So Li Hong looked at the shy and pretty Pei Wanying, and began to tell Pei Wanying and Pei Si the story of the White Snake, especially the story about Bai Suzhen who transformed into her original form and scared Xu Xian to death. Living Xu Xian, Pei Wanying and Pei Si were sometimes nervous and sometimes happy.
When Fa Hai placed Xu Xian under house arrest and prohibited Bai Suzhen from seeing Xu Xian again, Pei Wanying, Pei Si, and the woman all had angry looks on their faces.
"Fahai's control is too lenient. This is his own business. What does it have to do with him?"
"Fahai really shouldn't imprison Xu Xian. He and his wife Bai Suzhen truly love each other, and Bai Suzhen has no intention of harming Xu Xian."
"Fahai doesn't understand love."
Seeing that the three women were all aggrieved for Bai Suzhen at the same time, one person even started talking so loudly that the people around him were attracted by his words like lotus flowers. Following Bai Suzhen to Jinshan Temple, she asked Fa Haiwumen and refused to let Xu Xianhou, There was inevitably a look of disappointment on everyone's faces.
But when it was mentioned that Bai Suzhen and the maid Xiaoqing used their magic to flood the Jinshan Temple and vowed to save their husband Xu Xian, the women who listened suddenly started to let out low cheers, and excitedly murmured in their mouths from time to time: "That's how it should be."
"Let him suffer a little."
"Just don't drown Xu Xian. I hope he knows how to swim."
Li Hong looked at several people with excited eyes, looking at him together hoping that he could continue talking, but only Pei Wanying was considerate. Just when Zheng Xingtai's maid behind him was about to pour tea into Li Hong's teacup, Pei Wanying slowly stopped the maid, Said: "I'll do it."
After saying that, he personally picked up the red clay tea cup and filled Li Hong with tea. He put down the tea cup and looked at Li Hong and said, "Have you rescued Xu Xian?"
"Uh-huh, what's going on?"
"You'd better tell me quickly?"
"Speak quickly, don't drown Xu Xian."
As Li Hong's words flew around and the story came out of his mouth in a twists and turns, even the scholars at the tables next to him forgot about the performances on the stage and began to prick up their ears and lean back to listen to Li Hong. Tell stories there.
Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qingshui flooded Jinshan Temple. In order to save their husband, they harmed the lives of other living beings. Bai Suzhen violated the law of heaven...
"Ah? This should be Fahai's responsibility. If it weren't for him, how could other living beings be affected?"
"How will Tian Tiao punish Bai Suzhen?"
"Yes, he is pregnant now? Why doesn't Fahai know how to be more accommodating! It's really hateful and annoying!"
Bai Suzhen violated the rules of heaven, so after giving birth to a child and giving it to Xu Xian's sister to raise, she was taken into an alms bowl by Fahai and suppressed under the Jinshan Temple together with Xu Xian.
Since Leifeng Pagoda had not been completed at this time, and even if it was completed, it would not be until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, so Li Hong had to change the place so that the two of them were suppressed in one south and one north of Jinshan Temple, and could never meet each other.
Although the West Lake at this time was not as famous as it was in the Song Dynasty, the West Lake had already been formed, so when talking about the West Lake in Yuhang County, people can still know its location.
And when everyone was silent, they all felt sorry for Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen. It was a twist of fate that they could not see each other despite being in the same place.
Pei Wanying looked at Li Hong and asked, "What happened next? What happened to their children?"
After Pei Wanying reminded her, other literati nodded from time to time and said, "Yes, yes, where is the child?"
"The story can't end here, right? It's too hateful. Don't tell the story until it's finished."
"That's right, this is no longer a happy story. It's obviously not as good as you said!"
Everyone was immersed in the story of the White Snake. When the hero and heroine were suppressed under the Jinshan Temple, people's attention began to focus on the love between the two.
"Did I say I was done? Did I say I wanted to tell you people who were eavesdropping for nothing? I told them. Who asked you to sneak up and eavesdrop? Don't you know eavesdropping is shameless?" Li Hong glanced sideways at the literati who had gathered in a circle. They all had nothing to say in response to his words but looked angry, but they just refused to leave, thinking of continuing to eavesdrop on the story before telling it.
Pei Wanying secretly tugged on his sleeve again, not wanting him to make things worse here. Since everyone wants to hear it, if there is more to the story, just continue telling it and ignore them.
Li Hong knocked on the table. Pei Si became more obedient and smart this time. Before Pei Wanying could do anything, she had already brought up the tea room and filled Li Hong with tea: "Master Li, please."
Later, Xu Xian's sister worked hard to raise Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen's children, and they were awarded Jinshi. Then when they went to Jinshan Temple to sacrifice their father and mother, Fahai released their son because they were descended from Wenquxing. Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen, their family was reunited.
"What? As for Xiaoqing? Of course he has found his own destination and lived in their loving world." Li Hong drank the last sip of tea and said with a smile.
"If I had known your story was so bland, I wouldn't have listened. It was boring from the beginning. How could Ganoderma lucidum be a fairy grass? My family has been a doctor for generations, and I have never heard that Ganoderma lucidum can revive the dead. A dead man." A scholar who was standing aside and eavesdropping said angrily after hearing the story.
"It's just nonsense. Are you lying to children? How can a snake live for a thousand years? It can also take the form of a human. You are deceiving the public with your lies. I can sue the government."
"Jinshan Temple is the place where Xuanzang, the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, became a monk and practiced cultivation. I have never heard of a monk named Fahai there? Are you making this up? I'm afraid you have never been to Jinshan Temple. ?”
"Haha... I'm afraid he has never left Chang'an City, let alone Jinshan Temple. He is just talking nonsense to deceive you uninformed people. I never believe this."
"That's right, what's the next snake that the alms bowl can hold?"
"He said that the human form was contained in the alms bowl, not that it was a snake."
"Do you think it's so easy for me to be a Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty? Huan Wenquxing came to the world. Do you know that we have been studying poetry and books for many years and have never passed the exam? How come he, a child without a father and a mother, was able to pass the exam in twenty years? Do you think all my examiners in Datang are fools?"
"You are not as good at lying to others as you are. These little ladies, please don't believe his nonsense and don't be easily deceived by his lies."
Everyone was criticizing the storyteller Li Hong, but Li Hong had no time to look at their ugly faces. When they were listening to the story just now, they were the ones who eavesdropped most intently. Now when they scold people, they are also scolding them. The most enjoyable.
Li Hong had to shake his head and lamented that the world was declining and there were so many shameless people.
These people are so shameless that they can't be more shameless. You don't have to listen if you don't like it, and no one forces you to listen. Now that you have heard the ending from the beginning, they are beginning to show their intelligence again. They want to tell themselves that they are not Idiot, even though I’m eavesdropping, I’m not that easy to deceive!
Li Hong said calmly: "By the way, you need to pay to listen to my story. Come on, please pay me the money to listen to my story. It's not much, one penny per person."
Pei Wanying looked at Li Hong with a calm expression, but she didn't know why, but she still felt a strong anger. Seeing Li Hong stand up and stretch out his palm to ask for money, Pei Wanying smiled and then took it from his sleeve pocket. A penny of new money was placed in the palm of Li Hong's hand.
Several scholars who were sitting at the same table looked at Li Hong's serious expression and invariably took out a penny from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Li Hong, and then said: "It is normal to listen to others and give money. It’s a matter of course, it should be given.”
As each of the scholars at the table handed over a penny, some of the other scholars who were watching also readily took out a penny and handed it to Li Hong while not forgetting to give Li Hong a friendly smile.
Some people who had no intention of paying after hearing the story saw everyone taking out a penny and handing it to others, rolled their eyes, and started to turn around and leave as if nothing had happened.
Li Hong looked at the person who had just scolded him for his evil words and said: "Brother, please stay here. Since you heard it from beginning to end and also commented on whether the story is true or false, why don't you first hand over the money for the book? Let’s go again?”
"Why should I give you money? I'm just standing here. Do you think I want to listen to your story? Want money? Are you crazy because of poverty? Besides, your nonsense and deceptive stories are still worth my money. Your money? Humph!”
As this scholar continued to refuse to give money, several other scholars who had been talking about it nodded in agreement, turned around and left. Anyway, the story has been finished, and you can go back to your seat, even if I can't have a lie with any beauty today, at least I got to listen to a story for free today.
"Do you guys just want to leave like this? I wonder where these guys were seated just now? How did you come to my table? Did I pull you here? Since you know you were eavesdropping , knowing that you are a thief, should you keep a low profile as a thief?"
"We are not thieves, even if we listened to the story you told us, we are not thieves." When a scholar saw Li Hong classifying him as a thief, he immediately became red-faced. Being accused of being a thief in front of so many people made him feel sad. How will he face those classmates and friends in the future
"Since you're not a thief, why did you steal my things and leave without giving me any money? Or is your nature just so mean? After hearing my story, you feel dissatisfied and want to scold me again to relieve your feelings. Are you angry? If you think the story is not good, why don't you keep listening to it? If so, who are you to be shameless? Are you worthy of being a scholar? Other people’s achievements are just that, so why do you need to aggressively scold the storyteller?”
Li Hong stared at the scholars who had just criticized his story, and slowly left his seat. Pei Wanying looked at Li Hong's face that gradually turned cold. Only then did she realize that the entire hall had become silent at some point. , everyone’s eyes are looking here.
(End of chapter)