Chapter 41 Chatting with King Lanling
On an elegant building about fifty steps away from the school grounds, a group of children from aristocratic families were playing games such as drinking wine from a meandering stream and reciting poems and composing poems. Suddenly, they heard the shouts and exclamations coming from the school grounds. I couldn't help but squeezed to the window to watch the excitement.
When he saw clearly the phoenix running towards the school ground, standing tall and graceful in the wind, one of the family members wearing a green brocade wide-sleeved belt couldn't help but his pupils widened, revealing his greedy eyes.
"Go and find out quickly, whose family that Huren boy belongs to?"
"Lu Silang, I heard that you have dozens of concubines in your family, not hundreds. You don't want to have both men and women, right?"
This Lu Silang was none other than Lu Sheng, the son of Zhongshu Sheren, and it was Xiao Yun who spoke.
After swallowing the grapes fed by the woman in his arms, Xiao Yun also pushed the female concubine away, walked over with some curiosity and impatientness, and suddenly pushed the two heads that were leaning against the window to both sides. One person took the lead and stuck his head out to take a look. At this glance, his eyes suddenly shone with a light of secret joy that he was determined to win.
"It turns out it's her! I didn't expect it to come earlier than I expected!"
"Mr. Xiao Balang, who is she...who you are talking about?" Lu Sheng asked curiously, and other members of the aristocratic family also asked in agreement.
"Hmph! She is my niece who wanted to return to my Xiao family not long ago to recognize her ancestors. I believe you have heard about her father, right?"
"I have heard, Mr. Xiao Balang, that your niece is a bit fierce. Is she really as beautiful and charming as you said?"
"Oh, I, Xiao Yun, believe that I have extraordinary eyesight. Even though she was wearing a silk hat when she came to my house that day, from a casual glance, I knew that she was one of the most stunningly beautiful. And with that skin and figure, I guarantee that you will never have it. I’ve seen it before, and if I try it once or twice, I’ll definitely remember it for a lifetime!”
Hearing what Xiao Yun said, the eyes of several young men shone even brighter, and just thinking about it made them drool uncontrollably.
Lu Sheng couldn't wait to urge: "Then what are you waiting for, Mr. Xiao Balang? Why don't we get your niece as soon as possible... please come to us!"
"Why, Mr. Lu Silang doesn't want that foreign boy anymore?" Xiao Yun said with a teasing smile.
"Since we have that one-in-a-million stunning beauty here to play with, what else do you want that barbarian boy to do? Besides, even if you do, it will be a matter of the future. Since we are here today, we must cooperate well with Mr. Xiao Balang to perform this well." It’s a drama, you say, isn’t it?”
"Yes, of course, of course!" Several other men also echoed loudly.
"Okay, I'll call her over right away, and you have to find a way to get rid of that barbarian boy. He is a tough and ruthless person!"
"Hey! Mr. Xiao Balang, you are really worrying too much. You see that barbarian boy is having so much fun, how can you still think about your niece? If you invite her here now, she will definitely not be disturbed. Besides, even if he comes, there are so many of us, can’t we support him as a child?”
"That's right, if it doesn't work out, just trick him into going to the toilet and then give him a stick!"
The young gentlemen in the box here said something to each other, and there was a constant buzz in their ears. They didn't realize that the words had already fallen into another smaller box separated by only one wall.
Different from the noise in the big box where Xiao Yun was, there were only two people sitting by the window in the small box across the wall. One of the men was also wearing a hat, a Xuan Shang dress with sleeves, and a Wearing only a jade is the simplest attire, but it still cannot hide the grandeur and luxury of his body.
The man also looked out the window for a long time, and suddenly the tea cup that was brought to his lips fell heavily on the table.
"Your Majesty, I saw that the barbarian boy looked like the one we saw that day in Pengcheng, Xuzhou. He was almost dead due to the severe poison in his body. It was the miracle doctor beside him who saved him. And what those people said just now... could it be that... Is that the miracle doctor you're talking about?" A man dressed as a guard said a little embarrassed.
"I heard that this southerner attaches great importance to elegance and scholarly demeanor. I never thought that he would be so absurd and cruel when it comes to women, even his own niece!" The man paused when he said this, and seemed to have thought of something else. Sighed slightly.
"What does a niece mean? Our king..." Halfway through his words, the guard noticed the gaze coming from behind his hat. He immediately stopped and asked, "Then does the prince still care about this matter?"
As soon as he finished asking, he saw that the man had stood up and looked out the window. The guard also quickly came over to take a look, and saw that the young lady who was still drinking tea and waiting on the school grounds had now stood up and seemed to be a waiter. After reading a letter to her, she followed the waiter and left the school grounds without taking away the foreign boy, and even the girl beside her stayed behind.
"Is this... taking the bait?" The guard was a little surprised and frightened.
He looked at his master, who was standing there with his back straight and motionless. He didn't know what to say, but suddenly he heard: "Let's go! Let's go and have a look too!"
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Xiao Jinyu did receive a letter and left the school. Before leaving, Axiu wanted to follow her, but she stayed behind.
"I have never seen Phoenix play as happily as he does today. Let's not disturb him now. When he has had enough, tell him to come to me at Ascott!"
"Yes, madam!"
As its name suggests, Ascott is an elegant place for poetry and wine exchanges. It is also a place where Xiao Yun and a group of children from aristocratic families play music and drink wine to compare their wealth. Because the venue is reserved, in addition to seven or eight aristocratic princes and waiters, Except for a few of their maids, there was no one else. The entire Ascott covered a large area, and a pool of water was specially dug out in the middle. After a clever design, the wine glass was placed in the pool and it could flow down the waves.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, this is the most popular wine glass among the nobles. The rule is that whoever catches the wine glass will write a poem. If the wine glass falls on the wrong place, he will be punished by drinking three glasses of wine. .
Naturally, there are many other bets that can enhance people's interest. Money and mundane things are no longer the capital used by these aristocratic families to compete and show off their wealth. The bet that Xiao Yun is playing with all the aristocratic families at this moment is, whoever loses, I have to offer my concubine for everyone to have fun with!
Therefore, the women in this hall kept laughing and panting.
After playing this game for a few rounds, one of the noble family members seemed a little bored and suddenly said: "Have you heard about it? It seems that many northern scholars were invited to attend this elegant talk gathering hosted by Xu Shangshu. , even Gao Changgong, King of Lanling in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Duhu Shan and Yuwenhui in the Northern Zhou Dynasty also brought envoys to our southern land to participate in the grand event. Hey, I never thought that this barbarian land in the north would also want to imitate us Han people. Culture, what an arty thing!”
"Oh, what's the point? In order to learn from our Han culture, Emperor Xiaowen Tuobahong even changed their Xianbei surname to Han surname. However, after the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty gained power, they once again learned the habits of the Hu people. , is keen on the ugly beards of the Western Regions and the miscellaneous tricksters of Qiuci, but it is really..."
"Why are Mr. Kong Lang talking about this? Why don't we talk about this Lanling King Gao Changgong? I heard that he is a handsome man as famous as our southern Han Zigao. I have taken a look at Han Zigao from a distance. Indeed, She is as beautiful as a woman! But I don’t know how beautiful this Gao Changgong is, can she compare to Xiao Balangjun’s niece who has Han Zigao’s blood in her body?”
"Lu Silangjun, you are too greedy. Just now you wanted to kidnap the Hu boy, but now you have the idea of Gao Changgong of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Lan Ling, known as the God of War, defeated the Turkic soldiers not long ago. King, you are not afraid that the boy will chop your head off after hearing what you said!"
"Hahaha... That boy deserves to be called the God of War. I don't believe that a handsome boy with a beautiful wife can really know how to march and fight. In my opinion, it's just because of his status as a member of the Northern Qi clan and his period of time. He just won that battle by chance! Don't you think so?"
While Lu Sheng was laughing, he motioned to the maids and servants who were following him to laugh. Amidst the awkward and suppressed laughter, suddenly the whole hall burst into loud shouts of "hahaha". Laughing, noisy and sharp laughter suddenly filled the entire Ascott, and also spread to another corridor at the top of the small building.
In the corridor, behind a screen, a man with narrow sleeves in Xuan Shang was listening attentively from a high position. When he suddenly heard this, he just frowned in displeasure, but the guard beside him really couldn't bear it anymore. .
"King, these southerners are going too far, wait until I go down and beat them up!"
Having said that, the guard took a sudden step and was about to rush out, but at this moment, a clear voice suddenly came into the hall, like a clear spring from a mountain stream, suddenly clearing up the noise in the hall and the annoyance in people's hearts. Dispersed by dryness.
"How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan? How can you, gentlemen who have never been on the battlefield, know what King Lanling is like as a general?"
(End of chapter)