Chapter 42: Pei Murong's past
After coming out of the teaching department, Splash Li San, who was frightened and nervous all the way, returned to the small casino in his old nest, only to find that the soles of his feet had blisters at some point, which showed how fast and fast he walked this way, and he didn't even notice that the blisters were grinding out on the soles of his feet.
The small casino is still very deserted at this time, and the lively scene no longer exists, even if Li San is splashed, he suddenly doesn't know if the casino will be able to return to normal tomorrow.
The son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites may not be terrible, but Po Li San now has to take care of the three people around Xu Changting, who are real masters, and he himself is not enough to look at in front of others.
Even he didn't feel ...... The few masters under Chen Ping's hands are not able to make people take a look.
Sitting alone on the threshold and sighing, Po Li San had never been so depressed as tonight, let alone as upset and suffering as tonight.
In the past few years, Chen Ping has been slapping up those dignitaries in the officialdom for the sake of his son, but the effect does not seem to be very obvious, which shows how high these dignitaries are.
When Po Li San just climbed the high branch of Lu Xidao, he also had a dream and thought, is it possible that one day, he can turn his hands into clouds and rain in the outer city like Chen Ping?
Even if it can't reach the height of Chen Ping, but relying on the backer of the Ministry of Rites, how can he be distinguished in front of people, eat and drink spicy, right?
But the son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites shattered his ambitions and dreams.
And not only did he shatter his ambitions and dreams, but fortunately, he was targeted by others.
This made Po Li San worried for a while, and he didn't know what he should do next, could he not be able to mix up in the outer city of Danfeng City in the future?
When he was upset and powerless, the intact hand grabbed his hair hard, and Xu Changting's smiling face unconsciously resurfaced in his mind, and the sentence he asked: Are you interested in one day being on an equal footing with Chen Ping?
What does that mean? Test? Wooing? Or is it ...... What is there on me that is worthy of people's attention? Po Li San let go of his hair, looked at the tightly wrapped hand and muttered to himself.
I have to say that Xu Changting's mediocre sentence finally made Po Li San go to his heart, although in front of Xu Changting, Po Li San did not dare to show his ambition and true thoughts, but on the way back, that sentence kept turning over and over in his mind.
Because of Lu Xidao, he had the courage to go to the Teaching Workshop Division, and finally knew what the interior of the most famous Wanhua Building in the Teaching Workshop Division was like.
Because Xu Changting, although he was broken a finger, he ...... tonight Not only did he go to the Jiaofang Division again, but he also went to the Shuizhu Garden, which was extremely famous in Danfeng City, and drank a cup of tea that Pei Murong personally poured for him!
On the tip of his nose and the clothes on his body, there seemed to still be the intoxicating smell of fat powder in Shuizhuyuan, which made Po Li San unconsciously sniff deeply a few more times.
Po Li San, who was in deep thought, had just risen in his heart to secretly tell Chen Ping about tonight's events, and the broken hand seemed to have a heart-piercing pain, which made Po Li San shiver involuntarily.
"Forget it, don't think about it, anyway, Lao Tzu's life is like this, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be? How good it is...... Ha ha...... Could it be that you really want to drop pie in the sky for no reason? Po Li San looked up at the starry sky, roared and scolded to vent the depression in his heart, and then got up and walked to the casino.
At this time, a maid hurriedly ran to Ruan Sanniang's room and told Ruan Sanniang that Xu Gongzi had left Shuizhuyuan, and Pei Murong personally sent Xu Gongzi into the carriage, and it was not until the carriage left for a long time that Pei Murong turned around and returned to Shuizhuyuan, Ruan Sanniang's still fair and delicate brows wrinkled instantly.
"My stupid daughter, you can't do stupid things, these powerful sons...... It's not that easy to climb. Ruan Sanniang sighed for no reason in her heart, then thought about it, and decided to go to Shuizhuyuan in person.
Pei Murong took Wan'er with him, and only after Xu Changting's carriage disappeared far away, he still looked at the empty dark street and stood for a while before returning to Shuizhuyuan.
If it is said that the two poems of "Gift to Pei Murong to Tianwang Lake" and "Song of Water Bamboo Garden", also known as "Peach Blossom Lie", inadvertently opened the door of Pei Murong's heart, then when the martial artist rushed to Xu Changting and Pei Murong stretched out his arms to block in front of Xu Changting, it was Pei Murong who took the initiative to open the door of his heart.
Even Pei Murong himself didn't expect that at that moment, how could he muster up the courage to stand in front of Xu Changting and open his arms...... Just like when her home was raided, her mother opened her arms to block in front of her, although her body was thin and petite, she still wanted to hold up a sky for her that could not see the cold and ruthless, only greatness and maternal love.
In the study, Ruan Sanniang looked at Pei Murong, who was a little depressed, and stopped talking, then sighed helplessly, and motioned for Wan'er to pour a glass of water for her who was dry.
"Silly daughter, ......." As Wan'er walked out of the study, Ruan Sanniang sat down in front of Pei Murong and lamented with a sad face: "How can you ...... Don't you know how hard your reputation has been? Does Xu Gongzi know that you pity you? How can you ...... easily? Although it is said that his father is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, Lord Wang and Lord Xiao did not have ...... back then. ”
"Mom, how about you take a look at these two poems?" Pei Murong squeezed out a smile on his face, and his heroic and intellectual eyebrows were stained with shallow melancholy and grievance.
""Gift to Pei Murong to visit Tianwang Lake", ah? This is that Xu Gongzi...... Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face reflected the red ....... Ruan Sanniang's expression changed, in the end, he was the old bustard of the Teaching Workshop Division, and he still had a deep appreciation for poetry.
After a few quick glances, Ruan Sanniang somewhat understood the human-faced peach blossom and the human-faced beast's heart...... It seems that there is no contradiction and conflict in that Xu Gongzi!
Then Pei Murong put the second poem on top of the first poem and said, "Look at this one again." ”
"This ...... Whose words, why are they so ugly? Ruan Sanniang frowned, the four words of the song of Shui Zhuyuan were like they were built with firewood, and they were twisted and crooked, not ugly!
"It won't be...... What about Xu Gongzi's words? Ruan Sanniang asked in disbelief.
Pei Murong nodded with a smile without speaking, and the faint grievance between his eyebrows was obviously stretched a lot when he looked at the four words that Chai He had taken.
“…… Others laugh at me for being crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it. I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoeing fields. Ruan Sanniang read out unconsciously while looking at it, and then said a little dazedly: "This can't be written by that Xu Gongzi when he was young and stupid, right?" ”
"How can a foolish person write poetry? I guess it was done after returning to normal. The smile on Pei Murong's face at the moment was as sweet as dyed honey, much like the sweet and shy look of a woman who was just beginning to fall in love when she talked to the elders of the family about the person she liked.
"Just two poems that are so light and fluttering stole my daughter's heart?" Ruan Sanniang changed her sad face again, and then glanced at Pei Murong who hurriedly put away the two poems after she finished reading them, and her heart was undoubtedly a little desperate.
The affection of those two poems is endless, but it is a dead thing after all, and it should not be eaten. What's more, what is it compared to the heart of the thousand-pound daughter's family?
"Mom understands me, doesn't she?" The two white and flawless poems flowed in Pei Murong's white and slender fingertips, but in Ruan Sanniang's eyes, it was dancing at the tip of Pei Murong's heart.
Ruan Sanniang sighed again: "Mom knows that you are from an official family and a scholarly family, but ...... Daughter, don't blame her mother for speaking badly, those are all in the past. When Lord Wang and Lord Xiao were there, Mom could let you come by temperament, but now...... It's different. That Xu Gongzi...... Is it really worth your trust? ”
While Ruan Sanniang was speaking, Pei Murong kept looking at the window next to him, as if there was still a slender figure standing there.
The red lips opened lightly, and Pei Murong said lightly: "Mom, do you know why I have a good memory?" That's because I'm afraid that the appearance of my father and mother will become more and more blurred in my mind over time, and I will not even remember their appearance in the end. So I secretly think about them every day at night, and every time I have to remind myself that I must remember what my father's smile looks like, how gray my father's beard is, what my mother's kindness looks like, and what the food tastes like. And I also have to remember what they used to say to me, I was afraid that I would forget it over time, so I would write it down quietly and put it in a place where only I could find it, and even memorize some from time to time, so that my memory has always been very good. ”
"Yes...... ...... with Xu Gongzi. Ruan Sanniang looked at Pei Murong with some distress, compared to other women who had urinated in the dust since childhood, Pei Murong in front of her, who had once been a young lady of an official eunuch, was obviously more lovable.
"I don't know if my instincts as a woman are right. But I know that in the days before my father was imprisoned for sin, there were already some obvious signs in the family. Like what...... My friend who used to be good friends with my father suddenly became estranged from my father, and my front door, which used to be like a city, became deserted. The playmates who used to play with me gradually began to move away from me, or occasionally met me at the door, and they stopped smiling at me, but began to look cold and dismissive of me. Just like Xu Gongzi, there will always be some people around you who will make trouble for you, and you will boldly resist at the beginning, and you will fight with reason. But slowly, you will find that you don't seem to be so righteous in your heart, and gradually when you face those playmates who bully you, you will choose to back down, you will feel that they are powerful, and you ...... For some reason, I became timid, scared, and timid, and I didn't even dare to tell my parents that you were wronged outside, and I didn't dare to laugh and jump in front of them anymore, and I didn't dare to coquettish them anymore ...... unscrupulously. ”
I don't know when, two lines of tears fell silently on Pei Murong's fair and beautiful face, and Ruan Sanniang looked at the cute face distressedly...... Bite one's tongue.
"My parents have also begun to change, my father is frowning and worried every day, and my mother will always secretly wipe her tears in the corner by herself. But as long as you see me, you have to pretend that nothing has happened, and you have to face me with a smile. It seems that nothing has changed, but I know that everything has changed and that there is no going back. Pei Murong raised his head silently, choking the faint bitter tears at the corners of his mouth, but he still couldn't stop more tears, and couldn't stop rolling down from his cheeks to his fair and slender neck.
"Murong ......." Ruan Sanniang whispered uneasily.
"I don't know if I'm feeling right, but I don't want anyone to repeat the mistakes of our family, I don't know what I can do. But...... I seem to see my past and my past in Xu Gongzi's body, as if I also saw that everything that Xu Gongzi originally owned has changed, and everything can't go back, so ...... I want to help him as much as I can, and I don't want him to repeat my mistakes one day. Pei Murong looked at Ruan Sanniang, and her attitude seemed very firm and resolute.
Ruan Sanniang looked at Pei Murong blankly, and didn't know what to say for a while, ordinary people have difficulties for ordinary people, and the same is true for the family of the gate valve and the official eunuch...... Their world is not all glamorous, noble everywhere, and even when they are in trouble, they are even more miserable than ordinary people.
"The big guy thing...... What can I do as an old woman? Never mind...... Mom won't persuade you anymore. Really, I originally came here to reprimand you, but now it's good, let you make me, an old woman, sad and melancholy, and I can't sleep when I go back for a while, it's all your dead girl! …… In short, I don't know anything, I can't hear anything, I can't see anything, I'm an old woman who is deaf and blind...... You hold me and do ....... From the corners of Ruan Sanniang's eyes, a line of tears slipped silently, and then rolled down from the cheeks that had been there for some years to the back of Pei Murong's hand.