Chapter 30: Kao Peony
"Master Ning, who are those people just now, so rampant!" The owner of the ship asked Ning Zhizhang after the group of people left. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Alas!" Ning Zhizhang let out a long sigh, "It's a long story, I'll go and ask someone to get the tools and help you repair the ship, and then leave here quickly!" ”
"How can this be, Master Ning, I have already promised to stay and look for Peony, if we leave, that group of people just now will come to you for trouble!" Ru Yan said.
Ning Zhizhang looked Ru Yan up and down and said, "Young man, it's better for you to leave as soon as possible!" ”
"Uncle, how can you be like this, my brother is also kind-hearted, if you still don't appreciate it, then let's go!" Hazy Moon said.
"Childe, let's get out of here!" The pothos has gone through what happened just now, and now she is still scared.
"Master Ning, sometimes things come, the more you hide, the more it will haunt you, you might as well face it directly!" Yu Heng said.
Ning Zhizhang was still silent, hesitating.
"Master Ning, it's better to be like this, anyway, the ship can't be repaired today, and there are many old people, women and children among us, who are drenched in the rain and frightened. Would you like to send someone to arrange their food and lodging first, and then talk about other things later? Ru Yan said.
"I'm really sorry, I forgot for a while, I'm sorry, I'll arrange it right away!"
Wait until the passengers are arranged one by one.
Yu Heng came over, and to his surprise, the inseparable Yuan Feng did not follow. At this time, Hazy Moon and Green Pothos are also playing with a child in the same boat next door.
"Let's go, let's go for a walk in Kao Village!" Yu Heng said.
"How did Brother Yu know that I was going to go around the village?" Ru Yan asked.
"Although Master Ning doesn't speak, there are always people who speak!" Yu Heng said.
"Haha, it turns out that Brother Yu is also a nosy person!"
When the two of them came out, for a while, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, and now Ru Yan realized how good they were by their side, at least they had never been so cold as now.
"Brother Jade ......"
"Brother Chen......"
The two spoke almost in unison.
"You speak first!"
"You speak first!"
The two spoke in unison.
"Then I'll talk about it first!"
"Then I'll talk about it first!"
Again, in unison.
As a result, the two of them laughed so much that their stomachs hurt.
Yu Heng asked, "Brother Xiao Chen, is he an official of the imperial court?" ”
"Yes, it's just a small piece of writing, not enough to worry about, Brother Yu has something?"
"Nothing, just a casual ask. By the way, what did you just want to say? ”
"Ah......, I seem to have forgotten...... Haha......", Ru Yan laughed.
After the two of them rounded a big bend, the woman's singing voice was faintly heard in the distance, the distance was a little far, and they couldn't hear it clearly, but the voice was as crisp and pleasant as a yellow bird, refreshing.
When I got closer, I heard the woman sing: "
The king is like a cloud in the sky, and the concubine is like a bird in the clouds.
If you want to resist the wind, the concubine will always be with you.
If you are in the lake, your concubine is like a flower.
Where do you want to go, the concubine wants to know each other. ”
Then, the man's answer song was heard: "
There are beautiful women, and they are unforgettable.
I haven't seen it for a day, and I'm sad.
The song is spoken, and the sadness is sent,
See you again one day, comfort me for hesitation.
When the two approached again, a bend in the stream appeared in front of them, and the water was unusually clear, and the sandstones, fish and shrimp in the water could be distinguished.
Several young girls are beating their clothes on the rocks by the stream, and the crisp laughter is like the clear water in the stream, which makes people intoxicated and linger.
Many years later, Chen Ruyan recalled this scene again, and felt an inexplicable touch. It turns out that life in this world can be so simple and happy, clean and pure.
In the stream stood a few young men who were not interested in drinking, pretending to catch fish in the upper reaches of the stream, while laughing with the girls. And the beautiful duet just now is also from them.
Here, it seems that the great defense of men and women set by the ancestors, whether men and women are kissed or not, and the difference between men and women, etc., do not work.
"It's beautiful!" Yu Heng sighed.
"Does Brother Jade refer to the wonderful scenery in this village, or does he refer to this wonderful cardamom girl?" Ru Yan quipped.
"All are beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, the people are beautiful, and the songs are even more beautiful!" Yu Heng said truthfully.
"Yes, only such good mountains and rivers can raise such a group of beautiful women with skin better than snow and beautiful beauty. Even the singing is so beautiful, this is the best song I have ever heard! Ru Yan said.
"You're from out of town, aren't you? This is the best song, isn't it? ”
Ru Yan and Yu Heng were just immersed in this wonderful picture, and they didn't notice that there was suddenly an extra person next to them, both of them were startled, and when they turned their heads, it was an old man shaking a fan.
"Could it be that the old man has heard a more beautiful song than this in other places?" Ru Yan asked.
"Of course, to listen to really good songs, you should go to the Kao Festival in Kao Terrace!"
"Kao Conference?" Yu Heng asked puzzled.
"Yes, Kao Conference, this is a very grand festival of our Kao Village every year. At the Kao Conference, we will sacrifice to the heavens and the earth, to the god of flowers, and to the ancestors. There is also a duet contest hosted by Kao, and a singer who sings the best is selected every year. Of course, it's always our Kao who sings the best! The old man replied.
"Then Kao's singing voice is naturally indescribably beautiful, right?" Ru Yan asked.
The old man seemed to be intoxicated: "It's so good, it's like drinking a jar of fine wine, and the mellow aroma and sweetness are soaked in my heart!" ”
"I really want to meet that Kao!" Yu Heng said.
"Alas, it's a pity that Kao disappeared after yesterday's Kao Contest, and he hasn't found it yet!" The old man shook his head and said.
"What's Kao's name?" Ru Yan hurriedly asked.
"Peony!" The old man replied, "She is the most beautiful girl here, and she sings the best songs, and her heart is as good as a bodhisattva." Alas, it's a pity, it's a pity! ”
"What a pity?" Yu Heng asked.
"It's a pity that she married into the Ning family, although the Ning family has a lot of property, then Ning Gongzi is also a talent, a scholar, and full of knowledge!"
"Isn't that good, beautiful scenery, talented and beautiful?" Yu Heng said.
"Yes, at that time, everyone also agreed that this family affair was simply a match made in heaven, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and then the son of the Ning family married the daughter of the patriarch to be the second room," When he said this, the old man deliberately lowered his voice very low, almost turning it into a whisper, "I'm not saying that the patriarch is wrong?" I think this Master Ning is a little eccentric, he dislikes the poor and loves the rich, and he praises the high and the low. Since then, the Ning family has been holding the patriarch's daughter Jinxiu, and they have all bullied the peony! ”
"How do you know that the Ning family is bullying Peony?" Ru Yan asked, only feeling a little incredible, Ning Zhizhang looked reasonable, kind and kind, not like what the old man said.
"Why don't you know," the old man's voice was lowered, "Peony's mother's house is in the Guo family in Shangzhai, listening to the old Guo's mother-in-law, every time Peony goes back to her mother's house, her body is blue and purple." Mrs. Guo also lifted the sleeve of the peony and showed it to the girls and daughters-in-law in the neighborhood, and everyone saw it clearly. It's just that because of the wealth of the Ning family, the old Guo family is a small family, and they don't even dare to make a sound! ”
Ru Yan and Yu Heng had seen Peony's cousin run rampant in the Ning family, but Ning Zhizhang was still treated with courtesy, so they didn't dare to agree with the old man's words.
"Does Peony have a cousin?" Ru Yan tried to ask.
"Yes, it's Yang Chao! I heard that Yang Chao also brought people to make trouble in Ningfu today! But that Yang Chao is not a good thing, do you think he is really for the old Guo family and for the peony? It's not he, he's just trying to knock a sum of money from Ning Mansion! ”
Ru Yan and Yu Heng looked at each other.
"Old man, old man, where did you die again?" It was an old woman's voice.
"Ouch, two of my wives called me, I'm leaving!"
The old man walked a few steps and then turned back, and said mysteriously in the ears of the two, "I suspect that this peony is dead!" ”
The two were shocked when they heard this, and wanted to pull the old man to ask what he understood, but unexpectedly, the old man disappeared all of a sudden.
"How much credibility does Brother Jade have?" Ru Yan asked.
"It's really hard to say, Master Ning doesn't look like the person the old man said just now, but there are no absolutes in everything, maybe we only see the surface of things! , so it can't be taken lightly. Yu Heng replied.
Ru Yan nodded.
When Ru Yan and Yu Heng returned to Ning Mansion, it was already dark. Hazy Moon and Pothos are looking at the door.
Seeing that the two of them were back, Haze Yue hurriedly greeted them: "Just wait for the two of you to eat!" ”
"Okay, let's go, go in and eat!" Ru Yan said.
"How is it, is Kao Village good-looking? It's called Kao Village, isn't there a lot of beautiful flowers? Hazy Moon continued to ask.
Ru Yan couldn't laugh or cry.
"There are a lot of girls who look as good as flowers!" Ru Yan said.
Yu Heng also smiled.
As soon as I walked into the yard, I met the man who had opened the door for them before, holding a food box in his hand. I met a few of them, because I wasn't very polite to them before, and I was a little embarrassed.
When the family saw them, they just lowered their heads, trying to pretend that they didn't see and walked over.
"Brother, where are you going?" Ru Yan greeted him.
"I'm going to deliver food to our son-in-law, and our son-in-law has gone out to find our Mrs. Peony since last night, and he hasn't eaten for a day and a night!" The family replied truthfully.
"May I ask if Master Ning is in the mansion?" Yu Heng asked.
"It seems to be there, but I'm afraid it's inconvenient to find our lord now, this kind of thing happened in the house, and the lord has to be busy!"
Ru Yan originally wanted to ask a few questions, but at this time, Ning Zhizhang suddenly appeared.
Ning Zhizhang's face was serious, and he seemed a little unhappy, and said to the family: "Ah Fu, go and deliver the food!" ”
After Ding responded, after leaving, Ning Zhizhang turned his face to them and said: "In the future, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me, if you don't understand anything, I'm afraid that you will mislead you and spread falsehood!" ”