CHAPTER XXIV

Xuan Xuan sat at the table and tracing the calligraphy, according to my request, first copied it, and then wrote it myself. In this case, even if it is not written so exactly alike, there is an eight-point alike. For a child of their age, it's good enough to have an eight.

Xuan Xuan wrote quite seriously, sitting upright, holding the pen in his chubby little hands, drawing one stroke at a time, engrossed, and finishing page after page, I expressed my gratification.

I leaned back on the recliner, took out a small pink sachet from my arms, and held it in my hand to study it carefully.

Pinch it gently with your hand, oval, wide at the top and pointed at the bottom.

The last time I accidentally fell out of my arms, it was this small ornament, and at that time, Nineteen Shao Bai Yan was cold and rushed to see it, but he didn't show it.

Bai Xiaohan, fourteen young, is it really you?

I remember that one day five years ago, I came to Baifu to look for Bai Xiaoqiu.

At that time, Bai Xiaoqiu and I called each other Xiaoqiu, and the other called each other Fanfan, every time I heard him call me Fanfan gently, I would be coquettish to him, let him call him a few more times, I said I love to listen. He just called Fanfan, Fanfan, my little Fanfan. The two of them are as good as one person.

Xiaoqiu once told me that there are two evergreen trees in front of Baifu Gate, with large trunks and lush foliage.

About Baifu Xiaoqiu is rarely mentioned in front of me, and sometimes when it comes to the most enjoyable place, it is just a passing mention, a dragonfly.

From his mouth, I only know that he also has three half-brothers, two younger brothers, two younger sisters and one sister. A whole bunch of cousins and cousins. The eldest brother Bai Zhanqi, the second brother stayed on the frontier, and the third brother died on the battlefield. A big family like him must have more troubles around him, and he doesn't want me to participate in it because he is afraid that I will be worried, so I don't ask more.

Before this, I had never been to Baifu, and I could only rely on some fragments of memories that Bai Xiaoqiu described on weekdays, and I came to the gate of Baifu.

There is a huge plaque hanging on the top of the crimson vermilion lacquer gate, which is inlaid with four big characters "White General's Mansion" with hot stamping, which is shiny and very dazzling. There is a stone statue carved with jade on the left and right sides of the gate, blue bricks and blue tiles, carved jade, and heavily armed soldiers guarding, all dressed in bright light armor, like fish scales, with a round mirror on the chest, holding a spear, solemn and mighty. Look again, there are indeed two hundred-year-old evergreens on the outside of the wall, with verdant branches and leaves, like a beautiful canopy, rushing straight to the infinite sky.

I was looking at it like this, and suddenly I heard a shout behind me: "Who stays here, I don't know what kind of place this is, don't leave quickly, carefully pull down and torture you for your crime."

I turned around and saw that I was the only one here except the guards, and I dared to think that this little thief had taken me for a spy.

I straightened my clothes and stepped forward and said, "Little strong man, don't misunderstand, I'm here to find someone."

But the little strong man didn't listen to me at all, pointed his spear at me, and told me to leave the White Mansion as soon as possible.

I said I'm looking for the twelve, Bai Xiaoqiu.

The little warriors guarding the door laughed even more, and called me a toad.

Is the person surnamed Bai a white swan, it's funny.

I was wearing ragged clothes, a pair of broken shoes, and an unkempt face, so it's no wonder they looked down on me.

So I made up a lie, I said that I came to Luoyang City from a distant state, and I was not familiar with the place, and the only silver taels left on my body were also robbed by the gangsters. The father died, the mother went mad and disappeared, and even the family dog starved to death. At that time, I said that I could be as miserable as I wanted, so as to win their sympathy.

Some of the little strong men scared me, saying that if I didn't leave, they would arrest me, and I said in public, "I won't leave today, I won't leave."

The two sides were at a stalemate, and at the end one of the young men told me to wait, and he said he went in and gave a report.

After a while, a young major general came out of the door, he looked at me, and said, "Who are you, what are you looking for the twelve young men?"

At that time, I thought that Bai Xiaoqiu and I could be regarded as a dewy couple at most, there was no formal marriage ceremony, and there was no reputation, and if I didn't get it, I was regarded as a slut and adulteress who did not abide by women's morals.

After thinking about it again, I had to repeat the pretense I had just made.

The young major general looked at me, did not continue to ask, and then took out a small ornament from his bosom and handed it to me, and he told me that if anyone dared to bully me in the future, he would take out this ornament and ensure that no one dared to touch me in Luoyang City.

Later, after inquiry, I learned that this little strong man's name was Azu.

And this young major general is the fourteenth major of Baifu, Bai Xiaohan.

His thoughts gradually came back to his senses, and he looked at the small sachet in his hand, with a happy face.

Xuan Zhi wrote the words and showed them to me, "Sir, look at how I write."

I took the paper and saw that it was lined up one by one, horizontal and vertical, neatly arranged. couldn't help nodding again and again, smiling at him, and praised, "The words of Xuan Xuan are becoming more and more beautiful."

Xuan Xuan hurriedly corrected, "I'm not a girl, the eldest brother said that the boy's words should be written with a strong pen, not too feminine, the fifth brother's words are too feminine, and the eldest brother said he doesn't like it."

"I didn't hear anything." There was a burst of laughter.

As soon as I turned around, I smiled at the two of them and said, "Fourteen is good, seventeen is good."

Seventeen Shao looked at me and just smiled, looked at me with strange eyes, and said, "Mr. Su wasn't drunk yesterday."

I turned to face him and asked, "I don't understand what Seventeen Shao said."

Seventeen Shao leaned back on the chair next to him, looked at me, and then at Xuanxuan, and smiled very strangely, "What did Mr. last night say by that, catch the ducks on the shelves."

I also laughed back and said, "Seventeen don't use the wrong words, I don't call it a duck on the shelf, I'm a ruined boat."

Seventeen Shao's eyes rolled, the corners of his mouth slanted, he cut it, and said unhappily, "You know more."

Xuan Xuan also smiled, and the seventeenth young man cut at him and said, "Xuan Xuan, you are the youngest here, I am your brother, do you know that the elder and the young are inferior."

Xuan Xuan was squeezed by Seventeen Shao and had nothing to say, so he stuck out his tongue and grimaced at Seventeen Shao, and ran to write again.

Fourteen Shao chuckled, shook his head, walked to the table, picked up the paper, and read the words written by Xuanxuan. Seeing it very devotedly, he asked Xuan Zhi "You wrote it".

Xuan replied "yes".

Fourteen Shaodao said, "At a glance, the writing is indeed very good, but if you look closely, it is not difficult to see that the way you hold the pen is not proper."

Then he took Xuanxuan's hand and wrote a few words on the paper again.

Xuan Xuan looked at me, turned his head to look at the fourteenth young man, and said in embarrassment, "Fourteenth brother, I usually write according to the method taught by my husband, sir, who do I listen to you two."

Don't stay in your own house, come here to dismantle my platform.

I got up from the recliner in a daze, walked over and snatched the pen, and said to Xuanzhi, "I am your literate gentleman, according to mine."

Not to be outdone, the fourteenth young man snatched the pen back and put it in Xuanxuan's hand, and said, "Follow mine."

I almost jumped to my feet and said, "Why?"

The nineteen young man who was sitting on the side watching the joke hurriedly came over, pulled Xuan Xun into his arms, and said, "You two scared him."

Xuan Xuan was stunned and didn't dare to speak, let alone write.

In order to ease the atmosphere of stalemate, the nineteenth young man laughed again, and said, "Mr. Su, you probably don't know it yet, but the word fourteen has been rewarded by the saint. At that time, he was not much older than the current Xuanxuan, fourteen liked to learn words since he was a child, people said that seeing words is like seeing people, his words are the same as his people, sharp and domineering, but I'm not afraid of him at all." After finishing speaking, he looked at the fourteen young and laughed again.

It seems that I can't refute it anymore, if I refute it, I don't even care about the saint, which is a big disrespect, in case it is accidentally spread out, I can't eat and walk around.

Now it seems that I can only be soft, and the little woman can bend and stretch.

So, I beckoned to Xuan Xuan and motioned for him to come over. I said to Xuanxuan, "Otherwise, just listen to your fourteenth brother."

Fourteen young probably also felt that this was not good, too serious, he touched the head of Xuanxuan, as if he was saying to Xuanxuan, and as if he was saying to me, he said, "Mr.'s words, I have seen it, it is a leader among women, juan Xiu is dignified, but if it is a man to write such words, it seems too feminine, lack of strength, as long as the pen is slightly erected, you can write well, in fact, Mr. taught is not wrong."

This is beautiful enough, it not only explains my own point of view, but also boasts about me, and invisibly gives Xuan Zhi correct guidance.

I glanced at Fourteen, and he seemed to know that I was looking at him, and hurriedly looked at me too, and I smiled at him, and he smiled back at me.

Nineteen Shao patted his thigh and said, "That's right."

Xuan Xuan changed the posture of holding the pen again according to the explanation of the fourteenth young man, and began to write on the paper. I watched from the side, the seventeen young man stood beside me, and stared straight, and the fourteenth young man stood beside Xuanxuan. The three of them stared at Xuanxuan's hand.

A line of words written, I secretly admired the fourteenth young in my heart, worthy of the saint's valued person, after his guidance, the pen immediately turned around, and the strength was strong.

After a while, a servant girl came and called the fourteenth young man and the seventeenth young man, saying that the general had come to them to discuss things.

Before leaving, the seventeenth young man said to Xuanxuan, "Write well, and take you to the field to shoot arrows when the time comes."

Xuan Xuan happily said, "Okay, good, when."

Seventeen Shao said, "When I'm free."

Xuan Xuan said again: "Do you want to take Mr. there?" ”

Nineteen Shao turned his head and smiled, and grimaced at Xuanxuan, "What do you say?"

Seeing that the fourteenth young man was far away again, the seventeenth young man had to follow closely, and couldn't stop saying, "Fourteen, I know that you have long legs, why are you walking so fast, don't you know how to wait for me?" ”。