Chapter 33: The tongue is like a sharp blade

Sleeping until midnight and being awakened by the noisy footsteps outside, Xu You opened his eyes and listened attentively, and the corners of his lips suddenly showed a hint of a smile.

These stupid people, didn't they realize that something was wrong until now?

The autumn equinox put on his clothes and walked in, looking a little panicked, and said, "Lang Jun, I don't know what's going on outside, there are so many people!" ”

"Maybe the weather is too cold at night, and someone is frozen to death, I hope there won't be any accidents." After saying this blessing without sincerity, Xu You sat up and asked, "Did they quarrel with you?" ”

"Well...... "Autumn equinox obviously didn't sleep well, looking a little haggard, she squatted down on her knees, carefully tucked the corners of the quilt for Xu You, and then raised her head and said with a coquettish face: "Xiaolang, I can't sleep!" ”

Xu You lifted the quilt, jumped out of bed, took her little hand and walked outside, and said with a smile: "Go and see who is so bold that they dare to disturb my family's good sleep on the autumn equinox?" ”

"Huh?" The autumn equinox opened his mouth slightly, and was stumbled by Xu Youla's footsteps, and said, "Do you really want to go?" But we're guests, so it's not good......"

The two went out from the side door, and happened to meet a group of people who hurriedly walked from the end of the corridor, and by the light of the lantern that was not extinguished all night, they saw at a glance that the person who walked in front was the Tsing Yi maid next to Sanniang, who had a relationship during the day.

"It's been such a night, you don't know what you have to do with Yazhu?"

Xu You Shi Ran stood there, a playful look in his eyes. The maid in Tsing Yi didn't seem to expect him to appear, she was stunned for a moment, and then Mu Ran walked over and said coldly: "This is the Yuan Mansion, where do we want to go, when do we want to go, we don't need outsiders to inquire!" ”

Xu You was surprised: "I heard that Yuan Gong ruled the family with courtesy, from the nobles to the servants, all of them are well-informed people, but I didn't expect that there would be such a articulate little lady as you?" ”

Scolding people without spitting dirty words is the specialty of cultural people, and Xu You has already won three of them. The maid in Tsing Yi glared at each other, sneered at each other, and said, "Dare to ask what is the courtesy?" The illiterate barbarians of the third generation also know what it means to be knowledgeable? ”

As soon as these words came out, the autumn equinox standing behind Xu You suddenly changed his face, and his hands, which had been hanging down at the side of his legs, suddenly clenched. In fact, it's not that she's sensitive, but that this sentence has an allusion.

Xu You's great-grandfather, that is, Xu Tong of "Sanding Jiangnan", after pacifying the world with An Shiyue, once dozens of monarchs and ministers inspected Stone City, because a city guard was drunk the night before, and he lost his honor in front of the king, and was beheaded by Shen Jing, who was the champion general at the time, in front of everyone. Therefore, An Shiyue sighed: "A gentleman has all his own and then asks for others, and without himself he is not everyone." What is hidden is unforgiving, but can speak to everyone, there is nothing! Shen Qing, do you know how this sentence is explained? ”

This is the words in "University", the meaning is very simple, a gentleman for the advantages, to have his own own and then ask for others, for the shortcomings, to criticize others after they are gone. There is never something that you have in yourself that is not the way of forgiveness, but you can teach others.

Shen Jing was sweating profusely, quickly threw away the long knife that was still dripping with blood, and knelt on the ground and didn't dare to answer. An Shiyue asked Xu Tong again how to explain this statement, and Xu Tong replied indifferently, the minister originated in the rivers and lakes, and the third generation was not literate, and it all depended on His Majesty to have Xu's today. Therefore, I don't need to understand the teachings of these saints, I just need to understand the loyalty to assist Your Majesty, not to be double-minded, not to exceed the rules, and that's it!

An Shiyue laughed, rewarded Xu Jun's daughter, and did not punish Shen Jing, but from then on, Wuxing Shen began to regard Yixing Xu as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and he had to get rid of it quickly.

Later, because of this incident, when the idlers talked about the Xu family, they all liked to add the sentence "the three generations are illiterate", either it was a malicious ridicule or a deliberate ridicule, but no matter which one it was, everyone was afraid of Xu's power, and no one dared to say this sentence in person.

"You ......"

The autumn equinox took a step forward, pointed at the maid in Tsing Yi, and was very annoyed, if it weren't for the scruples that this was the Yuan Mansion and couldn't make trouble for Xu You, she would really slap it over.

The maid in Tsing Yi snorted coldly, didn't look at the autumn equinox, just looked at Xu You provocatively, as if she deliberately wanted to provoke him.

Xu You smiled slightly, grabbed the autumn equinox, leaned into her ear, and whispered: "What are you angry about, the dog bit you, can you still bite the dog?" ”

Listening to what Xu You said was interesting, and then looking at the maid in Tsing Yi, she looked like a brutal and fierce look, really like a vicious dog, and laughed out loud at the autumn equinox, and the anger that had just surged into her heart disappeared.

"Let me answer your first question first, what is courtesy? Husband, the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the deeds of the people! Xu You put his hands behind his back, his long body was jade, and he couldn't see any emotional fluctuations on his handsome face, as if he was telling something that had nothing to do with him, and said: "Since you boast of knowing books and reasoning, and you are the personal maid of the Yuan family's Sanniang, who is praised by the world, you must be familiar with the Five Classics and know the meaning of the scriptures." Can you tell me how to interpret this sentence? ”

The slave maid in Tsing Yi stayed on the spot, she didn't even know the source of this sentence, how could she interpret the interpretation? But if she can't answer, she will be ugly tonight, just her face is lost, but Xu You mercilessly pulled Yuan Qingqi in and spread it out, hurting Sanniang's face.

"Who told you that I am Sanniang's maidservant......"

Xu You looked at her with an idiot-like gaze and said, "I thought you were very smart, but I didn't expect you to be a fool." Who are you, I'm afraid everyone in the mansion knows, do you want to ask Steward Feng now? ”

"I, I ......" The maid in Tsing Yi was hesitant, but she couldn't say a word. You must know that she is articulate, clever and eloquent, and has never met an opponent in the Yuan Mansion, so she never imagined that she would face Xu You tonight, and she would be defeated in three or two strokes. Angry for a while, he didn't choose what to say, and said: "You are not allowed to mention Sanniang, the divorce letter has been written, you are just a broken Qi Min now, what qualifications do you have to mention Sanniang?" ”

"Sure enough, I came prepared, if the Xu family is still here, I guess you won't dare to be so arrogant! After all, it's just a little girl who tends to be inflammatory, what am I doing with you with these lips and tongues! Xu You shook his head and smiled, then his words turned cold, and said, "I forgive you for being a slave, and you shouldn't have read "Zuo Chuan". If you don't understand, you can go back and ask your master, let her explain it to you, and let her teach you well, what is the real etiquette! ”

The maid in Tsing Yi only felt a hot pain on her face, she realized for the first time what it means to have a tongue like a sharp blade, and the words pierce the heart, she didn't dare to look at Xu You again, turned around and said angrily: "What are you doing standing still, don't you go quickly?" ”

After speaking, he bypassed Xu You's body and walked away quickly with his head down. Behind her was Lu Shuang, who was supported by three or four people, wearing clothes that obviously didn't fit well, revealing half of her smooth calves, her face became paper-pale, she was trembling, her eyes were tightly closed, she didn't know if she was really unconscious, or she felt that she didn't have the face to see Xu You, so she simply fainted.

Seeing her like this, Xu You felt a little unbearable in his heart, but those who hurt others also harmed her, just a small punishment, and he was already worthy of her!

Xu You turned around and walked two steps, stopped and turned around, and said strangely: "Let's go, after watching the excitement, are you still reluctant to leave?" ”

The autumn equinox woke up like a dream, and hurriedly promised to trot over, and kept asking: "When did Lang Jun read "Zuo Chuan", the maid followed Lang Jun every day, but I never saw such a sage book in the room......

“…… Aren't you unable to sleep, wait until you go back to find this left pass to you, and you can't sleep if you can't finish reading! ”

"Xiaolang, I don't want to see if it's okay to ......"

"No, you can't!"

"Okay...... Can the maid only watch a little bit in one night, and watch it in thirty or fifty years, okay? ”

"You, sooner or later, you're going to die of laziness!"

Early the next morning, just after breakfast with the autumn equinox, Feng Tong appeared at the door of Yazhu and said with a smile: "How did Lang Jun sleep last night?" ”

"It's good, the wind is sounding, the sound is in my ears, it's a good place arranged by Steward Feng, thank you for it!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Feng Tong behaved without any abnormality, and he didn't know if he knew about last night, but he didn't mention it, Xu You was also happy to pretend to be confused, and ordered the autumn equinox to stay in the room, and Feng Tong went to see Yuan Jie.

"Qilang, come and take a look at this "The Story of the Sea Pavilion"!"

As soon as Xu You entered the door, Yuan Jiexing beckoned to him. When I walked to the edge of the bookcase, I saw that the silkworm cocoon paper that was several feet long was spread out on the table, and the lines of cursive were like a clear stream and a long source, flowing and infinite, and like a county ape drinking stream, hooks and locks were linked, and I was suddenly exclaimed: "What a flying white!" ”

Yuan Jie said with a smile: "Qilang is really an expert, Ah Yuan has been in the pond since he was a child, and he has studied with many others, but most of the others have not succeeded, only Zhang Zhi's book has learned seven points of charm." ”

Zhang Zhi is a native of the Han Dynasty, using silk as paper, learning calligraphy in the pond, day after day, and finally even the pond water has become inky black, so calligraphy is also called "Linchi". And Zhang Zhi's calligraphy is also called "a book".

It turned out to be Yuan Qingqi's words, Xu You's heart moved, and he looked down again. As the saying goes, you can read people by words, but if you look carefully at her handwriting, she is a little restrained in the flying and free, and there is a bit of ethereal air in the restraint, although she has the charm of Zhang Zhishu's strong bones and muscles, but it has too much hesitation and reluctance.

This is a contradictory person, a complex person, and even a lonely person, and there must be a very difficult thing in her heart, which haunts her heart day and night, so it will naturally be presented to the end of the pen.

But Yuan Qingqi was born in the Yuan family, rich and Qinghua, easy to get, talented, and famous in the north and south, what kind of difficult things can not be solved for such a person?

If it was before, Xu You might have thought that it was related to his marriage, but now that the divorce letter has been written, the two have long been out of business, but the voice of the pen is still so heavy, I think it should be something else.

But no matter what she is, after last night's trouble, Xu You even fell to the bottom with his perception of Yuan Qingqi, and he just hoped to get all this done quickly, and then wrap 100,000 yuan around his waist and ride a crane to Yangzhou!

"Shichiro, Shichiro?"

"Oh," Xu You said ashamedly: "At first glance, you can imagine Sanniang's peerless elegance, and I can't help but be stunned, Yuan Gong is not strange!" ”

Yuan Jie waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, there was a hint of triumph in his eyes, and said: "Qilang is also not too humble, although Ayuan's calligraphy is a little successful, it is still far from you." ”

Xu You immediately understood that this duke was also competitive, and yesterday he saw that he wrote a divorce letter for a sum of money, and today he deliberately showed off Yuan Qingqi's talent. Of course, he didn't have any intention of repenting, but he was just a little unwilling and wanted to get back a city.

Of course, Xu You would not be angry with an old man, so he smiled, and then went to read the content of the article, and said softly:

"The wind and smoke are clean, the mountains are colorful, drifting from the stream, anything. Jinling City is more than 100 miles longitudinal and horizontal, only in the Yuan Mansion, strange mountains and different waters, unique in the world. The water is ethereal, bottomless, swimming fish and fine stones, and there is no obstacle to direct viewing. The turbulence is very fast, and the waves are rushing. Along the high mountain and grow a cold tree, see a pavilion, the name is called the sea of play, based on the view, the spring water is rocky, and the sound is loud. Good birds chirp and rhyme. The cicadas are endless, and the crows are endless. The kite flies to the sky, looking at the peak and resting the heart; Those who are in the world of economic affairs, peep into the valley and forget to return. The river is hidden, and it is still dusk in the day; Sparse strips are intertwined, and sometimes the sun is ......"