Denghuaxiao

Chapter 27 Prince Zhaoning

Yin Zheng, the imaginary prince of Zhaoning, is currently practicing riding and archery in the martial arts field.

At the foot of Wangchun Mountain, there are poplar forests on all sides. It is spring, the grass is short and the animals are fat, flags are flying on the mountain, the long wind blows away the floating clouds, and the sun shines all over the long terrace.

 In the vast and empty martial arts arena, a silver horse galloped like the wind.

The young man immediately wore a golden crown and tied his hair, and wore a black python with arrow sleeves. He held a carved bow on his back, his horse was galloping, and when he came closer from a distance, he pulled out a few long arrows from his back, leaned over to set up the bow, and pointed at the grass target in front of the martial arts arena in the distance. The clusters sounded, and the grass target hit the target.

 Some young people cheered and clapped: "Okay!"

Duan Xiaoyan looked at Pei Yunying with eyes full of admiration.

Pei Yunying, the crown prince of Duke Zhaoning, was born rich and honorable. Mr. Pei assisted the late emperor in founding the country. In memory of his meritorious service, the late emperor personally granted him a title. In the generation of Duke Zhaoning, the Pei family became more and more prosperous. After the death of Duke Zhaoning's wife, Duke Zhaoning asked the fourteen-year-old Pei Yunying to be named his heir apparent.

Pei Yunying has a distinguished status, and the late wife has only one legitimate son. If he really wants to become an official, Duke Zhaoning will definitely pave a smooth path for him. However, this young prince was rebellious by nature. After his wife passed away, he quietly left home and when he reappeared, he had become the imperial guard in front of the palace.

People say that Prince Pei became the commander-in-chief of the palace at a young age because of his father's influence. His promotion was too fast. Duan Xiaoyan didn't think so. Pei Yunying's skills were among the best in Shengjing. Moreover, on the night of the royal banquet four years ago, His Majesty was attacked, and Pei Yunying, who was still a guard, protected him and almost lost his life. If this can be regarded as thanks to the family's support, Duke Zhaoning's heart is really admirable.

 The horse is as fast as the wind, traveling across the clouds. The young man's expression remained motionless. He once again drew a long arrow from his back and placed it on the bowstring. Just as he was about to shoot, he suddenly saw a section of arrow feathers flying across and hitting the bull's-eye.

Duan Xiaoyan was startled, and subconsciously turned around to look in the direction where the arrow was flying.

A young man wearing a dark green brocade robe came from a distance. He was tall and handsome, with eyebrows as cold as ice. This man was holding a long bow, and it was he who shot the arrow just now.

 Duan Xiaoyan shouted: "Brother Zhufeng!"

The man in green is Xiao Zhufeng, deputy commander of the Right Army in front of the palace. He happened to have a rest a few days ago and stopped by a neighboring county to check on the formation and repair of the new army. I should have returned to Beijing a few days ago, but it was delayed for a few more days.

At the other end, Pei Yunying also turned around and reined in his horse. When he saw Xiao Zhufeng, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

 He got off his horse and walked towards Xiao Zhufeng. As he walked, he asked, "When did you come back?"

Xiao Zhufeng tightened his cuffs and replied: "Last night."

Pei Yunying walked under the tree and handed the quiver to Xiao Zhufeng. There were still some unused arrows in the quiver. He looked at Xiao Zhufeng with a smile and joked: "I heard that you were waiting for the plums to ripen. I deliberately stayed in the neighboring county for a few more days, which was really well-intentioned."

Xiao Zhufeng was unmoved and said calmly: "I heard that you confronted Lei Yuan, the commander of the army, at Baoxiang Downstairs and offended the right prime minister."

Pei Yunying sighed: "The news is so fast."

 “Lyda Shan also died.”

"I know," Pei Yunying lowered her head and took off her wrist guards, saying in a nonchalant tone, "You are really brave to dare to do something in the Prison Department."

"The Military and Horse Prison case is of great importance. If you rashly get involved in this matter, I'm afraid the Right Prime Minister will find you trouble. It's best to be careful recently." Xiao Zhufeng reminded expressionlessly, "Why don't you take a break for a few days and hide away? Hide, or visit Taishi Qi’s house for a while.”

Pei Yunying looked at him and said leisurely: "Why do I listen to you and feel a little gloating about your misfortune?" He threw the wrist guard he took off to Xiao Zhufeng, "You practice, I will take the first step."

Duan Xiaoyan was confused: "Hey, why don't you practice a few more laps?"

Pei Yunying raised her chin and said, "Deputy Envoy Xiao is back. Allow me to relax for two days." After that, he turned around and left.

“Wait a minute.” Xiao Zhufeng stopped him.

"what happened again?"

“I left the plums at the door of the Guard House, remember to take them away.”

Pei Yunying paused, then smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you."…

The spring breeze is blowing, blowing not only the poplars in Wangchun Mountain, but also the Bai family's mansion in Changxingfang.

In the Bai Mansion, there is a pot of tea on the table made of nanmu cloud legs and thin teeth.

The tea set is made of plum and purple sand, and the complete set is placed on the table, which is quite interesting. There were some snacks such as sesame sugar, black dates, etc. on the tea tray.

In the past, Bai Shouyi loved to sit in front of the courtyard of his mansion in the evening, brew a pot of fragrant tea and enjoy the scenery in the courtyard. But I have lost my mood recently.

There is no other reason. Since the last time someone caused trouble at the entrance of Xinglin Hall, Xinglin Hall has not been open for seven or eight days.

The reputation of the medical center is concerned, and Bai Shouyi would not dare to act rashly. He only asked someone to send some money to the officials in the medical clinic, and begged that the matter would not make a bigger fuss.

However, the medical clinic was suppressed, but the turmoil on West Street did not subside.

Just as he was upset, someone opened the felt curtain in front of the door, and a woman walked out.

This woman has a slightly plump figure, a slightly broad face, big eyes and a broad nose. She wears an apricot-yellow plain jacket, and her long hair is pulled into a bun.

 This is Bai Shouyi's wife, Tong.

Mrs. Tong walked to Bai Shouyi and saw that Bai Shouyi's brows were still gloomy. She said with relief, "Master, are you still worried about things in the shop?"

"Can you not be bothered?" Bai Shouyi's face was extremely ugly, "Wenyou went to Xinglin Hall this morning, and there were baskets of rotten vegetable leaves thrown at the door. If this keeps up, when will the doors reopen? I haven't bought a penny these days. !”

Tong was about to speak but stopped.

Seeing her like this, Bai Shouyi frowned and asked, "What are your ideas?"

 Before Mrs. Tong married Bai Shouyi, her family was also engaged in business. If anything happened to the Bai family on weekdays, Bai Shouyi was willing to listen to her decision.

Mrs. Tong sighed: "Master, Xinglintang made a mistake in this matter. Now, blindly denying it will only waste time and damage the reputation of the Bai family. The top priority is to open the business as soon as possible and apologize to those ordinary people. Put the blame on Zhou Ji On the body."

 “Zhouji?”

Mrs. Tong said slowly: "Let's just say that Zhou Ji was not good at studying and made mistakes when making medicine, and was used by people with ulterior motives to blackmail the legend in the market. In this way, the Bai family can only make an oversight error at most. But... "

Bai Shouyi asked: "Nothing but what?"

"However, in order to appease the anger of those ordinary people, money is needed. The money earned in the past few days must be given away. Not only that, but more compensation must be made to silence the mouths of those untouchables!"

Bai Shouyi was shocked and angry, and subconsciously said, "That's a lot of money!"

 “Of course I know. But, there is no better way now.”

Bai Shouyi looked gloomy.

He Xinglintang has suffered a lot now, and he has to vomit out everything he ate, but he used it as a signboard for Renxin Medical Center. Why are you so unwilling?

 But Tong’s statement is also correct.

 The future cannot be ruined for the sake of immediate small profits. Xinglintang must not collapse here. Only by apologizing and paying money can we restore some reputation.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do as you say."

 (End of this chapter)