(13)
The footprints left among the ashes were still clear, and before the broken roof ridges and trampled tiles had been cleared away, a few academy disciples who were skilled in martial arts were summoned by Su Qing. Under his leadership, everyone faced the next day. In the early morning light, he began to prepare to visit the powerful people in the town one by one.
At first, most people still harbored hope and pity in their hearts. Most people believed that as long as things could be explained clearly, people would one day understand each other. However, the reality is that for a person who has been pampered since he was born and is used to being cold-eyed and indifferent to everything, it seems that only when personal interests are concerned, his heart will ripple slightly.
After a while, they arrived at the first and closest wealthy businessman's residence to the academy. Sure enough, not surprisingly, they were rejected.
But the door is just a mud wall with red paint, so it cannot block the path of the "robber". Su Qing was seen holding the gap between the bricks and tiles with both hands. Regardless of the angry scolding of the servant in the house, he jumped from the front to the back of the door in the blink of an eye and opened the latch.
The next moment, dozens of academy disciples broke into the courtyard.
Among these people, there were many who were in the courtyard of a wealthy merchant for the first time. Many of them had never even lived in a brick house. Seeing the appearance of the house and the beauty of the courtyard in front of them, they couldn't help but be intoxicated.
"Where can I find a small home built like a big city?"
Two well-dressed children suddenly saw so many people approaching menacingly. They were so frightened that they immediately sat on the ground and cried helplessly. The boys on the left and right helped them into the back room, and there was a rich gentleman standing there to greet them. A child.
"Who made my child cry?" He looked at Su Qing arrogantly and said, "Where did you come from, ruffians who don't even say hello when you enter other people's homes?"
Su Qing replied: "I am Su Qing from Yuyi Academy. I am here to deliver the invitation on the order of Miss Zhao!"
"Just to send an invitation, dozens of you barged into someone else's house. What do you want to do?" The wealthy businessman continued to sarcastically say: "You don't even want to think about your identity. Just go away and see off the guests!"
Then, using Su Qing and others as examples, he sanctimoniously said to his two children: "The ancient sages were always tired of fighting and war. They lived to satisfy their desire for nothing. Fame, money, everything. Things outside of me. Children, I am tolerant and generous, and I never compete with others for temporary gains and losses, so you have never seen me fussing over trivial things with others."
He glared at Su Qing, and when he saw the other person's speechless and choked look, he couldn't help but smile knowingly, and continued: "We must do more good deeds, and we must not spend money on war and the army."
"Okay, I'll leave the letter with you first." Su Qing seemed to have already known that it was impossible to convince the person in front of him with his words alone. Without any excuse, he immediately stuffed the letter into the boy beside him, turned around and walked back to the door. , and then replied: "If you don't come, you will be responsible for the consequences."
Having said that, all the disciples in the academy followed Su Qing and left the place to save themselves from trouble.
Su Qing learned his first lesson and immediately changed his strategy. During the subsequent visits, he asked his junior brothers to gather in front of the wealthy businessmen's residences and yell and curse, while he acted alone, taking the opportunity to sneak into the mansion and hand the invitations to the wealthy businessmen's hands in person.
Once implemented, this method will immediately yield miraculous results. These young academy disciples have seen that the gentry and nobles who are usually arrogant and eloquent have always only demanded that their castles have green grass and flowers, birds and warblers chirping, and endless amounts of fine wine. All you need is glutinous rice and endless delicacies from the mountains and seas. Why should you care about other people?
Now, a group of ambitious and strong-willed young people stood in front of them, destroying their beautiful illusions. When they truly felt threatened, not only did they not dare to use force against them, but they also had to come out and talk to them in the end. He begged the young people in front of him.
In this way, Su Qing and the junior brothers quickly completed the task of sending invitations. Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it came to the day when Zhao Mansion hosted a banquet for guests.
It is said that in order to make herself look more mature and decent, Zhao Xiaomei specially asked Zi Chai to dress herself up like a lady: a layer of white powder on her face, bright red lips, and yellow flowers on her forehead. Wear some plum blossoms and wear an underskirt with wide sleeves and a skirt that falls to the floor.
In order to cope with the doubts of the children of the aristocratic family, if you only work on your appearance, you can be a vase at most, but you will be seen through after a long time. For this reason, Zhao Xiaomei spent almost every night in the study at home, looking for strategies to break the situation from the political and historical strategies of Yuyi Town for nearly a century, just to be able to answer questions fluently at today's banquet.
At dusk, the purple clouds and the setting sun complement each other, faintly shining through the door into the banquet hall, and a desolate autumn feeling arises spontaneously. The nobles and nobles with invitations in hand gradually took their seats at the table, and the host offered wine and toasts.
"Uncles, as a junior, I should have personally served wine to my uncles. However, the head of the family died of illness and my father and brother are not around, so I have to reluctantly take on the important task..."
It is well known that Ma Shitu can play both sides, but he is also quite prestigious among the wealthy gentry. Others are looking at him, hoping that he will provide enough room for maneuver for the next conversation. Ma Shitu responded with a glass of wine: "Miss Zhao, Colleagues, I, Ma Shitu, consider myself worthy of anyone, whether it is Yuyi Town or Mr. Zhao? Today we all have the opportunity to gather here, so we should talk calmly. No matter what we have done in the past, let's forget about it now, how about that?"
"good!"
"Mr. Ma is right."
"I listen to Mr. Ma. Miss Zhao is still young and should listen more to the opinions of our uncles..."
Everyone talked and agreed with each other, almost thinking that Zhao Xiaomei was
