The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 9 Human beings are not like wood and stone, but they show their sharpness

Liuli took a step back and looked at him coldly. A look of disdain suddenly appeared on the man's face, and then he raised his head and said proudly, "You are such a sharp-tongued Hu Ji. You have offended me. Can you just leave if you want?"

Liuli blurted out what she just said out of anger. She didn't want to cause any more trouble at this time. Just when she was about to apologize casually, someone said in a deep voice, "Ruzhuo, why bother with Hu Ji?" The speaker was also in his early twenties and wore a He is wearing a dark green robe, with neatly cut hair on his temples, handsome brows, and a very cold and solemn expression.

Ruzhuo turned around and sneered, "Zilong is a gentleman, naturally he would not do this, but today Pei wants this Hu Ji to explain clearly." Then he said to Liuli, "What did you just say, do you dare to say it again?"

Liuli didn't want to say anything more to him, so she took a step back, turned around and walked back, but a man stood inside intentionally or unintentionally, blocking her way. Liuli had no choice but to stop, but saw a person next to the man take two steps back to make way for him.

Liuli felt happy in her heart. Just as she was about to go over, the man who blocked the way at first stepped in front of her. He turned his head and smiled and said, "Shou, don't you feel pity for me? Be careful if Ruzhuo drinks you again tonight!" But the man He smiled lightly and said, "I was thinking of drinking two more drinks. Are you afraid?"

Liuli glanced around and saw that this person named Shou Yue was slightly taller than ordinary people and looked a few years older than the others. He was wearing a light blue robe that had been washed a little white. His eyebrows were sparse and his expression was calm, but there was a certain air An indescribable sense of distance. Liuli couldn't help but was slightly startled, and felt that this face seemed somewhat familiar. However, he didn't look at Liuli, but just smiled at Ruzhuo and said, "It's a beautiful spring day, why worry about such trivial matters? It's more important that we go to find Piaoji and drink tea."

After this delay, Ruzhuo came over and waved to the man first, "Don't be in a hurry to drink tea!" Then he sneered at Liuli, "Isn't this Hu Ji just so smart? Why is she silent now? Sent?"

Liuli suppressed the anger in her heart and turned to look at him calmly: "I don't know what advice you can give me?"

Ruzhuo couldn't help but be stunned. He was born into an extremely noble family, and he loved to sarcastically criticize others, but he had never been contradicted by someone like this. And the other person was just a bearded girl dressed as a commoner. How could he bear this tone? Naturally, he wanted to keep the other party and regain his position. But now he was asked to point out what was wrong with this Hu girl, but he seemed unable to tell. He blurted out in a hurry, "You Hu girl, you just took advantage of the fact that no one was here to compare paintings. Could it be that you want to steal the paintings of famous artists?"

Liuli couldn't believe her ears: He couldn't be so stupid, could he? After thinking about it, he could only sigh: "Yes."

Ruzhuo was immediately overjoyed and said without thinking, "In that case, the person who stole it is guilty, what else can you say?"

Liuli shook her head pitifully: "So I am illiterate and have never copied the inscriptions? Otherwise, when I copied the inscriptions and copied the stele, wouldn't I have also become a thief?"

　　A fair face suddenly turned red, and I couldn't say a word. Someone beside him pointed at Liuli and shouted: "How dare you, a barbarian and a lowly householder, dare to speak like this to the Crown Prince of Hedong!"

Who is this frivolous guy, the prince of Hedong? Liuli glanced at the red robe and gold belt on his body, and knew that it was probably true. She knew that the Tang Dynasty people had a strict dress code, but she didn't deliberately remember it. It seemed like a mistake! But at this time it was too late for her to retreat, so she could only say calmly, "Although I am a Hu, I am not a lowly householder. I have a Huren and a lowly household at my feet, but I don't know who this Great Ci'en Temple is dedicated to? And who built it?" ?”

The man was speechless immediately. The Buddha Sakyamuni was certainly a foreigner, and the Empress Changsun commemorated in this temple was not an authentic Han Chinese. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to say so?

Liuli took the opportunity to salute without being humble or overbearing, "My dear, please excuse me and leave first." After saying that, he turned around and left. Several men looked at each other with surprise on their faces, even Zilong, who was usually the most serious and stern person, was no exception. However, the man named Shou Yue looked back at Liuli's back, with a smile on his face.

Liuli suppressed her steps and walked out as calmly as possible. The distance from the corridor to the courtyard where the lecture was being held was only more than a hundred steps, but it seemed to her that it was extremely long: since she came to this era, she did not dare to say a word. She said, take one more step, for fear of getting into trouble, but she still showed her sharpness in the anger just now. Fortunately, she did not meet the real villain, fortunately no acquaintances saw it... She slowly walked to her aunt and the others, who were listening. He was so absorbed that he didn't even look at her. Looking at the beaming monk on the stand, Liuli burst into tears of gratitude.

Nearly a quarter of an hour passed before the secular lecture was completed. The monk preached some more Buddhist principles before leaving the platform, and everyone gradually dispersed. Liuli followed her aunts out and looked around from time to time with a guilty conscience. Fortunately, her bad luck seemed to be over. She arrived outside the temple safely and safely returned to An's house by car.

Second Uncle An was in the upper room with a smile on his face. When he saw Liuli, he waved and said, "Don't worry, your grandpa has agreed to your uncle. You will live here in the future, and your marriage must be approved by your uncle." !”

Liuli felt that the dark clouds all over her head had dissipated, and she quickly curtsied and bowed politely: "Thank you uncle, it's my niece who has caused trouble for uncle!" Second Uncle An laughed loudly: "What's the trouble? To get An to agree to this matter , your concubine almost knelt down in tears and begged me, and your grandfather was so rude. I have never heard him call me brother so many times since I knew him!"

Liuli immediately guessed a thing or two, but didn't feel like asking in detail, so she had to give a vague thanks and go back to the room to freshen up. Not long after, I heard a burst of laughter coming from the upper room. She put down the wooden comb in her hand and couldn't help but smile.

In the upper room of Kudi's courtyard in Chonghuafang, it was also very lively at this time. Before Kudi Yanzhong could say a word, Mr. Cao, who had always been gentle and mean to him, jumped up and said, "What did you say?"

Kudi Yanzhong's face was full of impatience: "Aren't you thinking about how to settle down and bring Liuli back without causing trouble? Tell me, what else can you do besides marrying another decent woman? Who told you to be a happy householder?"

Ms. Cao was so angry that she was shaking all over: "You are disgusted now? How did you beg me to come in? Why didn't you say I was a Lehu at that time?"

Kudi Yanzhong's voice also became louder: "Don't you insist on getting the aunt back? Let me advise you, you should calm down! Isn't today's humiliation enough?"

Mrs. Cao said angrily, "You can bear today's humiliation, but I can't! Besides, are the gifts from Brother Tuo'a just thrown into the water in vain?"

Kudi Yanzhong said dullly, "Come to think of it, I shouldn't have let my aunt go to Nao Shizi's workshop!"

Ms. Cao said angrily: "What's wrong with the teaching studio? You don't lack food or clothing, you can learn music and dance, and you have the opportunity to reach the sky in one step..."

Kudi Yanzhong couldn't bear it any longer and slapped the table hard: "Okay! Since it's so good to enter the classroom, I will send the coral to you next year! It will be as you wish!"

Ms. Cao was suddenly shocked. Looking at Ku Diyanzhong's livid face, he thought a few times, covered his face and started to cry. Kudiyanzhong became more and more impatient, stood up and walked out.

Looking at his back as he threw the curtain away, Mrs. Cao felt anxious, angry, and a little scared, and tears really flowed down her face. But when the door curtain clicked, Hualu rushed in, crying hoarsely: "Auntie, my daughter doesn't want to go to the workshop!" Ms. Cao felt more and more sad, hugging her daughter and crying loudly.

Kudi Yanzhong walked around outside the hospital. When he came back, mother and daughter were still crying at each other. As soon as Coral saw him, she immediately came over and grabbed his robe, "Grandpa, don't send Coral to the classroom!"

Kudi Yanzhong was silent for a moment and said calmly, "Isn't it your mother's idea for your sister to go to the workshop? Aren't you very happy when I mentioned it? You only said how good the workshop is, but it turned out that you were deceiving me and hiding it from me. ! But I suffered today’s humiliation in vain!”

Mrs. Cao's face changed greatly, and she quickly stood up and said with tears, "Da Lang misunderstood, Jiaofang is not a land of tigers and wolves, but the color of coral is not as good as Liuli, and the music and dance are not as good as Liuli. Her temper is loud and stupid, so she went to Jiaofang." Not only would she not be able to go up, but she might get into trouble, so I didn’t dare to let her go. Dalang, please think about it, if I wanted to harm Liuli, why would I put so much effort into teaching her music and dance etiquette and asking someone to take care of her today? It's my fault, but I didn't mean to cause trouble to Dalang, and Coral didn't know anything about it. If Dalang wants to blame me, I'm the only one to blame!"

Ku Diyanzhong thought for a while, his face softened a lot, but his tone was still a little cold: "Since you know your mistake, let it go and don't mention it again. Wu Niang will be a guest in a few days, and it is even more difficult in front of her. Don’t reveal a single word!”

Kudi Wu Niang is coming home again? Ms. Cao was startled, and a proud face looking down the bridge of her nose suddenly appeared in her mind. This face was the last thing she wanted to see, but if... She thought about it and gradually came up with an idea.

 (End of this chapter)