The Protagonist’s Halo

Chapter 222 Fairy

Yun’er was a girl who grew up in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. She was sold into He Mansion by a farm father and mother when she was a child, and she was placed next to Master He’s only daughter, Miss He, as a personal girl and playmate.

Xu Shi was young when she came in, and she didn’t understand the pain of parting. He’s family is not a mean servant and maidservant. Her lady is even more restrained by the people around her and has never been tired, so Yun’er will also He’s family is regarded as his own, with a strong sense of belonging, and at the same time he was young and prosperous, and his temperament is also very lively.

Recently, I have been worried. For some reason, my lady suddenly became interested in the affairs of immortals, demons, and ghosts. She ordered the people in the mansion to explore and collect all kinds of fairy and strange stories, and even the travel notes and scripts on the side .

The old man and his wife didn’t care at first, they only regarded it as a young girl who liked novel anecdotes. They were raised as a charming girl, and they didn’t ask her to make progress in studying and participate in the imperial examination. Just looking at the notebook in the boudoir, there is no shortage of spare money at home, which is naturally what she wants.

But no one thought that this attachment was three years old.

Time flies like a white horse, and in a blink of an eye it is not far from the year of He Wenxi and Jian.

Over the years, the daughters of the He family have had a great reputation in Yongning Mansion. First, this Miss He’s family is beautiful and beautiful. If it hadn’t already been married, the betrothed person would still be a high school in Beijing. I am afraid that the threshold of He’s family will be flattened.

The second is the rumor that has spread like this beautiful name, that is, Miss He Jia seems to be fascinated, focusing on the matter of seeking immortals and asking for the truth, unlike ordinary boudoir ladies who read the female ring and train the female red. housekeeper.

Outsiders gossiping in private, even though this daughter of the He family is beautiful, like the Nine Heavens Fairy, but based on the latter, it is not suitable for marrying home husband and child.

Master He and Zhou were worried and worried when they heard that, no matter how irritable they were, they also thought about discouraging and disciplining their daughter, but after so many methods, they still had no choice but to beat their daughter. Don’t spread these rumors to the capital, lest it affect your daughter’s reputation and marriage.

Thinking about waiting until the year of the marriage and marriage, the daughter will become the eldest of the family after she marries into the high gate of the country, and will no longer think about these illusory and misty fairy stories.

Even though he was comforting himself in this way, Zhou Clan still had a slightly uneasy mind. When he could not sleep in bed at night, he whispered, “Master, you said… Xi’er won’t be like the second master, right?”

Master He, who has always been soft in front of his wife and daughter, rarely looks serious, “How did you mention him? Didn’t you say it, just treat my He family as no one.”

The second master of the He family, He Ai, seems to be a taboo topic. Zhou did not get angry when he heard this, but fell silent. When she married into He’s family, she also met He Ai. He was also He Erlang who once caused the boudoir girls in Beijing to fall down. Whether it is full of talents and beautiful articles, or born romantic and handsome, and inherits family medical skills, it is only a young age.

Who would have thought that he would become obsessed with cultivating immortals and leave his family behind forever.

He Erlang has not heard from him for many years, and he has not even sent a letter from his family to announce his safety. His life and death are uncertain, but he is afraid that he encountered mountain robbers or was buried in the belly of jackals, tigers and leopards.

Master He was also gloomy about this and hid it deep in his heart. He knew his mediocre qualifications, which disappointed his father Yu Yu. He thought that his second brother was smart and entrusted the hope of the whole family, but he left home regardless. If it were not for no one to succeed, I am afraid that my father would not have retired from the Taiyuan Hospital early and left the capital to move to the south of the Yangtze River.

Master He also felt that his tone was a bit heavy, and comforted his wife, “After all, Xi’er is a daughter’s home, so I can’t run out like my second child and a man.”

Zhou slandered in his heart that his daughter had hired many martial arts masters in the name of the nursing home in the early years. After a short time, people left and said that there was nothing to teach. If it hadn’t been for her to stop her, I’m afraid that her daughter’s powerful swordsmanship would be like a ranger’s hearty spirit, and she would have long been unable to hide it, and it would be known to everyone as obsessively asking for immortality.

This makes it more difficult to marry out.

The Zhou family was only fortunate that, thanks to her imperial doctor’s father-in-law, she decided to make a good marriage early. Moreover, the capital and the south of the Yangtze River are thousands of miles away, so I can’t even hear these rumors.

People have selfish motives, the Zhou clan is just an ordinary woman with seven emotions and six desires. Even if her daughter is not good in every way and does not meet the standards of a secular and virtuous woman, she also prefers. If she gave birth to a son, she would definitely not let him marry such a woman who does not know the virtues of women and is uneasy.

But now I can only secretly apologize to my daughter’s future husband’s family and government office in my heart, thinking that if I can cover it up, it will be better for a while.

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Yun’er raised the bead curtain and walked in with the sweet soup in one hand, watching her lady still holding the notebook with gusto. Just like the rumors outside, think about her lady’s natural beauty, and she is married to a big family. It can be said that she has a bright future. She should have been envied by the girls in Yongjiang Mansion, but now she It became a joke to talk about.

Fortunately, the old lady’s kindness did not anger her little maid, and she was also protected by her.

Yun’er was grateful, and she couldn’t help but persuade, “Miss, there are no gods in this world.”

Even the carp has become refined. What’s impossible, Xiao Han thought with his cheeks under his head, but didn’t say much. Although the carp that gave birth to wits came to repay his kindness, it rarely appeared in front of people, even deliberately. Avoid mortals. That’s right, in case someone sees it, it’s not just a high price of twenty taels in the market.

This also caused no one in the mansion to know about Xiao Han’s ‘Adventure’.

Even after Xiao Han stayed here peacefully and smoothly for more than ten years, he discovered that this was not an ordinary ancient world.

Xiao Han hadn’t thought about his life plan in this life, whether he would take over the medical clinic and be a doctor, or make a millionaire fortune as a wealthy idler, or travel around the world like Xu Xiake and see the lakes and mountains. But after knowing that there are real immortals, demons and ghosts in this world, I immediately left those behind.

How to choose, couldn’t be easier.

Just to calm down, Xiao Han found that it was not that easy. The cultivation techniques she had learned were just condensing some spiritual energy, as if there was a layer of invisible film that could not be broken through.

Xiao Han guessed that the Heavenly Dao Xu in this world had set a certain law and shackles. There were barriers between immortals and vanities, and the threshold was extremely high. Even if they wanted to ask the immortal to ask Dao, it was difficult to enter the law.

The fairy trail is ethereal, and Penglai is hard to find. Even the stories of monsters and ghosts in the mountains and wilds are rarely disclosed in true records, and naturally no one believes them.

However, there must be some traces in this world.

When Xiao Han was thinking about it, the maid Yuner also talked about anecdotes from the outside, “…There are ten-mile lotus ponds there, and it’s just right at this time. Many girls are rowing small boats to pick the lotus ponds, or the lady should also go and see.”

Seeing that she was only 16 or 7 years old and lively, Xiao Han smiled, “If you like it, go and play, I will give you a few days off.”

When she came back, Yun’er told Xiao Han about the ten-mile lotus scenery outside, and brought back a basket of lotus water chestnuts, and the kitchen also used dessert sweet soup.

Jiangnan is indeed a place of wealth and leisure suitable for old-age care, with painted bridges of smoke and willows, curtains of wind and green screens, overlapping lakes and clear trees, three autumn osmanthus, ten miles of lotus. Qiangguan clears the sky, sings in the night, frolicking and fishing for the old lotus baby. Qianqi embraces Gaoya. Drunk, listen to the flute and drums, chant the haze. These are not casual boasts.

Xiao Han has never seen it less in the past, but Yun’er only feels that her young lady has become more and more fascinated by Xiuxian’s questions over the years, and none of the poem fairs attended by young ladies from outside has ever visited.

It is strange to say that the lady is obsessed with cultivation, but the lady and the family members of other officials, eunuchs and gentry’s wives go to the temple to pray for incense and blessings. The lady will not go there after one or two visits.

That’s because it is just a temple and Taoist temple that collects money from believers in the world. There is neither true Buddha nor Taoism.

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Yongjiang Mansion is prosperous and there are as many rich and noble families as the crucian carp that crosses the river. As one of the few and common spiritual entertainments, the opera industry is also very competitive. There are government-run and private-run, various genres of quyi projects, and prosperous troupes. There are not a dozen or twenty, there are seven or eight.

Fengcuifang is an old troupe in Yongjiang Mansion, but it is not considered to be in the forefront. As the young and the yellow do not take on the famous characters, they are more and more declining.

But in recent days, it has suddenly emerged, and the venues are full, and they are all the rage in Yongjiang Mansion.

It was heard that the cast of their family got a new playbook, not the clichéd talents and beautiful ladies, princes and generals, but the new ideas of gods and strangers.

When Yun’er told her about this matter to her own lady, she knew that she would be interested, but it was spread all over the world, even if she concealed it.

Although the Jiangnan atmosphere is more open than other places, it is really rare for Miss He Jia to blatantly take a maid to play in the garden before leaving the pavilion. Master He and Mrs. He probably felt that they could not control it anyway, so she let her go.

Fortunately, instead of sitting directly in the lobby, she chose a private room upstairs. Yun’er gave the little girl in the running hall a silver horn, so that she could bring the best tea and snacks.

Even so, it has attracted a lot of attention.

“That’s the girl from the He family.” Across the curtain, only the figure could be seen vaguely.

Speaking of the daughter of the He family, I don’t know how many women in Yongjiang Manor have torn their veil with envy, and even if they are beautiful, they can still have such a beautiful marriage. But it’s really hard for this person to be perfect. The girl of the He family is good in everything. She is a silly person who is obsessed with cultivating immortals. She also searches for the deeds of wild spirits, monsters and ghosts, all kinds of ancient books, and flowers. The money is not rare. It is maverick and unusual.

So someone asked, “How can such a woman be allowed to marry a high-ranking family?”

People who knew some of the news replied, “I heard that this marriage was decided by the old man in the capital. Even if the old man dies, how dare future generations renounce the marriage against their will.”

“Even the prefects are kind to the He family, and it’s not because of the prestige of the government.”

Those who say this can’t help being sour. Regarding the family’s family, even if the He family came from the capital, it is not mediocre in Jiangnan, but this marriage alone is different from them. This is why the He family couple is reluctant to give up this marriage.

In this era, it is very difficult for the scholars, farmers, commerce and industry, and even higher ranks and nobles, and even the royal family to cross classes. Men can study hard in the imperial examination to obtain scholars, join the army and make meritorious work. Women are more only married.

The colorful sleeves eagerly held the jade clock, but they were drunk when fighting. Dancing down to the heart and moon of the Yangliu Tower, singing the peach blossom fan.

The singing on the stage is tactful, once the two actors’ sleeves fly up and down, they will be full of love and affection. The opening is not the new drama, but the simple twists and turns of talented men and beautiful ladies and finally a family reunion. There are still many people who are fascinated by it.

Even the maid Yun’er beside her had her eyes glowing.

Xiao Han thought, even by developing rich spiritual entertainment in this ancient world, he would surely be able to make a lot of money, even leaving his name for a while.

It is about a young girl who accidentally rescued an injured fox in the mountains, and released the fox after taking good care of it. A few years later, the fox came to repay his favor, revealing that he was the prince of the Qingqiu fox clan. He fell in love with him at first sight and wanted to marry a young girl as his wife.

This episode of fox marrying a wife frightened the girl, saying that she still has parents at home and she does not want to marry away. But the fox prince didn’t follow him, and he just let the girl sit on the sedan chair.

A gourd Taoist stopped him on the way to the post-marriage, saying that the human demon had different paths. This marriage was not dependent on God’s will, nor was it a happy relationship. How can one force the marriage back with one’s own desires, which breaks the principle of heaven and repays grace Become harmful.

After a beautiful fight, finally Fox Prince and his servants, no matter how strong the Calabash Daoist was, they had to retreat. Taoist Calabash rescued the girl and returned home, sharing the family relationship with her parents.

During the period, many spectators commented on melon seeds, “This is not to be repaid by marriage. What is going on, is it the custom of monsters?”

“The prince of fox is also very handsome in adult form, and he offers gold and silver treasures, and sincerely asks for marriage. Why is that girl unwilling to marry?” It was the female relatives who were blocked by curtains on the second floor. , Discussing in private.

An elderly woman who has gone through worldly affairs said, “Hey, no matter how noble, it is also a monster. It is impossible to be with the fox’s bridal chamber, and to be far away from the parents, it is difficult to meet in this life. Even the gourd Taoist said that the human monster has different ways. Marriage, this should be the right one, and you can’t let people casually.”

Xiao Han’s six senses are sensitive, and after listening to it, he only finds the drama on the stage interesting, and the words off the stage are also in the world.

When the second scene comes up, it’s another story. A young scholar surnamed Tao, whose parents died young, and his family was poor and had no money to study, he simply joined a rich family. The Yue family urged him to go ahead and study, so that he could be admitted as a scholar as soon as possible. The scholars studied quietly in the bamboo house on the mountain arranged by the Yue family. As spring passes and autumn comes, the peach blossoms in front of the bamboo house are in full bloom, and the trees are full of scorching flowers. The scholars chant poems under the trees, and it is a joy.

That night, the scholar heard a knock on the door. As soon as she opened the door, she was a beautiful girl in pink, who named herself Taohua, claiming that she was in trouble, and asked the scholar to take her in.

The girl’s beautiful appearance, gentle and affectionate temperament, she was enamored with scholars, and the scholars did not refuse, so she kept them. After that, Taohua stayed in the bamboo house to clean and grind ink for her, adding fragrance to her red sleeves, two-phase intricate. .

When the opera was sung here, some people in the audience began to mumble, “Taoyao may be the flower demon transformed from the peach tree.”

“Even if it’s not a Peach Blossom Fairy, it must be a fairy and a ghost in the mountains, right in the middle of the night, where there will be a good girl.”

“Beauty throws in her arms, there is no reason to refuse, and maybe she admires his talent and recommends herself.”

The disapproving spectators are mostly men. Since ancient times, men have three wives and four concubines. This is at best a nameless outer room. The mountains are cold and lonely, and it is nothing to talk about comfort.

And some of the female relatives upstairs looked unhappy, but couldn’t say much, so as not to be accused of being jealous. The man who wrote the script can only secretly comment on what he wrote, and all the things he wrote are all fulfilled by the man. If the scholar’s family is poor and sour, the rich daughter and the father-in-law will help him, so that he has no worries. When I get bored while studying in the mountains, the peach blossoms will turn into beauties and red sleeves will add fragrance, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The drama on stage continued to sing. The scholar’s wife went to the bamboo hut on the mountain several times, and sent a change of clothes and the soup made by herself. She was coming to visit after a while. The girl Taohua really was transformed by the peach blossoms in front of the bamboo house, and she could always cast spells to hide her figure, allowing the scholar to conceal the matter.

At night, the scholar embraced Taohua in his arms, saying that this was not a long-term way, and that his wife was jealous, and that the Yue family was full of copper and treated him contemptuously, which caused him to suffer a lot of suffering, only Tao Hua Yi Yao treats him sincerely.

That Taohua was originally a peach flower demon, less than a hundred years old, ignorant and fascinated by scholars, naturally he trusted his words and obeyed.

So the scholar instigated Taohua to use tricks to murder his wife and father-in-law, saying that only in this way can they go down the mountain and stay together.

At this point, the ugly face of the scholar was revealed, and the audience was shocked. He thought it was just a half-hearted, gifted scholar and beautiful lady. The story ended up enjoying the blessing of the same people. It was unexpected that the scholar had such a vicious mind. The peach blossom demon is ignorant of the world and loves the lover, but how can the people in the audience fail to see that the scholar is clearly seeking money and killing, and taking the Yue family’s fortune as his own.

Suddenly, someone wanted to throw off the table and curse, “What kind of people read the Four Books, Five Classics, Etiquette, Righteousness, and Shame, his wife and father-in-law are really blind.”

“Knowing others, knowing the face and not knowing the heart, this is still a married son-in-law, even if there is no peach blossom demon to help him, in the future, he will be admitted as a talented person. Once he has gained power, he will not repay his father-in-law’s house. A living white-eyed wolf.”

Fortunately, the important drama came, and another Taoist appeared on the stage. Nothing compared to the bold gourd Taoist in the last drama, this dress was even more fairy-like, with high temperament. He found a monster in the scholar’s body, and stopped him with a dust. The scholar naturally did not dare to confide the truth, but under the pursuit of the Taoist, he still noticed the Peach Blossom Fairy.

The scholar opened his mouth again, crying that he was entangled by the fairy, and asked the Taoist priest to kill the monster.

This vicious scheming played with his wife Yue Family and the Peach Blossom Demon in the palm of his hand, and finally monopolized the family wealth, and then pushed the charges on the Peach Blossom Demon. He was innocent and did not do any bad things.

If we talked about the last story of a fox getting married, everyone would still see a novel and interesting story. Then this story is not calm for people to watch. Peach Blossom Demon is ignorant and evil, but the evil of human heart is better than monsters and ghosts.

The spectators were very excited and looked forward to the next scene.

After all, the ending did not disappoint. The Taoist rescued the scholar’s wife and Yue family from Taohua Yao, and exposed the scholar’s lies. In the end, the scholar was arrested by the government and sentenced to exile in frontier service. The Tao Hua Yao was also beaten back to its original form by the Taoist, and turned into a piece of dead wood. The Taoist sighed, how difficult it is for the Tao Hua Yao to give birth to spiritual wisdom, but wrongly believes in others, and is almost deadly sinful. It would be better to return to the mountains and practice again.

“Poor people must have something to hate. If that person does not appear, the scholar’s wife and family will be killed by Peach Blossom Demon’s subordinates. Are they not innocent and pitiful? The scholar is wolf-hearted, and that Peach Blossom Demon is also an accomplice.”

The spectators have the most controversy about the ending of the Peach Blossom Fairy, and as for the scholars, they are all cursing. If you show up in front of you, you have to step on a few feet.

The happiest thing is than the troupe who earned a lot of money and made a name for himself, he smiled and said loudly, “There will be new tomorrow, and I hope you all come to join us again.”

Yun’er is also happy to be able to watch such wonderful two plays with Miss. There were still some reluctances until the stage ended.

Xiao Han looked at the stage downstairs, his eyes condensed slightly, and finally sighed, “This play… is well written.”