Chapter 182
On the way to Baling County, Wang Fengguang invited Ren Hong to walk with him in his carriage.
Although Wang Fengguang was already so difficult to sell land, his car was still very luxurious. The car was painted with good paint, the equipment was gilded and silver, and the hood on the top was also very new. It was obviously just changed. Two good Hexi fat horses pulled the car and ran slowly. The color was pure black and the fur was shiny. It was estimated that there were special horses to take care of. It was impossible to only eat grass with such fat.
Ren Hong knew that it was because he had raised carts and two good horses. It would cost 3,000 yuan a month to maintain such a cart and two good horses.
Wang Fengguang was not afraid of Ren Hong's joke: "Marty of Xi'an, I have the title of Marquis of Guannei. No matter how empty my inner world is, I will only know it myself. But if I don't pretend to be a little bit too much and let others see the shabby car of my car, I'm afraid it's even more light."
Ren Hong refused to comment, but asked, "Brother Wang, how did you meet the emperor and the great-grandson?"
Wang Fengguang said: "Although the emperor's great-grandson grew up in the palace, he couldn't stay in the palace. At the age of fourteen or five, he often left the palace, and was surrounded by the tombs and all over the three auxiliary servants. He liked swords and rode horses and gallops, and was even more enjoyable about fighting cocks. Once he passed by Baling, he fought with me, so he met him."
Oh, it turns out to be a "chicken friend".
Ren Hong glanced at Wang Fengguang's big head, and he probably wouldn't have political speculation. He was really lucky.
"Did you lose to him just because you fight a cock and are forced to sell your land?"
"The Marquis of Xi'an doesn't know how to fight **."
When it comes to cockfighting, Wang Fengguang changed his previous flattery and became confident: "Sanfu Wuling loves cockfighting the most. Rich people from aristocratic families often raise chickens and fight with each other. First, find a good place in the city, establish a canopy like a chicken, and attract everyone to watch."
"The person who presided over the cockfighting is the cockfighting man. Under the instigation of the cockfighting man, the two chickens raised their heads and angrily, faced each other, fought to the decisive battle, and blood flew everywhere. The bleeding fell to the ground, or the fleeing party lost. However, the two chickens were often difficult to distinguish. If the fight lasted too long, they should spray it with water to make them sober and excited, and then join the battle again. A good cockfighting man is worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars!"
"And the people watching put money in two trays on the ground, one left and one right, and the winner gets two trays of money, and then divide it to the right person according to the amount of money, and the rest belongs to the chicken owner."
So how many millions can Wang Fengguang lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in cockfighting? How many millions have he spent on impulse?
There was really no entertainment consumption in the Han Dynasty. You could use spare money to buy land, otherwise you could only make it easy to fight cocks, dogs and horses.
Ren Hong coughed lightly and said, "Brother Wang, let's talk about the key points."
Wang Fengguang regretted, "The emperor's great-grandson himself can't raise a cockfighting man, but every time he watches, he can guess which chicken wins, and often makes a lot of money. At first, I was just surprised that he had a unique vision. After drinking a few meals with him, I found that he was quite chivalrous, so I made friends with him."
"What a pity, the emperor's great-grandson advised me not to fight with Du Xiji last time, saying that my chicken would lose. I drank wine and was agitated by the Ranger. Du Xiji bet 400,000. How could I lose to him, even 400,000."
It turns out that this is the cause and effect of his selling of land.
"You don't have a document, so don't you pretend to be drunk and betray the debt?" Ren Hong said with a smile.
Wang Fengguang suddenly became serious and said righteously: "Marty of Xi'an, although I, Wang Fengguang, have embarrassed my ancestors, but some things have not been lost."
"The head and crown are the ones, the ones are the ones, the ones are the ones, the ones are the ones, the ones are the ones, the ones who dare to fight in front of the enemy are brave; the ones who can tell food and tell food are kind; the ones who keep vigilant at night are trustworthy. This is the real cockfighting, and the chickens have faith, let alone people? If I don't even have a letter, even if I am under the name of a Guanneihou, I will not be able to survive in Jingzhao, Chang'an."
"Just, brother Wang, don't blame me." Ren Hong confessed to the crime. It seemed that Wang Fengguang still had an advantage, but the heroes around Chang'an were so arrogant that they dared to slaughter the down-and-out Marquis of Guannei as a pig.
Wang Fengguang talked about why the great-grandson of the emperor came to Baling.
"Short after his wedding, he took his bride to Wuling. He traveled for a month. It is said that he also went to Longmen by the river. He came back after a big circle. He had to go to Xiadu at the next stop and finally returned to Chang'an. The couple is very dear."
When Wang Fengguang talked about this, he regretted: "What a pity. I didn't expect the emperor's great-grandson to be so kind to his wife. If my daughter had not promised someone early, she should have accepted him as her son-in-law..."
The chicken friend who agreed to be a father-in-law still wants to be a father-in-law? Ren Hong glanced at Wang Fengguang's big head again, but the emperor's great-grandson should be younger than him, so he is a suitable age.
Speaking of which, the reason why Wang Fengguang was eager to sell land with money was that in addition to paying off his debts and preparing for a pilgrimage, he also had to raise a dowry for his daughter. Speaking of his daughter, Wang Fengguang, he had a headache. He only hoped that this marriage would be smooth and not go wrong.
I was really afraid of anything I came to, but I saw a horse coming on the road to Baling County. But I was the old master who was ordered by Wang Fengguang to go back to prepare for a banquet. Before he arrived, he rolled off his horse in panic, stumbled to the front of the car, knelt on the ground and said with a sad face:
"Mr. Lord, something happened! The gentleman from the family that the lady promised to last time was...and again!"
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Baling County is located between the narrow canal and the clear Ba River. Although the population is not as prosperous as the Wuling area in Weibei, it is also a Jingzhao City. Behind the two-meter-high city wall is a regular renovated lilu, and on the side of the road are stone ditches. The towers outside the canal are adjacent to each other, and the green wine flags are floating in the wind.
Today, the bustling of Baling County is not in the wine shop, but in the east of the city.
The rich lived in Jiadili at this moment, with a little chaos. People were blocking the alley, slaves holding sticks, and the leading men were wearing linen clothes, pointing at a closed door and shouting.
"The only daughter of the Guanneihou Wang family is an ominous person. Whoever family is promised will die! My family is already the third victim!"
Most of the neighbors were watching the fun and talking endlessly.
The daughter of the King of the Nei Guan Nei is indeed very evil. Although she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, she has signed up for three families three years ago and after her birth, and she often has accidents before marriage.
"The first household was Zheng, the Guannei Hou in Changling. On the eve of his marriage, Zheng Junzi drank too much and knelt on the ground while having sex with his companions, and died on the spot."
"The second family is Yangling Lu family. They were sick and wanted to marry him to celebrate the wedding, but they died just after the appointment letter was issued."
"Is it possible that the day of Gengyin is set and a taboo is violated?"
In the customs of the Han people, Gengyin day is the "day of a wife". It is not advisable to marry a wife, otherwise the husband may die.
"I have chosen good days, but I always have an accident just after I set a date."
"No wonder Wang can't stay in Changling and has to run to Weinan to get engaged!"
"The third household is the Xu family in the east of Baling City. She is strong and is a good man. Unexpectedly, she quarreled with someone this morning and was stabbed to death by a knife. The murderer also ran away. Xu could not catch the person, so she spread her anger on Wang's head."
This is even more exaggerated than the prime minister Chen Ping in the early Han Dynasty. Chen Ping's wife Zhang, who married five times and died, no one dared to marry him. This Wang family was even more terrifying. They had only gotten married before they even got married.
Fortunately, twice, but three times, Wang Fengguang's daughter is already recognized as a husband. Now the entire Baling County has spread, and everyone thinks this woman is ominous.
"If you want to harm the disaster, why not stay in Baling?"
Just as the inside was hiding aside for fear of trouble, he watched a large number of gentlemen rush in. Some people who were flirting with the brothers of the Xu family were joking, either watching the fun without much trouble, or having the intention of taking advantage of the situation to rob, and began to push the door for them.
Wang's servants were frightened and could not stop them, allowing these people to break into the door. The people outside shouted and said they wanted to drive the Wang girl out of Baling!
However, in the courtyard, there was a young man standing with his sword.
He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slight fluff on his lips, a yellow swordsman uniform, a red trouser on his head, a hanging crown, and a thorny manhu tassel. He looked no different from an ordinary ranger. Together with the retreating Wang family servants, he formed the last line of defense in the inner courtyard of the Wang family.
"Brothers of Xu, all Baling elders, please listen to me."
The young man was still trying to reason, holding his sword and holding his fist and said, "For the reason, Ji Zi of the Xu family had a dispute with the evil boy who fought a cock and was stabbed to death with a knife. The matter has its cause and effect. What does it have to do with the lady Wang who has never left the family today?"
"In love, I heard a poem in the poem: I can see the simple crown, the thorny man, the heart is hard to deal with. It means that when I see the deceased husband wearing a white hat, the undead man is haggard and thin, anxious and uneasy. After learning about this shock, the lady Wang had already fainted from crying inside."
"What the people in Baling County should do most now is to sit down and discuss the funeral of the deceased, and ask the government to pursue and punish the murderer, rather than venting their anger on an innocent woman!"
But his rational voice was suppressed by bursts of angry shouts.
A kind-hearted person advised him: "Young people, you are not Wang Fengguang's sons and nephews, nor are you his servants. Let's go out of here. We just drove the Wang girl out to prevent her from bringing misfortune to Baling."
"I can't obey my duty!"
The young man's eyes were firm. The lady of the Wang family had always been kind to others. What's more, his wife was also with her, so how could she let outsiders be frightened?
His wife Xu Pingjun also had promised others, but the groom was suddenly killed. Pingjun was criticized by the people in the palace for no reason, but what did she do? It was thanks to the death of that person, otherwise he would have missed the beautiful lady.
The young man even said in his heart: "Prime Minister Chen, who was the eldest son of Emperor Gaozu, married the Zhang daughter who had five husbands in a row. Isn't it good? He was finally named a marquis and a prime minister. It was obvious that he had no virtue and no blessings to be saved. Why should he blame the woman?"
Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, everyone was about to rush forward. After all, they were only a 16 or 17-year-old young man. At the critical moment, the narrow-minded aura in his heart rose. Not only did he not retreat, he took a step forward and showed the three-foot cold light in his hand.
"Liu Bingyi lives in Brother Wang's house and is caring for him. Today, Brother Wang is in trouble, so he will be in trouble. If anyone wants to break through, the yard will probably have two corpses and bleed five steps!"
Whether it was the family of the deceased who was angry for a while or the Ranger who came to take advantage of the situation, no one wanted to get the sword. Seeing that the sword was lit, you looked at me and I looked at you for a while, and hesitated, relying on the large number of people, he slowly approached forward.
At this moment, a loud shout came from outside that made people's eardrums tremble:
"The embroidered clothes point directly at the messenger, who dares to make trouble!"
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Chapter completed!