As time went by, the Taoist nuns gathered to whisper and took quick glances at those 4 tall and handsome men from time to time.
Most people were pleased inwardly. In this way, He Danggui would get in trouble. How could she, just a little girl, capture the fancy of officials and be protected by them! Bah! And she even wanted to compete with them for men! Naive! Although they got internal conflict with Huai Xin, without Tai Chen’s protection, they could easily deal with her later. But He Danggui was known as “the daughter of the official”. Bullshit! She was no nobler than them from head to toe. They couldn’t bully her at ordinary times, but this time, they wouldn’t let the chance escape easily.
Duan Xiaolou and Liao Zhiyuan stood under a poplar in the alley while Lu Jiangbei and Gao Jue closed their eyes for a rest.
Liao Zhiyuan rolled his cat-like eyes with his arm rounded Gao Jue, “Hey, Master Cool Face, are you still in that philter’s effect?
Duan Xiaolou was holding a pink wool cloak. His chest moved up and down. There were full of stars deep inside his dark eyes. He didn’t say a word, but opened the cloak directly and wrapped it around He Danggui. Then he tied the mixed satin ribbon into a bowknot carefully.He Danggui frowned. She was struggling in her mind, “I can’t do this anymore. No matter he has other thoughts or he’s just like what Lu Jiangbei said—so enthusiastic to girls. He had done too much.”She couldn’t accept this kind of care, and he offered his gentleness to the wrong person.Lu Jiangbei noticed He Danggui’s inconspicuous expression. And he thought she was not accustomed to showing her intimacy in front of others, so he changed the topic hastily, “What should we do now? How about… letting the yamen runners search through the Taoist Temple?”This scared the hell out of Tai Shan.All the IOUs she got from usury were locked in the closet besi
He Danggui spoke nothing, and looked at Huai Dong whose hair was disheveled. She clearly remembered Huai Dong’s face with a mole on the nose.In the previous life, He Danggui lived in the wood house of the backyard, which was administrated by Huai Dong. At the beginning, there was no bed in the wood house. In the twelfth month of the lunar year, she slept on the damp and moldy straw, which caused eczema on her back.After a period of time, Huai Dong suddenly became friendly to He Danggui. She formed a makeshift bed in the wood house, and prepared a used quilt for her. He Danggui was very grateful to Huai Dong. Gradually, she regarded the wood house as her home. She was afraid that her gold lock would be broken when she did menial work, so she hid it under the bed.More than ten days later, the gold lock was lost. He Danggui was so regretful and worried, so she cried loudly. However, Huai Dong suddenly rushed in without the friendly face in the
With a pale complexion, Huai Dong crawled towards Duan Xiaolou and He Danggui, kowtowed to them three times and cried, “Spare me. Spare me, please! Although I had stolen the gold lock, I really did not set the fire! Master, with your penetrating judgement, I kept the gold lock in my clothes and never took it out. How could it be stained with charcoal ashes and printed on the wall?”He Danggui sneered and thought, “Of course, you hadn’t printed it, because I engraved the pattern with a turnip and let Duan Xiaolou print it on the wall. Huai Dong, I was framed by you in the previous life, and you played tricks with me again in this life. It must be fate.”Duan Xiaolou frowned at Huai Dong with disheveled hair and pale face. He couldn’t bear to see this and said in a serious voice, “The case of arson can be investigated slowly, but there are irrefutable proofs for your theft. According to the law of the imperial court, the heaviest punishment for theft is exile
Although He Danggui was a little astonished, she hid her shock with calm expression. Lu Jiangbei stopped for a moment and looked at her, so as to get some information from her eyes. But he only felt that the girl’s eyes were very different from those of others. Her eyes were as clear and deep as the water in the well under the moonlight. However, there were some cold things in her eyes, so he couldn’t see that clearly.Lu Jiangbei had to continue, “My name is Lu Jiangbei, and I work as an imperial guard. In September, 27th year of Hongwu Period, I was entrusted by Duan Xiaolou to seek a marriage alliance to Miss He. Childe Duan is the Childe of Earl Anning Ruting Mansion, and his military rank is the Deputy Fifth-Grade Military General. He also works as an imperial guard now... He was born in January, Gengxu year (4th year of Hongwu Period), and is 23 years old. His Chinese zodiac is dog. He... is young and promising, adept with both the pen and the sword, handsome and
In the previous life, He Danggui used to practice some martial arts. By that time, she had entered Lord Ning’s Mansion and gained the favor of Zhu Quan (Lord Ning), then she learned some martial arts from Zhu Quan’s followers. In order to help Zhu Quan better manage the affairs of “Wuying Tower”, she began with the most basic steps called Mabu (a basic standing position of martial arts in China) at 19, a very “old” age to practice kongfu.Since the Masters were all the subordinates of Zhu Quan and He Danggui was Zhu Quan’s concubine, it was inappropriate for them to teach her many martial arts which required to be taught intimately. Therefore, they only told her to hold a pile of books to study by herself. If she couldn’t do it, it would prove that she was not good enough to practice martial arts.She studied dazzled like this for several years. Fortunately, the five Masters who taught her the longest were all first-rate seniors, and they taught her a wide
Zhen Jing didn’t take it seriously. She only thought that He Danggui was joking with her. But she suddenly thought of a drama happened in the Taoist Temple this morning. She didn’t care about what she was eating, but immediately began to tell it to He Danggui vividly.In the morning, on her way to fetch water, she passed the main hall and saw other nuns around the gate happily. So, Zhen Jing stood on tiptoe to see what happened. It turned out that Huai Dong and Huai Xin were quarreling in front of Tai Shan, much fiercer than last night.—Last night, Tai Shan went back to her room and thought for a while. As long as the case of stealing lock didn’t spread out and affect the reputation of the Taoist Temple, it would be a trivial matter. But now the fire had affected the imperial guards. Therefore, no matter how they defined the fire case, she must find out a scapegoat for the imperial guards, so that the Taoist Temple would not be implicated. Tai Shan chose H
“Master Zhen Zhu, when will the Third Miss come out? It’s already been an hour since Ding Rong’s wife and I informed you. And our sedan costs 1 string of 1,000 qian every 2 hours. Could you…” Gao Dashan’s wife pouted her chin towards Ding Rong’s wife who was not far away, and told Zhen Zhu in a very low voice, “She’s the eyes and ears of Second Mistress Luo, and she would tell her everything she knew.”Under her guidance, Zhen Zhu saw a woman about 50 years old, thin and white in decent clothes.Ding Rong’s wife looked at the gate of Shui Shang Temple with full attention. Seeing someone coming out, she asked, “Has Miss He prepared yet? When can we set out? You know I’m a busy person.”Zhen Zhu turned around to see Gao Dashan’s wife, “Biddy Gao, forgive me. That day you left in such a hurry and I was clumsy to retell Miss He’s original words. It’s all my faults! Miss He said she planned to stay here until the 17th this month. However, today is t
“Whooshing——” “Whooshing——”He Danggui’s skirt was swayed left and right by their palm energies. It was so cold that she shivered, lost her balance and fell on the ground. That’s when she saw the strange scene from her split vision that the big fire was suddenly put out.Two big hands helped her up. The left one was Duan Xiaolou’s and the right one was… Gao Jue’s. He Danggui escaped from death, but what she was thinking at this moment was—no wonder Duan Xiaolou said yesterday that they all had the ability to extinguish the fire. It turned out that their palm energies involved strong cold air. There were two schools in the world known as “Cold Palm”. Were they from Wujianmen School of De’an or Hongmen School of Dali?“Are you okay, girl? Where did you get hurt?” Duan Xiaolou asked anxiously, shaking her back and forth.“What?” He Danggui regained her consciousness and smiled apologetically at the handsome face close to her, “Sorry t