Zhu Tianjiang was calm and relaxed. When he was a tortoise slave in a brothel, he had heard literati and poets pretentiously reciting poems, which shocked the sisters in the brothel. However, those poems were not at all in Zhu Tianjiang's eyes.
None of that bullshit.
He was not deliberately showing off, but he was attracted by the painting's meaning and couldn't help but compose poems to match the painting's meaning. In order to cater to the painting's meaning, Zhu Tianjiang wrote the poem "Three Plum Blossoms".
The more Yu Gege read it, the more she felt that it suited the time and the scene. The poetry, words and painting were integrated into one, and she couldn't help but read it out.
"When the plum blossoms are playing, the wind is high, and the thin coat floats freely. The green leaves are covered with a little shyness, and the red robe is reflected in the secret joy.
The plum blossoms play the Spring Festival song, and the auspicious snow melts into ice jade skin. Mistakenly mistook the falling flowers for purpose, and who would laugh at the dream in the world of mortals?
The three plum blossoms call to the immortals, the mist swirls around the clouds, and the birds sing. The butterflies dance and the bees fly in splendor, and the hearts of loyalty compose the nine heavens."
A few strokes fully embody the noble character of the pure white plum blossoms and proud snow and frost. The sisters looked at it with stars in their eyes, wishing they could use all the praise words they have known in this life.
What was different from the other sisters was that Guo Ying's cute little face was gnashing her teeth and staring at Zhu Tianjiang. She was angry that this "stinky pig" had such an amazing literary talent, why didn't he tell her earlier.
Seeing the little stars rising in the eyes of the sisters, Guo Ying took Zhu Tianjiang's hand and said, "Yu Gege, sisters, I'm leaving now. I'll come back to visit you another day."
Yu Gege stretched out her hand to keep her, but she didn't know how to say anything. The ladies in the capital, that is, a wild girl like Guo Ying, dared to hold the hand of a grown man and run around. If it were them, their parents would not be allowed to do so.
Cursed to death.
Guo Ying pulled Zhu Tianjiang out of Shufang Courtyard, pouted and waved her hands angrily, "Damn Zhu Tianjiang, tell the truth, why didn't you tell me earlier."
Zhu Tianjiang pretended to be elegant and smiled, "Girl, what am I telling you?"
"You can write poetry."
"Tch! What's this? I, Zhu Tianjiang, am very talented and learned. It's just a small piece of bad poetry. You haven't heard of my composition 'Chrysanthemum Can'. Who in Zhongdu Prefecture can't sing Chrysanthemum?"
It's like you've never seen the world." Zhu Tianjiang boasted.
Guo Ying pointed at Zhu Tianjiang fiercely, "This is what you said, don't regret it. Let's go back home."
"Hey, girl, you haven't invited me to dinner yet."
"When you get home, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare something delicious for you."
Guo Ying didn't care, she pulled Zhu Tianjiang and walked back. Along the way, Guo Ying never let go of her hand, as if she was afraid that Zhu Tianjiang would run away if he let go.
When the servants of the Guo Mansion saw the eldest lady holding the hand of the new flower servant and entering the gate, they were all jealous and resentful.
Guo Ying dragged Zhu Tianjiang to her study room, told the maid to lay out the pen and ink, and then rolled up her arms and sleeves, as if she was about to fight.
"Write it for me and keep writing it until I am satisfied."
Zhu Tianjiang smiled bitterly and said, "Girl, I haven't eaten yet. Besides, there must be some kind of reward."
"Reward?" Guo Ying was startled, thought for a moment, turned around and ran into the inner room.
While Zhu Tianjiang was in a daze, Xiao Guo Ying ran back in a hurry.
"This is a two hundred tael silver note. You take it first." After saying that, her face turned slightly red for some unknown reason. Guo Ying held a carefully carved jade lock in her hand, with a small "
Lin' character.
"Brother Tianjiang, this is the jade lock I wear with me. I give it to you." Guo Ying said and handed it over shyly.
Zhu Tianjiang took the banknote and the jade lock unceremoniously and said, "Girl, if you are satisfied with the poem I wrote, can you let me kiss it?"
When Guo Ying heard this, her pretty face turned red, "No~ no way. I~ I'm going to the kitchen to ask for some dishes. Don't be lazy." With that said, Guo Ying ran out with a blushing face.
Zhu Tianjiang smiled and shook his head. How could he hide this little thought from him? Since he was asked to write poems, he could just plagiarize a few of them.
Zhu Tianjiang stayed in Guo Ying's study until the sun set in the afternoon, and then returned to the flower garden. At this time, Zhu Daqi was in an extremely good mood. Not only did he get the money, he also held little Guo Ying in his arms and made love to her.
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In the flower garden, the old gardener who had been talking sincerely was holding a wine gourd and admiring the bonsai he had just repaired.
"I said, old man, you have flowers as companions all day long, and you live a cool life." Zhu Tianjiang was in a good mood today. He pulled up a stool and sat down, playing with Guo Ying's jade lock in his hand.
The old gardener seemed not to hear, and only had eyes for his flowers. When Zhu Tianjiang stretched out his hand to touch the dead wood and branches in the bonsai, the old gardener suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhu Daqi's hand.
"I'm warning you, brat, don't touch this pot of flowers." The old gardener's voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating.
"Oh my God, you're not mute, aren't you? That's great. We can still talk to each other when we have nothing to do in the future." Zhu Tianjiang said, retracting his hand, which was a little painful from the old gardener's grip.
"Humph!" The old gardener snorted coldly, and suddenly saw the jade lock in Zhu Tianjiang's hand. With a 'swish', the old gardener pinched it with two fingers.
"Hey, hey~ I won't touch your flowers. Don't touch my lock either. Give it back to me." Zhu Tianjiang was very anxious now.
A gleam flashed in the old gardener's eyes, "Where did you get it?"
Looking at the old gardener's eyes, Zhu Tianjiang felt as if he was being targeted by death.
"This was given to me by Miss Guo."
"Girl Ying gave it to you?" The old gardener frowned, suddenly looked at Zhu Tianjiang and asked, "Boy, girl Ying likes you?"
"Ah~ Well, what's wrong? You can't." Zhu Tianjiang straightened his neck and thought to himself, I can still be afraid of you, an old gardener.
"Humph! Give up on this. Your identities are too different." The old gardener said unkindly. After saying that, he gently touched the jade lock before handing it over.
"Tch! I don't care who she is or not. In my eyes, there is no difference between an emperor and a trafficker. A general is the same as a brothel slave. They are both born to his parents. As long as you like it, it doesn't matter what spring and summer it is.
Qiudong. What happened to the general's daughter? I still have to settle for her." Zhu Tianjiang said proudly.
The old gardener was shocked and looked at Zhu Tianjiang in surprise. He didn't expect that this guy would dare to say such treacherous words.
"Boy, if you talk nonsense, you will destroy the nine tribes."
"Tch! I'm not afraid of destroying the Eighty-one Clan. Anyway, I'm just one person. Besides, there are no outsiders here. I won't admit it. What can you do to me?" Zhu Tianjiang looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
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The old gardener was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed, "Interesting, you are very interesting. I didn't expect that I have lived here in seclusion for more than 20 years and met such an interesting guy like you. Yes, since you like each other, don't
I have so many worries. If I had had thoughts like yours back then, I wouldn't have ended up like this~ Hahahaha, boy, you are very interesting." The old gardener changed from his usual dullness and laughed.
Zhu Tianjiang looked at the old gardener and thought to himself that this old guy must have drunk too much. He thought carefully about what he just said. As a big paparazzi, Zhu Tianjiang immediately captured the mystery.
"Old man, from what you said, it seems that I also liked a girl back then? Who is she? Could it be from our family? It can't be Mrs. Guo, right? Could it be Aunt Du?" Zhu Tianjiang said teasingly.
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The old gardener's face turned cold, and the veins on his forehead were exposed, "What's the matter if it's Mrs. Guo? I was a childhood sweetheart with her because Guo Tianxin's father fought on the battlefield with the late emperor.
Only then did I marry Nuolan to the Guo family. Because I was the Qinglong envoy of the Da Nei Gang Department, and my duties were such that I couldn't get married, I missed this marriage. It wasn't until the old man Guo died of illness twenty years ago that I came here.
Come to Guo's house and work as a flower servant." The old gardener became more and more excited as he talked, and the wine gourd in his hand actually smashed a hole in the table.
Zhu Tianjiang was shocked. He didn't expect that the old gardener was a master. The tabletop was made of manchurian ash, which was very hard. In the memory of his previous life, it seemed that Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty had established a secret organization like the 'sticking rod office'.
Emotions also exist in this dynasty. However, there must be a bottom line when exploring secrets. Generally, there are two possibilities for the other party to take the initiative to reveal unknown secrets. The first is to treat you as a confidant. The second is to regard you as a confidant.
Treating him as a dead man, Zhu Tianjiang moved his body quietly. Not far behind him was a wooden stick holding up the door. If something unexpected happened, he would be well prepared.
"Old~Old man, I feel sorry for you. In fact, you are doing well now. You can have a tryst with Mrs. Guo in private."
Whoa~! The old gardener stretched out his hand and lifted Zhu Tianjiang over. Zhu Tianjiang gritted his teeth in hatred. He could only barely reach the stick, but in the end he failed.
"What do you want to do?" Zhu Tianjiang asked nervously.
"Boy, don't you want to marry Ying girl? I will grant it to you. Back then, old man Guo humiliated me as a dog beside the late emperor and was not worthy to be compared with him. I asked him to see in the spirit of heaven that his granddaughter would marry a flower girl.
Servant." The old gardener said viciously.
"Well, forget it, I can do it myself." Zhu Tianjiang didn't want this drunkard to ruin things.
"Boy, you can't deal with the Guo family just by relying on your brains, but also by force. Guo Tianxin is good at fighting. If he knows that you are seducing his precious daughter, he will definitely stab you to death. For the sake of that jade lock, I teach you
How can you save your life?" The old gardener said, throwing Zhu Tianjiang on the chair.
Zhu Tianjiang was startled and immediately overjoyed. In the novels of his previous life, he often saw some guys who had "Awesome" written on their heads and developed peerless martial arts overnight. Is it possible that this is all true?
"Then, what, that's great, you will be my master from now on. By the way, I don't know what to call you yet." Zhu Tianjiang looked at the old gardener in surprise.
"I don't accept apprentices, and you don't have the qualifications. My surname is Lin Mingfeng, and I carved the jade lock myself. I gave it to Nao Lan in the palace, but I didn't expect it to fall into your hands now.
Remember, if you dare to speak out about me, I will kill you." The old gardener said lukewarmly. Although his speech was a bit slow, it was full of murderous intent.
The old gardener Lin Feng wanted to teach martial arts to Zhu Tianjiang, partly for revenge and partly for this jade lock. At that time, he promised Mrs. Guo, who was still a palace maid, that she would protect the person wearing this jade lock for the rest of her life.
, who could have imagined that it would fall into the hands of Zhu Tianjiang.
"Hey, no matter what, I have to call you master. Do you think how many days will it take me to learn the peerless martial arts?" Zhu Tianjiang asked with a playful smile.
Lin Feng, an old gardener, was silent for a moment, then took a pair of pokers and poked at the charcoal basin, then inserted the poker into the charcoal basin.
"Boy, go under my bed and bring over a box and two iron bars." Lin Feng, the old gardener, ordered.
"Hey, come on." Zhu Tianjiang ran over in a hurry. It seemed that the old guy had left a lot of treasures.
Zhu Tianjiang brought the things over. The two iron rods were five centimeters thick and sharpened at one end, but they were particularly heavy. The old gardener opened a small wooden box. Inside was a pair of black black iron wrist guards and a pair of black iron wrist guards.
Pack of small black pills.
The old gardener Lin Feng put a wrist guard on Zhu Tianjiang, and Zhu Tianjiang suddenly felt that his arms were heavy.
"Okay, from now on, you pick up those two iron rods and insert all the leaves in the flower bed within half a stick of incense. Remember, if you can't finish inserting half a stick of incense, you have to start from the beginning.
"The old gardener said, closing the wooden box.
"What did you say? You asked me to insert leaves in the middle of the night?"
"Go or not."
"If you don't go, isn't this a disease?"
The old gardener pulled out the poker and hit Zhu Tianjiang on the arm.
"Ah~! You are going to die. I don't want to learn from you. Ah~ I'm going~ I'm going!"
Zhu Tianjiang was forced to run into the yard. The northwest wind was blowing leaves, and the two sticks were thick and heavy. It was difficult to stick them in. However, as long as he was lazy, a piece of firewood would fly from the room.
Come out and hit him on the back of his hand impartially.
Zhu Tianjiang almost went crazy with hatred. This was not learning peerless martial arts, it was simply torture. In this way, Zhu Tianjiang was forced to insert leaves. Every time he was tired and about to fall apart, the old gardener would give him one.
Take pills.
After two days, Zhu Tianjiang's arms were as swollen as bread. It wasn't until the fourth day that Guo Ying sent a maid to ask Zhu Tianjiang to give him a "bonsai". However, the old gardener stopped him because he was "sick".
Guo Ying heard that Zhu Tianjiang was ill and went to the flower garden to see him. Zhu Tianjiang was forced to lie on the bed by the old gardener, and he really looked sick.
Zhu Tianjiang didn't know it yet, but his poems had become popular in the capital, shocking the elegant students that they were written by heavenly beings. High-ranking officials, aristocrats, young ladies, etc. all came to ask for them. Fortunately, he wrote a lot that day, and Guo Ying managed to send them away.
One group went out. But unable to handle the large crowd, Guo Ying originally wanted Zhu Tianjiang to write more, but seeing his arm swollen like this, Guo Ying was too distressed to speak.
As soon as Guo Ying left, Zhu Tianjiang sat up. The old gardener poked the charcoal basin with a smirk on his face, and the fire tongs were already burning red. If Zhu Tianjiang dared to say anything just now, the fire tongs would definitely hit him.
on his ass.
Zhu Tianjiang had been ill for more than two months, and Guo Ying came to see him every three days in distress. He arranged a special kitchen to stew some supplements and send them to the garden. As a result, they all became the old gardener's food.
In the past two months, Zhu Tianjiang has been practicing with the iron rod very well. Even if it is a leaf flying in the air, he can stick it on the iron rod with one hand. The old gardener began to change his method and let him
Throw it and let Zhu Tianjiang insert it. Not only must you control the speed, but the key is strength and accuracy.
As the New Year is approaching, the old lady's illness is getting worse day by day, and the old gardener's face has become more and more wrinkled.
On this day, a group of people suddenly came in front of the Guo Mansion. The doorman took one look and ran inside in excitement.
"Tell the old lady quickly~Tell the eldest lady that the general is back~!"
When the general returned to his residence, the entire Guo residence suddenly became filled with a festive atmosphere. The old lady seemed to be infected by this atmosphere and asked someone to help her out of the bedroom.
The whole house was in an uproar. Only in the back garden, Zhu Tianjiang was still forced by the old gardener to practice the boring assassination technique. According to Lin Feng, everything is changing, but the fastest is the same. Although it is just a move, it is
It can make people hard to guard against.
In the evening, Zhennan General Guo Tianxin was sitting in his study, looking at his daughter coldly. At this time, little Guo Ying was as honest as a cat.
"Ying'er, tell father who that person is."
"Dad, he is really a soldier in your army. How can you know so many people? Besides, grandma said that she would let him go and not pursue him further." Guo Ying pouted and carefully dealt with her father's cross-examination.
Bang! Guo Tianxin slapped the table, "I'm confused, you actually brought a person of unknown origin into the general's mansion. What if he is a spy of the enemy country?"
Guo Ying was anxious, "Dad, he is not a spy. Let me tell you the truth, he is just a turtle slave in a brothel." Guo Ying rolled her eyes and looked angry. Guo Ying knew that her father loved her very much and was ready to
We must strive to protect Zhu Tianjiang.
"Turtle slave? Huh! I can only deceive an ignorant girl like you." As he said that, Guo Tianxin pointed to the poem on the table, "Which turtle slave has the literary talent of the Imperial College? Even the turtle slave of our Dafeng Dynasty has
With this ability, the brothel red card has not become a literary star and descended to the earth."
"How do I know this? He is a good person anyway." Guo Ying said stubbornly.
Guo Tianxin snorted, ignored Guo Ying, and shouted outside.
"Come here! Go and escort Zhu Tianjiang to me. If there is resistance, kill him immediately!"