Seeing Li Hong's unruly attitude, Lu Ao could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He took a step forward and angrily said: "Boy, what do you want? Do you really want to ask for trouble for them?" Can't redeem yourself? Don't think that you have some talent in poetry! You have to know that if I want you to have no fame, it will be easy! What's more, your poem is still worse than my Zhan Chengnan. A lot!”
Li Hong chuckled and let go of Xue Chuer's shoulder, walked up to Lu Ao in three unsteady steps and said, "Speaking of your poem, I have a question to ask you."
"What do you want to ask? Are you asking how much they are worth?" Lu Ao looked at Li Hong who looked poor. Apart from being handsome, having a noble temperament, and a little bit of power, there was nothing outstanding about him. place.
"Who are you, Lu Zhaolin?" Li Hong suddenly stopped smiling and looked at Lu Ao seriously and asked.
"What does it have to do with you? But boy, you still have some knowledge, and you know that the Lu family has a talented official!" Lu Ao's eyes flashed with panic.
The poem "Battle in the South of the City" was written by Lu Zhaolin, one of the Four Great Masters of the Tang Dynasty. However, he was in the Western Regions at this time, and this poem had not even spread. The reason why I knew about it was because I saw the letters between my father and him. Here is this poem by Lu Zhaolin.
I learned from Pei Wanying that this man had just returned from the Western Regions. Could it be that he knew Lu Zhaolin? Although Lu Zhaolin is not related to his family, he calls him uncle and has always been very close to his father.
"Who composed this song "War in the South of the City"?" Li Hong stared into Lu Ao's eyes and continued to ask.
"You... what do you mean? Do you think I stole his poems?" Lu Ao was a little nervous. He couldn't imagine whether this Li Bai really knew the inside story of this poem.
Li Hong chuckled and said: "Whether you stole other people's poems or not, you should know clearly in your mind. Whether it is more important to lose your reputation or lose your reputation, or to have some external things, it depends on how you choose."
Lu Ao's eyes were a little red. Looking at the old god's presence, did he really know that this poem was not written by him? And what he said was obviously to pave the way for those women to redeem themselves at a lower price, but who did he want to redeem themselves for
"Brother Lu, don't be impatient, be careful of being plotted." Zheng Xingtai patted his shoulder, then lowered his head and said in his ear: "Since you said it, this poem has not spread yet, and now it is only known to you, the Lu family. , then this person will definitely not know, and even if he knows that you plagiarized, he will have to provide evidence, so Brother Lu doesn’t have to worry. "
With a word that woke up the dreamer, Lu Ao instantly understood that the look he was looking at Li Hong was a little more ferocious. He could not keep this person. If he really publicized that he had copied other people's poems, then he would not only be in Lu's Family has no place in the entire Tang Dynasty, let alone being able to enter an official career.
"Okay, then if my brother can produce evidence to prove that I plagiarized someone else's work, then how about I admit it? I will also apologize to the person who composed the poem, and I will never call myself the son of a scholar again! But if you can't If you provide evidence, you are slandering others and making false accusations. Then don't blame me for filing a lawsuit for the sake of my Lu family's reputation!" Lu Ao finished speaking smugly, and then made a knowing look with Zheng Xingtai.
Now I can inform my uncle that Lord Lu Zhilu, the magistrate of Chang'an County, is here. If he can't produce evidence after a while, then he will have no choice but to be taken away by the government. When he enters the government, what will happen? Are there any questions about who actually wrote the poem? Even if there is, I can make him disappear in prison!
Li Hong smiled and said lightly: "Well, I have no evidence. If you say you did it, you did it."
"So what should I do if my brother just slandered my reputation? Do you think it's over just because you just said something casually?" Lu Ao looked directly at Li Hong and slowly walked towards Li Hong. He wanted to overwhelm Li Hong with his own momentum. , as long as Li Hong takes a step back, everything today will be under his control.
Zheng Xingtai is definitely a good at stirring up trouble. Seeing Lu Ao slowly and menacingly walking towards Li Hong, he said disdainfully: "Those who slander others will never have a straight character. Miss Xue, Miss Du, Miss Yan, and Miss Huo, do you still want to follow such a gossip? Miss Du, you said just now that you are willing to spend all your savings and add this slanderous person to the cause. You paid for the redemption, but I wonder if you still insist on it?"
Du Qiuniang looked at the aggressive Lu Ao, and then at Li Hong, who still had an indifferent expression. She couldn't help but feel relieved, and she also knew that now that she had spoken her words, there was no room for turning back. Now if she If I regret it, I'm afraid I won't be as free as before in Songzhu Pavilion.
Now he puffed up his full chest, glanced at Li Hong again, and then said to Zheng Xingtai: "Master Zheng, since the slave family just said it, they will still insist on it. As long as the master is willing to let the slave family follow, even if the slave family alone bears the entire ransom, Why not pay?”
Xue Chuer, Yan Lingbin and Huo Xiaoyu were all shocked. They knew Du Qiuniang's temperament very well. At this time, she dared to talk to Mr. Zheng in such a no-brainer manner. She was obviously determined to leave Songzhu Pavilion.
So, when Xue Chuer, Yan Lingbin and Huo Xiaoyu were about to stand on the same front as Du Qiuniang, Zheng Xingtai smiled sinisterly again, his eyes full of coldness and said: "Since Miss Du has made up her mind to leave Songzhu Sir, I would like to ask, do you know how much your redemption fee is now?"
Pei Wanying looked anxiously from the bottom of the stage. She had a good impression of all four women. If it weren't for their status, she would still respect their talents. Now that she heard Zheng Xingtai questioning Du Qiuniang like this, she knew that something bad was going to happen. , this is Zheng Xingtai trying to raise the price.
"Will your young master redeem his life for others? The girls have already taken the initiative, and I'm really worried. Miss Du, I like her heroic appearance." Pei Wanying tapped the table anxiously with her jade hands. , I am afraid that if Li Hong makes up his mind later, the price will no longer be the original price.
"Miss, please don't be anxious. I'll go ask my young master." Yang Wu saluted respectfully.
When he was still serving His Majesty, Yang Wu did not dare to offend the maids in front of His Majesty the Crown Prince. Whether it was Xiaoxue, Xia Zhi, or later Banmei and Xunlan, he dealt with them carefully every time they met. He knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was famous for protecting his shortcomings.
Now this Miss Pei is the woman that His Highness the Crown Prince likes. She is not something Xiaoxue and the others can match. Now Miss Pei is anxious looking at the situation on the stage, and those women are still the ones Miss Pei likes. If she doesn't By telling His Highness to redeem her, wouldn't it be disappointing Miss Pei's kindness
So Yang Wu quickly walked onto the stage. When he passed by Zheng Xingtai, he heard Zheng Xingtai say harshly: "Yes, your redemption fee was originally two thousand taels of silver, but now it has gone up. According to the market conditions that everyone knows , each of you is worth twenty thousand taels of silver now!”
"You..." Du Qiuniang almost fainted from anger, twenty thousand taels? Even if I stay in Songzhu Pavilion for the rest of my life, without eating or drinking, and even if the princes and nobles come to reward me every day, I can't possibly earn 20,000 taels of silver.
Even Pei Wanying in the audience vomited out all the tea that had just reached her mouth when she heard the 20,000 taels of silver. The literati in the hall simultaneously exclaimed. The price is sky-high, but having said that, if you are buying a Songzhu Pavilion, it is still worth it.
But it is only limited to those wealthy businessmen, but even ordinary businessmen are probably reluctant to invest so much money for a famous actress, right? Therefore, after screening in this way, only a handful of people can afford it.
Therefore, everyone knew that Mr. Li on the stage was definitely not in one of the few aristocratic families. If he wanted to imitate the good stories and deeds of Li Yaxian and Zheng Yuanhe, he was obviously like himself and could only dream.
Lu Ao looked at Li Hong, who was motionless and showed no reaction to his aggressive momentum. He sneered and said, "Master Li? How are you? I wonder if you are still interested in redeeming their lives for them? It's only twenty thousand taels of silver. , I guess it’s not a big sum for Mr. Li, right?”
Li Hong glanced at him with a smile and was about to speak, but saw Yang Wu suddenly walking up in a hurry, so he had no choice but to say nothing and listened to Yang Wu saying in his ear: "Sir, Miss Pei just said that she is very I like these women, and I have been worried about why the young master hasn’t redeemed them."
Li Hong glanced at Lu Ao, who was smiling at him but not smiling at him. He had no time to pay attention to him now, and then glanced at Pei Wanying suspiciously. Pei Wanying barely showed an awkward smile to him after seeing him looking at her.
Pei Wanying smiled awkwardly at Li Hong because she didn't expect that Yang Wuzhen would come on stage to urge Li Hong, and after hearing the ransom fee, she naturally thought that Li Hong couldn't afford the ransom, so when Li Hong looked at her , she mistakenly thought that Li Hong was blaming her, so she had to smile awkwardly.
But to Li Hong, her awkward smile seemed like: 'I really like it, I'm sorry to cost you money. '
So, someone immediately made up his mind to buy it! purchase! purchase! Since the woman you like likes it, no matter what you buy it for, you must buy it without asking the reason!
As long as Pei Wanying is happy, even if her father is transferred back from Tubo immediately... Well, this won't work. The water in Tubo is relatively deep now, and she still has to rely on her father to calm things down.
(End of chapter)