Chapter 18: A Fateful Encounter (2)
The scorching July sun shone on the earth as if it were about to smoke, and the willows on the side of the road hung weakly, and the branches were motionless, and there was no wind at all. Dry everywhere, hot everywhere, suffocating everywhere, the whole Luoyang City is like a gossip furnace, making people breathless.
As usual, at this time, the shops in Luoyang City must be sparse in front of the door, and the customers will be scarce. But now it's different, the Han Dynasty Dong Taishi may have taken the wrong medicine, and even ordered to reduce the taxes of merchants in Luoyang City, to the point of fifteen taxes and one, especially the grain and salt necessary for the people's lives to be reduced to the minimum, causing the price of grain and salt in Luoyang City to plummet, the people cheered, and the profiteers who usually relied on the power of the government to maintain huge profits complained about it, but what was the use of their dissatisfaction, the relatives of Dasi Nong Ma Jun relied on their hard background to forcibly buy the grain in the small grain store and raise the market grain price, and as a result, the whole family fell to the ground that afternoon, and the house was raided. The grain was divided, and I heard that Ma Jun, the chief farmer, was scolded by Dong Taishi in the court, and the official was demoted by one level, what else did they dare to say? As a result, the people came to a conclusion, no matter whether that Dong Taishi was really kind or falsely kind, first take this opportunity to buy the low-cost grain and salt that he had never had before, and then say, there is food at home, and there is no panic in his heart, so in this weather like a fire, the streets of Luoyang City are still bustling and crowded.
On the street that is about to be sunburned, a group of people walked, the most eye-catching is a big fat man, more than six feet tall, but with a seven-foot waistline, ugly and terrible, the toad's mouth is still snoring and sticking out his tongue, just like one of the six animals is in a hurry, the clothes are dressed as Confucians, and he is desperately shaking a poor bamboo fan in his hand.
The others were much more pleasing to the eye, one was eight feet tall, tall and mighty, and good-looking, and the other could no longer be described as handsome, with a face so beautiful that even women were jealous, but they were all dressed up in person, and they looked like servants of the rich man. There is also a petite and lovely girl, pure and lively, from time to time holding the hand of the rich man, asking for this and that, and the rich man of the land also wants what to give, and obeys everything. It gives people such an impression - "This lord, the student is Luoyang Xiaolian, after the first dynasty will be a minister, I don't know the old man's surname, where is the immortal mansion?" A Confucian scholar politely saluted the rich man, but his eyes kept glancing at the girl and the last sentence revealed his true intentions, "How old is Ling Ai Fangling?" Is it married? ”
Kang Peng was already so hot that he was about to burn, sweat ran down his chin and beard, and he almost lost his anger when he heard that others regarded his crush as his daughter, and shook his head at Lu Bu, Lu Bu immediately picked up the unlucky guy Xiaolian with his clothes, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Boy, Ben Wenhou accompanied his father-in-law out for a private visit to Weifu today, don't make us angry." ”
The unlucky filial piety was so frightened that he almost called out 'Dong Zhuo', but fortunately, Lu Bu covered his mouth in time and whispered to him: "If you dare to say it, I will definitely kill you, get out!" With a wave of his hand, the unlucky guy flew more than ten meters away.
Looking at the unlucky bastard's appearance of holding his head and running around, Lu Bu whispered very boredly: "Father-in-law, why can you and Zilong come out and encounter injustice on the road and draw a knife to help, but the child can't meet when he comes out?" The child also wants to be like his father-in-law, and the people set up an immortal tablet for the family. ”
Kang Peng's heart was tied to Cai Wenji, and he couldn't help peeking at her delicate appearance, but he didn't hear Lu Bu's words at all. Cai Wenji asked curiously, "What?" There are still people who set up immortal cards for Taishi, is he worthy? ”
Lu Buxin said that if you were not my future godmother, others would have said this to me, and I would have been cut by me. "I saw with my own eyes, the day before yesterday I saw someone on the street asking a fortune teller to write the name of my stepfather, I thought he was trying to curse my godfather, so I quietly followed him to his house to check what was going on, who knew that the guy went back and offered my godfather on the ancestral card, I knew that he meant well. And I looked at his neighbors to the left and right, and every house had my father's name on it, and I wondered at the time, how good would it be if my name was also offered? ”
Cai Wenji looked incredible, looked at Kang Peng, "You can also be respected, I can't believe it." ”
Kang Peng laughed dryly twice, and changed the topic: "Feng Xian, my son, you did the right thing this time, and you can make a decision after looking carefully, instead of killing people indiscriminately, and there is progress." At the same time, Kang Peng was a little moved in his heart, and his hard work was finally understood.
Lu Bu was rarely praised by Kang Peng, and laughed happily, "That's it, that's it, I didn't meet the dignitaries and nobles bullying the people when I came out today, I must be afraid of me Lu Fengxian." Lu Bu thought about it when he said this, and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong is not like this, you go and rob a people's girl, I will go to the hero to save the beauty, and I will invite you to drink afterwards." ”
Zhao Yun was so angry that he couldn't even speak, glared at Lu Bu viciously, and Cai Wenji interjected: "Wenhou, don't you bully Zilong and rob the people's daughters?" It's okay if the folk girl doesn't rob Zilong! Do you look like some old ugly ghost? ”
Kang Peng was embarrassed, and changed the topic again: "Wen Ji, the street in front of you sells rouge gouache, why don't you buy some?" And by the way, I also bought some for Xiao'er and Xiu'er. ”
Women love beauty by nature, and when they heard that there was rouge gouache, even Cai Wenji, who was naturally beautiful, couldn't help but be moved, and ran towards the street with cheers. Lu Bu's eyes also lit up, "It's still my father-in-law, when my subordinates helped me rob beautiful women in the past, it was on this kind of street that where there were beautiful women, there were people who robbed people's girls." Lu Bu ran away, and surpassed Cai Wenji in three or two strokes.
was really guessed by Lu Bu, he turned the street, and saw a group of men surrounding a woman who was tightly wrapped in clothes. Lu Bu was overjoyed, and without saying a word, he rushed up to the gang of men and beat them violently, and then shouted in his mouth: "Don't be afraid, girl, I'm here to save you." ”
The group of people was beaten inexplicably, but when they fought back, they found that this inexplicable man was really terrifying, and it was as easy as breaking someone's arm with his bare hands, just like breaking a straw. One by one, they shouted in fright, "What are you doing? Why hit someone? ”
Lu Bu scolded while heroically saving the beauty: "So many of you are surrounding a weak woman, molesting a folk girl who is either a traitor or a thief, Ben Wen ...... Uncle is beating you scoundrels! In the space to speak, Lu Bu had already knocked all the ten men to the ground.
At this time, the woman who was tightly wrapped in her whole body spoke, and the sweetness of the voice coming from under the black veil was not an exaggeration to describe it as a natural voice, "This Uncle Wen, you misunderstood, they are protecting the little woman, not molesting the little woman." "The voice is very crisp and tender, and it seems that this woman is still a girl.
Watching the lively pedestrians laughing on the side, Lu Bu suddenly stood on the spot, first, he was surprised by the sweetness of the girl's words, and second, he put on a big oolong for the first time when he saved the beauty, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do. At this time, Kang Peng took Zhao Yun and Cai Wenji to squeeze into the crowd, and after asking the reason, he also laughed violently, Kang Peng smiled and saluted the woman, "Girl, I'm really sorry, my son is too reckless, this is the medical fee, take them to see Langzhong." ”
The girl didn't accept the money handed over by Kang Peng, but blessed Kang Peng, and said softly: "Thank you for the grace of the master, make the young master heroic, and be anxious for the righteousness, the little woman is really grateful in her heart, this medical fee is not needed, the little woman is not short of money." ”
Kang Peng was also shocked by the beautiful voice of this girl, and saw that she was unwilling to accept the money, nor was she reluctant, "So offended, may I ask the girl's noble name, where does she live?" On that day we will come to the door to apologize. ”
Maybe Kang Peng's words touched the girl's sore spot, she didn't speak for a long time, Kang Peng was strange when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm, looked down, it turned out to be Cai Wenji pinching him, Cai Wenji angrily whispered to him: "What? Intrigued? Ask for people's names and addresses as soon as they meet? ”
Kang Peng's heart is happy, there is a play! It seems that I don't have any place in this girl's heart, no, I'm jealous! Kang Peng hurriedly said to the girl: "Since this girl is inconvenient to say, we will not take the liberty and leave." ”
Hearing Kang Peng's words, the girl seemed to have just woken up from her contemplation, and choked up: "Thank you for understanding the little girl's difficulties, the little girl is a hard-working person, and she has no face to say anything to the master and the young master." ”
Kang Peng wanted to say something, but Cai Wenji had already pulled him angrily to leave, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun hurriedly followed, and when Lu Bu walked past the girl, she also gave Lu Bu a deep blessing.
"Old thief! Old pervert! Don't be ashamed! As soon as she walked to a place where pedestrians were scarce, Cai Wenji scolded Kang Peng, "Listening to the voice, she is at most fifteen or sixteen years old, you old ugly ghost is not ashamed, just meet and ask people's names and addresses, what are your intentions?" ”
Kang Peng was scolded so much that he didn't dare to come out, and said cautiously: "I just want to come to the door to apologize, I don't mean anything else, I only have ...... in my heart One. ”
"Only that one? Say it. Cai Wenji pricked up her ears and asked as she glared at Kang Peng.
Kang Pengxin said that it was you, and replied: "Xiu'er." When it comes to Xiu'er Kang Peng's heart is tight, although the girl was raped first and then married, she has always been very good to herself, and she obviously sees that she is addicted to Cai Wenji and doesn't say anything, she is already a very virtuous wife, but she has always been very cold to her, and she must have hurt her heart.
Hearing Kang Peng's words, Cai Wenji snorted heavily, her heart was pantothenic again, and she rushed to the shade of the tree and stopped talking.
The four of them were silent under the shade of the tree, each thinking about his own thoughts. It took a long time for Zhao Yun to break the silence, "Wen Hou, I think the masked girl just now is very strange, maybe you didn't save her wrong, she just didn't dare to accept it for some reason." ”
Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and the embarrassment just now was swept away, "I also feel that something is wrong, but I can't think of it, Zilong will tell you quickly." ”
"Wen Hou, on such a hot day, why is she dressed so tightly? Still wearing a veil? Isn't she afraid of the heat? And the last time she spoke, it was like she was crying, but it didn't seem like she was scared to cry by the Taishi (Kang Peng puffed out her eyes), why did she cry? The most important thing is that those who protect her don't seem to be protecting her at all, but like preventing others from seeing her face, all in all, Yun estimates that the girl is being watched and imprisoned by those people, as for why she doesn't dare to accept Wen Hou's rescue, maybe she has something important to fall into the hands of those people. ”
Lu Bu jumped three feet high, "Wow haha...... I'll just say when will I, Lu Fengxian, miss someone?" She must be too beautiful, imprisoned by a brutal villain, and her parents' lives are held in the hands of that villain, just like when I helped my father-in-law rob a beautiful woman (Cai Wenji puffed out her eyes), so she didn't dare to accept Ben Wenhou's rescue! ”
Zhao Yun said: "Taishi, Wen Hou, let's go to the pharmacy in Luoyang City to find the girl and ask what is good, if it is really as Yun Zhi expected, then the girl will be in danger." ”
Lu Bu pulled his legs and ran, shouting as he ran: "Zilong, you protect my father-in-law and Miss Cai, come slowly, I'll save that beauty!" ”
Lu Bu ran around like a headless fly, and ran a few streets in a row, but there was no trace of that group of people, only then did he react, the gang was beaten half to death by himself, the girl was dressed in a special way, someone must have witnessed it at the scene and remembered, why didn't he go back to that street and ask?
Lu Bu secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and turned back, sure enough, someone saw the whereabouts of the girl's party, Lu Bu didn't care whether the witness agreed or not, picked up the person and forced him to lead the way, finally he remembered the godfather's order not to bully the people, took out some money and stuffed it to the person who led the way, and the leader didn't shout.
After crossing a few streets, the leader pointed to a street and said, "They are at the pharmacy on the corner of this street, and the little man saw them go in with his own eyes." Lu Bu was overjoyed, let go and said, "Go, I don't need you." ”
Lu Bu thought about it, first tore some of the coarse cloth clothes he was wearing, and then painted some dust, since it is a hero to save the United States and eliminate violence, the greater the contrast, the better the effect, so that the people can give themselves the immortal card.
As soon as I turned the corner, I saw a pharmacy full of people in front of it, and there was a voice like this, "Beauty, your voice is so good, why don't you show your appearance?" Let me take a look, uncle, if you look beautiful, uncle, I will take you home. Then there was another burst of unbridled laughter. Lu Bule is happy, there are really people who are molesting people's girls, and they finally let Ben Wenhou catch them! Boy, you're out of luck!
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Lu Bu grabbed the onlookers and threw them out, quickly squeezing into the crowd. As Lu Bu expected, a group of nobles in gorgeous clothes were pulling and pulling with the mysterious girl, who was already crying, and the group of people protecting her were lying on the ground, unable to move.
Lu Bu cleared his throat and yelled, "Stop! In broad daylight, flirting with women from good families, aren't you afraid of the king's law? Lu Bu's voice was like thunder, and it shook the ears of others. Seeing Lu Bu coming, the girl was pleasantly surprised, and immediately hid behind Lu Bu, trembling like a few leaves in a cold wind.
The group of dressed men was furious, and one of the leaders shouted, "Damn, a rabbit has popped out of the flock." Dare to disturb Uncle Ben's good deeds, do you know who Uncle Ben is? ”
Lu Bu thought to himself, if I report my name, it will be strange if they dare to fight with me, then my image of a hero saving the United States and eliminating violence and peace will be greatly reduced, and it is difficult for the people to set up a longevity card for me, so I might as well pretend again.
Lu Bu put on a posture, like singing, "When the road is uneven, draw a knife to help, I don't care who you are!" Don't panic, this girl, with me here, no one can touch half of your cold hair. ”
The young man in the Chinese costume was furious, "Good boy, I am the general Yang Feng's nephew Yang Weicao, even I dare to provoke, kill him for me!" ”