"Boy, I remember I reminded you this morning to stay away from the affairs of my uncle's house. Did you forget it so quickly?"
The goatee man twirled his sparse goatee, his triangular eyes slightly narrowed, and two cold lights shot out from the slits in his eyes.
Zhang Xiaozu's eyes fell on the badge on the chest of the goatee man, and he nodded: "Remember, my memory has always been very good."
"Oh, then you are really brave."
"I've never been timid. If I tell you, I'll scare you to death." Zhang Xiaozu said with a smile.
"Really?" The goatee man hummed two words from his nostrils, with a fierce look on his face.
As if they had received the signal, seven or eight strong men came up with a roar, surrounding Zhang Xiaopeng in the middle.
The man with the goatee made a gesture to the strong men, telling them not to do anything yet. Then he looked at Zhang Xiaopou and asked, "Do you know them?"
"I don't know." Zhang Xiaozu replied.
"Is that just a simple dog meddling in other people's business?"
"It should be 'acting chivalrously and doing justice', or 'rescuing the poor and helping those in danger'. If you have time, read more books and improve your cultural literacy." Zhang Xiaozhu corrected.
"——" The corner of the goatee man's mouth twitched. After so many years of wandering around, this was the first time he met someone who made him improve his cultural quality.
He raised his hand and rubbed his sore eyebrows, and decided to have a little fun with this boy who thought he was well-educated.
He stretched his brows, and the gloom on his face was wiped away. He grinned at Zhang Xiaopou and asked, "May I ask what your hero wants? Are you determined to act chivalrously and protect this family of three to the end?"
"When I left this morning, I forgot to pick up something. I'm coming back to pick it up now." Zhang Xiaozhu said.
"Is this it?" The goatee man shook the IOU in his hand.
"Yes." Zhang Xiaozu nodded.
"Here." Contrary to Zhang Xiaozu's expectation, the man with the goatee gave the IOU to Zhang Xiaozu very happily.
Zhang Xiaozu took the IOU and looked at it.
Um.
good.
I have learned a lot of words in school these days, and I generally understand them.
He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, feeling a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
"Cough—" He coughed quickly, wiped away the smile at the corner of his mouth, and warned himself to keep working hard and not be proud.
Then he took the IOU and brought it to the man who was beaten with bruises on his nose and face, and bleeding from his mouth and nose, and asked: "Is this the IOU you set up?"
The man struggled to open his bruised eyes. After confirming again and again, he nodded excitedly and choked with sobs: "Yes, it's mine!"
Brush brush brush——
Zhang Xiaozu tore the IOU into pieces, raised it in the air, and said to the man: "As the head of a family, you must have the most basic responsibilities and responsibilities. It's a pity that you didn't do it. You should take care of yourself from now on."
He didn't want to explore the reasons why men borrowed money. He only knew that a man who could use his relatives as collateral to borrow money was not a man. Even if he was cut to pieces, he was not worthy of sympathy.
"Woo-wu, I was wrong, I was wrong. Never again, never again." The man burst into tears, sobbing bitterly.
Then he knelt down with a plop, kowtowed several times to Zhang Xiaopeng, and said gratefully: "My benefactor is so kind and virtuous. I, Zhao Laosi, will remember it forever. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will repay you. Please tell me your surname." Daimyo.”
The woman snatched her daughter from the man with the goatee and rushed over to kowtow to thank Zhang Xiaozu, calling Zhang Xiaozu a living Bodhisattva who saved the suffering.
Zhang Xiaozu glanced at the man with the goatee.
The goateeed man had a harmless animal smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.
This smile made Zhang Xiaozu very uncomfortable. He frowned and said to the man with the goatee: "Come to me if you have the ability. Don't embarrass their family of three anymore."
"Yes." The goatee man nodded and smiled. Zhang Xiaozu relaxed his brows and smiled.
He was afraid that the man with the goatee would catch the family of three and continue to bully them after he left, so he felt relieved when he heard the man with the goatee say that he would turn his gun on him.
"Goodbye!" Zhang Xiaozu said these two words, turned around and squeezed out of the crowd to leave.
The man with the goatee winked at a strong man, who immediately understood and followed Zhang Xiaopeng in the direction he left.
"Sir, this boy doesn't seem to be a good person. Do you want to check his background first?" A strong man leaned close to the goatee man and asked softly.
"Haha." The man with the goatee stroked his beard and smiled, and said with a disdainful expression: "If he wasn't a good person, how could he just leave like this? He was just pretending to be fat, insisting on meddling in other people's business, and trying to show off his power in front of others. .Haven’t you heard that two brothers from Zhou Jianlai went on a killing spree in the barren mountains outside Nancheng? It is said that the blood dyed the water of the Anchun River red, and several even half-step powerful men died. That’s not what they call it. Good stubble.”
As he spoke, he looked at the three members of Zhao Laosi's family who were supporting each other and limping away. A cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he murmured to himself: "I'm going to die instead of living, you bitch." !”
His eyes fell on the thin waist of the Zhao girl. He raised his right hand and put it in front of his nose and took a deep breath. He sighed in his heart: "This little girl from the Zhao family is really fragrant. Just grabbing a handful left a lingering fragrance in my hand. And It's been a long time. No wonder the young master of the Fang family is willing to pay such a high price."
…
"Is Uncle Guo a good person?" Zhang Xiaozhu asked Ye Mingyue.
"Not bad." Ye Mingyue nodded and said: "Zhai is kind-hearted and willing to do good. He is one of the few good people in the imperial capital. But there are many people in the house, so it is inevitable that there will be servants with evil intentions who pretend to be powerful and do some things. Bullying the weak is a bad thing.”
"According to me, it's unnecessary for you to meddle in other people's affairs." Niu Dawa curled her lips.
"It is natural to repay debts. If you are able to borrow, you must be able to repay. If you borrow and fail to repay, what is the same as robbing? Furthermore, if you borrow seventy-five taels, you will only get five taels of interest in three years. Uncle Guo All benevolence and righteousness have been exhausted.”
"In my opinion, the more kind-hearted people are, the more they must take up arms to protect their own interests, and it is best to be ruthless in their methods, so that they can suppress those villains with evil intentions who want to take advantage of them."
"Otherwise, if this person borrows seventy-five taels, and that person borrows eighty-five taels, and everyone who is short of money comes to borrow it, but when the day comes to pay back the money, all of them refuse to pay it back, then the uncle of the country is sitting on a golden mountain. The silver mountain will also have to be emptied, and in the end, you will be begging for food on the streets with a broken bowl."
"Uncle, please come on. I haven't eaten in a few days. Please give me some reward money."
"Uncle, my mother is starving to death——"
"uncle--"
Niu Dawa was chattering endlessly when suddenly several beggars with broken bowls rushed towards him, begging for reward money.
There is a rather grand inn on the street, so there are many beggars squatting at the door.
Danglang——Danglang——
Niu Dawa took out a handful of copper coins from his arms and dropped a penny into each beggar's broken bowl.
"Thank you for the reward, uncle!"
"Thank you, uncle!"
The beggars immediately dispersed happily.
"No matter what, you shouldn't use the IOU to ask for debt a second time after getting the money." Zhang Xiaozu turned his head and looked behind him, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"Do you need me to take action?" Niu Dawa asked.
Zhang Xiaozu shook his head and said: "Wait a minute, I want to know what tricks they can play."
"It's quite a joke." Niu Dawa said with a smile.
There was a tail following behind them. They had already noticed it, but they just pretended not to know.
Ye Mingyue said: "Uncle Guo is quite favored by His Majesty. You two are just having fun, but you must have a sense of restraint in your heart and don't make things too big. Ah - I'm so tired, go to your room and go to sleep. ." As she was talking, she suddenly felt sleepy, yawned heavily, and then walked towards the door of the inn.
She was indeed tired.
Originally, the poison was cured and I regained my life. My body and mind, which had been suppressed for a long time, were suddenly relieved. It was time for me to bury my head in peace and take a deep sleep.
But Zhang Xiaozu made her uneasy.
So he didn't sleep well. Not only did he follow Zhang Xiaopou for a whole day, he also tried his best to fight with the black robe guest.
So the body is really tired.
At this moment, sleepiness came over me, and I just wished I could fall asleep with a soft pillow in my arms right away.
Zhang Xiaozu was stunned for a moment. He thought Ye Mingyue was going to take them to her private house, but he didn't expect that they were going to stay in an inn.
Then he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that staying in an inn was much safer than staying in Ye Mingyue's private house.
But she didn't know that not everyone was eligible to go to Ye Mingyue's private house, at least she didn't want to bring Niu Dawa and Zhou Jian there.
It was her private residence and she didn't like to share it with others. Zhang Xiaozu was just an accident.
"Beauty, we have important matters to discuss, why don't we talk while we sleep?" Niu Dawa chased after Zhou Jianlai on his back.
…
royal palace.
A young eunuch rushed into the imperial study room to report: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the fourth—fourth highness is here!"
Su Hanlin was sitting by the window, squinting his eyes and enjoying the afterglow of the setting sun.
Hearing the warning from the young eunuch, he didn't even open his eyes and snorted coldly: "You've only been hungry for seven days and you can't hold on anymore? How dare you run out of the Dongqing Palace against the order? Do you think I can't bear to send him to the frontier?"
"No, no, it's the Fourth Princess who is here." The little eunuch hurriedly explained.
"Ah?" Su Hanlin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, asking: "What did you say? Say it again."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I said that the Fourth Princess is here." The little eunuch replied.
"Did you come here with a knife to scare you so much?" Su Hanlin asked with a frown.
"no."
"Carrying a sword?" Su Hanlin asked again.
"Back to Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess didn't mention anything and came empty-handed." the young eunuch reported.
"Bastard! I didn't even mention the knife or the sword, so why are you so panicked?" Su Hanlin said angrily.
"I'm not panicking. I'm happy for Your Majesty. I'm congratulating Your Majesty. I'm so excited that I can't help myself." The young eunuch replied.
"I'm so excited!" Su Hanlin cursed angrily, "I haven't come to visit me for four years, and finally I came here for the first time, and I came empty-handed. Didn't you know that you need to bring gifts when visiting your elders?"
But the smile that could not be hidden in the corners of his eyes betrayed his true thoughts.
"Ahem -" He coughed lightly, slowly sat back on the chair, closed his eyes again, and said: "Don't stop her, don't say anything, just pretend nothing happened, do you understand?"
"My slave understands." The young eunuch accepted the order and retreated.
After the young eunuch left, Su Hanlin couldn't help but smile and murmured to himself: "It has been four years, are you finally willing to bow your head and submit?"
Su Jin walked on the flat and smooth blue brick avenue, looking at the scenic buildings on both sides of the road, feeling familiar yet unfamiliar.
She hasn't been to the palace for four years.
"What should we do?"
"Stare at him."
"ah?"
"Stare at him with your eyes, don't say anything, just stare at him blankly. As long as you are not embarrassed, he will be the one who is embarrassed."
Su Jin recalled the question she asked Zhang Xiaozu when she met Zhang Xiaozu for the first time. What should she do in the face of an unreasonable emperor?
Zhang Xiaozu gave her an idea, asking her to stare at him until he was embarrassed and guilty.
"I wonder if it will work?" Su Jin couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.
