Chapter 14: The Hunt
Suddenly, three days passed, and it was the day to be invited to hunt in the suburbs, Liu Xiuying wore a crow-egg green Confucian dress and skirt, walked through the forest, and ran to this place in a blink of an eye, and in a blink of an eye, she was already there, so anxious that Liu Yisun shouted slower and chased after her. Du Yingqiu couldn't get used to the mountain road, but she looked at this freshness, it was also rare, and she saw that Xiuying had already got a colorful chicken, a gray rabbit, and couldn't help but be greedy, urging Su Zimei to shoot arrows quickly, Su Zimei was afraid that she would fall, so she looked back three times at a time, her intentions were inattentive, and the arrows failed, and she was disgusted by Du Yingqiu.
Yizhi followed at the end, laughing at Xiuying cheering, Liu Yisun shouted at the top of her voice, Du Yingqiu was shaky, Su Zimei scratched her ears and cheeks in a hurry, and before she knew it, when her feet slipped and she was about to fall, Wen Yanbo took a handful of them, so that he had to stabilize them, and heard him say: "Patronizing other people's jokes, I almost became a joke myself." ”
Yizhi smiled and continued to walk forward.
Wen Yanbo saw Xiuying running far away, Liu Yisun and the little guy left behind were out of breath, and asked: "I thought it would be very lively today, but I didn't think about it, only these few people." Yizhi smiled and said: "Daddy took Brother Yuqi and Fourth Brother Jie to visit around, and the third brother didn't know what to do, he went out early and returned late every day, Brother Liangbi encountered a big case, and I haven't been able to see them for several days." I originally thought that Second Brother Wen wouldn't be able to come. ”
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "I couldn't come, but I happened to vacate it." ”
Yizhi was a little gasped, she put the sliding bow on her shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Why didn't Sister Zhen come along?" Wen Yanbo looked at Yizhi with a smile and said, "In this case, you should ask your cousin and sister-in-law, and ask me what to ask?" ”
Yizhi was a little puzzled, and felt inconvenient to ask more, the two walked silently for a while, Wen Yanbo asked about Fu Liangbi's important case, and Yizhi replied randomly, when mentioning 'Ghost Fan Building', he saw Wen Yanbo's eyebrows jump, and he didn't feel a heart, and asked: "This Ghost Fan Building, listening to it makes people scared and curious, Second Brother Wen has seen and heard a lot, I don't know if I know the details." ”
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "My sister looks high, I know everything." ”
Yizhi didn't believe it, and after saying a lot of good things, Wen Yanbo couldn't entangle it, so he had to say: "I just know a little bit, where is it worth your entanglement, it can be seen that you are determined to help Brother Liangbi, since this is the case, it doesn't hurt to talk about it." He took a short breath, and while continuing to move forward, he said: "Fan Lou is the leader of the wine shops in Bianjing City, and the group of homeless thieves and thieves underground take it as its name, and add ghost words, and then name Sanssouci Cave, what does it mean, you are so smart, I don't need to explain too much." The underground ditch was originally used for flood discharge and drainage, but because it was properly repaired, it was possible to build a house, but now it has become a place for the thieves to act as traitors and hide dirt, which is really contrary to the original intention. ”
Remembering the way: "Recently, there have been more than a dozen cases, all of them are teenage girls, and it makes people's hearts uncomfortable when they hear it. It would be nice if the imperial court could send heavy troops to clear the dungeon. ”
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "You said that it is light, how can you pay it off?" You grew up in Bianjing since you were a child, and naturally you have heard the folk song 'Kaifeng City, City Stacked City, There are several cities buried underground.' This is the first major difficulty, in addition to the ditches underground, there is also the ancient city of the Warring States, and the terrain is so tortuous and treacherous. There is a second point, the Jingshi is above, the Guifan Tower is below, and heavy weapons cannot be used. That gang of bandits has been entrenched all year round, familiar with the secret room of the secret passage, the enemy is in the light, I am in the dark, how to attack? There is also a third point, the people who live in the dungeon for a long time are not only bandits, but also tens of thousands of old and helpless homeless people, they are all in the above-ground city can no longer survive, so they go to the dungeon, how to settle these people, if they are not properly handled, it is inevitable that there will be another disaster. Therefore, the court has not made a decision for a long time. Yizhi looked at Wen Yanbo and said, "It can be seen that Second Brother Wen is a very rational person looking at the overall situation. ”
Wen Yanbo smiled and asked Yizhi: "What about Fu Liangbi, what kind of person is he?" ”
Yizhi pondered for a moment and said: "He values love and faith, is brave and loyal, and is a noble gentleman who takes the world as his own responsibility and is willing to die generously for it." ”
Wen Yanbo stopped and said: "Do you think that those who take the world as their own responsibility and are willing to die generously for it are gentlemen, but the ancient clouds are cloudy, the big husband moves with the camera, and the one who tends to be auspicious and avoids the evil is a gentleman." ”
Yizhi also stopped, she was speechless for a while, her eyes were full of suspicion, she looked at Wen Yanbo, and only after a moment, she said: "Father also said this, but I think that someone must first muddy this pool of stagnant water, so that the precipitated dirty and smelly ones can be floated out, and then they can be eliminated in one net." ”
Wen Yanbo said: "Even if you can be the person who sprinkles the net and collects the net, why do you have to be the person who goes deep into the quagmire and stirs up the water." ”
Yizhi stayed for a long time, and suddenly remembered what Li Ping had said on a hazy moonlit night, and said: "It is necessary to have such people and such people, each performing his own duties, and everything can be completed one after another." If everyone tends to good fortune and avoids evil, ignores the general righteousness, and only acts as the one who sprinkles the net and reaps the net, then who will stir up this pool of stagnant water? And those who have great righteousness in their hearts are not worthy to be called a gentleman, and who else is worthy to be called a gentleman? ”
Wen Yanbo smiled: "That's a good point. Let me ask you again, are you willing to choose the person who is good and avoids the evil and gives you a stable life to be the husband, or are you willing to choose the person who has a great heart and is not in danger to be the husband? ”
Yizhi was stunned again, thought about it, and said: "If I respect him, I will naturally cherish his righteousness, and no matter what happens, I am not afraid." Wen Yanbo retorted: "What if it affects your parents, brothers, relatives and friends? ”
Yi Zhikong opened his mouth and couldn't deal with it, Wen Yanbo continued: "Or, even if you and Fu Liangbi can't achieve it, he is still your beloved brother in your heart, if he is in trouble, how can you stand by and watch?" "The Way of Remembrance: "Naturally not. ”
"If this affects you, your cousin, several brothers of your Qingming Academy, and even your father, can they stand by and watch?" Yizhi didn't realize that a breath was blocked in his chest, and his eyes were wide for a while, looking at Wen Yanbo.
Wen Yanbo looked at her for a while and said: "People have no ideas, living is like walking corpses, if you live only with ideas, it is inevitable that it is unrealistic." Big and empty, small and complete, you and I are mortals rolling in the red dust, who does not have an inextricable network of contacts, and the whole body is moved, only by protecting themselves first can we have the strength to protect others. ”
Yizhi tasted his words repeatedly, and even felt very reasonable, so he couldn't help laughing, and said: "After listening to Brother Liangbi's words, I only think that he is very reasonable, but after listening to your words, I feel that Brother Liangbi seems to be lacking. It can be seen that I have seen and heard short-sightedly, and I can't do it, if I want to talk about the real chapter, I have to learn from the two of you personally. ”
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "I came to meet him with me. Yizhi smiled, laughed for a while, but secretly felt that he meant something else, and suddenly, he heard Du Yingqiu cheer and said happily: "It looks like it's shooting, let's go and take a look." So he went there, Wen Yanbo smiled, let Yizhi go first, and he followed behind him, seeing that her feet slipped from time to time, he stretched out his hand to help her, just in case.
When she got closer, she saw that Su Zimei was carrying the ears of a white rabbit, Du Yingqiu greeted her first, followed it with a handkerchief, held it over, looked at it for a while, her heart was warm, and she turned around to show Yizhi and said, "What can I do now, I look at this little thing pitiful, and I want to take it home and raise it." ”
Yizhi looked at it for a while, felt well-behaved and cute, and felt pity, so he wanted to reach out and touch it, but the rabbit kicked violently and jumped from Du Yingqiu's arms to the grass, and the grass trembled all the way, and he was about to disappear when he saw it. Wen Yanbo bent his bow to shoot, his eyes were extremely accurate, and the strings were straight and straight, but he was pressed down by Yi Yiyi, he was about to ask, a pair of tender hands on his arms suddenly shrank back, and he was hesitating to say something, Du Yingqiu took a step forward and said, "Don't shoot, don't shoot, I really can't bear it, forget it, let it live." ”
Yi Zhi then smiled and said, "Sister Yingqiu can't bear it, and I can't bear it either, so I ask Second Brother Wen to raise his noble hand and let this little thing go." ”
Wen Yanbo smiled and put down his bow and arrow.
Su Zimei said unhappily: "You little ladies, you ridiculed me for not being able to shoot at first, I spent a lot of effort, it was easy to get it, I put it upside down, and said that I couldn't bear it." Strange Dao Kong sage cloud, for women and villains are difficult to raise. In that case, how good it is for you to pick flowers and grass at home, and what are you doing here? When Liu Xiuying was full of prey in both hands and shouted at everyone, Liu Yisun was exhausted and proposed to go back to the camp to rest.
Yizhi and Du Yingqiu looked at each other and laughed, Yizhi said to Su Zimei: "It's all ours, isn't it, and I also ask my cousin to have a lot of it, calm my anger, and when I return to the camp, my sister will serve cold syrup and rice with both hands to confess, okay?" ”
Su Zimei glanced at memories, and said angrily: "Did you do it?" ”
Yizhi nodded, Su Zimei raised her eyebrows, although she still put on the score, she didn't pursue it anymore, and the group talked and laughed and returned to the camp, it turned out that this mountain belonged to the Liu family, and a bamboo shed was built near the water at the foot of the mountain, and an old servant was hired to take care of it, which was used to hunt wild fun in the free time.
When we arrived at the camp, the bamboo hut had already been built with a large stone basin and a large iron pot, and the boiling water was boiling inside, raising clouds of mist. There are already small servants who have served the hunted pheasants and ducks, and there are three or four cooks around the iron pot, some kill chickens and clean, and some pluck the chickens and ducks after scalding.
Everyone went to see the excitement, Xiuying pulled Yizhi aside, raised her chin forward, Yizhi looked, only to see Wen Yanbo smiled and walked to a young junior first, the two of them shook each other, Liu Yisun took a step forward to intervene and salute, Su Zimei saw it, and hurriedly took Du Yingqiu to see it together, and couldn't help but be curious, and asked: "Who is this, it's too late, everyone rushed up to greet him." ”
Xiuying said softly: "That one, I heard that the surname is Fu Mingze, born in a family of cooks, and his father Fu Rongren is the head chef of the imperial dining room in the palace, and he is indispensable for any state banquets, sacrifices, and coronation ceremonies. He himself is also angry, he used to be the chef's deputy in Fan Lou, and later was favored by the eldest girl of King Ping, Zhuang Xian, and now he is a fan marquis, and he has set up his own portal. Second Brother Wen was able to invite him today, which is really amazing. ”
Seeing that Fu Zesheng was white and pure, he sighed with emotion: "I can't see that such a Sven person can also be a cook." "After becoming the county master, I didn't do it, I only concentrated on the business, and now few people can taste his craftsmanship."
As she was talking, Su Zimei beckoned to Yizhi, and Yizhi was busy stepping forward, Xiuying restrained her excitement and said softly: "You are capable, you are familiar with him today, and we will have endless delicacies in the future." Yizhi glanced at Xiuying and said, "What nonsense, he is a foreign man, and he is also a county horse, how can I get close to him." To pull her over, Xiuying was the most impatient to socialize, but she had to come forward and said: "The second brother of Nawen is also a foreign man, just now you two are walking side by side, you will help me for a while, and I will pull you for a while, don't let me not see it." ”
Yi Zhi hurriedly said: "The more I talk about it, the more outrageous it is, then I can't stand steadily, he can't pull me anymore, besides, he is a friend of his cousin, not to mention, when we meet, when my cousin is not there, even if my cousin is there, it will not be in the way if I am familiar with it." ”
Xiuying smiled angrily and said, "You sisters, there are just a lot of things, and if you don't succeed in this, you won't be able to do that." Yizhi smiled: "You don't have much to do, why don't you get close to him." Xiuying's eyes widened, and she said: "I heard that the county lord is very famous, and everyone says that the vinegar jar, she is a vinegar jar, a vinegar pool, I am close to him, I don't want to die." Remembering the way: "Then let me get close again, and I won't die?" Xiuying said: "Then you are the daughter of a heavy minister, where is my father who is like me doesn't hurt, and my mother doesn't love it." Yizhi interrupted softly: "Don't talk nonsense. As he spoke, he walked to Fu Ze, and the two of them said ten thousand blessings, and Fu Ze returned the gift.
Wen Yanbo smiled and said to Yizhi: "The talent that Yizhi's sister recommended to me a few days ago is this one. Yizhi was stunned, and he understood it for a while, and said with a smile: "Fu Guanren is a good craftman, and the plate of persimmons is very unforgettable." ”
Fu Zeqian said with a smile: "That plate of fruit, to be favored by Miss Yan, is actually its blessing, and it is also my luck." Yizhi smiled and secretly sighed that he would never be able to eat such a delicious persimmon cake in the future, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
Su Zimei said to Yizhi: "Fang Cai Yanbo is mentioning that Brother Ze has a Fu family crab shop next to Hongqiao that is about to open, and there are no dishes next to it, only a crab, but he has made eighteen tricks. ”
Yizhi's heart lit up, and he said softly: "That's bound to go." ”
Du Yingqiu glanced at Yi Yi with a smile and said, "What a coincidence, what Sister Yi likes to eat, she can always think of it." Hearing this, Yizhi seemed to have a secret involvement, and said suspiciously: "What does my sister like to eat, isn't my cousin busy going to procure, can't you think of it?" As she spoke, she looked at Su Zimei again, only to see Su Zimei's face at a loss, and she was also puzzled, and she was a little more suspicious.
Du Yingqiu saw that there were many people, so he glanced at Yi Yi and didn't say more.
Fu Ze said with a smile: "It is Fu's honor that you are willing to come, and I should personally greet and entertain you." ”
Everyone talked again, and Uncle Tuesday and the Liu family's assistant chef had already cooked a plate of wild duck meat, sliced and equipped with a secret sauce plate, garlic, sweet and spicy, fresh and so on one by one for you to choose. Liu Yisun and Xiuying are not particular, they eat the ground and are happy, Su Zimei often goes to Yanfu, she is used to eating Uncle Tuesday's craftsmanship, and she feels appetizing, but she doesn't dare to comment easily, Wen Yanbo has eaten just a decent smile, and when it was Fu Ze's turn to taste, I saw that everyone's attention was focused on him, especially Uncle Tuesday, the rag in his hand was almost crushed, so he teased: "Today is for wild fun, but as soon as Fu Fanhou comes, it becomes a tasting banquet." ”
Su Zimei was a little jealous, and quietly pulled Yizhi's sleeve, Liu brothers and sisters, look at me, I look at you, I don't dare to laugh or speak, so I was silent, Yizhi saw that everyone was so cautious, and secretly thought that he was dedicated to maintaining Tuesday, but he didn't expect to know this character, if he was not a generous person, I am afraid that he would be offended, thinking about it like this, I couldn't help but be a little worried, so I looked at Wen Yanbo, and saw that he was still smiling, not like everyone was restrained, so he was slightly relieved.
Suddenly, Fu Ze also smiled: "Sister Yan is for me to relieve the siege, just now I am a little afraid to swallow, as if swallowed, I have to say a comment, if I don't say it, everyone is looking at me, if I say it, this trip will also change taste, and I will live up to this great spring in the mountains and fields." ”
Yizhi was relieved and said with a smile: "It can be seen that we have to take Fan Hou lightly, so that the two sides are cheap." As he spoke, he picked up a slice and tasted it, and praised: "My second uncle's craftsmanship is still good." Fu Ze smiled: "It's actually the chef of Yan Mansion, it's really good." ”
Tuesday Uncle Le laughed.
Seeing that Fu Ze was peaceful and gentle, everyone relaxed one by one, and after a while, they also talked and laughed. After a while, Uncle Tuesday was busy cooking fish soup again, Fu Ze followed to point out, and the corners of Uncle Tuesday's mouth were almost behind the root of his ears. Curious, everyone followed, and gathered in a circle. Yingqiu also wanted to see the excitement, Yizhi quietly pulled the corner of her big sleeve, Yingqiu understood, stayed, the two of them said to everyone to go to the forest to pick flowers, Su Zimei told not to go deeper, and let a few strong entourages follow from afar, and the two went to the forest side by side.
Yingqiu and Yizhi walked for a while, and Yizhi said first: "What's wrong with you, a cold sentence and a hot sentence squeeze me." ”
Yingqiu expected that Yizhi would ask like this, looked at Yiyi with disgust, and said, "What you have done, you have your own number." ”
Yizhi said: "I have never been unintentional, I don't know what I did to make my sister unhappy, and I asked my sister to say it clearly, let me die and understand." When Yingqiu heard the word 'death', she pinched her memory lightly and shouted: "What's not good to say, say such a thing!" Seeing Yizhi smiling, he said sourly again: "Mrs. Nawen, tell people everywhere that the eldest girl of the Yan family is good, but she almost didn't say it clearly, and she wants to marry into the door as a daughter-in-law." ”
Remembering the way: "She said that I am good, she just wants to marry me into the door, can't it be that our mother and daughter fall in love, and she has no daughter, and she wants to recognize me as a daughter?" ”
Yingqiu said angrily: "Okay, you have to be cheap and good." Today, the Wen family Erlang was going to go around to check the accounts, but he couldn't come, and your cousin saw that he didn't come again, and it was too lonely today, so he went to invite him again, but when he arrived, Mrs. Wen was also there, and when he heard that you were also going, he hurriedly rushed him out. It's not good for me to send someone to ask for my sister again. As he spoke, he glanced at him again and said, "Don't you notice that Wen Erlang's attitude towards you has become much more affectionate." ”
Yizhi glanced at Yingqiu and said: "Sister Zhen is your sister, I am not, speaking of which, you always have to enter the door of my house, with the relationship between me and my cousin, who is closer, this kind of thing is also worthy of your sarcasm of me, it can be seen that it is good to treat you well in vain, that's it, since you don't want to recognize me, I don't need to burn your cold stove, let's take care of each other in the future!" "Anyway, he pretended to brush his sleeves and left.
Yingqiu belched, tugged at her sleeves, and said, "You, you, you are the stars holding the moon, how pitiful she is, what are you fighting with her!" ”
Yizhi turned around and said: "What you said is not right, when did I fight with her, even if I fight with her, you should have a bowl of water, ask me if I have to be Second Brother Wen, and then ask her if I have to be Second Brother Wen, mediate, with her pity, she blindly accuses me, what is the reason!" As he spoke, he thought of his sadness, he was really annoyed, his eyes were red, and he said: "It's the same brocade clothes and jade food, the same marriage can't be done, and there is one who is not pitiful, you all just think about her, show me the face, even if I don't have that mind, I insist on saying that I have that mind, and I am recruiting who to provoke whom, it's just that, just take care of each other, don't come back and forth, your maid still ask your sister to do it, I have no luck to do it." While saying that, while shaking his hand, Yingqiu dragged the ground tightly, and felt sad from the heart, his eyes were hot, and two lines of tears rolled down.
Yingqiu also burst into tears and said: "You are more anxious than her, her mother went early, her father didn't care, her stepmother treated her harshly, when she was a child, she was thin and like a kitten every time she saw her, and once again, her nurse secretly sent a message, saying that she was seriously ill, and no one paid attention to her for several days, and she didn't invite Langzhong." My mother was busy visiting, and after waiting for a day, she made all kinds of excuses, but she didn't let me see it, and dragged it out in vain. In the end, my grandmother and father went, and made a big fuss, so I brought it back, and at that time, I was already humming and chirping sickly, shouting my mother with a mouth, and my grandmother couldn't sleep all night. Now, her adulterous brother sees that she is a little beautiful, but if she owes money outside, she will mortgage her sister's marriage in advance, she is in the sea of hellfire, and if we don't plan for her in advance, she will die in the hands of that group of people! When he said this, he simply sat down on the big rock beside him and wiped his tears.
After hearing this, I stayed for a long time, remembered Sheng Yuzhen's indifferent expression, and said bitterly: "There are still such brothers in this world, I always feel that Xiuying has a hard time living under her stepmother, sometimes she is willing to make trouble, and she also helps her make trouble." Where did you think of ...... You just don't think about me, I'm so sad, but I don't know that there are still people who are being counted like this. ”
Yingqiu wiped away her tears, relieved herself, and blamed herself: "It's also my fault, you are a righteous character, if I had said it earlier, you would have patted your chest to help, but you didn't say it earlier." Now, if it doesn't work, I blame you for being biased. ”
I couldn't bear it in my heart, and said: "I don't think Second Brother Wen is the kind of person who obeys his mother's orders and lets him marry whoever he marries, he is very assertive." ”
Yingqiu's eyes were red and she said, "Really." ”
Yizhi was a little embarrassed, frowned and said: "My cousin is a rectum that can be seen through at a glance, but he is very different, I can't understand it." However, I thought to myself that if he was interested in Sister Zhen, it would be useless for Mrs. Wen to obstruct him. ”
When Yingqiu heard this, she was very discouraged, and said: "I looked at ...... coldly" and shook her head again: "It's no fun, these two people, no one cares about anyone." It's just that Sister Zhen wants to put all my thoughts into my mind, and I let her get close, and she will get close. ”
Memories muttered, "In that case, it's better not to force it." ”
Yingqiu was displeased: "No, I must find a good family for her!" Let others dare not bully her again! ”
Remembering the way: "The high gate must be good, I can't see it." As he spoke, he sighed and said, "How do you know how much I envy you and my cousin, if I can't marry someone I like, then what's the point in the future." ”
Yingqiu saw that she and Su Zimei were mentioned, thinking that even if she didn't care about it, it was very rare to be considerate of herself, and she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and her face turned red, although she didn't know what she remembered, she also roughly guessed it, and said: "You and Fu Liangbi are indeed too familiar with each other, look, it's not like that." Speaking of which, it is more compatible with Wen Erlang. Yizhi glanced at Yingqiu and said with a smile: "This time, don't blame me for robbing Second Brother Wen." ”
Yingqiu glanced at her memories and said, "I think that your father and mother are reasonable people, and there is still room for detours in this matter. ”
Yi Zhi laughed for a while, thinking of the bits and pieces of getting along with Wen Yanbo, I only felt that such a character had both talent and appearance, extensive knowledge, peace and stability, and was rare to be pragmatic and decent. No matter how anxious things are, as long as I see him, I always feel that I have achieved half of it, and I am a little emotional when I say that I am not emotional, but if I say that I am emotional, I dare not be very emotional, one is because he has a deep mind and is difficult to control, it is not as good as Fu Liangbi to know the roots.
The second is because of his complicated family background, like a tiger's den in Longtan, which is daunting, so he smiled and said: "Even if I like Second Brother Wen, Second Brother Wen likes me, I can't do it." Then he told Lu Gongbi about it with Yingqiu, and said: "If you say something that can't be passed on, my father doesn't want to have too much to do with Lu Gong, how can I just want to be happy...... Let's be vague like this first, Brother Liangbi may not be a good person. Suddenly, he heard the rustling of leaves behind him, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Wen Yanbo, who was afraid that he heard the conversation between the two, but saw that he seemed to have just seen the two, and shouted in the other direction with a smile: "Zimei, they are here." ”
Yizhi and Yingqiu hurriedly looked at each other for a while, and when they saw no traces, they walked towards Wen Yanbo, and after a while, Su Zimei also rushed over, and the four of them talked for a while, and then went back to the camp.