son-in-law

Chapter 221 Cataclysm (2)

Chapter 221 Cataclysm ([-])

In Liqiu's poetry meeting, everyone gathered together, but of course, such gatherings have always been for people with status to participate.On Xiaoyingzhou at this time, even though many people came alone and then walked with people they knew, the number of people who are eligible to participate in the banquet is only about one-fourth or one-fifth, and the rest All of them were servants like maids and servants, and there were also officers and soldiers arranged by the Hangzhou government to maintain order and prevent accidents. These people were not included in the number of participants.

On Ning Yi's side, the only ones who can really get on the big boat are their husband and wife and the Su family brothers. In addition, the three maids, the boatman who operates the boat, and the coachman Dong Zhu who follows in the back cabin, These five people, when the banquet was in progress, could only wait in their own painting boat below.

So when it was time to disembark and go for a walk on Xiaoyingzhou, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er didn't bring Juan'er and Xing'er with them, but asked Xiaochan to follow them. If there is no need to wait on the big ship later, they still have to let she comes back.

Just now, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er talked about Xiaochan's thoughts. With Su Tan'er's temperament, she will not let this little girl who loves sisters be wronged all the time, but there are so many people now, it is not a suitable time to talk privately. .After a while, she met Wen Haiying, and Su Tan'er walked away with Wen Haiying.Ning Yi and Xiaochan traveled all the way, went to the Baoning Temple in the center of the lake, and even had a stick of incense. Because there were so many people at this time, they just asked Xiaochan to stand a little to the side and worship.

At that time, the girl closed her eyes, looked pious, and muttered words in her mouth. The silky bangs seemed to be shining in the slanting sunlight. When Ning Yi saw it, she felt that her heart was purified, so she put her hands together Bye bye.

"Did my uncle make any wish just now?" Out of the temple gate, Xiao Chan walked beside Ning Yi and asked curiously.

"What about you?"

Xiaochan shook her head: "Don't say it, it won't work if you say it."

"Oh, so you want my wish to fail..." Ning Yi laughed and looked at Xiao Chan, "Actually, I made a wish to make Xiao Chan grow... bigger."

Xiaochan's figure is not bad, her clothes are loose and bloated when she goes out on weekdays, she looks like a little girl in New Year pictures, but after getting along with her for so long, occasionally seeing her at home wearing tighter clothes, she is curvy and quite attractive .It's just that she looks childish and cute, but it always makes Ning Yi wonder if she will still look like this when she is 40 or [-] years old... Of course, this is actually a good thing.Ning Yi worshiped the gods and rarely made a wish. At this time, he was just talking casually. Xiao Chan might have made a mistake, so he lowered his head unconsciously, and muttered in a low voice: "Xiao Chan is already very big..."

She is now 17 years old. If she is outside, such a woman is usually married. Xiaochan is probably thinking about today's events, and suddenly feels a little sad, and she doesn't want to reveal a complaining tone in her words. Keep it small.Ning Yi couldn't help laughing, and reached out to pat her on the head. After a long test, Xiao Chan ran away with her head in her arms.

The two visited like this for a while, and soon they stopped under the shade of a tree by the water, a little bit of golden color leaked from the gaps in the trees, and floated on people's bodies like golden chan children, surrounded by people coming and going, people on the other side of the water There is a woman playing the piano under the tree.When Su Tan'er was there before, Xiaochan had something on her mind, so she couldn't be too lively in front of the young lady and uncle, that's the duty of a maid, but now she's only with Ning Yi, and she's much more lively, Ning Yi told about the origin of the girl over there.

"...She, I heard her name is Lu Yingtong, she is one of the most famous Qingguan people here in Hangzhou, and she has contacts with many official ladies. I heard that Miss Lu met a poor scholar back then, I spent all my savings to send that person to Beijing to take the exam, and I am still waiting for that person to come back from high school. Everyone was very moved when they heard about this. Some wealthy daughters and official ladies went to comfort her. You see , although there are many people around her, she is honest with those people..."

"Oh, I'm so touched..."

"Ms. Lu is so beautiful. If I can play the piano so well, Juan'er and Xing'er must be so envious, and the scholar who went to Beijing to catch the exam, if he comes back in the future..." Xiaochan held her face, her eyes closed. There are stars.

Ning Yi is not interested in these kinds of stories, but Xiaochan's liking for these stories is a very simple mood, and Ning Yi will not spoil the scenery, and said with a smile: "Then Xiaochan also knows the scholar who came to Beijing to catch up with the exam Is it?"

"I don't know, Xiaochan will... uh, marry my uncle in the future. If my uncle wants to go to the capital, Xiaochan will take out the money I saved, and then... it is best that my uncle will take Xiaochan too. If I have no money in the capital , Xiaochan can earn back from doing business..."

"Oh." Ning Yi nodded and whispered, "How much private money have you saved?"

Xiaochan was joking in front of her, but now she blushed: "Ah, it's not that much money..."

The two talked for a while about private money, Ning Yi intended to make her happy, and said that she was better than Lu Yingtong in words, so Xiao Chan waved her hand anxiously and said: "No, no, no." After a while, He also put his thoughts behind him, and talked about some anecdotes about talented scholars and beautiful women in Hangzhou that he had recently inquired about.No matter what kind of little strong woman Su Tan'er has trained to be, whether it's her or Juan'er Xing'er at home, what she likes to talk about on weekdays is naturally these gossip anecdotes, and occasionally think about becoming the heroine of a certain story, or Compare it with things around you.

"I think, the relationship between my uncle and miss is more... er, happier than theirs. Juan'er and Xing'er also think so..."

After Xiaochan finished speaking with a blushing face, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Ning Liheng." Ning Yi turned her head, and she also turned her head. In her field of vision, Lou Shuheng in a white robe with a folding fan in her hand punched her. It hit Ning Yi's face...

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Su Tan'er and Wen Haiying rested for a while in the pavilion on the side of Xiaoyingzhou.

In the shade of the surrounding trees, there are basically women, most of them are the wives of some household. I have also greeted a few people just now, but basically they are still unfamiliar.

On the Hangzhou side, Luo Tian's wife Wen Haiying can be regarded as a landlord.When she was a girl, she was a lady of the official family, and she also knew these women in the upper class of Hangzhou, but she has always been weak. After marrying Luo Tian, ​​​​because she married into a merchant's family, she also broke contact with her former sisters. After living in secluded life for several years, I was emotionally depressed, and it was even more difficult to have too many contacts with others.Although he has roughly relieved his mood at the moment, when it comes to talking with others, Su Tan'er, who is by his side, is more free and easy.

Of course, among so many weak-tempered women, although Su Tan'er's temperament is outstanding, she is not alone.In Wen Haiying's introduction, she also knows several women who are not only virtuous and outstanding, who are praised for their husbands and children, but also good at dancing among a group of women. They are the same type of women as Su Tan'er.

"Over the years, it has been passed down. In Hangzhou, there is a Red Scarf Society, which says that women do not give up to men. It is not a strict association. They are all women, before and after Jiji. If you know it, then Joined in, and sometimes talked and became a female celebrity and so on. I was young at the time, and my sister took me to join, but I didn’t know too many people. After I got married, I didn’t get together. You see , Sister Xia under the tree over there, she is the granddaughter of Mr. Tang Xiuxuan Tang, she is very kind, but I was timid at the time, so I didn't talk to her much..."

Wen Haiying doesn't have much contact with people on weekdays, but now she has a trustworthy sister who is quite talkative, talking about interesting things about her teenage years.She felt that she was bored at the time, and others would probably not know her anymore, but after a while, two women came to say hello, one is the daughter-in-law of a colleague in Hangzhou, and the other is the granddaughter-in-law of the Chang family. After introducing each other , the other party didn't care that Su Tan'er was a business girl, she sat down and chatted in the gazebo.

Talk for a while about Wen Haiying's memories as a girl, then talk about Wen Haiying's sister, talk about the name of Wen Haiying's talented woman back then, and then naturally turn to today's party.We are already married, of course it is impossible to talk about such vulgar things as men, and it is nothing more than talking about poems. Earlier, Lou Shuheng and his gang were writing poems, and these two women were also beside them, watching those people pass their poems on in high spirits. Come out, among the women, of course there are appreciations.

"...Just now I saw that Miss Su also talked to Lou Shuheng. It seems that the two families know each other. To be honest, Mr. Lou's poem is indeed very good. With just a few lines, it is easy to understand. I wrote about the weather here in Xiaoyingzhou... Oh, when it comes to poetry, Sister Wen's literary talent was the best back then, what does Sister Wen think?"

Wen Haiying thought for a while: "I haven't actually written much in these years, but...it's really good..."

When asked about Su Tan'er, Su Tan'er naturally said yes: "Actually, I don't know poetry like a few sisters, but it sounds very good." In fact, for her, those who can compose poetry are very good, When she participated in the poetry meeting when she was a girl, whoever was praised the most, she felt that nature was the best, and she was overwhelmed by it. After marrying Ning Yi, her mood was much lighter, but if she wanted to judge good or bad, she still You can only speak according to the cheers of others.

After chatting a few more words about the poems, Su Tan'er watched them talk about the benefits of the poems, and occasionally echoed them, nodding earnestly. After a while, she remembered something, and said naturally during the exchange: "Actually, a few days ago, I was with my husband. When he came here while swimming in the lake, he also wrote a poem, which seemed to be spoken in passing, and I only memorized a few lines, which are somewhat similar to their poems, I think..."

She tried her best to remember for a while: "West Lake is surrounded by people, and the pavilions are as dark as sleeping clothes. Baoning is in... the best place, and the water and light are everywhere. There is no clue. The car dust does not come and the horse is broken, and the sea and the moon are always there. ...He said four sentences at that time, I only remember these three sentences..." He pursed his lips, feeling a little regretful.

This is actually "Sending the Monk Back to Baoning" written by Qin Guan. The whole poem has ten sentences and 140 characters.Ning Yi has seen this kind of long poem before and can't remember it completely. He only remembers the first four sentences, and the rest is intermittent. In those days, the family went around playing everywhere. Swimming in the West Lake, the clear lake is not as good as the rainy lake, the rainy lake is not as good as the moon lake, and the moon lake is not as good as the snow lake", and the family is happy and harmonious.

He read four lines of this poem, but Su Tan'er tried his best to memorize only three lines, but it sounded fluent, thinking that his husband's talents are overflowing in every way, it should be a good poem, and there is a little bit of showing off.If Lou Shuheng could see this scene, he would probably understand that Su Tan'er has no admiration for his poems at all, and a few words of praise to Wen Haiying are just polite.

Sure enough, even though it was a broken poem, the other three were also surprised for a while when they said it, and then asked about Su Tan'er's husband, Su Tan'er was happy in his heart, but humbled in words.Wen Haiying chewed the poem repeatedly in her heart, and then said softly: "No wonder my brother-in-law is the number one talent in Jiangning..." She hasn't socialized for a long time, and she doesn't know anything about the rest of Ning Yi's poems. The other two women then asked , Just now he said in surprise: "Could it be Ning Liheng from the singer of the water tune..." "Ning Liheng from the Qingyu case?" Wen Haiying also listened in surprise when he talked about those poems.Su Tan'er showed off her success and happily talked about the things she and her husband came here. Naturally, she didn't mention Ning Yi's marriage status, anyway, it doesn't matter.

At this time, there seemed to be a commotion on the other side of Xiaoyingzhou. Among the shadows of the trees, some people looked towards that side, and then some people rushed there. It seemed that something serious happened in the distance. , There are many people watching the excitement.The four women took a few glances in the pavilion, and then rushed over there talking and laughing.

Not long after, they vaguely saw what happened in the crowd over there...

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Time went back to a moment ago, and Lou Shuheng's punch was firmly printed on Ning Yi's face.

In any case, this is a relatively peaceful period. Even though Ning Yi exercises his body on weekdays and insists on practicing the internal skills left by Lu Hongti every day, when it comes to on-the-spot reactions, if he is not psychologically prepared, he will still not be better than ordinary people out too much.Lou Shuheng's sudden punch, he naturally couldn't dodge it.

This punch turned his face to the side, and Lou Shuheng's figure came into view, which also made him frown suspiciously.

If the other party is holding a knife, he will probably react immediately at this time, but because it is not, the first thought that comes to mind is not an eye for an eye, but to figure out what happened, or According to his character, "what did he do to hurt the world and reason?"

The first punch was too punctual, and this may be the starting point of all tragedies.

Lou Shuheng has a romantic and uninhibited personality, but he is a scholar after all, and his family has a very rich background, so it is rare to fight with others or do things by himself.His punch, to be honest, is not very lethal to Ning Yi, but on Lou Shuheng's side, naturally it will not be this kind of cognition. He punched hard and hit Ning Yi's side face. The punch was so smooth that it was so tactile that he almost didn't think about his next move. Once he retracted his hand, he punched out the second time, trying to continue to experience the wild feeling like the legacy of Tang Dynasty.

Ning Yi raised his hand to try to block, at the same time, Xiao Chan from the side and rear suddenly rushed over: "What are you doing?"

Xiao Chan, who usually looks weak, is now like a she-wolf who suddenly reacted. The three maids in the family were really doing things. Maybe they had such aura when they reprimanded the subordinates. Xiao Chan waved her hands to block Lou Shuheng's attack. As a murderer, of course, she is just a girl with no momentum and no strength, and Lou Shuheng doesn't like her very much. The fist that came over changed direction, but with a little less force, it hit Xiaochan on the shoulder: "Go away!"

Xiaochan fell backwards "ah", Ning Yi grabbed her arm with one hand.

"Should tell the prostitute to go away..." This thought flashed in Lou Shuheng's mind. The punch was actually not very smooth, but he still had great momentum. He kicked Ning Yi with a flying kick, but he also The moment he looked up, he saw Ning Yi's changed eyes. Ning Yi's eyes turned back from Xiaochan's direction. At that moment, his consciousness was blank.

It was as if he had seen his father's most gloomy gaze when he was about to throw a tantrum.

He had only seen that kind of gaze once when he was a child. A few years ago, his family had a fight with the Chen family in Suzhou, and the fight was almost endless. His mother also died of illness at that time. When he went to his father's side that evening, there was no light in the yard, and his father was alone. Sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the room, he almost condensed with the surrounding darkness.Not long after, almost the entire Chen family died. Looking back, he felt that his father at that time was like a lion entrenched in the darkness.

He was at a high-spirited age at the time, and he was loved by his father so much that he was not afraid, but he was looking forward to it. Later, he took care of his nature and did some home affairs because he hoped that he could have that kind of momentum one day. That feels good.But it is not evening now, there is no darkness anywhere, the scorching sun shines down from the sky, at that moment, he seems to see that kind of darkness again.

This kick slammed on Ning Yi's chest.

Then there was a crisp sound of "pop", which disturbed the sun and leaves.

The figures of the two are similar. Lou Shuheng is not as strong as a warrior, but he doesn't look weak. Ning Yi is also just a tall scholar. Lou Shuheng kicked Ning Yi's chest. Ning Yi's side , the body barely moved, and then the backhand was an astonishing slap in the face.

Lou Shuheng's body was spinning in the air, it seemed as if he jumped up on Ning Yi's chest, and then fell into the pool next to him with a bang.

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After a moment of shock, everyone who probably figured out what happened surrounded them. Ning Yi held Xiao Chan by his side and asked her about her condition.In the pool, Lou Shuheng, who had been dazed for a while, understood water after all. He splashed a few times in the water, coughed, and blood flowed from his mouth and nose. He pointed upwards, and his arms, mouth and whole body The face was contorted and trembling: "You you you you you..."

"Brother Lou, did you make a mistake?"

Ning Yi looked down and asked word by word, a shoe print was still clearly printed on his chest.

Afterwards, some people crowded over from the bank, and someone shouted, "Brother Lou! What's wrong!"

"Brother Lou, is this kid causing trouble?"

"Brother Lou..."

The shouting instantly drowned the place, Ning Yi took a breath, and then spit it out a little bored, he actually already probably knew what would happen next.Of course, Lou Shuheng's next reaction made him a little surprised, but it also answered his doubts by the way.

Lou Shuheng's identity, after all, is known to most of the people, and in line with his family's status, all of his friends rushed over in no time.Lou Shuheng also reacted at this time, pointed at Ning Yi, and shouted loudly: "Grab him! Grab them! Adulterer and whore! This Ning Yi is the husband-in-law of someone else's family, and now he is hooking up with the maid Take! Catch 'em! Immoral! Catch 'em dip in pigpens—"

"There is such a thing!"

"shameful!"

"Catch them!"

Several scholars rushed over here, Ning Yi glanced at them, then at Lou Shuheng, and said in a deep voice: "Aren't you going to talk?" His momentum was calm, and there was majesty in his words, but he also At that time, an old man in the crowd shouted with raised eyebrows: "Nephew Lou Xian, what happened! Don't worry! Come on, arrest this adulterer and adulterer!"

Xiaochan shrunk her body to Ning Yi's side, grabbed his clothes with both hands, and was about to cry. A scholar reached out and grabbed Xiaochan. Ning Yi's eyes sharpened, and with a bang, the first person was strong. He fell to the ground, and the No.2 scholar punched Ning Yi. Ning Yi took him and threw him into the pool.

The riots began to spread...

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I have always felt that the scene where Brother Fa knocks his youngest son to the ground with a hairpin in "The Golden Armor" is really the most powerful scene I have ever seen in any movie... I can almost hear the lion in a vague way the sound of……

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