Chapter 9: Affection and Duty
"Get out of the way! Hurry up and get out of the way of my young master! ”
"Talk about you! What are you doing there? ”
"The movements are sharp! Be careful of bumping into my young master! ”
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At this time, three or four little men walked towards this place with a fat face and a round belly.
Everyone gave way to him one after another, looking like they couldn't be provoked.
From the whispers of everyone, Ruan Yezhen knew the identity of the person who came.
This person is the only son of Wang Yuanwai, the richest man in Lin'an County, named Wang Tianci!
It is said that seven daughters were born in succession in front of Wang Yuanwai.
In the anticipation of the family day and night, Wang Yuanwai finally got such a baby golden pimple in the year of his establishment. Needless to say, I am spoiled.
This king Tianci has been wanting the wind to be windy and rain since he was a child. Naturally, he has developed such an arrogant and domineering temperament as he is now.
Xie Jinlan had naturally heard of this person. He didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for himself, so he retreated to the side with Mo Yan like others.
With the pace of Wang Tianci's advancement, the woman who was surrounded in the crowd before was gradually revealed in front of Ruan Yezhen and the others.
I saw him kneeling on the ground in filial piety clothes, and there were no other ornaments on his head except for a white silk flower and a straw.
In front of the woman was a corpse wrapped in a straw mat. It was supposed to be her mother, who had died.
Next to the straw mat, there was a white piece of paper with handwriting written on it, pressed with a few small stones. The reason for her selling herself to bury her mother should be written on the paper.
Wang Tianci swaggered over to the woman and stood still, his fat right hand lifting her chin.
When he saw the woman's face clearly, Wang Tianci nodded with satisfaction: "The little beauty looks good, this young master bought it!" ”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pulled the straw off the woman's head, and despite the woman's struggle, he pulled her into his arms. Then he looked at the straw mat on the ground:
"As for your mother, who died of illness, you can rest assured, Young Master Ben will let people bury him well."
Struggling to no avail, the woman glared at Wang Tianci fiercely: "This son, although I am selling myself to bury my mother, I will not be willing to fall and be a concubine!" ”
"Yo, the little beauty is quite backbone! Master Ben likes it! ”
Wang Tianci said, laughing informably.
The little guys who followed also laughed.
Seeing that the matter was about to become a foregone conclusion, the woman looked at the crowd with an anxious face, with a hint of begging in her eyes.
When she saw Xie Jinlan's figure, her eyes lit up instantly.
I saw her biting Wang Tianci's arm fiercely, and when Wang Tianci let go of her hand in pain, she ran to Xie Jinlan and knelt down with all her strength:
"Ask this son to save Xue'er, Xue'er is willing to be a slave and a maid, and be a cow and a horse to repay the son!"
With such a pear blossom with rain, ordinary men will soften their hearts when they see it.
But obviously, Xie Jinlan is not an ordinary man. I saw him look at Xue'er with some amusement:
"I don't need slaves and maids, and I don't need cows or horses. If I save you, I'll have to pay for one more person's rations. ”
Xue'er forgot to cry in an instant, and looked at Xie Jinlan in surprise.
At this time, Wang Tianci came to Xie Jinlan with a small servant: "This son is dressed extraordinarily, but I look at it very much, I'm afraid it's not a local, right?" ”
Although Wang Tianci is a tyrant in Lin'an, he is not a fool without eyes.
When he usually followed Wang Yuanwai to give gifts to those local squire officials, he was a sycophant, which was the essence of his father. and his lawless appearance on weekdays, it is like two people!
Without waiting for Xie Jinlan to react, Wang Tianci turned his face sideways and shouted behind him: "Wang Yi!" ”
"The little one is here, what does the son command?" One of the small guys stepped forward very dogleggedly.
Wang Tianci stretched out his hand to Wang Yi: "Bring the jade pendant that my son just bought today." ”
"Yes, Childe!" As soon as Wang said, he turned around and took a small but delicate brocade box from the hand of another servant, and then carefully handed it to Wang Tianci's hand.
When retreating, Wang Yi secretly glanced at Xie Jinlan, and the envy and jealousy were very obvious.
"The cheap maid disturbed the son, this good jade pendant should be my apology to the son." Wang Tianci said, and handed the brocade box to Xie Jinlan.
Xie Jinlan didn't want to be nosy, so he took the brocade box with a smile, and then bowed slightly to Wang Tianci: "Then thank you Wang Gongzi." ”
Seeing that Xie Jinlan accepted the brocade box, the smile on Wang Tianci's face instantly expanded: "You're welcome!" ”
Then his eyes fell on Xue'er, who was kneeling on the ground, and very rudely pulled her into his arms, and whispered in her ear:
"Little beauty, look how much I care about you! This jade pendant, I'm afraid you can't afford to sell yourself 800 times! From now on, let's follow this son with peace of mind, don't think about those who don't have it......"
The threat in the words is clear.
After Wang Tianci took his dogs away, everyone also went their own way.
Many of them are whispering:
"That woman named Xue'er is really pitiful, she just lost her mother, and was robbed by the overlord."
"Who's to say it isn't! That son is also hard-hearted, such a delicate beauty asked for help, but she was indifferent! ”
"Not everyone can afford to offend the king! Besides, the boy also got a good jade pendant because of this, and if he didn't see it, he would accept it, could it be that he still took himself? ”
"Humph! It's not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death! ”
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Listening to the sound of discussions that came into her ears from time to time, Ruan Yezhen couldn't help but feel a little angry.
But seeing Xie Jinlan's appearance as if nothing had happened, Ruan Yezhen was a little puzzled:
"Xie Jinlan, aren't you angry when they talk about you and misunderstand you?"
Xie Jinlan's footsteps paused slightly, and he glanced at Ruan Yezhen lightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. It seems that he didn't expect her to be on his side.
Immediately, he retracted his gaze, casually played with the brocade box in his hand, and opened his mouth casually: "Mo Yan, do you think I was too ruthless in what I did before?" ”
My own adults have always done things as they want, why are there so many questions today?
Such thoughts are only fleeting in my mind. The next moment, Mo Yan laughed and said:
"Childe, Mo Yan doesn't understand those big truths. Mo Yan only knew that Childe had never done anything that hurt heaven and reason. It is the duty to help others, and it is the duty not to help. ”
After a pause, Mo Yan continued:
"What's more, since the girl named Snow Maiden sold herself to bury her mother, couldn't she have predicted what happened before?
It's just because I don't look down on that prince. If that prince was as handsome as the prince, she would have been shy. How can there be a request for help from the pear blossoms with rain at the end? ”
Between the words, there was a bit of contempt.