Chapter 50: Kicking the nose in the face
"It's really unlucky, let's just beat him to death today!" One of the beaters of the siege.
"Don't kill me...... the man on the ground drunkenly spat blood, but instead laughed: "Kill me, but your loss, haven't you heard of my name?" I didn't agree to anyone who asked me to be his staff. ”
"Phew, you rotten drunkard, and someone asked you to be a staff member, you're afraid that you'll be stupid from drinking. It's the prince you offended today, let me tell you, we killed you today, and the Ming'er government didn't dare to collect your body for you! ”
A few people laughed and stepped on the man's face, feeling tired, so they took out a packet of medicine from their sleeves to feed the man, but they heard a squeak.
In the silence of the night, such an abnormal sound was particularly harsh, and several people hurriedly looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw that a window in the octagonal tower with flying eaves was open.
"I don't know if my Royal Highness is resting here, what are you arguing about?"
Lan Zhi hid in the shadows and scolded downward.
As soon as several people heard the word 'Your Highness', they hurriedly put away their hands and feet, dragged the man on the ground and withdrew into the alley, but two men suddenly appeared in the dark alley, and one of them also commanded the other in a low voice: "This is all ordered by His Highness, if you dare to reveal a word, you will be killed immediately, and you will not survive!" ”
The thugs listened. It's bad, which of His Highness is doing a big thing, where can they still take care of teaching the people in their hands, so they hurriedly left people and ran away.
Wei Qingqing looked at those flying people and raised her eyebrows.
Lan Zhi returned to Wei Qingqing after making sure that those people were gone from a high place, but looked at the man who was beaten on the ground, and was puzzled: "Miss, who is this person." Do you want the slave to take him back to the Wei Mansion? ”
"It depends on whether he will go back with us." Wei Qingqing walked up to the man, patted his unshaven face, and asked him, "Guo Daxia, do you want to drink?" ”
"Wine? What wine? Guo Qing opened his eyes in a daze, looked at the thin and thin young man in old clothes in front of him, and sneered: "I don't have the money to pay you." ”
"No money."
"That's the person." Guo Qing turned over and began to fall asleep, without the slightest awareness that he was almost beaten to death.
Wei Qingqing smiled: "How about I take the person you want and the wine you want for you and me for five years?" ”
Guo Qing didn't squeak, but his eyes, which were still drunk before, instantly sobered up.
Xiao Bai was amazed on one side, Lan Zhi roughly understood, this Guo Daxia must be a character, just if they don't make a move, those thugs from Chongyang Building can't kill him.
"My name is Wei Qingqing, Ming'er, you only say that Lan Zhi's maiden brother is the eldest brother, and you came to defect." Wei Qingqing said, got up and left.
"Miss. That's it? ”
Xiaobai is still a little worried, Miss wants this person, why not force him to sign the deed of sale at this moment?
"Okay, the murder case that Guo Daxia has been investigating has not been found in the official mansion so far, if he wants to know the truth, Ming'er will come to look for me, it is better than going to Chongyang Tower every day and pretending to be drunk and guarding." Wei Qingqing's words were not only for Xiaobai, but also for Guo Qing.
Guo Qing, she had been paying attention to it for a long time, if it weren't for Guo Qing's hatred of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she was afraid that she would have already been included in her hands, but now it seems that it is a chance.
Rong Ruizhang didn't know that Wei Qingqing had already dismantled the net he had laid for him step by step, but he already knew clearly that Wei Qingqing would not easily return to him.
"Xiangye is in such a hurry to summon me back, is it for these things?"
Sitting opposite Rong Ruizhang was a lame and slightly chubby man who looked like he was in his forties, the man was wearing a money-patterned gown, a mustache, and slender eyes.
In the past, Rong Ruizhang couldn't look down on such a person, most of the people in the market were philistines and had many eyes, and they didn't talk about the way of a gentleman and benevolence, but Rong Ruizhang didn't remember how this Quanfu came to his side and became an important arm of himself.
"It's not a trivial matter." Rong Ruizhang retracted his mind and said in a deep voice: "We must find out how Ren'an in my mansion found Chen Sanniang as soon as possible." Tomorrow, I will go to Chen's house to apologize. ”
Zhang Quanfu twisted his beard, sat up, and smiled: "Since the third lady of General Wei's Mansion is involved in this matter, I'm afraid it's not simple, but I will find out as soon as possible, but after this matter, I will tell the old man to return to his hometown." ”
"Returning home?" Rong Ruizhang's heart was full of anger, but he was very controlled, he looked at Zhang Quanfu and said, "You are still young, why do you need to die so early?" I have all the information searched outside the capital in your hands, and you are in such a hurry to leave, don't you abandon your original intentions? ”
"I'm sorry, Prime Minister." Zhang Quanfu smiled: "My mother is sick and wants her filial son to be in front of her." After that, without waiting for Rong Ruizhang to speak, he went straight to himself.
Rong Ruizhang stared at his chubby back and left, and after a while, he hammered a fist and summoned someone to come in: "Keep an eye on Zhang Quanfu, and when he steps out of the capital, kill him immediately!" ”
"Killed? Xiangye, this Quanfu is your important arm......"
"What is the use of a disobedient arm? A woman's kindness will only lead to misdeeds. Rong Ruizhang snorted coldly, and thought about going to Chen's Mansion tomorrow again, and his mood was a little more dull, but he saw Aunt Wen walking in with Nana.
"Master, it's late at night, concubine serve you and rest." Aunt Wen looked at him with waves. The voice was so soft that it was dripping.
Rong Ruizhang was bored, but when he looked at Aunt Wen, what came to his mind was Wei Qingqing's red and seductive lips that day, which made him feel feverish.
"What are you staring at the concubine like this?"
Aunt Wen looked at his burning eyes, took a few steps forward shyly, and was picked up tightly by Rong Ruizhang and went to the room.
After a good night's sleep, Aunt Wen served Rong Ruizhang to change clothes and go out, and then sat down in front of the dresser with a dark face.
Yahuan Fluttershy was puzzled, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Auntie is still using this ruby hairpin today, Xiangye will like it......"
"What do you like!"
Aunt Wen dissatisfiedly knocked down the hairpin in Fluttershy's hand, and when she thought of the last night when Xiangye hugged her, she shouted 'Qingqing' every word, and she couldn't bear it.
Is Xiang Ye calling the dead lady, that woman with a copper smell, although she is from a high family, she is vulgar and sophisticated, and she is not happy with Xiang Ye at all, how could Xiang Ye suddenly think of her?
No, Xiang Ye is not calling her, he is shouting that this Wei Qingqing who is still alive in the world must be her!
Thinking of this, Aunt Wen's face darkened.
"Fluttershy!"
"Yes." Fluttershy hurriedly responds, "Auntie's orders, do you want to eat bird's nest......"
"Stupid thing, I want you to inquire about Wei Qingqing in Yuqian Lane, you must have inquired about me clearly." Aunt Wen said hatefully.
Fluttershy responds and is about to go out. But as soon as I went out, I bumped into Rong Jinning, who was holding a stack of account books!
Seeing the menacing Rong Jinning, Fluttershy was stunned and hurriedly turned her head to report to Aunt Wen, but before Aunt Wen could come up with a policy to deal with it, she was beaten by Rong Jinning like crazy and snatched all the jewelry from her makeup box.
When Wei Qingqing heard the news, it was already afternoon, today is the day when the tavern opened, Ge Lao took Wei Hu to the tavern early in the morning to get drunk, and the news was brought back by Xiaobai, who went out with Wei Hu.
"I heard from the doctor who went to the Prime Minister's Mansion that Aunt Wen's face was scratched, and the house was so ugly, it seemed to be for money." Xiaobai said with a smile, he was happy to see the prime minister's mansion make a fool of himself.
Wei Qingqing was also happy, dangling the swing and biting the apple that Lan Sheng had peeled for her, thought about it, beckoned Xiaobai over, and said softly: "Do you know the girl named Shumei next to Chen Sanniang?" ”
"I know, the eldest brother said, this book Mei runs to the shop where the eldest prince copies books every day, and begs the eldest prince to see his young lady." Xiaobai pouted: "Fortunately, the eldest prince is sober and didn't go to see Miss Chen, otherwise Miss Chen would have to rely on the eldest prince." ”
Wei Qingqing's eyes narrowed dangerously, there was still a Fang Zijiao beside the eldest brother, although the eldest brother had already been wary of him, but Fang Zijiao was flamboyant. Although the eldest brother is smart, he has never seen a person like Fang Zijiao, and he may not be able to bear it, so the most important thing is to let Chen Sanniang completely die.
Now, there's a great opportunity.
"Wait for the next time Shumei goes to find the eldest son, you ask Da Ming to quietly tell her a word, just say that the eldest brother has a heart, and in addition, tell her about Rong Jinning and Wei Qiongwei, and you don't need to say one more word."
Xiao Bai listened, although he didn't understand what Wei Qingqing was doing this, but out of blind worship, he immediately responded crisply.
"Go and watch the second brother, let him take care of some Ge Lao, don't get so drunk that he can't come back." Wei Qingqing grabbed a few big bucks and gave them to Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai immediately smiled toothlessly and was ready to retreat, but he only ran a few steps before he met Yu Xia, who was a little nervous, as if it was Yu Xia who happened to be walking here.
Xiaobai hesitated. Looking at the vicinity of Yu Xia's feet, the soil around the bushes had only recently loosened, and the footprints were extremely deep after standing for a long time.
Xiaobai turned his head and looked at Wei Qingqing, but Wei Qingqing raised his hand at him and sent him down.
Yu Xia thought that Wei Qingqing hadn't found out that she was eavesdropping, so she quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked up to Wei Qingqing with a smile and said with a smile: "Miss, there seems to be fresh loquat fruits on the market recently, and Fang Ye happens to have these vegetables and fruits under his name, otherwise ask Fang Ye to bring some of them." ”
Yu Xia said that, seeing Wei Qingqing looking at herself with a smile, she explained weakly: "The slave maid is looking at this season, the ladies in the capital have begun to eat seasonal fruits, saying that it is beauty and beauty, and the slave maid also knows that Miss You are naturally beautiful, but the princess of the country is a big family, so you naturally have to pay more attention to maintenance." ”
"Master Fang is really blessed to have such a considerate maid ring as you." Wei Qingqing looked at her with a smile.
Yu Xia thought she was praising herself, and hurriedly said: "That is the case, the slave maid will go to find Fang Ye, I heard that Fang Ye still has a lot of ayaluo, Miss, you should also pay more attention to dressing up, you can't let people look down on it, it's best to change to ginseng bird's nest for dinner, these are to make up for your body." ”
Wei Qingqing said to her, wait for her to finish. And he sent her down.
Lan Sheng was a little worried on the side, what if the young lady really became a vain and flashy person? The Duchess of Guo dislikes such a person the most, and as far as the situation of the Wei Mansion is concerned, she can't afford to support such vanity, unless that Fang Zijiao has always been so generous.
But he is so generous, doesn't the young lady have to be attached to him all the time?
Just as he was worried, there were guests in the Wei Mansion again.
"Miss, Miss Zhu and Miss Xu are here, and the wife and son of the Xu family are also here. said that he came to apologize for what happened before. ”
Lan Zhi waited at the door for a day, not waiting for Guo Daxia, but waiting to wish her family.
"Daddy is in the house?" Wei Qingqing asked.
"Not there." Lan Zhi is worried about this, it stands to reason that Mrs. Xu is the second-grade Mrs. Shangshu, although she is a cousin of Zhufu, but she should have to deliver the greeting post in advance, so she came rashly, and there was not even a host in the house.
Hesitated. Lan Zhi said: "Otherwise, the slave maid will invite the Duchess to come over?" After saying that, Lan Zhi regretted it, the young lady hadn't passed the door yet, how could she trouble the Duchess of the country.
"Not necessarily."
Wei Qingqing glanced at the nervous Lan Zhi and didn't say much, but she could roughly guess what the purpose of the Xu family was at this time.
Last time, the turmoil in the Hanging Flower Gate of the Zhu family, I am afraid that it also involves the Xu family, and the Xu family said today that they are going to come to apologize, I am afraid that they just want to probe their own mouth, after all, if the people in the Hanging Flower Gate know that it is the son and daughter of the Xu family who calculated it with Wei Susu, the Xu family is afraid that it will not be good.
With a number in his heart, Wei Qingqing went directly to the front hall.
At that time, Zhu Zhu was listening to what Mrs. Xu said with red eyes, Xu Yao pouted and sat impatiently playing with the bracelet on his wrist, as for Xu Chang, the son of the Xu family, from the moment Wei Qingqing entered the door, his eyes were gloomy.
"Miss Wei." Zhu Zhu saw Wei Qingqing coming, and hurriedly got up, but was dissatisfied, and only then did he hear Mrs. Xu's high-minded smile: "Miss Wei, do you remember me?" Last time you went to wish the old lady a birthday, we met face-to-face. ”
Wei Qingqing saluted respectfully, and Mrs. Xu hurriedly let the people around her help her to get up, and pulled her to sit beside her affectionately, only to look at her gently like a relative and elder, and said, "If you are really a good girl, listen to Zhuzhu, you will make your own flower dew?" ”
"Hey, that thing is still doing it yourself, and it's not like you're going to be a cook." Xu Yao laughed directly.
Zhu Zhu's face turned red, she obviously didn't tell her aunt about this, and what's wrong with making her own flower dew, she thinks it's very elegant!
But without waiting for Zhu Zhu to speak, Mrs. Xu skipped the topic with a smile, and asked Wei Qingqing a few words about the Zhufu Hanging Flower Gate. After making sure that Wei Qingqing really went there by mistake, and didn't think that Xu Yao's brothers and sisters were also involved, he breathed a sigh of relief and told her about his true purpose today.
"I heard that the eldest prince of Wei is also twenty years old this year." Mrs. Xu said with a smile.
Wei Qingqing was vigilant, could it be that she was going to say goodbye to her eldest brother?
Wei Qingqing looked at Zhu Zhu, who was anxious but was stared at by Xu Chang, the eldest son of the Xu family, and smiled: "Could it be that Mrs. Xu is going to talk about the eldest brother and Miss Xu?" ”
Xu Yao immediately squirted out a mouthful of tea, and blurted out: "You are crazy, what is the identity of your Wei family, what is the identity of my Xu family, so that I can marry him......"
"Yao'er!"
Seeing that she couldn't cover it up, Mrs. Xu immediately scolded Xu Yao, and then pulled Wei Qingqing and coaxed: "Yao'er, this kid is straightforward and fast-talking, and there is no malice, Miss Wei should be able to understand, right?" ”
Wei Qingqing laughed in her heart, it was the first time she had seen her open her eyes and talk nonsense like this.
"Miss Xu is right, the eldest brother is not even a person now, how can he be worthy of the Xu Mansion." Wei Qingqing smiled, and Mrs. Xu looked at Wei Qingqing, who looked a little cold. I was a little dissatisfied in my heart, and I apologized, why should she, a junior, still be so unforgiving?
But dissatisfied to dissatisfied, Mrs. Xu did not forget the purpose of coming today, and said with a smile: "Miss Wei is sensible, but I see that the future of Wei Gongzi will be very good, it just so happens that there is a fourth young lady in Xu Mansion who looks and ages the same as the eldest son, and Wei is not young now, it is better to take the opportunity to settle down, Miss Wei, what do you think?" ”
Fourth Miss?
Wei Qingqing hadn't heard much of the reputation of the fourth young lady in the Xu Mansion, but looking at Xu Yao's expression, she also knew that this fourth young lady was probably just a concubine, or worse, Xu Shangshu raised an outer room and gave birth to a child back then, but it was a big fuss.
"When marriage is a major event, it should be ordered by parents." Wei Qingqing politely refused, but Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "I naturally know, now I just have a talk with Miss Wei, if the eldest son of the Wei family does not object, and Master Wei does not object, we can choose an hour to change the Geng post and make a decision." ”
Wei Qingqing saw that she actually pretended not to understand the meaning of her refusal, and wanted to make this matter look like the eldest brother and the fourth lady of the Xu family were privately taught and accepted, and her face sank slightly: "Mrs. Xu, I am still in the boudoir, it is no longer appropriate for you to open this mouth today, besides, how can the eldest brother oppose or not, he has never seen the fourth miss of the Xu family, this word spreads, the eldest brother is fine with a man, but the fourth miss of the Xu family is going to have a bad reputation!" ”
When Wei Qingqing said this, Mrs. Xu didn't react.
Wei Qingqing is only fourteen years old this year, where did she learn these words? Moreover, she was really right.
"It seems that Miss Wei is still not very satisfied with the Xu Mansion." Mrs. Xu sneered and got up: "Also, although Wei Qingshan is now from the sixth grade, he has already climbed to the Guogong Mansion, and it is natural to look down on my Xu family." It's boring for me today, and I won't mention it anymore in the future, so that others won't say that the girl of my Xu family has climbed the son of the Wei family. ”
After that, he left in a rage.
Zhu Zhu looked apologetically at Wei Qingqing and wanted to go up to explain, but was pulled by Xu Yao: "Zhuzhu, where are you turning your elbow, people don't look down on you at all, you still rely on others like a dog's skin plaster, shame is not ashamed, it is not possible that you like the eldest son of the Wei family." ”
Zhu Zhu was pierced and immediately blushed to defend himself, but Xu Chang stared at Zhu Zhu gloomily, scolded 'slut', and turned his head and went out, and Zhu Zhu was naturally forcibly pulled away by Xu Yao.
Seeing the Xu family leaving in a hurry, Lan Zhi exhaled slightly, but seeing that Wei Qingqing's face was still not very good-looking, she said worriedly: "Miss, what's wrong?" ”
"You immediately go to Dali Temple and ask Daddy to come back." Mrs. Xu's words just now clearly meant that she wanted to plant the fourth young lady of the Xu family on the eldest brother's head, and most of them would not say anything nice.
If the eldest brother really marries the fourth lady of the Xu family, I am afraid that he will be ruined for the rest of his life!