"Young master, are you comfortable?"

"Hmm......"

Inside the house, Zhao Yu squinted his eyes and lay on the bed, and Jingnu gently kneaded his legs.

In recent days, due to the return to Wancheng, Zhao Yu will inevitably feel soreness in his legs after sitting in the carriage for a long time, although he just said it casually, but Jingnu insisted on kneading it for him, he refused embarrassedly several times, but finally ......

It's so nice to be a quiet girl.

Squinting and enjoying the service of Jing Nu, Zhao Yu's praise of "good Jing Nu" made Jing Nu happily bend her eyes into crescent moons.

"Just for a few days." He thought for a while and said, "Anyway, it's okay for the time being, I'll take you to the county seat to see if there is a suitable one, and buy you some jewelry gadgets." ”

Jing Nu shook her head when she heard this, and said softly: "The slave doesn't need those, as long as I can stay with the young master, I will be very happy......"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Although he knew that a considerable part of Jingnu's affection for him came from her obedience to the Zhou family, it could not be denied that Jingnu was really a well-behaved and gentle woman...... Girl.

"Having said that...... Let's go shopping together when the time comes. Zhao Yu squinted his eyes and said.

"Hmm." Jingnu smiled sweetly.

And at that moment, a call of "young master" broke the warmth in the house, and also broke the sweet smile on Jingnu's face.

I saw that at the moment when the smile on Jing Nu's face was immediately put away, Cao An ran in on his feet, and he ignored Jing Nu's glaring at him, ran to the side of the bed and whispered, "Young master, the Marquis of Ruyang Mansion has sent someone." ”

Zhao Yu, who was enjoying the service of the Jing Girl, opened his eyes suddenly, frowned and asked, "Ruyang Marquis Mansion?" Is it the Wang Zhi who was taught by me that day in the Runan Hou Mansion? ”

"Exactly!" Cao An nodded and said: "That Wang Zhi also came, and brought another person, it seems to be the son of the Marquis of Ruyang, and now the two are in the study of the Xianghou, and my uncle sent someone to inform me, saying that the Xianghou invited the young master to go, and said that it was the other party's meaning...... My uncle asked me to tell the young master that the person who came was not good. ”

“……”

Stretching out his hand to signal Jingnu to stop, Zhao Yu sat up on the bed, and after a little thought, he put on his boots: "Let's go, go and see." ”

With Cao An and Jingnu, Zhao Yu immediately came to his father, the study of the Marquis of Luyang.

Walking up the steps and standing outside the threshold for a moment, Zhao Yu took the opportunity to look inside the room.

I saw that at this time in the house, his father Luyang Xianghou was sitting behind the bookcase, and in the two rows of chairs in front of the bookcase, the first row in the row to the west sat the chief steward of the house, Cao Ju, that is, Cao An's uncle.

On the row of chairs to the east, there were two people, Wang Zhi, who Zhao Yu had taught in public in Zhengxiang that day, sat in the second place, and the first was a middle-aged man who was thirty or forty years old, probably the son of the Marquis of Ruyang who Cao An just said.

At this moment, Cao Juzheng was laughing and talking to these two people.

"Is it not good to come?"

With a light snort, Zhao Yu took Jingnu and Cao An into the study.

Seeing Zhao Yu walking into the study, Cao Ju immediately stood up and took two steps forward to greet him: "The second son is here?" ”

As he spoke, he gave Zhao Yu a look, probably reminding Zhao Yu again.

"Steward Cao."

Zhao Yu nodded, bowed back slightly, and then walked to the bookcase and bowed: "Father." ”

"Hmm."

The Marquis of Luyang nodded, raised his hand and gestured to Zhao Yu to the middle-aged man: "Yu'er, this is the prince of Ruyang Hou, Zheng Qian, Zheng Zide." ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Yu turned his head and glanced at Zheng Qian, the prince of Ruyang, and asked with a little curiosity: "I don't know what the relationship between the prince and Zheng Zixiang, the county commander of Yangren County?" ”

The middle-aged man, Zheng Qian, the prince of Ruyang, smiled faintly, and replied concisely and with a bit of arrogance: "It's my cousin." ”

"Uh-oh."

Zhao Yu suddenly suddenly, suddenly, he also had a little vigilance in his heart, especially when he saw Wang Zhi, who was sitting at the head of Zheng Qian, sneering at him.

At this time, Cao Ju had already sat down on the second chair to the west, and gave the first place to Zhao Yu, so Zhao Yu was not polite, sat down on that chair, and looked up and down at Zheng Qian, the prince of Ruyang, on the opposite side.

And Zheng Qian was also looking at Zhao Yu, after looking at it for a long time, he looked at the Luyang township, and then turned his gaze back to Zhao Yu, and said: "Zheng came to visit today, but he wanted to seek justice for my servant......"

After that, he pointed to Wang Zhi, who was sitting under him, and said in a deep voice: "A while ago, Guixian asked my Ruyang County for help in order to appease the refugees in Ruyang County...... Second son, can there be such a thing? ”

"Never." Zhao Yu replied calmly.

Hearing this, Wang Zhi, who sat down and bowed down to Zheng Qian, immediately said: "Boy, you humiliated Wang in public in front of the public that day, don't you dare to admit it today?" ”

"Shut up!"

Before the Luyang Township Marquis and Zhao Yu could make any attitude, Zheng Qian stopped Wang Zhi first and reprimanded: "Don't be rude!" ”

After that, he pointed at Wang Zhi and said to Zhao Yu: "The second son should not deny it, Wang Zhi returned to the Hou Mansion and told his father and me what had happened......

Zhao Yu suddenly interjected: "Including that he has nothing to do, and he claims to come to assist me in Luyang County, but he only cares about drinking and having fun in Zheng Township?" Including that he was drunk, humiliated the refugees in the work site for no reason, and called them untouchables, unworthy of food, worthy of death, and almost caused a catastrophe of refugee riots? ”

“……”

Zheng Qian, who was interrupted, was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes." …… In front of my father and me, he would not and did not dare to hide anything. ”

"Huh." Zhao Yu chuckled when he heard this, and immediately looked at Zheng Qian and said, "But even if he has learned what happened, the prince still thinks that he has been treated unfairly in my Luyang, and wants to seek justice for him?" ”

“……”

Zheng Qian frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, he is my retainer of the Marquis of Ruyang after all, and the second prince humiliates him in public, so he must give me an explanation for the Marquis of Ruyang." ”

"Uh-oh."

Zhao Yu suddenly nodded when he heard the words and said: "I understand, in other words, the Marquis of Ruyang and the prince of Ruyang feel that they have no face, and it is the son of the old world who came to Xingshi to ask for guilt." ”

"......" Zheng Qian opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

As Zhao Yu said, today, Zheng Qian, the prince of the Marquis of Ruyang, brought Wang Zhi to Xingshi to ask for guilt, mainly because he felt that his family had lost face, or in other words, he felt that the Marquis of Luyang Township did not give face to their family.

He admitted that the cause of this incident was indeed his servant Wang Zhi, but the so-called dog beating depends on the master, how can you Zhao Yu give me a little face in the Marquis of Ruyang, in front of so many refugees, a bowl of hot porridge directly pasted on Wang Zhi's face does not count, and he also asked the guards in the house to teach Wang Zhi a lesson.

Wang Zhi was taught a lesson, it was nothing, the key was what should he do with the face of the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang Township?

Although afterwards, the Luyang Township Marquis, who learned of the incident, immediately sent someone to greet him from the Ruyang Marquis Mansion and apologized, but so what? Who doesn't know that Wang Zhi, the steward of his house, was taught a lesson by Zhao Yu, the son of the Marquis of Luyang, and was driven out of Luyang County?

However, the truth was revealed by Zhao Yu, and Zheng Qian also felt a little embarrassed.

In fact, he also understands that this Wang Zhi is indeed a lesson, but this kind of lesson should also be done by their Runan Hou Mansion - if Zhao Yu just drove Wang Zhi away at that time, then Zheng Qian would not have come to Xingshi today to ask for the guilt, on the contrary, he would also teach Wang Zhi a lesson, and give Luyang County and Zhao Yu, the second son of the Luyang Township Marquis Mansion, an explanation.

But Zhao Yu taught Wang Zhi a lesson in public, and this behavior undoubtedly did not give face to the Marquis of Ruyang.

Not to mention that one of the two families is a township marquis and the other is a marquis, although there is no relationship between superiors and subordinates, but everyone knows that the title of 'marquis' is more noble than that of 'marquis', Zhao Yu does not give him face in the Marquis of Ruyang, which is the most unhappy place for Zheng Qian and even his father Marquis of Ruyang.

"In short, my father also hopes that the townsman will give me an explanation on this matter."

After a moment of silence, Zheng Qian turned his head to face the Luyang townsman and said.

At this time, the face of the Luyang Township Marquis was calm as before, and he said in a deep voice: "What kind of explanation does the prince want to explain?" ”

"Well...... this"

Zheng Qian pondered for a moment and replied: "I hope that the second son of your mansion will personally come to the door to apologize to his father, and in addition, the first person to do it that day, the servant called 'Cao An' in your mansion, should be punished with a heavy battle!" I have no intention of taking his life, as long as I fight forty battles, this matter will be written off! …… Wang Zhi, what do you say? ”

Wang Zhi glanced at Zhao Yu hatefully, then turned his gaze to Cao An, who was standing behind Zhao Yu, nodded and said, "The prince, you are in charge, and there is no objection below." ”

In all fairness, in fact, Wang Zhi hated Zhao Yu the most, and he couldn't wait for the forty battles to be fought on Zhao Yu, after all, he thought he had given Zhao Yu face that day, but he didn't expect Zhao Yu to be merciless to him.

But then again, Zhao Yu is the second son of the Marquis of Luyang after all, even if he wants to fight for a breath of air in the Marquis of Ruyang, he can't go too far, so it is more appropriate to let Zhao Yu's close servant Cao An bear the consequences for his little master.

Hearing the words of the master and servant, Cao An, who was standing behind Zhao Yu at the moment, suddenly showed a look of panic on his face, he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he lowered his head and said nothing.

And at this moment, he saw Zhao Yu and said lightly: "Shizi, you want to punish Cao An, that's not good, that day, Cao An's behavior was just to protect the master, he was not the first to act, the first to do it was me!" ”

Under the gaze of the Luyang townsman and Cao Ju, Cao An's face was moved, and he whispered excitedly and tangledly: "Less, young master, you don't have to ...... it"

"Shut up." Zhao Yu interrupted Cao An's words, looked at Zheng Qian and continued: "Besides, I don't think I did anything wrong at that time. …… The prince thinks that your mansion has lost face because I taught Wang Zhi a lesson? No, when this king was drunk and humiliated others for no reason in front of everyone, the face of your mansion was already lost! ”

Zheng Qian was said to be ashamed and angry, and said unceremoniously to the Luyang Xianghou: "Zhao Xianghou, what do you say? Do you mean the same thing? ”

Glancing at Zhao Yu and Cao An standing behind him, the Luyang Township Marquis hesitated slightly, and then picked up the tea bowl on the bookcase.

"Cao Ju, send the world!"

Taking a sip of the tea bowl, he said lightly.