Chapter 21: Girl Xiu'er
Yang Wei told a few stories of saints to Ji Chang. Yang Wei's eloquence is very good, he speaks vividly and vividly, and Ji Chang also listens to it with relish.
Ji Chang already admired this gentleman who was about the same age as him, and Yang Wei was better than those old masters when he talked about the class, so the teaching effect was extremely successful.
Before you know it, an hour has passed quietly. When Ji Chang listened carefully, he felt that time passed so quickly. He was also secretly surprised that he didn't feel this way when he was in class before.
In the past, every time he gave a lecture, he was also tormented to make him drowsy, and he felt that time passed very slowly. secretly sighed, this is probably the true meaning of "the son is said on the river, and the deceased is like a husband".
Yang Wei didn't know that because of him, Ji Chang understood what the sage had said, but he didn't expect it.
Seeing that the lecture has come to an end, several people have almost stopped. So, they walked out of the teahouse and continued their shopping business. Fugui Street had already finished shopping, and several people walked to other streets.
After walking a short distance, I saw a bunch of people watching something. The young man of Jichang has a surname, loves to join in the fun, and happily squeezes into the crowd. Yang Wei hurriedly pulled him and motioned for Cheng to take the lead, Ji Chang was in the middle, and he was behind.
Cheng Guards have martial arts, and when they squeeze in, of course they take advantage of it. The mouth kept shouting: "Excuse me, let go." ”
While transporting the internal force to separate the crowd, like chopping waves, Ji Chang and Yang Wei followed behind him, and the three of them squeezed to the front of the crowd without much effort.
When Yang Wei saw it, he regretted it a little. I saw two dead bodies lying on the ground, covered with straw mats. A little girl next to her looks very standard, she is just a beauty, but now she is sticking a grass mark on her head, crying so much that she is crying.
There were a few words written on the ground, "Sell yourself to bury your parents", and the onlookers were all sympathetic, but no one helped.
Ji Chang is so big, he has never seen a dead person, and his little face is a little pale. But with a look of sympathy in his eyes, he asked Cheng Guard: "How much silver do you need to bury the two of you?" Before Cheng Guard could answer, he saw a crowd of onlookers scratching up.
The crowd automatically parted ways, and I saw a few swaggering people from outside the crowd. The first splash shouted, "Take the people away from me!" The words fell, and several splashes behind him immediately stepped forward to arrest people.
Ji Chang shouted: "Stop!" A few splashes looked back in unison. Seeing that it was a little doll shouting, it was all mocking. When he saw the Cheng guards beside him, his face instantly turned solemn.
Splashing skin is not something that can be done by a person, you must have eyes and be able to look at people. A few splashes looked at Cheng Guard's strong figure and bright eyes, obviously a master.
The leader of the ploppy shook his fist at Cheng Guard, and said, "I don't know if this brother is called to live down, what's the matter?" He thought it was Cheng Guard's child, and the child's voice was Cheng Guard's meaning.
Cheng Guard understood that now was not the time for the prince to come forward, so he also hugged his fists and asked, "I don't know why you want to arrest this little girl?"
The splashy smile and said: "This little girl's father owes my eldest brother twenty taels of silver, and now he is kicking his legs, as the saying goes, the father pays off the debt, we sell this little lady to the Qinglou to get back some capital, it seems to be understandable." ”
Cheng Guard's face was embarrassed, and he bowed his head to Ji Chang and said, "This matter is taken care of, we can't take care of it." ”
As for Ji Chang, he felt that the little girl was pitiful for a while, and when he saw that she was going to be bullied, he yelled eagerly. So much so that he had no idea what to do after yelling.
When he left the palace, he didn't bring that much silver. Cheng Guard's body probably didn't have it, otherwise he wouldn't have said that to the third prince.
Yang Wei stood up from behind the two at this time and said, "I'll give you these twenty taels of silver." After speaking, he reached into his arms, took out twenty taels of silver tickets, stretched out his other hand, and said, "IOU." ”
Seeing that someone had come forward and had such a good thing, he hesitated, reached into his arms, took out a piece of paper, handed it to Yang Wei, and took out twenty taels of silver tickets and put it away.
Yang Wei took the paper in front of him and looked at it, frowned, and said, "Why is there only two taels of silver." ”
The leader said: "It's been half a year since this IOU, and it's been twenty taels in half a year." This is still our eldest brother's kindness and wiped the odds on him. ”
Yang Wei secretly said to himself, this deal is too cost-effective. If it weren't for too many bad debts, this business would have been done.
The leader of the splashes arched his hand to Yang Wei, and shouted to the splashes behind him: "Let's go!" The group of splashes swaggered away.
The little girl knelt on the ground and knocked her head three times. Said gratefully: "Thank you to Engong for coming to the rescue!"
Yang Wei reached into his arms, took out another twenty taels of silver tickets, handed them to the little girl, and said, "Buy two good coffins for Lingzun Lingtang, and bury them well." The little girl was speechless with gratitude, but knew that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The crowd of onlookers saw that things had a good ending, and they all left with relief. Yang Wei helped the little girl up and asked, "What is your name, and why did your parents die at the same time?"
The little girl said, "The slave's name is Xiu'er." Although my family was not a wealthy family before, they also had no worries about food and clothing. But my dad once went to the casino, and he was hooked on it, and he soaked in the casino almost every day.
Although there are small wins, there are many losses. After he took all my things and threw them on the gambling table.
Until now, she has been a family with four walls, and my mother has often quarreled with my father since he became addicted to gambling. Yesterday, my father wanted to take out the relics left by my grandmother to my mother.
My mother went up to grab it, but my father pushed her head, hit her head on the corner of the table, and immediately died. When my father saw that my mother was dead, he probably felt guilty and went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife and wiped his neck. ”
Before she finished speaking, Xiu'er was already crying silently. When Ji Chang heard such a tragic thing, his eyes were red.
Yang Wei sighed and said: "The sage said, all evil silver is the head, I don't see it right." This silver word is what you and I want, no matter how silver it is, it will not be ruined by silver. Gambling on one word makes people get something for nothing and breeds greed. ”
Speaking of this, his face turned slightly red, and he thought that he also belonged to the category of people who did not work hard. "Unbridled gambling, in particular, is even more disastrous. In my opinion, it should be changed to a gambling on all evils. Ji Chang and Cheng Guards both nodded in agreement.
Yang Wei turned his head to Xiu'er and said, "You first restrain your parents, and when everything is over, you can go to the Taishi Mansion to find me." Tell me my name in the porter, and someone will bring you to me. ”
After Xiu'er thanked her master, several people saw that it was not early and walked back.