On the way to Baling County, Wang Fengguang warmly invited Ren Hong to sit in his carriage and accompany him.Don't look at Wang Fengguang, it is difficult to sell the field, but his car is still very luxurious, the car has been painted with good paint, the device is gilded and silver, and the cover on the top is also very new, obviously it has just been replaced.Two good Hexi fat horses are running slowly with the cart, the color is pure black, the fur is shiny, it is estimated that there are special horse children to take care of, raising such fat, it is impossible to only eat forage.Ren Hong raises turnips, so he knows that maintaining such a chariot and two good horses will cost 3,000 yuan a month.Wang Fengguang is not afraid of Ren Hong's jokes: "Xi'an Hou, I have the name of Guan Neihou, no matter how empty the inside is, I only know it."
But if I don't decorate my face, so that others can see the shabby driving of my car, I'm afraid it will be even lighter. ”Ren Hong was noncommittal, but asked, "Brother Wang, how did you and the emperor's great-grandson meet?"
”Wang Fengguang said: "Although the emperor's great-grandson grew up in the court, he couldn't stay in the palace, and he often went out of the palace at the age of fourteen or fifteen.He is a sword ranger, likes to ride a horse and gallop, and is even more happy to fight cocks. ”Oh, it turned out to be a "chicken friend".Ren Hong glanced at Wang Fengguang's big head full of chickens, and it was estimated that he would not have the intention of political speculation, so he was really lucky."
Didn't you just lose to him in a cockfight, so you were forced to sell your land?""
Xi'an Hou doesn't know how to fight."
When it comes to cockfighting, Wang Fengguang changed his previous flattery, and the whole person became confident: "Sanfu Wuling loves cockfighting the most, and the rich people of the family often raise chickens to fight each other, first look for a good venue in the city, set up a canopy in the shape of a cockscomb, and attract everyone to watch." ”"The cockfighter presided over the cockfight, and the two chickens were instigated by the cockfighter, raising their heads and angry eyes, facing each other, fighting in a decisive battle, and blood was flying.Bleeding and falling to the ground, or the side that routs and flees loses.But when two chickens fight, it is often difficult to distinguish, if the fight is too long, but also to spray it with water to make it sober and excited, and re-enter the fight, a good fighting is worth tens of thousands, or even 100,000 dollars!
”"And the onlookers put money in two bottles on the ground, one on the left and one on the right, and the winning side gets two sets of money, and then distributes it to the right person according to the amount of money, and the rest belongs to the owner of the chicken."
So Wang Fengguang can lose hundreds of thousands of cockfights, how many tens of thousands did he smash under impulse?
The Han Dynasty really didn't have much entertainment consumption, and the spare money was either used to buy land, otherwise it could only be made vigorously to fight cocks and dogs.Ren Hong coughed lightly and said, "Brother Wang, let's talk about the point." ”Wang Fengguang regretted and said: "The emperor's great-grandson himself can't afford to raise a fighting, but every time he watches, he can guess which chicken wins, and he often makes a lot of money."
At first, I was just curious, and I had a few drinks with him, and after a few years I found him to be quite chivalrous, so I befriended him. ”"It's a pity, last time the emperor's great-grandson persuaded me not to fight with that Du Sui Ji, saying that my chicken would lose, I drank wine at the time, and was provoked by the ranger to fight, Du Sui Ji bet 400,000 yuan, how could I lose him in a dignified Guanneihou, and also placed 400,000 yuan."
It turned out that this was the cause and effect of his land sale."
If you don't have a written document, don't you pretend to be drunk and repay the bill?"
Ren Hong said with a smile.Wang Fengguang became serious all of a sudden, and said solemnly: "Marquis of Xi'an, although my Wang Fengguang has embarrassed his ancestors, he has not lost some things. ”"The first to wear the crown, also; Foot Fu distance, Wu Ye; Those who dare to fight in front of the enemy are brave; Tell each other about food, benevolence; Vigil does not lose time, letter also.This is the real cockfighting, and the chicken also has faith, let alone a man?
If I don't even have a letter, even in the name of a Guan Neihou, I won't be able to mix up in Chang'an Jingzhao anymore. ”"It's a joke, don't blame Brother Wang."
Ren Hong confessed, it seems that this Wang Fengguang still has an advantage, but the heroes around Chang'an are so arrogant that they dare to slaughter the down-and-out Guan Neihou as a pig.Wang Fengguang talked about why the emperor's great-grandson came to Baling."
Soon after he got married, he took the bride to visit Wuling, a trip is a month, it is said that he also went to the Longmen by the river, went around a big circle back, the next stop is to go to Xia Du, and finally returned to Chang'an, the husband and wife are very dear."
Speaking of this, Wang Fengguang regretted: "It's a pity, I didn't expect the emperor's great-grandson to be so good to his wife, if it weren't for my daughter's early promise, I should have accepted him as a son-in-law."
Ren Hong glanced at Wang Fengguang's big head again, but the emperor's great-grandson should be younger than himself, and this age is also appropriate.Speaking of which, the reason why Wang Fengguang is in a hurry to sell land with money, in addition to repaying debts and preparing for Hajj, he also has to make a dowry for his daughter.I was really afraid of something, but I saw a ride on the road to Baling County, but it was the old man who went back to prepare for the banquet on the order of Wang Fengguang, and he was so panicked that he rolled off the horse before he arrived, stumbled to the front of the car, knelt on the ground and cried with a sad face: "Junhou, something happened!"
The gentleman of the family that the lady promised last time died again!
”Baling county town is located between the long and narrow Cao Canal and the clear Ba Shui, although the population is not as prosperous as the Wuling area of Weibei, but it is also a Jingzhao Dayi, behind the city wall of two zhang high is the neat and tidy Lilu, the roadside is the ditch of the stone base, the pavilion outside the canal is adjacent, and the cyan wine flag flutters in the wind.Today, the liveliness of Baling County is not in the wine shop, but in the east of the city.The wealthy city of Jiadili was in some confusion at the moment, with a crowd of people waiting to block the alley, slaves with sticks, and a few men in the lead, dressed in sackcloth, pointing to a closed gate and shouting."
The only daughter of the Hou Wang clan in Guannai is an ominous person, whoever is allowed to give it to his family, whose good son will die!
My family is the third victim to suffer!
”Most of the neighbors were watching the excitement and talking to each other.The daughter of Hou Wang Fengguang in this pass is indeed very evil, although she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but since three years ago and after the ceremony, she has already promised three families, and every time there are accidents before marriage."
The first household is the Guannei Hou Zheng family of Changling, on the eve of the wedding, the Zheng gentleman drank too much, and his head hit the ground when he was playing with his companion, and he died on the spot.""
The second household is the Yangling Lu family, who was sick and wanted to marry Chongxi, but he died after the letter of appointment was completed.""
Could it be that the date is set for Gengyin Day, and it is a taboo?"
In the etiquette of the Han people, Gengyin Day is the "day of the concubine", and it is not suitable to marry a wife, otherwise the husband is afraid of death."
They all picked good days and auspicious days, but every time something happened just after the day was set.""
No wonder the Wang family can't stay in Changling, so they have to go to Weinan to settle their marriage!""
The third household is the Xu family in the east of this Baling City, who is physically strong and a good man, but this morning he had a quarrel with someone and was stabbed to death, and the murderer also ran away, and the Xu family couldn't catch people, so he sprinkled his anger on Wang's head."
This is more exaggerated than Chen Ping, the prime minister in the early Han Dynasty, Chen Ping's wife Zhang, married five times and her husband died, no one dared to marry, this Wang family is even more terrifying, only the marriage has not been married before the accident happened.It's okay once, it's okay twice, but three times in a row, Wang Fengguang's daughter is already recognized as a Kefu, and now the entire Baling County has spread, and everyone thinks that this woman is ominous."
If you want to go back to Changling to cause harm, why stay in Baling."
Li Zheng was afraid of things and hid aside, watching a large number of light heroes rush in, and those who had good deeds had already followed the brothers of the deceased of the Xu family to coax, or they didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, or they had the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and began to help them push the door.The servants of the Wang clan were frightened and did not stop them, allowing these people to break into the door, and the people outside shouted that they would drive the Wang daughter out of the tomb!
However, in the courtyard, there is a young man standing with a sword.He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slight fluff on his lips, wearing a yellow swordsman suit, wearing a red curtain on his head, a hanging crown, and a tassel of manhu, looking no different from an ordinary ranger, and together with the retreating Wang family servants, he constituted the last line of defense in the Wang family's inner courtyard."
Brother Xu, all the elders of Baling, please listen to me."
The young man was still trying to reason, holding his sword and holding his fists: "Yu Li, Ji Zi of the Xu family had a dispute with a light chivalrous evil boy and was stabbed to death with a knife, there is a cause and effect, what does it have to do with the lady of the Wang family who has never been out today?"
”"In love, I heard the poem said: I see Su Guanxi, thorny people Luanxi, and hard work.It means seeing the deceased husband wearing a white hat, and the surviving person is also emaciated, emaciated, and anxious.When the lady of the Wang family learned of this shock, she had already fainted from crying inside. ”"The most important thing for the people of Baling County to do now is to sit down and discuss the funeral of the deceased, and ask the government to hunt down and punish the murderer, instead of taking their anger on an innocent woman!"
But his voice of reason was suppressed by bursts of angry shouts.A well-wisher persuaded him: "Hou Sheng, you are not Wang Fengguangzi's nephew, nor are you his slave and maidservant, get out of the way, we just drove the Wang girl out of Chengcheng, so as to save her from bringing misfortune to Baling." ”"Forgive me!"
The young man's eyes are firm, the ladies of the Wang family have always been kind, not to mention, his wife is also accompanying her inside, how can outsiders be frightened?
His wife, Xu Pingjun, also had a promise to others, but the prospective groom died suddenly, so Pingjun was counted down by everyone in the court for no reason, but what did she do?
It is also a loss that the man died, otherwise he would not have missed the good woman.The young man even secretly said in his heart: "Prime Minister Chen Cheng at the time of Gaozu once married the daughter of the Zhang family who died five husbands in a row, isn't it okay, and finally became a marquis and worshiped the prime minister, it is clear that virtue is thin and unblessed, so why blame the woman?"
”Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, everyone was about to rush forward, after all, he was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man, and at the critical moment, the narrow sense of the air in his heart came to his head, not only did he not retreat, but took a step forward, showing the three-foot cold light in his hand."
Liu Ill has been living in Brother Wang's house, thanks to the care, today Brother Wang is in trouble, and he is in trouble together, if anyone wants to break in, in this courtyard, I am afraid that there will be two corpses and five steps of blood!"
Whether it was the family of the deceased who was angry for a while, or the ranger who came to take advantage of the fire to rob, no one wanted to take the sword, seeing that he showed his sword, for a while you look at me and I look at you, a little hesitant, only relying on the large number of people, still slowly approaching forward.At this moment, there was a loud shout from outside that shook people's eardrums: "The embroidered clothes directly point to the messenger Ren Jun here, who dares to fight and make trouble!"
”PS: The second chapter is in the afternoon, and the third chapter is in the evening.