Chapter 13: Falling into Smoke and Dust (1)

Wang Shuqiu cried by the lake, attracting onlookers. Everyone didn't know why this little girl was so heartbroken. Looking at her dress, she looks like an ordinary person. It's really unseemly for a lady to be out of shape like this, and it insults the dignity of a girl. Some of the older people have shaken their heads and sighed, only to feel that now that the wind is declining, such a girl who has no scruples and cries loudly is simply a loss of womanhood. Zizhu pointed at the onlookers and said loudly: "What do you see, haven't you seen people cry?" ”

"I've seen people cry, but I've never seen a beautiful woman cry like this." I saw a young man holding a folding fan, in fact, although it was spring, but the weather was still a little cold, there was no need to fold the fan at all, obviously this young man was completely cool and chic. Standing beside him were young men dressed like him, all holding folding fans and pointing.

Zizhu Liu's eyebrows were upside down, and he said angrily: "What's the matter with you, don't get out of here." The young man covered his nose and frowned, "This girl has a bad mouth, she must not have rinsed her mouth for a long time." Zizhu crossed her hands on her hips and said angrily: "You scholars, this girl hates it when she sees it." is a hypocrisy, and whenever something happens, he slips away with his tail between his legs, no backbone, and is not ashamed. Feed! This girl warns you that you don't look good yet. ”

The young man laughed and said, "She actually told us to get out, you see!" The other three young men laughed along. It seems that Xiao Zizhu has no knowledge, just a stupid girl. Zizhu rolled up his sleeves and said: "A few turtle cubs, if you don't give a little bit of power, you still think I'm a sick cat." "I was about to step forward and slap him hard. I only heard Wang Shuqiu say, "Zizhu, let's go!" ”

Zizhu pointed to the four young men and said, "You are lucky." As soon as Wang Shuqiu turned around, the four young sons were stunned by the "hey", "ah", and "ah". Just now, Wang Shuqiu turned her back to them, and covered her face and cried bitterly. Although there are tears on his face, his hair is messy, and he is wearing a green dress, he looks very moving.

One of the young men exclaimed, "What a peony! Another young man said, "It's more like Hibiscus!" The other two young sons said in unison: "Beautiful as a fairy!" Wang Shuqiu was most annoyed by being judged like this, not to mention that in front of the public, she hated and said: "Hypocrite, stand away." "She had just been abandoned by a scholar, and she didn't have such a good impression of the reader. Seeing these four young sons idle, not doing anything, wandering around must not be a good thing, those who call themselves gentlemen are worse than real villains, and they are full of hypocrisy.

One of the young men smiled and said, "No, no." A gentleman, a husband, too. The girl doesn't know that the poem has clouds, 'The gentleman is in service, I don't know the period, what is it?' Is there a real husband who is false? Jokes, jokes. Another young man said, "Unless this girl has many 'hypocrites', no matter how many of us are, there are not too many of us!" The other three laughed.

Wang Shuqiu said coldly: "What do the four want? One of the young sons said: "Xiaosheng Song Xuan, these are Ma Gland, Weng Yiquan, and Shen Zhixuan. We are known as the four talents of Yangzhou. Wang Shuqiu sneered: "I have only heard of the four great talents in Jiangnan, when did the four great talents of Yangzhou come out, ridiculous, ridiculous!" ”

Song Xuan said: "The girl's words are bad, and each has her own success. The four great talents of Jiangnan are accomplished in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and lyrics. And our four talented people in Yangzhou are outstanding in 'eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling'. As soon as he said this, Wang Shuqiu and Zizhu met and smiled, some people actually regarded 'eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling' as a profound science, a specialty, and they were shameless and boastful, which was extremely shameless. That's the way it is in the world, there are all kinds of people, it's really amazing, it's all-encompassing, it's breathtaking.

Zizhu sneered: "I don't know if everyone is 'eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling', or you have your own expertise." Weng Yiquan shook his head and said: "Our four great talents in Yangzhou each have a word of attainment in 'eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling', and I have amazing kung fu in the word 'gambling'." In Yangzhou City, I am not bragging, and no one has gambled against me. That's why I have the title of 'God of Gamblers'. Ma Glands said: "I am the most powerful in 'eating'." It's not that I'm boasting about Haikou, but no one in Yangzhou City can eat more than me in one meal. That's why everyone calls me the 'Saint of Food.'"

Wang Shuqiu and Zizhu saw that this thin man with horse glands really didn't look like a master who could eat lavishly. Shen Zhixuan shook the fan and said: "I have reached the realm of no one before and no one after me in the word 'prostitute'. I have been prostituting since I was eight years old, and I have been prostituting for more than 20 years, and all the girls who have been prostituted by me will never charge me a penny for the second visit, and will give me money, and I have also written a peerless book "The Book of Prostitution", which has been published, and one day if you are interested, you can see it. So, the girl gave me a nickname, called 'King of Prostitution'. ”

Wang Shuqiu said secretly: I don't know if it's bragging, how could I go to that kind of place when I was eight years old and still a child. As for the so-called "Book of Prostitution", it is okay not to read it. Song Xuan smiled and was about to introduce herself. Zizhu said: "I guess you have something to do with the word 'drink'. I don't know what you're drinking? Song Xuan said: "Of course it's drinking!" Zizhu said: "Are you a good drinker?" Song Xuan said smugly: "I don't know anything about other people, and I am a tyrant in Yangzhou when it comes to drinking, so I am known as a 'wine tyrant'." ”

Wang Shuqiu said: "Are you a wine bully? Song Xuan said: "If it is fake, Tong Su is not bullied." Wang Shuqiu said: "Okay! Let's fight for the amount of wine. Song Xuan pointed at her and said, "You? Wang Shuqiu said: "Do you dare?" Song Xuan said: "Okay! Where to drink. Wang Shuqiu said: "Come with me." Wang Shuqiu led the four great talents of Yangzhou to Yinfeng Tower. I ordered a few jars of aged wine first. Wang Shuqiu said: "Let me see how domineering you are today." ”

Wang Shuqiu asked Xiao Er to sift twelve bowls of wine each, and said, "Please!" "Drink it all from the bowl first. Song Xuan shouted: "Okay! "Drink it all in one bowl. Then the two of you went back and forth, drinking bowl after bowl. It soon attracted onlookers. Everyone was surprised that there was a girl in the fight, and she was a stunning beauty.

Watching Wang Shuqiu drink bowl after bowl, I couldn't help but applaud. This way of drinking, let alone a girl, even a big man is really not easy. The more Song Xuan drank, the more frightened she became, even if she beat her in such a drinking method, she was almost the same, and she didn't drink ordinary wine, as if she was venting. Indeed, Wang Shuqiu borrowed wine to kill her sorrows. It seemed that she wanted to pour out all her troubles and sorrows with wine, but the wine was even more sorrowful when it entered her stomach.

After drinking twelve bowls of wine, Wang Shuqiu said loudly: "Pour wine!" The shopkeeper looked back at Shen Xiluo who was standing at the counter, and Shen Xiluo nodded. He also knew that Wang Shuqiu shouldn't be so drunk, but if she didn't do this, how could she forget her sorrows, knowing that wine couldn't relieve her sorrows, but there was no better way. The shopkeeper poured another twelve bowls.

Wang Shuqiu took the bowl and began to drink again, not only Song Xuan was stunned, but the three talented people behind him were also stunned, and the onlookers were even more stunned. Wang Shuqiu still has the shadow of a peerless beauty, her left foot has stepped on the stool, her long hair is scattered, her sleeves are rolled up, revealing a small piece of snow-white skin, and her chest has been wet with wine. She drank this time, and after drinking twelve bowls of wine, I saw her slap the table, with half a point of drunkenness, and said, "Pour again!" ”

The shopkeeper poured twelve bowls in a row, and Song Xuan drank twenty-four bowls of wine, his stomach was extremely uncomfortable, his face was red, and he was worried. Hearing Wang Shuqiu's order to pour twelve bowls of wine, her heart trembled, she was afraid that she would get drunk to death if she drank it like this. I thought to myself, this woman must be crazy, this is not a drink, she is joking with her life. Song Xuan knew that if he drank it any longer, his life would be in danger, so he glanced at the three people beside him, and the three of them understood.

Song Xuan let out an "ah" and fell backwards. The three of them hurriedly caught it, kept shaking and shouting: "Brother Song, Brother Song!" Wang Shuqiu laughed and said, "What a drunkard, I think it's a drunkard." If you don't leave, you'll be embarrassed. The three talented men carried Song Xuan and fled. The onlookers couldn't help but applaud when they saw a girl fighting wine and defeated the man known as the "wine bully". Wang Shuqiu thanked everyone through the wine.

Zizhu said: "Master, don't drink it anymore, it will hurt you." Wang Shuqiu squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "I won't get drunk, I'm a wine fairy, I'm a wine fairy!" Shen Xiluo was afraid that Wang Shuqiu would lose her temper after drinking, so he hurriedly stepped forward and ignored her, hugged her and went straight to the back. Wang Shuqiu shouted to herself: "What are you holding me for, I still have to drink." ”

Back in the room, Wang Shuqiu lay on the bed, her hands swaying in the air, and shouted: "I want to drink, I want to drink!" Why don't you let me drink! Soon there was a "wow" sound, vomiting a mess, and gradually falling asleep later. In the days that followed, Wang Shu was drunk in the autumn. Zizhu and Shen Xiluo persuaded each other, and she lost her temper, so that they didn't dare to talk more. Shen Xiluo was secretly worried that Wang Shuqiu was not a way to be depressed like this after all, seeing that she was getting thinner and thinner, she had to be in a hurry and helpless.