Clam Pearl

Gu Yan was really afraid that his younger brother would get into trouble, so he hurriedly followed him out and grabbed him, saying, "Brother, you are not allowed to mess around. If you fart in Beijing, you can smell it and hear the noise from above. If you have any ideas, go brother, at least brother You have a big head, but you are still small, so you can’t handle it.”

Gu Zhao covered his forehead and sighed: "What can I do? The fourth sister-in-law is smart. If she dares to do this, she will pinch our soft spot. Our beam law, household law, marriage law, and etiquette law, I used to have a rough look at it." , there is nothing that can cure the fourth sister-in-law, sue her for being unkind, what about nephews and nieces? Besides, the family is separated, and she is sued for being unfilial, causing future generations to be unable to get married, but... brother Don't worry...you can only be a bachelor in this matter." Gu Zhao sneered.

Gu Yan was puzzled: "Absolutely single? What do you mean?

"What do I mean?" Gu Zhao was still angry, and while walking into his room, he said: "Didn't she take our family to save face, and now I don't want this face. If my brother has a way, I don't need it." Wait for today."

Gu Yan still followed: "If I had a way, I would have done it a long time ago. Why would I put up with that woman's frequent extortion? At the beginning, the third concubine insisted that the fourth brother marry her natal cousin and niece." , Dad was not willing back then, and detested these scholars... Sure enough, the whole family died. She is a chaste woman, we cannot be light, soft, talk, or offend. For a... maggot-like vile woman, I am disgusted For so many years."

Gu Zhao smiled. To deal with such villains, there is the best weapon in modern times, which is the media, the moral court, and public opinion. It is necessary to create momentum and make use of the power of the group. If that trick is used, the president will Can't bear it.

Gu Zhao made arrangements while walking, and said to Gu Yan: "Brother, go and post a few posts, and invite more famous and respectable people to watch."

Gu Yan is omnipotent towards his little brother, he nodded: "Your brother invites whomever he says? But what is a crowd?"

"You're so wordy, you just find a few famous people to watch the fun, and then post posts for our Gu family's married, living, and older aunts, but... are there still alive?"

"Yes, Xiangliandao's little aunt is still alive, she is a distant cousin."

"Biaogu is also counted, I have to invite her here."

"to make."

"Invite a few from the Laomiao clan to come over, if they can talk."

"It's simple."

"Are Gao's natal parents here?"

"Yes, long time no see."

"It's okay, let's post a post. Anyone who has a face in the Gao family is invited."

"That's good. I want to invite those bastards to see how wicked his married woman is."

"There are also friends from the Sansi Yamen that my brother knows. Please also invite some. Some grandmas who are in charge of the house with some dignity in Beijing, please also invite some. It is best to gossip everywhere. Do you think it is embarrassing for my brother?"

Gu Yan understood a little bit, then smiled and said: "What's the matter, compared to... nephew, niece, I feel ashamed, I'm going to die of anger, my eyeballs are gone, why do I need eyelids! No! face me!"

The more the brothers talked, the more lively they were, and they broke up with the second door and went their separate ways.

Gu Yan arranged for someone to post posts, Gu Zhao went back to the house and ordered Mian Mian to dress herself up, and when she was done, she sat in the room and waited slowly. After a while, the old servant Mrs. Gao often brought with her, Mother Dou, came.As expected, Mrs. Gao was afraid that she would not be able to carry it, so she sent an old slave to carry the things given by Master Qi.

Mama Dou came in with a smile on her face, but when she entered the door, Gu Zhao waved her hand just as she was about to salute her. In an instant, several tall women surrounded her. did not do!"

Gu Zhao smiled: "I know you didn't do anything, but Seventh Grandpa, I'm curious about something today, so I'll ask you, and you can explain it clearly to me. If you die, no one dares to fart!"

Come on, wave your hands, this mother Dou, and that old servant were taken down for questioning.

About two hours later, Mr. Yu Geng came in with a thick stack of silk cloth in his hand, with a look of surprise and anger on his face, he even said: "There is such a wicked woman! A wicked woman! A wicked woman!" !"

Gu Zhaoyin took the stack of confession cloth with a smile, glanced at it, and then looked at the signature under the confession, then patted the cloth and said, "This is the end, come here!"

The family members were already waiting at the door to have a dinner together, and Gu Qiye commanded loudly to the outside: "Carry the guy for me, let's talk about the guy, let's go to Yaotang Dao Gu's Mansion!"

In Shangjing City, where the emperor squats, there are many stories and legends about the emperor's erotic history in ancient times, even if it didn't happen to the royal family, there are too many gossips about private family members.

The weather in March was neither cold nor hot. Early in the morning, the Yaotang Road in the capital city was as lively as yesterday, and it was like going to a big fair.

Yaotang Road in Shangjing was originally a place where officials and eunuchs gathered. This year, scholars who came here to submit papers gathered together, and even the people of Shangjing who knew how to do business pushed their carts and sold some straw mats. , paper fans, paper umbrellas, rough tea, dry food and other things to serve scholars.These idlers got together and turned the good residence of officials into the streets of the city. The officials who patrol the city usually send people to take care of them. Unfortunately, the law does not blame the public.

As soon as you come, those merchants push carts and run away, and as soon as you leave, they don't know that the corner is coming, it's really annoying and hateful!

Today, everything was as usual, it was so lively, scholars who submitted papers to find connections, and petty officials who ran away blocked the alley early and gathered together. After lunch at noon, the road was inexplicably more Subtle atmosphere.

Outside the gate of Gu's house on Yaotang Road, which was supposed to be the quietest place, teams of chariots and horses came inexplicably.These carriages looked like they were all equipped for dignified people, and these carriages and horses did not go in outside Gu's residence, only after the reunion at the west wall, they stopped quietly as if they were waiting for someone.

The small vendors watching the bustle and the gossip-born scholars quietly approached and stood from a distance to watch the bustle.

Could it be that someone is going to die?Or who is going to be unlucky?Anyway, I didn't think about it for the better, and people piled up anyway.

After another half an hour, there was a noisy sound outside Yaotang Daozi in the distance, like a county lord singing a big opera going out. The people who gathered to watch the excitement saw a group of unbelievable people.

There are about 30 people in this team. Walking in front are four young men in green clothes. These four young men hold a broken pot and a rice spoon in their hands. The knocking made a tinkling sound, and a dozen or so strong men followed the boy, carrying a large elm beam as thick as a barrel, which was used by the barracks to capture the city gate.

Behind the convoy was a group of stout women, majestically wearing leggings and sleeves, pulling two gagged and tightly bound servants. The two servants were a man and a woman. Four 50 years old.

At the end of the line, eight strong men carried an open-air chariot on their shoulders. On the open-air sedan sat a very delicate and handsome man, holding an origami fan, combing his hair with a phoenix tail tied with a five-color ribbon, and sitting in the middle of it. There is also a little nobleman with a powder blue fluffy ball.

This little nobleman was wearing a blue satin gown with silver flowers and a jade belt tied around his waist. Under the belt hung two strings of eight rare jade pendants, both in color and craftsmanship. There was an exquisite gourd purse next to the accessories. A small blessing knot is tied at the bottom, and under the knot is a crystal ball the size of a thumb. On the pedals, there are a pair of bamboo green and Ningxia silk powder boots. The soles of the boots are white, without a trace of soil marks.

Just get rid of this whole body, don't even think about it.

As soon as this group of people entered the street, Yaotang Road was immediately bustling with activity, and it was never seen so many people during Chinese New Year. Even the officials and eunuchs had people riding ladders and climbing on the wall in the courtyard to watch the excitement.

The little nobleman saw that the procession had entered Yaotang Road, so he opened the folding fan with a swipe. He shook the fan even if it was not cold in March, and drank with an unstoppable momentum: "Ring for the Lord!"

The boy in front immediately knocked on the broken pot even harder.

That little nobleman's folding fan is very eye-catching, and on the front are four large characters in pitch black, "Eat and wait to die"!Shake it and turn it around, and on the back are three big black characters "Dandy life"!There is also a vertical road with a point below it. If modern people can understand it at a glance, it is an exclamation mark!It was written in black and ugly, like a chicken chop!

This group of strange characters attracted crowds of people to follow in the streets and alleys. The people were three floors inside and three floors outside. They couldn't get in, and people climbed on the trees.

This little nobleman was Gu Zhao, and he was carried to the west wall of Gu's mansion in a ostentatious manner, and he didn't come down when the team stopped, so he stood on the sedan chair and yelled: "Is Gao's family here? Is Lao Gao's family here?"

Gu Yan got down from a car, with a constipated expression on his face, and after holding on for a long time, he uttered a little voice: "Not yet! It's coming!" The twisted ones are really ugly.

"Then wait!" Gu Zhao finished and sat back down.

Immediately, the pot stopped knocking, and the people were quiet, not knowing what they were waiting for.In short, the wind and rain are coming, the excitement is coming, something new is about to happen, and the onlookers are very excited, as if they have been beaten with blood.

After a while, four or five carriages came from the south, and the carriages were parked at the west wall. A white-haired old man got out from the front carriage. , He came down and staggered, with beads of sweat rolling on his head, looking a little pitiful, with pleading eyes, and bowed his hands: "Master, what's going on, what's going on! But Something has happened to my daughter! Poor her, the widow is unemployed!"

Gu Yan went over to salute, but didn't say much to him, just waved his hand, and the slaves lifted the curtains of the carriages, put down the pedals and helped many nobles out. Make-up, and those in official uniforms, these people did not speak, and stared at Gu Zhao's sedan chair.

How fresh, for thousands of years, there is no such thing as a dandy with historical records.

Gao's father was not a high-ranking official. He originally had a position in the Department of Pedestrians. Later, when he got old, he stayed at home.His family is very famous, Yao Ronggao's family, a scholarly family.

Grandpa Gao saw that the atmosphere was not right here, so he hurriedly sent his servants to the main gate to call Grandma Gao Si, and after a while, he heard Grandma Gao Si crying slowly from a distance: "What's wrong...my widow Unemployed, what are you going to do!!”

When she got close to crying, Gao was startled. She first looked at her father, Mr. Gao shook his head, then saw her uncle, and...is that uncle?

"Uncle is polite." Mrs. Gao came over to pay respects, and she burst into tears again before saying a word, and the tears scattered...

Gu Yan ignored her, just looked at his younger brother, he couldn't get off the horse right now, he could just sit down and work.

Gu Zhao stood up, looked down high, rushed down and bowed in a group and said loudly: "Elders! Relatives! Neighbors! Gu Qi bows to everyone!

Are you all clear?This yard is my fourth elder brother's house, and the one who is crying below is my fourth sister-in-law. Everyone knows what happened in the early years. After my fourth elder brother passed away, His Majesty mercifully granted this big mansion to me, a widow who is unemployed. The fourth sister-in-law lives.Going forward, we dare not say it, but we know that in the early years, the queen mother rewarded my four sisters-in-law at least seven or eight cars a year, gold, silver and jewelry, which is not less. Gu Qi dare not talk nonsense, there is a list in the palace .Twice a year, the first two days of Tou Chuner were returned. "

Excited to watch the excitement over there, they shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, what are you going to do? Hurry up!"

Gu Zhao smiled: "Why do you invite you here today? I invite you to be a witness and tell us the truth of the Gu family. In the past, people said that people have four major evils. What are the four major evils? That is, digging Extinct family graves, kicking widows' doors, eating confinement milk, bullying honest people!

I, Gu Qi, have never studied, but I also know shame and etiquette. My father passed away, and my elder brother and my family have educated me on etiquette, righteousness and shame. So, today... I will never dare to be a widow!So... Come on, man!Hit the widow's wall! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "

As soon as Gu Zhao finished speaking, several big men started to smash the wall with the big wooden beams, and the boys started to knock the pot again.

Immediately, the scene of jingling, ping-ping-pong-pong was very lively.

"What are you doing!!!!!!!" Gao began to struggle up and beat him.Gao's father also stomped his feet angrily: "What is this for! What is this for! At the feet of the Son of Heaven, is there any law for the king, and even widows bully her! She is still a widow who abides by chastity... The old man wants to sue you! I want to sue you!!! !"

Some of the invited spectators couldn't understand it, and they all pointed and blamed, but Gu Zhao didn't care at all, and kept fanning the wind while shaking and eating.

He fanned it for a while, and the wall in the yard still fell down with a bang. The wall fell into disrepair for a long time, and it fell piece by piece. Soon, the scenery inside was clearly seen by the onlookers.

Gao Shi, who was tearing up, stopped crying, and all the spectators were dumbfounded...

When the dust cleared, behind the wall, there was desolation, weeds everywhere, and the formerly gorgeous houses were now only broken walls. Is this the home of the deceased third-rank official?Why is it like a remnant city swept by the rebel party.

Gu Zhao got off the sedan chair, sneered at Gao Shi, then turned his head and said loudly to the people around him: "This is the dwelling place for my nephew and man. This has become like this here, but it's nothing, just a little help from the brothers.

But you don’t know, all these years, my sister-in-law went to my brother’s house to ask for money every now and then, and if I got a hundred coins more, I got dozens of coins less. If I didn’t give her money, she would cry, saying that we bullied widows, okay!My fourth brother is dead, we will give the money!It's not that I can't afford it. There are seven brothers in my family, each with one hundred guan, and seven hundred guan a year.

From the year my fourth elder brother passed away, my eldest brother, second elder brother, third elder brother, fifth elder brother, and sixth elder brother each gave no less than a hundred guan to my fourth sister-in-law's family every year, and all of them had bill books.

Now in Beijing, three hundred guan is enough to buy a two-entry yard in a remote place. How much can it cost to repair this yard? "

"You're talking nonsense!!! I didn't see the money, Gu Laoqi, you're burying people!!!" Gao almost jumped up and scratched him, but someone who had been arranged to stop him, because there were so many onlookers, they all It's good to stop, Gao's fighting power is strong, and soon, these people's faces are as miserable as cats scratching.

Gu Zhao ignored Gao, and just continued: "Say it!!!! The money is given, my nephew and man should feel better, right? Hmph, don't even think about it, my fourth sister-in-law, but It’s really heaven and earth, the most miraculous widow in ancient and modern times, she has to use a scale to weigh food for her own child, and she won’t pay for any extra money! If you don’t believe me, I have a servant’s testimony here, and all of them have handprints. .”

"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! You..." Gao yelled hoarsely, grabbed his old father and cried, "Daddy, he wants to make the decision for me, he's talking nonsense!!!!!!"

What about Gao, how could her own father not know?Mr. Gao shook off her and walked up to Gu Yan to salute.

"Old master, don't dare to do this!" Gu Yan supported him.

"Uncle, since ancient times, family ugliness should not be publicized. My daughter, who lost her husband back then, was too stimulated, and has already become a demon...you..."

Mrs. Gao finished speaking halfway, Gu Zhao interrupted: "Yang! Why not Yang... Gu Qi has nothing but thick skin, if I don't say one, two, three, four today, if I even my own family I can't even protect my child! I might as well die!"

Mrs. Gao went crazy, struggling to rush over and beat her: "Gu Laoqi, I want to sue you, you are trying to force me to death today! You want to force a chaste widow to death, your brother is watching you from above, you are wicked !!!!!!”

Gu Zhao sneered: "It's easy to want to die. There are many dry wells in your house, jump it, the tree is tall over there, hang it! I pushed down the widow's wall, but I'm still afraid of you! Someone, let me in... Bring someone to recognize the door, and let me see you!" She took out all the things she saved, and I will give my fourth sister-in-law a good name for her today!!!”

So, someone caught the old servant, took off the gag veil, and led him into the warehouse through the wall.

Gu Yan sighed deeply, and made a gesture of invitation to the elders, colleagues and relatives who came, and the group of people couldn't hold it anymore, so they entered the yard with one foot and one foot.

"This is my house. Let me see who dares to enter. Come! Come! Come! Someone is going to kill the chaste woman!!!!!!!!!!"

Gu Zhao waved her hand, and her strong servant girl grabbed her.

Gu Zhao walked with a deep kick and a shallow kick, muttering in his mouth: "Why isn't she crying today?"

Gu Yan snorted coldly, seeing this dilapidated courtyard now, he wished he could eat that Gao family.

A group of people were carried and supported, and they walked a long way. The more they walked, the more angry the group was. There are thousands of official families in Shangjing, and there is no such thing. There is not a single good house along the way.

After walking for a while, those people heard the sound of prying open the door and carrying things. After following the sound, they entered a small courtyard, where more than a dozen large warehouses were opened, and there were large piles of torn satin, rotten Silk, rotten stuff, and boxes were thrown out.

Some of the boxes were rotten and fell apart as soon as they hit the ground, strings of copper coins rolled out, the ropes were rotten, and the money was rusted and stuck together.There are more than a dozen boxes of this kind of money alone, and there are also chunks of gold and silver pancakes, all of which have turned black.

What's more, the objects given by the emperor were all tattered and sealed in the box, and they were rotten, rotten, and out of shape.

"What are you doing!!!!!! This is my money, my money! It's my husband's money!!!" Gao stumbled and ran into the yard to protect his property.

Gu Zhao ignored her, saluted again, and said with tears in his eyes: "Elders, uncles and aunts, all over the capital know that I have an old girl who is 25 or six years old and hasn't married. You know, how much is the price of my niece from the Gu family? No Many, when I was young, one hundred thousand guan! Now, hum, one thousand guan, in black and white, my fourth sister-in-law has a contract with others, and the 50-year-old old county magistrate who has lost several wives wants to marry me The niece is going to be a stepmother, now that the contract has been found, you will be feasting your eyes for a while, please come with me..."

This group of people is numb, and they don't know what to say, and even the bad-tempered female relatives used to spit at Gao Shi, wishing to kick him a few more times.

The old man Gao was already trembling all over: "In-law, in-law... that's enough... that's enough... My daughter is a widow of the Gu family!"

"My Gu family doesn't care for widows like this!" Gu Zhao roared angrily. After speaking, holding back his anger, he pointed to the yard and said, "If she wants to marry, she can marry, and my family will give away a bad yard!"

After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and led the people to a shabby place in the backyard. The servants used to live in it, because it was not big and there was not much waste, so Gao arranged for his daughter and son to live in it. here.

As soon as you enter this courtyard, everyone is sour, and the heartache is gone...

Gu Jinyu, who was quietly sent back, stood in the yard with a panicked face, looking at the people in the yard not knowing what to do.

"Help my niece and niece hide, there are outsiders!" Gu Zhao winked, and a servant helped Gu Jinyu down again.She came here just to show off, and then withdrew when her purpose was reached.

In the yard, there are three or two parts of the land, half of which is grain and half is vegetables.On the edge of the ground, there was a broken table. On the table was a bowl with a broken edge. There was still half a bowl of rice in the broken bowl. There were spring flies buzzing there.

Gu Zhao walked slowly to the front of this small dilapidated house, and pushed the door... The inside of the door was pitch black, and through the weak light, one could see a broken bed and some broken bedding. Patches were patched and stacked neatly.

There is a loom against the wall, and there is still half a roll of muslin on the loom... There is not even a chair in this room, only a broken mat with a table on it, and a water board on the table. On weekdays, my sister would teach my younger brother how to read with water.

Gu Zhao turned his face away, and said to an old lady standing beside him, "But Xiangliandao's little aunt?"

The old lady was beating her heart, and she nodded when she heard Gu Zhao calling him, "Good boy, it's Lao Shen."

Gu Zhao plopped on his knees, and tears fell down.He grabbed the old lady's clothes and wailed: "Little aunt, look, do you know whose house this is?"

The old lady shook her head, she understood a little bit, she looked at Gao Shi, then at Gu Zhao: "Could it be?"

"That's right, this is exactly where my niece and nephew live. You saw me, niece. I have pity on my nephew. He went out to pick up odd jobs and hasn't come back yet. The child should have been rich and well-fed, and the baby is usually treated as an adult. Yes, the children of my Gu family are not like this, even the ones raised by the little woman.

Poor my eldest nephew hasn't received a penny of salary for five years, and every year, a lot of lumi is sent back to Mrs. Gao. My fourth sister-in-law is so strange that she even deducts her daughter-in-law's dowry .My elder brother has been gone for seven years... My nephews haven’t worn a single piece of new clothes, and haven’t eaten a good meal. The food in my fourth sister-in-law’s warehouse is almost rotten, and she is reluctant to take it out after feeding the mice. The children eat, pity my niece, who weaves alone for money, raises younger brother, little aunt, what did my Gu family do, Gao Shi wants to treat my children like this! ! ! ! ! ! ! "

Everyone looked around for Gao, it was so possible to find her, she refused to leave her warehouse even one step.

"Good boy, get up, such an unkind mother... we..." The old lady held back.

Gao is a chaste woman, what can she say?

"This hateful wicked woman, God has no eyes!" The old lady knocked on her walking stick and cursed, and after she finished cursing, she cried and said, "The fourth son is such a good child, why is it so hard to marry this dead star!"

Gu Zhao stood up and sneered, walked straight to Master Gao, bowed his head and asked him: "Master Gao, do our two families have blood feud?"

Master Gao trembled angrily: "Where did you say that?"

"Then how did your family bring up such a girl to harm our whole family? You can't do this without blood and blood? I heard from the old servant that the Gao family is reluctant to give it to anyone. Every year, I give you a few cars. It's really not good. The same." Gu Zhao wanted to say something ugly again, seeing how old this old man is, then forget it.

"It's just a few carts of rotten grain, even pigs won't eat it! What can I want from her!" Mr. Gao was anxious.