Those years when I was doing things in Liaozhai

Xie Sheng smiled slightly and denied, "No, but I know Mama Wang took your money."

Meiniang had an unbelievable expression on her face. She widened her phoenix eyes and tried to maintain her calmness: "You don't. How can Mama Wang know where my money is? You are the only one who knows besides me!"

Speaking of the latter, it was inevitable that she was a little excited, and Meiniang's voice was raised a little.

Xie Sheng gave a calm "shh", and explained in a low voice: "I asked Yaoqin, Mama Wang came into your room when Mr. Ji came."

Meiniang is an oiran, and Ms. Wang has always doted on her. She usually does not say anything when she asks, but also gives Meiniang enough freedom--for fear of making Meiniang unhappy, what should I do if the money tree stops making money?

But Meiniang's freedom is so great that even Mama Wang doesn't know how much Meiniang has saved.When it comes to money, Ms. Wang is a little suspicious, she is always afraid that Meiniang will secretly hide a lot, and she will wait for the day when she has enough money to redeem herself, and she will leave as soon as she says.

That day when she asked Wei Niang, Wei Niang's flustered expression told her that Meiniang must have her own small treasury!

Taking advantage of Mr. Ji's arrival, she secretly went to Meiniang's room, rummaged through the boxes, and finally found several boxes under the bed. Inside the boxes were obviously some outdated clothes, but underneath the clothes were some gold and silver jewelry!

She didn't say anything, excitedly quietly put away those jewels, she wanted to see how Meiniang would get them back.

If it is true what Mama Wang thinks, of course Meiniang will not go back. It is the silver and jewels that have been hidden privately. Mama has saved face by not beating and scolding her. If she really wants to go back, it will be embarrassing. , regardless of the consequences, and now that she has no money, there is nothing she can do.

She woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, so she wanted to check her small treasury for peace of mind, who would have thought that those boxes had disappeared, and in her panic, the first thing she thought of was naturally the ones she had just seen her two days ago Shen Wei Niang of the treasury.

Xie Sheng looked at Meiniang who was forcibly calming down and didn't say anything, he simply took Meiniang's hand to his bedside, and motioned, "Look."

Meiniang took a look with the faint light, and saw that there were several small boxes on the bed, which were her own. When she opened it, it was also her own jewelry, and there were quite a few of them when she glanced across.

Now Meiniang is even more puzzled: "Why are you here?"

"I thought Mama Wang would look for it, so I brought it here in advance. It happened suddenly, so I couldn't explain it to you in detail." Xie Sheng explained, "I thought that I would come to me when you found out, so I have been waiting for you to come. .”

"Then how do you know that Mother Wang will go?"

"... Mama Wang told me." Xie Sheng looked innocent, and pushed Mama Wang out.

Seeing that Meiniang was skeptical, she knew that she had already believed it for a long time, so she continued: "Mother Wang told me a few days ago, let me hypothesize Congliang to test your mind...Sister, you trust me so much that you don't doubt it at all. What about me? When have I said that I want to be a good man when I have been here for so many years?"

Meiniang was stunned, and Xie Sheng continued to talk nonsense: "But you not only believed me and comforted me, but also let me see your private collection, and said that you would help me to be a good man. I wanted to tell Mama Wang...but after seeing so many I was immediately tempted by silver.

With so much money and my sister’s sincerity, why don’t I give it a try and really be good? "

Xie Sheng couldn't help but smiled wryly, tears gradually formed in his eyes, and he choked up, "So I lied to my mother and said that my sister didn't want to be a good man, and that I had no money. But Wang's mother obviously didn't believe me, maybe she saw that I was I dodged, so I asked directly, sister, do you have any silver taels in your possession?"

Meiniang's heart tightened, Xie Sheng said pitifully: "I can only say that there are indeed sisters, but not many.

Ms. Wang was very excited, so she said that when Mr. Ji came, she would go to your room to look for it in person.I secretly took advantage of people not paying attention, rushed in front of my mother, moved all my sister's treasure chests, and hid my worthless jewelry under the bed to confuse Wang Mama. "

Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief, just as she calmed down, she heard Xie Sheng's suggestion again: "Sister, let's take this opportunity together and get out of here, okay?"

The heart that had just dropped suddenly thumped, almost to the point of her throat, Meiniang asked seriously: "How do you leave?"

Even in the dead of night, Xie Sheng still leaned into Meiniang's ear and said everything in detail.

The next morning, just after the rooster crowed twice, a scream of collapse was heard.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Accompanied by the scream, there was a bang, and the copper basin hit the ground.It seemed as if he had seen some unsightly sight, and the voice should have come from Meiniang's room.

Mother Wang, who woke up from her dream, didn't care to think about it. She hurriedly approved her coat and ran to Meiniang's room. A woman in white lying quietly on the ground.

The ground was in a mess, there seemed to be a torn white cloth, a stool kicked aside, a copper basin upside down on the ground, and clear water with flower petals scattered all over the ground - that was originally brought by Yaolin for Mei Niang to wash. of.

Yaolin knelt down on the ground, she was crying, her mouth was wide open, but she couldn't speak.

Mother Wang shivered her legs and said tremblingly, "This, what's going on here!"

Why did her oiran fall to the ground, as if she had hanged herself? !

The crowd remained silent, and no one even wanted to go to the front to see how Meiniang was doing.Wei Niang, who just came over, asked sleepily, "What's wrong?"

After two or three people squeezed through, they suddenly found that it seemed to be Mei Niang on the ground. Everyone heard Wei Niang exclaiming "Sister!", and rushed to the ground, turning Meiniang over.

Everyone watched Meiniang's thin body being easily turned over. On the originally slender and white neck, the red to black mark was particularly eye-catching.

Xie Sheng shouted hard: "Sister! Sister!"

While shouting, he clasped Meiniang's shoulder and shook wildly.

Meiniang's head was shaking back and forth so feebly, Madam Wang couldn't bear it, she boldly took two steps forward, and just wanted to see what was going on, when she saw her head, which was still shaking just now, suddenly stopped , facing the crowd directly.

Following Xie Sheng's surprise cry, Meiniang slowly opened her eyes, those empty pupils that were either happy or sad stared straight at Mama Wang, and only heard a hoarse voice that was not like ordinary people and said suspiciously: " Mom, where is my silver tael?"

Mother Wang broke out in a cold sweat.

Meiniang ignored Xie Sheng's shouts, stared at Mama Wang persistently, and repeated in a low voice: "Mom, where is my silver tael?"

"Mother?"

"What about silver taels?"

The voice became hoarse each time, and matched with that pale face, it was really penetrating.

Mama Wang turned pale and said sharply, "Where is the doctor? Send someone to invite the doctor!"

Her legs were weak, and she dragged Yaolin to order: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you help Meiniang up? Everyone is stupid?!"

The maids acted in silence, but they all felt that it was Meiniang who was stupid present.

Mama Wang supported Meiniang to get up, but Meiniang was like a boneless person, letting others pull her limply, her eyes were lifeless, and she kept muttering: "Mom, where is my silver tael?"

In panic, Ms. Wang tightly covered Meiniang's mouth with her hand. Meiniang's lips squirmed a few times, and gradually returned to calm.

"Crazy, crazy..."

Before the invited doctor got close to Meiniang, she saw Meiniang shaking her head frantically, shouting so loudly that she was almost hoarse: "Don't see a doctor for me! I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy, I'm not!"

The elderly doctor stepped back again and again, twisting his gray beard and shaking his head regretfully: "What a beautiful girl, why are you so crazy?"

Mama Wang patted her thigh anxiously: "Don't! You haven't checked the pulse yet, so why do you say my son is crazy?"

The doctor pointed at Meiniang, whose disheveled hair was unstoppable by several people, and asked, "Do you think this is crazy?"

"This is obviously unbearable due to the stimulation, and you have lost your mind. Look at the scars on the neck, have you hanged yourself?"

Ms. Wang couldn't help but glanced at the clean floor—the maids had roughly tidied up the room just now, and said nervously, "Then my son's... madness, can it be cured?"

"Difficult, difficult!" The doctor shook his head helplessly, opened the medicine box and began to write the prescription.

"Can this medicine cure madness?" Mother Wang asked impatiently as soon as the doctor stopped writing.

The doctor shook his head regretfully, pointing to the first prescription: "This is for the injury on this girl's neck. The prescribed ointment should be applied diligently so that no scars will be left."

Then he gestured to the second prescription, which listed more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials: "These are for clearing the mind, can they cure your girl's madness... Sigh, let fate."

Mama Wang wrinkled her face like a bitter gourd, opened her mouth and cried, "My poor son~"

Xie Shengzao took the water-soaked handkerchief, wiped his face and eyes, and whispered sadly: "Mom, why is sister Meiniang crazy?"

Mother Wang's crying stopped abruptly, and her heart was full of anxiety, and she was instantly cold. She looked puzzled and said, "How do I know? I still want to ask you, didn't your sister Mei Niang tell you anything? How can you be nice?" , I'm about to hang myself, my poor son..."

"That silver tael..."

Mama Wang interrupted Xie Sheng with a cry: "What do you care about the money now, if it can cure my son, it will be worth the money..."

But the pain is too bad, why did her biggest cash cow start to eat money?

The pitch-black Chinese medicine had been sent to Mei Niang's room for a long time, but Mei Niang was always lying on the bed, not energetic.Wei Niang took care of her all the time, but her expression became heavier day by day.

Only when she saw Mama Wang did Meiniang feel a little more energetic, opening and closing her mouth constantly, muttering "yinliang", "yinliang" and "yinliang".

Mama Wang was almost going crazy.

Meiniang had an accident, so she canceled all the gatherings, and the family members were also panicked. Business has been particularly bleak these days.

Not to mention the medicine that Meiniang took, she drank seven or eight doses a day, and the money evaporated little by little with the heat.

Seeing it in her eyes, Ms. Wang felt bitter in her heart, and finally couldn't help it, and agreed to Mr. Ji's invitation on behalf of Wei Niang who was full of resistance.

Wei Niang went with a face full of reluctance, but ran back excitedly and said, "Mom! Mr. Ji wants to redeem me!"

Mother Wang was shocked: "What?"

"Not only does he want to redeem my body, Mr. Ji also said that he is sorry for Meiniang, and he wants to take Meiniang away for medical treatment!"