It turns out that during the Dragon Boat Festival today, Cheng Ting went out to watch dragon boats and accidentally heard about a big event.
In the spring of this year, Xu Huiran made a marriage arrangement with her grandfather's cousin. Because her grandfather's family was far away in Huzhou, it was very troublesome to come and go. The Xu family was worried that something would happen, so they kept it secret until Only when Mrs. Cheng came to the door did she let out some news.
Mrs. Cheng was worried about Qiu Wei, so she hid it from Cheng Ting, thinking that she would wait until Xu Huiran got married and then slowly untie him.
After Cheng Ting fell in love unilaterally, he fell into despair unilaterally at an extraordinary speed. This despair was so overwhelming that he collapsed on the spot.
He even refused to eat dinner and rushed all the way to Xu Mansion to see Xu Huiran. However, when he saw Xu Huiran through the hanging flower gate, he was at a loss and didn't know what to say.
He raised his pimpled face, single-slit eye, stuttered, and didn't say a single sentence.
His father, Cheng Taishan, came after hearing the news. In front of Xu Huiran, he angrily grabbed Cheng Ting's ears, dragged him into the sedan chair, dragged him into the Cheng family, and into the study. He showed his riding whip and began to discipline him. son.
Cheng Ting usually cares about face, especially in front of Xu Huiran. Now his face was torn to pieces by Magistrate Cheng. When he got home, he went crazy without saying a word.
Cheng Taishan whipped him into a melon, and he twisted into a living dragon on the ground, crying, yelling, kicking and throwing. The spring bottles and tea cups were broken all over the floor, his voice was hoarse, and he threatened to Hang yourself.
The eldest sister, eldest brother, and second brother of the Cheng family saw his crazy posture, and then looked at Cheng Taishan's posture with the riding whip, and they all sneaked away against the wall, all the way back to Mrs. Cheng's arms, and asked the tigress to come out.
Dahai explained the whole story, and with two more tears in his eyes, he sincerely begged Wu Jin to take action and save Cheng Ting from the brink of hanging.
Wu Jin immediately said: "I'm going to change clothes right now."
He ran home, took off his shorts, changed into a t-shirt, hurriedly told Wu's mother where he was going, and rushed to the magistrate's office with Pang Dahai.
The two of them entered the Nuan Pavilion through the corridor and walked to the door of the inner house. The concierge saw Wu Jin and quickly went in to report. When they came out, there were half a shoe mark on their backs - which was a disaster for Chi Yu.
"Please come in," Chi Yu opened the inner door, "Be careful."
Wu Jin stepped in and immediately felt that the Cheng Mansion was different from the past - there were many children in the Cheng family, and they all loved to talk and laugh. They talked nonsense all day long, and even the servants were more lively than other places, but today they were very quiet.
It is the Dragon Boat Festival, which should be a lively time. However, there is no laughter and laughter, only the melodious smell of mugwort hanging everywhere. The insects and birds are as silent as cicadas, hiding in their own places. Only the warm wind blows and the rustling of the leaves is heard. .
There was dead silence.
Pang Dahai was flustered, thinking that while he was returning the gift, Cheng Ting had already cooled down.
He quickened his pace and led Wu Jin to the inner study.
Wu Jin followed closely, feeling uneasy. He walked to the door of the inner study room and saw the boy guarding the door crying and rubbing his head. When Pang Dahai stepped forward and asked, he realized that it was not Cheng Ting who had hanged himself, but Cheng Ting. The lady is here.
It turned out that after Mrs. Cheng heard the news, she immediately led the maids and mammies to kill her. She walked boldly to the gate of the courtyard, and the boy guarding the door respectfully said: "Madam, the master said no one is allowed in."
Mrs. Cheng sneered and pushed the boy in with a slap: "Cheng Taishan!"
Immediately afterwards, the chief attendant of Magistrate Cheng also asked Mrs. Cheng to push her somersault. Magistrate Cheng could not avoid it and appeared together with Cheng Ting in the study.
The inner study is not big, and the courtyard is full of flowers and plants. There is only a bluestone path for entry and exit. Magistrate Cheng is afraid that Cheng Ting will really hang himself, so the doors and windows are wide open, and the servants are guarding the door in fear. Out of breath.
When Mrs. Cheng saw this, she immediately felt distressed. She stepped forward and was about to slap Magistrate Cheng, but Magistrate Cheng had the foresight to hide away.
"Cheng Taishan! If you dare to take my heart out, I will fight you to the death today!
When you were so old, you may not be able to walk or sit upright! You and Mo Qianlan were climbing the wall in the temple to peek at other girls worshiping Buddha, but I could see clearly from below! Why are you pretending to be a gentleman? "
Mrs. Cheng had a loud voice and was full of confidence. She had no fear of Magistrate Cheng, especially when she saw Cheng Ting suffered such a serious crime. She was more like a hen protecting her chicks and pecked Magistrate Cheng several times.
Magistrate Cheng reluctantly squeezed two words into her roar: "Nonsense."
"What nonsense am I talking about? Are you a saint now? Have you become a Buddha immediately? Your son admires Miss Xu. He didn't offend her or peek at her. He just asked a question when he was sad, and you beat him to death. live!"
"My son has something wrong today. Let's stop living! Let's go find our ancestors for comment!"
Magistrate Cheng couldn't help but said loudly: "A loving mother often loses her son..."
Mrs. Cheng knew how couples quarreled, and immediately stared: "You dare to yell at me? Cheng Taishan, you are in trouble now. Everyone has heard how loud you are to me! Cheng Taishan, you heartless person , Divorce this lousy wife like me! Sweep me and San'er out together!"
She took the shoe from the nanny's hand again and whipped it at Magistrate Cheng.
Magistrate Cheng was in a state of confusion. He was no match for Mrs. Cheng. When he heard that Wu Jin had arrived, he dragged Mrs. Cheng away and said, "Wu Jin is here. What's the matter? Let other children watch a joke. Let Wu Jin persuade the third child first." , otherwise you let him lie on the ground all the time?"
"Wu Jin is a good boy and will never laugh at others!" When Mrs. Cheng heard that Wu Jin was coming, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and followed Magistrate Cheng's force and walked out.
The two moved to the battlefield, and the study inside became extremely quiet. There was an illusion that Cheng Ting had hanged himself.
When Wu Jin walked to the door of the study, his eyes fell on Cheng Ting, and he sighed: "Cheng Ting."
Cheng Ting sat up with a grunt, raised his gray dog paw and wiped his eyes hard, trying hard to stop his tears. However, as soon as he opened his mouth, there was a huge choke: "Hiccup... Wu Jin... I I have no shame to live..."
Wu Jin faced the hot wind and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He saw that Cheng Ting's face was pale and his eyes were swollen. His face was always prone to red pimples, but now it was even more pitted and miserable. Sweat and tears were flowing down together. It was dripping, showing that it was really painful and sad.
He softened his voice more and more: "You come out first, let's go out of the house for a walk."
"Don't come out, I, hiccup - I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Through a hanging flower door, there were so many, hiccup - maids and wives watching, hiccup - in front of Sister Huiran, he grabbed me ! He is not my father, I don’t want him to be my father!”
Cheng Ting really felt that the sky was going to fall. No matter what Wu Jin said, he refused to come out. He acted like a donkey and threatened to die here, making Magistrate Cheng regret it for the rest of his life!
Upon hearing this, Wu Jin knew that these words were spoken out of anger, so he tried to persuade her a few times, until her mouth went dry and she remained standing outside the door, not angry.
It was getting dark. Cheng Ting had been lying in bed for a long time. He was tired and hungry. He saw that Wu Jin was standing upright. His back had not hunched over for so long. The soles of his shoes were pitifully thin and the soles of his feet must be in great pain. He was sobbing slowly. Walked out slowly.
"I'm running away from home!"
