CHAPTER XXV
The man was very fat, with a fat head and big ears, and some oil could be faintly seen on his face, and the hairpin used to tie the man's hair was made of gold, and there were dragon patterns engraved on it. The clothes are dark red, made of silk, and the patterns on them are very complicated, which is not something that ordinary people can afford to wear.
The man was about to untie Xu's clothes, and at the same time said shamelessly: "Little baby, I finally want to get you today." ”
That sentence made Xu Yuanxuan feel disgusted, she kicked directly at the man's knee, hitting the man's knee, the man instantly felt a sharp pain coming from his knee, his expression changed suddenly, and he rolled on the ground directly holding his knee in pain, still wailing.
Xu Yuan saw that the man should be in pain for a while and couldn't get up on the ground, so he strode away with confidence.
When he arrived at the backstage of Miaoyin Pavilion, Xu Yuanxuan calmly changed into a costume, took a paintbrush dipped in powder and put on familiar makeup on his face, as if nothing had happened, and skillfully made movements on the field, reciting familiar words.
After the curtain call of the morning play, the backstage exploded - the incident that Xu Huanhuan encountered in the morning was known to the entire Xu family's class. Those people looked at Xu Yuanyuan and whispered about it, and they all admired Xu Yuanyuan's courage in the face of danger and courage to fight the gangsters.
Xu Yuanzheng wondered, he didn't say anything why the whole troupe knew.
I saw Xu Yurong, who had finished removing his makeup, sat on the empty chair next to Xu Xuan, and said in surprise: "If it weren't for Senior Sister Mingyue saying it, I would never believe that this is true." Thanks to the fact that you are from Wudan, if you are replaced by me, you will definitely be insulted, and there will be no place to cry when the time comes. ”
Xu Yuanxuan didn't say anything, just sat there quietly and put on makeup. Because Xu Yurong didn't know about the last time she fought a knife-wielding thief in the Rejuvenation Hall. Compared to that, Xu Yuanyuan's kick this morning is a bit unmentionable.
Xu Yuanyuan originally thought that this matter would pass like this, but he didn't want this matter to have a follow-up.
More than half a month later, that happened.
That evening, just after the show ended, Xu Yuan was removing his makeup backstage, and a few brothers and sisters were packing up props in front of him.
Xu Yuanyuan just picked up a face towel and wiped half of his face, only to see Xu Mingyue running over from the front with a roar, still panting, and said, "Curly...... Someone is looking for you in front of you...... said that it was Zheng Dewang, the young master of the Zheng family's oil shop...... Said that you kicked and injured him half a month ago, and now you are in the front yard with a group of domestic servants, asking for money, saying that it is to pay for medicine. Senior Brother Qingfeng has already gone to find the master, so you can go over first. ”
The other people in the background looked at Xu Yuanxuan one by one, talking one after another, different from half a month ago, this time it was a complaint, saying that Xu Yuanxuan kicked and injured people and caused trouble for Xu Jiaban.
It's really a trouble, or a big disaster. Zheng's oil shop is the largest oil shop in Yanjing, with several chain stores, and the big restaurants, officials and rich people's mansions in Yanjing use their oil. Not only that, but they also sold oil into the palace, and they were proper royal merchants. The family not only sells oil, but also does some small business, such as opening a cloth shop in a lively neighborhood near the East City Gate. Their family business is very large, and they make a lot of money. It is rumored that the Zheng family's silver is piled up, and it can be as big as half of Yanjing, although it is an exaggeration, but there is still something that can be believed, that is, the Zheng family is indeed financially strong. So Zheng Dewang was called Zheng Bancheng again. The money was originally accumulated by his father, but his father left early, and with only this one son, all the property of the Zheng family was properly handed over to Zheng Dewang.
Xu Yurong finished her scene early today, and she had already finished removing her makeup, she sat next to Xu Yuanyuan and asked, "Yuanyuan, what should I do, I know that Zheng Dewang is not easy to mess with." He often robbed the people's daughters, and the concubines he robbed and bought have already filled the entire Zheng Mansion, and the Zheng Mansion is much larger than our theater and the Xu family's compound......"
Xu Yurong kept babbling, and a little fear and panic could be clearly heard in his voice. But Xu Yuanyu was not panicked, nor was she afraid, she just answered, quietly finished removing the makeup of the other half of her face, and went to the front, Xu Yurong and Xu Mingyue followed behind her.
There were many people standing in the front yard, the first was the man with the fat head and big ears last time, and the others were all the family members he brought, and their bodies were very strong.
Xu Yuan snorted softly, it turned out that this man was Zheng Bancheng, who was famous in Yanjing City, Zheng Dewang.
Today, Zheng Dewang is wearing a thick cotton suit, and he looks stronger and stronger.
The door of Miaoyin Pavilion was also crowded with people, all of whom came to see the excitement, all of them were talking, and they were a little noisy.
Now, Xu Yuanyuan is going to be popular, those who came to see the excitement know Xu Yuanyuan's name, and after some time, the entire Yanjingcheng will know Xu Yuanyuan's name.
Zheng Dewang sat on the bench in the theater, crossed Erlang's legs, and his feet were still shaking proudly.
Xu Yuan stood in front of Zheng Dewang, Zheng Dewang squinted at Xu Yuan, then got up and walked in front of Xu Yuan, hooked Xu Yuan's thin face with his thick fingers, and said with bad intentions: "If you know each other, you will be my concubine, and I can not blame the past." If you don't know each other and refuse to be my concubine, then lose money. ”
Xu Yuanyuan was very disgusted with Zheng Dewang's appearance, so he spat and said, "I! ”
The spit spat directly onto the plate of Zheng Dewang's greasy face, and the family members next to him clenched their fists and rushed straight up, preparing to hit Xu Yuan.
But Zheng Dewang didn't seem to be angry, took the handkerchief handed by the housekeeper, wiped his face, and said in a weird manner: "Wait, don't hurt my little beauty, otherwise I will be distressed." After speaking, he looked at Xu Yuan's white face, and the smile became more and more obvious.
After Zheng Dewang wiped the spit off his face, the housekeeper wanted to take the handkerchief in Zheng Dewang's hand, but Zheng Dewang did not hand the handkerchief stained with Xu Yuan's spit to the housekeeper, but put it on the tip of his nose, took a deep breath, sniffed the smell on the handkerchief and closed his eyes, as if enjoying it and said: "The little beauty is really a little beauty, even the spit is fragrant." ”
This is Xu Huanqing also came. He bent down slightly, politely saluted Zheng Dewang, and said, "The disciple doesn't know the importance of doing things, and I hope that Master Zheng can be Haihan." Since it was the disciple who kicked and injured you, I, Xu, am willing to accompany the disciple, as long as Master Zheng can calm his anger, let go of the disciple, and let go of the Xu family class. ”
Zheng Dewang didn't look at Xu Huanqing with a straight face, raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth tilted slightly, and said contemptuously: "Since the master Xu said so, then Zheng asked for the silver." ”
I saw Zheng Dewang put up two fingers, and after Xu Huanqing hesitated a little, he said, "Two taels? ”
Zheng Dewang glanced at Xu Huanqing with disdain, and then shook his head.
Xu Huanqing was a little afraid to think about it, but continued: "Twenty taels? “
Zheng Dewang sneered, glanced at Xu Huanqing, tilted his head slightly, closed his eyes and shook his head, and said, "Wrong, wrong, it's two hundred taels of silver." ”
Xu Huanqing, Xu Mingyue and Xu Yurong who were present were all shocked, and an ointment was at most a few dozen dollars, and more was one or two pieces of silver. Although he thought that Zheng Dewang would report a large amount, he never thought that it would be so large. These two hundred taels of silver can buy a huge courtyard in the county town outside Yanjing.
Xu Yuan is very bland, she knows that Zheng Dewang will not pay a money that ordinary people can afford, and will definitely report a large amount, Xu Jiaban can't hand it over, so she can be embarrassed, and finally forced Xu Jiaban to hand over herself to Zheng Dewang as a concubine. Therefore, when she heard the two hundred taels of silver, she was not very surprised, but just looked at Zheng Dewang quietly.
Zheng Dewang saw Xu curling like this, and he liked it even more. Xu Yuanyuan is not only beautiful, but also has some courage, not to mention in the troupe, even in some famous families. Beauty is easy to find, but such beauty is hard to find. He secretly made up his mind in his heart to take down Xu Yuanxuan no matter what.
Xu Huanqing bowed his waist slightly, and said with a smile: "Master Zheng, these two hundred taels ...... It's a bit of a lot. ”
Zheng Dewang looked at Xu Huanqing's appearance like this, and became even more contemptuous, squinting slightly and saying, "Class Master Xu ......"
He deliberately lengthened his voice, stretched out his somewhat oily face to Xu Huanqing, stared at Xu Huanqing and said, "Isn't it that you can't even pay this bit of silver?" If you can't afford it, then you can't afford it. ”
I saw that those few family members rushed up, escorted Xu Huanqing and Xu Yuan, and walked outside.
Zheng Dewang walked in front, and when he saw a bunch of ordinary people crowded at the door, he waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way of Uncle Ben, don't let the poor sour gas on your body be next to Uncle Ben." The people avoided it.
In fact, Zheng Dewang didn't have to shout like this, because the people avoided him, for fear that if he touched Zheng Dewang, Zheng Dewang would come to the house to make trouble. The ordinary people who live an angry life just want to have less right and wrong, and this Zheng Dewang is a difficult master, and the matter is spread throughout Yanjing.
Zheng Dewang got out of the Miaoyin Pavilion and sat on the sedan chair, the sedan chair was wrapped in gorgeous silk very well, and the top was made of gold to make a dragon head, I don't know how majestic it is to sit in. Those who know say that what is done inside are Yanjing Zheng Bancheng and Zheng Dewang, but those who don't know think that it is the emperor who sits in the big Yan.
And Xu Huanqing and Xu Huan were escorted by the family and walked behind the sedan chair.
Along the way, Zheng Dewang opened the curtain from time to time to look at Xu Xuan behind him, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and the abacus in his heart became louder and louder.
When he arrived at the yamen, the officials on both sides first hit the ground with killing sticks, and shouted: "Wei ~ Wu ~"
The county magistrate sitting in the hall saw Zheng Dewang coming, politely went to welcome Zheng Dewang into the door, and ordered someone to go to the back hall to make the best chair for Zheng Dewang to sit on. Usually the county order trial case is not like this, they all sit on it with a straight face, and their words are fierce. But as soon as Zheng Dewang came, the county magistrate accepted the past style and went to greet Zheng Dewang with a smile.
I saw that the thin and tall housekeeper next to Zheng Dewang walked to the side of the county order, took out a gold ingot from his arms, and put it on the table of the county order.