Chapter 15 Gambling Debt Turmoil
Shui Xuanling heard Xiao Hei shouting that he was fierce again, and he was even more angry in his heart, and he wanted to catch him and teach him a good lesson. Suddenly, I heard Liu Shaoyang praise her beauty, although she has been praised by many people since she was a child, but she rarely heard Liu Shaoyang say, and Fang Xin was very happy for a while. Thinking of his gaffe, he couldn't help but blush his cheeks, and snorted: "Xiao Hei, you guy is really naughty! Since your brother Shaoyang told me not to worry about you, I will spare you!"
Xiao Hei turned out from behind Liu Shaoyang and said with a smile: "My brother Shaoyang's words, you just listen to ...... like this"
Shui Xuanling didn't wait for him to finish, grabbed the fruit from the fruit bowl on the table next to him and stuffed it into Xiao Hei's mouth, and said angrily: "You talk a lot of nonsense, can't you stop your mouth with food?"
After some laughter and frolicking, the boat has docked at the North Shore Pier. Jinling City is built by the water and the mountain, the momentum is majestic, and several tall city walls are stacked on top of each other.
Shui Xuanling and the three of them entered from the Jinchuan Gate in the north of the city, the capital of the six dynasties in Gyeonggi, and the scene was really extraordinary. Looking at Jiangshan in the east, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, and the pavilion dances and pavilions and paints the carving gallery, and the imperial capital is embellished with green and glamour. But seeing the large and small markets lined up with shops, sheng orchestral songs, and full of people's voices, it was so lively.
found an inn to live in, Xiao Hei and Liu Shaoyang asked for a room, and Shui Xuanling lived alone. As soon as he settled down, Xiao Hei clamored to go around the street, and Shui Xuanling was also playful and wanted to walk.
Liu Shaoyang came here a few years ago, but he only knew a little about this Jinling City, and he was worried that the two of them would not know the path back if they went far. Seeing that it was getting dark for a few hours, it was almost evening, so I went with them to see the night, so I put my bags and went out of the inn with the two.
Xiao Hei and Shui Xuanling looked at the houses and pavilions all over the street, bustling with people, and they didn't know where to start. Liu Shaoyang saw that the two of them had no idea, and said with a smile: "The best place to buy things and see the excitement in Jinling is the Gongyuan Street and Confucius Temple in the south of the city." On both sides of the Qinhuai River on the side, the scenery is even worse, let's go over there. ”
Shui Xuanling responded softly: "The Qinhuai River is famous all over the world, but I have heard of it for a long time. Senior brother, you lead the way, let's go. ”
Xiao Hei also clapped his hands and said, "Brother Shaoyang said that where to go, let's just follow." ”
The three of them walked south along the alley, and along the way, there were all kinds of storefronts along the street. From time to time, there are jugglers on the side of the road, playing with the stunt of drilling the top bowl of the circle, shouting and drinking, attracting the crowd to watch and cheer. Xiao Hei was very happy to see it, and from time to time he went into the crowd to see the excitement, and Shui Xuanling saw the stall selling silk hairpin bracelet powder, and he also wanted to come forward to take a look.
Just a few steps and a stop, the three of them walked for two hours before they walked five or six miles, worthy of crossing the North Gate Bridge. Liu Shaoyang saw the red sun falling heavily, and urged the two to hurry up, and rushed to the Confucius Temple to see the night of Jinling and the evening scene of Qinhuai when it was dark. The two had no choice but to rein in their playfulness for the time being, and walked about a mile south. Suddenly, I saw a stone alley on the side of the street not far away, and there were a lot of pedestrians gathered inside and outside.
Liu Shaoyang smiled helplessly, so he had to follow Shui Xuanling. As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the alley, I heard the sound of shouting and scolding from the crowd.
The three of them crowded in front of the crowd to see the excitement, and saw a small courtyard door, seven or eight big men dressed as family members, embracing a man in Chinese clothes on a horse, and two family members were banging on the courtyard door of the house.
The young man in the fancy dress saw that the door was not opened, but the people who watched the excitement gathered more and more, and said impatiently to the family who knocked on the door: "You two lazy guys haven't eaten? Hurry up and open the door for the young master!"
The two housekeepers heard their master's urging, and shouted and slapped more rapidly at the door. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and an old voice responded in a trembling voice: "Feng Gongzi, you have been waiting for a long time, the old man will come to open the door!"
The young man in the costume frowned and said, "Don't knock, look at what this old immortal has to say!"
At this time, the two courtyard doors slowly opened, and two old and one young walked out of them. The two old men are husband and wife, the man is in his fifties, his back is slightly hunched, and his face is full of fear at this time. The woman next to her was less than fifty years old, and her face was stained with tears.
The young one was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in Tsing Yi, wearing a hairpin, with a plain face, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a waist like a bundle, like the daughters of two old men.
When the young man in Huafu saw the three of them come out, he raised his horsewhip in his right hand, pointed at the fifty-year-old man with a hunchback, and shouted: "Old man Ye, since ancient times, it has been a matter of course to repay debts! Today, the four-month deadline has expired, and the gambling debt of 280 taels of silver you owe, including the principal and interest, is a total of 550 taels!"
Speaking of this, the young man in the Chinese costume paused, and said with a playful face: "This son pities you for being born with a bad luck and sour appearance, and now you have wiped the odds, and you can pay back five hundred taels!
The hunchbacked old man was already very frightened, and his legs kept trembling. Now after listening to the shouts of the young man in Chinese clothes, he leaned over and fell to the ground on the spot, and snorted: "Feng Gongzi, right now, the villain is selling his ancestral property, and he can't make up five hundred taels!"
The boy in the Chinese costume snorted, foamed at the mouth, and laughed: "You have lost your property all these years, I know that you are a poor ghost, and you can't afford to pay this number! Then today in front of all your neighbors, you should tell me, how can you repay the five hundred taels!"
The hunchbacked old man was lying on the ground at this time, his head did not dare to raise his head, and begged: "Feng Gongzi, your family has a big business, so the adults have a large amount, and then give you a little time! ”
The hunchbacked old man was so groveling to this late life in his early twenties that he really lost his face. Look around at the lively neighborhoods, passers-by, or laugh, or coax, or sigh.
Shui Xuanling showed contempt on his face, and said to Liu Shaoyang: "This boy in gorgeous clothes is so domineering! That old man is too, even if he owes gambling debts and is begged for by the door, there is no need to lie on the ground and beg like this." ”
When the young man in the costume heard the hunchbacked old man's words, he sneered: "A little more grace? Hmph! I don't think it's necessary." In a few days, you will have to pay back more, and when this son waits, you still can't pay the money, won't you be entertained in vain?"
Speaking of this, his eyes rolled a few times on the face of the girl in green clothes, and he smiled: "Old man Ye, I don't think it's as good as this." Give me two hundred taels of your court. For the rest, your daughter still looks a little good, it's better for my son to sell you a big bargain and accept her as a concubine. I'll write off your gambling debts!"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding spectators seemed to explode, and there was a lot of discussion for a while. The hunchbacked old man lying on the ground trembled even more, but shook his head again and again.
When the tear-stained woman beside her heard this, she knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said in a panic: "Young Master Feng, my family's A-Qing is a lowly person, where is it worthy of your rich body." You can raise your noble hand and forgive this gambling debt of my family for a few more days! The old man begs you here, kowtow to you!" He said "Dong Dong Dong" and kowtowed a few times, and when he raised his head, his forehead was full of blood.
The girl in green clothes was originally just a pair of wonderful eyes glaring at the boy in gorgeous clothes. Seeing that the woman knelt down and kowtowed to him, he hurriedly ran forward and shouted: "Mother, get up quickly!" helped the woman up, then was stunned, turned to the man in a fancy costume who was riding on the horse, and said hatefully: "The surname is Feng! You have exempted my father's gambling debts, don't be embarrassed for my father and mother in the future, I will go with you!"
When the woman heard this, she hurriedly said, "Ah Qing, what nonsense are you talking about, how can this work! Even if my mother is dead, I won't give you to this Feng Gongzi as a concubine!"
The young man in the Chinese costume originally listened to the words of the girl in Tsing Yi, and his face was quite proud. Seeing that the woman spoke out to stop her, she couldn't help but say angrily: "What kind of mess are you making with this old woman! Your daughter has agreed, what nonsense do you have! Could it be that you have married Young Master Ben and insulted your daughter? It's really a joke! I think it's better to choose a day than to hurry, and today your daughter will go back to the house with Young Master Ben!"
At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers, and there were angry people who couldn't see this scene, but most of them were afraid of getting into trouble, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
Shui Xuanling couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to step forward, but saw Liu Shaoyang reach out and press her shoulder, and stepped forward first.
The two housekeepers in the field were about to drag the girl in green clothes at this time. Liu Shaoyang's feet seemed to be slow, he stepped in front of the two of them in a few steps, and said with a slow smile in his mouth: "Brothers, this is the foot of the Son of Heaven, if you have something to say, it's not good to be so bright!"
As he spoke, he slapped his left and right hands on the shoulders of the two family members. When the two of them were slapped like this, they only felt as if they were pressing a mountain on their shoulders, their arms hung down, and it was difficult for them to move their legs! Although they opened their mouths and cursed repeatedly, their faces showed a look of horror.
The prince in Chinese clothes is used to being domineering on weekdays, but I didn't expect someone to dare to make trouble. At first, he was startled, but then he saw that it was a young man in his twenties, and shouted: "Who are you? Young Master Ben has it turned for you to come out and talk nonsense, and you don't know whether to live or die in the field!"
Although these family members have also practiced some boxing and kicking, Liu Shaoyang didn't pay attention to it at all. At that moment, he patted the shoulders and elbows of the two family members under his hands, and gently pushed them twice, and the two of them were like two whipped spinning tops, turning and rolling to the side.
At this time, several family members who came up after him had already rushed to Liu Shaoyang, and one of them punched violently and went straight to Liu Shaoyang's door. Liu Shaoyang still had a smile on his face, turned his finger into a sword and went forward, and this finger was pointed on the fist of that punch.
The man who punched thought that if this punch continued, Liu Shaoyang would inevitably be knocked to the ground, but he didn't think that his fist would be like hitting a steel cone, and he covered his hands and jumped in pain when he touched it.
In the blink of an eye, two more people came up behind him, one left and one right, menacing, and reached out to grab Liu Shaoyang. Liu Shaoyang looked ahead, but he couldn't see it, and his hands were drawn in a semicircle on the left and right, like two eagle claws, avoiding the arms stretched out by the left and right people, and they were grasping on the placket of the two people's chests. Casually lifted it up and threw it out.
The two of them were thrown like this, and at first they only felt a strong surge, but after their feet touched the ground, this force weakened, and their bodies could barely stand still.
It turned out that Liu Shaoyang wanted to teach these people a hard lesson, but at the moment he was in Beijing and didn't want to cause trouble, so he saved face for the other party when he started, so that he could end it properly.
The remaining few family members, seeing that their companions were being played with by Liu Shaoyang between applause, knew that they had met a master, and they were not advancing or retreating for a while, and they were stunned on the spot.
The crowd of onlookers was originally talking and noisy, but now when they saw Liu Shaoyang making a move in public, they were silent for a while, and everyone's eyes were watching every move in the field.
Xiao Hei was in the crowd, and when he saw Liu Shaoyang suppressing all the people under the Huafu Gongzi in a few clicks, he was happy and took the lead in clapping his hands and cheering. Looking at the lively crowd, it seems that they are used to seeing these people playing arrogant and fearful of causing trouble, although there are as many as 100 people, there are few cheers.
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