Chapter 109: Mockery and Revenge
Linglong took the three girls out of Su Mansion to the road that Miao Dandan's sedan chair must pass.
According to Gui Ying, the sedan chair in Miao Mansion will go out at the end of the day, walk around the east of the city for more than an hour, and arrive at Liang Mansion before three o'clock in the afternoon.
Because the wedding procession is too long, there are many civilians on the side of the road who want to reward money, and every time the team is blocked by civilians and can't walk, the wedding team will stop for a moment, sprinkle candy and copper coins for the surrounding people, and continue to move forward while the civilians are robbing.
Therefore, whenever there is a big family to do a happy event, the roadside must be surrounded by civilians, one is to join in the fun, the other is waiting to pick up the candy and money, and some will chase the wedding team all the way, just waiting to pick up the money.
Don't think it's too hard, it's normal to grab it for a hundred or ten copper coins a day with sharp-eyed hands and feet, and it's more cost-effective than going to work, and it is said that there are people in Beijing who specialize in this as a business.
Of course, these are all gossip, Linglong doesn't want to like sugar and money, just join in the fun, calculate the time, the sedan chair should have just gone out, and a few people plan to go to a place closer to Miao Mansion to see the excitement.
When they arrived at the place, they saw that the street in front of them was already full of people, and they could hear the sound of firecrackers and suona from afar. β
Zhishu said: "It's not that you are married, what are you excited about?" Also, it was a welcoming procession. β
"Aren't the greeting and the marriage going together? What's the difference? β
"Miss, there are too many people, it's not safe for us to stand here, can we find a place?"
Linglong looked around, there were only ordinary businesses on the first floor around, and there was not even a second floor, where to find a place?
They were hesitating when the onlookers rushed over with a bang. In the blink of an eye, a few people were scattered.
Linglong was caught in the middle of the crowd and moved back involuntarily, she pushed around hard, but she couldn't move at all, and people stretched their necks to look back.
At the front of the procession were several brides dressed in red, each of whom carried a large basin full of copper coins. The happy ladies smiled and said: "Don't get in the way, there's no money in the way!" Scatter! β
The bride sprinkled reads to the side;. The crowd buzzed, and they all dispersed to both sides to scramble. Linglong, who was caught in the center of the crowd at first and barely touched the ground, suddenly hit the ground, no, he sat down.
She sat on the floor with her hair in a loose bun and her clothes disheveled. grinning and touching the sore buttocks, feeling two pairs of red shoes in front of him. She looked up and saw that several brides were standing in front of her with pots and smiles.
"Girl, you're also here to like money? This is a violation. We can't give it! β
A few brides giggled happily: "If the girl wants to enjoy the money, please go to the side, we are going to sprinkle it soon!" β
Linglong's cheeks flushed: "I'm sorry." I was squeezed by someone else, I'll leave right away! β
Linglong tried to get up, only to find that he was twisting his foot, and it was bad. can't move, where did Gui Ying and the others go? A couple of dead girls threw me away in the blink of an eye!
"What's wrong?" A familiar voice came from behind the bride.
Several brides scattered and turned their heads: "Second master." This girl seems to have fallen, what should I do? β
Linglong raised his eyes and looked at Liang Chenjing, who was dressed in red. Both looked at each other in surprise.
Liang Chenjing quickly regained his composure and said lightly: "Throw her out!" β
Linglong was stunned for a moment and pointed at Liang Chenjing: "You ......"
"I'm embarrassed to come out and be embarrassed by this, don't say I know you!" Liang Chenjing sat on the tall horse and looked at her condescendingly, his eyes seemed to be called Huazi, Linglong was injured, and he couldn't wait to rush up and pull him down and beat him up immediately.
When a few brides were at a loss, Gui Ying ran over: "Miss, why are you here?" β
Gui Ying came over to help Linglong, and Linglong grinned in pain: "Slow down, I'm twisting my foot!" β
"That'...... The slave carries you! β
Gui Ying squatted down and carried Linglong on her back and retreated to the side, the welcoming team moved forward again, the bride went out with a copper coin, the crowd dispersed again, and the sound of suona and firecrackers was very lively.
Liang Chenjing rode slowly in front of the two on a tall horse, and suddenly dropped a sentence: "Take her back and take care of her, don't be embarrassed on the big day!" β
Gui Ying looked up when she heard the voice, and then she saw that the person on the horse was her second son, but she opened her mouth but didn't know how to answer.
Linglong lay on Gui Ying's back, grinning and waving his fist at Liang Chenjing's back, but when he turned his head, he saw the snickering eyes under the sedan chair.
Linglong suddenly felt that his head was big, damn it! Let this woman watch a joke in vain.
The send-off team slowly passed in front of them, and the onlookers all chased the sedan chair in front of them.
Zhihua exclaimed: "Oh, miss, have you been robbed?" How did it get like this? β
Linglong poked her viciously: "You're embarrassed to say!" I know that I don't know if I've been robbed by someone! β
"Huh? Have you really been robbed? β
Zhishu secretly pulled her, "Miss, you're not hurt, are you?" β
Gui Ying said: "Miss has broken her foot, let's find a medical hall to see reads;." β
Zhihua was worried about the excitement in front of him: "Miss, can you go to the infirmary, can the slave and maid go to see the excitement?" β
Linglong glanced at her viciously again, and Zhihua smiled and touched his nose: "Slave... If the slave doesn't go, it's still there, don't be angry, Miss! β
Gui Ying carried Linglong on her back and found a nearby medical clinic to see a doctor, her left ankle was twisted, and they were all green, and it seemed that the injury was not light.
The doctor bandaged Linglong with medicine, and prescribed some additional external medicine before leaving.
A few people came out of the medical hall, and Linglong looked up at the sun: "Zhishu, what time is it?" β
"Miss Hui, it's still early, it should be about three o'clock."
"It's only three o'clock? Didn't the sedan chair arrive at Liang Mansion at noon? Gui Ying, how far is it from the nearest place where the sedan chair must pass? β
"It's not far away, the sedan chair is detoured, and it will turn to the neighborhood in a while, and it's just two streets past here. Miss, do you still want to see the excitement? β
Zhihua was immediately happy: "Okay, good, there are so many people, I haven't seen anything, let's find a good position this time." Have a good time together. β
Zhihua secretly pulled her, but she stuck out her tongue: "It's that Miss wants to see the excitement, and people just have an idea." β
Linglong thought of Liang Chenjing's disdainful eyes and felt uncomfortable, "Gui Ying, go, let's see the excitement!" β
"Miss, your foot is still hurting!"
"It doesn't matter. This time, let's find a teahouse, a restaurant or something. Standing on the second floor, no one is crowded, right? β
"Well, that's a good idea. Miss, you are so smart! Zhihua is always afraid that the world will not be chaotic, Zhishu and Gui Ying wanted to persuade, but Linglong insisted. Gui Ying had to carry her on her back.
They soon arrived at the place, and there were already quite a few people on that street who had already come to take their places in advance. They searched for several in a row. It cost three times the price to rent a private room with a window facing the street.
Linglong asked Ruhua to lie on the window and guard, seeing that the team was coming, he reported in advance, and first asked Xiao Er to put on some dried fruits to spend it. She was thinking about what had just happened while eating melon seeds, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. This damn Liang Chenjing, when he saw that this girl fell, he didn't help him, and he said those cool words. Is this what to say to your fiancΓ©e?
By the way, it's not him who got married today. What kind of relatives did she go to greet? Linglong asked Gui Ying a question, and Gui Ying smiled:
"Miss don't be strange, this is our Beijing rules, generally the bridegroom's brother to welcome, the groom only needs to wait at the door, welcome the bride to get off the sedan chair and enter the door."
Linglong thought for a moment: "That...... In the future, when I get married, your eldest son will come to greet me? β
"This is not necessarily, the eldest prince has just gotten married, I'm afraid it's inconvenient, there are still two sons in the house, and it should be the fourth son who will greet the young lady at that time."
"Hey, by the way, Gui Ying, how many sons and young ladies are there in your family?"
"Miss, our Liang family has a total of five sons and one miss, but the third son died at an early age, so now there are only four sons and one miss."
"Oh? And Miss? Was it born to your wife? β
"No, our wife has only given birth to two sons, one eldest son, and a third son, and the third son is the one who just said that he died at an early age, so the eldest son's own heir is actually only one eldest son;."
"Really? Then the other few were born to concubines? β
"This ...... Possible... It's not a concubine, is it? It's a long story, miss, you will know it slowly when you enter the mansion later, and it is not good to talk too much now. β
"Why? Wouldn't it be better if I found out earlier? β
"This ......"
"Miss, it's coming!" Zhihua suddenly jumped and jumped excitedly, and Linglong stood up when he heard the words, but forgot that he still had injuries on his feet, and sat back in pain.
"Miss, are you alright? Slave help! β
"I'm fine, damn Liang Chenjing, I must make her look good!"
"Miss, what does your foot injury have to do with the second son?"
"It's okay, he laughs at me, I hate him!" Linglong gritted his teeth as he spoke, and several maids glanced at each other inexplicably, Gui Ying shook his head slightly, signaling them not to ask again.
Linglong stood up, leaned against the waist-high window and leaned out of the windowsill, and sure enough, he saw that several brides in red clothes had arrived at the corner of the street.
Onlookers flocked up, shouting for the bride to be happy, and now they are almost at the bottom of the pot full of money.
"Gui Ying, how many copper coins can that pot hold?"
"At least 10,000 of them!"
"A pot is only ten taels of silver?"
"Not only that, it should be worth twenty or thirty taels."
"Four brides and four pots, it's not too much!"
"Miss, they don't know how many pots they have changed halfway, not only this one, but at least a few hundred taels of joy money along the way.
A few hundred taels! The money in this era is real money, very valuable, a few hundred taels is equivalent to the purchasing power of 100,000 in modern times, and it is a lot.
"Miss, come here! It's coming! Look, the second son is so handsome! Riding on a horse, the girls peeked at him! β
Linglong patted her on the head: "What's the noise?" Are you afraid that people won't see us? Shut up if you want to see it, don't shout! β
Knowing the aggrieved pout, but as long as she is still let her watch the excitement, she has no opinion.
Several people stood in a row in front of the window, watching the lively team below getting closer and closer, the firecrackers crackling so that the street was smoking, the bride smiled and sprinkled copper coins, Liang Chenjing sat on the horse majestically, always with that face that was about to die, as if everyone owed him 108,000.
Linglong's eyes rolled: "Zhishu, bring me the plate of fruits on the table." β
"Miss eats fruit at this time?"
"Don't worry about it, bring it quickly."
Zhishu brought the whole plate of fruit, and Linglong took the fruit and checked it, and the amount was just right.
"Gui Ying, give you reads;!"
"Miss, what do you want to do?"
"Smash that bastard for me!" Linglong pointed to Liang Chenjing's head.
Gui Yingleng paused: "Miss, the big day is not suitable, right?" β
"What's out of place? Whoever made him laugh at me, smash it! β
Gui Ying shook her head: "No, miss, the second son will find out!" β
"I'm afraid of what he's going to do, he wants to welcome his relatives now, and it's impossible to run up to us to settle accounts, smash it!"
"No, miss, the slave doesn't dare!"
"Oh, you're smashing, he's coming!"
"No, Miss!"
Gui Ying took a step back, not daring to live or die, Linglong gritted his teeth: "If you don't smash me!"
She took the fruit and aimed at Liang Chenjing's head, reached out and threw it over, and then squatted down quickly, and several maids stood at the window and stared at the window with stupid eyes.
How could the sound of the whirring fruit escape the ears of a master like Liang Chenjing, the fruit was too far away from him, he didn't want to pay attention to it, but in order not to hurt others, he threw something out casually, hit the fruit, and took the fruit out and firmly planted it on the opposite pillar.
Liang Chenjing's eyes swept sharply to Linglong's window, and when he saw a few stupid maids, his face sank, and it was the stinky girl who loved to cause trouble.
"Did you smash it? Did you smash it? Linglong pulled the corners of Gui Ying and Zhishu's skirts and asked while pulling.
Gui Ying swallowed her saliva: "Miss, it's far behind, and ...... The second son has found us! β
"Found out! So fast! I didn't even show my head! β
"He saw us!"
"Oops, who told you not to squat!"
Damn, it didn't hit it and exposed the target, Linglong was unwilling, gritted his teeth and stood up against the window frame, just in time to see Liang Chenjing staring coldly here.
Linglong shrunk his neck and muttered in his heart: Isn't it just a fruit? As for such hatred?
After thinking about it, no, I didn't smash him, why was I afraid of him, he was found by him left and right, and she didn't do anything, she simply picked up the fruit in front of him and shook it, and then aimed at his head and smashed it over!
This distance is closer, really rushed to his head, seeing that he was about to hit the target, the other party stretched out his hand, caught it steadily, stared at Linglong with warning eyes, Linglong stuck out his tongue at her, used both hands together, grabbed the fruit and smashed it for a while.
"Whoosh whoosh~~~~" Five or six fruits in a row are taken off, I see what you should do?
Before Linglong could be happy, and he didn't know how the other party moved, those fruits flew back inexplicably, ding ding ding~~~ steadily lined up on the edge of the wooden window.
Linglong turned his head to look at it, and was dumbfounded, is this guy human?
The other party snorted disdainfully, and slowly walked under the window on a horse, and the others should be lively and lively, and they should grab the happy money, and they didn't seem to have noticed this little episode. (To be continued)