Xie Shi covered the left half of his face and sat in the flower hall anxiously. It wasn't until the maid's voice greeted him outside that he hurriedly stood up and walked toward the door.
As soon as Mrs. Yang stepped into the house, she saw her son rushing towards her in three steps and two steps at a time. Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of her with a 'pop' and opened his mouth and said, "Mother, please save me!"
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"Ah Shi, what's wrong with you?" Yang pulled Xie Shi up and looked at him in confusion.
Xie Shi glanced at Yang with a grimace, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly lowered the hand covering the left half of his face.
The moment Yang's eyes touched the left side of Xie Shi's face, her pupils shrank suddenly, and her heart felt extremely painful. Xie Shi's left cheek was red and swollen, and it was obvious that he had been beaten.
Yang only took one look and felt extremely distressed. She was so surprised that she couldn't help but shed tears. "Okay, what's going on? Ah Shi, is someone bullying you outside?"
Xie Shi did not answer Yang's question, but kept holding her hand and said in panic, "Mother, you must save me this time, only you can save me!"
"Okay, okay, don't worry, tell your mother what's going on first?" Yang rarely saw Xie Shi looking so panicked, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious for a moment.
After receiving Yang's words, Xie Shi told Yang the whole story one by one.
"You, you! How many times have I told you, what do you want me to say about you! You have caused such a big mess, it would be a shame if your father knew about it!" After hearing Xie Shi's words, Yang became anxious again.
Angry again, he couldn't help but stretched out his finger and poked Xie Shi's forehead hard.
"Mother, you must help me! Shi Qi said that if I don't compensate him, he will come to ask for it in person tomorrow...Mother..." At this point, Xie Shi burst into tears.
Already.
Yang gave Xie Shi a hard look, showing how embarrassed he was and how distressed she felt. In the end, she could only grit her teeth helplessly and said, "Tell me, how much money do you want!"
"It's not a lot, just five thousand taels..."
"Five thousand taels!" Ms. Yang was so shocked that her eyes almost fell to the ground. After a while, she found her voice, and glared at Xie Shi angrily and said, "Five thousand taels, five thousand taels?"
Not much! Do you want to force me to death?"
Seeing Yang raise his hand, Xie Shi knelt down in front of Yang again, "Mother, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong..."
Looking at Xie Shi's red eyes and the red and swollen left side of his face, Yang finally retracted his hand softly, "You bastard! You are going to piss me off to death!" Yang said as he spoke.
He fell down on the couch.
Xie Shi hurriedly changed direction, knelt and moved to Yang, reached out and hugged his legs and cried again, "Mother..."
"You said, you can fight cockfights yourself on weekdays. Well, why did you give that chicken to Shi Qi?" Yang said angrily to Xie Shi while rubbing his temples.
After hearing Yang's words, Xie Shi's face immediately fell. He said to Yang full of annoyance, "I also want to have a good relationship with Shi Qi Chu. Who knew that such an accident would happen! That chicken is obviously in my hands.
He won every time when he held it in his hand. Shi Qi also saw it at the time, so he said he wanted to buy the chicken, but who knew that the chicken would become weak for some reason after he got it..."
"Sir, you said that the fighting cock suddenly became sleepy? Could it be that someone had tampered with it?" Nanny Li frowned and suddenly said. Yang's eyes lit up, "Nanny is right, Ah Shi.
If you think about it carefully, could it be that Mr. Shi Qi wants to blackmail you on purpose?"
"How is it possible! Shi Qi looked at the fighting cock as if it was an eyeball, and at that time he also pointed at the fighting cock to win back the ancestral white jade pendant that Prince Zhennan was holding down! How could he possibly do anything!
"Xie Shi said with a face.
The prince of Zhennan made such a heavy bet, and Shi Qi was naturally not to be outdone, so he also took off his personal jade pendant. But who would have thought that the always invincible fighting cock would suddenly become weak while fighting.
Well, at that time, Shi Qi almost thought that he and Prince Zhennan colluded to deliberately trick him...
"Sir, there are winners and losers in this cockfight. Even if Mr. Shi loses, you can't be blamed for it!" Aunt Li frowned and looked at Xie Shi and said.
"That's because, because I promised him that this cockfight will definitely win..." Xie Shishu pulled his head and whispered.
"You still promised him this! Are you stupid?" Yang couldn't help but reached out and poked Xie Shi's head hard again.
"Mother, you don't know that that fighting cock has never lost before. It really has won every battle, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of giving it to Shi Qi!" Xie Shi defended himself with a grimace.
Who would have thought that the chicken would become weak in Shi Qi's hands!
He even doubted whether Shi Qi and that fighting cock had different horoscopes!
"Sir, who did you buy that chicken from?" Grandma Li looked at Xie Shi and spoke again.
"That fighting cock was bought by Gui'an!" Xie Shi said hurriedly.
He got angry when he thought of this. If Gui'an hadn't said this chicken was magical, he wouldn't have thought of using this chicken to please Shi Qi!
"Gui'an?" When she heard her son's name, Grandma Li was so shocked that her eyes almost fell out. Before she could recover, Mrs. Yang's cold eyes swept towards her, and she hurriedly
He looked at Ms. Yang and explained to her, "Madam, this servant doesn't know about this. Gui'an has never mentioned this to her."
No wonder she looked at him with a strange expression these past two days and asked her insinuatingly if she had any money! It turned out that he had actually gotten into such a big disaster!
"What are you still waiting for? Why don't you call Gui'an over here!" Yang didn't want to listen to Granny Li's excuses, so she turned around and ordered Yulan next to her.
"Yes." Yulan responded quickly, turned around and ran out in a hurry.
After a while, Gui'an crouched and walked in. He walked carefully to Yang. Before he could stand still, Nanny Li suddenly rushed over, raised her hand and slapped him hard, scolding him harshly.
He said, "You bastard! I have asked you to take good care of the young master. It's okay if you don't share the young master's worries. How can you lead the young master to play with things and lose his ambition! How can you be worthy of the master, his wife, and the young master by doing this?" After reprimanding,
Son, Grandma Li walked up to Mrs. Yang again and knelt down with a 'pop' sound. She cried and said to her, "Madam, everything is my fault. It's my fault for not being good at raising my son, and I betrayed your trust!"
"Okay, okay, what's the use of saying this now!" Yang was unmoved at all.
Just thinking about the five thousand taels of silver made her feel so heartbroken that she almost bled.
Seeing that Mrs. Yang was unmoved, Grandma Li felt even more flustered. She simply stood up and beat Gui'an hard again. While beating her, she said, "I'll beat you to death, you're an unworthy bastard! I'll beat you to death! Beat you to death."
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She knew that if she didn't do this cruel thing, Yang would do it on her behalf!
Five thousand taels! Even if I fill my life, I can't fill such a big hole!
"Mom, I am wronged, it is Mei Sheng, the fighting cock was bought from Mei Sheng! Mei Sheng must have done something in it!" Gui'an shouted loudly while covering his head with his hand.
"Nonsense, why did the good Mei Sheng harm you!" Aunt Li frowned as if she didn't believe it, but she stopped hitting Gui'an's hand.
"It's the eldest girl! It must be the eldest girl. Mei Sheng's sister Miyue is the maid next to the eldest girl. It must be the eldest girl who is causing trouble behind her back!" Gui'an covered his head and shouted desperately.
At this moment, in the green bamboo courtyard, Xie Wu was sitting on the porch wrapped in a thick cloak. She smiled and watched Xianyue leading a few maids to build a snowman in the courtyard.
"Girl, the concierge just sent a message saying that the eldest young master suddenly came back, and his face seems to be injured." Mi Yue walked quickly to Xie Wu and blessed her, and then said to her softly.
Xie Wu curved her lips and smiled.
The show is finally about to begin.
"Girl, tell me, will Gui'an put all the blame on my brother in front of the second lady?" Seeing the smile on Xie Wu's lips, Mi Yue was still a little worried about her brother.
After all, Gui'an bought the fighting cock from her brother. Although her brother pretended to be stupid when Gui'an came to test it last time, she was still worried...
Xie Wu glanced at Mi Yue, smiled lightly, and said, "Don't you think it's too late to worry about this now? I guess by now, the people sent by Second Aunt to 'invite' your brother are already on the way.
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"Girl..." Mi Yue's face turned pale and she looked towards Xie Wu in disbelief.
"Why are you panicking? Is Songyang Academy a place where anyone can act wild?" Xie Wu looked at Mi Yue and raised her eyebrows with a smile.
The headmaster of Songyang Academy was Li Qingfeng, a great scholar of the time. Half of the Hanlin Academy were his students. Even the Imperial Academy’s wine ceremony was taught by him. Even Emperor Zhengxuan invited him into the palace many times to listen to his lectures on the classics.
history.
After he became the headmaster of Songyang Academy, all the nobles in the capital tried their best to send their children to the academy, and for a while, even the Imperial Academy was overshadowed.
Who dares to cause trouble under such a person's nose?
Moreover, she remembered that Li Shanchang hated the cockfighting and dog-walking playboy most in his life. As long as Yang had any brains, he would not dare to make any noise in his territory. Otherwise, if the noise was too big, Mei Sheng would come again.
If you don't control what you say, then Xie Shi's future will be hard to say...
Thinking of this, Xie Wu couldn't help but smile again.
Looking at the smile on Xie Wu's lips, Mi Yue gradually felt at ease.
"Girl, look, the snowman is ready!" At this time, Xianyue's voice suddenly rang.
Xie Wu stood up with a smile and walked to the courtyard. She reached out and touched the snowman's carrots to make a nose. Then she looked at Xianyue approvingly and said, "The pile is quite good. It's chubby and looks like you."
When the little maids heard Xie Wu's words, they covered their mouths and laughed.
"It doesn't look like that, I'm much thinner than him!" Xianyue pouted and defended herself in a low voice.
Mi Yue looked at Xi Yue's chubby appearance, then glanced at the snowman she had built, and finally couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.
Xianyue curled her lips, and suddenly, as if she remembered something, she ran to Xie Wu in a few steps, blinked her eyes and said curiously, "Girl, what did you say to Suiyu on the corridor just now? Did you let me