XLII. It would be a mistake to use me as cannon fodder
When he arrived at Longjin Bridge, Li Buqi did not go directly to Zhao's house, but sat down in a tea shop in the distance, drank a bowl of tea, recuperated and prepared for battle. He thinks that this is not a Hongmen banquet, or he let himself be used as a foil for those sons and brothers as cannon fodder, the problem is that if he wants to be cannon fodder, it is a wrong idea, and he has made up his mind to make an earth-shattering scene tonight.
After sitting for a while, several carriages had already stopped at the door of Zhao's house, so Li Buqi paid for the tea and walked slowly to the door of Zhao's house to hand over the invitation. Li Buqi's reputation has long been thunderous to the Zhao family's subordinates, and now he hurriedly let it go inside when he saw it.
When Li Buqi walked to the door, a carriage stopped at the door, and a young man wearing a Luo shirt and shaking a folding fan in winter came down. When the servant stepped forward to hand over the invitation, the young man looked at Li Buqi, who was dressed in sackcloth, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Li Buqi handing over the same post as the invitation he received. After Li Buqi entered, he hurriedly asked the servant at the door who this person was, and the servant told him that this was Li Buqi, this son was stunned for a moment and then suddenly smiled, and then he recognized in his heart that he understood the intention of the Zhao family.
Li Buqi was led to the Zhao family's garden and looked at the scenery in the garden while walking, and sure enough, it was no different from the situation that Yang Shilang had inquired about. The little guy who led the way saw Li Buqi looking at the sand-red rock exposed half under the snow and explained: "Childe is really good eyesight, that big Taihu Lake stone is the most rare to have red all over the body, and it is what my family likes to call red rock." Coincidentally, there is a red plum tree on it, and when it opens, it contrasts with this red rock, which is a rare scenery. ”
Hehe, so you don't have to change a word. Li Buqi nodded with satisfaction.
Walk into the flower hall in the garden, see the bright candles on the top as if day, there are seven or eight sitting heads on the ground, most of them are sitting people, most of them are young people in Chinese costumes, some are talking, some are looking forward to Shenfei, a few are long-bearded scholars, and they are talking and laughing with the master. In the middle of the flower hall is a gauze curtain, and the eyes of the young people will glance there from time to time, and the little lady of the Zhao family will definitely be there for a while.
In a group of sons wearing thick shirts and Luo shirts, Li Buqi was an outlier in sackcloth, so as soon as he was brought in, he immediately asked everyone to stop talking and look at him. When Li Buqi and today's nominal owner Zhao Mingdao greeted him, those people were whispering and asking who it was. Li Buqi has often wandered around the homes of nobles recently, and some people who recognize him and tell people that this is Li Buqi, so Li Buqi heard a burst of laughter.
Li Buqi knew that this was a shame that he was not able to measure himself, which was expected, Li Buqi greeted everyone without changing his face, and sat calmly on the edge of the table. There were two people at one table, and there was a young man sitting on that seat, and when he saw Li Buqi sitting over, he got up and shook his clothes and went to other seats, Li Buqi was happy.
As soon as Li Buqi sat down, another young man walked in from outside, and after he came in, he first glanced at Li Buqi's side, and then greeted everyone. When Zhao Mingdao introduced Li Buqi, the prince surnamed Zhang made an exaggerated expression of surprise: "I don't know if this is the one who escaped from the death of Haoshuichuan?" ”
Li Buqi said: "It should be." I don't know what Brother Zhang has to say? "This is where we come to find fault? Too anxious, right?
Zhang Gongzi's surprised expression was even greater: "This invitation card says that today is for plum blossom appreciation." Could it be that you, a soldier, also know how to appreciate flowers, and even come to mix with this elegant thing? ”
Li Buqi's tone was calm: "I still know a little bit about this, and it is not difficult to make a painting." ”
Zhang Gongzi shook his fan: "How can a painter be in the hall of elegance?" Enjoying flowers and poems is elegant, here are all elegant people, if you don't know how to chant poems here, it will disturb everyone's Yaxing. ”
Li Buqi did not blush-faced as Zhang Gongzi expected, but said very sincerely: "The poetry is being learned, but the merits of the poems can be judged below." ”
Zhang Gongzi directly Sparta: "What? Brag unblushingly! You can't do it, how can you judge? ”
Li Buqi looked at the idiot with an expression: "Haven't you heard that Bai Lotian must read every poem to the people in the village, and they can hear that it is really good." Could it be that Bai Lotian is wrong? ”
Zhang Gongzi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood - Bai Lotian is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "King of Poetry", he dare not deny it - in a hurry, he couldn't find the words to go back for a while. At this time, a boy with thin eyebrows and fine eyes couldn't stand it. He and Zhang Gongzi are friends of a poetry club, although they are opponents today, but they still have the same hatred in the face of a martial artist. So he came over and grabbed Zhang Gongzi and said, "Hey, Brother Zhang, why be angry with a martial artist." ”
Then he turned to Li Buqi and said, "I have a doubt here that I want to ask. ”
Li Buqi said: "You say." ”
"I heard that you are brave enough to kill people, so that you can escape from the good water river. In that case, why don't you stay in the army and run back to Bianliang to pretend to be Sven? ”
Li Buqi sighed bitterly: "Courage and intelligence are indispensable in the battlefield. I just didn't have enough ability, and I couldn't get along in the army, so I had to come back to study and take a fame test. ”
These pretentious sons and daughters like to show off their words the most, and immediately heard that something was wrong, and he immediately said angrily: "What? Do you dare to say that I am not as good as a military man? ”
Li Buqi rolled his eyes: "Did I say it?" I'm just talking about what happened to me, please understand it as I meant it. ”
For the literati who like Lenovo the most, that sentence is so special that it seems to have something in the words, but you can't say that what Li Buqi said is wrong, this is the actual situation of others. This son was also so choked that he couldn't speak, so he had to say "I don't know the same thing as a martial artist", and then pulled Zhang Gongzi to his seat.
Xing'er behind the sand barrier sneered and laughed: "Little lady, this disciple is really bad, and he has nothing to say if he belittles others." And he's so thick-skinned, people talk about him, and he doesn't get annoyed at all. ”
Zhao Min said: "He can be quiet when others treat him like this, and this calmness is rare." It seems that this disciple is by no means in vain, and he used to underestimate him. ”
At this time, the atmosphere in the flower hall was a little weird. After Zhang Gongzi's trouble, the ten teenagers who chose to go on a blind date thought that they understood the situation - the Zhao family asked Li Buqi to come definitely not because he fell in love with Li Buqi, but to let Li Buqi see what kind of people were who asked for marriage to the Zhao family, and obediently retreated, so when Zhang Gongzi tried to humiliate Li Buqi, Zhao Mingdao did not immediately speak out to stop it.
This Zhang Gongzi knew the opportunity early at the beginning, and wanted to leave a good impression on the Zhao family by driving Li Buqi out to show off his skills, but he didn't expect to be humiliated by the military man. This opportunity is reserved for these people. Zhang Gongzi and that Yu Gongzi were deflated by this military man, if anyone can convince him, this bonus will be more.
How can you show your talents without disparaging people? They need an opponent now. But everyone is rich, powerful, and talented, and it will be difficult to see each other after forming a feud. This Li Buqi is just a suitable opponent, although he accompanies the emperor to play football every day, he is just a courtier, in the eyes of Confucius, it is no different from the emperor's dog, and there will not be much of a threat.
It's just that this military man just made it clear that he can't compose poetry, and he doesn't talk much and doesn't give people a chance to catch words, and his skin is as thick as a city wall, and he is not ashamed of his military identity at all, and they can't think of any new tricks for a while, so they can't talk about it. Today is a blind date, they can't be too ugly, this scale is not easy to grasp, they can only stare dryly, and there is a little cold in the flower hall. Zhao Mingdao saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly ordered, "Enjoy the flowers!" It's time to feast! ”