Chapter 38: Redemption

Yu Linglong sighed softly and said, "If other sons come here, it will be difficult to find a random girl to accompany them." Today is the first birthday of the eldest son of Lord Cao Yingcao in the north of Luoyang, and the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital are invited to the banquet, and naturally few people come here. There seemed to be infinite melancholy between the words.

Liu Xin didn't pay attention to the change in her expression, she only felt her heart skip a beat, she had been in the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than a year, and finally heard someone mention Cao Ying, I don't know if there was a chance to meet him, thinking of this, he nodded silently.

Seeing that Liu Xin didn't speak, Yu Linglong stood up and said, "Childe doesn't drink, and he doesn't want to watch the slave family dance, so how about the slave family sing a song for the son?" ”

Liu Xin also felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward to sit like this, but this Yu Linglong was always sticking to her side, so she had to stretch out her hand and signal: "Then there is Miss Lao." ”

Yu Linglong got up and sang lightly, although Liu Xin couldn't understand what she was singing, she only felt that the song was euphemistic and beautiful, but it was vaguely sad.

Liu Xin applauded again and again, and after she finished singing, she said: "The girl sings well, but it seems to be a little too sad. ”

When Yu Linglong saw him asking, her face showed sadness, and she said gloomily: "The slave family is lost in this land of fireworks, how can there be no sad past, annoying the son, and please forgive the son." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Xin waved his hand, and it was inconvenient to ask again, and when he looked up, he saw that Dian Wei had drunk a jar of wine, stood up and said, "Fifth brother, it's not too early, we should go back." ”

Dian Wei agreed, and reluctantly put down the wine jar. Liu Xin turned to Yu Linglong again and said, "Thank you for accompanying the girl, Brother Liu will leave." ”

Yu Linglong's face suddenly showed a look of disappointment, and said, "Isn't Childe staying here?" ”

Liu Xin asked strangely: "I just told Chen's mother that it would be good to find a girl who is a performer and not a girl to drink with her, isn't the girl ......?"

When Yu Linglong heard this, her face suddenly turned red, and then she left tears, and knelt down in front of Liu Xin with a "plop": "The slave family is brave, please have mercy on the son, the son wants the slave family tonight." ”

Liu Xin was startled, took a step back and said, "Girl, hurry up and speak, Liu has repeatedly stated that he is only here to drink, not to have fun." ”

Yu Linglong has already cried out loud: "Son, please listen to the words of the slave family, the slave family's original surname is Bian, and the single name is a jade character ......"

"Ahh Wait, what do you say your name is? Liu Xin suddenly screamed in surprise and interrupted her and asked.

Bian Yu listened to Liu Xin's words, his heart was overjoyed, and he said: "The slave family is called Bian Yu, has the son heard of the slave family?" ”

"Oh, no, no, I misheard." Liu Xin hurriedly snorted, but said in her heart, it turned out to be her, this is Cao Ying's future stepwife, the biological mother of Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong.

Bian Yu's face darkened again, and he talked about his past. It turned out that she was born into a prostitute family, learned singing and dancing instrumental music since she was a child, and began to perform at the age of thirteen, drinking and having fun with guests. She has a beautiful appearance, a slender figure, outstanding singing and dancing, and a full reading of poetry and books, which is deeply pleasing to the guests. But she is quite high-spirited, and always thinks that one day she can meet a beautiful son, be happy with her, and redeem her from the Qinglou. Although Chen's mother regarded her as a cash cow and did not embarrass her, she refused to be overly accommodating, so she made an appointment with her three years ago, and if no one was willing to pay to ransom her at the end of the three years, she would hold a grand party to publicly auction her first night. Chen's mother's intention is obvious, to use this incident to destroy her self-esteem, so as to completely control her.

Bian Yu is still very confident in herself, she doesn't believe in her talent, and in three years, she can't find a person who is willing to treat herself sincerely and is willing to redeem herself from the Qinglou. Besides, there are two people who have a good relationship with her, that is, the Cao family's son Cao Shao and the Yuan family's Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is handsome and chic, Cao Ying is talented, and whoever is willing to redeem her, she is satisfied.

Who knows, as soon as the news spread, those stinky men seemed to have made an appointment, and none of them were willing to redeem themselves. How did she know that it was precisely because of her beauty that the dignitaries and nobles in the capital wanted to kiss her Fangze, whether it was Cao Ying or Yuan Shao, no one dared to offend these bigwigs, and how could those bigwigs ransom a Qinglou woman back?

Today is the last day, and Chen's mother originally didn't want her to come out to see Liu Xin, but she was not afraid that she would not bow her head tomorrow. Later, I saw Liu Xin's generosity, as if he was a rich master, so he asked Bian Yu to come out to accompany him.

Liu Xin is tall and handsome, and has been a Taishou for more than a year, and there is also a faint momentum of a person in the top position between his gestures, Bian Yu saw it, gritted his teeth, turned his heart sideways, and made up his mind that today is ** for him, and it is better than losing face in front of the public tomorrow. Unexpectedly, Liu Xin didn't accept her love.

Liu Xin listened to Bian Yu's cry and thought to herself, even if Ma Yun has no opinion, this Bian Yu still can't go, she has the heart to take refuge in Cao Ying, and now put on a big green hat for him, it will be difficult to meet him in the future.

Bian Yu saw Liu Xin's deep face, looked at him with tears in his eyes, and shouted almost pleadingly: "Young Master Liu, you can take pity on the poor slave family." ”

Liu Xin's thoughts were interrupted by her, seeing her miserable appearance, she couldn't bear it, and she didn't care about Cao Ying and Yuan Shao anymore, she helped Bian Yu up from the ground and asked, "Miss Bian, I don't know how much it costs to redeem yourself for you?" ”

Bian Yu was first overjoyed when he heard this, and then his expression was stunned, and he said: "Don't hide it from the son, the slave family is worth quite a lot and needs a hundred taels of gold." ”

Thinking of the value set by Chen's mother, Bian Yu was a little disappointed, this Liu Gongzi only had a one-sided relationship with him, and he refused to stay overnight, how could he spend a hundred taels of gold for himself. In order to improve the people's enthusiasm for farming, the Han Dynasty adopted a policy of heavy rice and grain and light gold and silver, but on the contrary, gold and silver were scarce, resulting in the price of gold and silver among the people has remained high, almost ten times the official price, and often has no price. However, these are nothing to Liu Xin, he took advantage of his power and had already exchanged his belongings for gold and silver.

Seeing that Liu Xin didn't speak, Bian Yu's heart gradually turned cold, and said: "If the son is embarrassed, please stay here tonight to help the slave family avoid the embarrassment of Ming, and the slave family is also grateful." ”

Liu Xin has also lived at the bottom of the society for a long time, and now seeing that she is not only willing to offer her chastity, but also to express her gratitude, and sympathize with her even more, she can't help but scold this evil old society in her heart, but she said: "There is nothing to be embarrassed about, you go and call Chen's mother over." ”

Bian Yu didn't expect him to agree so happily, and blurted out: "Thank you, son, the slave family still has a reluctant request." Ying'er and I are sisters who serve the slave family, and she will inevitably be criticized by Chen's mother when I go, and it is inevitable that she will fall into the dust, and I will ask the son to help me redeem myself together, and the slave family is grateful, even if I am a cow and a horse, I will repay the kindness of the son. ”

When he said this, Bian Yu regretted it a little, it was not easy for this Liu Gongzi to help him redeem himself, and this request seemed a bit excessive.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xin agreed without thinking, and said: "Okay, a sheep is also released, and a group of sheep is also released, so let's redeem it together." ”

Seeing Bian Yu leaving, Dian Wei became a little uneasy and persuaded: "Big brother, I think it's better to forget it, if the sister-in-law knows, I'm afraid she will be unhappy." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "Don't worry, your sister-in-law is an understanding person, and she won't talk nonsense in this matter." Don't look at my usual fear of her, it's all pretended, do you think I'm really afraid of my wife like a tiger, do you remember the tiger I met in Chen Liu? I didn't beat me to death. ”

Dian Wei just touched his head and smirked "hehe", but did not speak, obviously full of disbelief. Liu Xin glared at him, but he was helpless.

At this time, Chen's mother had already led Bian Yu and a little girl in. Liu Xin took a closer look at the past, the little girl was only eleven or twelve years old, and she looked very handsome, and she was born with a pair of charming eyes at a young age, so she must be Bian Yu's maid Ying'er.

Liu Xin saw that Chen's mother was unhappy, and Chao Dianwei lost a look.

Dian Wei understood, and took out a bag of gold from his arms, which was as much as one hundred and ten taels.

Chen's mother took it in her hand, checked it, picked up another piece and put it in her mouth and bit it, and her face immediately turned cloudy. The extra ten taels are naturally Ying'er's ransom, thinking how old this Ying'er is, ten taels of gold is a big profit, Chen's mother happily accepted it, and said with a smile on her face: "This son is generous, and the slave family is really sorry." My Yu'er can be regarded as having found a good home. ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "If Mother Chen really doesn't want to go, just give my brother two jars of good wine at home." ”

Chen's mother nodded again and again: "I want it, I want it." ”

Dian Wei couldn't close his mouth, went out and called a carriage, Bian Yu and Ying'er also took the clothes they carried with them, and followed Liu Xin out of the drunken red dust.

Just helped Bian Yu and Ying'er into the carriage and sat down, Liu Xin didn't have time to lead his mount, when he saw a carriage galloping at the mouth of the alley.

Liu Xin saw that the carriage was coming very quickly, and hurriedly flashed aside. Although Liu Xin is in the position of state pastor, he knows that this is the capital, the land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and any person who comes out may be a relative of the emperor, he is just passing by Luoyang, but he doesn't want to cause trouble.

When the carriage arrived at the door of Drunken Hongchen, it stopped, the curtain was lightly raised, and a young man walked down. Liu Xin peeked and saw that this person was more than seven feet tall, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a graceful demeanor, seeing that the clothes were a rich man.

The handsome boy didn't look at Liu Xin and his party, and raised his feet and entered the drunken red dust.

Liu Xin and Dian Wei also turned on their horses, escorting Bian Yu's master and maid all the way to the post house, only to hear Chen's mother's voice faintly behind them: "Oh, Wei Gongzi ......"