bookrebus Chapter 108 Career (Part )
Chapter 108 Career (Part )
Last time we talked about Li Yi giving Nangong Xue and Shi Yu the beauty that could shame the moon, and we thought the result would be satisfactory, but there was a but. So this time we will continue to talk about this but.
After the story of Li Yi was told, everyone understood that "the beauty that can eclipse the moon and shame the flowers" has since become the highest honor to describe a beautiful woman. However, there is always someone who will not stop until he says something shocking. The person who put Li Yi to death this time was none other than Nangong Qi! What did he say?
Just when Shiyu was smiling and thought she had not lost, Nangong Qi sighed, "Alas! Xiuyuan, if we had known each other a few years earlier, would all the brothels in Shangjing City be open only to us brothers?"
Shi Yu's face darkened and she pointed at Nangong Qi and said to Li Yi in a cold voice: "My husband, you must maintain a good relationship with the two gentlemen Yuqi in the future, and don't let them drag you away again! You promised me that you would never go to a brothel again in this life!" Li Yi nodded in agreement.
Dugu Yu and Nangong Qi were not happy with this. Dugu Yu asked, "Shiyu, what do you mean by this? Are you asking Xiu Yuan to cut off contact with us?"
Shi Yu said coldly: "I just don't allow my husband to go to the brothel with you two anymore, how can we talk about cutting off contact!"
Nangong Qi said unhappily: "Xiu Yuan, is this true? Then your talent will be useless! This is absolutely not allowed!"
Liu Ruyun cursed, "Bah! You two little bastards! All you do is go to brothels all day long! Believe it or not, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your father!" The two dared not to provoke Liu Ruyun. Although they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to say anything.
Nangong Qi looked at Shiyu coldly and suddenly said, "Alas, it's a pity that my three brothers, who were as close as brothers, have been forcibly separated!"
Li Yi didn't dare to say anything more, and comforted him: "Brother Qi, what are you talking about? Just don't go to the brothel. We can still drink and chat like before!"
Dugu Yu immediately said, "Yes, Xiuyuan is right. If we don't want to go to the brothel, then we won't go to the brothel! We can invite the girl out!"
With a splash, Dugu Yu flew out of the window and fell into the lake. Everyone looked at Liu Ruyun, who was rubbing his hands, in astonishment. The latter said calmly, "Why, you don't think I dare not teach this kid a lesson, do you?"
Dugu Long bowed and said with a smile: "Auntie Yun is right. My brother really needs some discipline!"
Nangong Qi begged for mercy immediately upon seeing this: "Aunt Yun was right in teaching me this lesson. I know I was wrong!"
Liu Ruyun looked at Nangong Qi and said, "It's good that you admit your mistake! If I hit you, I will hit you harder!"
Nangong Qi waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Yun, I will definitely listen to you, I will definitely listen to you!"
Liu Ruyun nodded and said, "Okay, go and see if your brother is okay!"
Nangong Qi nodded in agreement. Before leaving, he looked at Shiyu and said coldly, "Although they are both talking about beauties, one is compared to the moon and the other is compared to the flower. It is obvious which one is higher!" There was another plop. Liu Ruyun rubbed her hands and sighed, "Alas, it seems that I still need to learn a lesson!"
Yu Wenyuan covered her mouth and laughed, "Auntie Yun really has a good way. These two playboys need to be taught a lesson!"
Liu Ruyun sat back down and said to Wang Zhong, "You guys also visit brothels?"
Wang Zhong shook his head like a rattle. Liu Ruyun nodded and said, "That's good. Go and see if the two boys are dead or not. If they are not dead, please take care of them and send them back home. They won't be able to get out of bed for at least three days after those two blows just now!" Wang Zhong got up and left without saying a word, not daring to delay for even a second.
Nangong Xue smiled and asked, "Aunt Yun, if you do this, I'm afraid the news of your coming to the capital will no longer be hidden."
Liu Ruyun smiled and said, "Why are you hiding? I'm not a wanted criminal of the imperial court, so I can't possibly go to the capital! Go back and tell your father that if he dares to bother me, I will break his legs!" Nangong Xue agreed with a smile, then looked at Shiyu.
Shiyu and Nangongxue looked at each other, neither of them losing in momentum. After looking at each other for a while, they both smiled and looked at Li Yi. Li Yi now just wanted to hang Nangongqi up and beat him up! He was such a jerk who just wanted to watch the fun! He finally made up a story to appease Shiyu, but this sentence ruined it all!
Shiyu asked, "My husband, do you have anything to say?"
Nangong Xue also looked at Li Yi expectantly. The latter knew that if he spoke too much, he would lose. It would be best to find a way to escape! He looked up and looked out the window and said, "I don't know if the two brothers Yuqi are okay. I'll go check it out!"
Shi Yu pushed him down and said coldly, "Commander Wang has already gone, why are you going? Just stay here!"
Li Yi sat down dejectedly. Shi Yu changed her tone and said gently, "My husband, I don't know where you got these two words, 'Beauty of the Moon' and 'Shame on the Flowers'. I want to know where they came from. It's such a good story. I want to find out which two beauties they are talking about."
Where is the book that records these two allusions? There is no Baidu! Li Yi had no way to answer this question and had to bite the bullet and say, "I don't know where the allusion came from either."
Shiyu asked coldly, "Did you make this up?"
Li Yi waved his hands and said, "I didn't make it up. I really didn't make it up. This story does have a source, but I just can't remember it! I can swear!"
Nangong Xue said calmly: "Sister Shiyu, there is no need to ask about the origin. There are many unknown fragments of ancient books in this world. Maybe Li Yuefu saw it somewhere and remembered it because he found it interesting."
This victorious attitude made Shiyu particularly unhappy. She looked at Li Yi and wanted to whip him with a whip! Shiyu asked, "Who are these two allusions referring to?"
Li Yi replied: "The moon is blocked by Diao Chan, and the flower is shameful by Yang Yuhuan."
Shiyu asked, "Who are Diao Chan and Yang Yuhuan?"
Li Yi raised his head and said, "She is one of the four great beauties in ancient times!"
Shi Yu said coldly: "Four beauties? What about the other two? Who are they and what are their words?"
Li Yi scratched his head and said, "Xi Shi, who was as beautiful as the sinking of fishes, and Wang Zhaojun, who was as beautiful as the falling of wild geese. "She was as beautiful as the moon and the flowers, and she was as beautiful as the sinking of fishes and the falling of wild geese are the best words to describe beauties."
Shi Yu looked at Li Yi coldly and said, "Well, you still have the words 沉鱼落雁 (beautiful as a fish sinks and geese falls) in your mind. Which two beauties are you going to give them to?"
Li Yi looked up at the eyes around him that were staring at him. He felt so ashamed. On his wedding day, he was scolded in public by his own wife. He was afraid that he would never be able to get rid of the label of being henpecked.
Bailing and Hanfeng both came to Shiyu's side. Bailing whispered, "Sister, how can you scold your husband in front of everyone?"
Shi Yu also realized that something was wrong, and quickly changed her attitude. She smiled and said to Li Yi: "Oh, these four are the four great beauties in ancient times. I am really grateful. My husband, please tell me more stories like this in the future. I love to hear them."
Li Yi looked at Shi Yu, and the two of them looked into each other's eyes. He could tell that Shi Yu was smiling on the surface, but the coldness in her eyes meant: Just wait, Mr. Li! If I don't peel off a layer of skin from you today, I will take your surname! I can't do anything right now, so you better behave yourself, or if you piss me off, you'll lose all your face!
Li Yi stood up awkwardly, walked onto the stage and picked up his guitar. Shi Yu smiled and said, "Are you going to compose a new song, sir? Come on, get some pen and ink, I need to write this song down."
Li Yi on the stage did not wait for her, he plucked the strings of the zither and sang Jin Chi's "Who is not":
Walking out of the house without an umbrella, everyone in the rain is helpless
Throwing away the gift I had already chosen, pretending not to look back
The trash can and the flowers are a bit abrupt. There are always people who suddenly look back and stop.
Now I sing about the painful realization, you know it but you can't control it
Who doesn’t drink until they throw up? Who doesn’t love until they cry?
Who is not sincere? It goes from existence to nothingness, but the memory cannot be erased.
Who isn't afraid of returning home at night? But I don't go home all night.
Who is not foolishly trying to protect? The considerate children all lose in the end and are all let down by love.
Li Yi sang with passion, and even used a smoky voice. His hoarse voice gave people a sense of exhaustion, as if he had seen through the mundane world and had gained enlightenment. It was the first time for everyone to hear such a voice, and that feeling gave people an indescribable conviction and empathy, as if they could all understand the distress in Li Yi's heart. This was not because of his smoky voice, but because Li Yi used the Confucian and Taoist exhortation method while singing, with the purpose of brainwashing everyone.
The three great Confucian scholars had left. He was at the highest level among the Confucianists and Taoists present, so the persuasion method could play the greatest role. The empathy of the crowd was the effect of the combination of singing and persuasion. At this time, Shiyu in the audience was holding a brush but could not write. She looked up at Li Yi on the stage, her eyes sparkling. The reason was very simple. Li Yi's main target of brainwashing was Shiyu.
This song "Who is not" is originally about a woman who is always accommodating and considerate, and the sadness of her love from existence to nothingness, from a female perspective. Li Yi used this song to let Shiyu know that he knew her thoughts, and also advised her not to worry, and that he would never change his love for her. This was an experiment by Li Yi, trying to combine Confucianism and Taoism with singing, and it was obviously very successful.
Li Yi looked at the infatuated Shiyu, the thoughtful Bailing, the intoxicated Han Feng, and the empathetic crowd. He put down his guitar, walked off the stage, held Shiyu's hand, and wrote the lyrics and music of the song together.
Nangong Xue looked at the intimacy between Li Yi and Shi Yu and asked Liu Ruyun: "Aunt Yun, loving someone is not only about happiness and joy, but also about sadness and pain, right?"
Liu Ruyun sighed and said calmly: "Yes, if you can't love all of a person, then it's better not to love him, because the part you don't love will become painful and make love unbearable."
Nangong Xue asked, "Is this the reason why Aunt Yun still walks alone?"
Liu Ruyu drank a glass of wine and nodded, "That's one of the reasons, but more importantly, it's because I haven't met someone who I can let go of everything to love and accept everything. If I really meet someone like that, I might be crazier than anyone else."
Nangong Xue held Ruyun's hand. Ruyun looked at Nangong Xue with a smile, then gently touched the tip of Nangong's nose with her other hand and said, "I hope you can meet someone you love without hesitation."
Nangong Xue smiled faintly and looked at Li Yi and Shi Yu. Liu Ruyun immediately said, "This boy is no good! You must not fall in love with him. This boy is too playboy! If you fall in love with him, you will have no good results in your life!"
Nangong Xue smiled and said, "How could I fall in love with him? I just like his talent."
Liu Ruyun nodded and said, "That's great. In terms of talent, he is indeed unparalleled in the world, but in other aspects, he is far behind!"
Nangong Xue murmured, "Aunt Yun, why are you willing to let Li Yi have Sister Bailing?"
Liu Ruyun smiled and said, "Bai Ling is such a silly girl. I have advised her long ago that this boy is not easy to deal with, but she is willing to stay by Li Yi's side even if it means being a concubine. I don't understand it either. This is the only way."
Nangong Xue looked at Bai Ling beside Li Yi. She was watching Li Yi and Shi Yu writing together with a smile on her face. She didn't show any dissatisfaction. She looked at Zhao Hanfeng and the same thing happened. Nangong Xue asked, "How could they be willing to share their beloved with others? If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to share even my beloved things with others."
Liu Ruyun picked up the Ruyun Sword and said, "Xue'er, this sword is my favorite. It is not in your hand now."
Nangong Xue took the Ruyun Sword and said, "It is a kind of sustenance, an expression of love, so it is naturally different."
Liu Ruyun shook her head and said, "No, when one love far exceeds another, there will be trade-offs. The reason why the three of them are willing to share their beloved with others is because their love for Li Yi has surpassed their love for themselves, so they gave up themselves and wanted to love that bastard. They are just infatuated women who were deceived by him."