Fengluo Pingyang

Fang Yuesheng and Fang Yueqi did odd jobs in the rice store for a few days, carrying rice bags dully every day, exhausting the two pampered elders and young masters, and only earned a meager wage, which was still not enough for the Fang family.

The concubines and concubines have gone with their aunts, and now the only ones who can work are the two brothers. For the first time, the two of them have experienced the sadness of not being in charge of the family and not knowing how expensive they are.

Lin Wu and his wife were Lin Xuanying's domestic servants, and they took their monthly bills from Lin's mansion. Not only did they not ask for money from them, but they subsidized a lot.

In the end, it was Mrs. Fang who made up her mind that they could no longer live in the capital.It's not enough to just have a yard to stay in. The price of goods in the capital is too expensive, and it's hard to solve it just by eating.In the end, Mrs. Fang asked Lin Xuanying to find another courtyard in a small village on the outskirts of Beijing, and found a good carriage to carefully send Master Fang there, and temporarily lived in that small town. Barely able to sustain.

Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Fang offered the money to buy the small yard as their last effort, and Lin Xuanying accepted it without hesitation.Even if the Fang family is in trouble, Mrs. Fang and Lord Hou and his wife are unwilling to rely on others for a living. This is the last dignity and face of a noble family, and Lin Xuanying naturally does not want to desecrate it.

Only such elders can teach the descendants of Fang Yueqi and Fang Yuesheng who are not infected with the bad habits of the family.

In a small town, the basic necessities of life are much simpler, and the expenses are also reduced, but they still need to find a way to support their families.In the end, Lin Xuanying set the bridge, found several local vegetable farmers, and paid some capital to collect the vegetables from the vegetable farmers, and Fang Yueqi and Fang Yuesheng transported them to several restaurants in the capital every day to sell them.

The price offered by the restaurant is naturally more generous, and with Lin Xuanying's face, he takes more care of the two of them. Fang Yueqi and Fang Yuesheng make a living by earning some of the price difference from running the business.

It's just that every time he needed to treat Lord Fanghou's illness and get medicine, the money he had saved with great difficulty was immediately spent again like water.In order for Lord Fang Hou to take care of his body as soon as possible and avoid any future troubles, the whole family insisted on buying the best medicinal materials.Therefore, despite the income, the life of the Fang family is still tight.

Winter goes to spring, spring ends and summer solstice, and the weather gets hotter day by day.Fang Yueqi and Fang Yuesheng got up before dawn, filled several bowls of porridge, drank enough water, pulled a cart out of the yard, and went to various vegetable farmers' homes to collect vegetables.

After running through several vegetable gardens, the sky had not yet dawned, so they came back and harnessed the only mule, and the two brothers headed towards the capital together.

After entering the city gate, they sent the vegetables to several familiar restaurants, and finally there was only half a basket of green vegetables that were not of good quality. At this time, the sun was just rising, and the two decided to set up a small stall on the side of the street. , Sell the rest of the dishes at zero.

When the two passed by a steamed stuffed bun shop, the smell made Fang Yuesheng unable to walk no matter what, and looked at Fang Yueqi eagerly with his stomach in his arms.

"Brother, I'm so hungry."

"Didn't you just have breakfast, please bear with it." Fang Yueqi swallowed, dragging Fang Yuesheng forward.

With a grunt, Fang Yueqi couldn't help touching his stomach that was screaming with hunger.

Fang Yuesheng begged: "Brother, just buy a steamed stuffed bun, we will share it."

Fang Yueqi took out the money bag from his pocket, counted the copper coins inside, hesitated for a while and finally nodded.

"Okay, that's one. After eating this bun, you won't be able to eat at noon. When you get home, just have dinner early."

"Okay, okay." Fang Yuesheng nodded in agreement, and dragged Fang Yueqi back to the bun shop.

"Boss, take a bun." Fang Yuesheng handed over the two copper coins, staring at the white and fat buns in the cage with bright eyes.

When the bun was in his hand, Fang Yuesheng immediately wanted to break half of it and hand it to Fang Yueqi. Fang Yueqi stopped him and said, "Don't divide it up. You eat it first, and then give it to me if you can't finish it."

After speaking, he pulled Fang Yuesheng to the side of the road, and unloaded the half basket of vegetables on his back.

Fang Yuesheng took two small bites and handed it to Fang Yueqi's mouth.

"Cousin, you eat too."

Fang Yueqi didn't intend to eat it at first, but the aroma wafting into his nose was so tempting that he finally couldn't help it, and took a bite of the bun with Fang Yuesheng's hand.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and finally you and I ate the buns one by one.

"Hey, look at this pitiful energy, why do these two young masters look so familiar?"

A somewhat acidic voice sounded, Fang Yuesheng hadn't swallowed the bun yet, and looked up at the person coming with his mouth puffed out.

The few people in front looked familiar to him. They were all well-dressed, with delicate skin and tender flesh. They looked like they were descendants of aristocratic families. He thought he had flattered him before, but he didn't remember the appearance of these people at all.

Looking back, they were all his old acquaintances.

Standing in the center of the crowd was Xu Ruxin, and beside him were Zhong Tianyao and Xu Yuanqing.Xu Yuanqing showed no expression, but Zhong Tianyao frowned slightly, looking at him with some concern, but didn't express any more.

Xu Ruxin still had that half-smile look on his face. Before, Fang Yuesheng felt that his appearance was quite aristocratic, but now he found it very annoying.

Swallowing the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth, Fang Yuesheng bent down to pick up the basket on the ground, pulled Fang Yueqi and said, "Cousin, let's go."

Before the two of them took a few steps, several people blocked the way. The person in front of him smiled falsely and said loudly: "Wait, isn't this the prince of the Duke of Pingguo? Fang Shizi, you What are you going to do this early in the morning? Why are you dressed so poorly?"

"Where did Fang Shizi come from? The Duke of Pingguo's mansion has been sealed up by the sage." Someone yelled bitterly, "I really didn't expect that he would dare to show his face in the capital. Could it be that there is really some kind of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous activities, and he has fallen into such a state. Lai stays in the capital and won't leave?!"

Fang Yuesheng looked at the people in front of him viciously, and said angrily, "Go away! Good dogs don't get in the way!"

"Oh! You have become so virtuous and dare to rape, who are you with! If you kick to death, you will share the worries of the Holy One!" The man shouted, and he kicked over.

How much he flattered this powerful and powerful son of the Pingguo Duke's Mansion back then, how comfortable it is to see him so downcast today!

Look, no matter how beautiful he was at the beginning, he is just a pariah now, but he didn't know how happy it would be to kick him up!

Fang Yueqi hurriedly pulled Fang Yuesheng behind him, and blocked the man's kick abruptly.He kicked his waist with all his strength, his waist went numb for an instant, and then there was only a burst of burning pain.

"Cousin!" Fang Yuesheng exclaimed, but was held down by Fang Yueqi.

"Yuesheng, don't be as knowledgeable as them, let's go quickly." Fang Yueqi whispered in his ear, "We can't afford to mess with these people now."

It's just that the situation can't help them decide at all.The man originally wanted to slap the prince of the government who was above everyone in the past, and also experienced the joy of trampling the once proud son of heaven under his feet, but now that he didn't slap him, how could he give up? stop.

Several servants were summoned and ordered to surround the two of them, all looking at them with unfriendly expressions.

Looking at these people, Fang Yuesheng would only surround him back then, flattering and flattering, with a brilliant tongue, but now he is so difficult to make things difficult for him and Fang Yueqi, his bright eyes are about to burst into flames .

"Stop." A voice sounded calmly, immediately suppressing the surrounding noise.

Xu Ruxin walked over slowly, Zhong Tianyao stepped forward before him, and those people showed flattering smiles again, which made Fang Yuesheng extremely disgusted.

"Okay, don't be too shameless." Zhong Tianyao scolded with a frown.

The man hurriedly laughed and said: "Aren't we teaching this untouchable for Xu Shizi? Why should Xu Shizi ask himself, don't let this untouchable get on his body and stain Xu Shizi's clothes."

Zhong Tianyao also had some disgust on his brows, and waved his hands impatiently: "You go away first, Xu Shizi has his own plans."

Fang Yuesheng watched them act coldly.Judging from the performance of these people, they seemed to be more attentive to Xu Ruxin than usual.

Xu Ruxin had already walked in front of him, looking down at him from above. He was dressed in brocade clothes and smelled elegant, which made him even more disgraced and embarrassed.

Fang Yuesheng was still holding the piece of paper that wrapped the bun in his hand, and he couldn't help but squeeze it even tighter.

Xu Ruxin leaned towards him slightly, squinted his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Fang Yuesheng, you look like this...you're really ugly."

Fang Yuesheng's eyes widened slightly, staring at Xu Ruxin who was smiling maliciously.

He thought that when he saw Xu Ruxin again, he would either be ignored by him, or he could see his guilt. After all, he was a treacherous villain when his friend was in trouble.He never expected that Xu Ruxin would have such a malicious attitude.

Fang Yueqi wanted to stand in front of Fang Yuesheng, but Xu Ruxin pushed him away.He didn't seem to use much strength, but Fang Yueqi couldn't hold back his steps and fell to the side.

Fang Yuesheng wanted to help his cousin up, but Xu Ruxin held his shoulders with the fan handle, unable to move.

"Xu Ruxin, what do you want?" Fang Yuesheng said angrily.

Xu Ruxin smiled, approached him, and said in a low voice: "Fang Yuesheng, I really don't understand, you have become like this, why do you still have the face to appear in the capital and in front of me?"

"You've lost your mind and gone crazy!" Fang Yuesheng spat at him, "Xu Ruxin, why didn't I see that you were still crazy before! You are a treacherous villain, if you have a little bit of shame, you should stay away from me when you see me. You still have the face to appear in front of me, and I am honest and afraid of seeing you?!"

Xu Ruxin raised his sleeves, wiped the drool on his face, and looked at Fang Yuesheng coldly.

Fang Yuesheng just felt as if he was being stared at by a snake, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Xu Ruxin suddenly laughed again, and said, "Fang Yuesheng, do you want to know about your loyal dog?"

Fang Yuesheng's eyes widened suddenly.

Lingji?He was talking about Ling Ji?

Since Ling Ji left, he has cut off news about Ling Ji, and even Lin Xuanying doesn't know how Ling Ji is doing now.The only news was that he was regarded as an accomplice of pirates and was being arrested everywhere, but he didn't know what happened afterwards.

Xu Ruxin smiled, and continued: "Your loyal dog has made great achievements in the sea and borders, and is about to rise to the top."

"You... what did you say?" Fang Yuesheng said in disbelief.

Ling Ji was not caught, and Ling Ji was not convicted!Not only that, but Lingji has made great contributions, so he wants to be rewarded? !

The big rock on Fang Yuesheng's heart trembled and loosened, and the worries that had been suppressed for so long seemed to have finally found an outlet, and his shoulders trembled involuntarily.

Xu Ruxin only took his agitated look as aggrieved.After all, a dog that was kicked out of the gate by the Pingguo government in the past can now become a superior person, but they have become a generation of powerless pariahs.How can you not hate such a stark contrast?

Xu Ruxin patted Fang Yuesheng on the cheek: "You were so kind to Lingji back then, you listened to his provocations and treated us as scourges. What about now? You must be angry that I don't help you? You have been biased towards Lingji for a long time. At that time, you will no longer be my friend. Ask yourself, why should I help you? This is your retribution, Fang Yuesheng. "

Xu Ruxin pinched the collar of Fang Yuesheng's coarse cloth shirt with his fingers, then asked the servants to come with a handkerchief to wipe his hands in disgust, threw it on the ground, turned and left.

Fang Yuesheng stood on the spot in a daze, his mind was full of Lingji's news, so he couldn't care less about Xu Ruxin.

Fang Yueqi supported him with some worry, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, and said anxiously: "Yuesheng? What's wrong with you? What did that person surnamed Xu tell you?"

Fang Yuesheng came back to his senses suddenly, he didn't even bother to take the food, and took Fang Yueqi's hand and ran towards Lin Xuanying's house.

When we arrived at Lin's mansion, we bothered the gatekeeper to pass it on, but we didn't see Lin Xuanying at all.

Lin Xuanying's Chunwei High School has now been appointed by the Ministry of Industry. Although he has no real power and no luxuries, he does his best. He leaves early and returns late, so he has already gone out now.

Fang Yuesheng had no choice but to leave the capital and return to the small town with Fang Yueqi.

Originally, I planned to ask Lin Xuanying in a few days when he was resting, but I didn't expect the weather to change suddenly in just a few days.First, it rained heavily for a whole day and night, and then it turned to light rain, but it never stopped.

Fang Yueqi and Fang Yuesheng continued to harvest vegetables regardless of the weather, but after a few days of harvesting, they were told by the vegetable farmers that the rain was probably not a good way to deal with it, and the ground had been flooded, so there was no fresh vegetables for the time being.This is the second thing. There is a big river not far from the town. If the rain continues like this, I am afraid that there will be floods. At that time, the dam on the river will not be able to support it.

These are all things to talk about, but Fang Yuesheng doesn't care about them for the time being.He and Fang Yueqi took the last cart of vegetables, covered the cart with a canopy, and continued to transport the vegetables to the capital.

Fortunately, although the rain does not stop, it is only light rain, and you can go out wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat.

The sky in the early morning was dark, but because of the rain these days, it looked very bright.The two arrived in the capital an hour later than usual, delivered the vegetables to various restaurants, and sold the leftover vegetables on the street as usual.

Fang Yueqi found an eaves facing the street, and put the vegetable baskets under it to keep out the rain. The two of them still stood in the drizzle in their coir raincoats, waiting for customers to come to their door.

Although the light rain did not stop, there were still many pedestrians on the street, holding various oil-paper umbrellas, shuttling between the various stalls.

Fang Yuesheng put his hand to his mouth and whispered to keep warm, while looking at the passers-by, hoping to sell out these vegetables sooner, so that he could go back sooner.

Before the customers came to the door, they saw a few tall horses in front of them rushing away from the crowd. All the people on the horses were wearing luxurious furs to keep out the rain, and they all walked towards them.

Fang Yuesheng frowned, said bad luck, leaned over and lifted the vegetable basket, trying to hide from Fang Yueqi for a while.

Ever since I met Xu Ruxin and those people on the street that day, they have been looking for trouble since then.Xu Ruxin didn't show up again, and it was already very difficult to deal with those villains who exalted the high and trampled the low.There are only a few streets where vegetables can be sold, and they can't avoid or get rid of them at all, which is really annoying.

Before they could find a hiding place, those aristocratic children on horseback had a wide field of vision and had already seen the two of them. At this time, they rode their horses and ran over, completely ignoring the pedestrians on both sides who hurriedly avoided.

Several tall horses stopped in front of them, blocking the way.Fang Yuesheng raised his head, only to realize that Xu Ruxin was actually among them, he just looked at him expressionlessly, not sneering like last time.

"Hey, Fang Shizi, come out to sell vegetables." It was still the annoying voice, the man smiled crookedly, and deliberately stirred up the vegetable basket Fang Yuesheng was holding with a horsewhip, messing up half of the basket of vegetables.

"This dish is not good, how can we sell it? It's really disgusting that a person like Fang Shizi would do such a profiteering act." The man continued to humiliate.

Fang Yuesheng gritted his teeth and endured, not arguing with them.Anyway, it's like this every time. At most, half a basket of vegetables will be lost, and a few words of harmless insults will be heard.He now has to support his family and has no capital to compete with these people.

The man cursed a few more words, and saw that Fang Yuesheng was just standing there dumbly, his appearance made people feel annoyed for no reason, just as disturbing as the continuous light rain.

"Untouchable, who are you showing this face to? Are you despising me?!" The man was furious, and he whipped a horsewhip, and the whip fell on the basket in Fang Yuesheng's arms, and the basket burst into pieces. , the whip that hadn't finished yet continued to draw towards Fang Yuesheng.

Fang Yuesheng had never practiced martial arts at all, so how could he avoid such an attack without warning, standing there with the cracked basket in his arms, so stiff that he didn't know how to dodge.

Xu Ruxin's sleepy slender eyes suddenly opened, and his hand holding the rein suddenly tightened. Before he could react, a silver shadow was like lightning piercing through the rain curtain, flying like thunder. Going to Fang Yuesheng's side, he grabbed the whip tip that hadn't touched Fang Yuesheng's body, and with a sudden force, he pulled the person who wielded the whip off.

The man let out a scream, fell off the horse and flew a few feet away before lying on the ground, but was severely whipped on the back by the thrown whip, and there was another scream immediately.The whip even tore through the fur on his body, pierced through several layers of clothes, and directly hit the flesh. Suddenly, a burst of pungent pain mixed with the blow of the rain spread out.

Fang Yuesheng only had time to see a pair of eyes that were so dark that there was no trace of strange color, as deep as a thousand-year-old well, which firmly attracted his gaze.

As soon as the waist tightened, the wet and cold body was wrapped into a warm and generous embrace. The big cloak hood was covered, and the feet were light again. The heads of the crowd watching around fell straight on the back of a tall pure black horse not far away.

There was darkness in front of his eyes, and he could only feel the big horse galloping briskly with its four hooves spread out.Fang Yuesheng couldn't see what was going on around him, and didn't know where he would be taken, but he didn't have the slightest worry or timidity in his heart.

The fresh smell in the cloak was so familiar that the corners of his eyes instantly moistened.

Fang Yueqi watched helplessly as his little cousin was kidnapped like this, almost in the blink of an eye.He was stunned for a moment, then quickly wrapped himself in a coir raincoat and chased a few steps forward, but the big black horse had already disappeared without a trace.

Fang Yueqi stomped his feet, thought for a moment, and could only run towards Lin's mansion.

The man who had been dragged off the horse had already been helped up by two servants, and he was still screaming with his back aching.The boy carefully helped him to the side of the horse, trying to help him get on the horse, but because of the injury on his back, he was completely unable to use his strength.

The man could only bow to Xu Ruxin, and humbly said: "Xu Shizi, you have also seen that I was hurt by that untouchable, and now I am afraid that I will not be able to accompany you to swim the lake in the rain..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Ruxin suddenly gallop up to him, looking down at him.

He has been courting Xu Shizi for many days, and he only hopes to establish a relationship with the Guang'an Marquis Mansion. To make things difficult for Fang Yuesheng is also based on Xu Ruxin's intentions.Now that he has been injured because of this, maybe this sincerity can move this Xu Shizi a little bit?

He was a little excited in his heart, and looked up at Xu Ruxin, but was slightly shrunk by his cold eyes.

This look—doesn't seem like he's satisfied with what he's doing?But why - without waiting for him to think any more, Xu Ruxin suddenly raised his foot and kicked him hard on the heart.

This time he didn't even dare to yell out, he could only hold his painful chest and knelt slowly on the ground, dripping with cold sweat.

Xu Ruxin cast him a cold look, but still didn't say a word, kicked the horse's belly lightly and continued to move forward.