CHAPTER XXII
[I saw Qin Yang's eyes like two sharp swords, stabbing at the bandits who were kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, she was protected behind the few teenagers she rescued, and snorted coldly, "It's ridiculous! You mountain bandits, who robbed the people, plundered merchants, and killed people like hemp, now kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, but do you know that you have an 80-year-old mother and a child who is less than a month old? When you killed, did you ever think about it? They also have family members waiting for them to come home? When they begged for mercy, did you spare them? β
After speaking, the jade-faced little flying dragon's wrist flicked, and he saw that in an instant, the heavens and the earth were filled with sword light, and it turned into a thousand-petaled white lotus with layers of sword light in midair! It is the signature move of the jade-faced little flying dragon Qin Yang - the Thousand Shadows White Lotus Sword! βγ
At this time, they were sitting in the back hall of Yunshuifang, silently waiting for the owner of Yunshuifang to come out to discuss the ransom.
Shen Ruyu originally thought that this matter was very simple, as long as he paid off the wine money owed by Kong Qingyang, it would be enough, but he didn't expect that the shopkeeper in charge was very embarrassed and said that this matter needed to be handled by their owner, so the group had to move to the back hall.
Kong Qingyang went back to the room early to pack up his things, and sat beside Shen Ruyu with the package at this time, waiting for the owner to come over, once liberated and free. She was in a very good mood, so when Wen Ming and Mingxi hesitantly asked her about her relationship with "The Secret History of Martial Arts", she was very modest and said that the protagonist was not talented, and she had practiced martial arts for many years, and she was ashamed and ashamed. When she learned that Mingxi wanted a copy of "The Secret History of Martial Arts" but was disappointed because she was banned from buying it, she proudly took out a crumpled copy of "The Secret History of Martial Arts" from the package and stuffed it over.
Anyway, there is nothing to do now, Wen Ming and Ming Xi sat on the seats on the side, gathered together, looked at "The Secret History of Martial Arts" with subtle expressions, and while watching, they couldn't help but look up at the woman who was sitting and talking with Shen Ruyu, and for a while they only felt completely unable to substitute.
"Are you going to sue me...... You've been washing dishes here since you left the capital, haven't you......? Shen Ruyu, who was sitting at the head of the desk, looked at Kong Qingyang and pretended that he couldn't hear the whispered reading sound not far away. Obviously aware of her friend's lavish nature, she couldn't help but ask in disbelief. "What about your travel expenses and entanglements? Sold out? β
"The last time I was in the capital was the year before last!" Kong Qingyang couldn't believe that he was so unreliable in Shen Ruyu's heart, "If I had been washing for so long, I would have sold myself a long time ago, okay!" β
She tugged at Shen Ruyu's sleeve sadly, "I heard that the new martial arts is about to start again, so I set off from home again." It's just that when I arrived in Qizhou, I found that I came too early, so I thought it would be better to go around in Qizhou, and I heard that the fruit wine in Yunshuifang is very famous, so I came! I didn't expect to eat and drink in this winery, I drank too much and fell drunk in the hall. As a result, after I woke up, I found out that when the shop was about to close, the shopkeeper wanted to wake me up, but I was beaten up...... I also went crazy and smashed the hall...... I've lost all my money, but it's still a lot worse. β
"Then you ......" Shen Ruyu was speechless for a while, and tried to guess, "Trapped here washing dishes?" β
"I didn't mean to...... Although it is indeed my fault," Kong Qingyang snorted aggrievedly, "...... But the shopkeeper won't let me go out on the streets! Said it would delay me from brushing the dishes! Double the amount of money in my arrears, I brushed the plate for a long time, and finally upgraded to scooping wine at the counter, so the monthly salary finally rose a little! But it's not enough! I've done the math! If I don't have any other income, I'll just work in the store! I'm going to be here for at least a few years! For several years! It's scary! Ayu!! It's really scary!! Why didn't he let me go to the show!! He's only allowed me to brush the dishes!! Ayu! β
Shen Ruyu didn't know what to say for a while: "...... The black shop that turned out to be called Tongfu was ......"
"That's right! Black shop! It's a black shop! Hearing her say this, Kong Qingyang immediately nodded viciously, "The wine here is such a small pot every time, and it is sold so expensive!" The pit is dead! Sold so expensive! So much! The salary is still so small! Woo woo woo, it's okay if it's less, it's money, but I can't even see such a little money...... When I pay my salary every month, I don't have to go to it, I just sit in the back and brush the dishes, without money, I can't eat my favorite roast chicken and roast duck, I can only eat the wowotou provided by this ghost place, and there is not a drop of oil in the dishes...... Woooooooooooo β
Shen Ruyu: "...... It's so miserable......" She couldn't help but complain, "Qingyang, in fact, your surname is Bai, right?" β
Kong Qingyang obviously couldn't understand her humor, and replied in confusion, "Huh? Why do you ask? My surname is Kong. β
Wang Zijun sat aside, and when he saw such a scene, he suddenly sighed faintly, and said in an ethereal tone as if he was a master outside the world: "The red dust is bitter, why don't you go back to the mountain with me to be a Taoist priest?" β
Kong Qingyang's answer was very crisp, "Phew! β
"Speaking of which, Ruyu, why are you wearing a Taoist robe?" Kong Qingyang wiped the tears of excitement that welled up when he met her old acquaintance in another country, and pulled her sleeve and asked.
Shen Ruyu couldn't help but look down at her hands, not understanding why everyone liked to pull her sleeves.
Because the wide and wide one looks good, does it look good? She quietly rubbed herself, well, the touch is not bad.
"Because it looks more harmonious and unified." Shen Ruyu motioned to Kong Qingyang to look at the clothes of the other people around her, "Otherwise, I would look too strange alone." β
Kong Qingyang couldn't help laughing, "Ruyu, you still haven't changed at all, you don't like to be sharp and eye-catching." She asked curiously, "Speaking of which!" Ruyu, why did you get out of Beijing!? It seemed that he felt that it was impossible for His Majesty the Emperor to let her out, Kong Qingyang gasped, lowered his voice and approached Shen Ruyu and asked, "You, you sneaked out?" β
"You think I'm you," Shen Ruyu smiled, "My mother asked me to go out of Beijing and return to my hometown to repair the ancestral house in Luohe." β
Kong Qingyang was stunned for a moment, looked at her and blinked, "Eh...... Ah, that's it......"
Seeing that her expression was wrong, Shen Ruyu asked with some confusion, "What's wrong?" β
"Nothing." Kong Qingyang paused, but her expression was a little lonely for no reason, and she forced a smile and said, "It's just...... So you can all meet me! It's just amazing! β
Shen Ruyu sensed that something was wrong, and frowned, "What's wrong?" β
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from outside the door, but before he could see the person who came, the other party's voice had already come, "Because she wrote to you." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he appeared at the door.
This is a good-looking man, wearing an ultramarine blue collared shirt, wide sleeves, and a jade belt around his waist, although his appearance is not outstanding, he has a decisive and majestic demeanor, and his appearance is extraordinary.
"When I was first detained, I wrote to you, but I haven't heard back." The man said lightly, "The messenger in our store is very sure where he handed it over to the Shen family's concierge, but," he paused, "It's not a family, it's not a powerful person, and the letter from a poor family probably didn't reach the eldest lady of the Shen family, so it was thrown away." β
Wen Ming and Ming Xi couldn't help but frown at the stimulation of his sarcastic words, but Wang Zijun was still very calm, as if he hadn't heard anything, he lowered his head to drink tea, Shen Ruyu was stunned for a moment, she looked back at Kong Qingyang, opened her mouth, and seemed to want to say that she must give her friend an explanation, but she also understood that she couldn't actually do anything, scolding the porter? Or drive him out of the Shen family?
None of them are useless.
Because this is not a concierge problem, but the whole family, the gap between the cold door and the gate valve is sometimes like a moat.
In the end, she could only sigh slightly, and was about to say sorry to Kong Qingyang, but she stood up as if she was deliberately avoiding this embarrassment, glaring at the man, "Bai Sa!" β
Shen Ruyu had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being, and she asked curiously, "...... Do you know? β
"You deliberately detained me here?!" Kong Qingyang seemed to understand something, and suddenly introduced himself a little angrily, "...... This is Bai Sa. She paused before continuing hatefully, "My brother! β
In other words, Kong Qingyang's mother is Bai Sa's nurse.
Bai Sa is the only son of the Bai family, the Bai family is a wealthy businessman in Haibei, and it is said that he is one of the two giants in the business world. The business is all over the country, but even if it is rich, it is comparable to the country...... can only be regarded as a Hanmen Shu clan, not to mention, Kong Qingyang is not a member of the Bai family, but a daughter of a descendant of the Bai family.
There are many soldiers who have retired from the army among the Bai family, Kong Qingyang loves swords, guns and halberds, and has been practicing martial arts with them since he was a child. Later, when she grew up, she heard that the imperial court had launched a martial arts, and if she could win the ranking, she could enter the court as an official, so she immediately packed her luggage and went to the capital. It's just that although the queen launched a martial arts, it seems to have broken the political monopoly of the family gatekeepers, so that the people of the Hanmen Shu clan also have the hope of entering the court as officials, but in fact, that hope is extremely slim.
The side branches of the family can almost fill all the martial arts places, and the children of the Hanmen Shu clan are like drops of water thrown into the ocean, and they are submerged in an instant, and if you are really good, so good that the examiner can't ignore your results, maybe you may be able to get a lower ranking, and then be a petty official.
However, the officials who come out of the military can never be noble civil officials, only military attachΓ©s -- but military attachΓ©s......
In short, if Kong Qingyang's family was relatively supportive of her going to Beijing to take the exam at the beginning, later, she was completely opposed.
But even if she doesn't entangle her and don't give her travel expenses, as long as she goes out with a spear and a long sword, she can sell her art all the way to Beijing, for which Kong Qingyang's parents are worried.
Because she went to Beijing to catch the exam year after year, she has not yet married at the age of twenty-seven, and the Kong family has to spend a sum of money every year to deal with those officials who come to the door to fight the autumn breeze in this name, otherwise they will be forcibly married, but money is a small matter, and not reproducing offspring is a big thing, so the Kong family will go crazy. They felt that it was time to cut off her unrealistic delusions, take care of them, and start a family and marry.
But Kong Qingyang insisted on refusing to give up martial arts, their family was such a baby daughter, so they had to agree to her, but Bai Sa knew that his nurse was anxious about his daughter, he was inspecting the store in Qizhou, and by chance he bumped into Kong Qingyang, who came to drink, and immediately detained her.