Chapter Eighty-Three: The Orchid Garden Extravaganza

Hearing Ji Ji's words, all the servants, along with Ji Dao, breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that no matter how smart Ji Ji is, and no matter how talented Xie Lang is, once they face the prince, no one will have a chance to win. This is how the world is, and reasoning and grace with those who have the power of war and the good of killing is no more than playing the harp to a cow.

As the night deepened, the group happily returned to the manor.

Early the next morning, because Ji Dao restarted school, Ji Ji took Qin Xiaomu, Sun Fu and others, and returned to the courtyard of Shuguan Lane with Ji Dao. As for Zheng Wu and others, they took the 500 gold obtained from Ji Ji's ten kinds of jewelry with great interest, and began to weed and loosen the soil for Zhuangzi, planting all kinds of flowers, trees and bamboo forests, so as to make this place become an elegant place.

What Ji Ji didn't expect was that she sent Ji Dao to the school hall on the front foot, and on the back foot, she saw Wang Zhen and his parents.

Wang Zhen's parents are typical ordinary people, and their long-term poverty has made them reduce their food and clothing, but the short rich experience of their fathers and ancestors has made them not only able to send their children to school, but also to see Ji Ji, an aristocratic son, who is not as timid as other poor people, but behaves decently.

Seeing Ji Ji, the royal father stepped forward, and after he bowed deeply to Ji Ji, he turned to Wang Zhen and shouted: "Zhen'er, why don't you hurry up and salute your benefactor?" ”

Wang Zhen stepped forward in response and bowed to Ji Ji is thanks.

Ji Ji hurriedly helped Wang Zhen up, and while she ordered Qin Xiaocao and the others to show a hospitable gift, she said: "It's just a fluke, I don't deserve to be so polite as the prince!" ”

After a few more cold words, Wang Zhen and his parents sat down under Ji Ji's repeated requests. He said gratefully: "When the little brother said that. I just estimated and listened, but I never imagined that it would save the lives of my family and villagers. "Because of that incident, his status in the hearts of the clan is now very high, and it can be said that he is a hundred promises. This kind of unexpected invisible power is really undesirable for Wang Zhen, who has a very high desire for power. Therefore, Wang Zhen's gratitude to Ji Ji is from the bottom of his heart.

Speaking of this, Wang Zhen took out a box from the side and handed it to Ji Ji. He also said: "Ji Xiaolang's life-saving grace." Wang Zhen had nothing to repay, so he could only send the forty gold to show his gratitude. ”

Forty gold? Ji Ji looked at Wang Zhen, who was wearing old patches everywhere, and suddenly understood, these forty gold. It must be after the price of charcoal rises. Wang Zhen has earned all his wealth as a result.

Ji Ji lowered her head and pondered.

Then. Wang Zhen and his parents have already decided that Ji Ji is a bit strange in their hearts. You know, like this ability to predict the future. For hundreds of years, only Zhuge Kongming in the Three Kingdoms had it, and now, although there are many talented people who claim to know astronomy and geography, their knowledge, at most, is to look at the solar terms, judge how the recent rain is, as for predicting disasters and avoiding disasters, it is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, seeing Ji Ji bowing her head and thinking, the family didn't dare to gasp.

After a while, Ji Ji raised her head, she pushed the wooden box in the direction of Wang Zhen, and then, Ji Ji stood up, and after taking two steps back, she made a cautious bow to Wang Zhen.

Ji Ji's move shocked Wang Zhen's family, just when Wang Zhen and Wang Zhen and Wang Father hurriedly stood up and were about to return the salute, Ji Ji said with a stern face: "Please take back these gold, if Brother Wang has a heart, Ji Yue is willing to exchange today's feelings for a promise from Brother Wang." ”

At this time, Wang Zhen's family was stunned, and Wang Zhenqi said: "In exchange for my promise?" He turned his head to look at Ji Ji's magnificent courtyard located on the main street, and then looked at Ji Ji and the decent clothes of the servants, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "With Ji Xiaolang's talent, how can you need my commitment?" ”

The old god Ji Ji was looking at him on the ground.

After a while, Ji Ji said slowly: "Brother Wang will be extraordinary in the future. What Ji Yue asked was to ask him to protect me or my friend once when he was able to obtain state secrets. ”

After Ji Ji said this, Wang Zhen's family's face changed greatly.

They couldn't suppress their joy and excitement, especially the royal father, who almost burst into tears.

The royal father is different from Wang Zhen, he is just an ordinary villager, he doesn't know much words, and he believes in ghosts and gods like other villagers.

Ji Ji first showed her miracle to the family and saved the lives of their family and the villagers. Now, this little Lang, who he respects and is a little miraculous, actually insists that his son Wang Zhen will guard the country's secrets in the coming day and become a powerful person they want to look up to, and the excitement of the royal father can be imagined.

Wang Zhen was also very excited, after he took a deep breath, he bowed his head to Ji Ji and saluted, and said, "What Ji Lang asked, Wang Zhen remembered in his heart!" At this moment, although his clothes are still shabby, although the shoes on his feet have broken a hole, but because of Ji Ji's words, his eyes are shining, and the whole person is in good spirits, where is there still a little cringe when he comes?

After sending Wang Zhen's family away, Qin Xiaomu came behind Ji Ji, and he said in surprise: "Sister-in-law, will this person really do a lot in the future?" ”

Ji Ji nodded.

Qin Xiaomu took a deep breath and muttered, "So, sister-in-law will also have unforeseen disasters in the future?" ”

But because of Ji Ji's request, he thought that she would be in trouble......

Ji Ji glanced back at Qin Xiaomu and said with a smile: "No, the reason why I want him to make this promise is just to be prepared. ”

Ji Ji squinted her eyes and looked out of the door, and secretly thought: I'm just myself, be careful and you'll be fine in the end, the most important thing, I have to ask for a few talismans for Xie Eighteen!

Ji Ji knew that a scholar like Xie Lang would naturally attract the jealousy of a poor genius, and he would be fine at ordinary times, but once something went wrong with him, half of these poor geniuses would fall into the ground. According to the tacit agreement reached between the scholars and the royal family, as long as the actions of the royal family will not affect the entire noble class, if the royal family has to get rid of one or two scholars, the noble class will also pretend to be deaf and dumb. In other words, if Xie Lang leads the royal family to kill, he will face embattlement!

Not long after Wang Zhen's family left, Ji Ji received Liu Chu and Tan Zheng and their families, and they also brought their property to express their gratitude to Ji Ji. Similarly, Ji Ji declined their thank-you gifts. Asked for an identical promise.

There were five Lang Jun present at the time, although Ji Ji didn't ask for anyone's gift, but she asked for a promise, but only Wang Zhen and the other two Lang Jun of the Shi clan who were also talented were not mentioned.

This matter, after Wang Zhen and the others secretly got angry, they felt more and more that Ji Ji's behavior was strange, and unconsciously, these three people remembered today's events deeply.

But he said that it was the same night. Hime Daoyi returned. Then he grinned at Ji Ji silly.

Seeing him like this, Ji Ji smiled and said, "School starts today, is it very smooth?" ”

Ji Dao said crisply: "Today is particularly smooth." He was so happy that he couldn't help but talk to Ji Ji. Sister. As soon as I arrived at the school today. I saw that many people looked at me differently, and then my husband came over, and he praised me for my good handwriting. And then. As soon as some of the scholars were about to trouble me, a few of my classmates stood up. Those classmates said that they were all related to Chen Zhixiu's family, and they also said that I saved Chen Zhixiu, and I was considered to have formed a friendship with them, so I didn't allow those people to bully me anymore. ”

Ji Dao touched the back of his head, hehe smirked, "Sister, since I went to school, some people have always been unaccustomed to it, now it's okay, Mr. said I was good, my classmates also praised me, and even those few scholars also stood up to protect me, hehehehehe, sister, this feeling of being liked and embraced is really good." ”

Ji Ji looked at the little brother who was radiant and happy like a bird, and she also raised her lips and smiled.

In the blink of an eye, February has arrived.

Maybe it was the cold last year, after the Lantern Festival, the spring was thunderous and quickly revived the whole earth, and now, it has only been sunny for half a month, and some peach trees have actually appeared buds.

On the day when Erlong raised his head in early February, Ji Ji was playing the piano in the courtyard, and a sound of footsteps came.

Qin Xiaomu ran over, he came behind Ji Ji, and said, "Da Lang, Zhang He Zhilang Jun sent someone to deliver this letter. ”

Zhang Hezhi?

At the mention of this name, Ji Ji frowned, if possible, she didn't want to have anything to do with beautiful men other than Xie Lang. These beautiful men themselves are just that, mainly because their admirers are amazingly lethal, which makes Ji Ji afraid when she thinks about it.

Ji Ji pursed her lips and took the letter from Qin Xiaomu's hand.

There were only a few lines on the letter.

Seeing Ji Ji's face flush after reading the letter, Qin Xiaomu hurriedly asked, "Da Lang, what's wrong?" ”

Ji Ji put the envelope on a few sides and said, "Zhang Hezhi asked me to participate in the Orchid Garden Festival. In a blink of an eye, she said: "He told me to go in women's clothes, and said that if I refused to go, or wore men's clothes, he would be tempted to tell outsiders that there was a sister-in-law Ji who liked to dress up as men......"

Hearing this, Qin Xiaomu said nervously, "Then what should I do?" Do you want to go to the manor and call all the tribes? ”

As soon as he said this, Ji Ji laughed, "It's not a fight, what is the upper part of the song?" In a blink of an eye, she said again: "Since it is said to be an orchid garden event, it means that it will not be just me and him who will appear there." That's it, the soldiers will stop it. ”

It's just that when Ji Ji was dressing up, she was secretly gritting her teeth, thinking about how she had to make Zhang Hezhi no longer like herself.

Because of the word "grand event" in Zhang Hezhi's letter, Ji Ji's dress is not perfunctory, her current appearance is not stunning, and her family background is not obvious, if there are other scholars in the orchid garden, her simple dress will only make people look down on her even more.

After dressing up, Ji Ji took Qin Xiaocao, Qin Xiaomu, Sun Fu and others, got into the donkey cart, and drove in the direction of Orchid Garden.

When Ji Ji and the others came to the outside of the orchid garden, they were shocked to find that this orchid garden was actually full of people coming and going, and the cars were graceful! Moreover, the beautiful clothes and shoes of the crowd and the excellent appearance of the crowd suddenly lined Ji Ji into a small grass on the side of the road!

didn't expect it to be such a grand scene, Ji Ji, Qin Xiaomu and the others were all relieved after looking at each other.

After Ji Ji let a few servants stay outside, she, who was deliberately dressed as weak, slowly walked into the orchid garden with the support of Qin Xiaocao.

The servants who appeared in the orchid garden were all extremely graceful and polite, and after glancing at the envelope with Zhang Hezhi's invitation handwritten by Ji Ji, a handsome young man hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Aunt Ji." Aunt Ji, please. Led by this little man, Ji Ji walked through the overlapping corridors and came to a garden.

At this time, everything is just beginning to sprout, and the garden is still withered, but because it is the afternoon at this moment. The sun gradually sinks in the west, and the golden light of the sun shines on the lake on the left side of everyone, shining on the pavilions and pavilions behind everyone, and there is also a bit of strong spring.

As soon as Ji Ji saw Zhang Hezhi, her eyes were dazzled by the beauty of the garden.

On one side, Qin Xiaocao became even more excited, and her hands holding Ji Ji couldn't help trembling. Because she was too excited, Qin Xiaocao leaned into Ji Xi's ear and sang in a low voice, "Oh! Oh! Sister-in-law, do you see that? That's Xiao Yi Xiao Lang! Oh, my God. That's Fumiro Bunto. Also, the three princes are also there, plus Zhang Hezhi and sister-in-law. Today's orchid garden. It actually made Jiankang five beautiful men. Here are the four of them! ”

She was so excited that she couldn't even walk in her footsteps.

Qin Xiaocao was looking at the beautiful man in fascination, but Ji Ji was sweating on her forehead. Not bad. As Qin Xiaocao said, on that side is Xiao Yi, a handsome and cold man, but that is Xiao Yi, who has killed her! Now behind Xiao Yi, there are still a few sisters-in-law who are lingering at him.

Sitting on the other side is indeed Wendu, but beside Wendu, Liu Yu Wang Zhen and others, who have just dealt with Ji Ji in men's clothing, are actually there!

On the other side, it is indeed the handsome and dark Three Princes, but the one standing behind the Three Princes with an expressionless face is not Zhuang Thirteen?

By the way, sitting in the other corner, among the several beautiful sisters-in-law surrounded by dozens of sisters-in-law, there are Yuan Xiaogu and other daughters that Ji Ji recognizes.

plus a Zhang Hezhi, today, Ji Ji's acquaintances are considered to be the majority.

At this moment, Qin Xiaocao's chanting voice came again suddenly, "Sister-in-law, look over there, how can there even be a Kabuki woman over there, who is also so beautiful?" What's going on today, as if all the beauties of Jiankang have gathered here? ”

This time, the handsome Xiaolang who was leading the way in front of him unhurriedly, and had been listening with a smile, spoke, Xiaolang's voice was a little hoarse, and he smiled: "I don't know? Today's Orchid Garden Gala is a feast for beauties. ”

"Beauty Banquet? What do you mean? ”

That Xiaolang smiled and said: "That's the case, a few days ago, His Majesty decided to set up a special hall in the Four Universities Pavilion in response to everyone's invitation, and in that hall, some pictures of heroes and famous ministers will be hung. For example, the director of King Xie An of the previous dynasty has a portrait into the palace. ”

After a slight pause, the little man continued to say unhurriedly: "Then someone said: Since heroes and famous ministers can enter the palace, the peerless beauty can naturally also enter the palace. Since the previous dynasty, the people of the world have always liked the beauties, and the two know it, so this request, His Majesty also agreed, and the scholars were also moved. Today, Zhang Hezhi Zhang Lang invited Jiankang's holy hands in the painting ......"

His words were not finished yet, and Ji Ji and the two had completely understood.

Actually, Ji Ji didn't know that the cause of this incident was related to her. Since she shouted in public that the Northern Wei Dynasty had pacified Rouran and that she had unified the entire north, the sentimental southern scholars were sad. The southern scholars hated war, but they had to face war, they already liked to cry, when they thought that maybe it was this year, maybe it was the year after next year, the Northern Wei Dynasty was going to fight, and they felt desperate in their hearts, they always felt that their dry bones were time to bury the soil. The desperate, many scholars who mourned all day long, did not know that Liu Song's army at this time was actually a little stronger than that of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Then, last winter's blizzard, although the damage was lighter than Ji Ji's memories in her previous life, it also took countless lives. This made many scholars feel that this was a sign that chaos was coming and the country was about to fall.

Those who are extravagant can indulge in beautiful people and wine and forget the worries of war, while those who are pretentious want to leave something behind.

But what do they have? Maybe there is, it's this romantic body, it's this beautiful bone. In this mentality, there was this orchid garden event.

In the unhurried introduction of the little man, Ji Ji's master and servant finally walked through the bamboo forest and appeared in the middle of the garden.

Zhang Hezhi, who was paved with drawing paper in front of him and was pacing and thinking, was the first to see Ji Ji. The upper face was painted with white powder, and the lip line was actually whitened, and the whole person looked pale and sickly and weak, very sick and weak, and Ji Ji, who had to be helped by someone when she walked, Zhang He was happy. He didn't wander around at this time, so he squinted his eyes and waited for Ji Ji to come over with a smile.

Then, as soon as Ji Ji came over, Zhang Hezhi's voice raised slightly, and in his romantic and wealthy tone, he sang to the left and right: "Everyone, this sister-in-law's surname is Ji, she may not be familiar to you, but her brother, you should know." Her brother was the Ji Xiaolang who jumped off the donkey cart that day and congratulated the Northern Wei army on its victory. ”

When Zhang Hezhi said these words, he emphasized the words "jumping off the donkey cart, full of spirit". So, as soon as his voice fell, whether it was Xiao Yi, the third prince, or Wendu, they all turned their heads to look at Ji Ji.

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Asking for pink tickets, now Jiaojiao is always in the last few on the pink ticket list, and if she is not careful, she will slide off the list, and beg everyone to put it on the top a little. (To be continued......)