"Does the girl herself have the answers to these questions she asked?"
Shao Xi's rhetorical question made Mei Ruoyan stunned on the spot.
It is said that you should not persuade others to do good unless they have suffered. But how many people have really thought about it, have they really never experienced it themselves? If you have not experienced it yourself, how can you know the suffering of others? How could he say words of advice?
The people being persuaded often arbitrarily believe that they are more unfortunate than the person who persuades others, but a few people really understand that perhaps it is because the person who persuades others has experienced more that they feel that the person being advised should not perish like this.
It is precisely because of his own painful experience that he can perform such a sad performance. So how can the person who can write these poems just because he listened to his own flute music? How could he be a person with no experience?
Mei Ruoyan had already begun to regret the questions she had just asked. She originally thought that people who had not experienced her own sufferings were not qualified to persuade her to let go, but now it seems that she is indeed a little embarrassed.
"Sure enough, the young master and the little girl have a close connection. All the answers are hidden in the questions. I didn't expect that the young master is actually a person who has the same problem. The little girl has just been rude. I hope you can forgive me."
Shao Xi smiled, then raised his finger and pointed at the red silk tied around his wrist.
"When it comes to suffering, both you and I are not as good as her, but she still thinks about other suffering people when she is suffering. She likes to wear red skirts and tie her hair with red silk just like girls, but it is a pity that she is not as good as girls So lucky to be able to see this prosperous world."
Mei Ruoyan looked disappointed and asked softly: "It turns out that when the young master saw the little girl, he was thinking of another person. I guess she must be the person that the young master admires. She must be someone with outstanding appearance and understanding. A gentle woman, right?"
Shao Xi sighed deeply, "She is indeed beautiful and considerate, but she has an extremely strong temperament. As a woman, she risked her own life for a common people, and in the end she did not hesitate to use the most brutal way to protect her innocence. own life.”
"Ah! How could this be?"
"Ha! It's a long story. This is not the place to talk today. I'll tell you more in detail when I go to Mingfengfang to visit the girl tomorrow!"
Women are naturally sympathetic. When Mei Ruoyan learned from Shao Xi that there was a woman who had the same ill-fated fate as her and died unfortunately, she suddenly felt regretful. He also heard that Shao Xi would go to Mingfengfang to look for her in the future, so he felt a sense of expectation in his heart. He looked forward to seeing Shao Xi again soon. He couldn't tell whether he wanted to hear his story about the woman, or whether he wanted to see him again in person.
"Since the young master said so, the little girl will wait for the young master at Mingfengfang. I hope the young master will remember what I said today and come as soon as possible. Don't let the little girl be happy in vain."
Shao Xi smiled and said nothing, but took out the folding fan from his waist and unfolded it in front of him.
Mei Ruoyan raised her eyes and saw the words "One promise, a thousand pieces of gold" on the folding fan, and couldn't help but smile. Her beautiful eyes shone like stars, and her eyes moved gently like spring water.
"The little girl has remembered that the young master must be a man of his word, so the little girl is looking forward to the young master every day, and hopes that the young master will come early."
Shao Xi waved the favor order in his hand mischievously, and said with a smile: "I am your guest, so why don't you come? If there are guests who are looking for you and refuse to leave, I might as well come back." I have to personally help you drive people away."
Mei Ruoyan was amused by Shao Xi and smiled again.
"If the young master comes, the little girl will only sing, dance and play for him alone. He can listen for as long as he wants. Even if the young master stays in the house, the little girl will always stay with him."
Shao Xi closed the folding fan in his hand and tapped it on the palm of his other hand.
"That's it. I'll take my leave first. I'll see you in Mingfengfang tomorrow."
Mei Ruoyan bowed lightly to Shao Xi and said, "Little girl, I would like to send you off to the young master."
Shao Xi also returned the salute, turned around and got off the float and squeezed out of the crowd.
Mei Ruoyan looked at the direction in which Shao Xi was going, refusing to look away for a long time. A complex expression that was difficult for others to detect flashed across her face, including joy, reluctance, and a little helplessness.
When Mei Ruoyan withdrew her gaze and turned around, she regained her previous flowery smile and began to perform a new song and dance number.
Shao Xi, who squeezed out of the crowd, was a little dumbfounded at this time. He, Bai Jinqing and others have been dismissed. Now he doesn't know where they have been squeezed. Where can he find this huge crowd?
But Shao Xi won't struggle with this kind of thing for a long time. If he can't find it, he can't find it! It's not like he can't go shopping alone, so while looking for a few people who had strayed among the crowd, he looked around to watch the excitement without any delay.
Just walking around like this, I walked to the other end of the square unknowingly. Don't think that this distance is short. The central square in Daliang City is so big that people can't imagine it. Even riding a horse will take some time, let alone walking slowly with the crowd.
After walking around for almost half an hour, Shao Xi completely gave up the idea of looking for a few people. The crowds were like looking for a needle in a haystack.
As I was walking around, I saw a commotion not far ahead. I didn't know what happened, but I could vaguely hear the sound of someone arguing. Shao Xi was thinking about this big festival. Who would be unhappy and insist on causing trouble at this lantern festival?
I came out today just to watch the excitement, but now that there is excitement to see right in front of me, wouldn’t it be a pity not to go? With this idea in mind, Shao Xi joined the crowd around him.
As the crowd came closer, I saw a group of people surrounding an old man and a young man.
Shao Xi only took one glance and recognized Lao Wu and Ning'er. However, looking at the postures in front of him, the two seemed to be surrounded by a group of people dressed as servants and guards. Who didn't know who was coming? Provoke them.
"We went out for a nice lantern festival, but why did someone inexplicably make trouble for them again? Did this old guy, Old Wu, get into trouble again and start a fight with others?"
Shao Xi looked at the venue suspiciously and did not rush in. He planned to understand what was going on first. Anyway, with him here, he would not let Lao Wu and Ning'er suffer.
At this time, Lao Wu was pointing at the person opposite and yelling curses. He didn't say what he was scolding. In short, it was very unpleasant to hear. After following Lao Wu for so many years, this is the only aspect where Shao Xi is willing to be inferior.
"You guys are shameless and dishonest, and you dress like dogs. Didn't your parents teach you how to behave at home? Just because someone in your family is an official in the court, you can do whatever you want in public? You come out and embarrass yourself. Even if you lose face, you have to lose the face of your parents. What a bunch of unworthy descendants. Don’t think you can bully others. Old man, there are people in my family who are officials in the court. If you dare to touch my granddaughter today, If my young master is angry, not even your parents can protect you."
The person standing opposite who was pointed and scolded by Old Wu was dressed in gorgeous robes, with an embroidered purse hanging from his gold belt, and a small gold crown on his head with a South Sea pearl embedded in it. Although his appearance was quite decent, But there was a sinister and cunning look between his brows, and his expression looked frivolous and exaggerated, and he was squinting at Old Wu.
Shao Xi looked behind him. Yo! Isn't this an old acquaintance?
There were three other people standing behind this person, one of whom Shao Xi knew was Yang Yuanfei, the son of Yang Mucheng, the Minister of Punishment. What a coincidence! Enemies are really crowded together on narrow roads. There are more than tens of millions of people at the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival? Surprisingly, this can happen.
The other two people were also dressed gorgeously, behaved frivolously, and had evil smiles on their faces. At a glance, it was obvious that they were playboys.
Shao Xi was puzzled. It would be reasonable to say that Yang Yuanfei had some issues with him, Lao Wu and Ning'er, but what were these three doing? Is it possible that Yang Yuanfei was unwilling to accept the beating last time, and this time he called helpers to bully Lao Wu and Ning'er again?
As soon as he thought of this, he heard the crowd around him talking in low voices. From these discussions, Shao Xi roughly knew the whole story and the identities of the people opposite.
"The old man and the young man are going to be in trouble today. That little girl is so beautiful. She will be in bad luck if she is targeted by these people!"
"I just squeezed over, what happened? Who are those people?"
"Who? You don't even know the four famous bad boys in Kyoto? I'm afraid you haven't just arrived, right? These four are the four famous dandy boys in Daliang City in Kyoto. They rely on their family elders to serve as officials in the court. On weekdays, They are doing all kinds of evil in Daliang City, and even the officials of Jingzhao Mansion can't do anything to them."
"Brother, my family has just moved to Daliang City in Kyoto. I really don't know much about it, but there are more officials in Kyoto than ants. Even if someone in the family is an official in the court, wouldn't they be afraid of bumping into someone bigger than theirs when they go through the city so ostentatiously? Is the elder official a bigger person?"
"Brother, you don't understand this! Generally, when a high-ranking official reaches the third rank, the young masters and young ladies in the family are not allowed to go out. They are all practicing martial arts and studying just to continue the official career of the family. How can they do that? Acting like this and bullying the weak?"
"Then what are they doing now...?"
"Hey! After listening here for a while, they probably fell in love with someone else's little girl. But last time the young master was there, they couldn't succeed. Today they happened to bump into her at the lantern festival, and they are determined to take advantage of her. "
"How could you be so arrogant in front of a large crowd? Who are these people?"
"Don't tell me, they all really announced their names during the quarrel just now. I remember it very clearly. One is Yang Yuanfei, the son of Yang Mucheng, the Minister of Justice, the other is Yao Baorui, the son of Yao Su, the Minister of Official Affairs, and the other is Zuo Cheng, the Minister of Justice. Hou Guangzhi, the son of Hou Kun, the last one is the most powerful one. He is Yu Ming, the son of Yu Ji, the Minister of Household Affairs. He is the one standing in front. The fathers of the other three are all officials of the fourth rank. Only his father is the Minister of the third rank. This These dandy boys are all the sons of officials from the Shangshu Province."
"Good guys! They are all young masters from high official families. No wonder they are so rampant. It seems that the old man, the young man and the young man may not be able to escape today."
"Alas! Let's just watch the excitement and mind our own business. We can't afford to offend these people."
"That's what my brother said! Alas..."
When Shao Xi heard this, he finally understood. It turned out that four notorious hooligans in Daliang City had itchy skin and ran out to find discomfort.
