Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 41 - ③ Red Dust Witch
Chapter [-] - ③ Red Dust Witch
This is an interesting story from many years ago, and although it is about some strange people, there is no lack of certainty in it.

It is said that that day was also deep spring and summer, and everything was in full bloom.On the edge of the pond in the Gan Family Mansion, a long-bearded man with a crown and a gauze cap and a dark gold silk casual clothes was facing the water, and he sprinkled feed for the goldfish on his handle.Colorful fish gathered at his feet, feeding food into their mouths one after another; birds stopped on the bushes behind, humming while pecking their wings; butterflies were sucking stamens, and when the wind blew, Swaying left and right with the yellow-green flowers.

Everything was so beautiful and harmonious, but the man looked sad.He supported the wooden railing, facing himself in the water, and sang: "The sun lives in the moon! Hu Die and Wei? The worry in my heart is like a bandit washing clothes. Quietly think about it, you can't fly."

"Ling Sheng! Are you so interested today?" A tall, slender young man with a white paper fan, fair skin, and elegant clothes walked over and said, "I don't read too many poems in Three Hundred Poems, but this is the only one. One, I have heard you recite more than once, brother, what is there to worry about?"

"Ling Chong, you really don't know how to be blessed!" In order to stop the action of putting the feed in his hand, the long-bearded man looked at the pool and said, "You can marry a woman who admires each other, and now the child is I'm about to be born. And brother, in order to do that little filial piety, I really can't get rid of the 'baby kiss' that my father ordered."

"Ling Sheng, sister-in-law, is she still unwilling to let you take a concubine?"

The long bearded man looked up to the sky and said, "What, have you thought of the child's name?"

The young master opened the fan, and there were four characters written on the fan. After looking at it for a while, he suddenly said: "Since both of our brothers have 'jade' in their names, I hope my child is also a person who looks like jade. Brother, you call it 'Bi', little brother I call it 'Ying', then this child will be called 'Xi'! What do you think, brother?"

Not long after the two brothers Gan Bi and Gan Ying were chatting, a servant rushed over from Shimen and gasped, "It's a big problem, Mr. Gan! Madam, she...she went to the government office again!"

"What!" Gan Bi was shocked, and hurriedly walked back to the room to change his clothes and put on his black hat and blue shirt in preparation for the trial.And Gan Ying is a idle person, drinking, writing poetry and having fun all day long. She is quite famous in Jiangzhou for her outstanding literary talent.Today's Gan Ying really had nothing to do, so she went with her brother.

In the Jiangzhou government office, there were majestic officials standing on both sides of the lobby, dozens of eyes staring at a woman and a man in the center of the court.The woman was graceful, dressed in yellow, with silver hairpins and gold ornaments on her head.The grey-haired old man on the other side was ordered to kneel on the ground, dressed in rags, and his face was full of fear.

Gan Bi came out of the back hall, walked straight to his wife, and said, "Madam, why do you have to work so hard?"

"This man was moving things in that market and bumped me, causing my newly bought 'colorful glazed hairpin' to shatter! Not only that, but he also splashed mud all over me!" Madam Gan shouted angrily.

Seeing that the old man was extremely poor, Gan Bi felt pity: just because of his wife's willful actions, he might have lost a day's food money.Therefore, he ignored his wife, first helped the man up, and said, "This old man, please get up quickly!"

"My lord, I was really careless, I beg your lord to take it lightly!" The old man didn't want to get up, but bowed his body even lower.

"Xiang Gong!" Mrs. Gan snuggled up to Gan Bi and said, "I have a witness this time, you see!" After saying that, she waved her hand behind her, and three women dressed as luxuriously as Mrs. Gan ran away. Come out and tell the story one by one.These three people are familiar to Mrs. Gan, and of course all their words and opinions are directed towards her.

After hearing it for a long time, Gan Bi roared: "Enough! Madam, what are you trying to do?"

"I...you run away from me on business all day long, have you ever thought that I am your wife?" Madam Gan said sadly: "You just think I can't give birth to you, right? You have to find another woman. , so that she can take my place!"

"Come here, take this old man back, and take a few coins from the warehouse as compensation." Gan Bi turned his back to his seat, slapped the case in front of him, "jing Tangmu", and said to leave the hall.The kneeling old man hurriedly thanked him, faced Madam Gan's resentment and anger, and left the place of right and wrong.

"Okay, Gan Lingsheng, since you made my Fu family lose face, don't blame me for being rude!" Mrs. Gan, who is a famous Fu family, naturally attaches great importance to the family's prestige, but was abandoned by her husband because she could not give birth. The reason of the heir, as the daughter of a famous family, is an extremely humiliating thing.

"What the hell are you doing! You, stop for me!" Gan Bi wanted to stop the lady who was leaving, but got no response.

After being silent for a moment, a subordinate deceived himself to the side of Gan Bi, and reported: "Sir, the evil way you want to thoroughly investigate recently - the 'Tai Ping Dao' has some eyebrows, but..." He leaned close to Gan Bi's ear, Covering his mouth, he said softly: "'Tai Ping Dao' advertised that 'House in the room' can prolong life, and beautify the face to attract followers, resulting in frequent incidents of fornication in the city. My subordinates have also seen it, Mrs. Zun... is also among them! "

Gan Bi is unbelievable. He never thought that such a famous family would not be able to escape the clutches of the evil way.In order to save the family's face, he told the subordinate to never speak up.Gan Ying, who was on the side, witnessed Cheng, and after knowing what had happened, she hurriedly comforted her brother. After all, his wife did these things that humiliated her husband's dignity.

How to know that Ganbi replied: "Ling Chong, I am more concerned about the reputation of the Gan family. As for the lady... all I can do is give her a name. If the lady goes to the Fu family for a test, Uncle Fu will I'll leave it to you to deal with it. The recent events are enough for me to drink a pot..."

Such a cold response was beyond Gan Ying's expectations.I often hear people say: "One day husband and wife are a hundred days of kindness." This sentence naturally does not apply to marriages that only maintain family relationships, at least one's own brother is the template.

After the two settled the incident, they walked back to Ganfu.Seeing that her brother was gloomy, Gan Ying had an idea, and wanted to go to the newly opened pub in the inner city with her brother, and have a good time.

"Ling Sheng, I heard that there is a blond Xianbei woman in the newly opened restaurant in the inner city who can play the pipa well. I have nothing to do today, why don't I go and pay my respects?"

Gan Bi agreed silently, knowing that his younger brother was a very interesting person.In the matter of "seeking fun", he said first, and no one dared to say second.So he went back to the manor and changed into his regular clothes, and walked with Gan Ying.

In the evening, surrounded by candlelight and crowds, the two sons strode into the "Furong Tower".A high platform was built in the middle of the building, so that everyone under the platform could enjoy the exotic atmosphere.Jiangzhou, which is located in the southeast, does not know much about the "Xianbei people".This nomadic people from Saibei has always been covered with a mysterious veil.And tonight, in that exotic tune, drinkers can watch it up close.This caused most of the people present to be extremely excited, and some even shouted unrestrainedly through the wine to set off the restless atmosphere.

Oqing, a blond woman with a pear-shaped lute in her hand, was led to the stage.The woman was dressed in a red gauze, the skirt only reached the knee, and a ribbon wrapped around her waist. This was the dress of the Fengyue woman.But behind the pipa she was holding, there was a childish and unworldly face.When the drinker next to him saw such a weak girl, he couldn't help bullying.He spoke filthy words, trying to see more wrinkles and pain in the face of the woman on stage.

In order to play normally, the blond woman closed her eyes tightly, endured the frivolity of others' words, and plucked the strings for the first time.A series of musical sounds followed, trying to bring everyone present away from the place of fireworks.Gradually, people are gradually indulging in the tune that depicts the desert wind and sand.

For Gan Bi, who has never been to the desert, the vast impression he only learned from books or people's words is not deep enough, but seeing the woman in front of him is full of love, and every thought and thought is integrated into the tune Among them, this is enough to make Gan Bi intoxicated and relaxed.

"How could such a girl fall into the red dust?"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man wearing a jade crown and wearing a white robe walked to the stage with a wine jug, and stretched out his hand to pull the skirt of the Xianbei woman, saying disrespectfully, "Beauty, let me see what else you have. Is the hair in the place also golden? Hahaha…”

The Xianbei woman stopped playing, clasped the pipa in front of her chest, and started wrestling with the hooligan, intending to break free of his hand.Not only did no one come forward, but everyone was cheering and shouting.Shao Qing, the girl's skirt was torn in half.Above the blue-and-white cloth shoes, the snow white until the bottom of the thigh was exposed.She shyly wept bitter tears and covered her shame with a lute.

A man with a long beard and shawl rushed out from behind the crowd and pushed the shameless hooligan away.Then he went up to the stage and helped the woman down.But for some reason, the moment she touched her, the blond woman's body immediately softened, and she weakly dropped the pipa, which she regarded as a treasure, and fell into Gan Bi's arms.

Gan Bi shouted several times, but no response was found, so she could only be carried off the high platform first.At this moment, the drinkers on the side recognized that this was the prefect of Jiangzhou, and loud questions appeared one after another: "Hey, isn't this the prefect? ​​Why, come here tonight to have fun?"

After hearing this, everyone started talking.Soon, a man who looked like a restaurant owner came over and said to Gan Bi: "Sir, no matter how big the official is, it's not difficult to ruin the business of the small shop! This Xianbei woman, but I lost a lot of energy from the north. Got it..."

Gan Bi smiled contemptuously, took out a bag of silver from his body, handed it over, and said, "This money is enough to redeem myself!"

The restaurant came to open the bag, saw the silver light, smiled and accepted it, and asked someone to send the two out.At the same time, the blonde woman in her arms has woken up.She looked at her hands and called out, "My lute! Where is my lute?"

Gan Ying walked out of the restaurant, holding the pipa in her hand.Seeing this, the woman immediately smiled happily, leaped lightly into the arms of Ganbi, and hugged her beloved pipa back, during which her ankles intermittently emitted crisp copper bells.

"What a wonderful woman, she actually has a small copper bell tied around her ankle." Gan Bi said in her heart, the woman turned around and opened her dark eyes under the golden light eyebrows, as if she hadn't seen her for a long time. look like an old friend.

"How did you grow a beard?" the blond girl asked.

"This..." Gan Bi was stunned for a moment, then replied, "I'm growing a beard as an official, just to look more majestic."

Gan Ying asked suspiciously: "How does the girl know that eldest brother didn't have a beard before?"

The blonde woman replied, "I... see it."

The two men were silent.Shaoqing, Ganbi introduced herself: "I'm under Ganbi, the word order has risen, may I ask the girl's name?"

"Murong Yan."

"Under Ganying, the word Lingchong is his younger brother." Ganying smiled and hugged Ganbi and said, "Is there a place for Miss Murong? This is not a place for a woman of your age to stay!"

"I was kidnapped... I was robbed by horse thieves during the migration, and my family... were all killed. This pipa was left to me by my mother..." Tears filled the blond woman's eyes as she hugged her. Tighten the pipa, nodding slightly.After a while, as if recalling something, she raised her head suddenly, tears in her eyes, and knelt down in front of Gan Bi, begging: "Mr. Gan, please take me in! I will serve you for the rest of your life!"

The two brothers were speechless, so they decided to let Murong Yan stay in the mansion first.Since that night, there has been an interracial girl by Gan Bi's side.Although she is petite and only as tall as Ganbi's chest, she is smart, hard-working, and can play the pipa well, which makes her very popular with the eldest son.At the same time, this also aroused the extreme dissatisfaction of the Fu family's wife, and also laid a "fuse" for the future...

(End of this chapter)