Chapter 267: The Fire Rises
went to the previous discussion, and the current banquet was full of idle talk.
There was no tension at first, and the big guys were a little more relaxed.
The atmosphere relaxed a little, and the juniors at the small table chattered again.
Zheng Liangqiu invited Bai Song to drink, intending to repair the relationship between the two families.
This was instructed by Mrs. Zheng, and in previous years, such occasions should have been presided over by his Zheng family, but now they have been replaced by the Chen family. He sat aside and didn't say much, but how could he not be anxious?
That person named Bai Song is really a demon king of the mixed world, not to mention the Zheng family, and now he has been appreciated by the king of Shu, and he has a bright future, how can the Zheng family settle accounts with him again?
Zheng Liangqiu got his father's signal today, and he worked hard to say that Bai Song was good.
First, the little sister at the bottom of the table said that the girl's family was very curious about men.
In addition, Bai Song was born good-looking, and when he came to the table, he was toasted by the girls before he sat down.
Bai Song drank the wine of the young ladies of various families, and he had to have today's affairs, otherwise how could there be such a chance for such a beautiful woman to be around?
Bai Song was drinking here, and the sons of the families at the table over there were even more jealous.
Gathered together to drink stuffy wine, counting each other, but it was completely different from the girl's table.
There were not many guests at the remaining table, just because Chen Xirong sat alone and drank, cup after glass, and he didn't know what was going on, and it seemed that he was depressed.
The sisters who were good friends in the past were kind enough to comfort and ask for details, but they were pushed back by Chen Xirong's unprovoked temper, which made many sisters unhappy, so they simply ignored her, but came to Zheng Liangqiu's side to complain quietly.
The girl at this table looked at Chen Xirong, and saw that she was red and drunk after a while, and she felt strange, and someone was muttering: "Where did this Sister Chen get her depression?" Why are you so bored today? The table was empty for her. ”
Fang just pointed at Bai Gongzi like that, I'm afraid he hates it so much, right? I don't know what kind of grudge there is between Sister Chen and Bai Gongzi? ”
Someone whispered: "Don't say it, I know it, Sister Chen's business experience, I don't know how much money she made for the Chen family, but she fell on Bai Gongzi." I heard that Sister Chen followed the hoarding of tree bark and the like, and spent nearly 10,000 taels of silver before and after, but it was all smashed in her hands. But Bai Gongzi took advantage of this wind, earned 10,000 taels, and bought Mingchun Garden, if it was you, are you angry? ”
Everyone was stunned.
Then another person was suspicious: "What you said is right, but Sister Chen has always been magnificent, even if she loses money, the Chen family will not be unbearable, and she will never be so depressed." I've seen it, and I'll have to study a little bit more to make it clear at this point. ”
"What's the matter?"
The man smiled: "We are all daughters' families, and we all know it in our hearts." Seeing Sister Chen like this, what is the reason besides love? ”
"Affair? Could it be that Sister Chen also has a favorite son? What a miracle! ”
"Silly girl, you still don't understand? Don't look at Sister Chen, some people are different? ”
When a few gossipy girls heard the surprise, most of them were stunned, and turned their heads to look at Bai Song.
At this glance, it feels like discovering a new continent, each with a spring color, too happy, and gathered together to say in unison: "The deep responsibility of love!" ”
Now it's all right, everything is clear.
The reason why Sister Chen is so depressed is not only because she lost money, but also because she lost in front of the person she likes, and she blames the person she likes for not being able to see through a woman's mind for a long time. Sister Chen, who is the character who said that soft words? just waited for Bai Gongzi to give a good face, but when he came to the wine table, he didn't even take a look, and patronized here to make love with other girls and put her aside.
A sudden voice came from outside: "Miss Chen, it's time to come to your house for a show, tourists on both sides of the strait are waiting, don't make tourists wait." ”
Chen Xirong woke up from a drunken dream, dropped his wine glass, staggered out of the banquet hall, and arrived on the deck of the ship.
The juniors in the banquet hall were also interested, and they all knew that Sister Chen had invited a famous Qing'er girl from Yichun Courtyard, and they were all counting on her for tonight's performance. They all left their seats and walked to the deck closest to the stage.
Zheng Liangqiu also said on the side: "Bai Gongzi, why don't we go and have a look." ”
Invited Qing'er, it was actually Chen Xirong?
This made Bai Song a little surprised, who would be the figure he saw behind the screen last time?
Could it be the young master of the Chen family?
Bai Song pondered, followed Chen Xirong to the deck, and saw that there were many tourists on both sides of the Wei River, each holding a lantern and shouting excitedly, and the whole world was covered by the call of "Qing'er", and the starry sky and thousands of lanterns were reflected, decorating the river into the most gorgeous stage.
On that stage, since the previous performer left the stage, there was no one on the stage for a long time.
Chen Xirong woke up a little, and hurriedly beckoned the maid to ask why she didn't see Miss Qing'er.
The maid replied anxiously: "Miss, Miss Qing'er hasn't been here tonight at all." ”
"What?" Chen Xirong's face changed, "Impossible! Qing'er told me well, if you have prepared well tonight, hurry up and send someone to find it, it must be somewhere. ”
Chen Xirong was a little flustered, but the juniors on the deck were not still lively.
The young masters of each family saw Bai Song alone surrounded by the girls, and finally someone stepped forward to take the initiative to stir up trouble.
"Bai Gongzi, I have admired the name for a long time, this is a festive season, how can we literati not write poems? This city is full of sparks, and the wonders are rare, so I implore the son to chant a poem for us to enjoy. ”
"Bai Gongzi is heavy on business, but he can't do your literary and ink skills."
The young master who knew these things had bad intentions and wanted to see Bai Gongzi make a fool of herself, so she naturally came up to argue.
The young master was already prepared, and said: "You don't know, this white boy is a scholar who will have time to gain fame in the future, how can he not understand the truth of poetry." It's rare for young people like us to get together tonight, and I hope that Bai Gongzi will give him advice, if Gongzi is unwilling, is he looking down on us? ”
"That's it! Bai Gongzi, if you can get the appreciation of our fathers, you must have something extraordinary, don't let me down. ”
Chen Xirong was a little worried, she didn't want Bai Song to be in a bad mood, so she asked in a low voice: "Bai Gongzi, ...... you?"
Bai Song didn't care about these children's things at all, and was still thinking about Qing'er's affairs.
Tonight, Qing'er agreed to the Chen family to perform, but now she has not shown up for a long time, plus she sent a message to Bai Song before.
Bai Songxin said that something was going to happen.
As soon as my thoughts arrived here, a fire suddenly rose on the flower street a hundred meters away, as if something was burning, and the sky over there lit up, and the tourists around were gradually chaotic, and many people fell into the water in the chaos.
It's just getting up there, and a lot of people don't pay attention.
Bai Song frowned, wanting to see more clearly in a different place.
I didn't want Bai Song to leave, but he was pulled by a few sons: "Hey, the poem hasn't been written yet, don't go!" Bai Gongzi, don't ruin everyone's interest. ”
Bai Song didn't want to deal with them, so he said casually:
"Last night, the flower market was lit up like daylight.
The moon arrives at the head of the willow tops, and people are about after dusk.
This year, at night, the moon and the lights are still the same.
I didn't see last year's people, and my tears wet the sleeves of my spring shirt. ”
After hearing this, everyone was stunned in place, not wanting to say a few simple words but giving people a faint sentimentality.
Compared with the pile-up of flowery rhetoric, such a simple but sincere poem is particularly shocking.
Especially after the great victory of the kingdom, the people were immersed in joy.
I don't want to hear the sadness of last year's people from the mouth of this white boy, which is in stark contrast to this lively world.
It's short, and it's admirable.
Especially when it fell into the ears of the girls of various families, it was discovered that this white boy was an infatuated lover.
The man is still unfinished in the poem, and the poet has already left the crowd and walked to the bow of the boat.
Dong Xiang couldn't interject before, and followed the young master all the way to the side, and also saw the fire on the other side.
"That direction ......," Bai Song muttered.
"Isn't it Yichun Courtyard?" Fuyuka said.
Bai Song was still skeptical, and as soon as he heard Dong Xiang say it again, he was sure in his heart, and his expression immediately became serious.
"Yichun Courtyard is on fire!"
Hearing this, two people at the bow of the boat shouted in unison: "Qing'er! ”
It was Chen Xirong, who was standing at the bow of the boat, who said the same thing as Bai Song.
Chen Xirong staggered, and the people who squeezed the bow of the boat were about to go to the opposite shore from the aisle, but an officer and soldier came quickly, blocking Chen Xirong in the bow of the boat and unable to move away.
The officers and soldiers were in a hurry and shouted to the prince from afar.
Lu You was blocked by Chen Xirong, and he didn't dare to push.
Li Zhan came looking for a voice and responded loudly: "What's the matter?" ”
The officers and soldiers were very anxious, and they couldn't take care of it, and shouted: "Lord Jiang asked the villain to spread the word, Yichun Courtyard caught fire, and the girl from Yichun Courtyard has secretly gone out of the city with a few carts of silver. ”
"What?!" Li Zhan was shocked, the news was unexpected, and as soon as he walked in his mind, he knew that he had fallen into the trap of the Holy Lotus Sect.
"That enchantress is so cunning! Where did they get the money? ”
"It seems that the silver taels were allocated from the Chen family's treasury, and the other party loaded the silver taels into the dung truck and mixed them out of the city."
"The Chen Family's Treasury!"
Li Zhan frowned, turned around and grabbed the head of the Chen family who had just been interrogated.
"How did you do that? Why did the White Lotus Church get silver taels from your Chen family? ”
Chen Fan looked confused: "Lord Wang, why do you say this?!" ”
"Oops! The demon of the Holy Lotus Sect got the silver two and transferred out of the city, and it was already empty! That silver is the silver of your Chen family! ”
"This is impossible, all the money of my Chen family will be handed over to ......"
Chen Fan realized something, and hurriedly shouted: "Sorry!" ”
And Chen Xirong listened to Fang Cai's conversation, and the person was already sitting on the ground, and his soul had been lost.
When Bai Song saw it, he knew that something was wrong, and it was estimated that it was really the Chen family!
The figure I saw that day must have been someone from the Chen family.
And the reality that I don't want to admit has to be admitted now.
Qing'er is really inseparable from the Holy Lotus Sect!
"Pity! Sorry for ...... You have something to say! What the hell is going on? ”
Chen Fan ran to his daughter, grabbed her daughter's dejected shoulder and shook it for a while.
And that Chen Xirong was like a dead man, his eyes were blank and motionless,
When Chen Fan saw it, he shouted, "It's over!" ”
Turning around, he asked again: "How many silver taels did the Holy Lotus Sect demon take?" ”
Li Zhan was so angry that he stomped his feet and gestured: "Five thousand!" ”