Chapter 38: A Group of Troubled Youth
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After a while, the waste paper and rags were snatched to the point that there was not even any slag left, and only the empty bamboo basket was left spinning in circles.
And those boys and buddies immediately scattered.
And the two servants who came out of the Zhu family looked calm from beginning to end, obviously not surprised, stepped forward, picked up the bamboo basket, and prepared to go back.
"Wait!"
Xu Jirong suddenly ran out.
When the two servants saw Xu Jirong, they hurriedly saluted and said, "The slave has seen the little uncle." ”
Xu Jirong asked, "Is my brother at home?" ”
"Back to the little uncle, the son is at home."
"That's great."
Xu Jirong glanced back and saw that Guo Dan was still standing at the mouth of the alley, so he beckoned: "Faint, come over quickly." ”
Guo Dan really couldn't stand the enthusiasm of this loser, so he reluctantly walked out and followed him into the courtyard.
The courtyard is covered with emerald green bamboo, grass everywhere, and a path paved with cobblestones in the middle, which is very clean and unstained, but there are still many servants cleaning it.
This made Guo Dan sigh with emotion, today's servants are really not good.
They walked down a path and down a low wall.
Suddenly, someone inside the wall said: "Brother Xian, you can't see death without saving!" ”
When Xu Jirong heard this, he was immediately surprised: "My brother is also here?" ”
The servant replied, "Yes." ”
Guo Dan was curious: "Who is this scheme?" ”
Xu Jirong said: "Conspiracy is the concubine of the sincere uncle's family. ”
That generation of sincerity Bo Ke is the famous founding meritorious Liu Ji, Liu Bowen.
Of course, Guo Dan knew Liu Bowen, and he had seen it on TV, but he didn't know that Liu Ji was the first generation of sincere uncle, and he wouldn't ask, anyway, he just knew the concubine of the earl's family.
I heard Fang Cai's voice shouting again: "Zhu Lizhi, I didn't expect you to be such a ruthless and unrighteous person, I, Liu Xinmou, was really blind at the beginning, and became a brother with you." You don't want to think about it, when you were kicked out of the house, who took you in, and who helped you give advice and help you sell paintings, if it weren't for me Liu Xinmou to help you wholeheartedly, how would you have today's rich life, and now your brother is in trouble, you actually don't save you when you die, you are really ungrateful. ”
But no matter how the voice shouted, no one answered.
At this time, Guo Dan followed Xu Jirong to a door, only to see eight slaves and maids standing in the courtyard, four men and four women, all dressed in green to serve, and a man in white sitting in the middle, weak crown age, long hair is not tied up, hanging down to the chest, but this guy's appearance is really beautiful, it shouldn't be pale, as if sick.
There is a screen on the left side of the man in white, and behind the screen stands an older young man in a flowery dress, with a pair of bright eyes on his dark face, and a pair of attractive ears from his sideburns.
The man in white on the other side of the screen looked fixed, closing his eyes and resting his mind.
Guo Dan saw that the appearance and appearance of these two people, and even the way of communication was very strange, and he couldn't help but think secretly, so it seems that in this Earl's N generation, Xu Jirong is relatively normal, and asked Xu Jirong in a low voice: "The one who wears white clothes is Zhu Lizhi." ”
Xu Jirong was surprised: "How do you know? ”
Guo smiled lightly and didn't answer, and said in his heart, this look at it knows that it is too much, and the only drawback of engaging in this kind of art is that it is particularly hurtful!
Xu Jirong didn't ask much, stepped forward quickly, and shouted excitedly: "Two brothers, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
When the man in the flower dress named Liu Xinmou saw Xu Jirong suddenly appear, his eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he rushed forward, "Brother Rong, help!" ”
Zhu Lizhi, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Xu Jirong with a complicated expression, closed his eyes and sighed, revealing an expression that life was worse than death.
Xu Jirong squinted at Liu Xinmou and asked, "How much money did you lose?" ”
"It's not much, it's only a hundred taels." Liu Xinmou raised a finger, but his expression was extremely nervous, as if he couldn't bear the second refusal.
"A hundred taels is not a lot." Xu Jirong muttered, and said, "Okay, I'll let Chunchun send it to you later." ”
"Brother Rong... You... What do you want to say for your brother, thank you Brother Rong for saving your life, thank you Brother Rong for saving your life. ”
Liu Xinmou was excited again and again, and he couldn't wait to make a promise with his body.
Son of the Count?
Guo Dan on the side couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat.
But this illustrates a very important issue, which is the importance of making friends.
"It's okay, it's okay." Xu Jirong smiled, walked over to Zhu Lizhi again, and said, "Zhizhi!" It's not me who is a brother who said you, it's only a hundred taels, and you don't even lend this to the scheme, it's so unrighteous. ”
Twigs? Conspiracy? Guo Dan sighed in his heart, he knew that if he wanted Xu Jirong not to call him light, it was impossible, and he could only accept this reality.
Liu Xinmou jumped forward and said, "Zhu Lizhi, did you hear what my brother Rong said, are you ashamed?" ”
Zhu Lizhi stretched out his slender, white hand to the side, and a maid immediately put a stack of paper in his hand, and he took it and handed it to Xu Jirong.
Xu Jirong took it, changed his hand and handed it to Xu Chun beside him, "Read." ”
"Don't read it."
Liu Xinmou suddenly flashed to the middle, and said, "There's nothing to read about this." ”
Xu Jirong was curious: "What is this?" ”
"It's ......."
Liu Xinmou began to hesitate.
Xu Jirong was even more curious, and looked at Xu Chun again.
Xu Chun said: "Young master, these seem to be some IOUs. ”
"IOU?"
Xu Jirong suddenly came to his senses and said, "Moumou, you borrowed so much money from Zhizhi!" ”
Zhu Lizhi lightly made up for it, "This is just a small part." ”
His voice was very soft, in stark contrast to Liu Xinmou's rough voice.
Liu Xinmou looked embarrassed and couldn't do anything.
Xu Jirong said: "Zhizhi, I don't think you should let him fight, how can you be a brother like this." ”
Liu Xinmou's face immediately turned happy, and said: "Yes, yes, Brother Rong is reasonable." ”
Zhu Lizhi said: "Then you can ask him to borrow it!" ”
Guo Dan on the side was really tired of Zhu Lizhi.
"You don't want to!"
Liu Xinmou sighed and said: "But if I borrow too much, I'm afraid that my uncle will know, and if I tell my father then, then I will be miserable, my little concubine can't compare to Brother Rong's nine generations of single inheritance." But you are different, you have been kicked out of the house, cut off from the family, it can be said that you have no father, no mother, no care, naturally it is more convenient to ask you to borrow. ”
Guo Dan nodded secretly, it really makes sense.
Zhu Lizhi was completely speechless, and suddenly glanced at Guo Dan behind Xu Jirong, his eyes moved down, staring at Guo Dan's feet, looking extremely unhappy.
Guo Dan also found his strange gaze, and wondered in his heart, why does this guy always stare at my feet, is it... He's a foot control, pervert.
At this moment, a servant came up from the left and right, and they came straight to Guo Dan's side.
One of them bowed down and said, "Childe, I'm offended." ”
Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and said, "What did you offend?" ”
Before the words fell, the servant directly hugged Guo Dan, while the other person bent down to pick up Guo Dan's legs.
"Hey... What are you going to do? ”
This change made Guo Dan frightened.
Xu Jirong comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, it's light, don't panic, they just help you shine your shoes." ”
"Shoe shine?"
Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and saw that the servant who was carrying his feet really took a rag and wiped the soles of his shoes, this strange scene made him forget about the struggle.
At the same time, another servant came to Xu Jirong's side with a pair of shoes and said, "Little uncle." ”
"Save, save."
Xu Jirong lifted one foot, and the servant immediately helped him change into a pair of very clean shoes.
Xu Jirong said to Guo Dan while changing his shoes: "Light, the first time you came back, I didn't prepare shoes for you, I often come, so I have shoes." Hey. ”
Guo Dan was horrified: "Why is this? ”
Xu Jirong said: "This is because Zhizhi loves cleanliness very much. ”
Is this love clean? This is clearly a cleanliness fetish! Guo Dan really wanted to cry without tears, he also understood the importance of that screen, if there was no screen, it is estimated that Zhu Lizhi would fight hard with Liu Xinmou, of course, this is why Liu Xinmou only dared to spray on the screen.
After wiping it off, the two servants put Guo Dan down, bowed down again, and then stepped aside.
Guo Dan, who stood firmly, couldn't help but scold fiercely in his heart, this group of perverted guys.
At this time, Liu Xinmou on the side suddenly stepped forward and looked at Guo Dan, he thought that Guo Dan was Xu Jirong's servant, so he didn't care too much, but now it seems that it is not a master-servant relationship, so he asked: "Brother Rong, who is he?" ”
Xu Jirong immediately said: "He is my newly recognized brother, Guo Dan." ”
"Guo Dan, the son-in-law of the Kou family."
Liu Xinmou said subconsciously.
Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Excellency knows me?" ”
Liu Xinmou looked at Guo Dan and smiled slightly: "Nanjing people, this year is twenty-one years old, my mother died early, after my father died four years ago, you came to the capital, take refuge in the Kou family, more than a year later, you entered the Kou family, so that his wife's name is Kou Liansha, Fang Ling is nineteen, born as beautiful as a flower, and shrewd and capable, and now presiding over the tooth line, and because you have never succeeded in doing anything, you are often teased, and make a lot of jokes, so you and my brother Rong is called the double waste of the capital." ”
As soon as the words came out, he felt a pang in his heart, oops, I said it. Hurriedly explained to Xu Jirong: "Brother Rong, being a brother is just a quick mouth, you don't have to blame you for being a brother." ”
Now Xu Jirong is his savior, and he can't afford to offend!
"It's okay, it's okay."
Xu Jirong waved his hand disapprovingly, and said with a straight face: "But conspiracy, now we are no longer called the double waste of the capital." ”
Liu Xinmou subconsciously said: "What is that called?" ”
"The capital is a fool!"
Xu Jirong said arrogantly.
"The double fool of the capital?"
Liu Xinmou took a breath of cold air and said, "Why is it called this?" ”
Xu Jirong said arrogantly: "Because we are all wise and foolish people, are we amazing?" ”
"Big... Still waters run deep? ”
Liu Xinmou blinked, suddenly laughed, stroked his palms and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Brother Rong has long seen that Brother Rong is not such an idle person, you have great wisdom and foolishness, and now you have obtained this name, but it is really worthy of the name, and everyone expects it! ”
This sycophant is really like a surging river.......
"That's, haha!"
Xu Jirong was overjoyed when he heard this, after all, the first success in his life came from the double fool in the capital.
What a misstep into a thousand hatreds! Guo Dan had the heart to cry to death, if he was given another chance, he would not tell Xu Jirong that he was wise and foolish, and looked at Zhu Lizhi again, seeing that the guy had already turned his face to the side, he felt extremely embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic: "This son has investigated below?" ”
Without waiting for Liu Xinmou to speak, Xu Jirong put his arm around Guo Dan with one hand, and said triumphantly: "Faint, you don't know, my brother is nicknamed Bai Xiaosheng in the capital, and he has the means to never forget, but he knows everything about the famous people in the capital, you are as famous as me, how can he not know." ”
"The small skills of carving insects are not enough to worry about teeth, not enough to worry about teeth."
Liu Xinmou shook his head, but his face was full of pride, and he asked again: "By the way, Brother Rong, why did you suddenly come here today?" Oh... I know, you must know that your brother is in trouble, so you came to rescue your brother, yes or no? ”
"Of course not." Xu Jirong slapped his face without hesitation.
Liu Xinmou's face immediately froze.
Xu Jirong looked at Zhu Lizhi again and said, "I'm here to talk to Zhizhi about a deal today." ”
When Liu Xinmou heard this, he immediately turned pale with fright, as if he had lost three souls and seven spirits, and shouted: "Brother Rong, don't be impulsive!" ”
PS: Well-meaning readers reminded me that judging from the reader's reading rhythm, the best length is nine short and one long. I think he has a point.