Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 11 He Family Manor ([-])

Two months later
Small summer
Le An
Hejia Manor
In the woman's boudoir, there was a long and long sound of the piano, the sound of the piano was like a butterfly spreading its wings, fluttering its agile wings, flowing clear and bright, and like the distant sky outside the Great Wall, with clear light, the purple orchids on the window sill Blooming under the note, the house is full of fragrance, but it is hard to distinguish whether it is the fragrance of flowers or the fragrance of women.

The girl in golden gauze knelt and sat beside the xylophone, her tender catkin plucked the strings lightly, the blue silk was soaked in the sound of the piano, drifting like dust with the warm wind, the golden phoenix hairpin on her head sprinkled the sunlight on the girl's eyes, Reflect the girl's delicate face.

squeak-

"Qianru."

The door of the boudoir was pushed open, and an old master dressed in fine clothes stepped into the room, calling the name of the girl in the boudoir, greedily inhaling the fragrance of the boudoir, his eyes gradually blurred, as if he was intoxicated by the sound of the piano.

hum~~
The sound of the piano suddenly disappeared, and everything in the house returned to calm.

Looking at the girl who stopped playing the strings, the old man showed bitterness, and knelt down beside the girl, reaching out his hand to hold the girl's catkin, but he was afraid that the girl would get angry, so he had to withdraw his arm, and because there was nowhere to put it, It seemed a little funny, he opened his mouth not knowing what to say, and after a long silence, he sighed: "They all said that you like to read books of sages, and I can be said to have read books of sages, but do you want to leave here that much?"

The girl didn't say a word, but just stared out of the window blankly, with jade beads in her eyes, like a canary longing for freedom.

At this moment, a maid's voice sounded outside the door.

"Master, Lord Song is here."

"Why is he here? Well... Invite him to the tea house, and I will see him later."

"Yes."

Afterwards, the old man got up and was about to leave. When he walked to the door, he looked at the girl's figure reluctantly, and said lovingly to her: "Your father is here, do you want to go with me to see him?"

Pair~~
The sound of the piano reappeared, with a long and chilly tone, as if it wanted to kill millions of people, and endless hatred was attached to the notes.

"After all, he is your father...Okay, okay...I'll do it myself." The old man wanted to continue persuading the girl, but he could feel the coldness in the girl's piano sound becoming more and more solid, and he couldn't help breaking out a few drops of cold sweat. Although he loves young girls, he considers himself an upright gentleman who has read the books of sages and sages, and will never do things that are difficult for others, even if the other party is his newlywed wife.

After all, the old man left helplessly.

Tick!
A drop of clear tears fell on the strings and dissipated under the vibration of the piano sound. The purple orchids on the window sill also retracted their petals. The warm sun slowly retreated from the boudoir, and everything returned to death.

And in the tea house

"I don't know that Ziming is coming, but the old man is too far away to welcome him, and he is rude." The old man hurried over and bowed to a middle-aged man kneeling on a mat in the room.

The middle-aged man's surname is Song Mingcha, and his style name is Ziming. He is the father of the young girl Song Qianru, and also the old man's disciple.

The old man's surname is He Mingxin, and his word is Shou Nuo. He is Song Qianru's newlywed husband and a famous master in Qi State. He has taught countless disciples to learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius. His disciples and old officials are all over the Qi State. Even some low-level officials in the Chang'an court are students of the old man. .

Although Confucianism is still the most popular school in the world, it has not been valued by the Chang'an court after all. The current court still uses Huang Lao's school, and the atmosphere of Confucianism in the land of Qilu is very strong, but the old man has already vaguely felt that in the near future , Confucianism in the land of Qilu will eventually be valued by the court, and eventually become the most important knowledge in the whole world.

"I've seen the teacher, and Cha paid a sudden visit to disturb you, the teacher." Although the middle-aged man was the old man's father-in-law, he respected the old man very much, and when he saw the old man, he quickly got up and saluted.

Right at this moment...

Snapped!
The maidservant who was pouring tea for the two of them was burned to the back of her hand by the teapot, and accidentally dropped the teapot on the ground, splashing the mellow and precious tea all over the floor.

"Master's house, slave... slave..."

The maid hurriedly knelt down and wept and begged, trembling all over.

"Hmph! You don't even know how to pour a cup of tea!" The old man was unhappy because he was rejected by the girl he loved, and he was reluctant to get angry with the girl Song Qianru. At this moment, he directly vented his anger on the rash maid in front of him. , and ordered to the other servant girls: "Drag her out, stick her twenty."

"Yes."

"Master, please forgive me, master... woo woo woo—"

Afterwards, several servant girls ignored the servant girl's begging for mercy, dragged her out, rolled up her lower body dress and began to beat her with long sticks.

"what--"

"No!!!"

The maidservant’s screams of misery and pain made the old man feel much happier. He recalled the words of the sages of Confucius and Mencius in his heart, and his impression seemed to be more profound. To drink water, to bend one's arms and rest one's head on it, is to enjoy it. Being rich and honored by unrighteousness is like floating clouds to me."

He thinks that he is about to reach the realm of a sage of Confucius and Mencius, he doesn't care about the enjoyment of life, and he won't be happy just because of the big fish and meat in the manor, and he never does anything to force his beloved, but simply punishes him A "despicable and shameless" maid who gets happiness through this kind of righteous behavior is not a saint in the world?

When He Xin was still immersed in the words of the sage, Song Cha couldn't sit still, and directly mentioned the purpose of coming to the He Family Manor: "Teacher, student... the student wants to stay with the teacher for a while."

"Hahaha, of course it's okay. Ziming can stay in the old man's humble house, and the old man is too happy." He Xin stroked his long white beard, thinking that the other party was here to help him persuade Song Qianru to obey him from the bottom of his heart, so a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth Said: "Zi Ming came here to..."

In the middle of speaking, He Xin stopped talking, picked up a cup of hot tea, blew on the hot water, and waited for the other party to take the initiative to speak, so as to avoid embarrassment if he guessed wrong.

Song Cha got straight to the point, and suddenly squeezed out tears and cried miserably to the old man: "Teacher, I am a student, I... our Song family was beaten into the village by a group of Jiaodong soldiers, and the whole family was killed. Only the student escaped early. Come here, teacher, to avoid misfortune, woo woo woo—"

"what?!"

"hiss--"

Snapped!
He Xin, who was squinting and smiling, was startled suddenly, the hand holding the teacup trembled, and the hot tea overflowed on the back of his hand, causing him to subconsciously drop the teacup on the ground in pain.

Afterwards, Song Cha truthfully informed the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that not long ago a group of Jiaodong soldiers, about 900 people, suddenly rushed into Langkai County and plundered many villages in Langkai County, and their Song family was targeted by this group of Jiaodong soldiers. As a result, the manor was breached, dozens of members of the Song family were killed, the maids, concubines, granddaughters, and daughter-in-law were all captured as slaves, and all the property in the manor was looted. He, the head of the Song family Song Cha , escaped by chance, and originally wanted to go to Langkai County, but found that the road leading to the county from the Song family was blocked by Jiaodong soldiers. He had no choice but to flee to his teacher to avoid disaster.

"You idiot!"

At this time, after listening to Song Cha's story, the old master He Xin could no longer maintain his glorious image of having read sage books, and couldn't help pointing at his students and yelling: "If you want to run, run away, why do you want to run away?" Coming to this old man, isn’t that leading those Jiaodong soldiers to come and plunder me? Do you want this old man to ruin his family as well?”

(End of this chapter)