Chapter 68: Misfortune for a wife

When the Peng Wuwang brothers were being ridiculed and teased by Sister Zhang Feng and other people in the brothel, a boy in literary clothes walked out with a swagger and coughed slowly.

Hearing this cough, Sister Zhang Feng and the others immediately stopped laughing. Sister Zhang Feng hurriedly came to the boy's side, smiled flatteringly and said, "Ah, Brother Lianfu, where is your son-in-law?"

Lian Fu bowed to Sister Zhang Feng quite gracefully, and said, "Sister Lao Feng is concerned, my son-in-law is going to leave in advance, saying that he will come to Xianyin Pavilion another day to listen to the fairy music of the Su family."

Sister Zhang Feng let out an "oops", made a look of deep regret, and said loudly: "Wan'er finally opened a pavilion to perform, and even the son didn't even appreciate the beginning of listening, I don't know how sad Wan'er will be."

Lian Fu smiled slightly: "Sister Feng, don't worry, the son has his own explanation. Also, Childe has instructed that his flower pavilion can be filled by these two brothers outside the door." After that, he ignored Sister Zhang Feng's response and swaggered away.

Sister Zhang Feng watched him Shi Shiran leave, and snorted coldly. The black-faced man next to him said hesitantly: "It's really a dog's power, a scholar who even has a family village can be so powerful, and he doesn't give Sister Feng face at all."

Sister Zhang Feng's face was expressionless, and she said coldly: "Lian Gongzi is the first son of the world's martial arts, and even the owner of the village is a member of the first rank of the dynasty, plus several brothers are all generals in various states and prefectures, and their power is monstrous, of course they don't take us businessmen seriously."

She turned her head and looked at the Peng brothers who were standing at the door probing their brains and didn't know what to do, and said, "Hey, you two, count the yin virtues that your ancestors have accumulated for several lifetimes, today even Gongzi appreciated his face and gave the Flower Pavilion to you, and he didn't go in."

The Peng brothers were overjoyed, and Peng said fearlessly, "Then we can go in?"

Sister Zhang Feng was annoyed when she looked at the two of them, and said loudly, "Although Gongzi Lian gave up the Flower Pavilion to you, he can only accommodate one seat, so you can choose one person to enter."

Peng Wuwang thought for a while, patted Peng Wufear's shoulder, and said, "Fourth brother, this is a place of right and wrong, it's useless to stay longer, you better go shopping in the market, and I'll come out immediately."

Peng Wuxing was also frightened by the laughter of these strange characters in the brothel, and the pride and ambition in his heart to bravely enter the brothel had long been exhausted, and when he heard this, he immediately said, "Third brother, be careful, I'll go shopping on the street, and I'll wait for you here later."

Peng Wuwang nodded solemnly, looked at the triple pavilion of the hairpin building, took a deep breath, tightened the clothes on his body, and strode into the door. Seeing Peng Wuwang walking into the gate of the hairpin building alone, Peng Wuxing suddenly had a strange feeling that his third brother seemed to have walked into the mouth of a greased and powdered monster.

The layout of the hairpin building can be said to be ingenious, different from the layout of other fireworks towers. Although the building is divided into three floors, there is a large space in the center of the hall. In this empty field, a huge pond was built, and there were more than 100 five-colored carp with fine scales like brocade in the pond, and there were many pavilions on the edge of the pond, and there were as many as eight in total, and the position of the eight trigrams of Fuxi was arranged. A wide stone bridge is framed on the pond, the bridge is divided into five songs, there is a small pavilion on the third song, a delicate piano stand lies horizontally under the pavilion, there is an antique piano on the shelf, the wood texture on the piano is distinct, obviously after the best maintenance, the head and tail of the piano are engraved with colorful clouds chasing the moon, the hundred birds and the phoenix pattern, the color is heavy and gorgeous, extremely elegant and exquisite, it is unforgettable at first sight. And each of the eight small pavilions has a private seat, and peonies are planted on the side of the pavilion, and the flowers compete for beauty, which has a unique charm. And around this beautiful pattern of the empty field, the hairpin flower building on the third floor of the place near the empty field is full of flower pavilions, no matter which floor of the elegant seat the guests sit on, they can clearly see the small pavilion in the stone bridge. And Su Wan, the world's first piano, will also play her popular famous songs there.

At this time, all the VIPs had already taken their seats, and everyone held their breath and waited quietly for Su Wan's arrival. Although all of these people have a prominent status and have paid a great price for today's attendance, they have no dissatisfaction with Su Wan's belated arrival, but there are many people who also enjoy this waiting time, looking left and right, nodding and sighing, as if admiring the ingenious design of the hairpin hall meeting hall.

Peng Wuwang's seat is in the small pavilion facing the guqin among the eight elegant pavilions, which can be said to be the best seat in the VIP seat. As soon as Peng Wuwang, who was dressed in cloth and linen clothes and was rude and unruly, appeared in the VIP seat, many people began to strangely talk about who this person was, and why he was dressed so vulgarly and could enter the room and occupy such a precious seat.

As soon as Peng Wuwang entered the seat, he began to look around, wanting to find someone to inquire about Situ Nianqing's news. But his seat was too far away from any other seats, and it was inconvenient to ask, and no one in the hairpin building came to greet him, firstly, because Su Wan was performing, and everyone had to retreat to avoid disturbing the guests listening to the music, and secondly, because Sister Zhang Feng specially instructed her subordinates not to greet the rustic poor bastard.

So Peng Wuwang was in a hurry, but he couldn't find anyone to ask, so he had to sit with his head bored, scratching his ears and cheeks, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, Su Wan, who was dressed in elegant and elegant clothes, walked into the empty field with a smile. Everyone stood up excitedly and saluted her from afar, and some people couldn't help but cheer up, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

Su Wan came to the small pavilion on the bridge, stood in front of the guqin, made a blessing to the Quartet, and said softly: "All the distinguished guests have come here to listen to Wan'er plucking the strings, Wan'er is really flattered."

The VIPs immediately responded, and from time to time they heard "Three lives are fortunate!" "I'm ashamed!" and so on. At this time, an old man in his sixties who was sitting in the small pavilion on Peng Wuwang's left hand side smiled and supported the silver hair under his chin with his right hand with a broken finger, and said loudly: "Miss Wan'er is too polite, in the capital, every time you hear the reputation of the world's first qin, she has been moved for a long time, and now she can listen to the fairy music, which is really a blessing for three lives."

Su Wan'er respectfully gave the old man a blessing, and said earnestly: "If you can get the personal comment of Lord Du, it will be Wan'er's three lives of great luck." "Hahaha!" A strong yellow-faced man sitting next to Master Du laughed loudly and said loudly, "I heard that the Su family has a big temper, sharp words, and does not give people affection, but now that we meet, the girl is humble and polite, which is very different from the rumors."

Su Wan looked at this strong man who did not forget to put a leather armor shoulder pad on his shoulder and arm even if he was dressed in ordinary clothes, smiled slightly, and said, "Wan'er's temper also varies from person to person, and Wan'er naturally respects those officials who are dedicated to the country and the people, and those generals who protect the territory and fight bravely. And for those evil people who are covered in copper stench and adults who are powerful, Wan'er is not in the mood to ask herself."

"Well said! Well said!" The strong man was even happier and said, "For those people, Qin Mou doesn't have a good face, which coincides with the Su family, haha!"

Su Wan glanced at the other VIPs present, but ignored them anymore, and still said to Lord Du: "Lord Du has always been busy with official business, I don't know why I have time to come here and listen to Wan'er's music?"

Lord Du smiled slightly, and said, "It is related to General Li who has commanded the army to wipe out the remnants of Jiangnan, and the No. 1 gang of the rivers and lakes that involves the livelihood of the people in the world has also been dispersed overnight. The saint's worries are gone, and we have been granted amnesty and can rest for a while. Coincidentally, it was just in time for Wan'er to open the pavilion and perform, so we came together."

Su Wan nodded slightly, and said, "Lord Du works hard for state affairs, and asks for his life for the people in everything, which is really admired by thousands of people. When you come to Yangzhou, no matter what time it is, Wan'er is willing to dedicate music to you."

Master Du smiled and arched his hand and said, "Then, thank you Du."

The big man surnamed Qin asked playfully on the side, "Master Su, what about me?"

Su Wanyan smiled and said, "General Qin gave an order, how dare Wan'er disobey."

General Qin was overjoyed and said, "This is what you said, and it is absolutely not allowed to be relied upon."

Wan'er smiled and nodded, her eyes turned to Peng Wuwang, who was sitting next to Master Du.

"This son is invited." Su Wan wished Peng Hopeless a little blessing. As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and countless hot eyes immediately focused on Peng Wuwang.

It turned out that Su Wan had a lonely and arrogant temperament, and she was only good to those who had real talents and learned and good ministers and famous generals, so before the performance, all the people who could talk to her were prominent figures. Lord Nadu is a minister who has been with Li Shimin since he was still the second prince, and he is comparable to Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty and Li Si of the Qin. And that General Qin is an invincible brave general who gallops on the battlefield and is invincible. So Su Wan made an exception and chatted a few more words.

And Peng Wuwang was not only inconspicuously dressed, but also didn't look like a great character, so Su Wan took the initiative to talk to him, which naturally surprised everyone. Even Lord Du and General Qin looked at him curiously.

For the first time in his life, Peng Wuwang greeted a woman like a geisha, only to feel that something was wrong with his whole body, and reluctantly hugged his fists and said, "Aunt, the girl is polite."

Su Wan's face sank, and she said, "Childe is here to find someone."

Peng Wuwang was taken aback and said, "How did the girl know that she was here to find someone."

Su Wan flicked her sleeves lightly and said slowly, "I also know that the person you are looking for is Situ Nianqing, but Situ Boren's daughter."

Peng Wuwang was surprised, stood up suddenly, arched his hand vigorously, and said, "Since the girl knows everything, she must know where Situ Nianqing is, Peng is so polite, please tell me where she is."

Su Wan smiled slightly and said, "Far away in the sky, close in front of you."

Peng Wuwang was overjoyed, and he roared excitedly, and jumped out of the pavilion and said, "Miss Situ, I finally found you."

"Hey!" Su Wan stretched out her hand coldly, stopped Peng Wuhope, and said, "Son, please respect yourself, the little girl has no chance to be surnamed Situ anymore, and she has changed her mother's surname to Su Wan. The former Situ Nianqing is dead."

Peng Wuwang raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "Girl, what is Uncle Situ's wrong treatment of you, you actually broke out of the house and did not follow your father's surname."

Su Wanliu raised her eyebrows and said loudly, "You are really asking ridiculously. My former father, in order to covet small profits, actually gambled on me and lost to a prostitute, which made my mother run away from home in anger. I have been tormented in a brothel for more than ten years, and if it weren't for God's eyes to let me learn piano skills, I would have become a swagger and a willow in the street, what do you say he did wrong to me? Okay, let everyone here comment on the rights and wrongs of the people here today to see if I have done anything wrong."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately ushered in a voice of echo. A well-dressed nobleman, who at first glance knew that he was the son of a nobleman, raised his voice and said, "What do you think of such an irresponsible father?"

Peng Wuwang looked around angrily, sighed bitterly, eased his tone, and said, "Girl, Uncle Situ was indeed wrong in his early years, but how could there be an overnight feud between father and daughter. Uncle Situ has already admitted that he did wrong, and you don't have to dwell on it anymore."

Su Wan sneered slightly, and said, "He didn't find someone to come here to look for me until now, and he still has the face to let me recognize him as my father again."

"Girl, you!" Peng Wuwang saw her insulting Uncle Situ, whom he had always respected, not only was he furious, but after thinking about it, Su Wan suffered a lot in the brothel, and it was inevitable that she would have a bad temper, and it was normal for her to hate the initiator, so she finally didn't speak ill of her, but just said in a deep voice: "Girl, people are not sages, who can do no wrong. Now Uncle Situ has changed his past and has become a respected elder. Please girl, a lot, don't worry about it anymore. Uncle Situ has not come to see you for a long time, just because he has not scraped together enough silver taels to redeem your life. Now we have all we have, and we have saved up some money, and we have come here to redeem you. From now on, the girl will not have to suffer here again."

"You want to redeem me?" Su Wan seemed to hear the Arabian Nights, and was stunned on the spot.

All the dignitaries present, including Lord Du, General Qin, and the active prince of Guijie were all stunned. In the middle of the night, starting with the noble son, the audience erupted in long-lasting laughter, as if Peng Wuwang said the funniest thing in the world.

Peng Wuwang looked around, confused, not knowing what he had said wrong. After a long time, the noble son laughed and said, "Silly boy, just by you, you want to redeem yourself for the Su family, you, ha, it's funny." His words drew more laughter.

Peng Wuwang finally couldn't help but be angry, and slapped his fists hard, making a loud "bang", and said loudly, "What are you laughing at? Don't look at me in a cloth garment, but I brought silver taels."

Su Wan smiled slightly and said, "What a nerd, you've never entered the Qinglou, right? Do you know the price of redemption for me?"

Peng Wuwang's face was flushed with anger, he reached into his arms, grabbed a handful of flying money, raised it in his hand, and said, "We have sold our belongings and scraped together enough of the six hundred and eighty taels of gold flying money here, but is it enough?"

The laughter of the crowd had already been quieted, and they couldn't help but laugh out loud at this time.

Su Wan sighed and said, "This mere silver tael is not enough for a fraction."

"Just a fraction?" Peng Wuwang finally felt a burst of despair, "Oh my God, in that case, wouldn't that be a thousand taels of gold?"

At this time, Sister Zhang Feng had already walked over and sneered, "It's really a country bun, and now Wan'er's price is ten thousand gold, and it is difficult to buy. You're going to die of this heart."

"Ten thousand taels of gold?" Peng Wuwang smiled bitterly in his heart, "Why is it ten thousand taels of gold?" He looked at Su Wan, and felt pity in his heart: it turned out that she couldn't leave this fireworks willow lane in this life, no wonder she blamed Uncle Situ so much.

At this moment, he suddenly had an idea, hurriedly groped in his arms, and finally found it, took the thing in his hand, and said, "Hey, look, this thing should be worth a lot of money, right?"

Su Wan carefully looked at the crystal bead that flashed yellow light in Peng Wuwang's hand, shook her head, and said, "It's useless, you can't redeem me from the building at all."

At this time, a purple-clothed and red-faced old man sitting in one of the eight small pavilions stood up and said with a strange look in his eyes, "Unbelievable, little brother, where did this bead of yours come from. This is the primordial fetal pearl of a thousand-year-old blood diet, and it is a rare treasure of great value."

Peng Wuwang's already dead face rekindled hope, and he asked eagerly, "How much is it worth?"

Even Lord Du was very curious, and said loudly: "The things that can be appreciated by the boss of Lianchengju Sima must be rare things, and Du is willing to hear about them." Boss Sima hurriedly gave Master Du a deep look and said, "Although my Lianchengju is the largest jewelry store in the world, I have only seen this kind of treasure once, and it was relayed to me by my grandfather. This yuan fetal bead is more than a thousand years of blood diet under the jaw of the growth of the spirit bead, the color is yellow, bright as the night pearl, facing the sun can be divided into seven colors, crystal clear, like jade. The thousand-year-old blood diet relies on this bead to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, which can be cultivated into essence, and it is also connected to the life of the blood diet, if it is taken out, it will die immediately. If ordinary people take this pearl, not only can they prolong their life and bring the dead back to life, but also they will not invade by all kinds of poisons, and the most attractive thing is that those who practice qi can increase their pure skills for 80 years. Therefore, this treasure is hard to find."

"Oh!" Everyone listened attentively to Boss Sima's explanation and admired it in amazement, and more than a dozen martial arts figures stared at the Yuan Fetal Bead in Peng Wuwang's hand with envy.

General Qin looked at these greedy martial arts figures, snorted, and said to Peng Wuwang, "Little brother, put away your beads, don't be taken away."

Peng Wuwang looked at the bead in his hand, suddenly shook his hand, threw it into Sister Zhang Feng's hand, and said, "This bead is given to you, you let me redeem Su Wan."

Where did Sister Zhang Feng think that Peng Wuwang would throw such a priceless treasure in front of her eyes like throwing a copper coin, and hurriedly changed her hand several times before catching it, looking left and right, she couldn't put it down.

At this time, Su Wan suddenly said coldly: "Sister Zhang Feng, return the meal beads to this son, I don't want to redeem myself."

Sister Zhang Feng woke up like a dream, cold sweat seeped out drop by drop, and she struggled for a long time before she reluctantly handed the beads back into Peng Wuwang's hands, and said flatteringly: "This uncle, you don't know, if Miss Su wants to redeem herself, how many royal relatives, wealthy businessmen, and sons of families will line up to redeem her, so why wait until today. The reason why she is here is of her own free will, and I would never dare force her to stay."

Peng Wuwang was taken aback and said, "What, you mean that she could have redeemed herself a long time ago?"

Sister Zhang Feng nodded.

At this time, Su Wan said slowly, "I could have redeemed my free body for myself a long time ago, but even if I did, so what." After speaking, she smiled slightly bitterly.

Peng Wuwang said loudly, "Girl, why do you think that? Today, after I redeem you, I will take you back to Qingzhou. We in Pengmen, Qingzhou, have a good young man who has not yet married, and I guarantee that you have a good marriage with others. From now on, everyone will live happily together, but it is much better than the miasma here and the drunken gold fans."

The surrounding people laughed again, and the noble prince said again: "Stupid boy, if you want to marry someone in the Su family, there are many relatives of the emperor vying to marry, how can you fall in love with the poor boy there."

Su Wan looked at the sarcastic noble son, smiled, and said, "You big men always like to make arrangements for us women, asking us to do this and that, thinking that you are considerate of us. Even if you marry into a wealthy family, you not only have to compete for favor with the main house, but you also have to worry that you are no longer in your prime and will not be able to get the love of your husband. If I marry into an ordinary family, there are a few people in the world who can understand my piano sound. All the people in the world believe that men are heaven and women are earth. It is also said that marry a chicken with a chicken, and marry a dog with a dog. That means we're inferior to women and dogs."

Speaking of this, Su Wanxiu's eyes flashed with wonder: "I just don't believe in this evil. What I Su Wan hate the most is that someone forced me to marry. I have sworn that I will never leave the hairpin building for the rest of my life."

Peng Wuwang was furious and shouted, "Girl, you don't love yourself, do you want to be a prostitute for the rest of your life?"

Su Wan smiled coldly and said, "You said that I was a prostitute, okay, I just want to be a prostitute here. In my eyes, there is no woman in this world who is happier than being a prostitute, because my fate is decided by myself, and not at the mercy of a stinking man. I have practiced hard for many years, learned a hand in the piano, and my life's work has been poured into it, if there is no acquaintance with me, it is better to die. And on this hairpin building, there are many literati and scholars, the north and south of the river, and the Central Plains have bosom friends. A piano sound, countless red sales, every song, there will be three or five friends from thousands of miles to listen. I ask a person like me, can you find a soulmate there, and who wants to marry a woman who loves the Aegean as much as her life?"

Peng Wuwang stayed in the field in a daze, stammering, not knowing what to do. Su Wan's remarks were really unseen and unheard of for him. Not only him, but even the others present had never heard of any woman daring to have such a sensational opinion.

Everyone was silent for a long time, only the general Qin suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "Su family said that it is wonderful, although it is said that men and women have been the same since ancient times, but if you think about it carefully, it really doesn't make any sense. Thinking about the ancient flower Mulan, the red whisk girl today, compared to those stinky men who only know drunk life and dream of death, it is much stronger. If everyone has the heart to follow suit, they can't do it." As soon as these words came out, many people immediately echoed them, and the atmosphere became warm again.

Peng Wuwang's heart fluctuated, and tens of thousands of thoughts were turning in his mind, but he could never come up with any way to persuade Su Wan, he stood for a long time before he hesitated and said, "Girl, you are right. But in fact, when you get out of the hairpin building, you can still fend for yourself, so why don't you fall in love here."

Su Wan said coldly, "Oh, what do you think I can do for a living?"

Peng Wuwang said in a low voice: "When our Qingzhou boys get married, we will always invite someone to play music and play to increase the joy, if the girl doesn't dislike it......

"Joke!" The noble son on the side said loudly, "It's an insult to let Miss Su play the piano for those hillbillies!"

Peng Wuwang's expression darkened, and he was speechless for a long time.

Su Wan looked at him and thought to herself: This person is also doing his best for his father, I'm sorry that my father is not him, so why embarrass him so much. Thinking of this, she smiled slightly, and said, "This son, since you are here for my father, now I am willing to stay in the Qinglou, I can't complain about you, and your mission is over." Why don't you sit down and listen to me play a song and talk about it?"

Peng was hopeless and wanted to persuade again, but Su Wan ignored him and sat down leisurely next to the piano stand. He turned around and sat back in the small pavilion seat blankly, his thoughts fluctuating in his heart, and his mind was at a loss.