This was going too far.
Ning Xinhai was the coachman, and as soon as he drove the carriage over, a servant immediately came over to take the reins. He was also a coachman, but he took the initiative to call them 'brother' and asked them for help, but they mocked and ridiculed him. What kind of logic was this?
Thinking of the outside world calling his sister Li Shinian 'the daughter of a servant', and linking this matter together, Li Muyang was even more furious.
He was not afraid of being bullied, he was used to being bullied anyway. What he was afraid of was that Li Shinian would be despised and insulted.
Ning Xinhai was watching from the side. Li Muyang did not want to stir up trouble.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he looked at them and said, "We are also guests invited to participate in the Still water dew gathering, why can't I?"
A group of servants in blue robes came over, led by a horse-faced man, who coldly swept a glance at Li Muyang and said: "Don't you know who you are? Steward Ning is the steward of the Cui family, and is the driver of the Cui family's Miss Xiaoxin. Miss Cui is a frequent visitor here, and Steward Ning is also an acquaintance of ours. What about you? Who are you? Who is your family's young miss? Why have I never heard of you before? Is this your first time here? "
"Our Miss is Li Shinian of the Li family." Li Muyang said with a straight face. "Miss Shinian is a guest that Third young master Song personally invited to participate in the gathering, how can you people look down on her?"
"Li family?" The horse-faced man and his companions exchanged a glance, and then the group burst into laughter. "What a joke. Li family? Which Li family? Is there a Li family in Tiandu? Why have I never heard of it? "
"Brother Ma, there really is a Li family in Tiandu. Isn't assistant minister Li of the Ministry of Revenue from the Li family? But the young master of their family did not have the opportunity to participate in our Still water dew gathering, right? "A big man said with a smile.
"Of course. I've never seen the one from the Li family come here. Those who are able to attend our Still Water Dew Gathering are all extremely powerful people … "The horse-faced man grinned coldly. "We know about Miss Shinian, since Master personally sent an invitation, we naturally dare not neglect it. But you … "
The horse-faced man swept his eyes over Li Muyang's face and body. He chuckled and said, "Who the hell are you? You're just a coachman, how dare you ask us brothers to lead the horses for you? What's going on? Do you think you're better than us brothers? "
"That's not what I meant …"
"Then what do you mean? Your master is going to participate in the assembly, and you, a coachman, want to follow him in? Why don't you take a look at yourself first? Guard the carriage yourself. If the horse runs away and the carriage gets lost, we brothers won't be responsible. "
"You …"
"What about me? Are you not convinced? "The horse-faced man raised his head and said," If you're not convinced, then hit me. "
Pa!
Li Muyang punched him in the face.
The horse-faced man's horse face suffered a solid blow, leaving a purplish-red palm print on his face.
The horse-faced man covered his cheek, unable to react for a moment.
Was he really hitting him?
The others were all dumbfounded. A coachman dared to hit them?
It should be said that they were all odd-job workers of the Song family. The Prime Minister's doorstep was a third-grade official, which of the coachmen of the other families that came to the assembly was not polite to them?
The acute pain finally made the horse-faced man recover a trace of consciousness.
He stared at Li Muyang and said in a fierce voice, "You dare hit people? Brothers, let's get this over with. "
As he spoke, a group of odd-job workers surrounded Li Muyang in the middle, ready to make a move.
"Stop." A delicate voice shouted.
Li Shinian and Cui Xiaoxin, who got off the carriage at the entrance of the small building, walked towards the horse field. The person who shouted to stop was Li Shinian, who was holding Cui Xiaoxin's arm.
Li Shinian frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"He hit someone." The odd-job workers all knew Cui Xiaoxin, but they did not know Li Shinian. However, since she came with Cui Xiaoxin, it was naturally the young lady of the Li family. They had nothing to be afraid of for this young lady. She was the daughter of a servant, who would put her in their eyes?
"He asked me to hit him." Li Muyang pointed to the horse-faced man and said aloud.
"How is that possible?" The horse-faced man was furious and said, "What idiot would ask someone to hit him?"
"You're that idiot." Li Muyang said. He saw the contempt these people had for Li Shinian, which made him feel worse than slapping him in the face in public. He secretly vowed to himself that he must work hard and become a strong cultivator of the Starry Sky as soon as possible. He would never let his sister be so neglected and insulted again.
Cui Xiaoxin looked at Ning Xinhai and asked, "Uncle Ning, is what Li Mu said true?"
"That's right." Ning Xinhai nodded. "They insulted Li Mu and said that if Li Mu is not convinced, he can hit him — — I think Li Mu is not convinced."
At the critical moment, the Heart Buddha, who had been standing on the sidelines and watching coldly, chose to help Li Muyang. In other words, he knew in his heart that his young mistress wanted him to give such an affirmative answer.
Pa!
Cui Xiaoxin slapped the horse-faced man's face.
"He's my savior. Is he someone you can insult? Insulting him is equivalent to insulting me. I want to ask Third Brother if this is how he treats his guests — — "Cui Xiaoxin said with a cold face.
"Miss Xiaoxin — —" The horse-faced man was shocked, plopped down on his knees, and said with a sad face, "Miss Xiaoxin, we didn't scold him, it's just that this kid — — it's just that this person is extremely rude, ordering us around. He is a cart driver, but he wants us to look after the carriage for him — — so us brothers were not in a good mood and quarreled with him."
When the other odd-job workers saw that Cui Xiaoxin was angry, they also knelt down. They couldn't understand, he was just a cart driver, why would the two young ladies work so hard to stand up for him?
"This is naturally not how I treat my guests." A clear voice came over.
Song Tao, who was wearing a light silver gown, came over with a smile, and said, "I was talking with Meng Jiang and the others, I was late in greeting you, but these dogs of slaves angered the two beautiful ladies — —"
Song Tao didn't even look at the odd-job workers who were kneeling on the ground, and said, "Drag them out and beat them 20 times."
Immediately, a few black-clothed troops rushed out and dragged these odd-job workers far away.
Those odd-job workers were terrified, but they didn't dare to make a sound, let alone beg for mercy.
They thought, this is how a master treats his slaves — — those two ladies are too kind, aren't they?
Song Tao apologized to Cui Xiaoxin and Li Shinian, and said, "Don't lower yourself to the level of these dogs of slaves. They are just snobs, and after being flattered too much, they don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. "
Then he nodded to Ning Xinhai, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Steward Ning, for personally escorting Xiaoxin here."
"It's my duty." Ning Xinfo cupped his hands and said.
Song Tao's line of sight then shifted to Li Muyang, and said, "You didn't suffer a loss, did you?"
"No." Li Muyang said.
"That's good." Song Tao said with a smile. "I guess you are not a person who is willing to suffer a loss."
Li Muyang looked puzzledly at Song Tao, but Song Tao had already looked at Cui Xiaoxin and Li Shinian, and invited the two girls into the building, and said with a smile, "Today is a gathering of heroes, we will definitely be able to distinguish some insights that are beneficial to the country and the people."
Cui Xiaoxin knew that Li Shinian did not understand the rules of the Still Water Dew Gathering, and asked aloud, "Third brother, what is the theme of today's gathering?"
"Free entertainment, no theme." Song Tao said with a smile. He knew that Cui Xiaoxin was asking on behalf of Li Shinian, so he explained to Li Shinian, "Miss Shinian is attending the Still Water Dew Gathering for the first time, so she may not understand the rules of the gathering. In fact, it is a small gathering between friends. You can recite poems, paint, play chess, or talk about national affairs … You can do whatever you want, and there are no restrictions. "
"Thank you, Third Young Master." Li Shinian thanked Song Tao.
"Xiaoxin calls me Third Brother. You are a good friend of Xiaoxin, so you should not feel bad calling me Third Brother, right?" Song Tao asked with a smile.
Li Shinian had no choice but to call out, "Third Brother."
"Hahaha, I have another little sister. It is a wonderful thing in life to have three of the Four Bright Moons of the Kingdom who call me brother and sister. "Song Tao laughed.
Someone poked his head out from the balcony, and asked with a smile, "What good news does Third Young Master have?"
"Another little sister," Song Tao answered readily.
"It is indeed a big matter, so we should drink."
"Come."
Song Tao led Li Shinian and Cui Xiaoxin into the wooden building. When Li Muyang wanted to follow in, he was stopped by Ning Xinhai.
"Are you going in to compose poetry or paint?"
Li Muyang also thought that he was just a cart driver, if his poems and paintings were better than those young masters and young ladies, wouldn't that be slapping their faces in public?
It was not good to be too high-profile.
So, Li Muyang followed Ning Xinhai to a side hall. That was the place where the heads of guards or stewards brought by the young masters and young ladies were resting and waiting.
When the people in the room saw Ning Xinhai coming, they all greeted Ning Xinhai. But the unfamiliar face of Li Muyang, who was wearing a servant's attire, did not receive much attention.
As Li Shinian and Cui Xiaoxin entered the small building, a young man carrying a jug of wine came over and shouted, "Third Young Master, drink — —"
When he saw Li Shinian's face clearly, he could not help but be taken aback for a moment before he said angrily, "Why is the daughter of this servant girl here?"
"Cui Yu, this is Miss Shinian, my distinguished guest." Song Tao scolded.
"But Third Young Master, he is the enemy of our Cui family, his brother Li Muyang killed my brother Cui Zhaoren — —" The young man glared at Li Shinian with a murderous look.
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