Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 34

After talking all the time, I finally asked Ying'er, the little maid, to deliver the poems to Rui Niang on his behalf.After sending the little girl away, Xingyan suddenly felt relieved, he could finally have an explanation for the matter that had been hanging in his heart for several days.

Thinking about it, after reading the four sentences she wrote, Rui Niang should be able to understand the meaning.Based on the impressions he had heard in the past, Xing Yan felt that this Rui Niang, one of the four concubines of Huayue, was by no means the kind of superficial and superficial girl, and should be able to understand the subtext of the poem.

"How can a gourd leaf be worthy of rejoicing, and liberation may not be a kind flight!..." The young man who had been idle couldn't help but recited his own poem several times.

——While reciting complacently, he hesitated a little: "Uh... the word 'liberation', will it be a bit straightforward and annoy Ruiniang? Uh... probably not, the word 'liberation' , is also born out of the couplet hanging in front of the building - this couplet is well known in the building, Rui Niang is generous, so I shouldn't care about it."

"Hey! Maybe, after that Rui Niang understands it, she will come to ask me carefully? - Then I will have the opportunity to tell her all the doubts in my heart!"

Thinking of this verse, Xingyan is quite happy—a young man with a simple mind, who firmly believes that as soon as his poem arrives, he can wake up Sister Rui who is still in her dream.

Regardless of the fact that he is sitting in front of a few desks, holding his special edition of the "Shangqing Jing", shaking his head and reading it as if he is serious - in fact, at this moment, all his thoughts are completely devoted to paying attention to the opening of the door. On the move!
... "Squeak!!"

I was waiting a little anxiously, but the door sounded at the right time.

——It seems that Rui Niang is really a quick-witted woman, and she didn't keep him waiting.Hearing the sound of the door, Xingyan hurriedly looked up—ho! !Who is the person who pushes the door and enters the house, but that Rui Niang?Presumably, Rui Niang's visit this time must have come to ask him the whole story of the poem!Enthusiastically awakened, she hastily put down the scriptures in her hand, and was about to stand up to greet her—but suddenly there was a "pop", and that Rui Niang, who had been silent after entering, patted a piece of hemp paper, in front of him!Originally full of joy, he woke up, only then did he realize that something was wrong.Taking a closer look, the piece of paper being held by Ruiniang's plain hand is actually the poem he just asked Ying'er to hand over not long ago!When he looked at Rui Niang's face, the young man realized that the face of this dignified and dignified Rui Niang was as ice-covered now!Seeing this scene, Xing Yan secretly sighed in his heart: "That's all! I'm afraid things will not be harmonious!!"

Although his thoughts turned, Xingyan was still at a loss when he saw Ruiniang's unexpected solemn state.Just in the middle of the quarrel, she didn't know where to start, but she heard Rui Niang, who had been silent all this time, speak:

"Brother Zhang, I have read the respected poem, so I will return it here." After a pause, he added another sentence:
"——In the future, please don't make up such gossips, which will pollute my family's eyes and ears!" When she said this, Rui Niang's tone was bleak, and she was quite annoyed.

"Huh?" Hearing the blaming words for the first time, Xing Yan was a little confused, not understanding what Rui Niang meant, and thought to himself: "Whispering rumors?... Where do you start?...Feng, Feng , ah!" Xingyan finally came to his senses: "The word 'rumors and rumors' is just saying that what I said is floating like the wind, it is a false statement without evidence!
And the word 'wind' also has a bit of a teasing meaning..." Thinking of this verse, Xing Yan hastened to argue:

"Sister Rui, don't get me wrong! The four lines of poems I just presented don't mean any blasphemy! I, I just want to remind my sister... I just heard that Mr. Hu, he, he started to use Sister Rui of……"

"Stop talking!" The young man spoke incoherently in this panic, and just halfway through, Ruiniang interrupted: "I don't need others to talk about the matter between me and Hu Lang!"

——Speaking of this, Rui Niang realized that her tone might be a bit serious——looking at the situation just now, the little brother in front of her should also have good intentions.

Thinking of this festival, the famous Huayuerui Niang also calmed down a little from the anger just now.She slowed down her tone, and said to the bewildered young man in front of her:
"Brother Zhang, I can understand the meaning of your poem. It's just that you don't know something, Hu Lang..."

Speaking of this, Rui Niang, who was as cold as ice, had a blush on her cheeks: "Mr. Hu, he is so infatuated with the slave family, full of true feelings! This feeling can be shown every day. How can the slave family tolerate others? Slander him half a sentence! I appreciate my brother's kindness, but please don't mention this kind of thing in the future!"

After all, without waiting for the young man to open his mouth to argue, he turned around and walked away!

——Wake up to this point to know that all my painstaking efforts have been in vain. "It seems that I took this matter too simply." Xing Yan couldn't help but blame himself.However, despite being resentful, he was still a little puzzled: "Why is that Rui Niang, who can't bear to listen to my half-decomposed persuasion?" Facing the result that was completely different from what he expected, the young man sat there blankly, puzzled.

After a while, the piece of poetry covering the table in front of the young man was also gently lifted by a gust of wind blowing from nowhere, fluttering and whirling, and gradually flew out of the young man's eyes. Sight, I don't know where it fell...

In fact, just like what Ruiniang said, this waking statement is really "knowing something" - Ruiniang's "unexpected" reaction just now is not surprising at all.Although this Xingyan Sugen is quite intelligent and has a clear mind, he is only a 16-year-old boy after all, and he is still really ignorant about these matters between men and women.

——These delicate thoughts of children's love, how can they be understood by reading more rituals, music, poetry and books?Therefore, Xingyan wanted to let Rui Niang go astray with just a few warning words, but it seemed a little naive.Thinking about that Rui Niang, right now she and Hu Shi'an, Mr. Hu, are in love with each other; what's more, Rui Niang has a strong heart, and she tied a strand of love firmly to her lover.

Speaking of which, although Rui Niang has a dignified and self-respecting name, she is a prostitute after all.As the saying goes, this brothel is cold at night and the Zhangtai Road is slippery. Don’t look at the busy traffic and prosperity now. Once you get older at that age, when your youth fades and your face grows old, you will be lonely for the rest of your life. How can the word "loneliness" be able to describe the desolate situation of no support?
Therefore, the only way out for this brothel man is to find a reliable person and entrust him for life while his color is not fading—this is the most decent and possibly the only decent way out for all brothel girls!

——However, how many men who usually come to this brothel to fool around can trust their sincerity?The romantic benefactors are all just looking for fun and relief; who would really be willing to spend money and money to redeem her sister? ——Even if there are children who are tempted by their beauty and promise to pay to redeem others, they often can't stand those so-called clean words.

Therefore, it is conceivable that now Rui Niang, after finally meeting an infatuated son who is willing to save her from the fire pit, how could she not be so devoted to him?What's more, this Mr. Hu Shi'an, Mr. Hu, is not only romantic, but also knowledgeable and witty. He is really a rare couple——

It can be said that in Rui Niang's eyes, this Mr. Hu who often hangs out in gambling houses is simply a flawless beauty, who is the whole of her world!At this time, Rui Niang is really both deaf and blind, so how can she listen to the harsh words of others?

——Perhaps, in her eyes, Xingyan is just a teenager who is separated from children.Therefore, Cai Ruiniang's reaction just now, even though she woke up a bit confused, was completely reasonable.The young man was sitting bored, but he heard the sound of the door.When I looked up, it was the little maid Ying'er who came into the room again and grabbed him to ask questions.It turned out that after the little maid handed the piece of poem to Rui Niang, she saw that her face sank after seeing it. Although she didn't say a word, Ying'er already knew something was wrong in her heart - it must be the poem written by Brother Xingyan. , What is the collision of words.Therefore, the little maid, who was worried about her heart, followed and waited beside her.After Rui Niang left, she also entered the room and asked Xingyan if Rui Niang blamed him.

Hearing Ying'er's kind-hearted inquiry, Xingyan though holding his breath, still followed the words and faltered a few words to her.Although chatting, the young man was a little out of his mind.

Looking at the little girl in front of him who was still trying to comfort him, Xingyan suddenly felt how much he missed the girl who worked with him more than a month ago, Ju Ying... "Ju Ying, Ju Ying..."

Thinking of the little girl Juying at first, Xingyan couldn't help but repeat the name several times in his heart.

Ju Ying's cute and soft-spoken appearance gradually emerged in Xing Yan's mind.There are differences between the girl's beauty and beauty before and after, but they are both happy and angry, shaking and alternating in front of Xingyan from time to time.The young man who was stunned by the incident of Ruiniang, when he thought of Ju Ying, his heart seemed to be moved, as if he had received some kind of revelation.It's a pity that it was just a flash of inspiration for a moment, and when he concentrated on thinking about it, he couldn't grasp that moment of inspiration anymore.

"Okay! Don't bother thinking about it!" Xing Yan shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to get rid of all these annoying things from his mind. "Hehe! If you think that Ruiniang and Mr. Hu are so affectionate, why do I, an outsider, bother to be troublesome? I should be scolded by Sister Narui!" Maybe, I really took things too seriously Bar?Ho!Just in response to that sentence, "There is nothing in the world, and nothing is disturbing."Unexpectedly, I also became a mediocre person for a while-could I not be? !what! "Xing Yan laughed at himself, joking with himself, and his mood became much lighter.

——The life of Xingyan seems to have returned to its original track, a little boring, but quite comfortable.Now, Xingyan also asked the kind sister in the building to roughly sew a cloth cover for him according to the size of the nameless old sword.Xing Yan took the cloth sheath as a sheath, and put the ancient sword that was somewhat aggressive.Normally, Xingyan would imitate those gangsters and sons of aristocratic families. When wandering in the street, he would put the newly picked up old sword on his back and pretend to be a cover-after all, he is a teenager with a heart. Yan Po feels that this looks majestic and majestic, which is more fun!
Of course, this sword is not just used as a decoration.Xingyan also went to the private school of Ji's family in his spare time, and learned a little swordsmanship from the old Mr. Ji in the school.

It turned out that in that private school of Ji's family, the teaching was not limited to rites, music, poetry and books; the way of archery was also studied a little.Among the private lessons taught by Ji Lao's academician, there was originally that swordsmanship class.At that time, the concept of running a school was quite eclectic, and this kind of curriculum arrangement is not surprising.

Of course, the swordsmanship taught by this venerable Mr. Ji is by no means the kind of bloody killing technique.The old man practiced the sword with a graceful and graceful posture, and his movements were moderate; coupled with his long beard and fluttering robe sleeves, he looked like a fairy from a distance—maybe, in the future Mr. Ji's swordsmanship is called "Sword Dance", which is more appropriate.

However, no matter what the name is, if it is practiced, it can strengthen the body and activate the muscles and bones.

Therefore, those students never tire of learning.

In the past, Xingyan said that because his family was poor, he couldn't afford a suitable sword, so he used the fake sword cut from bamboo and wood as a substitute.The wooden sword danced, although it was quite large, but the feeling in the hand always felt a little weak.When I was a few years older, I was ashamed to practice with that plaything-like wooden sword again.Therefore, speaking of it, Xingyan hadn't attended fencing lessons for a long time.

Now the young man accidentally picked up this old sword. Although it looks rather simple, it is still a real sword.Therefore, if he had some free time, Xing Yan would just rush to learn swordsmanship from Mr. Ji, which can pass the time.

In the afternoon of this day, in the open space in the garden in the backyard of Huayue Building, Xingyan practiced the swordsmanship that Mr. Ji had taught him recently.Putting the sword back and standing still, feeling that his body was quite hot, Xingyan pressed the sword to his cheek, feeling a pleasant coolness coming from the sword.

"Hey! If you put this sword on Chen Kui's neck on that Poyang Lake that day, the effect will be better, right? Haha!!!"

Feeling the coldness coming from the sword, Xingyan couldn't help thinking so presumptuously.Hehe, the experience of cooperating seamlessly with the little girl Juying that night to intimidate the evil leader Chen is vivid in my memory.

"Ah!" As soon as he thought of this, Xing Yan felt a sudden movement in his heart!
——It turned out that the young man finally thought of what it was that drifted in his heart these past few days, what was the vague thought that he wanted to grasp but couldn't grasp:
"...Rui Niang's matter, since the good life's persuasion is ineffective--then why don't I repeat the old trick?!" It turns out that although Xing Yan was frustrated that day when he satirized Rui Niang, it seemed to be calm on the surface, but in his heart, the evil was like a vengeance. Young man, but he really can't let go of the matter of Rui Niang.Even though he thought of all sorts of reasons to resolve it, he still had difficulty convincing himself that Young Master Hu treated Sister Rui Niang sincerely.Xingyan really can't lie to himself——

This is often the case. Some things may be good for me after I believe them, so I really want to believe them-but, I just can't believe these things!
Although Rui Niang spoke so harshly to the young man that day, Xing Yan is easy-going by nature and doesn't care about it. On the contrary, she always thinks about how painful it will be for her if sister Rui Niang is cheated out of her life and money. !
Therefore, although the surface is the same as before, in his heart, Xingyan is always thinking about how to think of a way to get the best of both worlds, so that Rui Niang, who still believes in that cold person, can wake up as soon as possible. ——

Now, it seems to finally have some clues.The young man who had just gained some inspiration from the old incident in Poyang seemed to be suddenly relieved.Glancing at the building where Ruiniang lived not far away, Xingyan smiled, swung the sword in his hand vigorously in the autumn wind, then turned and left.Behind the young man, the last yellow leaf hanging alone on the branch of the autumn tree seemed to be unable to resist the killing intent of autumn like a sword, and fell helplessly from the high branch, in the bleak autumn wind. Under the coercion, fluttering, falling...

(End of this chapter)