The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 327

A pretty maid in the room saw a few people coming in, wished a few blessings to them, and asked, "Mei Xiang is very polite here, what's the matter?"

The young man stepped forward and whispered something in his ear, Mei Xiang nodded lightly, asked the others to sit down, and went to invite Mama Li.After a while, there were footsteps coming from behind the screen, and then a middle-aged woman in her forties, still charming.

This woman is of course Mama Li, the old bustard of Lulou. She and Chai Huangcheng are old acquaintances, so after entering, they greeted each other casually, and then turned their attention to the three of Mu Xu.She only glanced at Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhang San, then said to Mu Xu with a coquettish smile,

"Hey, this guest looks strange. It seems that this is the first time he has come to our building. I don't know the official's name?"

Before Mu Xu could answer, Chai Huangcheng said, "This is my natal nephew. His surname is Wang, and he is a well-known and rich family on Jingdong Road. Because he admires Li Xingshou very much, he made a special trip to visit him."

Li's mother didn't show any surprise when she heard the words, she came to the building every day, and there were not many people who wanted to see Master Li, she had long been used to it, she picked up her teacup and took a sip, and said calmly,
"Mr. Chai, you are also a regular customer of ours. You know a little about the situation of the master, so why make things difficult for the concubine?"

Chai Huangcheng was a little speechless, but fortunately Mu Xu was well prepared for this situation. He winked at Zhang San. Zhang San received the signal, and immediately lifted the burden in his arms with both hands, and put it on the table next to Mama Li. .

Mu Xu waved his hand and said, "Small kindness, it's not a respect, please help me."

After Li's mother untied the package and saw the pile of gold leaves inside, she burst into laughter from ear to ear, got up and said, "The concubine will ask her teacher, but whether she sees or not, it's up to her to decide. "

"It's natural!" Mu Xu expressed his understanding, then pointed to Chai Huangcheng and said, "Leave me here alone to wait, let Uncle Shi take my two brothers to Gaole by themselves, and all expenses will be charged to my account. "

Ruan Xiaoqi was in a hurry, and hurriedly whispered, "Brother, how can I leave you here alone? This..."

Mu Xu raised his hand to interrupt him, and said intentionally, "This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so why are you afraid that bad people will harm me?" After finishing speaking, he explained to Mama Li, "Forgive me, my companion has no other intentions. Just worried about my safety."

Mother Li replied that it's okay, and called the maid Mei Xiang in, and told her to take a few people to the side hall for reception, leaving Mu Xu to wait here alone.

After about half a cup of tea time, Mama Li just turned around, and when she saw Mu Xu, she beckoned and said, "Come on, Mr. Wang! You can thank my concubine this time, Shishi was a little upset and didn't want to come out to see guests." Fortunately, I was so talkative that I persuaded her to let the officials go to Zuixinglou to see her."

Mu Xu got up and followed Li's mother, while walking through the gorgeous building with carved beams and painted buildings, and walked towards the drunken building in the backyard, he said perfunctorily, "I'm sorry for your trouble, after meeting Li, Xiao Ke will thank you very much!"

While talking, the two came to a quiet and elegant small building. A servant girl had been waiting outside the door. After meeting the two, she saluted and said, "Officials, please follow me in."

Mu Xu followed the maidservant into the building and came to the quiet room on the second floor. As soon as he entered, he could smell a faint fragrance. Then he looked at the furnishings in the room.

Without allowing Mu Xu to take a closer look, a young woman walked out from behind the door curtain. When she looked at it under the lamp, she looked like a fish sinking into a wild goose, or a crescent moon shy of a flower.

While Mu Xu was looking at Li Shishi, Li Shishi was also looking at Mu Xu. Seeing his handsome face and tall figure, he was immediately satisfied.When he saw his own face again, he was only taken aback for a moment, and then he returned to normal, and he looked at him even more in his heart.

Naturally, Li Shishi didn't know that Mu Xu had long been used to the beauties of Lin Daiyu, Qin Keqing and others.Therefore, even if Master Li's teachers and students are extremely beautiful, it only makes him lose his mind for a moment, and it is absolutely impossible to let him indulge in it.

The two met each other, Li Shishi ordered the girl to bring tea, and after Mu Xu tasted it, he asked aloud, "I see that the behavior of the officials is not like ordinary people. How dare you ask who they are and what they do for a living?"

Mu Xu replied, "People in the remote mountains are ignorant and ignorant, so they should not be praised by everyone."

Li Shishi heard that Mu Xu didn't want to say more, but he didn't care, and asked, "The officials came to see Shishi, what advice do you have?"

"I've heard about the girl's name for a long time, but I only hate being thousands of miles away, and it's a pity for my life. Now that I have something to go to Beijing, I want to come here to pay a visit. It's very lucky in my life to see her beautiful face."

As long as it is a woman, there is no one who does not like others to praise her appearance, even if this woman is Li Shishi.Of course, this is also rewarding. Although Yan Qing was pretending to be a servant in the original text, Li Shishi was very polite to him. When it was replaced by Song Jiang's black servant, Li Shishi would not move at all even if he talked about it.

The two chatted for a long time, Li Shishi saw that Mu Xu was very eloquent and knowledgeable, and felt that he hated seeing each other later, so he simply ordered the girl to prepare a good banquet on the table, and drank with Mu Xu while enjoying the world. chat up.

This is actually Mu Xu deliberately leading the topic. He knows that a woman like Li Shishi, although born in a prostitute, has a rich life and will not lack anything.There is only one thing, but it is elusive, that is freedom, so he deliberately kept talking about the scenery outside, and it sure aroused Li Shishi's interest.

As the saying goes, looking at beauties under the lamp has a special charm.When Mu Xu came to Water Margin from the Red Mansion, except for the first contact with Zhao Fujin, the rest of the time, he met only Lu Zhi men every day. Now seeing such a beauty as Li Shishi, he couldn't help but feel his heart move.

But Mu Xu also knows that haste makes waste, so he always pays attention to the tone of his words, for fear of being abrupt, and he didn't say until he saw Li Shishi was a little fuzzy,

"I am looking forward to seeing the scenery outside, so why not go out for a walk, so as to relieve my mood?"

Li Shishi put down his wine glass, with a look of sadness on his face, and sighed, "The little girl looks beautiful, but she is just a bird in a cage, how can she be so comfortable. Besides, I have been here since I was a child. Where can I go if I leave this place?”

Hearing Li Shishi's self-pity and self-pity, Mu Xu couldn't help thinking of her life experience.

Li Shishi was originally not surnamed Li, but the daughter of a cloth dyer named Wang Yin in Tokyo.Her mother died just after giving birth to her, and Wang Yin fed her with soybean milk instead of milk, which made her survive.

In order to let her grow up safely, Wang Yin sent her to the temple to hold the ceremony of sacrificing herself into the temple according to local customs. Because disciples of living Buddhas are called "teachers" in customs, Wang Yin named her Called "teacher".

When Shishi was four years old, Wang Yin died because of delaying his imprisonment for dyeing cloth for the imperial court, and Shishi became an orphan. Fortunately, she was adopted by Granny Li in the building, and she has lived in the building ever since. , also changed his surname to Li, called Li Shishi.

When she grew up, not only was she beautiful in appearance, but she also had outstanding skills. Her reputation gradually became louder and louder, and she gradually became a famous geisha in Tokyo.

However, there are two things that made Li Shishi completely famous. The first one is that the famous scholar Qin Shaoyou wrote a poem for him.The poem says: The distant mountains have long eyebrows, thin willow waists.Put on make-up and stand in the spring breeze, and a smile is less than a thousand dollars.When returning to Fengcheng, talk to the brothel.Looking at Yingchuan flowers all over the place, it doesn't seem like teachers are good.

And the second thing is that she was photographed by Zhao Ji, an official of the Great Song Dynasty two years ago, and since then she has flown to the branches, and she is no longer an ordinary prostitute.Even the Zuixing Building where she lives now is named and inscribed by Zhao Ji himself, and all the daily objects are covered with yellow silk.

Li Shishi's experience, if ordinary women see it, they will be envious and jealous.But in fact, this was the beginning of her tragedy. As the king of a country, how could Zhao Ji really care about Master Li?

Firstly, Zhao Ji would not take her into the palace, and secondly, he would not come to accompany her often. To put it bluntly, he just treated her like a canary in a cage.

There is a good saying that since ancient times there have been many strange women. Although Li Shishi has lived in the dust, he is very upright.In history, when faced with the invasion of Jin people, he performed much better than many scholar-bureaucrats. He had donated his private wealth many times to fund military expenses, which made Mu Xu really admire.

(End of this chapter)