Chapter 12: Goodbye Gentleman
With the permission of the master's family, Sang Guo helped Wang Xianyu to get out of the car. At a time like today, there are a lot of people, that's a certainty. Although the host did not say anything about stopping the horses, everyone would consciously park the horses and carts in a place that was out of the way. Otherwise, there will be a huge traffic between the carriages and horses, and they will definitely be blocked at the door of the owner's house.
The four of them entered with the servants, thinking that there was a cave inside the gate, but it was just an ordinary setting. Everyone walked past the pavilions and pavilions, and the person who led the way finally stopped and said to the guest: "Rongyu." ”
Wang Lie bowed his head, bowed politely, and replied: "Tired! As soon as Wang Liefang finished speaking, the servant took two steps forward into a house, and after a while came out and said to the guest, "Please enter." ”
When the four members of the Wang family heard this, they finally saw the master's house. The owner is a man who is not confused, although he has a beard on his face, he still can't stop his handsome appearance. It lies on its side on top of a low collapse, and although its movements are indecent, it does not feel abrupt. Seeing the four people, the host still did not change his posture, and said: "Although it is a banquet today, it is really early for the guests." ”
The four of them did not dare to look down on people, so they knelt down and sat down, and the eldest brother Wang Lie explained: "The sky has changed, I am afraid that it will be late, so I will arrive early." ”
When the host heard this, he seemed to be muttering to himself, and asked, "It's snowing?" ”
Wang Lie's jaw is the first to say. Seeing Wang Lie's answer, the man got up and pushed open the window, the snowflakes were still falling outside, and the master didn't know what to think, looking a little sad, and said after a while: "Liuzhi is in the backyard, you go to find him!" ”
After listening to the words of the master's family, the three sons of the Wang family were a little surprised. The gentleman arrived early in the morning? Listening to the name of the gentleman in this host's family, the two seem to be familiar with each other, or is this the place where the gentleman stays?
When he came in, there was no outstanding point along the way, and the third son thought that today's banquet was only chosen here because of the good scenery near the Qinhuai River...... But there was such a twist.
The host's family chased away the guests, and the four of them were not good to stay, so they got up and saluted and said goodbye. When they left the house, the servant who had been waiting outside the door said to everyone, "Welcome." "Come forward and lead the way.
This time, I didn't take a few steps to see the bank of the Qinhuai River, and I don't know where the owner of this house came from, so he actually repaired this Qinhuai scenery in his backyard. A few more steps, at the end of the pavilion, the servant raised his head and saw that the snow was falling heavily, and he did not move for a while. The servant was in a dilemma, but the king of the fang bowed to the front and said, "I have seen the gentleman." ”
Hearing this, the rest of the people looked ahead, and the gentleman was wearing a green robe, his long hair was blown away by the snow, and he came with an umbrella. It was about that this scene was too dazzling, and it made Wang Xianyu's heartbeat a few beats. When the gentleman approached, Wang Xianyu remembered to salute.
The gentleman held an umbrella in both hands, which was not polite, but he smiled apologetically and said: "I never thought that there would be snow today, so I let you come here on the snow, and I feel ashamed in my heart." ”
Wang Lie said with a smile: "This snow scene is also a scene, gentleman Yaxing, don't live up to the good will of God." ”
The gentleman laughed when he heard this, and said, "Wang Jialangjun, my confidant." With that, he handed the long umbrella in his hand to the servant, and went away with the king.
The servant was clever, handed the long umbrella to Wang Lu, and said, "Lang Jun and the little lady are first, and the servant and the servant are behind." ”
Wang Lu bowed his head and walked with his sister with the two people in front.
Walking to the hall house, everyone took off their shoes and entered, and the charcoal fire in the house was hot, sweeping away the cold air that had come all the way. The gentleman's long hair was not tied, and he was not in a hurry, and said: "The maid came to report, and I also said who came from the family." ”
Wang Lie didn't feel the twist, and said calmly: "Seeing that the sky has changed, I am afraid that I will miss the interest, so the emperor came." ”
Then he asked, "I don't know what time it is?" ”
The gentleman said: "It's not half past noon." ”
This time, without waiting for Wang Lie to speak, Wang Lu said, "It's not early. "The third son is only half an hour early.
It is also that Wang Lu does not often participate in such banquets, and the literati rely on their own status, and they don't know when the bad rules handed down will always come later than the agreed time. The more prestigious it is, the more so-like it is. Therefore, although the third son came half an hour early, he is not sure how long he will have to wait.
Wang Xianyu saw that his younger brother didn't understand, so he explained to Wang Lu in a whisper. After hearing this, Wang Lu's expression on his face was really wonderful, and he finally said: "If you are in the army, this is a delay in the military order, how can it be child's play?" ”
The gentleman smiled kindly and said, "The military order is like a mountain, and you can't slack off." At today's literati banquet, Xiaolang is regarded as a child's play, and forget about it after a little play! ”
When the gentleman said this, Wang Lu's face improved a lot. However, Wang Lie and Wang Xianyu were a little stunned, if today's gentleman's words were heard by those literati, I don't know what kind of waves there would be.
The expressions of the brother and sister did not hide from the gentleman, and the gentleman smiled: "It was a gentleman's elegant thing to play with fun, but now it has become a place for famous people to make friends with nobles, and there are even villains who judge people's future in a few words because of their identity, isn't this banquet child's play?" ”
This is true, at this time, people with lofty ideals want to get ahead, it is not so simple. If it is not recommended by a talented and virtuous person, you can only work for a lifetime. As a result, most of the literati banquets became places for climbing. But it is also because of this that many capable people have come out of the way, and it cannot be regarded as reactive.
However, the gentleman's words reminded Wang Lie of the sensational incident some time ago. It wasn't long before the autumn of this year. Jinling City is also such a banquet today to enjoy the scenery and amusement, a foreign talent came to admire, but somehow collided with a great Confucian, the great Confucian in front of everyone angrily scolded the foreign talent Zhizhi is sparse, nothing can be done, life and life ruined this person's life. Later, the foreign talent was humiliated and committed suicide.
I don't know what the gentleman meant, whether he was mentioning that incident.
The gentleman just changed the topic as soon as he said this, and asked Wang Lie that there were talented people in Jinling City. Wang Lie knew a lot about Jinling, and talked with Wang Lie.
Wang Lu on the side listened to it for a long time and was really tormented, the gentleman saw him like this, and asked the servant to take Wang Lu to the plum garden to enjoy the scenery, Wang Lu did not return and hurriedly left, until Wang Xianyu covered his mouth and snickered.
The two talked for a long time, and the gentleman seemed to remember that there was such a beautiful lady as Wang Xianyu, so he paused to communicate with Wang Lie, and said to Wang Xianyu: "If the little lady finds it boring, why don't you also go for a walk outside?" ”
Without waiting for Wang Xianyu to answer, Wang Lie refused on behalf of his sister: "Before going out, my mother Yin Yin asked her that it was cold today, and I really didn't dare to ask her to cause another fever." ”
The gentleman stepped on the snow to send an umbrella, and Wang Xianyu only glanced at the gentleman at that time, and since then he has been hanging his head and not daring to raise his head. In the end, it was still that abrupt day, and Wang Xianyu felt ashamed in his chest. Now that he heard that the gentleman was taking care of him, Wang Xianyu raised his eyes to look at the gentleman, but he didn't want the eldest brother to reply for him, and the little courage he had just mustered to speak was all gone. I could only stare at the bottom of my eyes, and I didn't know what to do.
This made the gentleman look at the bottom of his eyes, and the gentleman lowered his gaze, but the corners of his mouth were raised, and he said: "It's a pity." ”