With Su Mingwei's background, walking sideways in Chang'an City is not a problem. The doting of his parents made him defiant since he was a child, and when he grew up, he learned 90% of his father's lust.
Su Mingwei has countless houses, but he still likes to find handsome beauties on the street, and even more enjoys the fun of plundering.
However, when he was domineering until he was fourteen years old, he encountered the first big hurdle in his life.
That hurdle is Chi Jingxi.
At that time, Chi Jingxi was not often in Chang'an, but spent most of the time in Chaoge. Most of the time, there are only a few concubines and children in the Marquis' mansion in Chang'an. Marquis Anhuai likes to take Chi Jingxi to Chaoge the most, and stays there for more than half a year.
But that year Mrs. Hou was ill and couldn't travel around, so Anhuai Hou stayed in Chang'an. And Chi Jingxi was worried about his mother's illness, so he also came back, just in time for Chang'an Academy's vacation.
Su Mingwei fell in love with a concubine from a small family on the street, and entangled with her, and it happened that the concubine's elder brother had some friendship with Chi Jingxi.
That day when I saw Su Mingwei forcibly holding the girl's hand on the street, the boy Chi Jingxi couldn't see it, so he beat up Su Mingwei on the street, twisted his left hand and fractured his face, his face was swollen into a pig's head, and he lay on the bed Lying down for half a month.
When did Su Mingwei suffer such a big grievance, screaming on the bed that Chi Jingxi will pay for his life, but because of this word, the emperor immediately convicted the Su family, demoted from minister to minister, and ordered a foot restraint Su Mingwei lived for six months.
Even though Su Mingwei's father spoiled him, he was so angry that he hit him for the first time.
Su Mingwei hated Chi Jingxi very much, but at the same time he also understood that Chi Jingxi should not be provoked, otherwise the entire Su family would suffer.
So he held the round jade tablet in his hand, his legs softened, and he almost couldn't stand up.
Wen Yantong struggled hard, "Don't let me go!"
The two men didn't know why, seeing her struggling, they said fiercely, "Be honest! Otherwise, you will suffer!"
Su Mingwei immediately said, "Quick! Let him go!"
Those two were very surprised, paused and said, "Young Master Su, this..."
Su Mingwei yelled angrily, "Hurry up and let him go! What are you doing in a daze!"
Wen Yantong was let go all of a sudden, she flicked her sleeves that were messed up by the struggle just now with a cold face, "Please return the things to me, Major Su."
Su Mingwei said with a little luck, "Let me ask you, where did you get this thing from?"
Wen Yantong said, "Of course the owner of this thing gave it to me."
"How is it possible!" He exclaimed, "This is a waistband!"
"If Young Master Su doesn't believe it, you can come with me to ask the Lord." Wen Yantong said, "But now, I advise you to give me the things, otherwise if the owner of this jade tablet gets angry... "
Su Mingwei hesitated, and after much consideration, an ugly smile appeared on Qingbai's face, "Girl, I am an old acquaintance with the owner of this jade tablet, it would be great if you took it out sooner. They are all our own people."
He rewrapped the jade plaque with a brocade handkerchief, and handed it to Wen Yantong, "You keep it."
Wen Yantong smiled after receiving the jade token, "It turned out to be an old acquaintance, what a misunderstanding."
Su Mingwei nodded happily, "Indeed, it's all a misunderstanding."
"Then my cousin..." She looked worriedly at the man who collapsed on the ground.
Su Mingwei kicked the man beside him, "Don't help the girl's cousin up yet!"
The two men didn't understand why the situation changed so quickly, but after seeing the change in Su Mingwei's attitude, they also knew that the jade pendant was not trivial. So he immediately helped Wang Qin, who had fallen to the ground and was a little fuzzy, to his feet.
Seeing that he was beaten badly, Wen Yantong walked up to him anxiously, patted his face, "Second Cousin! Second Cousin, wake up!"
Wang Qin was in severe pain, opened his eyes with difficulty, and said weakly, "Cousin, hurry up, don't let Su Wangba catch you..."
Su Mingwei was so angry that his eyelids twitched when he heard Su Wangba, but he guessed that Wen Yantong was by his side, so he didn't dare to get angry, but said, "It seems that he was seriously injured, I immediately asked someone to turn the boat around, Go back to shore first, and then take him to the doctor."
Wen Yantong sighed, "That's the only way to go, please trouble Su Shao."
Su Mingwei pretended to smile, "No trouble, no trouble."
As he said that, he asked the ship to turn around immediately. It had just set sail for a short distance, so it landed very quickly.
When Wang Qin was helped off the boat, the surrounding people immediately exclaimed. Su Mingwei followed and ordered the servants waiting on the shore to send Wang Qin to the doctor, so there was a commotion all around.
Only very quickly, the noise subsided.
Su Mingwei originally wanted to smear the soles of his feet with oil when he got off the boat, so he had someone secretly stop Wen Yantong on the boat. But he didn't expect that the person he didn't want to meet in his dream was standing on the shore.
When Wen Yantong came down in a hurry, he saw that there were many people standing around, not to mention the servants and guards, there were also a lot of young masters and ladies watching the excitement. The most conspicuous in the crowd was Chi Jingxi, who was wearing a silk robe.
Wen Yantong was overjoyed, and her flustered heart calmed down at this moment. She really wanted to go up to greet him immediately like Chaoge, but with so many people around watching, she still didn't dare to act rashly.
Wen Yantong is just a student of Songhai Academy in Chaoge. But in Chang'an, she represented the entire Wen family, and every move she made was extremely thoughtful.
But if Su Mingwei's bad breath doesn't come out, she might not be able to sleep for several nights.
She stood aside and looked at Chi Jingxi with the same eyes as everyone else, hoping that he could see her thoughts from it.
Chi Jingxi naturally saw it. Ever since Wang Qin was dragged off the boat, he had already realized what might have happened to Wen Yantong. Then Su Mingwei came down and shouted to send Wang Qin to see a doctor, Chi Jingxi had already guessed a little bit about what happened.
His black eyes were bottomless all of a sudden, he raised his hand to beckon Wen Yantong, "Come here."
Suddenly, everyone around looked at Wen Yantong at the same time, with different thoughts.
Wen Yantong was frightened by people's stares, and immediately walked quickly to Chi Jingxi's side, bowed his head slightly and saluted, "Young Master."
Chi Jingxi looked around at her, and found that her hair was a bit messy, but there was no visible trauma, so she asked, "What's wrong with your cousin?"
When Su Mingwei heard this, he froze and decided to take the initiative to attack, so he smiled and pretended to be familiar with Chi Jingxi, "Little Hou Ye, when did you return to Chang'an? I didn't even tell my brothers."
Chi Jingxi's eyes were as cold as ice in the twelfth lunar month, she only glanced at him and ignored him.
Wen Yantong replied, "Just now on the boat, Mr. Su spoke rudely to me. My cousin couldn't see it and wanted to teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect that one person lost to three people, and he was beaten like this."
Su Mingwei became impatient, "Girl, when did I say something rude to you! Didn't I just say it was a misunderstanding on the boat? Many people saw it with their own eyes!"
Wen Yantong snorted softly, "That's just a matter of power. You said you would carry me in with your wife. If I don't agree with you, I'm afraid you'll try to mess with me again. Although I'm A girl from a common people's family, but also from an innocent background, how can I let you take advantage of it?"
When Chi Jingxi heard this, he was already furious, and his heart was on fire, but the expression on his face became more and more serious.
Su Mingwei said sharply, "What a eloquent girl! How dare you turn things upside down like this, it was obviously your cousin who beat me first! You even poured dirty water on me, I think you are coveting the Su family and want to use me to climb into the The backyard of the Su family deliberately slandered me like this!"
Hearing this, Chi Jingxi laughed out of anger, and said coldly, "Your Su family's backyard? Apart from a woman whose skirt was snatched by you, what else is there that is worth coveting?"
Su Mingwei was shocked, "Chi Jingxi, don't bully me too much! You are just a commoner's daughter, and you still want to make enemies with my Su family because of her?"
Before he could finish his words, Chi Jingxi's figure had turned into a broken shadow, and the movement was so fast that the surrounding guards didn't even realize it, the punch had already landed on Su Mingwei's face.
The sound of this punch was extremely dull, and Su Mingwei was beaten in two circles, fell to the ground, and spit out a big mouthful of blood.
However, upon closer inspection, there was a broken tooth in the foam of blood.
Su Mingwei squeezed his throat and wailed, his jaw was dislocated because of the punch, and he couldn't speak a word, perhaps he had never experienced this kind of pain, his tears and snot came down in an instant.
Chi Jingxi looked at him condescendingly, "There's no need to keep your dumb mouth."
The surrounding guards swarmed up, but they didn't dare to move Chi Jingxi, but helped the ghostly Su Mingwei up, and quickly led him away from the crowd.
Wen Yantong was also taken aback, looked at the puddle of blood foam on the ground, and secretly thought that Chi Jingxi should punch two more times to break Su Mingwei's teeth.
Chi Jingxi didn't order anyone to stop Su Mingwei from leaving, but he knew that this matter was not over yet.
He wiped the blood-stained back of his hand with the brocade handkerchief handed over by the servant, and threw it away casually, then walked to Wen Yantong's side.
He still had a cold face, but his breath eased in the instant he paused, looked down at Wen Yantong, and then walked straight forward without saying anything, away from the encirclement of the crowd.
Wen Yantong followed behind very wisely, and Chi Jingxi stopped after following for about half a street.
She looked up and found that Chi Jingxi had stopped in front of a medical clinic. He turned his head and glanced at her, stepped up the stairs, and pulled up the curtain to enter the hospital.
The guards were all guarding outside, Wen Yantong and the servant were a step behind and followed in.
There were not many people in the clinic, only Wang Qin and another man. Wang Qin's face was black, blue, red and swollen, and he was lying on the soft cushion with his eyes closed, and he didn't know if he was dizzy.
Wen Yantong hurried forward and saw the doctor walking towards the backyard, so he asked, "Doctor, how is my cousin's injury? Have you seen it?"
The doctor didn't turn his head back and said, "Girl, don't worry, it's just some skin trauma. I'm looking for medicine. It will be better if he covers it." After speaking, he lifted the curtain and went to the backyard.
Wen Yantong walked to Wang Qin's side and called out a few times in a low voice, "Second cousin, can you hear me?"
Wang Qin was probably still conscious, so he moved his fingers and made a vague sound. Although he couldn't hear what he was saying, it made Wen Yantong feel a little relieved.
When I turned my head again, I saw Chi Jingxi standing aside with a dark face, the corners of her mouth curled down, and her hands crossed her chest, making me look very unhappy.
Another patient was so frightened that he took the medicine bag and ran away.
Wen Yantong couldn't help laughing, and said to him, "I haven't seen Brother Shan Li for a long time, why did I see you today, and ran over to make fun of me without eating?"
Chi Jingxi was naturally angry. He finally pushed You Huayan and ran out to find Wen Yantong, but he heard that she had come here by herself, so he told his parents that he would never come, and then ran over.
After coming here, she didn't eat any food, but seeing that she had a close relationship with Wang Qin, the second cousin who came from nowhere, she was really angry.
But when he heard Brother Shan Li, no matter how angry Chi Jingxi was, it was as if a hole had been poked and the leak was over. It's just that the face is still stiff, "I'm full of gas, what else to eat."
Wen Yantong took two steps forward, touched his arm and said with a smile, "Wow, this brother is so cool, then when we eat together next time, I will be angry with you first, so that no one will grab my meal. "
Chi Jingxi pinched her face, "You can't say something nice from your mouth? When did I grab a meal with you?"
Wen Yantong said, "Then don't be angry, let me tell you something nice."
Chi Jingxi said, "Say it."
Wen Yantong looked at him, paused for a moment before saying, "I miss you so much... We haven't seen each other for twelve days."
Chi Jingxi's eyes froze, and the strength in her hand loosened unconsciously, feeling that her eyes were very hot, burning the roots of her ears red. So he turned his head hastily, covering up with flustered drooping eyes.
Wen Yantong smiled and tilted his head to look at him, "Don't you miss me? Didn't you say you came to see me, why didn't I come after waiting?"
Chi Jingxi was silent for a while and said in a low voice, "I want to come to you every day, but something always gets in my way."
Of course Wen Yantong knew that he had a lot of things to do, so he said, "It's okay, you didn't come to me, so I came to you."
Only then did Chi Jingxi turn to look at her, "You came here to find me?"
Wen Yantong nodded very frankly, "Yes, I heard that this is a banquet hosted by Lord Hou, so I thought you should come back to attend, so I came here."
The corners of Chi Jingxi's mouth finally climbed into a smile, and his smiling eyes slightly bent, staring at her, "That's really hard work for you."
Wen Yantong suppressed his restless heart, sighed and said, "It's just that I didn't expect to get into trouble this time. My second cousin beat the young master of the Su family first. What should I do now?"
Chi Jingxi turned to look at Wang Qin who was lying on the soft cushion, but he was not emotional, but asked, "Why did he hit Su Mingwei?"
Wen Yantong said truthfully, "We heard Su Mingwei talking to friends about Miss Lin Si on the balcony on the second floor of the ship. My second cousin cared about Miss Lin Si, so he couldn't hold back and shot."
Chi Jingxi raised his eyebrows slightly, "The Su family has proposed marriage to the Lin family."
Wen Yantong nodded, "I did hear about it from Su Mingwei."
"But the Lin family refused." Chi Jingxi said, "My mother and Lin Si's mother exchanged handkerchiefs. She came to the Hou Mansion yesterday to talk about this matter, and I happened to bump into her."
Only then did Wen Yantong relax, and said, "Young Master, whether it is Chaoge or Chang'an, they are all preparing for your engagement. Do you have any girl in your heart?"
Chi Jingxi looked at her, sighed insignificantly, and then patted her on the forehead with the palm of his hand, "Why do you ask so many questions?"
Wen Yantong said, "I'm curious."
"There are quite a few things you are curious about." Chi Jingxi tapped her forehead with her fingertips, and said, "Chang'an is no better than Chaoge, it is far away from the imperial city, and some rules are different, so try to stay outside as much as possible. move around."
Wen Yantong nodded obediently.
Chi Jingxi thought for a while and said, "Although I will help you find it, I don't want you to suffer and get hurt because of anything, you know?"
With a warm heart in her heart, she said with a smile, "Now that I know Young Master, I will definitely not run around and cause trouble for you."
Seeing her smiling, Chi Jingxi suddenly hoped that the start time of the college would come soon so that we could see each other every day.
The two had just chatted for a while, when there was a movement at the door, and then a middle-aged man came in with the curtain lifted.
Wen Yantong met him in the palace, and knew that this was Chi Jingxi's father, so he immediately bowed and bowed, "Ministers pay homage to Lord Hou."
Chi Jingxi also nodded slightly, "Father."
Chi Shu had a gentle face, smiled and waved his hands, "Get up."
Wen Yantong got up with a salute, and lowered his head obediently. Chi Shu looked her around, and asked with a smile, "Which family is this girl, she looks pretty, and how old is she?"
Wen Yantong replied, "Back to Lord Marquis, the girl's surname is Wen, and her father is Wen Quin, who is twenty-eight this year."
"Very good, very good." Chi Shu said, "I have an impression of Wen Que. Last year, when a tributary of the Huaihe River was flooded, Wen's family donated the most money in Chang'an City. I didn't expect his daughter to be so lovely."
"Father." Chi Jingxi couldn't help but said, "Why are you looking for me here?"
Chi Shu frowned and smiled, "Look, I just asked a few questions."
Wen Yantong said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your compliment."
Chi Shu nodded, and winked at the entourage behind him, and the entourage stepped forward, and said to Wen Yantong with a pleasant face, "Miss Wen, follow me."
Wen Yantong immediately followed with interest, and from the corner of his eye saw Chi Shu's guards carrying Wang Qin to the backyard, and then the front and rear doors of the medical hall were guarded.
Wen Yantong was a little worried, afraid that Chi Shu was here to blame Chi Jingxi for beating Su Mingwei by the river just now. But even if she was worried, she couldn't speak, so she had to follow to the backyard.
The doctor didn't even look for any medicine, and sat obediently on the ponytail, not daring to breathe.
In the room, Chi Shu saw that everyone was being taken out, and then his expression changed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Did you do something by the river just now?"
Chi Jingxi responded in a low voice, "Su Mingwei hurts people and speaks disrespectfully to my friend, he should be taught a lesson."
Chi Shu's eyebrows were deep, "The Su family has been lawless for a long time, and Su Mingwei has always bullied others. He has killed many innocent girls. This matter needs to be reported to the emperor."
Chi Jingxi said, "How's the account of the Su family going?"
Chi Shu said, "It's almost the same. Big and small transactions, corruption and bribery, embezzlement of donations, all the accounting evidences are ready, and they are waiting to be sent to Chaoge."
Chi Jingxi breathed a sigh of relief, "The Su family is really cautious, and it took three years of investigation to find out the matter."
Chi Shu said, "The Su family is naturally cautious about making a U-turn. If you meet the son of the Su family on the street in the future, beat him up a few more times, so that you won't have a chance to beat him when the crime falls to the Su family in the future."
Chi Jingxi pondered for a moment, "I'm not addicted to violence."
Chi Shu said, "Oh, what does it matter, anyway, the world thinks you like to beat people."
Chi Jingxi was silent and didn't really want to respond. Chi Shu gasped, "Didn't you say you couldn't come to the painting banquet?"
Chi Jingxi remained silent.
Chi Shu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay son, since you're here, go say hello to those uncles, lest others say you've lost your manners... Speaking of which, the words I gave you that day were Shan Li, because people outside said that you don't understand etiquette, my nose is crooked."
Chi Jingxi was very helpless, and said hello three times, "Understood, I have to inform my friend first."
"Which one?" Chi Shu gestured, "Is it the one with the swollen face like a pig's head?"
Chi Jingxi said, "No."
"Oh, it's that pretty girl." Chi Shu said, "You tell her to come back soon, and you won't make her wait."
Chi Jingxi waved his hand to show his understanding.
After Chi Shu saw him leave, he couldn't help laughing in the room.
Wen Yantong waited anxiously for a while, and then saw Chi Jingxi entering the backyard. Seeing that he was not unhappy, he stopped in front of her.
She said worriedly, "Master Hou didn't blame you, did he?"
Chi Jingxi could see that she was worried, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, my father wouldn't blame me for such a trivial matter."
Wen Yantong was relieved now, and heard Chi Jingxi say, "I have something to do now, I need to leave for a while, you go around here first, I will leave a few guards for you."
Wen Yantong just saw him, he was busy with work, and he was still a little disappointed, but he couldn't stop him, so he could only say, "Then the young master must come back quickly."
Chi Jingxi nodded, "I'll be back soon."
Wen Yantong watched him turn around, saw Chi Jingxi walking a few steps, and couldn't help but look back at her, finally couldn't help laughing.
How could the former Chi Jingxi look back at her when he left
After Chi Shu took Chi Jingxi away, Wen Yantong did not go out to wander around, but sat beside Wang Qin, watching the doctor wrap his wound.
When he was beaten, two canine teeth stabbed his mouth, and he bled a lot. The doctor opened his mouth and gave him medicine.
This meal was really not light, thick herbal ointment was applied on his face, only a pair of eyes were left covered, and he might not even recognize his own parents after he was carried home.
However, compared to Su Mingwei's broken teeth and dislocated jaw, Wang Qin's injury is still a little bit better.
After some injuries were dealt with, it was already dusk.
The doctor wiped off his sweat, then went to fetch medicine and write a prescription, telling him what to avoid and how to use the medicine, the servant wrote down one by one, and then woke up the drowsy Wen Yantong.
The servant said goodbye to Wen Yantong, then carried Wang Qin into the carriage and hurried home.
Wen Yantong twisted her stiff waist, thinking that Chi Jingxi hadn't come back yet, so she wanted to go out and have a look.
The sky is connected to the Huaihe River, the moon hangs high in the sky, and under the night, the entire river surface is dotted with stars, corresponding to the reflections, which is too beautiful to behold.
Wen Yantong stood by the Huai River and watched, surrounded by the guards left by Chi Jingxi.
Taking these beauties into his eyes, Wen Yantong remembered the habit of the ancients who liked to chant poems in everything, so he couldn't help but want to imitate, "Ah! River—you are so beautiful and moving!"
"What are you doing?" Chi Jingxi's voice suddenly came from behind.
Wen Yantong almost scared a rooster crowing, but when he turned around, he saw him standing behind with a smile in his eyes, and said pleasantly, "Why are you here?"
"I didn't see you in the medical hall just now, so I came here." Chi Jingxi approached her and asked, "What were you reading just now?"
Wen Yantong scratched his head, "I'm composing poetry..."
"... At first I thought your writing was poor, but it seems that I misunderstood you." Chi Jingxi said.
Wen Yantong was used to it long ago, and said with a smile, "Young Master, are you done with your work?"
Chi Jingxi nodded, "Let's go, let's go back before Chang'an closes the city gate."
Wen Yantong joyfully followed behind him and got into the carriage together. As soon as Chi Jingxi sat down, he took out a wooden carved box, "Are you hungry? This is for you to eat."
She actually ate a lot of snacks, and she wasn't very hungry at this time, but there was no reason not to take what Chi Jingxi gave her, so she opened it next, and saw that the box was full of dark pastries, smelling like roses. The aroma is tangy.
"It's the famous rose cake in Chang'an City, try it." Chi Jingxi said.
Wen Yantong couldn't wait to pick up a piece with chopsticks, the aroma of roses between his teeth was almost overflowing, the mouth was sweet and sweet, followed by the taste like fruit wine, which made Wen Yantong amazed all at once.
There are several flavors of this pastry, but when swallowed, only the sweetness of roses remains.
Wen Yantong emptied the whole box, and Chi Jingxi watched her hand each piece to her mouth with a chuckle all the time.
In the end, she hiccupped a little, and laughed happily, "Thank you, Young Master, the food is really delicious."
Chi Jingxi smiled and said, "Are you full?"
Wen Yantong nodded happily and yawned, "I want to sleep."
"Then go to sleep, when you wake up, you should be home." Chi Jingxi softened her voice unconsciously, only feeling that Wen Yantong really has the soft appearance of a girl now.
Wen Yantong responded, then fell asleep. Seeing that her cheeks were blushing, Chi Jingxi seemed to be a little strange, so she took the wooden box and smelled it, and found a faint smell of alcohol in it.
Chi Jingxi himself had never eaten this kind of sweet pastry, so he didn't know that the pastry was mixed with fruit wine. Wen Yantong ate as much as two mouthfuls, and he thought he was a little tipsy.
But she didn't yell or make trouble, and she fell asleep when her consciousness was a little confused. At this moment, her breathing had stabilized.
Chi Jingxi looked relieved. Ever since he came back from Chaoge, he has been busy with all kinds of things at home, and he couldn't find time to find her, which made him feel uneasy.
In such a short time, even if Wen Yantong only closed his eyes to sleep, Chi Jingxi felt very comfortable. It seemed that as long as he looked at her, all the boredom in his heart would disappear. It was not calm, but a kind of joy. Come in a happy state.
After an hour's drive, when they arrived in Chang'an City, the streets were bustling with people.
Wen's house is located in a private residential area. There are no vendors or pedestrians on the wide streets, just like another quiet Chang'an.
Chi Jingxi woke up Wen Yantong, "I'm home."
Wen Yantong sat up in a daze, she was somewhat awake after sleeping, but when she got out of the car, she still stepped on the ground and almost fell, but fortunately she was hugged by Chi Jingxi in time.
Wen Yantong was half awake and half confused, smelling Chi Jingxi's body, he hugged him, "Young Master..."
The voice seemed to be squeezed out of his heart, with a tenderness, Chi Jingxi's heart suddenly softened, he turned around and carried her on his back, let the guards wait by the carriage, and walked half a street to see her off. go back.
On the way, Wen Yantong moved his head, and suddenly pinched the tip of Chi Jingxi's ear, and said softly, "Young Master."
Chi Jingxi felt the soft touch on the tip of her ear, let her pinch it, and responded with a smile, "Yeah."
Wen Yantong asked, "Do you know what it feels like to like someone?"
Chi Jingxi pondered for a moment, and then replied, "Think when you walk, think when you sit, think when you pick up a pen, and think when you put down your chopsticks."
"En." Wen Yantong whispered in his ear, "I am."
Chi Jingxi was taken aback, "What?"
"I said, that's how I am." Wen Yantong uttered words very slowly, and said softly, "I miss you when I walk, I miss you when I sit down, I miss you when I read, I miss you when I eat, and I miss you when I sleep. But I can only see you in my dreams."
Chi Jingxi's footsteps stopped, he not only heard Wen Yantong's breathing in his ears, but also heard a powerful beating in his chest.
This is the first time in my life.
The throbbing came so violently that he was caught off guard.