It’s always been the fight between gods and the devil who suffers.
It's not that Bantou Zhao didn't see through Yao Bingfeng's clues. Since he was the Prime Minister's son and wanted to take the opportunity to show his courtesy to King Su, he didn't dare to get involved, let alone ruin his good deeds. disaster.
Who knew it could involve Yongping Hou Mansion again!
Bantou Zhao broke into a cold sweat on his forehead.
Seeing that the guys were all looking at him eagerly, and Miss Qi Er's aura was frightening, he quietly raised his head and glanced at King Su, and seeing him nodding lazily, he dared to tell the truth:
"Just as Mrs. Qi said, the teeth of this cricket are black, which is different from the ordinary Jinshan slippery white. The teeth of this cricket have a poison that paralyzes the opponent. It is called Jinshigui, which is a poisonous poison in Miao territory. After being crushed and mixed with rice milk, they are used to raise crickets. Maybe you can feed this one alive out of tens of thousands, just like the one you see in front of you. The poisonous crickets fed by this kind of people are extremely toxic and can be used in the fighting field. You will die if you show your teeth, but you will only live for a few months, and your teeth will turn black. This method is not worth the loss, so few people know it."
Zhao Wei held a piece of paper with his fingerprints on it, shaking his hand, "It means Mr. Yao is cheating, right?"
Zhao Bantou said: "According to the rules, the quality of the crickets must be obtained naturally, and poisonous substances cannot be cultivated artificially."
This is a generally accepted rule in the Dou Xu circle. Even if Yao Bingfeng claimed that he didn't know it, no one would buy it.
Previously they were worried that he was the son of the Prime Minister's family, but now with the support of the Yongping Marquis Mansion and King Su sitting on top, they all reprimanded him for not following the rules and asked him to pay compensation as promised.
Zhao Wei looked at Yao Bingfeng with a smile: "Prime Minister Yao has a good reputation, and you don't want your Majesty to know that he actually came to defraud ordinary people's money in the office of the prime minister, right? If this matter is brought to court and argued as fraud, it will be even more ugly. And I heard that Master Jingzhao Yin and Zhang had just published a book about Prime Minister Yao's indulgence of his tribe a few years ago. If it falls into his hands..."
Regarding Yao Heshou, there are many things that Zhaowei knows better than Yao Bingfeng. The fierce-looking Yao Bingfeng was so frightened by the crowd and Zhaowei that he admitted his account in a daze and asked someone to get 10,000 taels of silver notes.
Only after Zhao Wei got the money did she let Yao Bingfeng go. Seeing that she was about to put the ten thousand taels in her bag, Team Leader Zhao couldn't help but feel hot in his eyes and hesitantly said that he had lost a cinnabar head.
Zhaowei waved the bank note in front of him and said, "I dare to accept this money, and I'm not afraid that the Yao family will come to trouble me later. Aren't you afraid, Team Leader Zhao?"
Team leader Zhao waved his hands quickly: "Don't dare, don't dare, the second girl is joking."
He had a naughty attitude, said a few nice words, and flattered Zhaowei so much that she gave him the purple and gold back she brought to compensate for his loss.
When Rong Yuqing saw this, he clutched his chest in distress.
Yu Qing opened his eyes slightly and said: "If this Zijinback is kept in the Hou Mansion, Dian Wei will also develop a sick seedling. It is better to leave it to Team Leader Zhao. He is knowledgeable and may not be able to raise another undefeated Hou."
Leader Zhao held his hand and said, "He is a good young man and he will definitely live up to the trust of the Second Madam."
Before leaving Xianghui Tower, Zhaowei went to express his gratitude to King Su and stood in the hall and bowed to him from a distance.
"Thank you very much for your highness for upholding justice today. However, as a member of the royal family, your status is sensitive. In order to avoid the imperial censor making trouble, I will not repay you with heavy courtesy. I hope your highness can accept my kindness."
King Su smiled slightly and said, "Second Lady, you are sensible."
Seeing the slender figure turning around, her movements were all proud and smooth, her clothes were fluttering like snow in the wind, and only a piece of clothes fell at the threshold like a wave of flowers.
The smile in King Su's eyes slowly disappeared, and he raised his hand to pour the tea on the ground.
After killing Yao Bingfeng, Zhao Wei was indeed very happy. She and Rong Yuqing went to Fanhua Tower to listen to music and drink. They drank until they were tipsy and drunk before returning home.
Rong Yuqing lived in the front yard and Zhaowei lived in the backyard. She staggered back to the yard. As soon as she entered the door, she called Zicuckoo to help her. Her feet were like trip wires. After spinning twice, she fell on her back with a "plop". On the embroidered couch, I almost hit my head.
Zicuckoo hurriedly stepped forward to check, put a handkerchief in the hot water and wiped her face, and said to her: "Ping Yan came here two or three times in the afternoon, and asked the girl to see the young master first when he came back, as if there was something urgent. "
"Master...who?"
As soon as he lay down, he felt drunk, and his eyes suddenly became dizzy, and the world was spinning. Zhaowei muttered, frowned and closed his eyes.
"It's the prince, girl, Hirahiko urged..."
Zijuan turned her head and found that Zhaowei had fallen asleep.
When the wine was gone, it was time to fall asleep. Zhaowei had a wonderful sleep, and even his dreams were pure.
When I opened my eyes again, the dusk was almost gone, and the tent was completely dark. Zhao stretched slightly, stood up from the tent, looked through the window gap, and looked at the eaves as dark green as ink, gradually spreading to the heart of the sky. Two or three stars in the sky were twinkling, low and close, still showing the coldness of winter.
There was silence in the bedroom, but there was a faint light in the outside room separated by the blue gauze cabinet, and there was a slight movement.
Zhaowei called Zicuckoo twice, but didn't hear a response. Feeling puzzled, he randomly picked up two or three hairpins, pulled up his hair, and pushed open the partition door to the outside.
Seeing Qi Lingzhan sitting by the clay stove and warming himself by the fire, he was slightly startled, "Brother? Why are you here."
Qi Lingzhan raised his eyes and looked at her, "I can't take your ride, so I have to find it myself."
"Why did I cheat Yao Bingfeng out of 10,000 taels of silver today?"
"You also know that you got it by a trick," Qi Lingzhan said slowly, "If you know the fake, you will buy the fake, if you know the fraud, you will cheat. I, Da Zhou Lv, will not advocate for you."
Zhaowei leaned against the door and said with a proud smile: "I already have the money, can Yao Bingfeng still get it back?"
Qi Lingzhan said nothing, reached out and took down the hot clay pot from the clay stove, opened the lid, and poured out a bowl of tea soup.
White mist emerged from the bowl, making his brows and eyes moist. The frown between the eyebrows is like the spring water covered by the green mist in the morning, slowly swaying in the mist.
He brought the tea bowl to Zhaowei, who stepped forward to take it and smelled the strong smell of kudzu root.
"Drink the hangover tea to avoid having a hangover and a headache and worrying my mother," Qi Lingzhan said.
Kudzu root is mixed with ginger and cooked on a clay stove for two hours. All the bitter and spicy taste of the medicine is absorbed into the soup. Zhaowei started to frown when he smelled it. Due to Qi Lingzhan's expression, he had to hold his nose and finish the drink in one gulp.
My tongue is stiff.
But I heard Qi Lingzhan say: "If you are short of money, use my salary and regular rewards."
Zhaowei said: "My mother just gave me five thousand taels as a new year's gift. I'm not short of money."
This is what Qi Lingzhan is afraid of, "If it's not for money, it's for your will. But Zhaowei, you are past the age of provoking wantonly for your will."
Zhao smiled, "That's not all."
Qi Lingzhan raised his eyes and stared at her.
Zhao Wei's appearance has changed greatly from four years ago, her behavior is even more unfamiliar to him, and even her thoughts are gradually making him confused.
"It's because of Prince Su," Zhaowei said, "I can't see Yao Bingfeng using such despicable means to communicate with Prince Su."
There were twists and turns in the process. Qi Lingzhan had summoned Team Leader Zhao for detailed inquiries, but when she heard her mention King Su, she was still stunned, "Does King Su offend you too?"
Zhao Wei smiled slightly, "Am I just a provocative little gangster in the eyes of my brother?"
Qi Lingzhan said: "Sorry, I can't guess any other reason."
He raised his hand to add charcoal to the stove. Because the charcoal was too heavy, his wrist couldn't help but tremble slightly. Seeing Zhaowei's eyes falling on his hand, he subconsciously retracted it and dropped his sleeves to cover it.
But Zhaowei could still see clearly.
She walked to the clay stove, sat across from Qi Lingzhan, took the charcoal clip from his hand, and put the charcoal into the hearth of the stove.
"I don't blame my brother for looking at me like this. I did get into a lot of trouble in the past, and I caused you trouble."
As soon as she admitted her mistake, Qi Lingzhan suspected that her words were too harsh. He was wondering whether he should explain a few words, but Zhao Zhaowei said: "But today's attack on Yao Bingfeng in Xianghui Tower was partly due to his anger. There’s still seven points for serious business.”
The words on his lips paused, and Qi Lingzhan said: "Tell me about it."
Zhaowei said: "When the Zhou dynasty was founded, there was a precedent for brothers to succeed each other. Now there is only one son, Asui, and only one brother, King Su. In the eyes of the Yao family, King Su is also qualified to compete for the crown prince. If Yao Yao The imperial concubine cannot give birth to a prince, so befriending Prince Su is another clear way to compete with the East Palace."
Qi Lingzhan was a little surprised that today's events reminded her of the prince. But he still disagreed with Zhao Wei's approach and said: "Even if Prime Minister Yao wanted to make good friends with King Su, he would not send Yao Bingfeng to act in public. Aren't you afraid of alerting the enemy?"
Zhaowei held his chin in his left hand and held the fire stick in his right hand, turning it over and over in the clay stove, stirring up sparks.
She said: "Yao Bingfeng is at best a noisy toad, and King Su is the poisonous snake. How can I kill a snake? I just lure the snake out of its hole and scare him."
The charcoal fire in the clay oven is burning more and more intensely, sparks are dancing and rising, the charcoal is crackling in it, burning the clay pot red, reflecting the light of the fire.
The light of the fire made people restless and restless. Looking at the light of the fire, Zhaowei suddenly sneered:
"I smashed Yao Bingfeng's place today to beat the dog for people to watch, so that King Su will know that the Yongping Marquis Mansion will not sit back and watch him form a party with the Yao family. Since the Qi family is the mother of the East Palace, she must be the prince's sword. Today Although he is sleeping in a sheath, he has never fallen into the sand. If he dares to have deviant intentions, he must be taught——"
"Zhaowei!"
The charcoal fell with a "pop" sound, and the flame that was suppressed at the bottom of the furnace suddenly burst into flames. The light and shadow fell on the mountains behind the small screen, as if a mountain fire was spreading all over the field. Zhaowei's eyebrows were reflected in this mountain fire. Inside, his pupils were like boiling abyss, burning to the touch.
Qi Lingzhan suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his fingertips.
He interrupted Zhao Wei's rebellious words, frowned and reprimanded her in a deep voice: "You are as light as a mayfly, but you dare to move the great cauldron of the country between your lips and tongue. With your thoughts, if you say even a few words, you will be killed." Can't you still be afraid of the disaster?"
Zhaowei said: "What's the use of being afraid? As long as my sister is the queen, A Sui is the heir apparent, and the Yongping Marquis Mansion and the Yao family are going to have their plans sooner or later, how can they be as obedient as my brother is?" It seems that Yao Heshou can let you go, and can Concubine Yao let her sister go?"
Her eyes fell on Qi Lingzhan's hand. The thin black leather glove fit tightly with his fingers and covered the horrific wound. Only an inch wide wrist was exposed. The veins were still visible in the warm golden light. The color is ashen, as if the body of a beautiful woman was chiseled out of ice thousands of feet deep.
She couldn't bear it, and slowly looked away, but said: "It is said that the disaster that happened back then was ordered by Emperor Ren out of fear, but why did Yao Heshou appear in the alley at the right time to save his brother? I'm afraid that the disaster back then was It’s the same thing…”
"It was also Yao Heshou who slandered Emperor Ren. He first arranged for assassins to intercept and kill him, and then left me alone at the critical moment to sow discord between the Hou Mansion and Emperor Ren."
Qi Lingzhan's words were thrown to the ground, revealing the words Zhao Wei hesitated on his lips. His cold eyes fell on Zhao Wei, as if even the fire of molten iron couldn't shine through the deep abyss.
Zhaowei was stunned, and then heard him chuckle coldly, "Do you think you are the only one who can guess the truth and see the situation? Everyone in the world is drunk, but I am sober, and everything in the world is turbid, but I am only clear... Zhaowei, this is what you have been up to now Where innocence remains unchanged.”
"Brother..."
The rest of the words stopped abruptly when the door opened.
At dinner time, Zhaowei was sleeping soundly. Zijuan was hesitating whether to wake her up when she saw the prince walking into the yard. Qi Lingzhan came here from Rong Yuqing's place. He had seen his drunken state and knew that Zhaowei must not be human either. He asked Zijuan to go to Rong's place in Heguangyuan to say hello on behalf of Zhaowei, and then ordered the kitchen to simmer a bowl of porridge. Now Zijuan had just brought back the porridge, served it in a casserole, and also had an extra bowl of pickles. .
Zicuckoo suddenly burst into the warmth of the room, unaware of the subtle atmosphere between the brothers and sisters. She only excitedly clapped her hands and said: "It's snowing again, such a big auspicious snow!"
