Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Bolt from the Clear
"Have you heard? Princess Yan went to Cheng's house the day before yesterday and returned to the door, and sent hundreds of live pheasants, which made the Cheng family restless, and even the wife of the Duke of Jingguo was scared of illness. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Not only hundreds of pheasants, I heard that dozens of fat pigs and geese were also sent, making the Cheng family's courtyard smelly and dung, and the sound of poultry from the Cheng family could be heard across a few streets. The subordinates of the Cheng family were arrested for a day and a night before they were caught. ”
"Tsk, it seems that this Princess Yan is really a powerful character, and she is so earth-shattering when she comes back. I heard that she had a discord with the Cheng family for a long time, so she made such a fuss, the key is that even His Royal Highness King Yan turned a blind eye, it seems that we will have a good show to watch in the future. ”
“……”
Since Cheng Jinzhi returned to the door last time and made the Cheng family restless, she is now a household name in the whole capital, from nobles to commoners, and even the mute Li who sells vegetables on the street corner is comparing the "glorious deeds" of this princess Yan with others.
After all, the Cheng family is a Houmen embroidery household with a head and a face in the capital, and they have always been high and intimidating. This time there was such a "big oolong" suddenly, or the new Princess Yan did it, naturally anyone wanted to chew the root of the tongue and mix it into one leg.
"Do you know the golden branches? You are now a celebrity in the capital, what kind of treasure beads did you give to Lord Cheng, the price of the golden gong chicken has risen and the supply exceeds demand, and even the masters in the palace have named them to taste it. ”
"No, you also believe what I said casually?" Cheng Jinzhi swallowed a sip of tea and glared at Gao Xun opposite in surprise, "This is not only to deceive consumers, but also to ruin my Cheng Jinzhi's reputation, so if I gave the Cheng family dozens of stupid roe deer, would they also compete to buy them?"
Since the wedding day, Cheng Jinzhi has not seen Gao Xun again, and he does not dare to send someone to the palace to find him, for fear that if there is a slight disagreement, the two will change from friends who talk about nothing to enemies who hide when they meet.
She is not good at dealing with the relationship between men and women, and she can do other things in a hurry, dashing and even, but in the area of feelings, she has become a trembling and cowering second stunned.
Fortunately, at this moment, Gao Xun appeared in front of him as if nothing had happened, and the two hit it off, as if they had returned to the days of talking freely and playing happily.
"There are even more absolute!" Gao Xun said in a beautiful voice, "Let me tell you, in the early days of this morning, there was even a minister who asked Lord Cheng if the pigs and pheasants in his house had been eaten, did you see Lord Cheng's face at that time, a burst of white, a burst of green and a burst of red, if it wasn't for the third brother stopping me, I would almost have laughed on the spot." ”
"Hahaha, do you think he's a chameleon? But it's really a good thing that ugly things don't go out for thousands of miles, this old man is usually majestic, and this time he is regarded as a laughing stock, and he is not half angry. Cheng Jinzhi put down the dishes and chopsticks heavily, and suddenly felt better, "By the way, why didn't your third brother come back with you?"
"He was ordered by his father to go to the prison cell of the Ministry of Punishment to interrogate the prisoner. The corners of Gao Xun's mouth stiffened, and the loss in his eyes was fleeting, "What? I miss him after I haven't seen you for a long time? Everyone outside says that you are a July fire, no wonder even the iceberg of my third brother can be melted by you." ”
"July Flowing Fire?Then your third brother is still flying frost in the moon, doesn't this palace have two heavens of ice and fire?" Cheng Jinzhi said angrily, stood up and stretched his muscles, "The sky is clear today, why don't we fly kites?"
Gao Xun patted his chest and said angrily: "The kite is good, I am very good at flying kites, when I was a child, there was no one in the palace who was my opponent." ”
"Is it that powerful?"
Cheng Jinzhi glanced at Gao Xun suspiciously, beckoned Taxue beside him to get the kite, and after a while, Taxue came back with a brightly colored bird feather-shaped kite.
"This kite is so beautiful, what kind of bird is it?"
Gao Xun looked at the painted kite in front of him with novelty, but was poured cold water on Cheng Jinzhi's head.
"What kind of eyes do you have? It's obviously a pheasant. ”
Gao Xun couldn't help but jump between his eyebrows: "Why is it a pheasant again?" Jin Zhi, are you okay, you have a grudge against the pheasant?"
Cheng Jinzhi proudly took the kite in Taxue's hand: "It's my eldest lady, she always thinks that pheasants are cheap, and she can't fly on the branches to become a phoenix, but it turns out that it can fly, and I can fly as high as I want." ”
Seeing this, Gao Xun hurriedly pulled the line and ran wildly, taking advantage of the kite to quickly turn the spool when the kite was in the wind, and the "pheasant" slowly rose into the air along the air current.
"It seems that His Royal Highness King Jin didn't say much, and there are still two times to fly a kite. ”
Cheng Jinzhi looked at the kite flying higher and higher, nodded and praised.
"Of course, I'm a person who never brags. ”
At that time, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the branches of the trees rustled. Gao Xun patronized and talked to Cheng Jinzhi and forgot to tighten the spool in his hand, and when he came back to his senses, the kite had already tilted with the wind and wrapped around the big tree in the courtyard.
"You are really not praised, and if you praise you, you will drop the chain. Cheng Jinzhi pretended to glare at Gao Xun dissatisfied, "My poor pheasant, who can travel thousands of miles in the sky, is now hanging himself on this crooked-necked tree, phew, it's really unlucky at all." ”
"I didn't mean to do it, do you still have a kite? I'll fly it again, this time it will be high, so that the whole capital can see it." ”
Seeing Gao Xun's guilty look, Cheng Jinzhi smiled: "You also said that pheasant kites are rare in the world, how can there be a second one?" Okay, I don't blame you, in fact, from another angle, this pheasant can be regarded as flying on the branch, isn't it?"
"It's best if you think like that. Gao Xun sighed and writhed, "Actually... If I wasn't born with a fear of heights, I'd help you get up the tree and take it down. ”
"What! So you're afraid of heights!"
Cheng Jinzhi screamed, and when he saw Gao Xun making silent gestures again and again, he subconsciously covered his mouth.
"Oh, in fact, the fear of heights is not something to be seen, isn't it just to go up to the tree and get a kite? ”
Cheng Jinzhi winked at Gao Xun, took off his shoes neatly and grabbed the trunk of the tree and was about to climb up, so frightened that Gao Xun hurriedly stopped: "Jinzhi, don't be kidding, this is not a small sapling, you climb up so rashly, it will be terrible if you fall down." ”
"You royal relatives have been pampered since you were a child, and you don't eat the fireworks of the world, so you are afraid of this and that. When I was seven years old, I had to climb several times a day to satisfy my hunger for the orange trees in the backyard of Chengfu.
Facts have proved that when the people of the palace heard the news and rushed to rescue the princess who was bent on going up the tree, Cheng Jinzhi had already gotten the kite without changing his face and heartbeat, and sat on the branch to look into the distance.
The mountains stacked in the distance are faintly sufficient, surrounded by the city on all sides, the buildings in the city are more than the houses, and the king's breath is steaming, and you can find the cold and steep cornices of the Showa Palace at a glance.
However, at this moment, Cheng Jinzhi saw thick smoke rising from the western sky from a distance, and a large number of thick clouds gathered and scattered in one place, so that people could smell a scorching smell from a few streets away.
At the same time, a small servant had already run under the tree in a panic.
"Something is wrong with the princess!
Cheng Jinzhi turned his head and looked at him condescendingly: "What's the matter? If it's about those pheasants, don't say it." ”
"Not really. The little guy's tone was very panicked, "Just now, the prison of the Criminal Department was suddenly robbed, and a big fire was set by thieves, our Highness went to interrogate the prisoner this morning, and now I am afraid that he is still in that prison!"