Chapter 1 Saving the Mandarin Duck Beggar and Losing His Life (1)
In early spring in March, on the banks of the Luoshui River.
When the annual flower festival arrives, the city is full of plum and begonias, and if the clouds rise, the fragrant fragrance bursts, it is a pleasant scenery.
On this day, the daughters and ladies of all families went to the flower temple to worship and pray, surrounded by servants and maids. The daughters of the commoners gathered in the flower grove on the riverside outside the temple, fighting flowers and butterflies to worship the gods and make wishes. As far as the eye can see, the entire Los Angeles River is full of traffic, and all kinds of vendors are selling along the street, which is extremely lively and congested.
A sedan chair stopped at the flower forest by the river. The maid wearing a green jacket raised the sedan curtain and whispered: "Miss, the flower forest has arrived!" ”
Suddenly, a slender jade hand stretched out from the sedan chair, and the maid hurriedly helped it up. The young lady in the sedan chair walked out gracefully, looked up and looked around, her eyes were dotted with tears, with a trace of imperceptible anxiety.
An old woman in a gray robe took three steps and two steps, panting and running up to ask, "Miss, you haven't arrived at the Flower Temple yet!" This flower forest is a place for ordinary girls to worship the god of flowers, and people like us are not suitable to appear here! ”
The young lady reprimanded softly: "Our Feng family is a family of merchants, not a family that slaughters officials, don't be interested or anything, where is it so noble that you can't come down to this flower forest." ”
The old lady hurriedly bent down and said with a smile: "What Miss said is very true! But we are now imperial merchants, and my uncle has also worshiped a big official in the imperial court, so we are not exceeding the rules! Besides, the young lady is going to marry into the Lu Mansion in a few days, and the old lady has instructed her to avoid it so that outsiders will not see it! ”
"I'm just sitting in a sedan chair and breathless, come out to breathe, and my mother will talk about this car, let's go." After speaking, he helped the maid to get on the soft sedan chair.
When I was about to walk to the Flower Temple, the maid next to the soft sedan suddenly said: "Miss, Ying'er has a cousin who came out of the house today and made an appointment with the slave maid to meet in the flower forest. ”
"Dead girl, don't do good things with Miss all day long, who will serve Miss when you leave this time?"
The old lady glared at Ying'er viciously.
"Mother Li, I'm just going to go for a while, and I'll come to say a word, isn't this a maid and a wife? Why is there no one to serve? Could it be that they are all ornaments? You keep saying that I'm just a slave, why bother to take the young lady with you, when will the young lady not do good things? ”
The maid and the warbler grabbed the white, and the old mother was speechless, holding her chest as if she couldn't catch her breath.
A soft voice came out of the soft sedan chair: "That's it, my brain hurts when I'm noisy, Ying'er, you go and come back quickly, it's not a big deal, my mother also stops a little, it's just that something went wrong, she has her slave and maid in her own pocket, why should my mother be angry, let's go." ”
In the sedan chair, Miss Feng sighed, two lines of tears flowed, and the face of the moon was delicate and moving, but no one understood the sadness of this beauty.
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In the flower forest, the maid and the warbler are looking around.
Suddenly, a man's voice shouted, "Sister Ying'er, I'm here." The man paused and asked, "Why didn't my cousin come?" ”
I saw an old begonia tree come out of a scholarly dress, but the coarse cloth clothes could not hide his temperament.
"Zhang Gongzi, I'm afraid I won't be able to see Miss today, my wife sent my henchman Li's mother to follow, and I was staring at my actions, thinking that my wife found out, Miss said, let you hide these days, I'm afraid that someone will find you unlucky!" Ying'er looked around and said in a suppressed voice.
Her young lady treats her like a mountain, and now the young lady wants to marry the poor scholar's aunt and cousin who are in decline in the family, but the old lady refuses to do so, so she can only risk her life to help the young lady. It's a pity that the day before yesterday, my wife seemed to find out that Miss and her cousin were in private contact, and she was getting more and more close, and it was difficult to find a chance to meet, how could this help Miss achieve her wish. Originally, it was a good time to worship the god of flowers today, but there was a mother Li, who was really sad.
Zhang Gongzi looked at Ying'er's solemn expression, and then smiled: "Sister Ying'er, relax, I am just a down-and-out talent, with no long things, and some are just this cheap life to repay my cousin's kindness." ”
Ying'er stomped her feet anxiously: "My young lady broke her heart for her son, she couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night, why don't you cherish yourself, if you have a good one, my young lady will not survive!" ”
When Zhang Gongzi heard this, he was not moved in his heart, his eyes were red at the moment, and he choked up: "Sister taught me a lesson." ”
Ying'er is anxious and angry, why did Miss fall in love with such a nerd!
"Miss's wedding date is approaching, and there is only one way at present, I will marry Miss! The night before the wedding, you took the young lady out of the house, I quietly changed into a wedding dress at night, and then bought a mother-in-law to say that I had sick leave, and then changed our henchman to send the young lady to get married, and when the sedan chair was sent to the Lu family, you were far away from Los Angeles...... It's just that since then, my young lady can only rely on the son, and the son has to treat my young lady consistently and not let her suffer! ”
After listening to this call, Zhang Gongzi was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and suddenly knelt on the ground: "Sister's great kindness, Zhang Sheng is unforgettable!" It's just that...... If my sister replaces my cousin, and the Lu family finds out the authenticity, my sister won't be able to get out! ”
Ying'er sneered: "It's a big deal, it's a death, my life is Miss's, and I'm afraid that he will be a Lu family!" ”
Zhang Gongzi was about to ask carefully, when he heard a voice coming not far away.
Ying'er took out a brocade bag from her sleeve and stuffed it into Zhang Gongzi's hand, turned around and said as she walked: "Someone is coming, I'll go first, there is a silver ticket, you are so good to take it, remember to arrange the manpower to respond!" ”
After finishing speaking, I turned a few old flower trees, and I couldn't see the figure of the maid warbler. And under the old begonia tree, Zhang Gongzi was still standing there stupidly, thinking about the big things in a few days, and he was really happy and worried.
After standing for a long time, and was about to leave, he suddenly heard a loud shout from behind: "People are here!" Beat to death with sticks! If you have your own life, you have your own pocket, so we just have to do things with money! ”
As soon as Zhang Gongzi turned around, he saw a group of big men with sticks looking at him menacingly, and in a moment, they surrounded him in the middle.
"What are you going to do? In broad daylight, is there still a king in his eyes? Zhang Gongzi looked nervous, and his hands clenched the brocade bag that Ying'er had just stuffed into him.
"Hit!" The big man who was the leader showed a fierce light in his eyes, and he didn't talk nonsense, and directly gave the death order.
A stick fell, and Zhang Xiucai almost fainted in pain.
"Who's fighting and killing in my territory?" A crisp voice sounded above everyone's heads.
The big man who was wielding a stick looked at the old begonia tree in unison. A beggar covered in tatters was lying on a tree munching on chicken legs.
"Little Hanako, looking for death!" One of the big men, with a face full of anger, was about to pick up a stick and hit the tree.
An unfinished chicken leg smashed the big man all over the face.
The beggar in the tree jumped off the tree with ease and stretched.
The big man's eyes widened angrily, but he didn't greet him, but directly picked up his stick and swung it at the beggar's head.