Chapter 100 – Devil Luoyang
There were a few fat bananas in the courtyard, and the sound of the rain hitting the banana leaves was crisp and clear. Xu Fengyen and Xu Pu, who met in a different country, sat at the door with two stools, Xu Fengyen suddenly laughed and saw Xu Pu casting a puzzled line of sight, and said with a sweat, “Uncle Xu should also know that I used to spend money to buy poems in the past unscrupulous behavior, I remember that once I spent about two to three hundred taels of silver to buy a poem of seven lines of poems, and there was a line of rain hitting the bananas sounding bitter, and at that time, I thought that I had a pretty good feeling, so I took it to my second sister’s side to offer it as a treasure. I took it to my second sister’s side to offer a treasure, but I didn’t want to be scolded a dog’s blood, saying that this is a sickly moaning words, I improvised, then I said to modify it into the rain hitting the thin shirt sound sound heavy how, my second sister is still unsatisfied, I’m annoyed, then I broke the pot, saying that the rain hitting the plantain people hitting the people, the yard inside the yard outside the pops, asked her how is the poem, ha, ha, I didn’t think that the second sister punched me after the Golden Mouth, some miserly, said two words, “I’m sorry to say, but the second sister is not happy. Not bad.”
Xu Pu at first did not comprehend the essence of the snapping three stacked words, some puzzled, and only with hindsight did he smile, squinting at the gray and gloomy rain curtain, and said softly, “It’s good.”
Xu Fengyen was about to speak, sweet potato held a satin embroidered umbrella walked into the Qingwuzhai compound, after collecting the umbrella upside down in the doorway, Xu Fengyen remembered his mother’s teaching when he was a child, umbrellas should not be inverted, go to turn the small umbrella upside down, sweet potato smiled, the words harmoniously funny, softly said: “dealt with pretty much, although can’t say that all are happy, but the general direction of the talk is complete, the details will be handed over to them! Go back to the residence of private consultations, anyway, on the board on those several pieces of meat, cut to cut to, that is, who fell in the bowl of things. Slave girl guessed that there is no need to rely on the family within the age of the woman to marriage, the group into a family to be relieved, the two days a few white a few red, are busy.”
Xu Pu laughed it off.
Xu Fengyen looked at the sky and asked, “Want to go out for a walk?”
Xu Pu laughed: “Dare to be good, tired of walking, you can go to the end of the general there to rest, there are a few jugs of green ant wine that can’t afford to drink, warm up some, a big mouthful of belly, very good to drive away the cold.”
Sweet potato face had a worried look, Xu Fengyuan helplessly laughed: “Really think I’m a mud buddha paper tiger, so petulant that I can’t see rain?”
Hearing this, sweet potato no longer insisted on his own views, three people and two umbrellas, together out of the banana shaking Qingwuzhai, out of the giant immortal palace which returned to peace and quiet. Xu Pu where the restaurant is in the main city road, walk straight to can, heavy rain wash, blood and intrigue will also fall into the sink. However, the city ban compared to the usual to be much tighter, there have been several cases of rebellion remaining generals loyal servants escorted by disguised attempt to escape from the city, to the temporary supplement to the three city gates of the Jingwuwei ride and Jianghu people to recognize the identity of the intercepted on the spot, as to whether there is a leakage of the fish escaped from the sky, God knows, I am afraid that only from a number of years of revenge after a few years of fear of revenge can be known, which is another similar to the old man Zhao and the orphaned Prince of Western Shu This is another story similar to that of Old Master Zhao and the orphaned Prince of West Sichuan.
And this thick blood account, in the future most likely to be imposed on Xu Fengyen’s head, at this time the three walked on the dimly lit streets with few traces of people, Xu Fengyen rounded into a spacious alley, there is finally some people’s voices are angry, Xu Fengyen stood in front of a large umbrella onion cake stall, the old stall in Dunhuang City has been selling scallion cake for many decades, not afraid of the alley deep, word of mouth, it is this kind of time, but also there are also gluttonous diners to come to buy cake! Xu Fenian and his party stood at the end of the queue, during which some people came, a few of them knew Xu Pu, who had been selling wine for some years, and knew that he had married a beautiful daughter-in-law with a big surname, and then ran off to live with Duanmu family’s eldest son in a life of envy of lovebirds and not envy of immortality, and they all quietly pointed at the middle-aged man with smiles, and one of them, a bloated and wealthy merchant, talked to a man with a very good brushwork, who had a very good handwriting. One of the bloated rich merchant, and write a hand of very good brushwork Xu Pu asked for spring couplets, remembering the old feelings, there was some dissatisfaction, to stop those familiar diners to make fun of the queue to Xu Pu behind the greetings, Xu Pu turned around and laughed: “Qiao boss, and buy onion cakes for your precious daughter? Be careful of growing too fat and not being able to marry in the future.”
Obese businessman laughed: “My daughter is not to eat fat, with me, with me, not married out of no relationship, into a family into the old Joe I get up early in the morning to earn money, figure what? It is not thinking of their own children’s lives easier, by the way, Xu old brother, I purchased a new mansion in the east side of the city, back to you to ask for a few couplings, can you help to write some of the spirit?”
Xu Pu nodded and said, “This is no problem, remember to come and drink often, without your big boss Qiao to support the scene, the liquor store will not be able to do.”
Qiao surname patted Xu Pu’s shoulder, boldly said: “This is no problem, it does not happen to catch the housewarming, would have liked to go to your side to discuss a, liquor from your store to buy, in or not? But say yes, can give old Joe me an affordable price ah.”
Xu Pu nodded and smiled, “Boss Qiao is a connoisseur, if I dare to sell expensive, I won’t be able to do business in Dunhuang City in the future.”
Sweet Potato stood with his umbrella, turning his head to look at this pair of middle-aged old men chattering about politeness, with some interest in playfulness. Xu Fengyen turned around, seeing that the businessman was probably seeing his brightly dressed, but also brought a stunning maidservant, a squirming posture of wanting to get close but not daring to make a move, he took the initiative to smile and said, “This is Boss Qiao? I am Uncle Xu’s distant nephew, just come to Dunhuang City to do some porcelain trading, Uncle Xu often said that these years thanks to the boss Qiao take care of the store, back to the housewarming ceremony, not to mention, my hand coincidentally, some porcelain bowls and plates, is still on the stage, boarding the door to the boss Qiao send more than a dozen sets to go.”
Qiao boss face surprise: “Really?”
Xu Fengyen smiled warmly and said, “If I fooled Mr. Qiao, my nephew would not be scolded by Uncle Xu, really really.”
Qiao boss family is well-off, not that really rare that dozen sets of porcelain dishes, only to see the master and servant men and women gas state amazing, business wants to snowball money, one depends on the capital, and then rely on contacts, especially the latter, have done business, know that many times in this dog-eyed low world, the temple of those who are high up in the bodhisattva, if you feel that your identity is lowly, ashamed to be with, even if there are more real Even if you have a lot of gold and silver, it’s all for naught, and you can’t even enter the temple with a pig’s head. The person who meets a good talk to a powerful person, really than wandering kiln meets is a young flower girl is also unprecedented. The reason why Mr. Qiao is close to this kind of despondent scholar with Xu P扑, in the final analysis, there are still some crackling in the heart of the small plan, he is a businessman, for those who have ink in the stomach of the readers, there is a kind of innate inferiority complex, it is not easy to catch a despondent and shabby, there is always a bit of complacency, and would like to shake their own family’s rich and noble style, inviting Xu P扑 to write the Spring Festival Couplets and into the House of drinking, why not have called Xu P扑 see the residence I’d like to invite Xu Pu to write spring couplets and have a drink in the house.
After buying three onion cakes wrapped in greaseproof paper, Xu Fengyen and Xu Pu said goodbye to Boss Qiao and left.
The fat man did not dare to look at the sweet potatoes, and now have the time to look hard at her delicate figure, swallowed a mouthful of water, thinking how Xu Pu has such a generous relative?
Walking in the alleyway spring rain surging on the green stone board, sweet potato laughed: “big governor, must not need a long time, Yuwen family will regret green intestines.”
Xu Pu was slightly astringent and shook his head with a smile.
Xu Fengnian asked, “What’s going on?”
Sweet Potato glanced at Xu Pu, who smiled, “But there’s no harm in saying.”
Only then did Sweet Potato slowly say, “There was once a unique Yuwen family woman who fell in love with the Grand Metropolitan Governor, and did not hesitate to elope and break with the family, married the Grand Metropolitan Governor, became the boss’s wife of a wine peddler, and later returned to the family for some unknown reason.”
Xu Pu flatly said: “is remarried to the eldest son of the Duanmu family, do not blame her, there are a few women are happy to go old with a man who is not progressive, to be honest, she was willing to accompany me so a poor scholar firewood, rice, oil, vinegar, and tea, it has been impressed me, and all these years have also been guilty, feel that owed her too much. There are a few pairs of young men and women who do not have the right door, really able to white head to the right. Even if there is, but also most of them are just a talented man in the novels of the paragraph, in addition, the book man must be a high school scholar to do, that is to raise their eyebrows. Such as Xu Pu like this, can put a hundred taels of gold dowry squandered, on common sense, how to do not become a man in the book.”
Xu Fengyin gently laughed: “These women, seemingly singable, in fact, in the final analysis or both the wrong man also misidentified themselves, the rich and powerful leisurely tour, not know the world, on the one hand, the family is well off, you can look down on those freshly painted horses rouge sandalwood couch, really with the men to eat bitter, and only gradually know that yellow and white mundane things of the awesome, not to mention the other, and the boudoir close friends chatting, time and again to listen to them! Talking about the delicacies of the sea, talking about the latest clothes and not enough to wear, jewels and gold hairpins and old style, fell off the branch to become a sparrow of the women may not really figure this enjoyment, but always heart is not very good, and over time, subtle, and then go to see the side of the man who did not make a living, know that his poetic talent is not able to change into a wife with the husband’s wealth, and even have to drag their own children to suffer in the future, naturally, the heart of the mind On the change, when those turned their heads to ask husband, painted eyebrows deep into the time no, quietly became two look at each other.”
“Uncle Xu, if I guessed correctly, is not at first she went to see former friends, will talk to you, will also laugh a few words? After a few years, the next is more and more silent, and then will be with you some inexplicable small temper, to the end, simply do not talk to you about these things?”
Xu Pu was stunned.
Obviously being hit by this young man’s one-liner.
“Uncle Xu, if you want to feel guilty, it’s within reason, no one would dare to say that you’re not, but if you feel too guilty and get deeply involved, it’s a bit petty. Take a step back and say, that woman married a good family, this is more than what self-hatred of this love can wait to become a memory, are much more complete. If you really want to blame, blame my master, if he gave you the identity of a Dunhuang City general, where would you have gotten so many bad things.”
Xu Pu froze for a long time, didn’t say anything.
Sweet Potato sighed in a small voice, “If that woman hears these words of your son, she will have to be ashamed of herself.”
Xu Fenian scoffed to himself, “I would have been this kind of scenery-breaking vulgar man, she probably wouldn’t even be happy to defile her ears, and wouldn’t listen to half a sentence.”
The middle-aged scribe dressed as a famous general of the Spring and Autumn period sighed tersely, “These seemingly thinly veiled words of Your Highness have unraveled too many knots in Xu Pu’s heart.”
Xu Pu then laughed, “Wait and drink those jars of green ant wine and give Li Yishan a good scolding.”
The three of them headed to the small wine shop on the city gate.
At this time, white clothes entered the city.
None of the dozens of people at the city gate had a whole body.
The narrow road met.
Xu Pu looked at the man in white from afar, sucked in a mouthful of cool air, and said in a deep voice, “Demon Luoyang!”