Chapter 445: Buying Righteousness
The old bustard smiled and let the strong man surround the stage, and then apologized to the surrounding guests and bowed down to apologize: "Ladies and gentlemen, let you see the joke, this woman's father gambled and owed us a huge amount of money, and said that he would pull his daughter to pay off the debt, but she didn't admit it." Ladies and gentlemen, this debt repayment is a matter of course, where is our fault? ”
"That's right." One of the guests shouted, and although the other guests did not speak, some of the guests nodded again and again, after all, it was a matter of course to repay debts.
"You are the ones who have joined forces to deceive my father." The tearful girl on the stage has something to say, pointing out that everything is a hoax.
"Which one deceived your father? Did I put a sword around his neck and force him to gamble, or did I use brute force to snatch money from his pocket, or did I lend him a shortage of money? "No one forced him to gamble, he gambled himself. No one robbed him of his money, he lost it himself. He borrowed money from me, and I gave as much as he wanted, and I didn't give less. said that if the money doesn't come up, you will use your daughter to pay off the debt, to be honest, we are all at a loss, with your appearance, if you are not young, it is not worth 5,000 dollars at all. The old bustard with heavy makeup is justified, and the guests around her also support her, so she is also showing off so much.
The girl's face was flushed with anger, she really didn't know what to say, she could only say: "I can be a needlework, as long as I give me time, I can return the money to you." ”
The old bustard laughed, shook his head and refused: "If you don't pay your debts and bargain like you, can Qi Guo still be good?" When you are in debt, you promise everything quickly, and when you repay your debts, you push three blocks and four, there is no such reason in the world. Since you don't want to stay, then we can only be rude. ”
The four big men around were already ready to take her down with just one order, this kind of thing was not once or twice, they were all used to it. When I first came, I always cried Daddy and Niang, and when I got used to it, I wouldn't resist anymore. Although the female Lu is a place to sell her innocence, she eats and drinks, as long as she is obedient, she doesn't have to be beaten, and she will quickly adapt to it if she stays, and then she can't extricate herself.
Zhuang Zhou stood on the second floor and watched this scene of bullying, only to feel that Linzi was not so beautiful. It can be said that as long as you dig deeper into anything, you will find that it is far from your imagination.
At first, Zhuang Zhou felt that the Jixia School Palace must be a place where scholars talked about it and Wang Yang was unbridled, but he didn't expect to see Da Ding cooking himself on the first day. thought that Linzi was a place where the wealth of the world gathered, and the people must be very happy, but they didn't expect to see the scene of forcing good people to become prostitutes on the first day.
There is a huge difference between reality and imagination, and it is far less comfortable and beautiful than in the countryside of Song Kingdom.
Although the countryside is very poor, Zhuang Zhou is just a small official who takes care of the lacquer garden, but debates with the peasants, observes and observes small animals in the lacquer garden, and thinks about useless uses, although it is monotonous but also interesting, no one will bully himself, and he will not bully others. And when I arrived in the big city of Linzi, I obviously felt uncomfortable, and everyone's life seemed to be under their control.
The people of Linzi are all manipulated by fame and fortune to do some unbelievable and inexplicable things. Needless to say, Da Ding cooks himself, and the forced prostitution in front of him is equally infuriating.
"Do you have no mothers and no daughters? Are you willing to let the women of your house come to the women? The girl said excitedly, she would never give in.
"Catch her." The bustard's patience is limited.
"Stop, don't you forget that if there were no women, Guan Zi would have starved to death as early as when he was in the Lu Kingdom, and our Qi Country would not be where it is today. You force women so much, are you worthy of the Lu national chef who delivers food to the pipe? A female voice came from the doorway, and then a group of soldiers rushed in and took control of the scene.
The guests were taken aback, and no one expected that someone would bring troops in.
When everyone found out that it was a woman who led the troops, they were even more surprised.
A middle-aged woman in a palace skirt calmly stepped into the door of the women's palace and stopped a tragedy.
"Who?" Zhuang turned around and asked.
Xu Gong and the others shook their heads, they didn't know each other.
"I don't know why the noble girl wants to meddle in the shop?" The old bustard was also calm, after all, Nulu paid protection money to King Qi every year, and she was one of King Qi's money bags, so there was no need to be afraid.
"I was passing by outside, and I heard someone shouting, so I came in and looked. I think she's right, you're also a woman, why embarrass women? Guan Zi was locked up in Lu State back then, if it wasn't for Lu Guo's chef to give her food and drink, he would not have been able to return to Qi State, and Guan Zi thanked him with generous gifts after returning to China. Why don't we learn from the righteousness of Lu Guo's chef and save people from danger? ”
But the old bustard said: "I don't care about this, their family doesn't pay back the money, and I said that I will repay the debt with my daughter, I didn't do anything wrong." ”
"Why is the female Lu short of money? Nulu is not short of money, but there are some things that money can't buy, which is righteousness. Don't you know the righteousness of Meng Ke of Jixia Academy? Even the king of Qi praised Meng Fuzi for sacrificing his life for righteousness. The woman has enough money, but I don't see your righteousness. ”
"Who is this man?" Zhuangzi couldn't help but ask again, because this is not something that ordinary women can say, and they quote scriptures and classics when they open their mouths, keep up with current affairs, have allusions and knowledge, and say that the old bustard and the guests are stunned.
"I think of it, this should be a strange woman baby son, the head of the female officials in the palace, and a person whom King Qi respects very much. I have long heard that there is a baby son in the palace, who can speak well, and has repeatedly exhorted the king of Qi to attach importance to state affairs, and his reputation has spread far and wide to the Zhao country, and even the queen mother of the king of Zhao asked the envoy of Qi: Is the baby son of the North Palace in good health. Xu Gong thought of a person, a special palace maid.
"No wonder you can mobilize the Praetorian Guards." Qingji said: "That's right, it must be her." ”
There are also other guests who recognize the baby, although they have never seen it, but there are not many women with such a big reputation and such a high status, and she is the only one.
The bustard also realized that he was unlucky, he didn't expect the baby to pass by the door, it seems that this time he can really only break the fortune and avoid disasters and spend money to buy righteousness. If it was someone else, she would definitely not care, but the baby son is a woman respected by the king of Qi, and she can't help but give face. So the old bustard could only say aggrievedly: "What the noble girl said is right, the shop does lack benevolence and righteousness, and I am willing to exchange money for what we don't have." A group of strong men ordered, "Let her go." ”
The strong men have long been frightened, and they only dare to fake the tiger power in the female fox, and they dare not be arrogant in the face of the guards in the Qi State Palace, and they are as well-behaved as kittens.
And the girl hid behind the baby in a puff of smoke, her eyes full of admiration and gratitude for this savior who had descended from heaven.
Babyzi looked at everyone present and said, "I hope you don't forget how Guan Zi treated Lu Guo's chef Niang, and don't forget how Meng Fuzi said righteousness." After a few admonitions, he turned and left.
The guards also rushed out, but the customers who remained in the store were obviously not interested, and they all paid their bills and left.
Zhuang Zhou and the others also paid the bill and went home, and agreed to see each other later, and Xu Gong went north.
The streets were still very lively, and the gambling stalls were still full of noise, Zhuang Zhou only felt frightened when he saw it, thinking that Qi Guo was not as strong as he imagined.
"With a noble position, wealth will come even if you don't pursue it. When you are rich, even if you don't pursue food, food will come. After enjoying the food, even if you don't pursue luxury**, extravagance** will come uninvited. After living a luxurious life, even if you want to avoid death, death will come. "The state of Qi Linzi has lived in such a luxurious environment for generations, and it will definitely perish in the end." Zhuangzi sighed as soon as he returned to the courtyard, and he could only say that a smart person is a smart person, and he saw the essence at a glance and saw the problem of Linzi. The city has long been corrupted by arrogance, and there is no possibility of forging ahead, and it will definitely be wiped out eventually.