Chapter Ninety-Five: Kindness and Calculation
Liu Yikang's words were extremely polite, and he simply pointed at Xie Lang and said that he had colluded with the Northern Wei people.
Just when the faces of the Xie clan in Chenjun changed slightly, no one thought that Liu Yikang laughed again, and after laughing, his voice changed, and his tone and demeanor became casual and polite, only to hear him say: "Don't blame it, don't blame it, what I said just now was just a joke with Eighteen Lang." ”
Speaking of this, Liu Yikang raised his right hand and said politely: "It is rare for the two Xie Lang to come to Jiangbei, and Liu is willing to do his best to be a landlord." Please! ”
At this point, Xie Lang returned the salute, and he smiled and said, "General, please!" ”
In this way, the disrespect in Liu Yikang's words just now, and the aggressive greeting of three or four thousand soldiers, seemed to be gone, and Xie Lang and his entourage, in Liu Yikang's loud laughter from time to time, walked into the county seat.
The county seat in front of him is much more prosperous than the previous county, and as soon as the group walked into the city gate, Ji Ji saw that in this city, the left and right sides were also full of people who came to greet them. It's just that these people have embarrassed expressions and stiff demeanors. Looking at their dress, it should be the county order of this county and the strong in the county.
Liu Yikang's evil spirit was too strong, and if he didn't speak, the entire county was silent. And at this moment, after looking at those heroes for a while, he laughed and said: "It's still Xie Eighteen who has a big face, and when he comes to Mi County, the people of Mi County will fall out of the city." ”
Speaking of this, he said again: "I heard that the two Xie Lang are preparing to go to Xiangyang? It just so happened that I was going to Xiangyang for a walk in a few days, and I happened to go together. ”
And then. He said in a loud voice: "There is also a manor in this Mi County, the scenery of this Mi County is good, and this manor also used some heart at that time, the two Xie Lang have a tired journey, so they might as well rest for a few more days." ”
In this way, in Liu Yikang's self-talk, the team of the Xie clan of Chen County was simply held hostage by thousands of people and poured into the West Lane of Mi County, and came to the manor in Liu Yikang's mouth.
When she saw the manor, Ji Ji was taken aback.
Because. This manor in front of you. It is really splendid, and from the outside, the magnificent monument, the beautiful pavilion hidden under the trees. All give people a sense of extreme luxury! And here. It's not Liu Yikang's general's mansion yet. It's just a small estate in Mi County.
Liu Yikang served as the assassin of Yuzhou at the age of twelve, and by now, he is the military governor of the eight states. It can be described as a moment of power.
Looking at the gorgeous houses in front of her, the pavilions everywhere, and the gorgeous and dazzling manor in the sun, Ji Xi secretly thought: Your Majesty's trust in the clan has reached the point of no return. Just looking at Liu Yikang, the Zhuangzi, you can see how arrogant and luxurious he is, but His Majesty actually let him supervise the military of Bazhou!
Outside the manor, dozens of men and women were standing, and when these people saw Xie Lang and the others coming up, their eyes were all shining, and their expressions were full of admiration.
…… This kind of admiration, this kind of reverence and yearning from the heart, but Liu Yikang, the master, will not be able to get it in his life!
Liu Yikang stared around with a pair of copper bell eyes in a gloomy manner, and then laughed again.
And this time, he smiled and smiled, but turned over and got on the horse.
I saw that he beckoned two staff members, and after pointing at the Xie brothers, Liu Yikang ordered: "These two are the Langjun of the Xie family of Chen County, they will live in the Zhuangzi for a while, and you will be entertained." As soon as the voice fell, he turned to Xie Lang and Xie Twenty-nine, and after forking his hand, Liu Yikang said with a smile: "It's really unfortunate, I suddenly remembered that there was an urgent matter to deal with, and I asked the two Lang Jun to enter the Zhuangzi first to rest for a few days, and go back when they go." In the blink of an eye, Liu Yikang shouted at the thousands of soldiers: "Let's all disperse." He glanced at Brother Xie Lang, and added in a strange way, "Since there are distinguished guests in the Zhuangzi, you wait for these days and give me a good life!" ”
In this way, Liu Yikang left with great dependence.
Although he was gone, his last threat made the atmosphere a little stagnant.
The inside of the manor is also extremely luxurious, and the people of the Xie clan of Chenjun occupy a large compound on the west side.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, the subordinates became busy, and while they were busy, Xie Twenty-nine and his subordinates discussed countermeasures with a stern face.
The atmosphere here was tense, but on that side, Xie Guang and the others were busy burning incense and cooking wine, and after a while, after bathing, Xie Lang, who was wearing black hair and a loose robe, was already playing the piano in the courtyard.
The sound of the piano was leisurely and clear, like a spring breeze, with an indescribable ease and coolness, and unconsciously, Xie Erjiu and the others relaxed.
Ji Ji was also soothed by the sound of the piano, she relaxed, took a bath, then dried her hair in the night breeze, and then walked into the garden dressed as a young man.
When Ji Ji came out, the last wisp of sunset in the sky gradually dissipated, and the moon in the east had hung up on the sky.
When Ji Ji came to Xie Lang's side, Xie Twenty-nine was also there.
Just as the night fog deepened and the darkness between heaven and earth became thicker and thicker, a rush of footsteps came from outside the garden.
The footsteps were very hurried, causing Ji Ji and the others to turn their heads to look. What Ji Ji saw were three figures, a man and two women, the two women were slender, and the man was tall and burly.
In the distance, I saw two brothers sitting in the garden, and all three stopped at the same time, and then, leaving a man and a woman standing far away, one of the slender figures hurried towards this side.
After a while, the figure came to Xie Lang and Xie Twenty-nine, but she was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old beauty, the beauty was dressed as a sister-in-law, her appearance was very delicate, her eyes were smart and her body was slender, but her face was pale and abnormal, and her eyes were slightly blue.
As soon as she walked over, the beauty bowed deeply to Xie Lang.
She gave a big gift, Xie Lang also hooked her fingers, and after picking out the last piano note, she put her hands together and let the piano sound echo in the night.
After stopping playing the piano, Xie Lang lowered his head, and after glancing at the beauty with his clear eyes, his voice like a flowing spring sounded gently, "But something?" ”
The beauty fell to the ground, and she said urgently: "The little girl has come, but she wants to sue the benefactor. This Liu Yikang intends to be unfavorable to the benefactor, and asks the benefactor to leave here quickly! ”
It's a messenger!
After Xie Guang and the others glanced at each other, Xie Lang lowered his eyes, and he said softly, "Then what else do you know?" ”
The figure of the beauty lying on the ground was really weak, she shook her head, and said a little anxiously and chaotically: "I don't know the specific little woman, the little woman just overheard it with her sister, and Liu Yikang wants to be unfavorable to the benefactor." ”
After a long time, it turns out that she doesn't know anything?
Xie Lang looked at the beauty. He said gently, "Get up." ”
"Yes. Thanksgiving people. ”
After the beauty got up, Xie Lang's clear eyes swirled around her face, and then, he asked softly, "What's your name?" Why do you call me a benefactor? ”
The beautiful woman heard his question. The delicate face blushed with shame. She said timidly, "Me." My name is Yang Yuexiu, and I also have a twin sister, her name is Yang Xingxiu. "When he said this. The beauty glanced in the direction of the man and woman who came with her, and continued to reply: "We are originally from Wu County, and if our benefactor hadn't found a cure for typhoid fever that year, we wouldn't have been able to live. ”
Hearing this, Xie Lang nodded and said, "Okay, I know everything, you guys go back." ”
"Yes." After Yang Yuexiu took two steps back, she couldn't help but look back at Xie Lang, and said expectantly: "Eighteen Lang, aren't you going to leave here right away?" ”
Xie Lang smiled, and he explained gently: "I have my own opinions on this matter, you don't have to worry. ”
After receiving this answer, Yang Yuexiu hurriedly sighed softly, turned around and left hurriedly.
Looking at the figure of Yang Yuexiu and the three leaving, Ji Ji shook her head and secretly thought: What happened outside just now, as long as you are not blind, you know that Liu Yikang will be unfavorable to the Xie brothers. The three of them ran over in such a panic, and it was such useless news.
However, the news is useless, Yang Yuexiu's heart is still valuable. Ji Ji said thoughtfully.
…… What Ji Ji didn't expect was that Yang Yuexiu had an accident less than half an hour after leaving.
When the matter reached the West Courtyard, Ji Ji was still thinking about how to hide her face in front of the bronze mirror. Just as she was looking left and right at the bronze mirror, she heard a terrible cry outside.
Ji Ji hurriedly put the bronze mirror down and strode out of the room.
As soon as she left the room, she found that the entrance to the west courtyard was brightly lit.
Ji Ji hurriedly walked over.
As soon as she came to the gate of the West Courtyard, she saw Xie Lang and others, and then took a look, and found that there was a female corpse in front of the door, and next to the female corpse, there were several Liu Yikang's staff, as well as a man and a woman.
Ji Ji suddenly discovered that the female corpse was Yang Yuexiu who had just come to report to Xie Lang! As for the man and the woman, the woman and Yang Yuexiu's faces are almost identical, the only difference is that there is no cyan under her eyes, and the whole person is slightly healthier, it seems that she is Yang Yuexiu's twin sister Yang Xingxiu.
At this moment, Yang Xingxiu and the burly young man were crying breathlessly around Yang Yuexiu's corpse.
Liu Yikang's staff were very quiet, and their expressions were even a little strange. They looked at the two of them who were crying breathlessly for a while, and finally a staff member surnamed He spoke impatiently, "Enough." ”
Almost as soon as the two words of the staff came out, the man and the woman immediately stopped crying, and in the quiet air, only the sound of sobbing came from time to time.
At this time, the staff surnamed He turned his head to look at Xie Lang and the others.
The staff surnamed He had a thin face, and after he bowed to Xie Lang with his crossed hands, he said politely: "I want to teach the two Xie Jialangjun to know that over the years, the general's mansion has governed the family like a soldier, and the most important thing is to enforce orders and prohibitions. This one is called Yang Yuexiu, an embroidery girl in the General's Mansion, although she is not a slave who has signed a contract, she is also half a domestic servant. Now, knowing that the general's family is harsh, she actually went to the guest's residence and spread rumors to the guest to slander the master, which is intolerable to the general's mansion. Today's cane death to her can be regarded as a warning to everyone! ”
Speaking of this, the staff looked at Yang Xingxiu, who was crying like pear blossoms and rain, and said, "These two people are accomplices, and they should have been punished." However, the general of my family said, what kind of person is Xie Eighteen? Running around like this, how can there be no concubine by his side? If Eighteen Lang is willing to take this sister as a concubine, it is not that he can't spare the lives of these two people. ”
As soon as the staff said this, there was a great silence in all directions, and for a while, even the two people who were sobbing stopped sobbing.
Xie Lang raised his eyes to look at the staff surnamed He.
Behind Xie Lang, Xie Guang and the others' faces became very ugly. Ji Ji faintly heard it, and Xie Guang said after sneering: "Eighteen Lang's concubine? is his Liu Yikang's daughter-in-law, and she is not qualified enough! ”
Seeing the silence all around, the staff surnamed He glanced at Yang Xingxiu, who lowered his head and his face gradually turned blushing, and said, "Yang Xingxiu, I will reward you to Xie Eighteen, are you willing?" ”
That Yang Xingxiu glanced at Xie Lang timidly, blushed and whispered, "I, I am willing." ”
Hearing Yang Xingxiu's answer, the staff surnamed He smiled, and he said quite kindly: "Since you are willing? Why don't you go and talk to Xie Shibalang in person? ”
got his words, then Yang Xingxiu crawled towards Xie Lang, and in a blink of an eye, she crawled to Xie Lang's feet, stretched out her hand to hold his feet, Yang Xingxiu raised her watery eyes, with tears, Chu Chu begged pitifully: "Xie Shibalang, do you feel sorry for my sister." In the blink of an eye, she kowtowed to Xie Lang, and while kowtowing, she cried very delicately: "Eighteen Lang, for the sake of my sister's death for you, you also feel sorry for Xingxiu." ”
This Yang Xingxiu in front of her, her sister's body was still beside her, and when she hugged Xie Lang and cried and begged, her eyes were already very charming. Also, my own sister died, under normal circumstances, anyone will have tears and snot after crying, and their makeup will be messed up for a long time, and they can't see it at all.
But this Yang Xingxiu is not like that at all, she has obviously been howling, but until now, the rouge on her face has not dissipated, the color on her eyebrows and the lead powder on her face have also lined her whole person delicately, at this moment, she is holding Xie Lang's legs and begging, so full of tears, her nose is red, and her posture is even more beautiful.
Ji Ji thought, this Yang Xingxiu kept saying that her sister died for Xie Lang, and kept saying that he pitied her for the sake of her sister's bones. Being begged and kowtowed by her like this, if Xie Lang shouldn't be, it would be ungrateful!
Although in fact, it is clear that their sisters have done superfluous things, and it is clear that their so-called kindness is not kindness at all.
The two sisters, taking a secret that everyone can see, came to show kindness to others, and in the blink of an eye, something happened, and they forced the object of grace to be responsible. This is really the first time Ji Ji has seen in her life, the most shameless person who threatens each other with grace!
Just as Xie Guang and the others were watching this scene with a calm face, on the other side, those staff members also quietly took a few steps back and spoke in a very low voice, "Lao He, what is going on?" Could it be the general......" The staff member surnamed He shook his head and replied in a low voice: "This matter has nothing to do with the general." That's the case, that Yang Yuexiu slandered the master, I originally had someone beat her with ten rods, and wanted to lock her up and wait for the general to come back, but I don't know, just ten rods, I actually killed her......"
As soon as Lao He's words came out, several staff members were surprised, and some staff members said: "This is impossible, without an order, it is impossible for the executioner to be killed." Lao He said: "That's right, when I heard that Yang Yuexiu was killed by a cane, I was also surprised, and when I asked, I knew that the woman had a heart disease." After a pause, Lao He lowered his voice and continued: "After Yang Yuexiu died, I originally ordered that Yang Xingxiu and her cousin be imprisoned first. Who knows, I just passed, but I was listening to Yang Xingxiu and his cousin say that Yang Yuexiu would not live long, and their sisters had already discussed that they would use Yang Yuexiu's death to make Xie 18 owe them a favor, so that Yang Xingxiu would marry into the Xie family of Chen County and become Xie 18's concubine. Yang Xingxiu also said that as long as she becomes Xie Shiba's concubine, she will be able to bring the entire Yang family to a brilliant future, and in the future, their family, not to mention the small Mi County, will be able to walk sideways in the entire Yangzhou Jingzhou area. Then Yang Xingxiu also said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”
Speaking of this, the staff member surnamed He smiled and said: "As soon as I heard this, I thought this matter was interesting, anyway, our generals have long been unaccustomed to these big warriors who have no one in their eyes." So I decided to fulfill this Yang Xingxiu at that time. ”
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It's a bit of a card today, and the code word is not so smooth, so the update is a little late.
Finally, tears begged for pink tickets. (To be continued......)