Chapter 26: Desires, Extravagances, and Traps
It was none other than Nangong who stopped Ren Piaoping, and his words were sincere: "It's getting late, Brother Ren is still temporarily staying in the house today, and I still have something to ask Brother Ren, and I hope Brother Ren won't refuse." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Ren Piaoping saw that she couldn't refuse, so she nodded and agreed.
As soon as she entered the door, Ren Piaoping found that there were three tables of wine and food in the house, quite rich, and there was a red paper hanging on a wall in the middle, with a big 'Shou' word written on the paper, the handwriting was not dry, it seemed to have just been written, and there were two Jianghu people in the lobby of the main house, which turned out to be Tian Buping, the eight-bag elder of the beggar gang, and Gao Yanli, the senior brother of the head of the Qingcheng faction, after greetings, I learned that today was the sixtieth birthday of Nangong Yu, the head of the Nangong family, and the two of them, Xie Jiangnan and Nangong Yu are sworn brothers with different surnames, and they came to celebrate their birthdays, and they couldn't help but blame themselves in their hearts, and said: "It seems that I was reckless, and I actually ...... Brother Xie."
At the right time, Nangong Yi walked up with the dishes, and said coldly when she heard the words: "Some people are always self-righteous and always disregard the feelings of others. ”
Since his debut, it is the first time that Ren Wandering has been ridiculed so much in front of everyone, but he understands in his heart that if a woman is always cold to you, then this woman must either like you very much or hate you very much, but he still doesn't know whether Nangong Yi is the former or the latter for himself, so he smiled indifferently and said, "Thank you for the girl's teaching, I'll go find him here." ”
After saying that, he got up, only to hear an old man's voice say: "Wait, let the dragon among the young heroes, the righteousness is thin and cloudy, the old man can see it today, it is indeed true." Ren Piaoping knew that this person must be Nangong Yu, so he hugged his fists and saluted: "The predecessors have praised it falsely, Ren Piaoping is a martial artist, a reckless person, and he has been wandering so far, and he has achieved nothing, which is really embarrassing." ”
Nangong Yu was dressed in an extremely ordinary cloth robe, although her face was a little sickly, she was very kind and kind, and suddenly changed her face and said to Nangong Yi: "Girl, you still don't apologize to Ren Shaoxia." ”
Nangong tutor has always been strict, even the deeply favored Nangong Yi did not dare to disobey at this moment, although reluctantly, but also seriously saluted Ren Wandering, and said in a low voice: "The little girl is so offended, I hope the hero will not be worried!" After speaking, the person ran out of the lobby, and Nangong Chi, who was looking for Ren Wandering Stubble in the restaurant today, hurriedly followed.
Nangong Yu sat on the chief, shook his head when he saw this, and said helplessly: "Neiko is no longer alive in his early years, he is spoiled by the old man, and I hope that Ren Shaoxia will not be surprised." ”
Ren Piaoping smiled: "It's really my fault, how can I be strange, I'll go and find Brother Xie." ”
Nangong Yu couldn't help nodding frequently, and said, "No need," and turned around and said loudly: "Brother Xie, you better come out." ”
It turned out that Xie Jiangnan quietly returned to Nangong's house from the backyard after Ren Wandering left, after all, he hadn't given Nangong Yu a birthday celebration, but seeing that Ren Wandering had also returned to Nangong's house, he was ashamed and didn't dare to come out to see him. At this time, Nangong Yu called him, and he had to come out.
Xie Jiangnan looked at Ren Piaoping's face with some embarrassment, and said: "Ren Shaoxia is also celebrating the birthday of the eldest brother?" At this moment, he changed his name to Ren Shaoxia instead of the talented Ren Daxia, Ren Piaoping of course understands in his heart that people always want to save face, and said with a smile: "Brother Xie is polite, I think it's wrong to come, I hope you will forgive me." ”
Xie Jiangnan hurriedly said: "Brother, it's me who is wrong first, I'll punish myself first." With that, he picked up a pot of wine on the table and drank it with a clatter.
Seeing this, Tian Buping hurriedly stopped: "Fourth brother, it's okay." Xie Jiangnan put down the flask.
At this time, the dishes were ready, Nangong Yu raised his wine glass and stood up, and said: "Everyone, my Nangong family has never been in contact with the rivers and lakes, and is dedicated to business, and practices martial arts only to strengthen the body, not to hurt others, but to protect themselves." Today's Nangong family is considered to be three joys, the old man has lived to the age of sixty flowers, barely a joy, the second happiness is the dog Nangong was injured in the martial arts weapons conference to seize the joy of tanhua, for my Nangong family to glorify the ancestors, as for these three joys are ......" Nangong Yu said that he seemed to have deliberately paused at this point, but his eyes looked at Ren Piaoping.
Everyone knows about the first two joys, but they don't know what the third joy is, you look at me and I see you are shaking their heads and don't know, seeing Nangong Yu looking at Ren Piaoping with a pair of eyes, they all looked at Ren Piaoping, and they were all guessing in their hearts, could it be that this third joy is related to Ren Piaoping, but they all muttered in their hearts, this Nangong Yu and Ren Piaoping have known each other for less than half an hour, how can they ......
When Ren Piaoping saw Nangong Yu say the third joy, she looked straight at herself with a smile in her eyes, and she was at a loss for the second monk at the moment, but she was also suspicious and didn't ask, thinking that someone would always ask.
Sure enough, Gao Yanli couldn't help it, and said with a smile: "Big brother, don't sell it, everyone is waiting for you to say it." The rest of the people, including the women and children of the Nangong family who were adjacent to the two tables, began to echo.
Nangong Yu coughed suddenly, it took a long time to recover his breath, Nangong Yu and the others were concerned and nervous, but Nangong Yu stretched out his hand, shook his head, and said: "It's not in the way, the old man is sick, the old man is happy today, what do you think of Ren Shaoxia's martial arts cultivation?"
Gao gradually left the moment and said: "Needless to say, Ren Shaoxia's martial arts cultivation is self-explanatory, and the performance of this weapons conference alone can be called the uncrowned king. ”
Tian Buping praised: "I, Tian Buping, have never told lies in my life, if it weren't for Ren Shaoxia's rescue, then Liu Feixu, who won the first place, was afraid that he would die in the hands of those money worshippers." ”
Nangong Injury also echoed: "I thought that Liu Feixu and Brother Ren were equally famous, how amazing it must be, I never thought that Brother Ren's martial arts were many times higher than Liu Feixu." ”
Ren Wandering began to smile bitterly, and said in her heart: If others praise you, especially when you exaggerate, then this person must have other plans.
At this time, Nangong Yu asked again: "Then what about Ren Shaoxia's character and appearance?"
Xie Jiangnan was the first to express his opinion this time, and said: "Everyone knows what I do, I have attacked Ren Shaoxia twice, and attacked others seven times, all of which were caught by Ren Shaoxia, but Ren Shaoxia only persuaded me with kind words, and did not embarrass me or hand me over to the government. ”
The rest of the people echoed loudly and said something that Ren Shaoxia's character was like jade and other praises.
Ren Piaoping really wanted to cry, but she had to laugh and said: "Everyone, don't be busy boasting first, let Nangong seniors say this third joy first." ”
Nangong Yu said with a smile: "Ren Shaoxia is refreshing, so the old man wants to ask everyone, I want Ren Shaoxia to be the old man's fast son-in-law, and marry the little girl Nangong Yi to him, but everyone agrees?"
Everyone listened to Ren Piaoping, whether it was good or that, and Nangong Yu said it himself, and they unanimously agreed and applauded loudly. But Ren Wandering was not good, at this moment his face was not only happy, it was ten times more ugly than the face that was sentenced to capital punishment.
All the people saw his face, so the whole hall was surprisingly quiet at the moment, of course, Nangong Yu also saw his face, the interesting thing is that at this moment, Nangong Yi happened to come in, and also happened to see his face, and what was even more interesting was that when everyone, including Nangong Yu, was surprised why Ren Piaoping had such an expression, Nangong Yi's pretty face except for the eyes that seemed to be crying red just now, all the other organs were showing that she was very happy.
She was actually laughing, this was the first time Ren Wandering had laughed since she saw her, and the way she laughed was really much better than when she wasn't smiling, just like a hibiscus out of the water and innocent.
Nangong Yu's hand holding the wine glass suddenly trembled.
Suddenly, I don't know whose child it is from the Nangong family, the innocent and immature voice sounded in this silent hall: "Today is not Grandpa's birthday, why do you want to celebrate your birthday today?"
Then there was the sound of someone hitting the child, accompanied by scolding: telling you to talk, telling you to talk nonsense, and then the child crying loudly. Nangong Yu began to cough again, this time it was obviously much more serious than just now, because Nangong Yu bent down because of the cough and never straightened up, I don't know who shouted: Blood!
At this moment, the entire Nangong family was in chaos.
No one praised Ren Wandering for his good martial arts, and no one praised him for his good character and good looks, no one paid attention to him, but Ren Wandering was not only uncomfortable, but also felt very comfortable, he knew that he didn't belong here, and he couldn't become a person here.
If a person changes himself and becomes a person who does not belong to him, it is not very painful, and even he will die quickly, even if you are very eager for the changed self, but the longing for something may not belong to you in the first place, is it not a kind of luxury, and the luxury often becomes a trap when it is about to be realized.
Obviously, Ren Piaoping understands this truth, so he is very comfortable at the moment.
When he heard Nangong Yu say that today is his sixtieth birthday, he was already suspicious, because the Nangong family has a big business, and it is also considered a prestigious family in the whole Henan, even if he does not associate with fellow martial artists, but the master of the Nangong family has no business friends to congratulate him on the extremely important day of his sixtieth birthday, and there is no festive decoration and atmosphere inside and outside the house。
Therefore, this sixtieth birthday must have been made up temporarily, and the time was so tight that even the work on the face was not ready, so it must have been improvised between the two entrances to Nangong's house, just because he was an uninvited guest.
It's just that what makes Ren Piaoping can't figure out now is why Nangong Yu took the trouble to arrange this scene, and what made him marry Nangong Yi to herself.
Ren Piaoping knew in her heart that no matter what, the answer to the second question should at least be that if she married Nangong Yi, she would definitely bring some benefits to the Nangong family.
......
It was getting late, and the stars were already hanging on the branches.
The people of the Earthquake Gang salvaged downstream along the river bank for a whole day, Yan Wushuang and they actually waited here for a whole day, and just when everyone was about to give up, the voice of the salvage person came from not far away: Hurry up, pull hard, as if it was a person.
Yan Wushuang and the others felt nervous when they heard this, and immediately followed the sound, Chang Rainy was the first to arrive at the scene, and Ji Changshan was already taking a torch to inspect it carefully.
Chang Xiaoyu asked, "Who?" Ji Changshan glanced at Chang Xiaoyu and didn't answer, because he didn't know who this person was, but it was definitely not the corpses of Ren Piaoping and Ouyang Xiaodie.
Yan Wushuang and the others have arrived, but they don't know whether to be happy or disappointed? There is at least a glimmer of hope for not finding anyone, but at the same time it also means a kind of disappointment.
This is a man's corpse, the whole body is green and transparent like jade, it seems that due to the passage of time, the whole body skin of the salvaged person has been festered due to water and fish food, and it is difficult to identify, but the strange thing is that this person does not seem to have skin on his face at all, and other parts can also see that the skin is ulcerated because there is still skin, but it is incomplete.
The first peak has already begun to speak: "This person is a monk, a monk of Shaolin Temple. ”
Only then did everyone notice that there was no hair on this person's head, and nine ring scars were faintly visible, and just when everyone secretly admired that the first peak was worthy of being the royal god, Liu Rujun had already exclaimed: "It's a willing monk." ”
The first peak asked, "How can you see it?"
Liu Rujun said: "Brother Ren and I went to Shaolin Temple once, and when the master was pouring tea, I noticed that the master's right hand only had four fingers. ”
Only then did everyone look at the corpse, and sure enough, the corpse was missing a little finger on its right hand.
When the first peak was about to ask something again, Yan Wushuang had already said, "Human skin mask." ”
Although there were still doubts on the faces of Ji Changshan, Feng Zhongtian and others, Chang Xiaoyu and the others had already understood that this person must be the willing monk who had been stripped of the skin on his face to make a human skin mask.
Ji Changshan said: "In any case, let's notify the people of Shaolin Temple to come and identify it." ”
The people of the Earthquake Gang had already left, leaving Yan Wushuang and them still standing on the bank of the Yellow River that was whimpering, and suddenly Feng Zhongtian's son Feng Zhongtian whispered to Feng Zhongtian: "Dad, let's go back, I'm really hungry." Everyone suddenly felt hungry, and when the wind was about to reprimand the wind and rain for not coming out, Yan Wushuang said: "Yes, everyone is also hungry, let's go back to Luoyang City first." ”
Luoyang City is still so lively, the air seems to be filled with the leisurely fragrance of zongzi, Ziyun said: "I forgot, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, no wonder there is the fragrance of zongzi everywhere." ”
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Ouyang Xiaodie is sitting in front of the dressing table in her room at the moment, her eyebrows in the mirror are lightly swept, and her eyes are plain and bright, and she seems to be even more beautiful without a little pretentiousness, but the rich sorrow between her eyebrows is spreading on her face at this moment.
At this moment, she didn't have the slightest skill, she knew that Zhao Hongyun must have given herself some medicine. Now she just knew that it was her sister Ouyang Shangqing who restrained her, and she didn't remember anything about what happened next.
At this time, the locked door opened suddenly, and Ping'er jumped up and ran to her, saying, "Mother, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, I want the most beautiful and beautiful sachet." ”
Ouyang Xiaodie's body suddenly shook, yes, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, she couldn't help but open a dark compartment on the dressing table and take out something from inside.
This thing has been kept here by Ouyang Xiaodie for more than eight years, in these eight years, every Dragon Boat Festival Ouyang Xiaodie will inevitably take it out to play with, that is a foot, a foot the size of a child's palm, a foot made of fine Hangzhou silk, the foot is filled with some realgar and spices, the lower end of the foot is hung with two red beans with silk threads, the whole sachet is small and exquisite, lovely. There are a few lines of small and beautiful words embroidered on the center of the feet: the mountains have no tombs, the rivers are exhausted, the winter thunder and earthquakes, the summer rain and snow, the heaven and the earth are together, and they dare to be with the king.
This sachet was carefully sewn by Ouyang Xiaodie on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival eight years ago, this thing was originally a pair, and the other foot should be on Ren Piaoping's body. Ouyang Xiaodie looked at those lines at the moment, and said in her heart: Isn't this the biggest irony of her life now?
Ping'er was already making a fuss, and Ouyang Xiaodie said, "Ping'er, be good, my mother will buy you a better one on the street tomorrow." ”
But Ping'er still kept making a fuss and said: "Mother, I want this, I want this!"
Ouyang Xiaodie really couldn't help it, and thought: Child, it's just a moment of freshness. I had to give it, and I said, "Okay, here you go, but don't lose it, otherwise, my mother will be angry." ”
Ping'er happily jumped out with the sachet.
The door was locked again.
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Nangong Yu was already sitting on the ground, Gao Yanli of the Qingcheng faction was conveying true qi to him, Nangong was sad and solemn, and Nangong Yi had already said with tears in her eyes: "Dad, wake up, wake up, I will depend on you for whatever you say! Even if you marry a hypocrite who kills his father and takes his wife!"