At this moment, Wei Yuzhen came over and Shi Daban called her "Mom". Shi Shuoyun thought she was going to speak, but he didn't expect her to say anything. Shi Shuoyun said, Yuzhen, today Magistrate Yin gave Daban a special task and asked him to be a matchmaker with a bag of money. You are a famous matchmaker in Shijiazhuang and Daban is clumsy when talking about such things, so you can take my place!
Wei Yuzhen said, I can be a matchmaker for sure, but I still have to be paid. Since it is Yin Zhixian's private matter, I don't want any reward, I just help him match it up. Anyway, my son is working under him and still relying on him. Is it okay for me to help him?
Shi Daban said, Mom, if the matter is done, Magistrate Yin will not treat us badly. Wei Yuzhen swung the broom in her hand and said with some excitement that we would not talk about remuneration now, let's make a good matchmaker first.
Wei Yuzhen was a little fat, and her eyes narrowed into a thin line when she smiled. She asked Shi Daban again, will Yin Zhi County explain to you? Does he want a condition? Shi Daban winked at Shi Shuoyun and said, Dad, you tell me. Shi Shuoyun then spoke, and Wei Yuzhen kept shaking her head, saying that wouldn't work! Gong Juzi has already said goodbye. Last time, Hong Qingshan from nearby Hongjia Village invited me to negotiate a deal. At this point, she lowered her head and said, "Look, the pair of floral green cloth shoes I'm wearing were given by Hong Qingshan." If you ask me to break things off now, wouldn't that be a slap in the face for me? No, it’s really hard to say. Wei Yuzhen sighed and said to Shi Daban, there are many beautiful girls anyway, you tell the magistrate Yin that the daughter of Gong Zhuang's family has already been married to someone else, can you tell him about another girl from another family who also has a pretty face?
I can only go back to the county government office and talk to County Magistrate Yin privately. Shi Daban stood up and was about to go back to the county town.
Shi Shuoyun and his wife sent their son to the door. Shi Shuoyun asked, Dadan, how did Yin Zhixian fall in love with Gong Zhuang's daughter? Shi Daban said that last time, he went to Gong Zhuangjun’s house to see the mating of horned pigs and sows. I took him there. Before you arrived on the road with the horned pigs, we arrived first. Gong Zhuanghuan’s daughter Peng Tea, Yin Zhixian looked directly at her, guessing that Yin Zhixian was fascinated by Gong Juzi's beauty. Sure enough, after burying his second wife who committed suicide by diving into the sea, before the seventh day, he brought up this marriage and asked me to be the matchmaker. I was really embarrassed.
Oh, no wonder that when I drove the horned pigs to Gong Zhuang’s house for breeding, I heard that you had been there and left again.
Shi Shuoyun analyzed and said that it seems that the county magistrate Yin is focused on Gong Zhuang's daughter and is not in the mood to watch the breeding of horned pigs.
Since Shi Daban took away a bag of money, Yin Manyuan thought that he would be able to get the job done, and had been looking forward to Shi Daban's return as soon as possible to reply to the letter.
In the afternoon, Yin Manyuan walked up and down in front of the Yamen with his hands behind his back, occasionally looking at the street connecting the city gate, but Shi Daban did not come back.
In the evening, he was about to walk out of the court to take another look when he suddenly bumped into Shi Daban who walked in. He was still holding the heavy cloth bag in his hand and placed it on the table in the middle of the courtroom, making a clanking sound. Yin Manyuan was getting suspicious. Shi Daban looked at him and lowered his voice and said, "President Yin, I'm sorry, but I didn't complete what you asked me to do." The main reason is that Gong Juzi's daughter Gong Juzi is already engaged, which makes it difficult to handle. Yin Manyuan said unhappily, "Oh, you are stupid, don't you know how to talk to her parents and call off the marriage?" I have plenty of silver taels here, and I can also give a bag of silver taels to Gong Zhuang's family. After the event is completed, there will be a betrothal gift. Of course, I won't treat you badly as a matchmaker, but you have disappointed me so much.
Shi Daban smiled bitterly and said, Magistrate Yin, can you give up Gong Juzi and find a girl who is more beautiful than her? Yin Manyuan clenched his fist and shook it by his temple and said, No, absolutely not, I have fallen in love with Gong Juzi, she is her. This is also the first impression! Detective Shi, I'll tell you the truth, ever since I last saw Gong Juzi at Gong Zhuang's house in Gongjiafan Village, I have been thinking about her day and night. You can't even handle this little thing. I'm asking Detective Hu to take care of it with me.
Shi Daban was afraid of offending Magistrate Yin and said quickly, I have no choice but to think of a way to get Gong Juzi's family to cancel Gong Juzi's marriage according to your wishes. Yin Manyuan picked up the bag of silver on the table and stuffed it into Shi Daban's hand, saying, "If you take it, what can you do if you have money?" There is also a saying among the people that money can make ghosts go around, not to mention that none of the people in Gong Zhuang's family are ghosts.
Three days later, Shi Daban wrote back and said that the matter was almost complete. It was not him who said it, but his mother entrusted another matchmaker to tell it. Gong Zhuangjue was very happy to receive the bag of silver, but the matchmaker hadn't sent it away yet. Yin Manyuan said, is that not easy to handle? That's the matchmaker who gave me half a bag of silver.
At that time, Yin Manyuan took Shi Daban home, opened the cylinder lid indoors, took out a bag of silver and handed it to him and said, "You have worked hard on this matter. You take half of the bag of silver and reward the matchmaker with the other half." After Shi Daban cupped his hands and thanked him, he said, there is still a little trouble with Yin County Magistrate. Gong Juzi's parents agreed to annul their daughter's engagement, but Gong Juzi himself disagreed.
At this moment, Yin Manyuan's excited mood dropped to freezing point again. He frowned and said, what should we do? Shi Daban smiled and said, that time I accompanied the matchmaker to help you arrange a marriage. When leaving Gong's house, Gong Zhuangjuan said that although Yin Zhixian was older, he was powerful and could not be reached by others. Now that such a good "son-in-law riding a dragon" has come to his door, he might be my son-in-law in eight hundred lifetimes. Having accumulated merit, can I not seize this rare opportunity? As for my daughter not agreeing, she is not enlightened and I have to convince her. If she can't be persuaded, I can still find a way to get her to agree. How can any daughter not listen to her husband? Detective Shi, in three days, you and Magistrate Yin will come to my house together. I will set off firecrackers to welcome you.
After hearing this, Yin Manyuan gave up his worries and became full of confidence in Gong Juzi. He patted Shi Dashan on the shoulder and said, Detective Shi, you are really helpful in this matter. I will promote you if I have the chance.
Things haven't been done yet? Shi Daban said, carrying another bag of silver and going out. He walked happily, as if he was returning in triumph.
Three days later, the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out in the field in front of Gong Zhuangjun's house in Gongjiafan Village, and the scent of exploding firecrackers filled the air; two tall horses tied to the west side of the field swung their tails and slapped each other from time to time. Nose.
The villagers came over in twos and threes and peered into the house with their heads raised like silkworms. Only then did they know that Yin Zhixian and Inspector Shi from the Shapo County Government were coming soon. One look at the atmosphere and you know that this is definitely not a bad thing. If the county magistrate came with the police to arrest people, Gong Zhuang's family would not be able to set off firecrackers like they did during the New Year. This must be a happy event. As for what kind of happy event it is, everyone is not sure yet.
In fact, it is a happy event, but it is not a happy event. To Gong Juzi and his wife, it was a happy event. Yin Zhixian became their son-in-law, and it was a dream to have a bright face. To Gong Juzi, it was not a happy event, but an annoyance. She only had Hong Qingshan in her heart. That time when she was washing clothes in the pond in front of her house, she accidentally slipped into the pond and almost drowned. Hong Qingshan, who was passing by, found out and jumped into the pond to save her without risking his own life.
Then Hong Qingshan asked the matchmaker Wei Yuzhen to arrange the marriage, but his parents did not refuse. Gong Juzi even said happily, if you hadn't saved me, my life would have been lost. That’s why I, Gong Juzi, will not marry you but Hong Qingshan.
Hong Qingshan felt warm in his heart and said, "I, Hong Qingshan, will not marry you but Gong Ju's son."
What impressed Hong Qingshan the most was that when he jumped into the pond to rescue Gong Juzi, Gong Juzi hugged him tightly and wouldn't let go. This undoubtedly sent a preconceived signal: If you, Hong Qingshan, "touch" my body first, then it will I should entrust it to you and stay with you for life!
Ever since Gong Juzi learned that Yin Zhixian had an idea for her, she was unwilling to do so. In the past few days, she wanted to run out and elope with Hong Qingshan, but her mother had been watching over her. Listening to her words, if there was a possibility of running away, she would watch her even more closely. Once they run away and let Yin Zhixian's blind date come to nothing, they think: Not only will they offend Yin Zhixian, but they will also offend the Yamen, which will not be easy to deal with.
Gong Zhuangguo doesn't want his wife to treat his daughter to death like a prisoner. It's not cost-effective to miss work. Their sow, which has been bred and pregnant with piglets, will give birth in a few months. The nutrition of the feed must satisfy it now, so that the piglets that will be born in the future will have good health. Therefore, I really can’t let my wife spend her energy on such things.
Gong Juzi just decided to be tough and lock Gong Juzi in the boudoir, so that he didn't need to keep a close eye on her. In the past few days, when Gong Juzi and his wife passed by the door of the boudoir or were busy working in the house, what they heard most was Gong Juzi's crying voice, "Hong Lang, oh, my Hong Lang... I want my Hong Lang."
