The Hanged Ghost (2)

The Hanged Ghost (2)

This businessman surnamed He is named He Wanchang. He is a medium-sized businessman with a smooth manner. He has always had business dealings with Aqiu's family. He stopped moving after Aqiu's father was imprisoned. But Aqiu is still very grateful to He Wanchang. After all, it was He Wanchang who helped her when she was lonely and helpless, so she usually does what she can when she lives in the He family.

One day, while she was watering the flowers and plants, He Wanchang's son walked over quietly, hiding behind her, and made a sound that startled Aqiu.

"Brother He, you're scaring me again." Aqiu saw it was He Yongcai and smiled slightly. After all, living in someone else's house was not as good as his own, so his face couldn't be too ugly.

He Youcai is the only son of He Wanchang. He is extremely precious, but his character is not bad, but he is a bit playful. Seeing Aqiu watering the flowers and plants, he smiled and said: "What are these flowers and plants to play with? They are so boring."

"Brother He, flowers and plants also have life." Ah Qiu poured the water carefully.

Ah Youcai looked at Ah Qiu and whispered, "How about I take you out to play?"

"Brother He, go ahead, I can't leave."

"Stop being like this. Staying at home every day is not good for your mood."

"Still not."

Seeing that Ah Qiu couldn't be called, He Youcai thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "You stay at home all day long and can't think of a way to help your father. Why don't you follow me and go outside? Maybe you can meet someone who can help." people."

"This..." He Youcai's words touched Aqiu's mind. All she thought about day and night was how to save her father, so she was a little shaken.

He Youcai saw what A Qiu was thinking and couldn't help but pull A Qiu away. "Let's go, don't hesitate."

Ah Qiu hurriedly put down the kettle in his hand and followed He Youcai out of He's house. The two of them walked around the street first. He Youcai picked some interesting things to tease Ah Qiu from time to time, but Ah Qiu didn't have any traces of it. Smiling, after walking for a long time, Aqiu couldn't help but ask: "Brother He, didn't you mean..."

"Okay, I understand, I'll take you there right now." He Youcai knew what A Qiu was thinking, so he took A Qiu into Jingxiangzhai. This Jingxiangzhai is a large local library with many literati and elegant people. Everyone likes to join in the fun there, drink tea, recite poems and write poems, and pass the time. There are also a few officials' children among them.

After entering Jingxiang Zhai, Ah Qiu saw so many people and wanted to leave, but He Youcai grabbed him. Ah Youcai whispered in Ah Qiu's ear: "Believe me, if we don't gain anything today, I will go back." I will apologize to you."

"...Yeah." He Youcai said this, and Aqiu had no choice but to agree.

The two of them found a table by the window and sat down. The waiter greeted enthusiastically: "What do you two need?"

"A pot of Longjing." He Youcai replied with a smile.

The waiter put the rag on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, sir, sit down and I'll be here soon."

Ah Qiu looked around. Although there were many people in Jingxiang Zhai, they were not noisy. Everyone occupied a place, either reading quietly or talking in a low voice. The environment was quite elegant, so he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why?" Brother, do you come here often?"

"Hey, I've been to this kind of place twice." He Youcai is not a person who likes reading. He has been fond of playing since he was a child. He whispered to Aqiu: "The first few times I came here were just to see the official lady. Style.”

"A lady from an official family is here too?" Aqiu was very surprised. This library was mostly a place for men. Although she saw women when she entered, she didn't expect a lady from an official family to like this kind of place.

He Youcai nodded heavily and replied: "No, not only ladies from official families, but also some children from rich families come often."

While the two were talking, the waiter came over with a pot and shouted: "Sir, your tea." After saying that, the waiter put down the two tea bowls and poured A Qiu and He Youcai's respective teas. After brewing, he put down another pot of brewed food, left the table here, and went to other tables to greet others.

Ah Qiu blew the tea gently and looked at the bright color of the tea. He asked in a low voice: "This tea must be very expensive."

"Hey, it's just a joke." He Youcai replied with a smile.

At this moment, Aqiu saw the distinguished young master sitting at the next table. The young master was just one person. After sitting down, he asked for a cup of tea and stopped talking. He took the book and started reading. After reading for a long time, he couldn't help but He said to himself: "What a poem, what a poem. The cold plum blossoms reward a close friend, and the haggardness is a touch of yellow."

When Ah Qiu heard this, he was stunned. He clearly wrote this poem at home the year before last. He didn't know why the man could recite it, so he asked in a low voice: "Brother He, where did all the books in this library come from?"

"You don't know yet, but this library is different from other libraries. Although there are thousands of ancient poems, the most impressive thing is the collection of the owner of this library. I heard that the owner of this library likes to collect poems everywhere, regardless of their source. Whenever I see a poem that I like, I spend money to buy it from someone else, then copy it into a book and put it in Jingxiang Studio for people who like books to read."

"I see." Ah Qiu finally understood how the scroll she had written before was lost. She thought that the maids knew about this and stole the scroll and sold it to the boss here.

Unable to lament the desolation of the world, Ah Qiu sighed, just at the same time as the young master across the table, so the two couldn't help but look at each other, smiled slightly, and nodded lightly.

Although A Qiu is not a beautiful woman, she is very delicate in appearance. The scholarly aroma of her daughter's daughter who has read books makes A Qiu different from other girls. In this library, she is considered to be a top-notch beauty. When the young master saw it, It caught his eye.

After a long time, the young man came over and asked softly: "Can I excuse you two?"

"Is something wrong?" He Youcai looked at the fair-faced young man and felt that he was very handsome.

"Yu is alone today

Come here, I don’t have any book friends, I wonder if I can talk to you two..."

"Well, sit down, sit down." He Youcai agreed boldly without waiting for others to finish speaking.

The young master who called himself Yu asked the waiter to move the tea bowl, then looked at Aqiu and asked gently: "Do you like poems and books, young lady?"

"I understand a little bit." Aqiu nodded with a smile.

"Just in time, I have a poem here written by my daughter's family. Yu is not very specific about the meaning of the poem. I wonder if she can give me some advice?"

"I don't dare to accept it." Ah Qiu said this, but he took the book from the young master's hand. When he saw that it was a poem written by himself, he asked: "Young Master, did you say, 'A cold plum blossom rewards a close friend, and a haggard gleam of yellow'?"

"Exactly."

It could be seen that the young master was very happy and actually left He Youcai aside. It was good that He Youcai didn't like studying anyway, so he could look around to see which girl was pretty...

Aqiu pretended to read for a while, put down the book, and replied: "This sentence says that plum blossoms have feelings, and they will also be troubled by their close friends."

"Wonderful solution! What a wonderful solution!" Mr. Yu clapped his fan and applauded.

Ah Qiu lowered his head in embarrassment...

While drinking tea, the two chatted about some poems written by others and had a great time. Aqiu had not been so happy for a long time, and there were more smiles on her face.

"By the way, you haven't asked the lady her name yet?"

He Youcai glanced at the young man surnamed Yu. He had long seen that this boy had plans for A Qiu. He was just too lazy to pay attention to it, so he pretended not to hear and continued to drink his tea.

Aqiu smiled and said: "Aqiu."

"Aqiu...what a good name. I am lucky enough to be able to talk poetry and poetry with the young lady in Xia Yuzicheng. I am truly lucky."

"Young Master has given you too much praise." Ah Qiu felt a little embarrassed and blushed.

At this time, He Youcai saw an acquaintance entering Jingwu Zhai and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: "Oh, Brother Zhou, I unexpectedly met you here today."

"It's rare, Brother He. If you haven't shown up these days, where have you been?" Zhou Wenwu said with a smile.

He Youcai pointed at Aqiu and replied: "Some time ago, my father was very careful about this. He took my little sister out to relax, but I didn't expect to meet you here.

When Zhou Wenwu saw Ah Qiu, his eyes widened and he asked in despair, "Why haven't I heard that you have such a beautiful sister?"

"This is why Brother Zhou doesn't know..." He Youcai briefly told Zhou Wenwu about Aqiu. Firstly, Zhou Wenwu also had relatives in his family who were officials, and he wanted to see how Zhou Wenwu could help. Secondly, He also wanted to prove that he had not deliberately alienated Zhou Wenwu.

Zhou Wenwu frowned after hearing this: "Is there such a thing?"

"No, oh, it's hard for Ah Qiu." He Youcai sighed.

At this time, Aqiu was discussing poetry with Yu Zicheng and did not notice the situation on He Youcai's side. Little did he know that this was the beginning of being targeted by wolves...

A few days later, He Youcai came to pull Aqiu out again, but Aqiu naturally refused. After going out last time, she came back and was beaten by Aunt He. She said that she did not want to make Aunt He unhappy again, so she refused: "Brother He, I dont go."

"How could you not go?" He Youcai looked at Aqiu anxiously.

Ah Qiu shook his head: "I originally sent someone to..."

"That's why I let you go out. I'm not taking you out to play today. I'm taking you seriously to meet someone who may be able to help you." He Youcai looked at Ah Qiu seriously, afraid Ah Qiu didn't believe it and continued: "This man's name is Zhou Wenwu, and he is the son of Mr. Zhou's brother in Suzhou. I finally told him about you and asked him to help, but you didn't go. What's going on?"

Ah Qiu was stunned for a moment and asked nervously: "Brother He, are you telling the truth?"

"I lied to you that you were a puppy!" He Youcai swore to the sky.

Although Aqiu didn't want to make Aunt He angry, she wanted to save her father even more. She nodded hurriedly and followed He Youcai out of the door of the He family...

This trip was to Zhou Wenwu's house, and Zhou Wenwu naturally welcomed him in person. He had been restless since he met Aqiu that day, and finally welcomed Aqiu, which made him happy.

"Miss Aqiu, are you here?"

"..." Aqiu nodded lightly. She didn't have a good impression of the fat official's son in front of her. If He Youcai hadn't been there, she would have really planned to turn around and leave, because she felt that this man had ill intentions towards her and didn't look at others. Yes, just look at the look in Zhou Wenwu's eyes when he looked at A Qiu, which made A Qiu feel uncomfortable all over.