Factory owner is king

Chapter 20 It's so hard to keep a low profile
In the garden of Duke Liang's mansion, several maids gathered together and were talking animatedly.

"Have you heard? There seems to be a new person in the house," the little maid named Ludie said mysteriously to her friends.

"Ludie, do you mean Old Wang's place in the backyard?" Shao Yao said.

"I've heard that too. It seems that Lao Wang picked it up from the street and he considers it his godson." The cute-looking pomegranate also shared his news.

"That's right, that's him. I heard he looks handsome." Lu Die nodded repeatedly.

Liang Guogong's mansion has been very lively in recent days.The masters have their own affairs, but the servants have recently been discussing the new godson that Lao Wang recognized in the backyard.

"It sounds like it's called Ruyi," said another voice.

"Yes, yes," a sour voice sounded beside the maidservants, "His name is Xu Ruyi. I've seen her before. She looks average, just with fair skin. She doesn't look like a man."

The maids turned their heads and saw a servant from a sharp-mouthed monkey race with some disdain on his face.

"Brother Xiao Mao" Lu Die slapped the servant lightly and said, "Have you seen him?"

"Tell me, what does he look like? Tell us." The cute little girl was also very curious.

"Humph" Brother Xiao Mao snorted, "I heard that he is the son of the Orion family outside the city. Later, some accidents happened, and he fell into the street, and was picked up by Uncle Wang. What's the matter?"

After muttering a few words, brother Xiaomao said again, "Let me tell you, he doesn't look too good-looking, except for his fair skin. Don't listen to Ludie's nonsense."

"Really?" Pomegranate looked at Ludie, "Then, Miss Ludie, who did you hear that from?"

"Brother Xiao Mao is just talking nonsense." Lu Die said, "I haven't seen it, but the few sisters I have met say that he is handsome, can there be a lie? I think Brother Xiao Mao is jealous."

"Oh, that's right." Shaoyao nodded.

"What? How can I be jealous of him as a newcomer?" Brother Xiaomao quit.

"You are jealous, you are"

"That's right, what is it if it's not jealousy?"

. . . . . . .

Several servant girls rushed to tease the little servant, making him blush when he said it.

"Hmph, I won't tell you guys anymore." Brother Xiao Mao suddenly flicked his sleeves, turned his head and left, and the laughter of the maids came from behind him.

"Has any of you seen that Xu Ruyi?" Shao Yao looked around.

"No..." Several servant girls looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Let's go and have a look," suggested Pomegranate,
The "Yeah ok" proposal quickly gained support.

"I heard it's at the stable in the backyard." Lu Die thought for a while and said.

As soon as the words fell, several maids curled up and headed towards the stable in the backyard.

When the maids rushed to the stable, they could vaguely see a young man standing in the open space outside the stable far away, dancing and shouting, seeming to be saying something.With him as the center, a group of maids and servants were sitting on the ground around him, looking attentive.

"It was too late, but it was too late. I saw Guo Jing hit Ouyang Ke with his palm." The young man standing in the middle of the crowd said suddenly, and at the same time he raised his right hand and struck forward.

"Wow~"

"it is good!"

There was a burst of admiration and applause from the crowd.

Ludie Shaoyao and the others came closer, and finally saw clearly the appearance of the young man standing in the middle: he was dressed in light blue coarse cloth clothes, and wore a square scarf on his head.Simple clothes can hardly conceal a flying figure.The skin is fair and shiny, and under the sword eyebrows, a pair of red phoenix eyes seem to radiate light. 'It's really handsome'

A few servant girls tiptoed to the back of the crowd and squatted down. The leader, Lu Die, reached out and touched a young man who arrived first, and said, "Liu Zi, who is this? What are you doing?"

The disturbed boy didn't look back and just said softly, "Don't disturb me. Brother Ruyi is reading a book. It's very nice."

"Is it Uncle Wang's new godson, Xu Ruyi?" Ludie stabbed the sixth son again with her finger.

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Zi nodded impatiently, and then shouted "Okay!" The surrounding audience also applauded, and the scene was very lively.

At the door of the stable, Wang Fang sat lazily on a chair, quietly listening to the story told by the young man in the crowd.There was a look of relief on his face, "I finally have a son." '

It has been half a month since Xu Ruyi came to Lan Yu's house. In this half month, Xu Ruyi has established a firm foothold in the circle of servants with the help of "Shooting the Condor".On the third day here, old Wang Fang proposed to adopt him as his adopted son.Xu Ruyi accepted Wang Fang's suggestion and took the initiative to change her surname to Wang.But Wang Fang thought for a while and did not agree. He just said, "The ancestral surname should not be abandoned lightly. If you are serious, just let one of your sons be named Wang in the future." Then Wang Fang had a fight with the housekeeper. Say hello, even if you officially leave Xu Ruyi in your house.On weekdays, Xu Ruyi had nothing to do except help Lao Wang clean the stable and read books to the servants.At night, he still slept in Wang Fang's room, but not on the same bed, but on another small bed sent by the housekeeper.

For the past half month, life has been considered relaxed and comfortable. I have to say that the world of martial arts is still very attractive to these young people.

"Predict what will happen next, let's hear the explanation next time~" With a loud shout, Xu Ruyi ended today's story.

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

“It was fun”

"Brother Ruyi is so awesome"

Seeing the unfinished expressions on the faces of the audience around him, Xu Ru apologized and cupped his hands, "That's it for today. My throat can't stand it anymore. Let's continue tomorrow~"

Everyone expressed their understanding, after all, Xu Ruyi had been talking for almost an hour.

The crowd of onlookers slowly stood up, ready to leave.

At this moment, a loud shout sounded out, "Young Master, what are you doing here?" The voice was majestic, with a hint of anger.

Following the voice, everyone turned around and saw a middle-aged scribe in Confucian robes standing in the Moon Gate not far away. He looked upright and looked sternly at an eight or nine-year-old child in front of him. , the voice just now was obviously made by this middle-aged scribe.

When the maids and servants in the courtyard saw the middle-aged scribe, they stopped talking, shrank their necks, lowered their heads, and quietly left from the other side.Only Xu Ruyi and Uncle Wang were left in the yard.

"I'm asking you something, what are you doing here?" The middle-aged scribe yelled again, making the young man in front of him tremble in fright.

"Back, Mr. Hui's words" the child said tremblingly, "I, I'm listening to him tell a story" said, pointing at Xu Ruyi with a blank face.

"I told you that you haven't been interested in studying these past two days. It turns out that all your thoughts are spent here," the middle-aged scribe snorted coldly. "Be careful, I will report it to the madam and see if she punishes you."

Xu Ruyi tilted her neck and thought for a while, and probably understood, "It should be the young master and husband in the house."Better stay away'

Shaking her head, Xu Ruyi turned around and prepared to leave.Uncle Wang has been sitting quietly on the side, pretending he didn't see anything.What the soldiers who walk out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood most dislike are those scholars who shake their heads.The teacher obviously knew Wang Fang, but he didn't say hello, obviously he didn't like him either.

Seeing Xu Ruyi's figure about to leave, the middle-aged scribe spoke again: "You hang out with these low-class servants. I don't know if the stories they tell are good. I don't know whether you can read or not, and you dare to Storyteller, when I turn back I will definitely report to Mrs. Master and drive this kind of person out."

The words were directed at the young master, but the voice was not too loud, and it just reached the ears of Xu Ruyi and Wang Fang.

Wang Fang didn't care either, because of his own face, the master and wife wouldn't care.It's not the first time that this gentleman has had a mouthful, and it's disgusting to talk to him.Wang Fang's reaction to his husband's behavior was simple: he let out a phlegm cough, and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm at his feet.

Wang Fang didn't care, but Xu Ruyi did.In his concept, the power of the teacher should be considerable. He cannot be kicked out of the house now, otherwise he will be in big trouble.

Gritting her teeth, Xu Ruyi stopped, turned around and walked towards the middle-aged scribe.

When he walked up to the middle-aged scribe, Xu Ruyi cupped his hands and said, "I haven't asked Mr. Gao's name?"

The middle-aged scribe snorted coldly and didn't answer, but the little boy beside him replied crisply, "This is Mr. Fang Yifang, the gentleman my mother invited me for. My name is Lan Chun."

"Oh~" Xu Ruyi said to Fang Yi with a clear expression, "My name is Xu Ruyi, I am Uncle Wang's adoptive son, and now I can be regarded as a servant of the mansion. I can read and understand etiquette. .At least I can answer people’s questions, and I’m very polite to people.” After speaking, he cupped his hands again, turned and left.

"You, stop!" Fang Yi shouted sharply.There is no way, if we come here today, if the news spreads, it will become that he doesn't know how to be polite, and he was taught a lesson by a servant.

"Oh," Xu Ruyi stood still and turned her head, "Mr. Unknown, what else can you teach me?"

The voice was neither high nor low, but coupled with the scornful demeanor, it made Fang Yi feel angry.Turning his eyes, Fang Yi helped up his sleeves, motioned for the young master Lan Chun to stand aside, and said, "Speaking and singing operas to persuade Renfang, I don't know which book you just talked about?"

"Mr. Hui Fang's words are my own idle book," Xu Ruyi replied
Fang Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then sneered, "Looking at your age, you're only about fifteen or sixteen years old, so you're bragging about making a book yourself?"

"Mr. Fang invited me." Xu Ruyi's attitude was not very respectful. "The age can only prove how much food a person eats, and is it related to the amount of knowledge?" , Cai Wenji can distinguish the sound of the piano at the age of six. There are countless young geniuses in history, and I have never met you before, how can you speak lightly to me?"

At this moment, the maids and servants who had just left came back again.They didn't dare to stand too close, but they couldn't miss the excitement, so one by one, intentionally or unintentionally, they pretended to be busy nearby, some mopping the floor, some watering the flowers, and the most egregious one, Xu Ruyi, looked at Someone found a piece of waste paper from somewhere, threw it on the ground, then bent down to pick it up, then threw it on the ground, and then bent down to pick it up again. His ears were propped up like a rabbit. Xu Ruyi couldn't help laughing and was happy to see it. Made a sound.

"You!" Seeing Xu Ruyi happy, Fang Yi's anger was even stronger. "There were indeed many child prodigies in ancient times. I'm afraid you are that Fang Zhongyong."

Fang Zhongyong is talking about a self-taught prodigy in the Northern Song Dynasty. His parents were poor farmers and never let him have access to books.But Fang Zhongyong was able to write poems when he was five years old.Later, his parents thought they could profit from it, so they took him everywhere to write poems for people.Later, Fang Zhongyong gradually grew up, but his poetry was not as good as before. In the end, he could no longer write poetry and became an ordinary farmer.

Xu Ruyi had learned the story of Fang Zhongyong in school in his previous life, but his views at that time were very different from others, and now Fang Yi has scratched his head.

"Hmm." Clearing his throat, Xu Ruyi said, "May I ask Mr. Fang, what did Wang Banshan (Wang Anshi's name is Jiefu, name Banshan, and the world also calls him Wang Jinggong) originally write this article?"

Fang Yi squinted at Xu Ruyi, "I don't know this. Wang Jinggong lamented that Fang Zhongyong didn't cherish his talents and didn't know how to study hard. His father's greed for small profits eventually made Zhong Yong disappear from everyone. At the same time, he used this article to encourage the world to learn with humility. Don’t squander your talents and waste your time.”

"Sir, what you said is good." Xu Ruyi nodded first, but then shook her head. "The meaning is indeed true, but there is a difference between ideal and reality. Wang Jinggong is also a camphor tree."

"Bold," Fang Yi shouted again, "How dare you slander Wang Jinggong!"

"I don't dare. I just have other opinions about this article. Isn't this okay?" Xu Ruyi paused. "Is there a perfect person in the world?"

"Of course no one is perfect"

"Oh?" A hint of amusement flashed in Xu Ruyi's eyes, "Then tell me, what's wrong with today, sir?"

"You!" Fang Yi blushed, not knowing how to answer.

Ignoring Fang Yi's embarrassment, Xu Ruyi said, "Fang Zhongyong's life should have been an honest farmer, farming with his father. But at the age of five, he learned to write poetry without a teacher. Later, his It is also true that his father did not send him to school. But if you think about it carefully, will a person with a great talent for poetry definitely be a capable minister who is good at governing the country?"

After a slight cough, Xu Ruyi continued, "In terms of poetic talent, Li Taibai and Du Gongbu have never been surpassed since ancient times. At that time, the two of them were in the Anshi Rebellion. They may have left countless beautiful poems, but it was the ones who really relieved the king and father's worries and calmed down the troubled times. They were Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and other generals in the army. The poetry of the Song Dynasty was brilliant, and making a good poem almost equaled a good future. However, the Song Dynasty was bullied by the Liao, Jin, Xixia, and finally the Mongols. It was destroyed until the current Holy Emperor restored our Han family. The literary style of the Song Dynasty was at its peak, so why was it bullied by the barbarians in the north? It can be seen that poetic talent has nothing to do with ability."

"You are a strong word..." Fang Yi was about to speak, but Xu Ruyi interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"So what's the use of poetry? I think it's for fun." Xu Ruyi said in a deep voice, "No matter how beautiful the poetry is, it can't be worth a bowl of rice that can fill your stomach. As long as you want, everyone can do it for fun." It doesn't matter if you do well or not, just laugh it off. Fang Zhongyong was born in a poor peasant family, his parents have little knowledge, and they are greedy for money and profit. Let's not talk about whether Fang Zhongyong will be an official after entering school. Just rely on his vision and knowledge. It is also unlikely that he will become a good official. I think it is more likely to be a mediocre official. Instead of spending money to get him a chance to get Mr. Bona's gold list, it is better to exchange his poems for more money and improve the life of the family. This is good for the family and good for the country.”

"Are you saying that people from poor peasant backgrounds have no vision?" Fang Yi asked gloomily, alluding to Zhu Yuanzhang.

How can Xu Ruyi be fooled by the trick he just played: "Times are also different. A person with rich talent in poetry may be able to memorize the names of the gold medals by rote, but if he has no knowledge, he will definitely not be a good official. Today's people are born in poverty. But after experiencing the troubled times, my vision was broadened, and although I am not good at poetry and poetry, I still created a prosperous Ming Dynasty."

"Cut..." Fang Yi also ran out of words, so he could only say sourly, "The way of poetry has become everything in your mouth, and it sounds like you can compose poetry."

"Don't be melancholy when you were young." Xu Ruyi pondered for a moment, and then said, "When you are melancholy, you can't blame the youth. The hundred-foot gossamer is easy to entangle. Where is it not melancholy in spring, and not pitiful in love at any age. Du Qu's pear flower cup is covered with snow. Lingfang grass smokes in dreams. The future has golden tears on both sleeves, and the public case has three lifetimes of white bones Zen. The old queen thinks about it and should not regret it, and wears a robe in front of the gate of the bowl."

Fang Yi was really dumbfounded when Tang Yin's "Melancholy Words" came out.Everyone was also shocked.

The culture of the maids and servants may not be high, but the words and sentences in this song are not profound, and they are easy to understand.They knew every word, and they could hear the sadness and detachment in it.

"How about this poem? Am I still the servant here? Mr. Fang?" Xu Ruyi looked at Fang Yi and asked three times.

"You, you copied it" After a long time, Fang Yi held back such a sentence.

"Cut..." Xu Ruyi smiled disdainfully, "That's all you can do."

After speaking, he turned and went back to the house, leaving everyone with shocked faces and Wang Fang who was thinking.

"Okay, that's amazing!" Looking at Xu Ruyi's handsome back when he left, Lan Chun sighed like this, expressing everyone's aspirations.

Fang Yi was so angry that he was completely speechless.If Xu Ruyi stayed to debate the authenticity of the poem with him, he would have enough confidence to refute the other party, even if the poem was really written by Xu Ruyi.But now that he is gone and he said such a thing, his face is completely lost.

"Chun'er", a graceful and luxurious woman appeared behind Lan Chun and Fang Yi at some point.

Lan Chun turned around to look, called out "Mother~" sweetly, opened her arms and ran towards the gorgeous woman.

This woman is Lan Yu's regular wife, Mrs. Mu.

Mrs. Mu stretched out her hand to straighten Lan Chun's messy sideburns, and reprimanded, "I've been crazy all day long, and I don't know how to study hard. It makes people worry."

"Husband... madam" Fang Yi cupped his hands and bowed to Mrs. Mu, "I don't know how much Mrs. Mu has heard. '

Mrs. Mu didn't pay attention to Fang Yi, she just said to her son, "That little servant is interesting, how about being your school boy?"

"Okay, okay." Lan Chun clapped her hands happily.This will make it easier to listen to the book later.

In the courtyard of "Madame", Wang Fang stood up.He strode up to his wife and said in a low voice, "I picked this man up. He claims to be the son of Orion's family, but what he saw today doesn't look like him."

"Huh?" Mrs. Mu frowned.

"I'll give you an answer tomorrow after the old slave's interrogation is clear tonight." Wang Fang continued.

"That's fine, that's it." Mrs. Mu nodded, pulled her son Lan Chun and turned to leave.

The surrounding maids and servants also slowly dispersed, and finally only Fang Yi was left standing there. From the attitude of his wife just now, he knew that the matter was serious.

Sure enough, after a while, the maid next to Mrs. Mu sent a message, "Go to the accounting room and settle this month's Lumi..."

In Wang Fang's hut, the door has been closed.Xu Ruyi and Wang Fang sat quietly opposite each other on both sides of the table, neither of them spoke.Finally, Wang Fang first said, "Ruyi..."

"Godfather," Xu Ruyi replied in a low voice.

"Who are you?" Wang Fang asked. "The words you just said don't sound like the son of Orion."

"Son" Xu Ruyi's mind was spinning, and she still gritted her teeth and said, "Son, I didn't lie to you. My father is really a hunter. It's just that besides hunting in the mountains every day, he has been teaching me to read since he was a child, and he also taught me how to read. taught me some martial arts."

Scratching her head, Xu Ruyi continued, "Actually, my son also knows that my father is different from others. It's just that I asked him, but he didn't say anything."

"That's it," Wang Fang murmured, and suddenly punched Xu Ruyi in the forehead.

Xu Ruyi focused her gaze, subconsciously wanting to activate the body-protecting zhenqi, but suddenly restrained the urge, and just crossed her arms in front of her.Wang Fang's fist hit Xu Ruyi's arms heavily, and Xu Ruyi took the opportunity to fall to the ground, looking unbearable.

Wang Fang stood up, and then punched again, the blows were blowing, obviously the force was not light.Xu Ruyi rolled on the ground, stood up, and then waved her arms to push away Wang Fang's attacks one by one.Wang Fang's boxing technique is wide open and close, which is obviously a combat technique in the army. The moves are simple and only pursue strength and speed.It was not difficult for Xu Ruyi to deal with it, but every time she blocked Wang Fang's attack, Xu Ruyi would show a painful expression.After more than a dozen moves, Xu Ruyi found a flaw. After a muffled sound of "bang", Wang Fang's fist was hitting Xu Ruyi's chest. Xu Ruyi took the opportunity to take a few steps back and reached out to rub her chest.

The outcome was already decided, and seeing Xu Ruyi's heart ache, Wang Fang didn't continue to attack.

"There are no tricks in the moves, and it seems to be military kung fu." After thinking for a while, Wang Fang said, "What does your father look like?"

Xu Ruyi thought for a while and said, "My father has dark skin, a snub nose and a wide mouth. He has a beard all over his face, and he is also very burly..."

God knows that this description is exactly what Xu Ruyi said according to the appearance of Li Kui in the TV series he watched in his previous life. Unexpectedly, Wang Fang's complexion changed drastically after listening to it and pondering for a while. .Xu Ruyi was left wondering in the room.

In the martial arts training ground above Lan Yu's mansion, Lan Yu with a big beard was bare-chested and was wielding a big knife in the arena.Every time I feel a little bored, Sapphire will always polish her martial arts here.The weather was cool, but Sapphire's body was dripping with sweat, and she slashed and slashed in all directions, bringing out countless wind noises.After making a slash with a straight knife, Lan Yu suddenly stopped, turned around and shouted, "Who!"

An old man's figure appeared not far behind him.

"Old Wang, why are you here?" Lan Yu looked at the old man walking towards her and smiled unnaturally.

That's right, after all, Wang Fang didn't blame him for trapping the opponent's son on the battlefield, but he still felt sorry for his old subordinate.

"General" Wang Fang cupped his hands and said.Although Lan Yu is already the Duke of Liang, Wang Fang is still accustomed to using military titles.

Sapphire casually threw the big knife in her hand aside, "What's the matter?"

"General" Wang Fang opened his mouth to tell Xu Ruyi's story from the beginning, and then said, "Although that Xu Ruyi doesn't know who his father is, but from his description, I think of a small person."

"Who?" Sapphire was also curious.

"Liu Futong"

Lan Yu's brows furrowed, "No way...that Liao Yongzhong wasn't..."

"Marshal" Wang Fang's voice was very low, "At the beginning Liao Yongzhong just said that he threw Xiao Ming Wang and Liu Futong into the river, but in the end we only saw the corpse of Xiao Ming Wang, we didn't see that Liu Futong's." There was a moment of silence "More What's more, Liu Futong was originally from the south bank of the Yinghe River, and he was familiar with water since he was a child. Others would die if thrown in the river, but Liu Futong might not..."

"No way," Lan Yu hesitated, "Isn't that boy's surname Xu?"

"You have forgotten, but I remember that Liu Futong's wife seems to be named Xu."

Sapphire narrowed her eyes, lost in thought.Wang Fang on the side stopped talking.

After a long time, Wang Fang said again, "Would you like a small one..." Wang Fang made a one-handed chopping movement, and the meaning could not be more clear.

"No," Lan Yu waved her hand fiercely, and then said with a slightly nostalgic tone, "Due to various changes, Liao Yongzhong killed Prince Xiao Ming and Marshal Liu. That matter is not explained clearly now, but the past has passed. . Now... just leave him at home, and you go tell Madam that I agree to this."

"Little understand" Wang Fang turned around and exited the martial arts arena with a fist in his hand.

If Xu Ruyi was here, she would definitely be dumbfounded, "You Sapphire is almost in danger and you left someone in your house. Are you good or bad?"

Another beautiful misunderstanding. . . . .

(End of this chapter)