Hungry Ghost Festival is coming up every few days, and the street has already been bustling with stalls selling small goods.There are also many river lanterns placed by the water, shining brightly with pious wishes and gradually drifting away, quietly merging with the edge of the night.

There is a 500-year-old Chinese toon tree in front of it, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and many red silk threads and wooden signs are tied to the branches. Under the moonlight, it looks like a warm fire sinking into the quiet water.

A Sheng was curious, and heard someone beside him say: "This is a tree expressing blessings and hopes. If a couple wants to hold hands and grow old together, or if a woman in a boudoir misses returning to someone far away, or if someone still misses a dead relative, you can use it. Tie a red silk thread with your own hands."

Sure enough, many young couples stood on tiptoes and tied silk threads on the branches together. Some even couldn't reach them, and even brought a ladder over.

A Sheng watched them scrambling to climb the tree with relish, accidentally catching a glimpse of a familiar figure among the crowd.

"Xiao Bing?" She saw her younger brother Bian Bing, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and was about to hug him excitedly, but found a young woman in light green clothes snuggling beside him.

She immediately stopped to observe carefully, and saw that her elder brother and the woman were smiling sweetly, especially the woman was smiling like a flower, writing on a piece of wood with her persistent Xiao Bing's hand.

Then Xiao Bing tied the wooden board with silk thread. He was tall, and he could reach the branch with just a light touch, and tied it carefully.

The woman looked up at the branch carrying good wishes, her eyes seemed to contain the brightest stars in the world.

Ah Sheng had never seen Xiao Bing like that before. He gazed at the woman beside him tenderly, as if looking at the most precious treasure in the world.

It seems that it is time to urge his marriage.A Sheng was thoughtful.

**

Bian Bing's mansion was in the northwest corner of Xudu Square, and Ah Sheng's carriage bumped for half an hour before arriving.

She jumped out of the car, and the house that caught her eyes was very simple, so simple that even the cracks in the walls spread to the corners of the eaves.In the yard, some fruit trees were planted in an orderly manner, with numerous branches hanging down, mixed with some harvested vegetable gardens.

A maid who looked like an aunt came forward warmly, her navy blue apron was patched with continuous patches.Seeing that Ah Sheng was dressed in extraordinary clothes, she must be a noble official woman, so she hurriedly bowed and said, "Ma'am."

"Sister! Why are you here?" Xiao Bing heard the sound in the room, and couldn't wait to open the door to greet her.As soon as he saw his sister, the smile on his face was as bright as the sun, and he asked the maid to serve tea quickly.

"My sister misses you very much these days, so I'll come over to have a look while you're resting."

A Sheng went into the room and sat down, took a sip of water to moisten his dry throat, and couldn't help but carefully looked at Xiao Bing a few times.

He has grown into a strong and strong young man. His immature face has become firm and resilient due to the wind and sand on the battlefield, and his wheat-colored skin shows the unique vitality of young people.

It's just that the casual robe he was wearing was a little worn out, and the folds on the edge had obviously been broken into several big holes, and the color had faded from washing.

Seeing this, Ah Sheng naturally couldn't bear it, and asked distressedly: "How are you doing? Why are you still wearing such unwarming clothes? You have been cold since childhood, so don't freeze yourself."

Xiao Bing grinned honestly, scratched his head and smiled: "Brother-in-law has treated me very well and has always taken care of me. It's just that I have money and don't want to spend it. He also said that next time I make military exploits, I will be made a township lord." , if our father found out in the underground that I was going to be Lord Marquis, he would be so happy."

Seeing him jumping like this, Ah Sheng couldn't bear it even more.How could she not know that Xiao Bing has always had the temperament of reporting good things but not bad ones. Although Cao Cao is a man of virtue but not avoiding relatives, he will never give Xiao Bing too many rewards in order to silence the public. That's why he lives like this cold.

But she could only go along with the smile, then suppressed the smile, took a sip of tea seriously, and said:

"To tell you the truth, my sister came here for another reason."

"It's okay for my sister to say it, but my brother is all ears."

"Brother, I saw you enjoying a good time with a girl from a good family at the Ghost Festival the day before yesterday. I remembered that you have also reached the age of marriage. If you want to marry her, your sister will make the decision for you. But if you don't, Then don't play with that woman, and delay her in vain."

Under her straight gaze, Xiao Bing bowed his head aggrievedly, staring at the stone slab on the ground and muttering: "I went...to her house to propose a marriage. But her father disagreed and threw away my dowry Go out and say that if he dies...he will never marry his daughter to me." His voice was as soft as a mosquito, and he was ashamed not to look at his sister.

"This, this, this, why?" Ah Sheng immediately felt that he had been greatly insulted, and jumped up from his seat filled with righteous indignation, "Which family is this a royal relative, Princess Xiangjun, how can you reject my brother like this?" Woolen cloth."

"She is A Tao, the youngest daughter of the imperial physician Ji Ping. I don't know why, but as soon as I came to the door with the dowry, the imperial physician Ji stared at me as if he saw an enemy, and I offended him somehow. But he just After throwing mine away, Ji Tao came to me the next day crying and told me that his father had just received a bride price from another family, and I really didn't know what to do."

"Could it be...the children of that family are some powerful and powerful people, so Ji Ping, who dislikes the poor and loves the rich, looks down on us?" A Sheng really couldn't think of a reason why his younger brother was treated like this, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and try to comfort him he.

I don't want this to make Xiao Bing even more depressed, his voice choked in his throat, "That family is just a merchant's house, and Imperial Physician Ji would rather marry A Tao to a businessman she has never met before marrying me , I really don't know where I angered him."

"Why doesn't he want to marry his daughter to you?" Ah Sheng couldn't help feeling sorry for his younger brother, stomping his feet angrily and accusing him from the air, "I think my younger brother Bian Sheng is talented, hardworking, capable and willing to endure hardships. Meritorious service, I don't like how many girls try to marry in. He is really short-sighted and ignorant!"

After being praised so clearly by her, Xiao Bing rubbed his hands in embarrassment, lowered his head and whispered: "Sister, stop talking."

Only then did Ah Sheng shut up, stared seriously into his eyes, and asked seriously: "Tell my sister the truth, do you really want to marry Miss Ji Tao?"

Xiao Bing nodded desperately, the tears in his eyes could no longer be held back, the dignified seven-foot man actually started to cry in such a useless way, exactly like the timid little boy before: "Xiao Bing is really happy, very happy!" A Tao, A Tao is also very pleased with Xiao Bing, she even gave me the handkerchief embroidered by herself."

As he spoke, he took out the scarlet handkerchief from his sleeve and unfolded it carefully, not daring to stain it with tears.A Sheng saw the song "The Girl Says Chicken Crowing" embroidered stitch by stitch on the handkerchief.

It is advisable to drink wine and grow old together.Qinse is in the imperial court, so it's better to be quiet.

The handwriting is beautiful and dignified, which shows the demure appearance of the embroiderer.

"Brother, please don't cry. Sister is here, you can rest assured. Sister will personally help you this time, and she will definitely not turn you into Altairs."

She took out her sleeves and wiped her brother's tears. Xiao Bing folded the Fang brocade handkerchief cherishingly and put it back. Hearing Ah Sheng's promise, he blinked in disbelief, "Really?"

"When did my sister lie to you?" A Sheng scratched the tip of his brother's nose lovingly, and comforted him, "Just wait for the good news, and when I succeed, I will make your little lovers get married in the end."

**

"Ma'am, Physician Ji is here." Luyi rolled up the embroidered curtain and looked around for a while.

"So fast?" Ah Sheng quickly grabbed the towel in the ice water basin, and kept covering his forehead, pretending to be in pain, "Oh, it hurts me to death."

Immediately, the room was filled with exaggerated shouts. As soon as Ji Ping approached the door and heard the "tragedy", he was obviously shocked for a while before he dared to step in.

Seeing A Sheng, he bowed respectfully, observing the complexion on her face, "I wonder if Madam can describe which part is painful, so that I can know clearly."

"I have a headache, ouch, it hurts to death," Ah Sheng exaggeratedly pinched his temple, and kept shouting, "Doctor Ji, what should I do?"

As she yelled, she peeked at Ji Ping's reaction.Sure enough, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly after hearing the words, and he frowned helplessly, but he still tried to maintain his demeanor as much as possible, and politely asked for instructions: "Let me be presumptuous, Madam, can I let you take the pulse and prescribe the right medicine?"

A Sheng nodded, stretched out his right arm to feel his pulse, and rubbed his head with the other hand.

Ji Ting remained motionless for a long time before letting go of his hand, looking at A Sheng with complicated and deep eyes, but never saying a word.

Seeing the embarrassment in the atmosphere, Lu Yi hurriedly asked: "Doctor, what's wrong with my wife, please tell me quickly."

Only then did Ji Ping end the silence, and suddenly bowed: "Forgive me for my humble and incompetent position, but I can't diagnose what disease Madam is suffering from. I hope Madam will not blame you."

A Sheng rubbed the acupoints slowly, sighed pretendingly, and rubbed his forehead pretending to be troubled, "It's no wonder Mr. Ji couldn't detect it. I have a headache caused by a heart disease."

"What's wrong with Ma'am?"

"Oh, Mr. Ji doesn't know something. Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. I have a biological younger brother, and now I am so worried. This heart disease was brought out by the living, and it is commonly known as the disease of protecting the younger brother."

Ji Ping's thick black eyebrows twitched, but he could only ask respectfully with no expression on his face: "I don't know this disease—where do we start?"

Seeing him taking the bait step by step, Ah Sheng quickly pressed his heart even more pretentiously, and said: "My younger brother is not young anymore, and he has reached the age when he should have married long ago. He must be outstanding among his peers, and the matchmaker must have stepped on the ground." Threshold. But he is so infatuated, he only likes a girl from a family and vows to marry her, who knows that girl's father is not willing." She also sighed deliberately, pretending to be gloomy.

"Why not?" Ji Ping asked concentratingly, as if he hadn't noticed her intention.

A Sheng glanced at him immediately: "I still have to ask you, Physician Ji."

"Oh?" Ji Ping responded calmly, turned his head and seemed to think about it for a while, and then suddenly realized, he hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "Forgive me for my lack of eyesight, I don't know that Bian Sima is your real brother, Madam, I only treat him as a humble man." It's a rascal kid making fun of the little girl, so he treats Tao'er sincerely. But I have already betrothed Tao'er to the son of Xu Shi, a merchant in Linfang, and accepted his family's betrothal gift, this..."

There was a look of embarrassment on his face, and A Sheng immediately agreed with understanding: "Master Ji, you can return the double dowry, and I will bear the money alone. I will send someone to propose marriage tomorrow, and I will definitely let my only one." My younger brother married your daughter in a grand manner."

She motioned to Luyi to take out the freshly embroidered peach blossom fan, handed it to Ji Ping, and said: "This is my heart as a sister, and this is a gift to Ling Qianjin on behalf of my younger brother. I heard that Ling's name is Taoer, this fan There are peach blossoms on it, which must be very suitable for Ling'ai's beautiful character."

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