MTL - Twilight Boundary-Chapter 310 Plum Blossom Alley

Chapter 310 Plum Blossom Alley

But long before Hu Ma began to understand these things, the Meihua Alley in Mingzhou Prefecture City became lively early in the morning.

Meihua Alley is just a small alley located in the west of Mingzhou Fucheng, with only seven or eight families living on the left and right.

These seven or eight families are all well-off, and their properties are spread all over the city, but their own people rarely show up. They all have a group of dedicated servants and shopkeepers to help take care of the family's property, and their own His disciples also do not enter the door and do not care about worldly affairs.

Every day, I just read, teach my children, learn arts and cultivate myself, as if it was a small world behind closed doors.

Those who occasionally interact with each other are also people from Mingzhou Prefecture's Yamen, but most of them keep a low profile, but they are often not known.

However, in the entire city of Mingzhou, when talking about Plum Blossom Alley, it actually only refers to one family in particular, that is, Mr. Mei and his family, who have a **** shop in the front and live in a small courtyard behind.

This **** shop is also different from others. It never sells cotton jackets and trousers for the poor, nor gold and silver vessels, antique calligraphy and paintings, but only occasionally collects some old items.

 They are all worthy of death and not worthy of living.

The things they collected were weird, including incense burners for memorial tablets, broken bowls with copper coins, and even some coffins and artifacts. But if they were placed in this **** shop, they would not worry about sales. From time to time, people would come over and **** them at high prices that ordinary people could not imagine. A broken bowl or incense burner.

There are even people who pay high prices to ask people in **** shops to help renew family genealogy or carve memorial tablets.

 “Where is sir?”

The black-robed mage knocked on the door and said hurriedly: "Hurry up, I have something urgent here."

He seemed to be afraid of being scolded, so he hurriedly spoke out: "He is the uncle of the Wei family in Huai'an, his surname is Zheng. This man was originally from our Mingzhou Prefecture. He was once a scholar, and was later seen by people in the fourth room of the Wei family. Go up and recruit me as an uncle."

I saw that this small courtyard is not big, it is just a rockery and flowing water, very elegant.

When the young man in green clothes saw that it was him, he stopped cursing and opened the door to let these people into the yard.

The price is ridiculously high, but it is said that if you take it back, you will be safe and not attract evil spirits.

But early in the morning that day, someone hurriedly pushed a carriage with its roof removed. He hurriedly entered the alley and knocked on the door hurriedly. A series of noises disturbed the tranquility of the alley.

The black-robed mage also hurriedly said: "Sir, the evil that is entangled with you is not serious. I can solve it. It's just that something went wrong."

After listening to his words, the servant of the Wei family, the governor, immediately knelt down: "My master is in danger, there is nothing we can do!"

“…I remembered my husband’s instructions and didn’t dare to provoke him.”

“Now that I came back this time, I wanted to invite my ancestors to come over, but unexpectedly I was entangled by the evildoers in the village. My disciples are not good enough, so I can only invite my husband to come and have a look..."

An old gentleman wearing a white undergarment was sitting in a wicker chair, drinking tea and shaking a cattail leaf fan. Next to him was an ancient well with quiet water, and there were two goldfish, one red and one blue, in it.

From time to time, he pinched some red rice-like things and threw them into the well to watch the fish compete for food.

It took a long time for the young man in green clothes to come over and open the door. He frowned and was ready to curse.

The old gentleman slowly raised his head, glanced at the roofless carriage behind which was crowded with people, and said with a troubled expression: "If it's just an ordinary evil spirit, you don't need to come to me, but if it's trouble, we are here at Fenxiang Hall. Just distribute blood food to the gentlemen..."

When he saw the black-robed mage coming in, he didn't say anything and just waved the cattail leaf fan. But the mage came over and knelt down: "Sir, something happened."

Most of the time, when foreign visitors come to visit, they have to go to the **** shop first and explain their purpose of visit. And most people don't need to go into the small courtyard at the back. The matter can be settled in the **** shop at the front.

 The old gentleman did not answer the servant's words, but frowned.

 “Please help me, boss…”

"Last night, I wanted to help him solve the problem, but I met a strange little court official..."

　　　…”

"Um?"

Hearing this, the old gentleman sat up slightly and whispered: "What exactly does it look like?"

The black-robed mage was stunned for a moment and hurriedly described the appearance of Grandma Qi Gu, focusing on the nondescript ceremonial guard.

He was actually afraid that he had made a mistake, was fooled, and would be embarrassed, but he didn't expect that when the old gentleman heard his detailed description, he couldn't help but take a breath and looked at him with a serious expression. He whispered: "You didn't provoke me, but you did the right thing."

"You are a shallow person and don't know what's going on in Mingzhou. The water is deep!"

“As early as last winter, I was no longer the only official in Mingzhou Prefecture.”

　　　…”

"ah?"

The black-robed judge was startled for a moment and said hurriedly: "Who is coming? Why didn't you hear anything? Which department, which class?"

　　　…”

The old gentleman just sighed and did not answer. He just waved his hand and said, "Send him over and let me take a look."

Others hurriedly pushed the carriage over and showed the old gentleman with a dull expression in the carriage. He only glanced at it briefly, then looked slightly sad and kept silent. "My husband just attracted evil spirits and drove them away. But I don't know what happened to him last night, but he stopped me and refused to save anyone."

The old servant had been nervous all night. Now when he arrived in the city, he obviously had some complaints. He kowtowed to the old man in Plum Blossom Alley again and said, "I beg the old master for help. Is it true that in this city of Mingzhou Prefecture? Even this little rule is gone?”

“As a court official, the old gentleman is responsible for these evil spirits. Could it be that he wants to see my master being harmed by evil spirits?”

　　　…”

The old man with a wrinkled face and wearing a white underwear just looked at the nobleman in the car.

I saw that he had been entangled in injustice for a long time. Now his face had turned blue and his eyes were staring. He was laughing sometimes, crying bitterly, and then babbling and singing.

 “Get the pen and ink first!”

The old man was not in a hurry to say anything. He picked up his pen and ink and drew a few strokes on his forehead, vaguely evoking the shape of a simple talisman.

The noble man suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were slightly clear, and he quickly became anxious and panicked. But before he could open his mouth to say something, he suddenly closed his eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.

Then he turned to look at the old servant, slowly shook his head, and said: "Although I am only responsible for the incense distribution, I will not be afraid of them. But you don't know yet, but now this Mingzhou capital has already been separated from the fragrant ones." It was different before.”

“Last year, there was an evil spirit in Tsing Yi, which caused a lot of commotion, but an expert killed the evil spirit here and established the rules. From then on, who dares to do anything random again?”

　　　…”

Actually, of course he understands that killing Qing Yi is nothing.

Knowing that Qing Yi was working for the nobleman of the Meng family, he dared to behead Qingyi. Moreover, after beheading Qingyi, he scared the nobleman of the Meng family and left him overnight.

However, of course he would not tell such secrets to a servant of the Wei family, lest he cause any trouble inadvertently.

Sighing slowly, his eyes swept over the black-robed mage kneeling next to him. He seemed to be reproaching, and shook his head again, saying: "And the official you met was noticed earlier, but they don't know the origin or the reason. …”

"Now that he has appeared, he must be the one who sealed it."

“And that noble man has been hiding in the capital city of Mingzhou for who knows how long and has never done anything. Now he suddenly sends people over and is not allowed to save your master. Then we..."

He looked increasingly sad and sighed: "If we insist on taking care of it, aren't we asking for trouble?"

"This this…"

The old servant was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, and he looked a little unbelievable. After a long time, he suddenly raised his head and looked at it with some disrespect. Such an innocent ghost was killed?"

After hearing this, the old man in Plum Blossom Alley just shook his head slowly and sighed: "Everyone has a destiny..."

“Isn’t it true that none of the royal family members died from the cold?”

　　　…”

As soon as these words came out, not only the old servant was surprised, but even the black-robed mage was surprised.

He met the weird little court official last night and knew something was wrong, so he got smart and ran back.

I thought I had nothing to do, but my master should have something to do, right?

Unexpectedly, the master who has always been kind to others, especially those who have close friendships with aristocratic families and government offices, actually behaved so resolutely indifferently this time.

This noble man has been wronged and it is indeed difficult, but he believes that his master can find a solution. But now, looking at it, he actually doesn't want to take care of it, and even said that everyone has a destiny, which is obviously to evade it. Come?

 The atmosphere has become extremely depressing because of the appearance of this sentence.

In the dead silence, the old servant stood still, but he didn't know what he was thinking. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and whispered: "My uncle cannot die!"

 Everyone around him was startled and looked at him, their eyes already showing some displeasure.

As a servant, even a servant of the Wei family, it is a bit disrespectful to say this out of the blue.

 “My uncle cannot die.”

But the old servant seemed not to notice the dissatisfaction in the eyes of the people around him, and his expression became serious, and he whispered: "Mr. Xu Shitang Guan still doesn't know that my uncle came back this time not just for cleaning." An ancestral home to pay homage to my parents, actually, actually..."

 As he spoke, he seemed a little stressed and seemed to be involved in something secret.

With a hint of cruelty, he said: "Actually, he came to retrieve the ancestor's tablet, and then rushed to Huai'an Mansion to take up his post."

"Our Wei family has found a position for him as the county magistrate of Liyuan County, Huai'an Prefecture. We have set a date for him to rush to take up the post. Now at this moment, he is suddenly entangled in injustice. How can this matter be turned into a good thing? ?”

　　　…”

"What?"

Hearing this, the old man's face changed slightly and he looked at him in disbelief.

 (End of this chapter)