Chapter 44: Li Dongyang's Temptation (Seeking Collection)
To see if a person is beautiful, the main thing to look at is the facial features, figure and skin. To see whether a person has temperament and connotation, the main thing to look at is the eyes. The inner reflection revealed through a look, a gaze, is often the most real. It is undeniable that there is such a person in this world, who can express everything he wants to express with just one look.
There is no doubt that Cui Rushuang is such a person.
She happily entered Cui Niannu's room, and the moment she stepped through the door, the smile on her face slowly solidified. In broad daylight, lonely men and widows are in the same room
There is adultery! Cui Rushuang suddenly had these three big words in her heart, but then she shook her head, and said in her heart Why would she think like this, Niannu and Jiang Xia had known each other before, and the two of them had intentions for each other. It's me
Thinking about it like this, Cui Rushuang immediately found that she was the one who intervened between Nian Nu and Jiang Xia. So Cui Rushuang looked at Cui Niannu with a hint of guilt in her eyes, and looked at Jiang Xia with a thick resentment.
The so-called most unbearable is the grace of beauty. When the tigress was subdued and turned into a tame little white rabbit, when the barbarian girl who fought and killed at every turn became a deep resentful woman, Jiang Xia was unable to parry in an instant. If it is said that the competition of verbal kung fu and fist and foot kung fu, Jiang Xia is not scared of Cui Rushuang at all. But once he met a beauty like Cui Rushuang who looked at him with resentment, Jiang Xia immediately became a scum with less than five combat strength, and he was immediately defeated.
The enemy is too strong and must be strategically shifted. Jiang Xia secretly said in his heart, and then immediately stood up and said to Cui Niannu: "Oh, today is actually your birthday Niannu?" Why don't you tell me, you wait a minute, I'll go out and pick you a gift, and I'll be back in an hour at most. ”
"Brother Jiang, don't use it"
Before Cui Niannu finished speaking, Jiang Xia had already trotted out of Cui Niannu's door.
After walking out of Cui Niannu's door, Jiang Xia really walked out of Xiaoyao Villa as he said. Since coming to the Ming Dynasty, there are not many women who have moved Jiangxia. Cui Niannu is the first, and Cui Rushuang can be regarded as the second.
Jiang Xia has never been stingy with the woman he loves, so he is indeed ready to buy a gift for Cui Niannu.
But when he thought of Cui Niannu, he thought of Cui Rushuang by the way, and the resentful eyes really made people's hearts tremble at a glance, and Jiang Xia couldn't help but tremble while thinking about it.
Out of the gate of Xiaoyao Villa, Jiang Xia walked to the east side of the street, where the silver building jade antique shops gathered, and it was the most suitable place to buy gifts. Jiang Xia had just taken two steps and suddenly heard a shout from behind him: "Young man, please stay." ”
As soon as Jiang Xia turned around, he saw an old man in a gray cloth robe walking over with a cloth banner in his hand, and the four big characters "Iron Mouth Straight Break" were written on the cloth banner, which seemed to be a fortune teller who walked the rivers and lakes. The old man walked up to Jiang Xia with a smile on his face, but the words he said made Jiang Xia feel the urge to beat people: "Young man, I am afraid that you have a bad omen on your body when I see that your Yin Tang is black." ”
"You're wearing a bra, you don't just have a bra and two big waves." Jiang Xia rolled his eyes and said angrily.
The old man smiled slightly, and was angry at Jiang Xia's backlash, he shook his head and said, "The belly is talented and arrogant, and Mu Xiu is easy to fall in the forest branches." There is no good or evil in both good and evil, just to be happy in the heart. ”
The old man read out a limerick lightly, and Jiang Xia, who was about to turn around and leave, stopped again. He turned around and looked at the old man carefully, with the viciousness of Jiang Xia's gaze, he could see that this old man was by no means ordinary.
First of all, this old man was dressed very ordinary, wearing a cloth coat and a pair of cloth shoes, but Jiang Xia felt a faint coercion on him. This kind of coercion is formed by a strong sense of majesty, and in order to exude such coercion, it must be formed by the person who has been in a high position for many years and is accustomed to giving orders. How can such an old man go to the rivers and lakes to tell fortunes for others?
The second is the limerick poem, the verse is not profound, and the meaning is simple and easy to understand. The first sentence said that Jiang Xia is a talented person, so it is inevitable that he will be a little arrogant. It is precisely because of this bit of arrogance that he often acts unexpectedly, resulting in a situation where Mu Xiu is in the forest and is tormented by the wind. The third and fourth sentences say that he completes this good and evil according to his own mood, has no real thoughts of good and evil, and does everything just for himself to be able to live freely.
Jiang Xia had to admit that this old man was quite accurate, the two didn't know each other before, how could they be in the same language?
Jiang Xia smiled and said to the old man: "Look at Mr., it's a bit of a doorway." Then you give me the math of my recent fortune and marriage. First of all, if it is not allowed, you can not pay the silver taels. ”
The old man nodded, he stroked the beard on his chin lightly, and said with an unfathomable expression: "If the old man is not wrong, young man, your recent fortune is good, and it should be a sign of daily progress." But in terms of marriage, I'm afraid it's not satisfactory, it's not that it's not strong, but it's too strong. Marriage, if it is just right, is called peach blossom luck. If it is too frequent, it is called the peach blossom robbery. ”
"God." Jiang Xia suddenly admired a little, and his eyes when he looked at the old man became a little serious.
When Jiang Xia was still the head of Qianmen, he had come into contact with several masters in the Xuanmen, and the Chinese Xuanmen was broad and profound, and the people who really entered the door were indeed different from ordinary people. Searching for dragons and points, and criticizing words are their forte.
The old man said in one sentence that Jiangxia's recent fortune was prosperous, and there was a peach blossom robbery. The former is relatively simple in this matter, because he came out of the Joyful Villa, and he was gorgeously dressed and wore precious jade ornaments. But to say that there is a peach blossom tribulation in Zhongjiangxia, this is not simple.
Jiang Xia knew that he had met a master today, and he saluted the old man and said, "The kid was rude before, and I hope that Mr. will not blame him." ”
The old man waved his hand and said, "It's okay." Your Excellency asked the old man two questions, and the old man happened to have a question for you. ”
"Sir, please."
"If one day, Your Excellency is the general who guards the city, responsible for guarding the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in the city. Unexpectedly, when a strong enemy came to attack, the enemy drove the refugees outside the city to the city gates, and forced them to come and destroy the city gates with bows and arrows.
At this moment, Your Excellency has three choices, the first is to open the city gate and let the people into the city, but this will easily give the enemy a chance to enter the city. The second was to fire arrows to stop the people from advancing so that they would not break the gates. The third one didn't care about anything, and let the people go down to the city tower and destroy the city gates. How will you choose? ”
Jiang Xia was suddenly a little stunned, he looked at the old man, and couldn't understand why this old man wanted to ask himself these questions.
It is clear that all three options have their limitations, and different choices correspond to different personalities. The first type is kind-hearted but indecisive, has no overall view and no decision-making power, and it is difficult to become a big tool. The second is to kill decisively and know how to make trade-offs, but it is too cruel. is destined to be a dangerous hero, and everyone should guard against such a person. The third type is complete evasiveness, not having the courage to make decisions. Such a person simply belongs to the mud that can't hold up the wall.
The old man looked at Jiang Xia with a sparkling light in his eyes. He is not an ordinary person, and he didn't come here today to tell Jiang Xia's fortune, but to test how this young man is. The question he asked just now was also asked by his master once upon a time. He still remembers that his answer was to choose the second option, to shoot arrows and force the people not to advance. Because he felt that this was the only way to keep the hundreds of thousands of people in the city.
He struggled for more than three hours to say the answer to this question, and when he said it, his teacher told him that he had the opportunity to become the first assistant minister under one person.
And now, he has indeed fulfilled his teacher's words, he is really the first assistant minister of the current cabinet. That's right, this old man is Li Dongyang.
Li Dongyang looked at Jiang Xia with burning eyes. In his heart, he hoped that Jiang Xia could choose the first option, because this proved that Jiang Xia's essence was not bad, and even if he had any ideas in the future, it would be difficult to succeed. He was worried that Jiang Xia would choose the second option, because then he would have to be careful to guard against Jiang Xia, or take advantage of Jiang Xia's fledgling to get rid of him first. As for the third option, Li Dongyang understood that Jiang Xia would never choose that way.
Jiang Xia looked at Li Dongyang leisurely, he smiled and said, "Sir, I don't understand, why do you have to have only these three options?" ”
Li Dongyang was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: "Do you have any other ways to deal with it?" ”
This time, Li Dongyang's expression finally changed a little, and he drove the people to break the city, which in itself was a sharp killing move. Even if it is not successful, it can greatly damage the morale of the enemy, and it has always been this trick that the defending generals are most afraid of. And this trick is also the most difficult trick to solve.
Jiang Xia looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Why don't you throw down a row of wooden barrels from the city tower, the wooden barrels are tied with rope at the beginning." Pull them up when the people are on the barrels, so they don't break the gates? ”
In fact, Jiang Xia still has a passage that he did not say, such a method will definitely not save all the people, but it can give hope to some people. If the rest of the people who were not saved broke the city gates, then he could have shot them justifiably. Because those were the enemies at that time.
Li Dongyang looked at Jiang Xia in a daze, he didn't expect that Jiang Xia didn't choose one of the three options. And if his own new method is for Li Dongyang to evaluate, then he can only say that this person is a emperor.
The emperor has the courage to kill and the law of taking into account the righteousness. Break the conspiracy with Yang, and kill others even if they kill people.
At this moment, Li Dongyang's attention to Jiang Xia in his heart was once again raised to a higher level.
PS: Thanks to CN-spy's red reward, a new helmsman has appeared, and it looks like I have to add more. In addition, thank you to the little emperor and the dragon snake under the tree for their support. There are also monthly passes for the Phantom Moon Blue Night, the Little Emperor, and the Hippo Boy, and of course, thanks to Mumu's huge zongzi red envelopes.