After arriving in Jinyang, Li Zhiyun became an idle prince again. Apart from writing letters to Wei Xiaobao every day, he would wander around the streets of Jinyang, thinking about how to expand his business empire.
That day, he slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up. According to military regulations, he and his fourth brother should get up early to supervise army drills, but neither of them went. The fourth brother didn’t want to go because he didn’t have time for hunting.
Li Zhiyun has no interest at all in fighting and killing with cold weapons. Some so-called fierce generals hold a big sword and think they are invincible. When Li Zhiyun saw it, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart: In front of modern firearms, you are nothing!
He walked to the yard, stretched out, and recited casually: "The courtiers are waiting for the third watch of the night, and the generals with iron horses are crossing the pass at night; the monks are rising from the mountain temples, and wealth is not as good as leisure." Just after he finished reading, he heard someone. After applauding, he turned around and saw that it was his fourth brother and the right guard general Yu Wenxin.
The fourth brother walked up to him and said, "Wealth is nothing! You should hunt and be happy every day!" Yu Wenxin smiled and said, "The two princes talk about the constitution of heaven and are born rich, so of course they can enjoy it. But people like me are born People from ordinary families still have to work hard for an official career!..."
Li Zhiyun said seriously: "You two came to me so early, you must have something to do, right?" Yu Wenxin said: "We are here to invite the King of Chu to preside over the suburban ceremony."
"It's a rule that we hold a suburban ceremony once a month," Fourth Brother explained. "I usually host it. But today I have an appointment with some young masters to hunt and I don't have time to go, so you can host it for me."
"Okay then, let me wash up and go after breakfast."
The suburban ceremony was held at the training ground outside the city, similar to the military parade of later generations, with more than 10,000 soldiers participating. The soldiers first lined up in columns and walked past the reviewing stand while beating drums and drums. Then they lined up in square formations, shouted "kill" in unison, and rehearsed various fighting movements on the battlefield with great momentum. Finally, the commander-in-chief who presided over the suburban ceremony gave a lecture.
Li Zhiyun didn't know what to say, so he had to raise his arms and shout: "Jiujiu Wufu, Duke Qiancheng!" Under his leadership, more than 10,000 people chanted slogans, and their voices resounded through the sky. He couldn't help but feel a heroic feeling in his heart...
The next day, Li Zhiyun went to the General Manager's Mansion to find his fourth brother. There are three courtyards in the General Manager's Mansion. The front hall is the meeting hall, where the fourth brother and his subordinates discuss military affairs. The middle hall is where the fourth brother receives guests. The back hall is where the fourth brother rests and holds banquets. Behind it is the back house, where the fourth brother's wives and concubines all live.
Li Zhiyun walked through the empty meeting hall and walked on the corridor of the atrium. He happened to meet the nanny Chen Shanyi and asked, "Nanny, where is my fourth brother?"
"He's in the backyard!"
Li Zhiyun was about to walk away, but was stopped by Chen Shanyi. Chen Shanshan said: "Fifth Young Master, you have to help me persuade Yuan Ji!"
"What's the matter?"
"He hunts and travels every day. Not only does he trample the crops, but he also allows the soldiers to rob people's property. Moreover, he shoots people with arrows on the street for fun... What do you think is going to happen if this continues? The emperor and the queen put me under He wants me to teach him how to learn well, but he doesn't listen when I tell him. How should I explain to the emperor and queen when I see them in the future?..."
Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "My fourth brother has this temper. Don't worry, I will definitely persuade him if I have the chance." After breaking up with Chen Shanyi, he went to the backyard and saw a large group of people surrounding the yard. He walked over and took a look, and it turned out that the fourth brother was practicing wrestling with Hercules.
The fourth brother hugged one of Hercules' legs and tried with all his strength to knock him to the ground. But Hercules stood there, as steady as a rock, motionless. Then, Hercules bent down, grabbed the fourth brother's shoulders with his hands like eagle claws, picked him up and threw him more than a foot away.
The fourth brother fell to the ground, breathing heavily. After a while, he waved to the servants around him and said, "Come in together!" Then five or six servants rushed forward, some hugging the legs, some hugging the waist, and some grabbing the arms, trying to bring down the strongman.
Hercules' ugly face turned purple, and the veins on his forehead protruded like earthworms. He exerted all his strength and shouted: "Go——!" For some reason, those servants were thrown out by him at the same time and fell several feet away. They were all lying on the ground crying for their father and mother. Li Zhiyun laughed.
The fourth brother got up from the ground, waved his hand and said: "No more playing! No more playing! It's so boring to lose every time." Then he walked up to Li Zhiyun and asked: "Fifth brother, what's the matter with you? ?”
"I heard that Liu Wuzhou sent troops to attack Bingzhou. I came here to ask about the situation."
"It's okay. It was just an army of a few thousand people. They wanted to attack us, but I sent troops to defeat them."
"Oh, that's good..."
Soon, the fourth brother's bad habit broke out again. He led a group of people to the street and shot people with bows and arrows. On a busy street, he was riding a horse, drawing his bow and shooting an arrow, and an arrow hit a passerby in the shoulder. When the people nearby saw it, they screamed in fright and ran away, while the fourth brother laughed...
They came to another street, where there were more people. When the fourth brother saw a beautiful young lady who was waiting for marriage, she was shopping with her maid at the stall. He pointed his riding crop and ordered: "Take that little lady back to the house!" Several servants immediately rushed up and took her to the house. The lady caught him and put him into a curtained carriage.
At dusk, when Chen Shanshan passed a courtyard next to his back house, he heard a woman crying. She walked over and took a look and found a young woman locked up in the room, with two servants guarding the door.
"Who is she?"
A servant said: "The prince robbed it on the street today and said he wanted to take it as a concubine."
"What a nonsense! What's wrong with this? I have to talk to him!" After Chen Shanyi said this, he turned around to find his fourth brother. When she came to the back hall, she saw her fourth brother sitting there drinking, and the strong man standing beside him like a fierce man. Chen Shanyi walked over and angrily said: "Yuanji, how could you snatch a woman on the street? The emperor and the queen are both kind people. If they knew that you were doing such a reckless thing, they would be angry to death!..."
The fourth brother was drunk and drunkenly pointed his finger at the wet nurse and said: "This old woman nags in my ear every day. She is so annoying! Slave, take her out and beat her to death!..." After hearing this, Hercules left. When he came over, he couldn't help but picked up Chen Shanyi like a chicken and took him out.
Although the Hercules was very strong, his brain was not very bright and he could not compromise at all in executing his master's orders. He came to the yard, ignored Chen Shanyi's screams, lifted her up high, and then threw her heavily on the stone slab. What a pitiful woman, how could she withstand such a fall? Immediately he started to bleed from all his orifices and died.
The fourth brother drank too much and fell asleep on the couch. When he woke up the next morning and walked out of the back hall, he found something was wrong. When the servants saw him, they were so frightened that they hid around as if they had seen a ghost. He walked through the middle hall in confusion and suddenly saw a body covered with white cloth on a wooden bed next to it.
"Who is dead?" He walked over and asked the shivering servant beside him.
"Yes...it's Chen Shanyi..."
"Nanny? How did she die?"
"Thrown to death by... a strong man..."
"Hercules? Where is he?" Fourth brother yelled loudly. The servant pointed to the yard. The fourth brother walked to the yard and saw Hercules practicing stone locks there. He easily lifted the huge stone lock with one hand and then lowered it.
The fourth brother walked over and asked, "Why did you kill my wet nurse?"
"Master, it's your order." Hercules replied in an angry voice.
The fourth brother tried hard to remember, but couldn't remember anything, so he had to say: "Even if it was my order, didn't you see that I am drunk?" Hercules looked at him quietly and said nothing.
"You bastard!" Fourth Brother cursed and punched Hercules in the chest. However, nothing happened to Hercules, but he flailed his hands in pain. The fourth brother turned around to look for Guy Shi, but he walked around the yard and found nothing. He had to squat on the ground and cry. While crying, he cursed: "You idiot! Get better!..."
Li Zhiyun heard that his fourth brother had killed his wet nurse while drunk, and ran over quickly. The back hall has been decorated as a mourning hall, and the fourth brother is standing next to the altar in mourning clothes. He walked over and first placed a stick of incense on Chen Shanyi's tablet.
The fourth brother took one of his hands and cried: "Fifth brother, when I was born, my mother hated my appearance and was unwilling to raise me, so she ordered my family to abandon me. Chen Shanyi was my mother's maid, and she secretly took me I took her home and raised her in secret. When my father came home and reported it to my father, I didn’t die in infancy. ... But I killed her because I was drunk. Do you think I am still a human being? ?..."
Is there still such a thing? This was the first time I heard about Li Zhiguo. Unfortunately, this woman's kindness was not rewarded.
"Fourth brother, since it has happened, don't be too sad." Li Zhiyun comforted, "However, you should change your habits. Otherwise, bigger things will happen in the future!" Fourth brother Mo said I wiped away the tears on my face and nodded repeatedly: "I will change! I will definitely change! From now on, I won't drink anymore! I won't hunt anymore!..."
"Then, the young lady you captured..."
"Let her go! Let her go immediately! Fifth brother, let her go for me and apologize to others for me."
Li Zhiyun came to the backyard and asked the servant to release the girl. He bowed to her and said, "Girl, my fourth brother should not have brought you into the house. I should accompany you on his behalf. You can go home, please." Bar!"
The girl followed him out of the backyard. When passing by the back hall, she heard crying coming from inside. She asked in surprise: "Who died?" Li Zhiyun said solemnly: "A kind woman. In order to save you, she was accidentally killed by my fourth brother when he was drunk." The lady hesitated for a moment, then carefully said: "I can go and give it to you. Will she offer a stick of incense?"
"sure."
Li Zhiyun led the young lady into the mourning hall. When she saw her fourth brother standing there, she hesitated for a moment, then bravely stepped forward, lit a stick of incense and inserted it...
Li Zhiyun sent her outside the steward's house, where a carriage was parked outside. After she got on the carriage, Li Zhiyun also got on the horse, took her home personally, and apologized to her family.
