Chapter 153: Colleagues
The alley mentioned by Xue Zhun is a place where fireworks gather in the city.
Xu Minzhi smacked him: "Bah, Lao Xue, do you think I'm like you, caring about those two alleys all day long? Say something else!"
Xue Zhun was born in a scholarly background, but he only loved Jin Ge Iron Horse, regardless of the opposition of the old man in the family, he took the path of martial arts, and his words and deeds also accounted for the roughness of the martial arts. Lao Tzu is a man! What's wrong with pretending to be a few women in my heart, is it possible that my eyes are focused on your little white face?"
Xu Minzhi's face darkened when he said it.
Xue Zhun raised his eyebrows and said, "If you are really good at this, I really know where to go!"
Xu Minzhi stretched out his fist: "If you talk nonsense, let's go out and compete!"
He fought with Xue Zhun a lot when he was a teenager, and now he is on duty in Jinyiwei, and his kung fu has improved a little.
"Alas! No, no, no! Don't be rough at the wine table!" Xue Zhun waved his hand again and again, stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth, and seeing that Xu Minzhi was really angry, he hurriedly put away the hippie smile and said, "There is one thing new, but ...... It's not easy to talk about this......
"What's the matter? Why can't I say that?" Xu Minzhi was in Jinyiwei, and he didn't know anything about the things in the capital, so he just pulled Li Yong to have fun.
Xue Zhun squeezed his eyes at him, indicating that it was about Dong Qian, Xu Min was stunned, suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Don't worry, I promise not to spread it!"
When Xue Zhun heard him say this, he leaned over to him and said, "I heard that Dong Qian brought a woman back, and she was still the fiancée she had set before, but I don't know why the two broke off the marriage contract and got married separately."
Xue Zhun was always more excited when he talked about other people's gossip than business, and he squeezed his eyebrows vigorously, Xu Minzhi was already surprised: "Dong Qian is also a family man now, why did he bring his ex-fiancée back? Or a married woman?"
"I heard that something happened to this woman's family, and she was widowed, and somehow, she was ...... was caught by the eldest lady of the Mu family and used as a spice!"
Mu Ying's appearance is known to everyone for using living people to do what she wants to talk about, and Li Yong is even more concerned about this matter because it involves his niece.
But who would have thought that there would be an acquaintance's fiancée here?
He glanced at Xu Minzhi with a stunned expression.
Xu Minzhi said, "I only know that one of the women who was rescued from the Mu family has regained her senses, is it her?"
"That's her!" Hearing Xu Minzhi's question, Xue Zhun nodded with his eyebrows fluttering and patted his thigh, "I happened to bump into the woman getting out of the carriage in the city that day, although she couldn't see clearly with a hat, she should be a very outstanding woman, Dong Qian looked like she was shushing and asking for warmth. When he saw me, he was a little uncomfortable at first, and then he said some reasons in a sentence or two. It turned out that the woman was homeless, so she asked someone to find Dong Qian."
Xu Minzhi let out an "oh", thinking that this Dong Qian is still infatuated?
The three of them muttered about breaking away from the crowd here, and finally were noticed by the others, who dragged them over to drink.
The three of them put aside the topic and joined the crowd.
While everyone was in full swing, a woman's voice suddenly came from the bow of the boat.
Li Yong looked out and saw several women standing outside the cabin, and the shadows were not clear to see their faces, but they were either holding the pipa or the guqin in their arms, presumably singing and dancing.
Today, Dong Qian was the east, and he asked out loud, "What's the matter?"
The master immediately stepped forward and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, these are the singers of the Yun Dynasty Courtyard, and the villain is here to ask if you need a little song to help you have fun?"
Li Yong didn't know much about this, so he looked at Xu Minzhi, who explained to him: "Yun Chaoyuan is a song and dance studio in Beijing, and some singers and dancers will take some private work between various painting boats without invitation, which is not a big problem."
At this time, Dong Qian also said, "Then let them in, such a good day, it is indispensable to have music to help the fun, I was negligent."
Those present today, except for Li Yong and Xu Minzhi, are all rough men who serve in the Beicheng Terracotta Division, on weekdays
It is not taboo to eat meat and vegetables outside, but it is only military merits, wine, meat and women, and it is even more common for small songs to be fun.
Although no one will do anything ridiculous, but when they are full of wine and food, and they have a good conversation, there are a few beautiful singers to help them, which is a joy in life, and naturally no one objects.
Li Yong saw that these women didn't look as glamorous and frivolous as the usual tricksters, so he didn't pay attention to it.
A woman with a lute in her arms stepped into the cabin and knelt in the center of the cabin, her fingertips flowing and the music pouring out.
Everyone listened quietly for a while, and then they exchanged cups and changed lamps with each word.
The woman was not disturbed by the sound of words, the sound of the lute was like a tide and waves, and it was not in the slightest drowned out by the noise, but let people clearly hear her plucked music jumping lightly in the cabin, echoing faintly.
Li Yong is a literati who understands music and rhythm better than others, and said to Xu Minzhi: "The skills are indeed exquisite."
Xu Minzhi chuckled softly, "The Le Ji of the Cloud Dynasty Courtyard is known for her excellent skills."
Xue Zhun came over again, "It's good to hear, but here and now can only help the fun. I can't call myself a beautiful woman, and I can't say that I don't know myself, and I've lost a bit of interest."
Xu Minzhi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's rare that you are delicate once, and you want to ask a beautiful woman to be your confidant." It's better for you to learn from it, and it is feasible to become a confidant of a beautiful woman in the future."
The corners of Xue Zhun's mouth twitched, "I said that if your mouth hurts people, it really makes people don't know how to fight back!"
The faces of the people on the side turned red, and their sneering shoulders shrugged.
Xue Zhun hammered Xu Min and said, "Your comprehension is higher than mine, if you go to learn, you will definitely be better than her."
Xu Minzhi hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Ha! I still like people talking to me!"
Xue Zhun's face darkened.
At this moment, there was a sudden "plopping" sound of falling water outside, followed by a woman's scream, "Oh no! Someone has fallen overboard!"
Xue Zhun reacted the fastest, he immediately stood up and said to everyone, "I'll go out and have a look."
He has the best relationship with Xu Minzhi, and he will go out as soon as he pulls him.
"Hey you!"
Xu Minzhi couldn't break free, and looked back at Li Yong helplessly, so Li Yong also got up and walked out to see what was going on.
Several people walked out of the cabin quickly, and a woman outside the cabin was on the edge of the boat, which should be Le Ji's maidservant inside, and she pointed to the water urgently: "She's there, save people!"
On the dark water, only the lights of the surrounding boats were faintly reflected, and a cloud of colorful clothes and flying sleeves could be vaguely seen sinking silently into the water for a moment, and then struggling violently, accompanied by a faint cry for help.
Li Yongzhi frowned, "I know water-based ......."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Minzhi interrupted him and said, "Don't move, you can't save people if you want to save them."
He used to be a noble son at home, and he was well versed in the Tao in "Falling into the Water to Save People", so he wanted to push Xue Zhun to save him, anyway, Xue Zhun would go to the alley to find a confidante on weekdays, and he was not bad to save Le Ji from Yun Chaoyuan.
Xue Zhun hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm not good at water, I might drown two of them if I go down!"
Xu Min was so angry that he couldn't wait to kick him into the sky.
Seeing this, Li Yong wanted to go back to the cabin to call someone, but when he turned around, he saw Dong Qian standing at the door of the cabin, his eyes looking at the woman fluttering in the water, his expression flickering slightly.
His heart moved, and somehow he thought of the "fiancée" that Xue Zhun had just mentioned.
He hurriedly turned his head to the woman who had fallen into the water, her arms fluttering wildly, occasionally revealing a snow-white and delicate face.
A woman with such a appearance is just the maidservant of a singer in the Yun Dynasty Courtyard?
The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and Xue Zhun glared at him and said, "If you don't save people, you're really going to die!" Even if it's a fireworks woman, it's a life. Isn't it just a maidservant, and it's not anyone's young lady, Lao Xu, why don't you save it!? If she depends on you, you will take her as a handmaid."
It seems that Xue Zhun also understands this matter.
Xu Minzhi rolled his eyes at her, people have to be saved, but he can't save them.
Li Yong gave him a look, and he also saw Dong Qian's eyes.
Although it is just a guess, I am not afraid of ten thousand, I am only afraid of what if.
If anyone is involved with Dong Qian's fiancée, even if there is a reason for it, it will be very detrimental to the reputation, and the rumors of this kind of thing will turn bad when they are spread.
Besides, what if there is something "not good" hidden in this drama of falling into the water?
At this time, everyone in the cabin came out to see and coaxed: "Old Xue, if you don't save it, this beauty's life will be gone!"
Xue Zhun didn't kill, "Which of you knows water? Hurry up and save someone!"
"Oh, no, no, we can't rob you of your life-saving fate with the "beautiful woman"."
At this time, a general with a bad brain looked at Dong Qian, "Commander Dong, this woman's appearance seems to be good, why don't you go and save her life, maybe you can make a good story!"
Nowadays, the teaching workshop is very popular, and the romances between the singer and the powerful son are endless, and they are regarded as beautiful talks.
In normal times, Dong Qian would not take this kind of joke to heart, but at this time, his face was a little tense.
Li Yong and Xu Minzhi are both smart people, they just pretended not to see it, and stood in the crowd and stopped making a sound.
At this moment, Li Yong was suddenly hit by someone!
As the man flipped down the boat, countless thoughts flashed!
Could it be that Dong Qian deliberately set up a bureau for him?
Fortunately, Xu Minzhi has been vigilant since he saw that something was wrong, grabbed Li Yong, and Xue Zhun stood close next to him, and immediately helped!
The two of them worked together to drag Li Yong up, and they were so frightened that they sweated.
"Are you alright?"
Li Yong shook his head at Xu Minzhi: "My foot slipped a little."
Xu Min knew in his heart, standing well, how could his feet slip, he looked behind Li Yong quietly, but everyone's standing position had changed because of the scene just now, and he couldn't see who moved.