Chapter 63: The Loyal Slave
Cai Xuan was very angry, she was already famous all over the world at the age of twelve, and since then, she has been traveling around the world, from south to north, from west to east, she has walked a lot, and she has seen countless characters, including princes and generals and hundreds of children, but she has never seen a character like Yu Lie, this hateful, reckless, slave lord who doesn't know what pity and jade is, threw her heavily on the bed, and left without saying a word.
Damn, Cai Guo's No. 1 beauty rubbed her wrist, and her jade and icy wrist was red, as if it was branded, and it hurt a little.
Xiaochan walked over hesitantly, pouted with a red mouth, blew the already red and swollen wrist for Cai Xuan, and then blinked her eyes and said, "Little lady, what should I do now?" He's not going to lock us up for the rest of our lives, is he? "He looked worried.
Cai Xuan didn't speak quietly.
Silence is acquiescence, Xiaochan's face changed suddenly, and her eyes glared at the boss: "Oh no, if that's the case, it means that he has a bad idea for Xiaoniang, then, isn't that Xiaochan, isn't it going to be occupied by him?" His mouth pouted, and he wanted to cry.
The little maid thinks about it for a long time, but it is not unreasonable for her to worry, generally speaking, when a noble woman marries, the person who marries has always been the maid and the sister of the concubine, and those maids and sisters will all become the vine wife of that person without exception. As for the reason is very simple, according to the law of the Great Zhou, regardless of the prince and uncle, the nobleman can only have one wife, but he can have countless wisteria wives, although the status is different between the wife and the vine wife, but whether they can get the favor and favor of the man is the same, besides, as long as the wife has nothing to do with the knees, then the heirs born to the vine wife can also inherit the title, and this is obviously what the nobles like, yes, but whenever they marry, they are married to a large number of women, so that the other party has no distractions.
"Poof......
Looking at the worried and loveless little maid, Cai Xuan couldn't help laughing, she rarely showed a heartfelt smile, but she smiled so good-looking, quiet with charm, this kind of subtle flattery, a man will be irresistible, even the little maid opposite her was surprised by her beauty, no wonder Confucius and You Lu would be surprised by her.
However, the smile was short-lived, and soon dissipated on her face, turning into a cold calm, and she held her wrist and said, "Don't worry, he doesn't think anything wrong about me." ”
Xiaochan didn't believe it, and said strangely: "How could it not be?" Xiaoniang is so beautiful, a man can't help but think about it, and wants to occupy it, even Xiaochan wants to think about it. As she spoke, she stared at the gorgeous and peerless Cai Xuan, and licked her slightly dry lips, at this moment, she actually forgot that she was a woman, and she couldn't occupy it if she wanted to.
Cai Xuan said: "No, even if he really has that heart, I won't follow him." Saying that, she shook her head firmly, and gently stroked her wrist that was pulled red by Yu Lie, there was still some pain on her wrist, and the fire was hot, somehow, after her hand stroked, the heat spread from her wrist, as if she wanted to drill into her heart, she turned down the cuffs to cover it, but she couldn't hide the panic in her heart, and her face turned red little by little.
There was no light in the room, the light was dim, and a wisp of soft cotton sunlight flowed in through the window, and the fine and tiny dust stirred wantonly in the sunlight. Looking at these tumbling dust, Cai Xuan calmed down.
"Little lady, I'll take a look."
Xiaochan is a lively and active little maid, she can't be quiet, so she walked under the window and wanted to look out, but the window was too high, and she still couldn't reach it on tiptoe, so she used all her strength to push the low case in the house under the window, and then climbed up the low case, sneakily looked out, who wanted, will climb up, and hit a pair of eyes head-on, scared Xiaochan screamed, and almost fell off the low case. The eyes looked at her calmly with a panicked face, and said, "The master of the family has instructed the old slave to look at you." ”
It's that old slave! The slaves of the abominable lords are also abominable! He actually looked at us like this, it's just, it's a joke in the world! Xiaochan patted her chest, jumped down from the low desk in a puff, and pouted towards Cai Xuan, who was sitting quietly on the edge of the bed: "Little lady, there is an old slave lying outside the window." ”
"I know, I hear you, he's going to look at us, it's a loyal slave." Cai Xuan said calmly, she sat on the edge of the bed, the faint ray of sunlight cast on her hands, and the hands were folded on her legs, looking very much like a lamb to the slaughter that had accepted her fate.
"Huh?"
Xiaochan couldn't stop blinking, and it took a while for the old woman to come back to her senses, she thought, my little lady is very smart, but she is too kind, and too cold, at this time kindness and coldness are not a good thing, no, I have to go and probe for Xiaoniang, thinking, she climbed on the low case again, held her toes, and asked the old slave outside the window: "Loyal slave, what should I call you?" ”
"The old slave's name is Luo Tong." The old slave outside the window also stood on a low desk, his expression was calmer than Cai Xuan, and he thought, that noble woman is right, I am indeed the embodiment of loyalty.
"Do you have children?"
"One."
"What's it called?"
"Luo Ying."
"Your names are weird."
"It was a gift from the head of the house."
"Hmm......" Xiaochan lowered her head, as if thinking about something, and then slowly raised her head, her eyes pure and flawless: "Luo Tong of noble character, respectable old man, can you tell me, how many carriages are coming outside?" How many people? ”
"A ...... No, I shouldn't be able to tell you. The old slave replied subconsciously, and then kept shaking his head.
Xiaochan pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "It is impossible for a person of noble character and respect to lie, besides, that hateful ......" After a pause, he changed his words: "That equally respectable lord just let you look at us, and did not let you lie, and my little lady praised you for your loyalty, you should repay you with loyalty, you must not answer, and you must not lie, you say, is it right or not?" ”
"Right, right? Right? Wrong? "The old slave is old, he really can't get around, he keeps wiping his sweaty forehead, he feels a mess in his head, if he doesn't get the order of the lord, he will definitely turn around and run away immediately, the world of nobles is always so profound.
"Now, you can tell me, how many people are here?" The delicate little maid smiled sweetly, and her gaze was gentle, approving, encouraging, and equally unattainable.
"Two."
……
There are indeed two people who came, one is Yan Zhiyun, and the other is a well-dressed old man, of course, they also have some guards, but these guards are automatically ignored by the old slaves, maybe in the hearts of the old slaves, except for the children of the nobles, the others are not people. Besides, even if these guards were nobles or commoners, how much of a discernment could a slave have? It's good to be able to clearly identify the leading guests.
The reception hall of the lord's mansion is built very magnificently, the stone pillars in the atrium need two people to hug each other, the column head is carved with a big fire bird, and the setting in the hall is also carved and cast in stone, the style is simple, but the workmanship is very rough, which is just suitable for the pride and wildness of the Yan Kingdom.
At this time, the three of them sat down behind three huge stone tables, and the slave girls lit the hanging lamp on the column head, and smoked mustard incense, which is a kind of spice produced by Luoyi, its taste is unique, the first smell is slightly fishy, and then sweet, and then quiet, can pass people's spirit.
The elegant old man smelled this incense for the first time, and couldn't help but praise it repeatedly. Yu Lie smiled indifferently and had a certain respect for the old man. Yan Zhiyun looked cold, his old god was sitting on the top left, and he didn't look at Yu Lie who was sitting on the right, but when facing him, Yu Lie was calm.
Yan Zhiyun is a Yan person, Yan people have always been straightforward, as soon as he came, he said straight to the point, Yu Lie is also half a Yan person, the same is a stubborn and proud temper, when Yan Zhiyun arrogantly asked Cai Xuan if he was here, he directly told Yan Zhiyun that if he came for Cai Xuan, whether he was there or not, I am afraid that he would come and return disappointed.
The slave girls offered spring peach fruit wine, and after the elegant old man drank it, he praised it again: "This wine is different from Yan wine, the color is gorgeous, its fragrance is thick, smooth and wrapping the chest, and it burns inside and outside the human god hall." I don't know, but what makes it? ”
This old man named Yin Yong has been trying to ease the atmosphere, and his name makes the people of Yan like thunder, he is the right doctor of Yan State, this person is the director of Taoism and Confucianism, and he is also involved in the Legalist school, he is the old master of Yanjing Academy, and he is also Yu Lie's teacher, and the master is also the father, of course Yu Lie will not be disrespectful to him, at the moment, the slave lord picked up the wine bowl on the case, and saluted: "The teacher has won the award, but it is just the spring peach brewed in the disciple's territory, if the teacher likes it, the disciple will order someone to prepare a few altars later, Let's talk about it. ”
"Very good."
Yin Yong is the right doctor of Yanguo, one person wears many hats, half a life of hard work, although he is also the old master of Yanjing Academy, but rarely goes to Yanjing Palace to lecture, however, every time he goes, he will notice Yu Lie, and he admires this proud disciple of General Yan, this time, if it is not about the eight marquis and Yu Lie fighting for women, and want to invite him to this remote place, don't think about it.
However, now this elegant old man is thinking, these two people are both arrogant temperaments, what kind of strategy should be used to make the two of them take a step back, so as to achieve the goal of calming things down? Now, Bahouzi is about to set off for Yongguo, but such a thing happened at this moment, which makes people have to think deeply, could it be that he wants to take the opportunity to make the situation bigger, so as to stop the journey? Alas, the eighth marquis is still young in the end, if he really has such an idea, the seriously ill king will only give him one result, that is, to make him set off quickly, not to disobey the order, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back in this life. Yes, the only way to calm things is to calm people, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan.
The scheming Yin Yong was strategizing for Yan Zhiyun, but the Bahouzi, who had a cold face because he missed the beauty, slammed the wine bowl in his hand and said coldly: "This wine is extremely inferior, the entrance is sour, the chest is stagnant and not smooth, it is unbearable, how can it be compared to a spatula?" Yu Duwei, you just said that the teacher and I came here this time, and we must have come with a good time, and we returned with a bad luck, could it be that you mean this wine? ”
"Hou Zi is cautious!" Yin Yong's face changed slightly.
"Bahouzi, what do you mean by this?"
Yu Lie pressed his knees, suddenly stepped forward, his eyes were cold, he was the lord of Luoyi, and he was also the captain of the Yan country, Yan Zhiyun visited the territory of the vassal as a prince, and now, he actually reprimanded the vassal's territory in front of him for the undrinkable wine, which was a great insult to the lord, and he did not follow the ancient etiquette, calling Yu Lie's status in the army instead of his noble status, which was a great contempt for Yu Lie.
Yu Lie straightened his chest, but Yan Zhiyun lowered his head, he played with a jade in his hand, and said casually: "The wine is hard to drink, the territory is decaying, you can't see the retainers, you can't hear the elegant sound, and when you look at it, it's all the things of livestock that don't know what the book is, Yu Duwei, the world says that you are a slave lord, isn't it?" ”
"Haha......"
Yu Lie laughed.