Qiu Ruoruo walked past Bai Yu, looked at Bai Yu and Wang Shi, and then walked to Yu Zhi's side.
"Brother Xiaoyu, are you okay?"
Yu Zhi smiled. He was not seriously injured. It was his miserable appearance that made Qiu Ruoruo misunderstand him. "It's okay. How could I be bullied by others?"
Yu Zhi raised his hand to touch Qiu Ruoruo's head. Thinking that his hand was covered with mud, he stopped in mid-air and slowly put it down.
Qiu Ruoruo turned her head to look at the guy who was about to put shackles on Yu Zhi, her brows filled with anger. "Is this how the agents of Shuntian Prefecture do things? No wonder there are rumors in the streets of Kyoto Prefecture that the reputation of Kyoto Prefecture is like the mud in the ditch."
Qiu Ruoruo ignored the mud on Yu Zhi's hands, reached out and took Yu Zhi's hand, pulling him to leave.
"Qiu Ruoruo, this is between me and Yu Zhi, what does it have to do with your Qiu Mansion?" Bai Li was unwilling to let Yu Zhi go. Today he had to keep Yu Zhi's legs.
Qiu Ruoruo still pulled Yu Zhi away, not caring about Bai Li's voice. The child's curses had no effect on the deafening vitriol on the empty street. At most, it just makes the ears uncomfortable.
"Bitch." Bai Li cursed softly and sharply.
Bai Yu suddenly turned his head and looked at his brother, frowning. It was inappropriate to say these two words in this place after all. Even if he wanted to cut off Yu Zhi's legs just now, Bai Yu didn't stop him because he felt that Yu Zhi's identity was not enough for him to care about.
What about Qiu Ruoruo?
What about Qiu Ruoruo, a girl who has made her mark in the court when she was only fifteen or sixteen years old? She has the Qiu family to rely on, and everyone in Kyoto wants to be her son-in-law?
The Bai family is engaged in business, economics and politics. Now Bai Wanqian of the Bai family is a high official in the dynasty as the Minister of Household Affairs and is already a very popular minister.
Unfortunately, the rich and powerful Bai family still cannot compare with the Qiu family.
Bai Yu has always been respectful to Qiu Ruoruo. He knows that if he has the slightest intention, he will become a victim of the marriage between his family and the Qiu family. He is also an ambitious person. He doesn't like Qiu Ruoruo, and he doesn't want anyone to interfere with his life-long affairs.
Bai Yu looked at Qiu Ruoruo and Yu Zhi's unstoppable figures, wondering whether Qiu Ruoruo didn't hear or Qiu Ruoruo didn't care. Bai Yu thinks the first option is more likely.
"Didn't you hear?" Yu Zhi suddenly stopped and asked Qiu Ruoruo with a smile.
Qiu Ruoruo's figure also stopped as Yu Zhi stopped. She turned back, looked at Yu Zhi and said calmly: "Of course I heard it. A child... why bother with him?" Qiu Ruoruo felt in her heart that she should take Yu Zhi back to Qiu Mansion to carefully check the injury. as well.
Yu Zhi turned to look at Bai Li, who felt inexplicably whether he had said the wrong thing.
He frowned and looked at Bai Yu and Wang Shi again. "Indeed, there is nothing to argue with a child."
Saying this, Yu Zhi's tone seemed to mean he wanted to figure it out. A man and a woman said these words as if no one else was watching.
"Qing Huan is not here today, so I can't beat you. When Qing Huan comes back, I will come to settle accounts with your Bai family." Yu Zhi said to Bai Yu. He is very calm and realistic. Nowadays, when you can't fight and you will always suffer a loss, you can pull the tiger skin of the imperial court and retreat calmly.
Yu Zhi's words, which were clearly cowardly, had no sense of disobedience, and even made people think that a gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years.
This young man is so brave after his shame!
The people watching the excitement came to such a conclusion out of thin air.
"I'm waiting for Ye Qinghuan."
Hearing Ye Qinghuan's name, Bai Yu instantly ignited a fierce fighting spirit, and the sword that Ye Qinghuan used at that time appeared in his mind. For the past three years, Ye Qinghuan has been regarded as his lifelong enemy. His defeat by that sword was both a shame and an honor. If Bai Yu can't take it on his own, then he is confident that no one among his peers can take it.
Bai Yu said she was waiting for Ye Qinghuan, not Yu Zhi. He still didn't take Yu Zhi seriously. In fact, he had been waiting for Ye Qinghuan for three years. Wait for the disappeared Ye Qinghuan to return to Kyoto, and then fight again, using the sword in his hand to cut off the sword from three years ago.
...
In the small courtyard to the east of Qiu Mansion, Yu Zhi and Qiu Jinfeng sat together early in the morning. On the table were four bowls of millet porridge and a plate of pickled mustard. This time, Yu Zhi and Qiu Jinfeng were not the only ones. On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Qiu Ruoruo and Qiu Yu were having breakfast with Qiu Jinfeng.
The three generations of the Qiu family are all in high spirits. Qiu Ruoruo's brows are a little tired, but it is not obvious. She sips the porridge in small sips, occasionally picking up a piece of mustard. Yu Zhi, on the other hand, yawned loudly, reluctantly opened his eyelids, looked at the fubai on the horizon, and then closed his eyes again.
He never thought that Qiu An woke him up early in the morning for a bowl of millet porridge? He didn't want to eat bland porridge with Qiu Jinfeng who went to bed late and got up early every day.
Cough cough cough!
Qiu Ruoruo coughed a few times and kicked Yu Zhi again with her foot under the table. Only then did Yu Zhi wake up from the pain.
Yu Zhi wiped the irritation at the corner of his mouth, feeling suffocated in his heart, and said: "You called me so early just because of this bowl of millet porridge?" Yu Zhi felt that this was wrong, and added: "I can do it at noon I will accompany you, stay with you at night, and stay with you in the middle of the night. But why is it in the morning? We young people are growing up and can't get up early, and just drinking millet porridge is too nutritious. Look at this girl Ruoruo's growth Defects are always your responsibility.”
"What are you talking about!" Qiu Ruoruo blushed when she saw Yu Zhi pointing at her chest. Indeed, my chest is not spectacular, even if it is average, it is a little worse. But how could this guy joke about this?
Qiu Yu spit out a mouthful of porridge and stood up as if he had beaten Yu Zhi. He still looked at his daughter subconsciously. Well, I have an outstanding appearance and a beautiful figure, but...it's a little bit worse...
"Boy, you still dislike my daughter. Ruoruo is indeed inferior...it's not your turn to dislike her! People who want to marry her are lined up from the east city gate to the west city gate!" Qiu Yu retorted, this The retort made Qiu Ruoruo's little face turn red and blue.
Qiu Ruoruo looked at the smiling Qiu Jinfeng and turned to him to stop one person from arguing with the other person for being disrespectful.
"Last night, you met Bai Yu and Bai Li. Bai Li regards you as his enemy. What do you think?" Qiu Jinfeng said unhurriedly, and all the big and small things in Kyoto would reach his ears in time. He immediately had an idea, and now he wanted to hear Yu Zhi's idea.
Planning a strategy and winning a thousand miles refers to this kind of artistic conception.
Returning to the topic, Yu Zhi sobered up a lot. He picked up his chopsticks and took a sip of millet porridge before saying: "The soldiers are coming to block the water and cover it up with the soil. I'm not worried about Bai Li. Compared with Bai Li, Bai Yu is more troublesome."
"Oh?" Qiu Jinfeng followed suit, waiting for Yu Zhi to continue.
Yu Zhi had no choice but to say nothing. "Bai Yu knows how to be patient. At least last night, he never showed any hatred for me, and he would never threaten to cut off my legs like Bai Li did. Barking dogs don't bite, and silent snakes are scary. . Once Bai Yu has this opportunity, he will not hesitate to follow Bai Li's words and break my legs or kill me."
Yu Zhi didn't take Bai Yu seriously, but it was the weak Bai Li who left a deeper impression on him.
This is a scary and dangerous thing.
I remembered a barking puppy and ignored a lurking poisonous snake.
"Maybe Bai Yu doesn't like me." Yu Zhi guessed with a wry smile.
This was the first time Qiu Yu heard Yu Zhi talk so much. He was stunned for a moment and said, "Bai Yu doesn't like you."
Qiu Yu was right. Bai Yu was the successor trained by the Bai family. He became famous at a young age, his reputation was not inferior to that of Ye Qinghuan, and his family background was excellent. In terms of Dachu officialdom, Bai Yu's future achievements will definitely be much higher than Ye Qinghuan's, because family background accounts for a large part of it.
Ye Qinghuan is alone, homeless, and has no one to help him. He can be recruited in the world, and he can also be recruited by many ministers in the court, but parent-child and adopted son are completely different.
The Ye Qinghuan in Bai Yu's eyes is the Ye Qinghuan who defeated him three years ago. If Ye Qinghuan loses, then Bai Yu will not have this name in his heart.
Yu Zhi's face turned dark. He said that he was mocking himself, while Qiu Yu said that he was mocking. This is the essential difference.
"You have enemies now, and you shouldn't make enemies with those two boys from the Bai family again." Qiu Jinfeng said, "Bai Yu is not bad. He has made some names in the court over the years. So far, Bai Wanqian has not paved the way for Bai. . This child has a neither impatient nor impatient temper. He takes things into consideration and is relaxed and relaxed. He will have a place in the court in the future."
Yu Zhi disagreed and said: "You are just trying to boost other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Am I not as good as Bai Yu? Let Qing Huan come and compete with him next time?"
Qiu Jinfeng smoothed his gray beard, picked up the handkerchief on the table and wiped the rice grains from the corners of his mouth. His vicissitudes of life were so bright and frightening. "Young man Ye is very good. He is the only young man in Dachu who can be nominated for His Majesty's re-opening of the Qingyun Trial Ranking."
Yu Zhi looked proud, as if Qiu Jinfeng's words really praised him.
"But..." Qiu Jinfeng changed the subject, "Ye Xiaozi can't compare to Bai Yu in the court."
Having said this, the other three people couldn't help but agree. Qiu Jinfeng has old eyes, which become more vicious as he gets older. There are only a few young ladies in Kyoto who can get his approval. An evaluation is also to the point.
In the officialdom of the court, three parts are frank and seven parts are smooth. Only such a person can rise step by step in the undercurrent of the court. It is easy for a direct minister to have a quarrel with the monarch, and a slanderous minister will inevitably die sooner or later. Both will end badly.
With Ye Qinghuan's personality, when he entered the court and became an official, he had a long sword at his side, so there was no excuses at all.
Yu Zhi had already imagined Ye Qinghuan standing in the court, looking cold and aloof. Those who stand out will eventually be squeezed out.
"Qing Huan can't enter the court." Yu Zhi said.
Qiu Jinfeng stroked his beard and pondered. "Perhaps in the near future he can become a sharp sword for Da Chu to intimidate the world." Qiu Jinfeng is a veteran of Da Chu. Even when he is idle at home, he is already worried about state affairs.
"The great Chu is promoting martial arts, and sects are becoming more and more common in the world, which will eventually pose a threat to the great Chu court. With Ye Xiaozi's talent in martial arts, he can intimidate all the young men in the world for your majesty in the future."
Yu Zhi shook his head secretly, not agreeing with Qiu Jinfeng's point of view. Ye Qinghuan is indeed not suitable to be an official in the court. He may be like Li Haomiao wandering around the world, punishing evil and promoting good, which is unrestrained and comfortable, but Ye Qinghuan becomes a sharp sword for Da Chu to control the world, which Yu Zhi does not want to see.
"Qing Huan can become the next Li Haomiao." After Yu Zhi finished speaking, he remained silent. The chopsticks in his hand started to move again, picking at the slightly cold millet porridge in the bowl, occasionally picking up a few shreds of mustard mustard.
Qiu Jinfeng and the other three had already finished eating, and were just waiting for Yu Zhi.
Yu Zhi and Qiu Ruoruo left, but Qiu Yu was left behind by Qiu Jinfeng. The father and son sat opposite each other, Qiu Jinfeng said nothing, and Qiu Yu did not dare to speak. This old man has been very strict with me since he was a child, and now it has left a lingering shadow.
"What do you think of this kid?" Qiu Jinfeng gently rubbed his temples and asked a little tiredly.
Qiu Yu frowned, thinking about Yu Zhi's unreasonable things and the shameful reputation of asking. Last time, Qiu Jinfeng asked Qiu Yu to help Yu Zhi, but he was unwilling in his heart, but it was Qiu Jinfeng's order. Fortunately, Yu Zhi never looked for him.
"Dad, I've been watching people for decades. You know this kid better than I do."
Qiu Jinfeng glanced at Qiu Yu, and just this glance made the commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, the big boss in Kyoto, lower his head. Then Qiu Jinfeng sighed again and said: "You have been fond of martial arts since you were a child, so I sent you to learn martial arts. Unfortunately, you have a stupid head. I don't know if you are stupid after learning martial arts, or you are born like this. I ask you questions, and you answer them well. That's it, what else do you need to hide from me? You often come to me and say bad things about Yu Zhi. Why don't you have any objections today? "
Qiu Yu scratched his head. In front of Lao Qiu Jinfeng, he was always the one who was seen through. "Dad, I'm not telling you. I don't know what you think highly of him. Any person in Kyoto is better than Yu Zhi. I'm really worried that Ruoruo will become like Yu Zhi after hanging out with this kid for a long time."
In fact, what Qiu Yu is really worried about is that Yu Zhi kidnapped Qiu Ruoruo. He, Qiu Yuke, only had such a daughter, and it was too late for him to feel sorry for her.
"Didn't you listen to what Yu Zhi said to Bai Yu just now? Don't you see something?" Qiu Jinfeng hinted, his tone was quite anxious.
Qiu Yu was not a fool to be able to take the position of commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. He thought about it carefully and said, "I know this boy is so evil-minded. He slandered Bai Yu in front of us, just when we don't have eyes."
Qiu Jinfeng suddenly coughed violently, and then drove his son, who was neither handsome nor useful, out of the east courtyard.
Yu Zhi's statement is not unreasonable, and to a certain extent it is very consistent with Qiu Jinfeng. But why couldn't his biological son Qiu Yu see it?
"Qiu An, do you think this kid is my biological child?" Qiu Jinfeng asked angrily.
While gently patting Qiu Jinfeng's back, Qiu An replied: "Master is still young." In front of Qiu Jinfeng, Qiu An always called Qiu Yu "Master". He watched Qiu Yu grow up. Just like my own child.
"Don't speak for him. When he made mistakes when he was a child, he would come to you to protect him. Now he is nearly forty years old, but he is still so unimproved." Qiu Jin's attitude was not the same.
Qiu An just smiled when he heard this. "You can't even see Master Xiao Yu clearly. The young master is not as good as you, so how can he see clearly?"
Qiu Jinfeng calmed down, looked at the snow outside the house, and said, "Then do you see clearly?"
"Young Master Xiao Yu doesn't act according to common sense, and he has never been a well-behaved child. If you don't see it clearly, I think Master Li in the academy has been kept in the dark by Young Master Yu."
"Well, I'm just afraid of his unexpected behavior." Qiu Jinfeng's eyes were filled with deep worry.
...
Yu Zhi never expected that the conversation between Qiu Jinfeng and his son behind him would be about him.
He held an embroidery needle in his hand, which he got from the embroidery lady. He thought it was a good thing, so he secretly hid one. He did not tell Qiu Yu about Mr. San's private school. The killers were all licking blood. He must have fled long ago after hearing yesterday's threat. How could he wait for Yu Zhi to come and encircle and suppress him?
When Yu Zhi walked out of the gate of Qiu Mansion, he saw Wang Dafu waiting here early.
Wang Dafu didn't sleep well last night, and the dark circles under his eyes were like those of a panda. At dawn, he came to Qiu Mansion to wait for Yu Zhi. Just one day after returning to Kyoto yesterday, Wang Dafu found that the coachman's job was not easy to do.
Last night, when Wang Dafu saw Yu Zhi bathed in blood, he thought that this was no longer a matter of guarding the city gate, but might be sent to the north to guard the border. After spending the whole night worried, he understood that he must follow Yu Zhi every step of the way no matter what, and even if he died, he would die in front of Yu Zhi.
"Master Xiao Yu." Wang Dafu cried sadly. He was not happy to see Yu Zhi planning to leave the house.
After all, this guy is a master who can cause trouble wherever he goes.
"morning."
"Where are you planning to go today, young master? Why don't you go to Qingshan Lake in Kyoto to enjoy the snow, or pay a visit to the ancient trees in Linquan to seek marriage?" Wang Dafu thought about luring Yu Zhi to places that even the young masters in Kyoto would not go. , so there will always be less trouble.
When Yu Zhi heard this, he was really interested, "Linquan ancient tree? Looking for marriage? Please take me around." Yu Zhi thought to himself that he and Wan Tong had not even touched each other, and they had not even finished the ink, so it was time to Take advantage of the New Year to seek marriage.
Linquan Ancient Tree is very famous in Kyoto, on the other side of Baiweiju Lake. It is said that a clear spring and an ancient tree are very artistic. I don’t know since when, the reputation of this Linquan ancient tree spread in Kyoto. Those who seek marriage are fulfilled one by one. This is the best verification.
As a result, incense is offered to the remote Linquan ancient tree every day, and crazy men and resentful women who come to seek marriage often come one after another.
"Does the young master have someone he likes?" Wang Dafu asked while driving a carriage.
Yu Zhi thought about Li Wantong's appearance and responded: "Of course there is."
"Which girl in Kyoto is so lucky?" Wang Dafu guessed that it was Qiu Ruoruo. Because Qiu Ruoruo really cared too much about Yu Zhi.
"She is not in Kyoto. I will take you to meet her if I have a chance." Yu Zhi was very happy when he talked about things related to Li Wantong.
