Chapter 243 The people on the boat in the B-shaped scroll
“Not going? Why not?” Feng Ziying put away the big gun and asked in confusion.
Over there, Yun Shang had already brought a sweat towel to wipe the young master's sweat.
The fight with Liu Xianglian really exhausted him so much that his whole body was about to get wet.
Only then did he realize that his skills in cutting, axing, splitting, and spearing might be good enough for fighting in battle, but compared with Liu Xianglian's martial arts, which was purely for personal combat, it was really like giving away food. It's my share.
"What are you going to do? To be looked down upon by others, or to eat the leftover soup and water in your mouth?" Liu Xianglian also put away her sword, and arranged the scabbard and sword in her hands with neither salt nor water.
"For so many years, these people's ancestors have been eating from the same pot in name. It's a life-and-death friendship, but when your family was in trouble, how could they have helped you at all? If Uncle Feng hadn't supported my family, Brother Yu, The orphans and widowed mother were afraid that they would starve to death long ago. Ever since his mother passed away, Brother Yu has looked away. He wants to live freely in this life and does not want to be subject to any restrictions anymore. Master wants me to return to Kongtong to inherit his business, but Brother Yu has refused. .”
Wearing a snow-white arrow-sleeved outfit, the whole body looks particularly elegant and handsome. She is a handsome and handsome man. Even Feng Ziying has to admit that Liu Xianglian's appearance is too lethal.
“But now that you’re back, you have to make some kind of living, so you can’t just hang out like this without knowing anything, right?”
Feng Ziying also knew that Liu Shixiong was not a good scholar, and had never expected him to be able to study. However, if he could join the army with his good martial arts skills, he might not be unable to achieve great success.
Moreover, everyone is a disciple of martial arts, so you can find connections like this.
Even if Yulin is too far away and too difficult, it is still possible to find a job in Jingying, Longjinwei, Xuanfu Town or Datong Town.
"Brother Yu, I don't think there's anything wrong with this. If one person has enough to eat, the whole family won't be hungry." Liu Xianglian looked indifferent. "No matter how bad it is, why don't we still have you? Can you still watch Brother Yu starve? Brother Yu wonders if this Mingyue Tower is not Is it going to open again? I heard that Prince Zhongshun wanted to help Jiang Qiguan become the number one, so he bought the Mingyue Tower to compete with the Yanzi Tower in the south city and the Yaoliang Pavilion in the east city. Now the Yanzi Tower is about to open again. Both Lou and Yaoliang Pavilion are interested in recruiting troops to compete with Mingyue Tower."
Feng Ziying frowned.
This Liu Shixiong has good martial arts skills, but he has loved singing opera since he was a child. Both his singing skills and appearance are top-notch. It seems that he has not changed his preferences after traveling abroad all these years. Now that he is back, he actually wants to Go and sing an opera.
It’s no wonder that opera singing has always been the most popular activity in the capital city. There are dozens of small singing troupes and about a dozen outstanding ones. They are very popular among the wealthy families in the capital city, and most of them are concentrated in the Liangzi Alley area.
When it comes to opera singers, they have to be classified and polarized.
Those who are professional singers are naturally actors and actresses, they are low-class and messy, and they are good at everything. And those who are amateurs are the so-called amateurs, and most of them are those with some status, like the eldest son of Wang Ziteng. Don’t you just like to go on stage and play roles?
Since Prince Zhongshun is a prince, he will not go on stage to play roles, but he also maintains a large group of actors in the palace. When he has nothing to do, he will play roles himself and a group of actors to sing and play roles, and enjoy it.
That Jiang Qiguan is the most favored actor in his house. He is only thirteen or fourteen years old, but it is said that he is deeply liked by Prince Zhongshun. Now Prince Zhongshun actually wants to buy a theater for him to sing in operas.
There are many people in the capital city who like to listen to operas and sing operas. Even Feng Ziying's mother and aunt would invite some troupes to come to the house to sing twice a year from time to time.
"Brother Xianglian, it's okay to fall for this opera singer. If you want to make a living from this, I'm afraid it's inappropriate." Feng Ziying frowned and persuaded tactfully.
At any rate, he is considered to be a member of a noble family. If he goes to play for fun, it doesn't matter. But if he really wants to become a professional actor, it will really become a big joke.
The Great Zhou Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty system and had special household registration for prostitutes, who were untouchables. Even if you, Liu Xianglian, would not change your household registration because of singing, but you have been hanging around in such places for a long time without a serious business, you will still suffer. People laugh at and criticize.
Liu Xianglian also knew that what Feng Ziying said was for his own benefit, and he also knew that this was not a long-term solution. However, Feng Ziying hoped that he could join the army, but he could not accept it.
In the army, military discipline is a must, and if you don't pay attention, you will be killed. This is simply unacceptable to a person like him who is used to being lazy.
"Ziying, Brother Yu knows that you are doing it for my own good, but that is not the life I want. As for what will happen in the future, Brother Yu has not thought about it for the time being. Let's just leave it like this for now. If you have good fortune in the future, don't forget it. Brother Yu, maybe if you become a cabinet minister or a governor, Brother Yu can be your staff, bodyguard or something like that, so I’m sure I’ll be able to do the job as well.”
Feng Ziying was also helpless at Liu Xianglian's words.
He also planned several places for Liu Xianglian.
One is to join the army. He can go to his father's place in Yulin to find a career, but Liu Xianglian is obviously not willing to go to such a remote and difficult place. He can also stay in Jingying, but Liu Xianglian's temperament is difficult to adapt to the situation in Jingying. All kinds of complex interpersonal relationships.
The second is to find a way to join the Dragon Guard. With Liu Xianglian's level of martial arts, it is more than enough to be a Dragon Guard. Whether it is to spy on external intelligence or to control internal secret investigations, Liu Xianglian is fully qualified, and this kind of life will not be possible. It was too hard, but Liu Xianglian was unwilling to do such a dirty and dark job that inevitably involved him.
Since he now wants to have fun in singing and dancing, it can only be done by him.
"Okay, Ziying, you can go and do your own business. Leave me alone. I know how to do it myself." Liu Xianglian waved her hand, "If you want to improve your martial arts skills, I will I can practice hard with you. Well, you can make great progress within a year, but if you want to improve, you may need to practice hard for a long time, but I don’t think you need to do this,..."
Feng Ziying indeed has no plans in this regard.
Improving the level of martial arts cannot be achieved overnight, and he does not have so much time and energy to spend on it. With the current level, as Liu Xianglian said, generally three or five people cannot hurt him, but when he really met a professional Assassins and masters, it will be useless if they practice for another three to five years.
It's just that Feng Ziying was very disappointed that Liu Xianglian had no intention of joining the army and Long Jinwei.
Liu Xianglian in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" had nothing to do, and finally became a monk or became a strongman, which Feng Ziying found incredible.
Of course, no one can tell whether this will be the case in this life, but the other person obviously has a unique personality and is unwilling to follow the path set by others, which makes Feng Ziying a little helpless.
A friend who has been with me for a long time and thinks that he is good in all aspects actually prefers to go out for a concert instead of looking for a serious job. It can only be said that this person prefers the non-mainstream life of this era.
But you can’t say that this kind of non-mainstream life is not good.
In the era and environment I lived in in my previous life, this kind of non-mainstream life might have been more nourishing and comfortable than 99% of ordinary people. The actors and actresses of that era were really stylish. .
Since the idea of trying to change Liu Xianglian's fate failed, Feng Ziying will not force her. Everyone has their own path and destiny. Some people can change, while others are unwilling to change.
Feng Ziying’s celebration banquet for winning the election was finally held in Feng’s mansion.
A total of six tables of guests.
These days, entertaining guests in restaurants is usually a relatively ordinary banquet, or a casual meal. Really wealthy families rarely hold banquets in restaurants.
At this time, it can be seen that the current scale of Feng Mansion is slightly smaller. Fortunately, it can be barely accommodated with a little squeeze.
Duan could not refuse Wang Ziteng’s suggestion. In fact, Feng Ziying finally gave her mother the final opinion of acceptance.
You have no reason to refuse someone’s “kindness”.
The guest list was drafted with the help of Wang Ziteng. It turned out that most of the four princes, eight princes, twelve princes, and a large number of other descendants of martial arts who followed Taizu to conquer the world were included.
Of course, after seventy or eighty years, there are still many people who have long since declined to the point of being ignored. Those who can step into Feng Mansion to participate in such a celebration banquet still have some status.
Those like Liu Xianglian were naturally excluded. Of course, this was not on the list drawn up by Wang Ziteng, and Feng Ziying's invitation to Liu Xianglian was another matter.
In addition to drafting the list, Wang Ziteng also helped contact some guests. Of course, the final invitations had to be delivered by Feng Ziying personally, but if Wang Ziteng had not come to say hello, these people might not have accepted the invitation just because a martial arts student won the exam. , or if you accept it, you will only send an insignificant character to attend.
“Come, Ziying, let me introduce the guests to you.” When the guests began to arrive one after another, Wang Ziteng acted like an elder of Feng Ziying’s family friend and introduced the guests one by one to Feng Ziying.
“Prince Mu Tanmu of Dongping County, Your Majesty, I haven’t seen you for a long time. This one is the most outstanding of our martial arts disciples. Feng Ziying is the legitimate son of Feng Zitang, and he is now a member of the Shuntian Qiu Wei Juren Committee!…”
This is Mu Tan, the king of Dongping County, the leader of the four kings? Mu Tan, the grandson of Mu Shi, the person who signed the couplet in Jia Mansion?
The slightly thin cheeks look gloomy, and the cheekbones are high. He is quite imposing, but has a bit of a forbidding aura, which makes people reluctant to come into contact with him.
“My nephew has met the prince.” Feng Ziying handed over the gift, but Feng Ziying was still a little surprised that this person actually attended in person.
Is it because Wang Ziteng’s reputation is big enough, or is it due to other reasons? Feng Ziying didn't believe that her success would attract the other party's attention. Besides, the four kings were now in decline, but a camel was so skinny that it was bigger than a horse. Over the years, the four kings had made friends with many important military officials and generals.
"Excuse me, he is indeed a talented person from my Wu family. I have had this son since Tang Dynasty. I should be satisfied." He grinned with a half-smile. The Prince of Dongping County looked Feng Ziying up and down. There was some complexity in his eyes, which seemed to be hidden. What, but Feng Ziying couldn't tell what it tasted like.
Just as Prince Dongping entered, another big shot arrived.
Even Feng Ziying knew this person. He was the Jiedushi of Beijing, the hereditary first-class Bo Niu Jizong, and the successor of Wang Ziteng. He also came in person.
(End of this chapter)