(2)
One year has passed since the return from the last Western Expedition.
This is a year of rest between Daqi and the people. The people are stable and the ministries in the DPRK and Central Government are in order. Except for a small episode, nothing special seems to have happened.
It has been more than half a year since Bai Feng came to Jinyang. It was late autumn and the leaves were falling all over the courtyard. He was the only one staying in the empty courtyard. This was his own courtyard.
The courtyard is small, measuring three feet square, with swings, a pavilion, and several ornamental plum trees. It is said that because the owner’s hometown is rich in plums, plum trees were chosen as the main green plants in the courtyard.
Bai Feng ordered all the servants away, and for a moment it seemed as if he was the only one left in this world. In fact, this was indeed the case. The monotonous colors and the solid sky - was there something missing? He felt a lot in his heart.
The autumn wind that had been silent for a long time blew by, but it failed to change the status quo at all, which made people who were looking forward to changes feel embarrassed and boring.
Gradually, I started to get impatient.
"Come here!" Bai Feng shouted, and the two maids then reported.
"You guys, go and show me the swing."
The boy was puzzled: "What are you doing, Master? If you want to play, we can accompany you!"
"If I tell you to go, you should go quickly. Aren't you specially sent by the Queen to take care of me?" Bai Feng squinted his eyes and looked at each other. The maids thought of the master's usual crazy style and immediately gave up and continued to show their kindness. .
A group of experienced maids gathered under Qianqiu. They pushed and fought with each other, trying to create a lively atmosphere.
Bai Feng sat aside and watched quietly, half-smiling but not smiling.
"Brother!" Yu Ke hurried from the door.
"Ake, Qian Ke is finally back!" Bai Feng was ecstatic. The thing he had been waiting for for a long time seemed to have finally arrived: "Where is the letter? Have you got it?"
"Um!"
"Read it to me."
"Okay, I'll try my best..."
Yu Ke opened the envelope in a daze and read a few sentences: "It's a letter from Su Qing and Mr. Su!" When he got to the point where it was difficult to continue, he said: "Brother, I can't even read the rest. "
"Okay, it proves that you have still studied hard during these days." Bai Feng smiled happily: "The following are all secret words, and I can't understand them without a decryption method, hahaha."
After speaking, Bai Feng got up and left to go back to the house to read the letter. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell the maid in front of Qian Qiu, saying: "You should play well with Miss Ke who just came back. Remember, what she said is what I said! "
Yu Ke relaxed and played for a while. Although he knew that the people in front of him had double-minded intentions, he still had fun cautiously for a while.
After a while, Bai Fengta walked out with a face on his face and said, "Ake, come with me to go out and have a drink."
"Yes." Yu Ke's smile immediately turned down, and she asked herself: "Aren't you with your adopted brother? Why, I don't feel happy at all..."
Bai Feng would find a new wine shop every time he came here. He almost visited the entire old street, and all the three religions knew him, but it was still difficult to predict what he wanted to do next.
Today, the store is run by a father and daughter. The old man has white hair and beard, and his eyesight is not good. They often ask their daughter to help when settling accounts.
Bai Feng asked Yu Ke while drinking, "What do you think of that girl?"
"It's very good. Father and daughter depend on each other for life." Yu Ke answered.
"Okay." As if she had made up her mind with a slap on the forehead, Bai Feng walked over and grabbed the store's daughter's hand and stuffed a red invitation card over her.
"My dear, Bai Feng, I hope you can come to my house as a guest before nightfall in three days to participate in this 'feast'." A very ordinary name, nothing special about it, a feast.
The woman panicked and immediately took her hand back and asked: "Master, who are you?"
"Isn't this the Gao family's Bai Feng?" The old man took the invitation from his daughter, bowed to Bai Feng, and begged: "Mr. Bai, you are so kind, please don't embarrass my family. Girl! She hasn’t passed the marriage yet, so she can’t have her reputation ruined like this.”
Bai Feng said: "This matter has nothing to do with you. I just asked for her opinion. If the girl is unwilling to go, I will come here every day. Will your daughter's reputation be even more insecure?"
After hearing this, the old man was so afraid that his legs weakened and he knelt down.
"Father!" Yu Ke went over to take back the invitation angrily. He kept apologizing to the father and daughter in the store, and then asked Bai Feng: "Brother, why did you do this? What you are doing now makes me feel that I was the righteous brother of the past. Brother has completely abandoned me, do you still remember what you were like before?"
"A'ke, you chose this for me." Bai Feng said nonchalantly: "What's more, I didn't abandon you, it was you who didn't want to follow."
Yu Ke was so angry that her eyes were watering. She faced the store owner and her daughter and wanted to explain something. However, after seeing their helpless eyes, Yu Ke suddenly felt that she was just helping the evildoers. Whatever she did would only increase the other party's fear. .
She lowered her head and couldn't bear to face it.
Bai Feng took the opportunity to get the invitation back and invited her again: "Girl, are you willing to be a guest in my humble home?"
"I..." Before the woman could finish her words, there was a bang outside the wine shop, and a man wearing a Dali Temple patrol uniform walked in.
"Who is there to stir up trouble?" It turned out that the roar just now was his roar.
Bai Feng replied: "Isn't this the head catcher of Dali Temple, Yuchi? What a coincidence, we meet again."
"What a coincidence?" Yuchi Zhen slapped the weapon on the table, sat down cross-legged skillfully, and said, "Do you know how many times you have been in the Dali Temple cell these days? Just arresting you personally is enough. Three times, what bad idea are you planning to do this time?"
"I'm just inviting a girl to my humble home."
"Are you doing this again?" Yuchi Zhen went over to grab the invitation and angrily said, "How many decent women have you deceived with this trick?"
Bai Feng said: "According to Your Excellency, it wasn't just women from good families that I deceived?"
"I..." the store owner's daughter suddenly said, "I want to go."
"You're not allowed to go!" Yuchizhen was extremely emotional: "I said you're not allowed to go, so you're not allowed to go!"
Yu Ke stood nearby, feeling strange.
Yuchizhen explained: "This is my sister."
"Oh, it turns out it's your sister? I'm glad to meet you." Bai Feng said with a relaxed and understanding attitude, "I dare to ask your sister's name."
"Yingying, her name is Yingying."
Bai Feng continued: "Since Miss Yingying's brother is worried, you can come with us. At the feast, you may meet people you hate and people you admire. Who knows, you may also find the place where your heart belongs." '." He looked at Yu Chiying with a smile: "You think so, Miss Yingying?"
"Brother, I heard that some people went there once, and when they came back, they were completely different. They kept bragging about the world they had seen... Of course, there were also people who came back and cursed Mr. Bai as... what a 'madman' 'Madman' or something like that."
Yu Chiying looked at the invitation and asked delicately: "Will you come too, brother?"
"Hmph, it's just what I want." Yuchizhen stared at Bai Feng fiercely and said, "I have long wanted to know what kind of medicine you are selling in this gourd, so go ahead."
"We will be waiting for you two." Bai Feng bowed his hands gracefully, took out a money bag from his arms and placed it in front of the Yuchi brothers and sisters, saying: "Remember to buy yourself decent clothes, and I hope you will accept your kindness. "
He was so lavish in his actions that he shocked everyone's jaws. Even though Yu Ke was not used to seeing this, he was also surprised, because the other party was the one who had repeatedly thrown Bai Feng into jail.
Of course Yuchizhen refused and refused: "You are bribing me."
"With this amount of money, do you think it's considered a bribe in today's world where officials and nobles are selling their jobs?" Bai Feng said in a derogatory tone but also in a flattering tone: "I forgive you for not being able to buy nice clothes. I don't want you to embarrass yourself in front of all the guests."
Bai Feng did not take back the money bag, leaving a contemptuous smile and gradually walked away.
