Chapter 4: Drunkenness and Wildness
Ling Zixuan's "Fairy in the Forest" is chic and elegant, the aftersound is curling, the flower reflects the body slowly dancing with the song, the dance posture is light and soft, the willow waist is gently twisted, graceful, looking up and looking back, looking forward to the brilliance, as if it is the fairy in the song.
"Good!" After the song, Ling Zixuan pressed the strings with both hands, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and then he clapped applause in praise.
Hua Yingrong ended the dance steps elegantly and saluted Ling Zixuan.
Ling Zixuan invited her to sit down for tea together, and ordered a few dishes of Miaoyintang's famous pastries.
Hua Yingrong took off the veil and handed it to the girl behind her, revealing the appearance of a country and a city.
Ling Zixuan said: "This king has a reluctant request. ”
Hua Yingrong smiled and nodded, and said softly, "Lord Wang, please speak." ”
Ling Zixuan said: "The girl has a solid foundation and a moving dancing posture, this king wants to invite you to dance for this song when the hall celebrates in March, I don't know what the girl wants." ”
Hua Yingrong was a little surprised, and then said with a smile: "Thank you for your praise, when you celebrate, Yingrong will definitely take the stage and dance for the prince again." ”
The prince admires her cheerfulness very much, and the other party is also a person who loves him, there is a saying that women chase men and women, and they like her even more in their hearts, and they just wanted to ask her to wait to go to the lake, but there was a noise outside the room, and Ling Zixuan ordered someone to see what was going on.
The guard went to see the situation and came back to say, "There is a scoundrel who is drunk, and he is arguing for Miss Rong'er to drink with him. ”
"Bring it in!" Ling Zixuan frowned, it was the first time that someone dared to spread wild in his Miaoyin Hall.
Hua Yingrong saw that he had something to do, so he got up to say goodbye, and the prince agreed, and instructed the flowers around him: "Flower guard, you send the flower girl out, and by the way, let's talk about the old days!" ”
"Yes!" Hua Mantian agreed and sent them out of Miaoyin Hall.
Hua Mantian and the three of them stood in a cold alley where few people passed, his face was cold, and his tone was cold: "What do you want to do when you approach Ling Zixuan?" ”
Hua Yingrong looked at him innocently with wide eyes: "I said very clearly, I love the prince." ”
Hua Mantian sneered: "You don't like so many people, but you like him?" ”
Hua Yingrong's face changed suddenly, and she sneered: "If you like it, don't you allow others to like it?" ”
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left with the girl.
"You!" The face of the flowers has changed.
In the prince's room, the guard brought in a drunken rogue, who was thin and well-dressed, and was pushed by the guard and lay on the ground, and he tried to struggle to stand up, but the guard put his foot on his waist, so that he could not move.
"You!" Ling Zixuan just wanted to reprimand him, but he saw that there was still the "female ghost" Qiao Zimei who asked him for help last night! She looked worriedly at the man who had been subdued, and this man was Xiao Ran.
"Let go of me, I want to see Rong'er, I want to listen to her play the pipa!" Xiao Ran yelled.
followed by a girl beside Rong'er, who scolded him: "Miss Rong'er doesn't know you, so many people listen to her play, everyone has to see her alone, that's okay!" ”
"Let go of me, I have silver, I have as much as I want!" Xiao Ran still didn't give up.
Qiao Zimei looked at him like this and shed two lines of sad tears.
Ling Zixuan looked at Qiao Zimei's sad appearance, and suddenly understood that this man had a very important position in her heart, he looked at the man majestically, and said in a gentle tone: "Raise his head." ”
The guards who stepped on his back grabbed his braid and pulled it down hard, lifting his head up.
Xiao Ran was pulled to the scalp, glared at Ling Zixuan with resentment in his eyes, and shouted, "Let go of me!" ”
Ling Zixuan looked at the drunken man, his drunken and unreckless haircut was really hateful, the "female ghost" was not bad in appearance, how could he fall in love with such a man?
"Let him go." He asked Xiao Ran, "If you want to listen to Rong'er play and sing alone, how many silver taels can you make?" ”
The guard let go of his hair, lifted his feet and stepped on him, he rubbed his sore back, loosened his body and wanted to stand up, but was stopped, he knelt down and said, "Fifty taels of silver!" ”
Ling Zixuan laughed, suddenly changed his face and said angrily: "Get out!" ”
One of the two guards restrained Xiao Ran's arm, Xiao Ran couldn't struggle, and yelled: "Fifty taels is not willing, I can find several women in a green building!" ”
Ling Zixuan was furious, and even compared his Miaoyin Hall with the Qinglou?!
"Take it to the government!" His tone was tough and unquestionable.
The two guards agreed, and took Xiao Ran, who was still making a lot of noise, out.
Qiao Zimei was so anxious that tears flowed, knelt in front of Ling Zixuan, and cried: "Please let the prince let him go, he is drunk and can't control himself!" ”
Ling Zixuan sneered: "Hmph, why did you let this king let him go?" ”
The guards who were still in the room saw him suddenly talking to themselves, and looked at each other with a blank expression.
He pulled down his face and told everyone to get out.
He looked at Qiao Zimei, who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, and felt deep pity, and suddenly thought of the peach blossom handkerchief, took it out of his shirt and handed it to her to wipe his tears, and asked in a soft tone: "Why haven't you been reincarnated yet?" ”
Qiao Zimei sobbed, took the handkerchief, and found that this handkerchief was actually the one she usually carried, she was stunned, and then wiped away her tears.
Ling Zixuan explained: "You accidentally dropped it last night, and you still carried it with you when you died, it must be your beloved thing, so I will help you keep it first." ”
Qiao Zimei's tears that had just dried up flowed down again, and she choked up: "Zi, Zimei don't know how to reincarnate, Zimei went to the place where the accident happened, etc., and there is no legendary bull head and horse face to come to me, Zimei wandered on the street, and suddenly found that Xiao Ran had entered this place, and he was very curious, so he followed in." ”
"Does he know you're dead?" Ling Zixuan asked.
Qiao Zimei nodded: "He may not be able to accept the fact that the folk girl is dead, so he will give up on himself, he is usually not like this, he works hard to gain fame, and wants to get the approval of his father, so that the folk girl can live a better life in the future." ”
Ling Zixuan secretly sighed in his heart that this woman was really stupid, if this man really loved her, knew that she was dead, didn't guard her coffin, and actually ran to find another woman.
Ling Zixuan asked again: "Why does your father disapprove of him?" ”
"It's because he's poor." Qiao Zimei lowered her eyes, tears kept falling, who let her be born in a rich family, who made her fall in love with a poor person, this is destined to be a tragedy.
Ling Zixuan sneered twice: "Hmph, poor? You see that he is well-dressed, and he has to pay a hundred taels of silver to listen to a woman play the lute? Besides, he can't afford to marry you, he has no ability, and gold will shine wherever he goes, so what's the use of following such a man who has no ability? ”
"Please don't let people take him to the official mansion!" Qiao Zimei kowtowed, she didn't care about the reason why Xiao Ran suddenly became rich now, but she was quite comforted to see that he was no longer having a bad life.
Ling Zixuan turned his back and said, "He humiliates this king like this, let him reflect on it in prison!" ”
"Then I have to follow the prince until the prince releases him!" She knew that he would not let Xiao Ran go easily, so she could only grind and soak hard.
Ling Zixuan glanced at her in disgust, and she also looked back at him with resolute eyes.
This female ghost still dares to call herself 'me' in front of him? Do you think he can't take her now? And dare to threaten him that he will follow him all the time?! It's really stupid, carried away by love, but this king will definitely make you regret your stupidity!
"Whatever you want." When he finished speaking, he was about to go out.
Qiao Zimei really followed closely.
"This king wants to go to the latrine, do you want to follow too?" Ling Zixuan squinted at her, "You might as well go and see what kind of torture your lover is suffering from now!" ”
"No matter where you are, I can find you!" Qiao Zimei was worried about Xiao Ran's current situation and hurried to the official mansion.
It happened that Hua Mantian came back at this time, so he told Hua Mantian to go out to check on Xiao Ran, he was very curious about why this person who was once disliked and poor suddenly became so rich.
Ling Zixuan took advantage of the time when Hua Mantian went out, and used the flying pigeon to send a letter to his cronies Hao Tianlin, who was helping him deal with official business, to check Hua Yingrong's life experience, he didn't believe Hua Mantian, but he believed in him too much, he had been by his side for four years, and he had not had an in-depth understanding of his life experience, if his sister really wanted to become his concubine in the future, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he must now know everything about her, which is responsible for her.
However, this matter must be handled by his cronies, otherwise Hua Mantian will suspect that he does not believe him, and he will have scruples about doing things for him in the future.
Ling Zixuan has been staying in Miaoyin Hall until dinner, Qiao Zimei did not come back, Hua Mantian came back, he reported to Ling Zixuan what he found: "Xiao Ran's parents have passed away, leaving a dilapidated thatched hut for him, he didn't work, he read books all day to gain fame, and suddenly moved to a mansion in the past two days, and he still eats and dresses well." ”
Ling Zixuan was puzzled: "The reason why he suddenly became rich?" ”
Hua Mantian shook his head: "I haven't found it yet." ”
Ling Zixuan had a feeling that Xiao Ran's wealth might have something to do with Qiao Zimei's death, maybe he could get the answer he wanted from this point of investigation, he instructed Hua Mantian: "Tomorrow I will find out the cause of death of Qiao Zimei, the daughter of Qiao Mansion, it's very late, let's go home." ”
It was raining heavily, and he ordered the carriage to be prepared, and when he put on his coat and hat, he turned over and galloped away.
The carriage galloped through the deserted streets at night, and the cold rain slapped against the backs of his face and hands, and his flesh was numb from the cold, and it felt like only the bones were still clutching the reins.
The carriage stopped in front of King Yong's Mansion, and Hua Mantian hurriedly took an umbrella to Ling Zixuan.
"No need." Ling Zixuan waved his hand. It was pitch black all around, he couldn't help but touch the streamer, and looked around again, there was no ghost, he saw Pixiu as if he saw a protective god, and ran quickly to the gate of the palace.
Hua Mantian hurriedly ran in front and knocked on the door, Hua Mantian was as considerate as a woman, not to mention such a trivial thing as playing an umbrella tonight, he was very considerate and thoughtful in everything. In fact, he is not so pampered, no matter what, he has fought on the battlefield, although it is now peaceful and prosperous, but also from time to time to remember the bitterness of the past, otherwise people are easy to covet comfort and not want to forge ahead. But now, even if he wants to remember, there is nowhere to go. After the rain, the only thing he thinks about now is to take a comfortable hot bath, sleep well, and take care of his own government affairs tomorrow.
While waiting to open the door, he suddenly saw the robe on Hua Mantian's chest open, revealing the wet placket close to the skin, Hua Mantian's back to the light of the lantern, he seemed to faintly see his chest slightly bulging, so he reached out to touch: "Mantian, you are strong, you have chest muscles!" ”
Hua Mantian was so frightened by his sudden move that he took two steps back, his eyes full of doubts: "Lord Wang? ”
Ling Zixuan said angrily: "Everyone is a man, what's wrong with touching it, you have to change your cleanliness habit, don't go to the big bathhouse to take a bath, last time this king saw Hao Tianlin pat your chest, you didn't shoot back with a smile!" ”
Hua Mantian explained: "It's the shoulder. ”
The heavy door was pushed open by the two guards, Ling Zixuan walked into the rain angrily, Hua Mantian hurriedly opened the umbrella and followed, Ling Zixuan also squinted at his chest, the clothes were closed tightly, and he couldn't see anything.