Chapter 10
Lin Xiner was hiding something in her heart, and she was even more silent. She wanted to tell her mother, but what would it mean if she told her mother? It would be better to keep it in her heart and wait for the development of things.
Doctor He got his comeuppance on the third day. He started to shiver, and even with three quilts covering him, he still trembled. Then he became angry, and his internal organs felt like they were being scratched by cat claws. Finally, he vomited blood in large mouthfuls, and each time he vomited, he vomited a bowl of blood.
Lin Xiner knew that this was because he told her something he shouldn't have told her. Doctor He was in danger! But the strange thing was that Feng Tianyu also told her about what happened in the bird's nest, but he was fine.
Thinking back to the day when she went to see Feng Tianyu and he showed a snake-like form, she felt that Tianyu might not be an ordinary person now. But who exactly was he? She couldn't say for sure.
Seeing that Doctor He was getting worse day by day, Lin Xiner was worried, but she couldn't say what she would do. After seeing this, Xiner's mother, Lin Feng, said to Xiner, "Xiner, go to Fucheng City and ask Manager Ye to come! He has great medical skills and may be able to save the patient."
He Langzhong was his father's old brother and had always been by his side. After Lin Xiner's father died, he could not bear to leave and continued to serve Xiner.
After listening to her mother, Lin Xiner decided to go to Fucheng in person and ask Manager Ye to come and see Uncle He.
Manager Ye Ziqiu of Baohetang is also a good friend of my father.
I remember that year when Lin Xiner was only eleven or twelve years old, her father had already retired from the underworld. Wen Zhishan, who was on his back, went to find Luo Ke of Baohetang and threatened that if his demands were not met, he would burn down Baohetang.
Ye Ziqiu was at a loss. When he was in a dilemma, someone gave him an idea: Why not go find Lin Zhenshan? Although Lin Zhenshan had retired from the underworld, he was a very loyal man. Didn't you cure his wife's illness before? Go and ask him, he will definitely help you.
Ye Ziqiu said: "Lin Zhenshan has long since stopped caring about the affairs of the underworld. Can he help?"
The man said, "How do you know you can't help if you haven't been there? Everything in the world depends on human effort."
So Ye Ziqiu went to find Lin Zhenshan.
When Lin Zhenshan heard his intention, he readily agreed. He asked Ye Ziqiu to wait for a reply in three days.
After Ye Ziqiu left, Lin Zhenshan took Lin Xiner up the mountain.
Why did Lin Zhenshan want to bring Lin Xiner? Because Lin Xiner was engaged to Wen Zhishan's son Wen Hu. That means Lin Zhenshan and Wen Zhishan were in-laws. However, Lin Zhenshan and Wen Zhishan never announced this to the public, and only their two families knew about it.
Wen Zhishan was overjoyed when he saw Lin Zhenshan coming, because he was planning to go find Lin Zhenshan, as his son was already thirteen years old, and he should exchange engagement cards with Lin Xiner to finalize the marriage.
"Brother Lin's visit to our village has really brought glory to it!" Wen Zhishan clasped his hands together and said excitedly.
"No, no, I don't have that much face. I came here today to ask for something." Lin Zhenshan said with his hands clasped.
"Please! Please!" Wen Zhishan invited Lin Zhenshan to the main hall and said, "Brother Lin, please stop asking for favors. Your business is my business! How can you ask for favors?"
As he spoke, he walked into the main room.
This hall is very spacious, about 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Such a large hall is unique in southwest Jiangxi.
Think about it, the depth of the main hall is not rare, just increase the number of vertical pillars. For example, ordinary families usually have five Luo pillars (five vertical pillars) or seven Luo pillars. A wealthy family has nine or eleven Luo pillars, which is already very impressive. But this house has at least thirteen Luo pillars (that is, 13 vertical pillars).
The more vertical pillars there are, the taller the house will be. For example, this house has thirteen pillars, and the main pillar is at least twenty-seven or eight feet high.
What is special is the beams and piers, which have very high requirements: three feet and three feet long, with both ends of similar size, straight, and made of fine and tough wood.
This kind of wood must be cut down in the deep mountains, and must be fir trees that are 40 to 50 feet tall. It can be seen how difficult it is to build such a house.
However, this house was not built by Wen Zhishan, nor by his ancestors. It was built by Wang Kunyang, the richest man in the history of Beishan. The construction of this house started in 1270, took nine years and cost one million taels of silver, and was completed in 1279.
Wang Kunyang was one of the few wealthy families in the Song Dynasty. All his family members served as officials in the court. His son Wang Renzhi became a general and once guarded a place. It is said that the money he plundered was countless.
On the day the building was completed, Wang Kunyang named it Qilin Pavilion, wrote these three words in his own handwriting, and made a huge plaque to hang above the gate.
This is a symbol of wealth and power.
However, the good times did not last long. Within a few months, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by Kublai Khan. The Song Dynasty fell. Because Wang Kunyang's family was an official of the previous dynasty, they were too powerful! As a result, some were killed, some hanged themselves, and later even the nine clans were exterminated.
But Qilin Pavilion remained.
Hundreds of years have passed, and Qilin Pavilion is still as majestic as ever.
Wen Zhishan seized Qilin Pavilion after he had become a bandit and accumulated strength.
Wen Zhishan and Lin Zhenshan sat down as host and guest, Lin Xiner sat next to her father, and Wen Hu also sat next to his father.
Both of them were young and didn't know much about the relationships between men and women, so they just looked at each other and found it quite interesting.
Lin Zhenshan got straight to the point: "Brother Wenru, Ye Ziqiu from Fucheng is my benefactor. He was the one who cured my wife's stubborn illness that year."
"Ye Ziqiu? Oh, you're here to plead for Ye Ziqiu?" Wen Zhishan was a little surprised. "To be honest, I kind of look down on Ye Ziqiu."
"What's the matter?" Lin Zhenshan was also very surprised. "Ye Ziqiu is a very responsible doctor. Why do you say that, Brother Wenru?"
"Brother Da Zheng④, you don't know. One of his apprentices opened a medicine store in Taoxi Town and openly used the name of Ye Ziqiu, but refused to pay protection fees." Wen Zhishan said what happened.
"Could there be any misunderstanding here?" Lin Zhenshan said, "Well, let me find out the truth and then come back to discuss it with you. In the meantime, you must not embarrass Doctor Ye."
"Okay! For the sake of Brother Da Zheng, I will withdraw my troops. But let me be frank with you. If Ye Ziqiu has any connection with Taoxi Town, don't blame me, Wen Zhishan, for being cruel." Wen Zhishan said.
"It's a deal!" Lin Zhenshan said with a bow.
Lin Zhenshan wanted to leave, but was stopped by Wen Zhishan. Wen Zhishan said, "Brother Dazheng has abandoned evil and turned to good, and is now famous. I wonder if your daughter's engagement with my son is still valid."
Lin Zhenshan knew that his reputation depended largely on his children's marriages. So he said:
"Brother Wenru, you are not an unforgivable person. The engagement between my daughter and you master is of course valid. But they are still young and it is a bit too early to talk about marriage." Lin Zhenshan said.
"No! Brother Da Zheng, I want to exchange engagement letters first, which will make our engagement formal and give an explanation to the world." Wen Zhishan said.
"Okay! Let's choose a day!" Lin Zhenshan agreed generously.
One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one
Notes: ①Luoke: Jiangxi dialect: refers to finding slag. ②Loubu: refers to the horizontal beams used to lay floor boards. ③Wenru: Wen Zhishan’s courtesy name is Wenru. ④Dazheng: Lin Zhenshan’s courtesy name is Dazheng.
Lin Xiner was hiding something in her heart, and she was even more silent. She wanted to tell her mother, but what would it mean if she told her mother? It would be better to keep it in her heart and wait for the development of things.
Lin Xiner was hiding something in her heart, and she was even more silent. She wanted to tell her mother, but what would it mean if she told her mother? It would be better to keep it in her heart and wait for the development of things.
Chapter 10
Lin Xiner was hiding something in her heart, and she was even more silent. She wanted to tell her mother, but what would it mean if she told her mother? It would be better to keep it in her heart and wait for the development of things.
Doctor He got his comeuppance on the third day. He started to shiver, and even with three quilts covering him, he still trembled. Then he became angry, and his internal organs felt like they were being scratched by cat claws. Finally, he vomited blood in large mouthfuls, and each time he vomited, he vomited a bowl of blood.
Lin Xiner knew that this was because he told her something he shouldn't have told her. Doctor He was in danger! But the strange thing was that Feng Tianyu also told her about what happened in the bird's nest, but he was fine.
Thinking back to the day when she went to see Feng Tianyu and he showed a snake-like form, she felt that Tianyu might not be an ordinary person now. But who exactly was he? She couldn't say for sure.
Seeing that Doctor He was getting worse day by day, Lin Xiner was worried, but she couldn't say what she would do. After seeing this, Xiner's mother, Lin Feng, said to Xiner, "Xiner, go to Fucheng City and ask Manager Ye to come! He has great medical skills and may be able to save the patient."
He Langzhong was his father's old brother and had always been by his side. After Lin Xiner's father died, he could not bear to leave and continued to serve Xiner.
After listening to her mother, Lin Xiner decided to go to Fucheng in person and ask Manager Ye to come and see Uncle He.
Manager Ye Ziqiu of Baohetang is also a good friend of my father.
I remember that year when Lin Xiner was only eleven or twelve years old, her father had already retired from the underworld. Wen Zhishan, who was on his back, went to find Luo Ke of Baohetang and threatened that if his demands were not met, he would burn down Baohetang.
Ye Ziqiu was at a loss. When he was in a dilemma, someone gave him an idea: Why not go find Lin Zhenshan? Although Lin Zhenshan had retired from the underworld, he was a very loyal man. Didn't you cure his wife's illness before? Go and ask him, he will definitely help you.
Ye Ziqiu said: "Lin Zhenshan has long since stopped caring about the affairs of the underworld. Can he help?"
The man said, "How do you know you can't help if you haven't been there? Everything in the world depends on human effort."
So Ye Ziqiu went to find Lin Zhenshan.
When Lin Zhenshan heard his intention, he readily agreed. He asked Ye Ziqiu to wait for a reply in three days.
After Ye Ziqiu left, Lin Zhenshan took Lin Xiner up the mountain.
Why did Lin Zhenshan want to bring Lin Xiner? Because Lin Xiner was engaged to Wen Zhishan's son Wen Hu. That means Lin Zhenshan and Wen Zhishan were in-laws. However, Lin Zhenshan and Wen Zhishan never announced this to the public, and only their two families knew about it.
Wen Zhishan was overjoyed when he saw Lin Zhenshan coming, because he was planning to go find Lin Zhenshan, as his son was already thirteen years old, and he should exchange engagement cards with Lin Xiner to finalize the marriage.
"Brother Lin's visit to our village has really brought glory to it!" Wen Zhishan clasped his hands together and said excitedly.
"No, no, I don't have that much face. I came here today to ask for something." Lin Zhenshan said with his hands clasped.
"Please! Please!" Wen Zhishan invited Lin Zhenshan to the main hall and said, "Brother Lin, please stop asking for favors. Your business is my business! How can you ask for favors?"
As he spoke, he walked into the main room.
This hall is very spacious, about 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Such a large hall is unique in southwest Jiangxi.
Think about it, the depth of the main hall is not rare, just increase the number of vertical pillars. For example, ordinary families usually have five Luo pillars (five vertical pillars) or seven Luo pillars. A wealthy family has nine or eleven Luo pillars, which is already very impressive. But this house has at least thirteen Luo pillars (that is, 13 vertical pillars).
The more vertical pillars there are, the taller the house will be. For example, this house has thirteen pillars, and the main pillar is at least twenty-seven or eight feet high.
What is special is the beams and piers, which have very high requirements: three feet and three feet long, with both ends of similar size, straight, and made of fine and tough wood.
This kind of wood must be cut down in the deep mountains, and must be fir trees that are 40 to 50 feet tall. It can be seen how difficult it is to build such a house.
However, this house was not built by Wen Zhishan, nor by his ancestors. It was built by Wang Kunyang, the richest man in the history of Beishan. The construction of this house started in 1270, took nine years and cost one million taels of silver, and was completed in 1279.
Wang Kunyang was one of the few wealthy families in the Song Dynasty. All his family members served as officials in the court. His son Wang Renzhi became a general and once guarded a place. It is said that the money he plundered was countless.
On the day the building was completed, Wang Kunyang named it Qilin Pavilion, wrote these three words in his own handwriting, and made a huge plaque to hang above the gate.
This is a symbol of wealth and power.
However, the good times did not last long. Within a few months, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by Kublai Khan. The Song Dynasty fell. Because Wang Kunyang's family was an official of the previous dynasty, they were too powerful! As a result, some were killed, some hanged themselves, and later even the nine clans were exterminated.
But Qilin Pavilion remained.
Hundreds of years have passed, and Qilin Pavilion is still as majestic as ever.
Wen Zhishan seized Qilin Pavilion after he had become a bandit and accumulated strength.
Wen Zhishan and Lin Zhenshan sat down as host and guest, Lin Xiner sat next to her father, and Wen Hu also sat next to his father.
Both of them were young and didn't know much about the relationships between men and women, so they just looked at each other and found it quite interesting.
Lin Zhenshan got straight to the point: "Brother Wenru, Ye Ziqiu from Fucheng is my benefactor. He was the one who cured my wife's stubborn illness that year."
"Ye Ziqiu? Oh, you're here to plead for Ye Ziqiu?" Wen Zhishan was a little surprised. "To be honest, I kind of look down on Ye Ziqiu."
"What's the matter?" Lin Zhenshan was also very surprised. "Ye Ziqiu is a very responsible doctor. Why do you say that, Brother Wenru?"
"Brother Da Zheng④, you don't know. One of his apprentices opened a medicine store in Taoxi Town and openly used the name of Ye Ziqiu, but refused to pay protection fees." Wen Zhishan said what happened.
"Could there be any misunderstanding here?" Lin Zhenshan said, "Well, let me find out the truth and then come back to discuss it with you. In the meantime, you must not embarrass Doctor Ye."
"Okay! For the sake of Brother Da Zheng, I will withdraw my troops. But let me be frank with you. If Ye Ziqiu has any connection with Taoxi Town, don't blame me, Wen Zhishan, for being cruel." Wen Zhishan said.
"It's a deal!" Lin Zhenshan said with a bow.
Lin Zhenshan wanted to leave, but was stopped by Wen Zhishan. Wen Zhishan said, "Brother Dazheng has abandoned evil and turned to good, and is now famous. I wonder if your daughter's engagement with my son is still valid."
Lin Zhenshan knew that his reputation depended largely on his children's marriages. So he said:
"Brother Wenru, you are not an unforgivable person. The engagement between my daughter and you master is of course valid. But they are still young and it is a bit too early to talk about marriage." Lin Zhenshan said.
"No! Brother Da Zheng, I want to exchange engagement letters first, which will make our engagement formal and give an explanation to the world." Wen Zhishan said.
"Okay! Let's choose a day!" Lin Zhenshan agreed generously.
One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one
Notes: ①Luoke: Jiangxi dialect: refers to finding slag. ②Loubu: refers to the horizontal beams used to lay floor boards. ③Wenru: Wen Zhishan’s courtesy name is Wenru. ④Dazheng: Lin Zhenshan’s courtesy name is Dazheng.
Lin Xiner was hiding something in her heart, and she was even more silent. She wanted to tell her mother, but what would it mean if she told her mother? It would be better to keep it in her heart and wait for the development of things.
Doctor He got his comeuppance on the third day. He started to shiver, and even with three quilts covering him, he still trembled. Then he became angry, and his internal organs felt like they were being scratched by cat claws. Finally, he vomited blood in large mouthfuls, and each time he vomited, he vomited a bowl of blood.
Lin Xiner knew that this was because he told her something he shouldn't have told her. Doctor He was in danger! But the strange thing was that Feng Tianyu also told her about what happened in the bird's nest, but he was fine.
Thinking back to the day when she went to see Feng Tianyu and he showed a snake-like form, she felt that Tianyu might not be an ordinary person now. But who exactly was he? She couldn't say for sure.
Seeing that Doctor He was getting worse day by day, Lin Xiner was worried, but she couldn't say what she would do. After seeing this, Xiner's mother, Lin Feng, said to Xiner, "Xiner, go to Fucheng City and ask Manager Ye to come! He has great medical skills and may be able to save the patient."
He Langzhong was his father's old brother and had always been by his side. After Lin Xiner's father died, he could not bear to leave and continued to serve Xiner.
After listening to her mother, Lin Xiner decided to go to Fucheng in person and ask Manager Ye to come and see Uncle He.
Manager Ye Ziqiu of Baohetang is also a good friend of my father.
I remember that year when Lin Xiner was only eleven or twelve years old, her father had already retired from the underworld. Wen Zhishan, who was on his back, went to find Luo Ke of Baohetang and threatened that if his demands were not met, he would burn down Baohetang.
Ye Ziqiu was at a loss. When he was in a dilemma, someone gave him an idea: Why not go find Lin Zhenshan? Although Lin Zhenshan had retired from the underworld, he was a very loyal man. Didn't you cure his wife's illness before? Go and ask him, he will definitely help you.
Ye Ziqiu said: "Lin Zhenshan has long since stopped caring about the affairs of the underworld. Can he help?"
The man said, "How do you know you can't help if you haven't been there? Everything in the world depends on human effort."
So Ye Ziqiu went to find Lin Zhenshan.
When Lin Zhenshan heard his intention, he readily agreed. He asked Ye Ziqiu to wait for a reply in three days.
After Ye Ziqiu left, Lin Zhenshan took Lin Xiner up the mountain.
Why did Lin Zhenshan want to bring Lin Xiner? Because Lin Xiner was engaged to Wen Zhishan's son Wen Hu. That means Lin Zhenshan and Wen Zhishan were in-laws. However, Lin Zhenshan and Wen Zhishan never announced this to the public, and only their two families knew about it.
Wen Zhishan was overjoyed when he saw Lin Zhenshan coming, because he was planning to go find Lin Zhenshan, as his son was already thirteen years old, and he should exchange engagement cards with Lin Xiner to finalize the marriage.
"Brother Lin's visit to our village has really brought glory to it!" Wen Zhishan clasped his hands together and said excitedly.
"No, no, I don't have that much face. I came here today to ask for something." Lin Zhenshan said with his hands clasped.
"Please! Please!" Wen Zhishan invited Lin Zhenshan to the main hall and said, "Brother Lin, please stop asking for favors. Your business is my business! How can you ask for favors?"
As he spoke, he walked into the main room.
This hall is very spacious, about 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Such a large hall is unique in southwest Jiangxi.
Think about it, the depth of the main hall is not rare, just increase the number of vertical pillars. For example, ordinary families usually have five Luo pillars (five vertical pillars) or seven Luo pillars. A wealthy family has nine or eleven Luo pillars, which is already very impressive. But this house has at least thirteen Luo pillars (that is, 13 vertical pillars).
The more vertical pillars there are, the taller the house will be. For example, this house has thirteen pillars, and the main pillar is at least twenty-seven or eight feet high.
What is special is the beams and piers, which have very high requirements: three feet and three feet long, with both ends of similar size, straight, and made of fine and tough wood.
This kind of wood must be cut down in the deep mountains, and must be fir trees that are 40 to 50 feet tall. It can be seen how difficult it is to build such a house.
However, this house was not built by Wen Zhishan, nor by his ancestors. It was built by Wang Kunyang, the richest man in the history of Beishan. The construction of this house started in 1270, took nine years and cost one million taels of silver, and was completed in 1279.
Wang Kunyang was one of the few wealthy families in the Song Dynasty. All his family members served as officials in the court. His son Wang Renzhi became a general and once guarded a place. It is said that the money he plundered was countless.
On the day the building was completed, Wang Kunyang named it Qilin Pavilion, wrote these three words in his own handwriting, and made a huge plaque to hang above the gate.
This is a symbol of wealth and power.
However, the good times did not last long. Within a few months, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by Kublai Khan. The Song Dynasty fell. Because Wang Kunyang's family was an official of the previous dynasty, they were too powerful! As a result, some were killed, some hanged themselves, and later even the nine clans were exterminated.
But Qilin Pavilion remained.
Hundreds of years have passed, and Qilin Pavilion is still as majestic as ever.
Wen Zhishan seized Qilin Pavilion after he had become a bandit and accumulated strength.
Wen Zhishan and Lin Zhenshan sat down as host and guest, Lin Xiner sat next to her father, and Wen Hu also sat next to his father.
Both of them were young and didn't know much about the relationships between men and women, so they just looked at each other and found it quite interesting.
Lin Zhenshan got straight to the point: "Brother Wenru, Ye Ziqiu from Fucheng is my benefactor. He was the one who cured my wife's stubborn illness that year."
"Ye Ziqiu? Oh, you're here to plead for Ye Ziqiu?" Wen Zhishan was a little surprised. "To be honest, I kind of look down on Ye Ziqiu."
"What's the matter?" Lin Zhenshan was also very surprised. "Ye Ziqiu is a very responsible doctor. Why do you say that, Brother Wenru?"
"Brother Da Zheng④, you don't know. One of his apprentices opened a medicine store in Taoxi Town and openly used the name of Ye Ziqiu, but refused to pay protection fees." Wen Zhishan said what happened.
"Could there be any misunderstanding here?" Lin Zhenshan said, "Well, let me find out the truth and then come back to discuss it with you. In the meantime, you must not embarrass Doctor Ye."
"Okay! For the sake of Brother Da Zheng, I will withdraw my troops. But let me be frank with you. If Ye Ziqiu has any connection with Taoxi Town, don't blame me, Wen Zhishan, for being cruel." Wen Zhishan said.
"It's a deal!" Lin Zhenshan said with a bow.
Lin Zhenshan wanted to leave, but was stopped by Wen Zhishan. Wen Zhishan said, "Brother Dazheng has abandoned evil and turned to good, and is now famous. I wonder if your daughter's engagement with my son is still valid."
Lin Zhenshan knew that his reputation depended largely on his children's marriages. So he said:
"Brother Wenru, you are not an unforgivable person. The engagement between my daughter and you master is of course valid. But they are still young and it is a bit too early to talk about marriage." Lin Zhenshan said.
"No! Brother Da Zheng, I want to exchange engagement letters first, which will make our engagement formal and give an explanation to the world." Wen Zhishan said.
"Okay! Let's choose a day!" Lin Zhenshan agreed generously.
One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one
Notes: ①Luoke: Jiangxi dialect: refers to finding slag. ②Loubu: refers to the horizontal beams used to lay floor boards. ③Wenru: Wen Zhishan’s courtesy name is Wenru. ④Dazheng: Lin Zhenshan’s courtesy name is Dazheng.