happy event

Chapter 141

The left side of the commercial street is full of flat-roofed earth houses, and the rows are very spectacular. At first glance, there are thousands of them.Some two or three rooms were divided into a fairly neat yard, while others were scattered like that. The roofs of the houses were covered with weeds, making them look dilapidated.

The houses on the right side of the commercial street are obviously much better than those on the left side. Each courtyard is luxuriously and exquisitely built, and the streets are also very wide. Even if a hundred people ride through at the same time, they will not feel crowded.

Xizi led the crowd to turn right, and within less than a stick of incense, they arrived outside a courtyard with two big willow trees planted at the gate.Xizi ran to knock on the door knocker, and soon an old man opened the door.Xizi didn't know what to say to him, the old man removed the threshold again to welcome the carriage in.

Xizi wiped the beads of sweat off her head, explained to Steward Zhang, and went into the backyard to report.However, soon he led a middle-aged manager out with a frustrated face.

The steward must also be a person who often walks around outside, and his actions are very thoughtful and tactful. He first walked to the carriage and respectfully greeted him, and finally smiled, "I heard that Young Master Dong's family is coming. Mrs. Cao has come in person. Our master has been feeling unwell for the past two days, and the family members have not followed, so it is not good to receive Mrs. Cao in person, and I hope the lady will not be offended."

Dong Rong raised her brows, and replied calmly, "Mr. Yang is too polite. I ran here without saying hello. I'm really rude. I have to trouble Mr. to take care of me in the next few days."

"What did Madam say, Cao and Dong's two families are also good friends, so they should communicate more. Madam must be tired after traveling so far. I will arrange people to take care of the yard and please Madam to settle down." He called a little steward who was waiting not far away, and asked him to take the key to open the door of a nearby yard, then smiled and led steward Zhang in to have a look around first, and then said, " The courtyard is far away from the main gate, and it is convenient to go in and out on the first day, and there is also a kitchen, so it is the most suitable place for my wife to live in."

Guanshi Zhang was also very satisfied. After thanking him repeatedly, he asked for advice on the pretext of having something to do, so he led him to the second gate.Yun Rui and others hurriedly helped Jin Beiwang down and sent him to the wing room to settle down. Xizi saw the car door open and wanted to go up to serve him, but when he saw a strange man being helped out by the crowd, he opened his mouth in shock and stood at the door stupidly I didn't respond for a long time.

Manager Zhang turned back and saw him like this, he guessed the outline and smiled, "What are you thinking about, that is the injured person rescued by Madam halfway. Speaking of which, you should also know him, that is Boss Jin from Kyoto."

"Boss Jin?" Xizi suddenly realized, and shouted, "No wonder I look familiar! Why did he meet with our motorcade, and why did he suffer such a serious injury?"

Guanshi Zhang glared at him, and replied, "Are you asking me? I want to ask you, why did you turn into a wild boy after only being out for more than a month after being raised at home? Didn't the second young master eat it?" More suffering? Hurry up and wait outside the main room, Madam will definitely ask you for questioning.

Xizi's face immediately turned bitter, and she followed Guanshi Zhang to the corridor of the main room with her head drooping.

The owner of this courtyard may have a rich family background, or this courtyard is reserved for hospitality on weekdays, the main room is well furnished, and it is almost enough to live in with a bedding.Dong Rong changed into a set of light clothes, and even before she could have a sip of tea, she ordered Zizhu to find Xizi to come in and ask questions.

Zizhu originally wanted to persuade her a few words, but when she saw the master's cold face, she hurried out.Xizi was also a good-natured one, she knelt down as soon as she entered the room, and explained all the events of this month like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

It turned out that Mr. Yang brought a group of disciples to the military city in the name of celebrating his old friend's birthday, and he also intended to let the disciples see how the frontier soldiers worked hard to defend the border and protect the people's country.Lest they usually only know how to eat, drink and play, and occasionally groan without illness and put together two lines of poems and think that they are talents of pillars.

It's a pity that there is an old saying that goes well, you are not afraid of bad things, but you are afraid of bad people.He had a good idea, but he couldn't stand up to his disciples.

This old Mr. Meng, who passed his birthday, was born as a top Jinshi. He also taught in an academy back then. Later, he came back to Juncheng when he was old and homesick.The ancestors of his family have always lived here, and the population is prosperous. When the city was first built, they also donated a huge amount of silver. In addition, they have been building bridges and paving roads for many years to relieve the poor, so they have great prestige in the local area.

This time for the old man's [-]th birthday, the family opened a water table directly outside the ancestral house to entertain the folks and neighbors, and dozens of tables were set up in the inner courtyard.The border guards stationed in the city, from the highest-ranking General Wu to several lieutenants below, all came to congratulate them, and the rest, such as family friends or country gentry, were too many to count, and the scene was very lively.

Mr. Yang and Mr. Meng have been friends for many years, and they are very speculative. They haven't seen each other for seven or eight years since they were separated in the academy, so they are naturally very happy to meet now.Mr. Meng directly opened a separate courtyard for old friends to settle down, and on the day of the banquet, he specially arranged for Dong Ping and others to sit beside the main table.

As a result, halfway through the banquet, everyone mentioned the hard work of the border guards, and General Wu naturally wanted to say something polite.I don’t want to, but someone next to me laughed loudly, “It’s hard work, it’s just a bunch of mud legs, let them defend the city just to reward them for a bite of food! If it’s hard work, it’s even harder when we read sage books!”

Most of the people present here are local people, more or less related to the frontier army, they frowned when they heard the harsh words, and looked at them together.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a very luxuriously dressed scholar talking nonsense, and some people who knew the inside story looked at Mr. Yang again.

Mr. Yang's expression changed with anger at this moment, and he shouted loudly, "Xue Renyi, what place is this that allows you to behave wildly? Why don't you hurry up and apologize to the generals!"

Young Master Xue had already drank most of the jar of spirits at this moment, and he felt extremely proud.If the sky is the boss, he is the second child, and others are no longer in his eyes.Traveling with my husband these days, he was squeezed out by his classmates along the way, and the anger accumulated from being reprimanded by his teacher could no longer be suppressed under the urging of alcohol. Instead of restraining himself, he yelled even louder, "Why do you want me to apologize? A bunch of illiterate old men, but they dragged a few broken sticks around the city twice and thought they were heroes? Huh, who wouldn't do such a shitty thing? They also pick up a pen to make a fuss? It’s a pity that Dou Dazi can’t read a basket! They also say that they have worked hard, haha, how thick-skinned!”

Dong Pingping and others often quarreled with Xue Dashao, and originally wanted to watch him look like this.But seeing that General Wu at the main table was able to shave a few ounces of frost on his face, and the remaining lieutenants put their right hands on their waists, everyone was surprised that the situation was not good.Dong Ping got up and covered Young Master Xue's mouth, turned around and handed Xu Mao and another classmate to drag him out, and then quickly bent down to apologize for Young Master Xue.

Seeing this, Mr. Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to ask his old friend to help smooth things over.Unexpectedly, General Wu spoke up. He was originally a stubborn man, and he came from a family of military generals who had led the army for generations. Now he heard a little scholar who dared to laugh at him, and he was completely angry. He sneered loudly, "Since this A talented scholar from the academy looked down on me and other frontier soldiers, and said that our daily tasks are simple, so how dare you enter the barracks and become a soldier in March? You don’t have to do better than ordinary soldiers, as long as you can persevere When I got down, I, Wu Mengda, knelt down and kowtowed, admitting that those of us who carry knives are not as good as you who shake pens! How about it?"

Entering the battalion as a soldier?Before Dong Pingping could react, Mr. Yang and Mr. Meng had already stared in shock.Mr. Yang is well-informed, so he has heard that ordinary soldiers train hard and eat very poorly.Mr. Meng knows more because he lives in the military city. If these helpless scholars go to the military camp for three months, they will lose their skin even if they don't die.

The two old men looked at each other, and they both got up to stop them, but Xue Renyi, who should kill a thousand swords, broke away from Xu Mao's hands and responded loudly, "Okay, let's do this. If you are not allowed to kneel down Kowtow, my surname is not Xue!"

"Okay, yes!" General Wu laughed so loud that the roof seemed to be falling dust.After laughing, he turned to Mr. Meng to salute and said, "I came here to congratulate the old man on his longevity, but I didn't expect to encounter such an interesting incident. Don't blame the old man. A group of reading masters will be ushered in the barracks tomorrow. Let me go back and prepare first. Another day, I will definitely come to bother you again."

After finishing speaking, he did not allow old man Meng to speak, and shouted loudly, "All generals obey the order, follow me back to the camp!"

"Yes, General!" Several deputy generals responded loudly, and quickly followed the main general out of the yard.

Seeing the coldness in the eyes of the lieutenants before they left, Dong Ping and the others couldn't help shivering Lingling. Finally, they all looked at First Young Master Xue lying on the ground, wishing they could drown him with their saliva.What a bastard who did more than succeed but fail!

Knowing that the matter was irreversible, Mr. Yang forced himself to sit for a while before confessing to his old friend, and then took his disciples back to another courtyard.All the scholars drooped their heads, and there was no good way to think about it.After all, when the bet was concluded, all the famous people in the city were present, and there were many witnesses.Even if they used the excuse that Young Master Xue was drunk, or sent him to the military camp alone, it would not work, because in the eyes of everyone, they all came from Bailu Academy and represented the face of the academy.If there are rumors that the academy disciples break the contract and are afraid of suffering, the academy's face will be smeared, and they will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Everyone was worried for a whole night and didn't sleep well. Fortunately, Mr. Meng rushed over the next morning and comforted everyone that as long as they persisted for a few days, when General Wu calmed down, he would help them make peace.

After hearing this, the scholars cheered up and got into the carriages and went to the barracks spontaneously. As for Young Master Xue, they drove him away after the carriage under the pretext that they had no place.Young Master Xue also knew that he had caused trouble, so he reluctantly held back his anger and stopped arguing with everyone.

(End of this chapter)