite Mr. Tan and his family to go to the court. Syria...

The clumsy little yamen servant babbled, spitting on Master Tan's face.

Zhou Fei hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe Master Tan's face, helped Master Tan into the carriage, and went straight to the Yamen.

In the past few days, Mr. Tan watched helplessly as the pharmacy was sealed tightly, the money in the tent flowed out, and the country that the ancestors of the Tan family built was safe, and he was so anxious that his head was smoking. The mouth and nose are dry and cracked, and the person is like an old tree in cold autumn, which has lost its vitality overnight.

The magistrate sat leisurely on the high platform drinking tea.

Master Tan entered the courtroom, his legs went limp, and he collapsed on the ground, even losing the strength to kneel.

The county magistrate said: "Zhao Qian'er, let's have some tea."

The magistrate actually asked the yamen servant to serve tea to the prisoner, and the yamen servant couldn't figure it out.

Master Tan thanked him, but he didn't have the strength to serve the cup of fragrant tea.

Zhou Fei took it for Master Tan, held it in his hand, and handed it to Master Tan.

The magistrate smiled and said: "This is a new cloud and mist. It was transported from Lushan Mountain. Try it."

Master Tan nodded towards Zhou Fei, Zhou Fei moved his hands to his mouth, thinking in his heart, even a bowl of poisoned tea must be drunk...

"How does it taste?" Zhixian asked.

"This... fragrant, bitter, uh... gone..."

"tasty?"

Zhou Fei wiped his cold sweat and said: "...delicious..."

The magistrate sat behind the case and smiled slightly, and there was an inexplicable gust of wind in the hall.

"I don't know why my lord called the grass people here?" Master Tan asked.

The magistrate smiled and said, "Have some tea."

"..."

The magistrate laughed for a while, his face hurt from laughing, he quickly stopped laughing, and rubbed his face vigorously with his hands.

Mr. Bai on the side hurriedly said: "Have tea first, and it's not too late to talk about business after tea."

Zhou Fei hurriedly hugged the teacup and gulped down the tea leaves in two sips, and even burped after drinking.

"My lord, after finishing the tea, please get straight to the point and give the grassroots a clear explanation." Master Tan saw that this man's appearance was weird, funny and nonsensical, making people puzzled, and he was very disturbed.

"I bought this tea for the master on behalf of others. As for this case..." The magistrate patted the gavel, and Master Tan was startled, "The case has been finished in my yamen, you can go."

Before Master Tan could say a word, the yamen guards on both sides started to push people out with red lacquered sticks.

Zhou Fei helped Master Tan out of the yamen, and the two black doors closed with a bang.

Both of them were dumbfounded.

This yamen's trial of the case is playing like a big show. Fortunately, the Tan family has been in a mess for the past few days, and it's over with just one sentence?

Mr. Tan clutched his chest and couldn't breathe. He tremblingly got into the carriage. He couldn't be more happy in his heart. He looked at the sky, but the sky was very clear, cloudless and bright.

"Zhou Fei, what crime do you think I have committed? Is the Tan family going to be destroyed in my hands?" Master Tan looked at the sky and sighed, saddened.

"What did the master say? Look at today, it is clearly an auspicious day. Since the Yamen doesn't pursue it, it is naturally the good luck of our Tan family. How can the master be so sad?"

Master Tan sighed and stopped talking.

The brown-haired horse stepped on the bluestone slab, the horse's hooves were pounding, the wooden wheels creaked, and the carriage slowly left from the Yamen.

The street was bustling with people, and the carriage stopped suddenly.

Seeing that the carriage had stopped, Master Tan hurriedly raised the curtain and asked, "Zhou Fei, why did it stop?"

Zhou Fei had already jumped off the shaft of the carriage, and was standing beside the carriage bowing his hands to a person.