Chapter 41: Visiting the Willow Mansion
It has been a few days since Liu Mei last met Liu Feng, and Liu Mei has never gone out since she returned home. In fact, it's not that she doesn't want to go out, it's just that after his brother Liu Yi came back, he sent someone to roughly investigate the whole story, knowing that his sister was wrong first, and he was in a hurry to catch up that day, so he didn't ask Liu Feng and the others, and then told Liu Yan about Liu Mei's embarrassment on the street.
It happened that Liu Yan's wife Lu Shi returned home at this time, and she also learned about it, so she also blamed Liu Mei. Liu Yan and his wife punished her, and instructed Liu Mei not to go out in the Liu Mansion, but only allowed her to move up and down the mansion, and arranged for two masters to take care of her. After all, the Liu family is a prestigious family in this Jiangdu, and if this incident happened in public, it must be to give others an explanation, so as not to be talked about by outsiders, so they also sent someone to inquire about Liu Feng and them, so as to apologize to them.
On this day, Liu Mei, who had not gone out to play for two or three consecutive days, was staying in the pavilion in her yard under the care of two attendants, watching the fish play in the pond, and also showing her rare side of gentleness.
Liu Mei held the wooden sword in her hand, looked at the fish in the pond for a while, picked up the wooden sword and looked at it stupidly, and said to herself: "I don't know if that kid will come, as if I haven't told him my name yet." This Liu Mei didn't know what she was doing, but she was obsessed with an ordinary young man in the market, but she just felt that the young man was kind and had a familiar feeling, but she couldn't tell what it was.
While Liu Mei was in a daze, Liu Yi was walking this way. Liu Yi signaled to the servant not to alarm her, and quietly came to Liu Mei's side.
With a startle, Liu Mei was startled, and Liu Yi looked at her frightened appearance and was proud on the side. And Liu Mei saw that it was her brother who was playing tricks on her, so she stepped forward to chase after her, saying that she wanted to beat him. The two siblings chased each other in the narrow pavilion, and you went back and forth.
Soon, both of them were tired, so they stopped playing and sat down together in the gazebo. Liu Yi sat on the stone table informally, holding a fruit, wiping it indiscriminately and gnawing it. From time to time, he asked Liu Mei: "What's the matter, why are you staying here?" ”
Liu Mei slapped Liu Yi with her hand, and said violently: "Eat your fruit, it's not because you sued in front of your father and mother that I can't go out to play, so I have to stay in this yard, and I'm embarrassed to say it." ”
Liu Yi grinned, and said with a slight meaning: "Didn't I say, Liu Mei, you are too much, beat the two guys like that, can I not tell my father! Besides, my Liu family is everyone, and I can't be said to be bullied! When you find those two, you have to apologize to the people!"
"Dao your sister, I don't say, even if it's me, what's wrong with that, the two of them can bully me!" Liu Mei quibbled vigorously.
"My sister, isn't my sister you?" Liu Yi said with a smile at Liu Mei.
Liu Mei glared, and poked Liu Yi vigorously with a wooden sword, Liu Yi hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I know that I am bullying your brother, you go and tell your father." Besides, that's someone bullying you, it's clearly ......" Liu Mei raised the wooden sword and was about to poke him, Liu Yi immediately shut up, and gnawed on the fruit in his hand with a reluctant face.
It is said that Liu Fengye has decided to come to Liufu, and he has prepared for the worst, even if he wants him to be a servant in this mansion, he will vow to take back the wooden sword. Not to mention, Liu Feng and Jiang Tong have already come to the gate of Liufu, and the two of them saw that the gate of Liufu was extremely magnificent, but it was not introverted, and the two tall guards guarded the door.
The two shabby young men stepped on the bluestone steps, which stood out, and Liu Feng was also secretly envious in his heart, even Yudong Chu Mansion did not have such an imposing style.
The two guards guarding the gate saw two young men walking towards the gate of the house, and they stepped forward to stop them, and one of them said, "What are you doing, what are you doing here?"
At this time, Jiang Tong was already stammering, a little timid, and unable to speak. Liu Feng looked at him, took a deep breath and said: "My name is Liu Feng, we are not bad people, we are here to get things, your eldest lady of the Liu family took my things, and I am here to find her to get them back." ”
The two guards looked at each other, and saw that the person who came reported his surname was Liu, but he had never seen it, so he probably had the same surname. But they also knew that their eldest lady had beaten someone on the street a few days ago, and had robbed the person who was beaten. Moreover, Liu Yanye has already spread the word that he wants to find the person who was beaten and apologize.
Since they are not relatives of the Liu family, they should be the ones who were beaten, and since the beaten people came to the door, they no longer doubt it in their hearts, but Liu Yan is not in the house now, and the two of them don't know what to do for a while. But when he thought that his son-in-law was still at home, he had a conversation.
"In that case, you still have to wait here, and I will report to my son-in-law. One of the guards said.
Liu Feng also saw Liu Yi, the son of the Liu family, and also felt that he was different from Miss Liu, he was a reasonable person, so he also replied: "If you have work, we will wait here." ”
With that, one of the guards left and headed for the house. Liu Feng and Jiang Tong were waiting at the door, but Jiang Tong was unsettled at this time and looked around.
At this time, the two brothers and sisters of Liu Yi were chatting in the pavilion in the backyard and enjoying the fish, when suddenly the guard at the door came and reported: "Childe, there is a man named Liu Feng outside, who said that he came to the house to get his things back, and I saw that it was not fake, so I came to tell Childe and Miss." ”
This Liu Yi was puzzled for a while, and his heart was full of doubts and said, "Who is Liu Feng?"
Of course, this Liu Yi didn't recognize Liu Feng as the young man who was beaten that time, but he didn't ask that time, but this Liu Mei smiled, because the word "Liu Feng" was engraved on the wooden sword, which also confirmed that Liu Mei's own guess was true.
"Where is the man now? Bring him to me at once. Liu Mei said very happily, and the guards told them one by one that Liu Fengshang was waiting at the door, so he hurriedly listened to Liu Mei's words and called Liu Feng in.
It was almost noon here, the sun was already extremely hot, Liu Feng and the two had been waiting at the door for a long time, and the weather was hot, they were already a little impatient, but they didn't know that this Liu Mansion was not small, and the backyard was also a little far from the front door, so it seemed a little long. Fortunately, Liu Feng Zhijian waited for a long time, and the guard who went to tell came to the door and said to Liu Feng: "Young Master Liu, my son-in-law is invited, please come with me." ”
Liu Feng agreed, so he didn't hesitate, and followed the escort with Jiang Tong and entered the Liu Mansion. Along the way, Liu Feng didn't feel anything, but there was a sense of intimacy, as if he was a little familiar, but he couldn't talk about how to be familiar with it, so he couldn't think about it, so he had to stop thinking about it, just looking forward to being able to get his wooden sword back smoothly this time.
In the Wan Shu Zhai, Liu Gong is also somehow at the moment, early in the morning is in a very good mood, this is not idle, here to practice calligraphy and painting. Perhaps because of his good mood, the calligraphy and paintings made by Mr. Liu today have made great progress, and they are several levels better than those he made before.
Old man Liu rarely made a few masterpieces, for a while is refreshed, take it with the servants beside him to enjoy it, then feel that it is not enough, since he knows that he has been here for too long, he wants to go out for a walk, relax and relax, so he left this ten thousand study, to the backyard to enjoy the scenery.
Liu Feng and the others followed the guard and servant through Liufu, and after some time, they finally came to the backyard of Liufu. The two of them recognized the men and women in the pavilion from afar as Liu Yi and Liu Mei, but they didn't understand their names for a while.
The two entered the pavilion, and Liu Mei was full of pride and showed off with the wooden sword, while Liu Feng was full of anger, just suffering from other people's territory, and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. There is no need to say too much about Jiang Tong, since he came to the backyard, he has been secretly looking at Liu Mei, it should be that Liu Mei and their eyes are all on Liu Feng, so they haven't noticed him.
Liu Mei smiled and said proudly: "What? I wasn't very backbone before, why did you come to beg me now?" Liu Yi hurriedly pulled Liu Mei, and said to Liu Feng: "Don't you mind! My sister is like this, I'll ask her to return the sword to you." ”
Saying that, Liu Yi asked Liu Mei for the wooden sword, where was Liu Mei willing to give it, pouted, looked at Liu Yi and said: "Don't give it, I said, if he wants to get this wooden sword back, he will come to our house to be a servant, what he said, where can it not be counted?"
Liu Yi was helpless, thinking to himself what kind of conditions this is? It is clearly a scoundrel, but who is his sister, at this time he was also very helpless, so he had to pull Liu Mei aside and whispered: "Don't make trouble, if you let your father know, maybe you will be punished again." Isn't it just a broken wooden sword, a child's thing, Brother will give you ten another day, and a hundred will be completed. ”
Liu Mei didn't listen to what he said, but blindly insisted and said: "I don't want it, I just want this, I just think it's good." At this time, Liu Yi was also helpless, so he came to Liu Feng and said: "Didn't I tell you last time, you see that this will not work, I will pay for your wooden sword." If you're still not satisfied, how about I ask someone to make a hundred or so for you, or give you a real sword?"
Liu Feng said without the slightest hesitation: "No, I want my one, I know that your Liu family is powerful, I can't fight you, and I am willing to be a servant in your Liu Mansion, but I still hope that you will be a talker, and then return the wooden sword to me." ”
Liu Yi didn't understand, he felt that this Liu Feng was very stubborn, wasn't it just a wooden sword? If he wanted a sword, he would give him a hundred, and it was not impossible to have a thousand real swords, why did he have to ask for a wooden sword that he couldn't even look down on, and he was also troubled by his sister.
Liu Mei was also a little surprised when she heard this, such a stubborn person was willing to come to his own servant casually for this broken wooden sword, and she couldn't help but feel a little chilly in her heart, but the more she was curious about this wooden sword, what was it?
"Okay, this is what you said yourself, then from now on, you are the servant of my Liu family, what I tell you to do, you have to do it, and when I am happy, I will return this wooden sword to you." Liu Mei said.
At this time, Jiang Tongju on the side felt a trace of pity for Liu Feng, after all, he also knew Liu Feng's temper, and he was really willing to put down his dignity for the sake of a wooden sword.
Although Liu Yi didn't care about this matter, but his father repeatedly said that everything was important, after all, it was about the reputation of the family, so he was afraid that his father would blame him, and secondly, this request was indeed excessive, thinking that he had not done it for no reason, so he still intervened in this matter.