Chapter 47 Red Oil Copying Hands (4)

After the evening meal, Wen Mingtang received the square pile of hand-made skins and a lot of pork leg meat.

"The leftover meat from Zhuangzi," Ji Caimai said, pointing to the fresh pork leg meat, "self-raised, you can't buy this kind of stuff in the market."

Wen Mingtang couldn't help but chuckle.

Coincidentally, at this time, a few servants who had just finished their dinner in the public kitchen passed by. Ji Cai looked at him with a dejected look and stopped for a meal. Then he turned to Wen Mingtang and asked: "Master Wen is making a midnight snack today." ?"

It’s not that I want to eat late night snacks, it’s mainly that Master Wang’s evening snacks are too unpalatable.

Wen Mingtang looked at Ji Caimai, who was staring at the copycat leather, thought for a while, and said, "Then let's make some red oil copycats first!"

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It was also the first time for Liu Yuan to see the Duke of Huai'an who had accumulated good deeds from his ancestors and had a better reincarnation.

He is in his forties or fifties, with dark circles under his eyes and deep bags under his eyes. He is a little fat, and he walks unsteadily and has a sloppy step. He is no different from those imagined people who indulge in excessive sexual activities.

When he and Lin Fei came over, Duke Huai'an was still having fun. After they entered the door, he sent out the maids with bruises on their bodies and masks of fake smiles on their faces.

The smell of fragrant powder in the room made Liu Yuan sneeze as soon as he entered the door.

This was probably the first time he saw Lin Fei. After looking at him for a long time, Duke Huai'an couldn't help sighing: "If Lin Shaoqing has a sister or something, she must be a rare beauty!"

Liu Yuan rolled his eyes when he heard this: He's really a pervert. Isn't it true that he is the only person in the Duke of Jingguo's government who has nothing to gain? Don't say that Lin Shaoqing's mother does not have sisters. Even if she does, how can the Duke of Huai'an come to take care of her?

Lin Fei gave him a cold look and explained his purpose.

Compared with Zhang Zeduan's secretiveness, Duke Huai'an did not hide anything. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "My Duke is indeed a bit more romantic. Most of the maids in this mansion were obtained by Yan San and the others. Hahaha , Rich and idle people always have to find something to do, right?"

Liu Yuan couldn't help but rolled his eyes again.

The Duke of Huai'an County would not pay attention to the little Dali Temple Prime Minister at all, and continued: "I was taking a nap on my boat at the time you mentioned!" As he said that, he yawned and looked nonchalant. The appearance of spirit, "If you go to bed late at night, your day and night will be reversed. At that time, it is always the time for the Duke to rest."

As for killing...

Duke Huai'an laughed loudly: "What a big deal? Why should I do it myself if I want to kill people? Not to mention, why kill them? Is there anyone else in this county government who can control me?" "

These words make sense.

The old Duke Huai'an once married Duke Huai'an when he was still alive. Her wife was naturally a lady from a well-known family and had great influence in the family. Duke Huai'an, under the power of the old Duke and his wife's natal family, really kept his tail between his legs and worked hard for several years. Later, the Duke's wife died early due to illness. The Duke of Huai'an refused the old Duke Huai'an's idea of ​​renewing his string on the grounds of keeping his wife's integrity. A few years later, the old Duke passed away, and no one could control Duke Huai'an anymore. He has been living in such a state of intoxication until now.

Of course, observing the festival was just a gimmick. After the death of the Duke's wife, Duke Huai'an had already cut off contact with his in-law's family.

In the final analysis, it's just a reason not to be disciplined.

For some unknown reason, Duke Huai'an has never had any heirs. Five years ago, he selected a nephew from his branch whose parents died early. He planned to treat this nephew as his son after two years to support him and inherit the title.

The nephew of Duke Huai'an is named Li Ruizhi. He is in his mid-twenties, has a handsome and elegant appearance, and is full of bookishness. Everyone in the government spoke well of him. I heard that this Li Ruizhi was a scholar. Before he was selected by the Duke of Huai'an County, he was planning to take the scientific examination, but he failed when he got to the general examination. Later, he did not continue, but followed Duke Huai'an into the mansion, preparing to become a ready-made Duke in the future.

To be fair, between those who are very likely to fail the exam and those who get the top prize in the exam, they may not be able to become a highly-ranked minister and a ready-made prince, all fools know how to choose.

However, even though he gave up the scientific examination, he probably liked it in his heart. Li Ruizhi still likes to read.

When Liu Yuan and Lin Fei saw Li Ruizhi, he was studying in the study.

Duke Huai'an is busy having fun and doesn't care about trivial matters. Furthermore, everyone in the county government regarded Li Ruizhi as the future prince, so Li Ruizhi's yard was pretty good, large and spacious.

Different from the extravagance of Duke Huai'an, Li Ruizhi's house looks like a typical scholar's house, whether it is the bamboos and orchids in the yard or the four treasures of the study placed in the house.

The study occupies more than half of the huge courtyard. The bookshelves are stacked with books, including the Four Books and Five Classics that are required for students who want to take the imperial examinations and become officials, as well as some poems, songs, and folk tales.

When the two of them entered, what Li Ruizhi was holding in his hand was a folk tale book.

"This is probably the most popular "Resurrecting Pavilion" in recent times! I've read it too, and it's quite well written." Liu Yuan said casually when he saw the storybook Li Ruizhi put on the desk.

After Li Ruizhi saluted the two of them, he stood up and said with a wry smile: "I have nothing to do, so I will read some notebooks to pass the time."

Lin Fei looked at the "Resurrection Pavilion" on the table, picked it up and flipped through a few pages.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yuan hurriedly explained to Shang Feng: "It's a story about a talented man falling in love with a beautiful woman."

"It's about a talented man and a rich young lady who admired each other. However, the rich young lady came from a wealthy family. Her family did not agree with the rich young lady marrying the down-and-out talented man, so they married the young lady to someone else. Later, the talented man met the rich young lady again after high school. At that time The daughter-in-law who was forced to marry someone else had a very bad life. The husband her family chose for her looked well-dressed on the outside, but on the inside he was a gentle scum who kept on messing around with women outside and often beat her when she got home." Liu Yuan said here , couldn't help but paused and sighed, and then continued, "The talented man will never forget the rich lady, and the young lady will never forget the talented man. After he returned, he became more and more depressed. The philandering husband realized that the young lady had someone in his heart, so he The beating became more severe, and he accidentally beat the young lady to death. The talented man was very upset after learning about it. He originally wanted to follow the young lady, but he met a rogue Taoist priest in front of the lady's grave. The rogue Taoist priest disliked him. Noisy, scolded him, and made an appointment with him to have a fight at a pavilion a mile away at midnight. At midnight, the scholar arrived at the pavilion, and the Taoist priest was already waiting for him there. Before he could speak, he He stuffed a palm-sized paper figure into his hand and ran away. The scholar chased him out, but as soon as he chased him out of the pavilion, he could no longer see the shadow of the Taoist priest. When he returned to the pavilion, he saw the Taoist priest. The palm-sized paper figure grew bigger in front of his eyes and turned into the living rich lady, smiling at him!"

Liu Yuan, who finished the content of "The Pavilion of Resurrection" in one breath, couldn't help but clicked his tongue and said: "This story is interesting because it is a heart-touching love story about reunion. I can't think about it deeply. I always find it a bit weird. It's gloomy, like a ghost story; you could call it a ghost story, but it's very touching, and it doesn't clearly indicate that there are ghosts or anything like that."

He argued with Bai Zhu and Wei Fu for a long time about whether "The Pavilion of Resurrection" was a ghost story or a love story, but they still could not come to a conclusion.

While he was sighing, he saw Lin Fei raised his head, looked at Li Ruizhi, and asked him: "What do you think of the story of "Resurrection Pavilion"?"

Liu Yuan, who was still sighing at the side, felt his jaw drop when he heard this. He looked in disbelief at Shang Feng who asked this question: Is this... his Shang Feng who never talks nonsense?

We actually started discussing the stories in the story book with others!