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"Why did the old friend say that? Can you give me a hint?"

In the pleasure boat by the river, everyone was watching from the side. Ouyang Rong searched all his memories, but he didn't remember them and asked politely.

Luo Niang held the pipa in her arms, half-covered her face, and her smile was a little bitter:

"It was normal for the little adult to look at me at that time and not know me. Now I think about it, I was really insignificant that day. I was just a little ridiculous and proud, not worthy of the little adult's attention."

Ouyang Rong looked at the self-deprecating woman with a pipa in a daze.

Looking at half of her exposed face, it seemed as if she was trying to recall it.

Luo Niang lowered her head, fiddled with the pipa, and said slowly:

"It was the late summer of the first year of Jiushi. At a banquet for scholars, the little adult was preparing for the exam in Luoyang and preparing for the autumn examination. He was invited by the same year to attend the night banquet of Qingyin Xiaolou. I remember that the little adult was wearing a Confucian shirt at that time, but he was a scholar and had not yet worn an official uniform..."

Ouyang Rong felt a little dazed and murmured:

"Did you see the first year of the year? That year, it was indeed a long time since you passed the imperial examination. It has been three or four years. You turned out to be an old friend in Chang'an."

Luo Niang smiled and said:

"Young Master still remembers that the atmosphere of the banquet was not very friendly to you that day, and I happened to be the singer who was sent to accompany you to drink."

Ouyang Rong thought for a while and said softly:

"At that time, Luoyang scholars who participated in the autumn examination came from all over the world, from different academies and regions, and spontaneously had small circles. Especially the scholars in the north liked to bully the scholars in the south because there were fewer southerners."

Luo Niang smiled brighter:

"It turns out that the little adults knew that when you saw you looking straight and still motionless, you thought the little adults at that time were really a piece of wood."

Ouyang Rong sighed:

"Of course I can feel a little bit. Although I am in the book, I am not so slow. At that time, I attended the banquet at that time, only one or two, and I was still dragged by friends from Bailudong Academy. I said that the Qingyin Xiaolou has a knowledgeable and talented girl school book that can improve my studies, but I don't know..."

Everyone saw the young man in Confucian clothes finish speaking calmly and shook his head.

Ye Weilai, Pei Shisanniang listened with relish and said in unison:

"How can you know?"

Before Ouyang Rong could speak, Luo Niang said directly:

"How could it be that there are all pearls, green dances, fur and horses, and the sounds and colors of men have nothing to do with the knowledge of scholars. They are all seeking joy? The so-called talented singers only add to the interest of men, right?"

Ouyang Rong took a sip of wine and smiled without saying a word.

Luo Niang also smiled and looked at him and asked:

"Can you know, what was the biggest fun of the guests at that day and night banquet?"

Ouyang Rong had no choice but to say: "It sounds like...below."

"Yes, the little adult is the protagonist, but the protagonist of the fun that scholars want to watch."

Ouyang Rong's eyes revealed his memories, and he sighed a little: "I remember not messing with them."

"No, the existence of a young adult is the biggest provocation. At that time, the scholars in Luoyang knew that you never went to the brothel dance hall, nor did you look for contact with the big people's house. This is obviously an unwritten rule for the students in the autumn examination, but the young adult advised his friends to prepare for the autumn examination in a down-to-earth manner."

Luo Niang smiled and said:

"This is simply out of place in Luoyang, where some unhealthy trends are popular, and even the Immortals have heard of it in the Jiaofangsi."

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but laugh at himself: "Is it so conspicuous?"

"Well. Different people in the process of being in trouble are conspicuous. Many scholars in Luoyang privately say that you are just a hypocrite, some people laugh at you as a hypocrite, who is acting good and gaining reputation. Even rumors about you who may abandon your wife and children and become a unfaithful man in your hometown have begun to spread in a very good way."

Ouyang Rong was silent when he heard this.

If you look closely, you have not abandoned your son, but throwing your wife is indeed the same, although it is not what he has abandoned.

Ouyang Rong was not angry, and looked at the Pipa woman calmly for a while, and said apologetically:

"Sorry, madam, I really don't remember you anymore, I'm negligent."

"No."

Luo Niang suddenly shook her head, sucked her nose, and asked word by word:

"Can you know why my family was with you on that day?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

Luo Niang became more and more choked, but said with a smile:

"The crowd who wants to watch jokes about little adults and want to break the reputation of little adults is also a member of me!"

Every word she has, her words are even more sonorous than the sound of the pipa:

"That day and night banquet, someone was spending money to instruct me to tease and flirt with you. Not only did it tarnish your reputation at the banquet, but it would be better to seduce your soul. After the banquet, continue to be in love with a talented man and a beautiful woman who redeems for elopement, and finally turn the blame, or abandon you directly, which will ruin your righteousness."

Everyone was surprised when they heard this.

Ye Weilai and Pei Shisanniang showed an angry expression.

Ouyang Rong looked at Luo Niang in a silence:

"Is this still happening..."

He was really unaware of it back then.

There are really a lot of swords and swords in the fame and fortune market in Luoyang.

After Luo Niang finished speaking, she felt like the balloon was deflated and her shoulders collapsed slightly.

She stared at Ouyang Rong without blinking and asked:

"That's right, the little adult was also surprised. Who did he offend and why would anyone have such a dirty mind?"

Luo Niang said to herself:

"The young master has not offended anyone, and even paid to instruct him. The young master may not know him, and he has no impression when he sees him. In fact, I don't know him, and I am tempted him.

"But this is how people's hearts are. They just can't stand others better than themselves, and they all like to peek in secret.

"Even if there is no grievance or grudge, even if there is no social connection, even if it is harmful to others and not self-interest, if there is a chance to step on others, you will do it without hesitation and pretend that nothing has happened. This kind of thing is missing in those romantic and romanced fame and fortune-telling markets in Luoyang."

After Luo Niang finished speaking, the whole audience was silent.

Ouyang Rong was quiet for a moment, and saw the atmosphere solemn, he took the initiative to joke:

"It's all over. My wife is not in Luoyang, why did she come here?"

Luo Niang stared at Ouyang Rong, realizing that he really didn't care at all, and her eyes became more and more guilty and sad.

"Why do you come here..."

The woman in the pipa suddenly put down her pipa and stopped playing the pipa.

Putting the pipa aside, she tidied up her clothes, calmed her expression and showed her righteous face.

It is a round face covered with tears, with tired eyebrows, and some traces of weatheredness.

Remove the wrinkles of the eyebrows and eyes, and you can vaguely see the charm of a beautiful woman. It is estimated that she was also a little courtesan in the Luoyang Jiaofangsi.

Luo Niang pointed at herself and said:

"I was drinking with the little adults back then, and I was curious whether the adults were not confused. As a result, the little adults did not look at each other throughout the whole process, and nothing happened afterwards.

"I don't think I admire you, but I look down on you more and more. The more I think about it afterwards, the more I feel that you are disgusting and extremely hypocritical. Until later, the little adults were on the list of gold, and I also had a slight resentment towards you. Now I think about it, it's really ridiculous."

Ouyang Rong wanted to speak, but Luo Niang took the initiative to lean over and pour wine for him, interrupting with a smile:

"The little adult does not need to comfort me. I am in a place of romantic affairs and are just one of the ordinary people, so I can't transcendence.

"You little master, you later wrote a letter to bluntly, criticizing Princess Changle and advising the saints, and finally being sent to prison and entrusted by the teachers and commanders, and then they were embarrassed and demoted to a small county in Jiangnan. What was my thought about when I first heard about this?"

Ouyang Rong did not answer.

Ye Weilai took the initiative to speak and looked at the lonely woman sneered:

"Of course I was secretly proud and felt that my Tanlang deserved the crime."

Luo Niang turned her head and stared at Ye Weilai for a while, as if attracted by her silver-haired bearded face. After a while, the woman nodded gently and said:

"The little lady is a woman, and she really understands my thoughts and is right.

"At that time, I was secretly proud and thought to myself that Ouyang Lianghan has always been pretending to be a gentleman, and finally hit someone he shouldn't have messed with, and today is the case.

"As for the charges you criticized Princess Changle and other powerful people at that time, I felt that there was nothing to say. The powerful people naturally surpassed the people. This is the reality, right? So I have a little secret complaint about you being fair, and I think it is wrong for you to make big people angry, but it is easy to vent your anger on everyone and think you are too naive."

Ouyang Rong didn't say anything, but just drank silently, a little calm.

Pei Shisanniang looked at Luo Niang deeply, turned around and lifted the wine pot, pouring wine for Ouyang Rong's empty wine glass.

The young master drank a little faster.

Khufu suddenly said:

"Not you blame me, let alone you brothel singers. Looking at the world, many people probably have the same ideas as you, afraid of exploitation from the powerful and powerful, but they have different emotions when criticizing the powerful and powerful, and they even think that they meddled with other people's business... We have seen many such people in the palace."

Ouyang Rong put down his wine glass, stared at the remaining wine in the glass, and spoke slowly:
To be continued...