"Where's Lao Huang?" Li Wantong asked towards the empty room. Her voice was not loud, and she didn't know if the girl outside who was happy about Yu Zhi's departure could hear her.
Li Wantong shouted again, feeling a little lonely. He wondered if it was because of his legs that the boy changed his attitude and left in a hurry. She recalled the look in Yu Zhi's eyes again in her mind.
The girl heard the shouting, and so did Lao Huang, who had just returned.
The two of them walked in at the same time and saw Li Wantong sitting calmly. The two people who have been serving Li Wantong all year round know that the current lady is just pretending to be calm.
Lao Huang turned his head and looked outside the house. He met Yu Zhi on his way back. Yu Zhi looked in a hurry and walked very quickly, not even paying attention to his own greetings. It was obvious that he had something hidden in his heart. Lao Huang looked at Li Wantong's hands holding the hem of her skirt again. He has been alone until now, and has experienced half a lifetime of things. He is drunk and dizzy, but his heart is like a mirror.
These two people must have met before. The process is unknown. The final result was unsatisfactory.
"Who is he?" Li Wantong asked. Her thoughts were messy now. She had been this way many times in the past eighteen years, and now it was a different kind of mess for Yu Zhi who left in a hurry.
Lao Huang has wandered around half of Kyoto, and it seems that Yu Zhi's affairs don't require overt investigation or covert investigation. He can simply find a teahouse and tavern, sit casually and hear the conversations at the next table. He spent some more money to inquire from beggars who walked the streets every day. Effortlessly, Yu Zhi's information was comprehensive.
"Yu Zhi...he seems to have done a lot of things in Kyoto." Li Wantong said. What she didn't expect was that Yu Zhi was the initiator of all the interesting things in Kyoto.
Li Wantong felt a little annoyed when he thought that Yu Zhi had not mentioned the shameful reputation of Wenwen Academy just now. At first glance, this is not a good reputation.
"The guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion said that yesterday Yu Zhi and Miss Qiu Ruoruo of the Qiu family asked to see the Prime Minister. They didn't know what they talked about, and then Yu Zhi was beaten and kicked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Old Huang added.
The girl was unhappy to see Yu Zhi getting close to the young lady. At this time, the girl echoed: "Miss, that guy was taught a lesson by the prime minister, so he is definitely not a good person. We still don't want to be deceived by him, and don't associate with him."
Old Huang thought about it carefully and then said: "When we picked him up that night, he was bruised and bruised. It is said that the ladies of the Qiu family went to war over this and ran to Prince Zhao's Mansion every day. After thinking about it, Old Huang, I feel that this boy's identity There are still many doubts. He is involved in many connections in Kyoto, and he is not just a student who simply came down from the academy."
There was snow all over the sky outside, and there was silence inside the house for a long time.
"Old Huang, please find another place to stay."
...
Yu Zhi walked in a hurry, and his heart became even more anxious. He walked towards Kyoto regardless of the flying snow. He seemed to have forgotten the path in which he had spent the previous night.
Yu Zhi was only half full from the vegetable and white rice at noon, and felt tired halfway through the journey. Fortunately, there were many carriages and horses heading to Kyoto during the day. He spent some money to catch a ride, feeling in his heart that he could travel all over the world with money. The ancients would not deceive me.
Along the way, he was also thinking about how to deal with the old fox in Li Mansion and end the good things that turned into bad things as soon as possible.
Speaking of Li Mansion, Yu Zhi suddenly thought of why Lao Huang appeared in Li Mansion. Could it be that the young lady had anything to do with Li Mansion? If such a good relationship is really good, it can't be ruined. We won't be able to become in-laws by then.
With his thoughts racing, Yu Zhi had forgotten that he refused to go down the mountain. He only remembered that he spent the afternoon chatting with Li Wantong, but forgot to ask the other person's name.
Once you enter the mortal world, it is as deep as the sea.
At the gate of Xicheng, Wang Dafu has been waiting. Yesterday evening, he went to Qiu Mansion to tell Qiu Ruoruo about Yu Zhi's message, thinking that it would be right to have more contact with his boss's family. His salary has not changed for several years, and there are still many things to take care of when there is a baby in the family. Wang Dafu must seize this opportunity.
However, things did not develop as Wang Dafu expected. Miss Ruoruo, who was usually gentle and lovely, became uncharacteristically unreasonable.
"Go and find him for me. If you can't find him, you can just guard the west gate for the rest of your life."
Wang Dafu wanted to cry but had no tears. Who had provoked him to make things difficult for him like this? Qiu Ruoruo "invited" him out of the door without giving him a chance to defend himself.
A middle-aged man returned to his post, and there was another person waiting for him at the west city gate.
After a sleepless night, Wang Dafu's eyes were as wide as bells, and he was more serious than usual on duty. His eyes scanned the passers-by, but he couldn't find a figure as unique as Yu Zhi's.
"Sir, what are you..." The soldiers under his command saw that Wang Dafu was always not cautious.
Wang Dafu was in a bad mood and had a bad temper. With the strength of level 4 armor-breaking, there would be no problem even if he didn't rest for a day and a night, but he was very anxious.
If Yu Zhi had not come back, he might have to live with countless stone bricks on the city gate for the rest of his life. The important events in life are nothing to play with.
"Go away, mind your own business and don't bother me." Wang Dafu said impatiently. He didn't know where Yu Zhi had gone out of the city, so he had to imitate Yu Zhi's behavior yesterday and sit back and wait, hoping in his heart that Yu Zhi would come back soon.
In the evening, seeing the sunset, the city gate was about to close. Wang Dafu sighed, worried that something had happened to Yu Zhi.
At the last moment when he knew that the city gate was tightly closed, a voice that made Wang Dafu excited came from outside the closed city gate. He commanded the city gate to be opened again, and Yu Zhi's figure was clearly visible outside the city gate.
Everyone knew that Wang Dafu was waiting for this young man, but they didn't know why Wang Dafu was holding the young man with snot and tears.
After listening to Wang Dafu's story, Yu Zhi smiled and scolded: "She is too arrogant. How can she threaten innocent people like this?"
Wang Dafu's eyes were filled with tears, but he didn't dare to say a bad word about Qiu Ruoruo. Hearing Yu Zhi's scolding, he even tried to dissuade her: "Young lady, of course, has her own reasons. Since you're back, Master Yu, you'd better go back to Qiu Mansion to tell the young lady that she's safe, so that I can go home and rest."
Seeing that a middle-aged man like Wang Dafu was so aggrieved, Yu Zhi felt a little apologetic in his heart and responded with all his words.
After Yu Zhi left, Wang Dafu looked back at the towering city wall and murmured: "Finally escaped."
...
After returning to Qiu Mansion, Yu Zhi went straight to the east courtyard, just as Qiu Jinfeng was having dinner. Yu Zhi was not polite and asked Qiu An to add a bowl of rice to himself and sat down casually.
Qiu Jinfeng's meals are very light. One night, I had clear soup, a plate of green vegetables, a bowl of tofu mixed with green onions, and a bowl of white rice. That's all the food.
Yu Zhi took a look and didn't dislike it. He didn't eat much at noon, and because he had rushed back to Kyoto from the mountains, he was already as hungry as a refugee fleeing famine in the west. Although they are not that embarrassed, they are still close to each other.
The clear soup is very light, the vegetables are very light, and the only thing with some flavor is the bowl of tofu mixed with green onions. What Yu Zhi ate the most was the bowl of tofu. However, all these dishes were prepared for Qiu Jinfeng alone, and they were only enough for him.
Seeing Yu Zhi devouring his food, Qiu An immediately asked someone to prepare some more side dishes.
Qiu Jinfeng usually eats very slowly, chewing every bite carefully. Seeing Yu Zhi's appearance, he put down his chopsticks first and watched Yu Zhi eat.
"Try to bring as many people with you as possible when you go out of the city in the future. If you die outside, only your aunt will collect the body for you."
Yu Zhi raised his head and looked at Qiu Jinfeng. I was thinking why this incident alarmed the old man. Could it be that Ruoruo is here to make trouble again? However, on second thought, the Qiu family was in charge of the Five Cities Military and Horse Department, and all the soldiers patrolling the city were the Qiu family's spies. Qiu Jinfeng knew this was normal.
"You are too worried. The people behind the scenes will not wait until now if they want to kill me. At most, they will teach me a lesson, just like that night in Prince Zhao's Mansion." Yu Zhihun said nonchalantly, "I miss you and my aunt They have always said that I am in danger and must be protected. But it seems that since that night in Prince Zhao’s Mansion, there has been no movement from the other party.”
Qiu Jinfeng knew many old things, but he just refused to tell Yu Zhi. He owed that person a favor, and he had never liked owing favors. "You only have one life. If you die, you will die. No matter who avenges you, you will die."
"Hey!" Yu Zhi smiled suddenly. He nodded, then shook his head thinking it was nonsense.
"Then you tell me the details of the other party, and I will lead my men to kill them all. Once and for all, you can sit back and relax."
"Hey." This was Qiu Jinfeng's laughter, because he heard Yu Zhi's childish words. Because he knew the other party's background, he was so cautious, urging Yu Zhi everywhere, and also told Qiu Yu to take good care of Yu Zhi.
"Young man, the ignorant are fearless." Qiu Jinfeng said.
Yu Zhi took a bite of rice from a piece of green vegetable and muttered: "Don't bully young people into poverty."
The words were originally very heroic, but Yu Zhi's words did not come out with that kind of heroic momentum. When people heard them, they just thought they were a joke.
boom.
Yu Zhi gently put down the bowl and chopsticks. There was no edible food on the table except for the untouched bowl of rice in front of Qiu Jinfeng. Three dishes, no more and no less, just enough for one person.
"I'm afraid of death. Now I'm even more afraid because of some people." Li Wantong's face appeared in Yu Zhi's mind. He was attracted to this quiet woman and he was afraid of losing her.
"There is no peace in Kyoto now, so I also want to take this opportunity to establish myself in Kyoto." Yu Zhi said, "So, many times I need to rely on your power and the power of the Qiu family."
The old man and the young man looked at each other. Qiu Jinfeng seemed to think that there was something different about Yu Zhi. He was good at reading people and couldn't tell what the difference was this time.
"I said last time that the Qiu family is your backer. Whether it's Ruoruo or Qiu Yu, if they can do anything, go to them. If they can't, go to me!"
At this moment, the old man's thin body seemed to contain infinite power.
