The firewood door opened, and a young man wearing a brocade robe appeared. It was said to be a brocade robe, but in fact it was no better than the coolie's coarse cloth shirt. It had been patched in piles, and it could no longer show the splendor of the brocade robe. The young man's complexion was withered and yellow.
, his eyes are narrowed, and his thin hands are still stained with ink. Although he looks haggard, he can vaguely see the charm of the past. If he keeps up with his nutrition, he should be a handsome young man.
This man Liu Ziguang knew was Cao Zhan, Cao Baoyu, the grandson of Cao Yin, the Jiangnan weaving envoy who was investigated in Suzhou Prefecture last year. Unexpectedly, he had not seen him for a year, and the handsome young man in the past had fallen into this world. Needless to say, he was the same as Cao Baoyu.
Grandfather Cao Yin lived in the shantytown outside the south gate, and this sister named Daiyu must be Lin Ruhai's daughter.
"Brother Bao, I brought you ink. I stole it from my father's study. It will be enough for you to use for a while. By the way, thanks to this good man who saved me just now, my sister was not bullied by the bad guys.
." Daiyu said.
"Oh, good man, please come and have a seat in the room." Cao Zhan narrowed his eyes and looked towards Liu Ziguang, extending a warm invitation.
Liu Ziguang was a little surprised. Why didn't he recognize me at such a close distance? But in a blink of an eye, he understood that Cao Zhan was short-sighted, and highly short-sighted. It was only natural that he couldn't tell that he was Liu Ziguang. It just so happened that he wanted to take a look.
How was Cao Yin, a corrupt official, doing with his life? He said, "I'll just bother you with a cup of tea."
The Cao family used to be very wealthy and could be considered one of the richest people in the south of the Yangtze River, but now they have to live in a slum. In a dilapidated courtyard, there is a Xiangfei couch across the couch. On the couch are some books, a few pieces of paper, and an inkstone.
There was a broken stove next to the writing brush, the Chinese medicine in the casserole was slowly bubbling, and the old man's heavy coughing sound could be heard in the room.
Liu Ziguang couldn't help but think of the grandeur of the Grand View Garden, the luxurious banquets of the Cao family and the hordes of servants. Looking at the scene now, it is really a world of difference. The dandy with red lips, white teeth, white brocade robe and jade belt once flirted with Liu Xiaomao.
The boy and the thin and gaunt young man in front of him, whose back was already a little bent, couldn't get along. It seems that the burden of life can really change a person.
Cao Zhan turned around, closed the firewood door, and shouted into the room: "Sisters, Sister Lin is here."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of orioles and swallows rushed out of the room, all with flowers and pink faces. They chattered around Lin Daiyu. No one paid any attention to Liu Ziguang, who was holding down the hero in a bamboo hat. Cao Zhan was helpless.
Shaking his head, he stretched out his sleeves to wipe the Xiang Fei's couch which was stained with a little charcoal dust, and said to Liu Ziguang: "Good man, please have a seat. Xiao Ke will make tea for you right now."
Liu Ziguang said: "Young master, you're welcome. Just pour me a bowl of cold water."
Cao Zhan went to prepare the tea, while Liu Ziguang sat on the couch, scanning the group of young and beautiful girls in front of him. They were all sixteen or seventeen years old, and each one was as pink as the next. Judging by their clothes, they did not come from poor families.
, the accent sounds like they are all from Jiangnan and the capital.
"What did the sisters bring for Brother Bao?" Lin Daiyu asked.
"I brought a stack of bamboo paper."
"I brought three wolf hairs."
"I brought a pack of candles and asked Brother Ai to light them at night. He always turned the flame of the soybean oil lamp to the minimum, which hurt his eyes."
"It's the girl from Xiangyun who knows how to love people." Lin Daiyu covered her cherry mouth with her handkerchief and smiled. This smile was so soft that Liu Ziguang couldn't help but sip her saliva.
"No, Sister Bao knows how to love people best. She brought ten taels of silver from home to Brother Ai." The person called Xiangyun is a cute and cute girl. She is not old and has a little baby fat. However,
It had a unique flavor and made Liu Ziguang swallow hard.
A girl with an oval face looked the calmest and had the most noble temperament. She was the first to notice Liu Ziguang sitting aside and drooling silently, and asked Lin Daiyu: "Sister Lin, is this the guest you brought?"
Daiyu said: "Well, it was this good man who came to the rescue and saved me from being bullied by the murderers. By the way, I haven't asked for the name of my benefactor yet."
"My name is Xu Wenqiang. Drawing a sword to help when there is an injustice is a virtue that every citizen of the imperial court should have. It is nothing." Liu Ziguang deliberately lowered the brim of his hat to hide his lustful eyes, while creating a
It feels like a mature man who has gone through many vicissitudes of life.
Liu Ziguang made the wrong calculation. Little girls these days like handsome scholars like Hou Fangyu, or at worst, famous young men in white robes like Wu Sangui. In his current style, Liu Ziguang is just a charcoal puller in a shantytown.
, there is nothing to impress girls.
"It turns out it's Master Xu. There's a bunch of money here. It's a token of our gratitude to you from our sisters. Take it quickly and go home to buy a bottle of osmanthus oil for your sister-in-law." The oval-faced girl smiled calmly and took out a bunch of copper coins and handed them to Liu Ziguang.
Lin Daiyu seemed a little dissatisfied with Oval Face's behavior. She pushed her gently and whispered unhappily: "Sister Bao, what are you doing?"
Just as he was talking, Cao Zhan came over with a teacup. It looked like the cup was still in stock when the Cao family was in its glory days. It was a fine porcelain cup produced by the official kiln, but the tea in it was the cheapest high-breaking tea. It seemed that the living standard of the Cao family was indeed not good.
high.
Liu Ziguang did not drink tea from the Cao family, nor did he accept a drop of money from the oval-faced girl. He had already guessed that these girls were Cao Zhan's cousins. The old Cao family had deep roots and many in-laws, but since he committed the imperial crime
After that, no one dared to interact with their family. At most, they gave some money in private, and they were so secretive that they didn't dare to let anyone know. I'm afraid these girls came here secretly without telling their parents, bringing some pens, ink, and paper specifically for Cao Zhan.
Stationery such as inkstones.
"Well, I'm just here to make soy sauce, so I won't disturb you all. I'll take my leave." Liu Ziguang felt that these little girls ignored his existence at all, and found it quite boring. Moreover, he was the one who brought the Cao family to this state.
, so he was a little embarrassed, so he stood up and prepared to leave. When he stood up, he took a piece of paper with him. He picked it up by the way, glanced at it, and saw the title written on the header: Chapter 5.
Traveling in the Fantasy Land refers to the Twelve Hairpins, Drinking Immortal Brew and Performing the Dream of Red Mansions. There are messy graffiti below. It looks like a draft, but there are a few short poems that are complete.
[Brows in vain]
One is the fairy flower of Langyuan, and the other is the flawless jade.
If there is no romance, but we meet him again in this life. If there is a romance, how come all our thoughts are empty? One is complaining in vain, and the other is worrying in vain.
One is the moon in the water, the other is in the mirror
flower.
Think about how many tears there are in your eyes, how they can flow from autumn to winter and from spring to summer!
[The world is too difficult to tolerate]
Her temperament is as beautiful as an orchid, and her talent is as great as that of an immortal.
It is rare for people to be born solitary.
You say that eating meat is fishy and disgusting, but you don't know that people who are too high will be jealous, and those who have lived in a clean world will be disgusted by it.
It's a pity that the old people of Qingdeng Ancient Palace have let down the red and pink Zhulou.
Spring scenery.
In the end, it was still dusty and dirty, which was against my wishes.
Just like the flawless white jade is stuck in the mud, why bother? The prince and grandson lamented that they had no chance.
At the bottom of the paper was written a poem full of melancholy, which was very charming. Liu Ziguang couldn't help but read it out gently: "Who is close to a dream, and lovers are alone and crazy through the ages. What a poem! What a poem!"
"
Cao Zhan sighed: "I just wrote some random things for masturbation and made my brother laugh."
Liu Ziguang asked: "Is this a novel you wrote?"
The words on this piece of paper completely changed Liu Ziguang's impression of Cao Zhan. It turned out that this dandy boy still had real talent and learning, and those two poems alone were not something ordinary people could write.
"Novel? What is a novel?" Cao Zhan asked suspiciously, "These are some little things that I wrote in my spare time. They are not decent. I just hope that I can engrave them into a storybook and exchange them for some money to buy medicine for my grandfather."
Liu Ziguang nodded and said nothing, but Lin Daiyu asked curiously: "Hey, do you know the characters?" However, after only saying these four words, Sister Bao nudged her and stopped talking.
Liu Ziguang smiled generously and said to Cao Zhan: "If you can keep writing, you will definitely achieve great success in the future." Then he gave the group of girls a graceful hand and said: "Everyone, I say goodbye." Then he turned and left.
When you get out of the door, you can hear the conversation between Sister Bao and Sister Lin in the courtyard:
"Sister Lin, where did you attract the rough guys? You don't want to get into trouble. There are too many people here, so you have to be careful."
"Sister Bao is too worried. This guy is a good guy, not a bad guy. Just now he helped me fight off a group of rogues."
"Yes, I also think he is a good person. How can a bad person appreciate the articles about loving brother, right? Love brother." The voice was that of the charming girl named Xiangyun speaking.
Liu Ziguang shrugged his shoulders. The aesthetics of these girls were incompatible with him. It seemed that he had little hope of picking up a few. He turned around and left. As soon as he walked out of the alley, he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps behind him. The gangsters were carrying
Reinforcements arrived with weapons. They were all familiar local gangsters. They went straight to Cao Zhan's yard without hesitation. Liu Ziguang hid in the corner and listened, only to hear a bang as the firewood door was kicked open, and then the girls
The screams and the hideous laughter of the gangsters.
Humph, I have to take action. Liu Ziguang turned around, ran to the door of Cao's house in two steps, and shouted angrily: "Stop!"
The gangsters in the yard were calmed by his roar. Seeing that it was their old enemy, they all rushed towards them with weapons brandished. This time, Liu Ziguang showed no mercy. He only heard the sound of bones being removed, and after a moment, more than ten people were killed.
The gangster's arms, legs, jaw and other joints were all removed, and he lay on the ground groaning in pain.
"Wow, you are a hero." Miss Xiangyun shouted excitedly, clapping her little chubby hands.