In the evening, the wind was howling, and when passing through the corridor on the second floor connecting the Jinfeng Building and the inner courtyard, I heard the voice of a woman shouting and scolding.
"No conscience! White-eyed wolf—"
This voice was shouting at a high voice, it sounded like the owner of Jinfeng Tower, the voice of Yang's mother. It's just that this mother Yang is in her 40s. Although she is a half-old milf, she usually dresses well and has a dignified and elegant appearance. It is hard to imagine her shouting indiscriminately without regard to her image. Xi Junyu listened and stopped with great interest. Later, the voice of scolding came out, it was a woman, and the voice was equally neutral and pleasant.
"Insatiable woman! Leeches—"
The structure of the Jinfeng Building is different from the outer layer and the inner layer. A building inside is connected to the outside, and the building on the inner layer is the inner courtyard. Several levels are open for business, but Xi Junyu often likes to entertain guests in the outer building. There is no distinction between grades, it all depends on what you like. At this time, he stood in front of the passage and listened to the words inside. Someone dropped something, probably Mother Yang.
"Being cheap! The life of the young lady... It was originally the life of the young lady... You are being mean..."
"What about the young lady, I don't care!"
"Fuck-"
It was sultry at noon today, and the sky was a bit wrong. It was windy outside as it approached the evening. It was expected to rain heavily at night. The business of Jinfenglou was not very good. A woman came out from there in a hurry. He got up and said with a smile, "Young Master Xi." This is someone we've known before, "Is there a banquet today?"
"Well, outside, in the spring dawn, it's about to leave." Xi Junyu nodded, "What happened inside?"
The woman looked a little hesitant: "Mom is angry, alas, this..."
She was a little hesitant to speak, but Xi Junyu didn't intend to ask any more, and then a voice from the shopkeeper of the Su family came from behind: "Jun Yu, what's the matter, why did you go for so long?" He turned around and said, "Come right away." Then he turned to say goodbye to the woman.
Today, I was here to entertain guests with the shopkeeper. It was almost over, and he just went to a thatched hut. Back at this time, the two sides had already begun to leave, and the shopkeeper led the people away. He only sent it to the door, and came back to settle the bill and deal with the aftermath. There was nothing to do, he sent the rest of the women to accompany him, leaving only the one who was more familiar, and let the other party play some simple tunes in the room, while he sat here to eat and think about things.
Sitting by the window, although the window is closed, the soothing piano sound, the strong wind still brought the noisy voice over there, as an embellishment, which is somewhat interesting.
"If a rich man, son-in-law, redeemed you, and I didn't say a word, and even gave you a dowry, you're now a scumbag—"
"I'm guilty of my own cheapness! What if I don't have enough money to redeem myself!"
"I don't care about your money! Without me, there is no Jinfenglou! You want to be rich? How did the money come from—"
"You just want me to keep doing it here, and then help you make money! You just like that I can't leave for the rest of my life—"
"Fart! White-eyed wolf! Fart... Ask yourself! Ask yourself! When I married someone, Yang Xiuhong was not happy and willing! The former Sisi, Xiaoyu, Lihong, Bai Duoer, Pan Shi... Bai Duoer was the one who matched them! Which one of them is not a red card in the building! They found a good home, and that time I was not happy to give the dowry! But what are you going to do now... "
"I like!"
"You've been fooled by lard! Are you here to show your face to redeem yourself or show your face, then what are you redeeming! I knew I shouldn't be kind, that Nie... She used to be a child of an official family, and she was full of confusion. World affairs... I shouldn't be kind enough to let her do things. You don't understand if she doesn't understand world affairs, what kind of background did you come from! You let lard be blinded... "
"Let the lard be blinded, and I want to be like this..."
"I won't let you do this! What's wrong with not allowing you to do this!"
"… "
"... That Chen Yuanwai, the son of the Tie family, and that old master Zheng, which one is bad? It's not for you to marry an old man, if you want to be rich, be a young mistress, then go be it! I'm not happy with who you marry? Oh, they don't like it. Cao Guan and Liu Qingdi are great talents. They have less money, but they are also rich and noble. If they become officials in the future... Young mistress's life! Who do you marry is not marriage! You really won't in the future. Married? Look at you who really went to sell those eggs and who would want you. Shame! Shame! In the future, they will all say that the daughter I taught by Yang Xiuhong is a freak! She has a weird personality—"
The two were arguing loudly in the room, and when Mother Yang spoke of her anger, she cried with anger. Xi Junyu heard it interesting, she said that Cao Guan, Liu Qingdi... Could it be that Yuan Jin'er is going to leave? This woman has been the head of the four major lines of the oiran competition for two consecutive years. She did not expect that this time she had only been for two months, and she planned to redeem herself. It's no wonder that Yang's mother is so angry, and it doesn't sound like she wants to get married, but to redeem herself... Is this a self-supporting business? Not like...
As Xi Junyu, it is not impossible if he wants to hold such a top-notch field, but it is indeed a big expense. Therefore, although he has been to Jinfeng Tower many times, he has little interaction with Yuan Jiner. I've only seen her sing and dance a few times in public, and they're all lively and agile, but I didn't expect the quarrel to be so savage, and I wouldn't let this mother Yang at all.
"Anyway, the money is here! If you think it's not enough, just say, I'll take it all out for you..."
"What's so good about you going out and showing your face, or showing your face to those people, now at least some literati!"
"Head and face are his own!"
"For the rest of your life! No man wants you!"
"I don't want a man either!"
Mama Yang over there was so angry that her throat was hoarse.
"...Even if you go out and start your own business, I won't be so angry... At least you still have a young lady's life, at least a young grandma's life... "
Yuan Jin'er was stubbornly silent.
"... What are you dissatisfied with! What are you dissatisfied with! When you come to the building, I will hold you as an oiran, and give you a red card. You know people that no one else wants to know. Wen Talented people, high-ranking officials, celebrities, and rich and landowners, I let you be self-willed, and I didn't let you open your thighs to receive guests. If you don't like it, I won't let those people touch you... Now you're blinded by lard, and you're going to die. Walking on the road, what are you dissatisfied with... Laughing, showing your face... A woman is this life! You have to rely on yourself, what a joke! You can rely on yourself for the rest of your life? It is best to be a young grandmother, and no one else can ask for it! How many lifetimes have you cultivated! You don't like it? Then you will die and be reborn as a man in your next life... This is the life of a woman! It's all this life!
A few clatters sounded on the roof, and the next moment, a torrential rain roared, covering the entire city. The voice could not be heard clearly, and Yuan Jin'er was vaguely heard shouting: "Then you will kill me..."
Xi Junyu pushed open the window. Since the eaves above were stretched out for a long time, the heavy rain would not float into the house. Looking over from this side, the figures on the second floor of the Jinfeng Building facing the Qinhuai River were flickering, and two women were making noise. shadow. The scattered noises came along with the wind and rain, but I couldn't hear them all. I could only roughly identify who the fiercely quarreling figure belonged to. At a certain moment, it was probably Yuan Jin'er's figure walking towards the window and pushing it directly. The two windows near the river were opened, and the candle shadows shook in the room.
"You jump! You jumped into the river and died a hundred times! It's like you never raised your daughter—"
In Yang Xiuhong's shouting, Xi Junyu saw the figure by the window climb up without saying a word, and then half of his body leaned out from the rain curtain on the side of the field of vision, jumped, slammed, and jumped below, and the waves began to roll in the rainstorm. in the Qinhuai River.
"Ha!" Xi Junyu smiled, not expecting such a woman to exist these days.
"Miss—" There was a faint shout from the building, and another woman walked over to the window, probably Yuan Jin'er's maid. Mother Yang also shouted: "Shout to die! Shout to die! It's best to die... She's so good at water! The bastard can't drown her if she drowns! The bastard! The white-eyed wolf—"
"Miss… "
"Take it! Take it! Take your lady's stuff... Now, the deed, yours, your lady's... Get out! Get out!"
Mother Yang was throwing something again, and the maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, then picked up the thing, and ran out calling "Miss".
"Call Master Chen! Punt the boat and follow! Bring me the dead woman! Don't let people say that I, Yang Xiuhong, forced me to death!"
In the heavy rain, the side of Jinfeng Tower was lively, Xi Junyu watched this scene and laughed for a long time upstairs. Not long after, he went out of the room and was about to leave. On the corridor, he met a few acquaintances head-on. They were the eldest young master Wu Qilong and the second young master Wu Qihao of the Wu family. Seeing them, Xi Junyu stood on the side of the corridor and let the two pass, but the two of them were surprised.
"Haha, shopkeeper Xi, it's a coincidence that you are in the Golden Wind Tower today, but are there any entertainment?"
"The shopkeeper Yu, who received Siqingfang just now, has already left."
"Oh, there is nothing left or right, why don't you come over and talk about it, there is nothing important today, and it is fate to meet."
Xi Junyu shook his head with a smile, and then politely refused: "Thank you two young masters for your kindness, but Jun Yu still has some things to deal with, so don't bother, next time, next time..." The two of the Wu family are both Known as a corporal with enthusiasm and courtesy, Wu Qilong used to admire Xi Junyu very much. The two sides talked there for a while, and finally the two brothers of the Wu family left with a regretful smile. Xi Junyu waited for them to pass by and turned to the direction outside the building. gone.
Today's heavy rain is not good for traveling. After all, that Xiaochan's father was not buried until today, and Ning Yi... probably will come back tomorrow night. On this side, things in Siqingfang are almost done, it's time to report the situation...
He stood at the door watching the astonishing rainstorm, and the attendant over there led the carriage: "Shopkeeper Xi, where are we going next?"
"Back..." He thought for a while, "Su Mansion."
The carriage dipped into the rain curtain and walked along the still bright long street in the direction of Su Mansion. Not long after, on the street by the river not far away, another carriage belonging to the Su residence also drove past the rain screen and came towards this side.
The nightlife in the Wu Dynasty is relatively rich. The city usually does not close at night, and occasionally it closes very late. It is just that the disaster victims have gathered outside recently. On the way, Ning Yi worried about whether the city gate will close early in the evening. On the way back, he also saw a gloomy sky. Fortunately, after finally entering the city gate, the torrential rain did not fall. He called Guard Geng into the carriage, and then took the scorpion and put it on Dongzhu, who was driving the car. When passing this way, I vaguely heard someone shouting: "Miss..."
He opened the corner of the side curtain and looked at it. There were also many buildings on the side near the Qinhuai River, most of them were brothels, with lanterns shining under the eaves. However, there were people in the building, and there were no pedestrians on the street. When the curtain was lifted, a woman seemed to be climbing up the bluestone steps between the two wooden buildings by the river, and her maid took a small package beside her.
The woman didn't know why she fell into the river, because it started to rain just now, and the Qinhuai River was rolling in waves at night, which was quite dangerous. It's just that the woman was wearing thin clothes when she fell, and she was soaked all over. The clothes were almost translucent against her curvy body. Her legs were beautiful and slender, and the embroidered shoes on one foot were probably in the water. Dropped, slender feet naked. Standing in the rainstorm at this time, this scene is really tempting.
There were probably a few people across the street or upstairs nearby who saw it accidentally. Dong Zhu, who was driving the car, should also be watching. The woman reached out and wiped her face before noticing this. She looked down at herself, and then raised her head with a frown. : "I haven't seen a woman before..."
The words seemed to be scolded very savagely, but they were quite guilty and their voices were not high. After she finished speaking, she turned around and jumped into the river again with a thud, and in the blink of an eye, she had already swam a long way in the waves.
"Miss, miss..." The maid followed the roadside, chasing along the river bank...
"Tsk tsk." Handsome girl...
Ning Yi sighed in his heart, vaguely feeling that he had seen the woman somewhere, but his imagination was a little wrong. Maybe he had seen a certain movie star before, and there was a similar scene. Thinking so, Xiaochan also leaned over: "Master, what are you looking at?"
"Oh, nothing."
"I don't believe it." Xiaochan shook her head.
"... Dongzhu should have seen it too, you can ask Dongzhu."
"Huh?" Xiaochan was puzzled for a while, and after a while, she opened the front curtain, "Brother Dongzhu, Brother Dongzhu, what did you see just now?"
"What, what?" Dong Zhu was stunned for a while, then embarrassed, "No, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything..."
"ah?"
Ning Yi laughed in the car, Xiaochan looked at Dongzhu in front of him in confusion, then looked at Ning Yi in the car, and then returned to his seat gloomily: "Bullying people..."