Chapter 2: The villain is like a ghost (this chapter is free)

"Hey, Hong Yi, why did you keep calling for so long and you didn't open the door, so I have to kick it!"

A woman wearing a goose yellow fur coat with fair face and eyes appearing at the door, and she is about fifteen or sixteen years old.

The woman dressed very luxuriously and spoke very rudely, but Hong Yi knew that her name was Xiaoning, the personal maid of the second lady "Yuntingzhai" on the east side of the Hou Mansion.

Yuntingzhai is the residence of Mrs. Fang, the second wife of the Hou Mansion. Mrs. Fang is the wife of Wu Wenhou. Her mother's family is a merchant. She also donated her official position and has money and status. Although her status in the Hou Mansion is not as good as Mrs. Zhao, she can speak well.

Therefore, the maids and servants in Yuntingzhai are all superior to others.

Although Hong Yi is the young master in the Marquis' Mansion, no one takes him seriously at all the son of a "sloppy" concubine. What's more, everyone in the Marquis' Mansion knows that Mrs. Zhao, the eldest wife, has no good impression of Hong Yi.

Hong Yi has the least amount of money every month.

There were three wives, four concubines, and housekeepers, servants, servants, and guards throughout the marquis' mansion. There were seven or eight hundred people in total, and they all had division of labor, just like a small court with strict hierarchy.

"Is there anything you have?" After Hong Yi opened the door, he still sat back on his chair, picked up the book, and didn't look at the maid.

Xiao Ning looked at the burning charcoal in the room. Because of the poor quality, it smelled and smoky eyes, and couldn't help but curl up his mouth with contempt.

"Miss played the piano with Princess Yongchun of Prince Rong's Mansion yesterday and Princess Yongchun sang a poem, but the next sentence was not. The lady asked me to ask you, hey, are you listening?"

Seeing Hong Yi sitting back to the table and picking up the book to read, Xiao Ning said angrily.

"What?" Hong Yi frowned, blood surged on his face, his fists clenched slightly, and he looked at Xiao Ning with his eyes.

Xiao Ning also saw the blood rushing on Hong Yi's face, and his fists were slightly clenched. Not only did he not restrain himself, but he raised his eyes high, revealing a look of "Even if you are the young master, I'm just treating you like this, what can you do to me? Come and hit me!"

"What poem?" After Hong Yi's anger came over a moment, he took a deep breath, calmed down, opened his fists easily, and his tone turned calm.

"It's really useless." Xiao Ning saw Hong Yi holding it back and muttered in his heart, "When Princess Yongchun played the piano, she said, 'I'm confused when I didn't play it today,' and then thought about the next sentence. The lady ordered me to ask you, and I hope you will express the next sentence."

"I'm confused when I haven't played it today?" Hong Yi thought: "When I play the piano, I can't calm my mind. I just said to me, this heart is selfless."

"I'm not joking today, my heart is confused, and this heart is selfless." Hong Yi took out a piece of white paper and wrote it in thick ink on it and wrote a line of cursive script.

"What's this?"

Xiao Ning saw the cursive characters flying like dragons and snakes. He only read a little and recognized the maid who knew a few words.

"You are a servant and don't know what you are doing, so why do you ask so much?" Hong Yi said coldly: "Just send it here."

"you….."

Xiao Ning saw Hong Yi's eyes when he said he was illiterate, and the joints of his fingers buzzed twice, showing good skills. At the same time, she looked over with a sharp look.

Obviously, this Xiao Ning has practiced fists and feet.

"This Hong Yi is obviously a weak scholar, but why isn't he afraid? I have practiced with the lady to a certain extent and have power in front of ordinary people. Although this Hong Yi is a young master, he is not liked by the eldest lady in the Marquis' Mansion... He is most scolded... Besides, I learned to grab the hand recently. If I hold the person, it will only hurt for a few days and my muscles and bones will not be hurt..."

Xiao Ning's eyes showed fierce light and took two steps forward, pretending to take Hong Yi's paper, but he thought in his mind that when he was taking it, he used clever techniques to remove Hong Yi's hand and told him to hurt for a few days.

"Are you afraid of exile for three thousand miles when you attack me?"

Just as Xiao Ning was walking, Hong Yi suddenly spoke, his voice and expression were harsh.

"If you do a lot of law and beat up scholars who are famous, you will be exiled for three thousand miles. Don't mislead yourself!"

Hong Yi's sudden stern voice and expression made Xiao Ning tremble all over.

"Who is going to attack you? I'm taking paper. You are the young master. How dare we be angry with you as servants?" Xiao Ning took a step back, stretched his arms, took the paper, turned around and walked out.

"Hmph, I can only write poetry and lyrics, and I have no power to tie a chicken, and I am a scholar."

Xiao Ning left the room and cursed in her heart. She was indeed frightened by Hong Yi just now, but how could she admit it in her heart?

“Shh….”

After seeing Xiao Ning leave, Hong Yi let out a long sigh, "Sure enough, meeting a villain is the same as meeting a ghost. You must not be weak. Once you are weak, he will be more intimidated. If you are strong, it will not dare to approach you. This note in the Herbha Notes uses ghosts to describe people, but it is a great truth."

Hong Yi sat down again, took out a story I had read before, and made a lot of marks with a brush.

This story tells Li Yan once studied late at night and met a ghost. The ghost showed his body and asked if Li Yan was afraid! Li Yan immediately had a harsh voice and said, "Not afraid!" The ghost asked again, Li Yan's voice became louder, and the ghost finally said, "As long as you say you are afraid, I will leave immediately and no longer bother you." Li Yan shouted loudly, "If you are not afraid, you are not afraid." The ghost had no choice but to disappear in a bad mood.

Later, someone said to Li Yan: "You don't have the Tao and can't cure ghosts, why don't you compromise and say you're afraid? What if the ghost really pounces on you?"

Li Yan said: "It is precisely because I know how to do Taoism and cannot cure ghosts, so I cannot be afraid. Once I am afraid, my breath will be weak, and he will really pounce on me."

"A villain who turns into a deceitful way is like a ghost."

Hong Yi rereaded this story and remembered the servant Xiao Ning whom he met just now. He felt that the villain was really like a ghost. If he hadn't scared her just now, the other party might have dared to take action.

"But scaring is not the king. I still have to practice martial arts. Scholars must be good at bow and horse archery skills to be considered an authentic scholar. But I really don't have this condition, so I'd think of a way."

Hong Yi had long been thinking about practicing martial arts, but there was really no conditions.

When practicing riding and shooting, a good horse is worth a thousand gold, and a good bow is worth a hundred gold. Even if you don’t want these, you need to ask a teacher to practice fighting with bare hands. These are things that Hong Yi cannot do.

There are also high-level guards in the Marquis' Mansion, but who would like to contact Hong Yi and get into trouble with the eldest lady?

"I heard that when the Dagan Dynasty was founding, it compiled two big books, one was the "Martial Classic" and the other was the "Tao Sutra", which talked about practicing martial arts and cultivating immortals, and sprinkling millions of words. Unfortunately, it became ** later. If I could borrow and copy it, that would be great."

Hong Yi was pondering.
Chapter completed!