Chapter 40: Competing for Favor?
After this monkey-looking nouveau riche was thrown into the river, he should have been picked up by the patrol battalion that rowed and patrolled the river. Zhao Hongxing felt very strange.
Even if the patrol battalion didn't catch anyone, this guy shouldn't have made himself so down, his face was covered in black mud, his clothes that were originally very bright and bright were completely unrecognizable, and his hair was all knotted.
If it weren't for the finger on his right hand that was broken by Hongyi's iron bead, Zhao Hongxing really wouldn't have recognized who this guy was.
"Thank you for the strong man's ......" The person chasing the monkey guy had just arrived, and the leader recognized Zhao Hongxing at once.
"It turned out that he was tired of His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, and the villain was incompetent and disturbed His Highness. As soon as they clenched their fists, the guys fell to their knees.
"No, no, no, no, it's a gesture. Although Zhao Hongxing didn't do it at all, he still unceremoniously took the credit. Le Aya didn't say anything about his behavior of not wanting Bilian, but instead swapped the knife for the hapless guard.
"This knife should be well maintained, the center of gravity of the blade is off. Le Aya said to the guards as she changed her knife.
The guard nodded his head as he put his sword into its sheath. But it's not certain whether he will maintain this knife, anyway, it's issued by the public, and if it's not suitable, he'll change it again.
Zhao Hongxing took a closer look at these people and found that they were wearing the clothes of Wenfanglou's servants.
"What, this guy came out of your Wenfang Building?" Zhao Hongxing asked with a kick on the ground. He was very curious, how did this guy offend Wen Fanglou.
"Back to His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, this gangster has been locked up for several days in an attempt to do something wrong to the girl in our building, and today he somehow escaped from it. The leader bowed again, "Thank you again for your help." ”
"Well, don't lose it anymore if you take care of him. Zhao Hongxing nodded, did not continue to ask, and beckoned Le Aya to get into the car.
"His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince walks slowly. The steward sent Zhao Hongxing into the carriage.
After the carriage had traveled a certain distance, Hongyi drove his horse to the window of the carriage and asked puzzledly: "Childe, this person is unruly in Wenfang Building, they should notify the patrol battalion to arrest people, why did they start a lynching." ”
"Heh, Wenfanglou is the property of the Criminal Department, how can they be considered lynching when they are executed there. Zhao Hongxing said.
The Criminal Department is the most powerful department in Yanfeng except for the army, and the patrol battalions in the capital and local yamen throughout the country are under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department. As an internal "organ of violence", law enforcement, imprisonment and execution, the personnel of the criminal department who hold these rights in their hands are all very deterrent to see.
A place like Wenfanglou should not be related to a serious law enforcement department like the Criminal Department. But in fact, the criminal department, which deals with all kinds of gray and black industries all year round, is the one who knows how to make his business behave in the best way.
And in a place like Wenfanglou, there will definitely be a guy with poor self-control who can get into his brain at any time and want to plot against that girl. In order to play a deterrent role, Wen Fang specially dug a dungeon under the building, and anyone who dared to stretch out the salty pig's claws in front of the girls would be thrown in to reflect for a few days.
Of course, when instinct drives the most primitive desires of human beings, human beings do not consider the consequences. Therefore, the dungeon built by Wenfang Lou is really not a decoration, and there are often "visitors" in it.
Zhao Hongxing's carriage stopped at the door of Wenfang Building, although the carriage did not have any royal logo, but the eyes of the little guy who greeted the guests at the door of the house were quite clever, and before the car stopped, someone recognized Hongyi who was riding a horse and followed. Before Zhao Hongxing got out of the car, five or six people rushed out and waited at the door.
"His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, welcome, this is the bureau of Young Master Yinghe?" the leading steward welcomed Zhao Hongxing with a smile on his face.
Every time he sees this guy, Zhao Hongxing can remember the scene when he went to "Shang K" with the leader in his previous life. The lobby manager who received them was also like this, his face was always full of flattering smiles, but all the guests who walked into the KTV, as long as he met once, no matter who he wanted to find or what kind of "service" he liked, he knew it well.
However, the lobby manager's smile was at the leader, and Zhao Hongxing was the one who was ignored at that time. And after arriving in this world, Zhao Hongxing became the person who was received with this smile.
"Let's go upstairs, I'm going to trouble Miss Wei to perform today. Every time he saw this guy, Zhao Hongxing was in a somewhat complicated mood, so he didn't give him nonsense, and directly ordered them to lead the way.
"Yes, Your Highness, please upstairs. With a wave of the leader's hand, seven or eight people at the door moved.
The seven or eight people lined up in two columns, walking in front of Zhao Hongxing, Le Aya and Hongyi, responsible for guiding and opening the way.
This is the distance of the last two floors of stairs without a few steps, and Zhao Hongxing feels that he will look stupid every time he gets so many people walking in front of him to lead the way.
When I came to the box, I just pushed the door and entered, and I heard the sound of welcome one after another inside.
"Eh, His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince has arrived. ”
"Your Highness, you can count on it. ”
"Come, come, come, Your Highness, sit here. ”
"Her Royal Highness Princess Le Aya is also here, and I ordered someone to bring another plate of fruit!"
After a messy pass, Zhao Hongxing sat on the main seat, and a table was added next to him, which was Le Aya's position. He Gongzi, who set up this table, sat on Zhao Hongxing's left hand side, next to Zhao Hongxing.
"Gongzi He, it's only been a few days, do you miss Miss Wei again?" After sitting down, Zhao Hongxing teased Gongzi He, who was next to him.
He Gongzi, whose real name is He Congwen, just turned 18 years old this year, and his father and grandfather are both masters of the Hanlin Academy. Because there is no business at home, he basically relies on the state to eat, so he rarely arranges this kind of banquet with relatively large expenses.
"Your Highness said with a smile, I really just want to ask you to discuss what to give to the birthday banquet of the two little princesses in two days. He Congwen said very seriously: "My father and grandfather have been very busy in the Hanlin Courtyard recently, so I will handle this matter." ”
"I'm also afraid that the things won't be delivered, and I will make Her Royal Highness the Fifth Princess unhappy......" He Congwen added with some embarrassment.
"If you really don't give a good gift, then it should be my mother who is unhappy, why did you go directly to my fifth sister?" Zhao Hongxing blinked his eyes, and then asked.
"Uh...... This ......" He Congwen was a little flustered by Zhao Hongxing's question, and his face turned red.
"Hehe, don't worry, Brother He, you can give a gift or something, our family doesn't pick this. Zhao Hongxing was happy, patted He Congwen's shoulder and said.
It can be seen that this He Congwen invited him Zhao Hongxing to come and really want to ask what the gift was for two days. After all, this is the first time that Brother He is in charge at home, and he can understand if he wants to ask. Of course, giving gifts to the two little princesses is fake, but pleasing the fifth princess is real, and Zhao Hongxing can still see it when he thinks carefully.
It's just that this Brother He is too realistic. The idea of setting up a table in Wenfang Building today is definitely not something that this honest guy can come up with. Zhao Hongxing could guess that this Brother He must have wanted to discuss with him but didn't know how to speak, and then he didn't necessarily mention it to any bastard in this house, and then he was fooled into setting up a banquet here.
If you want to be the master of the Yan Feng family, it's too real. Zhao Hongxing felt that this Brother He's thoughts about Zhao Zhong were probably useless.
But as the saying goes, he is here, no matter why he is treated. Zhao Hongxing raised his glass unceremoniously, "Come on, come on, let's start!"
"Okay, let's give His Highness a drink. ”
"A glass to Your Highness!"
Although Zhao Hongxing's cup was not wine, it did not affect the atmosphere when he ate. In the previous life, when the salesman participated in the entertainment, the boss drank what he drank, whether it was wine or tea, listen carefully to the boss, and the conversation must be received at any time, as long as this meal is accompanied, the contract boss is in a hurry.
Now, Zhao Hongxing has become the "boss" who just sits there and talks casually, and the circle of people in the room listens with their ears open.
This feeling, Zhao Hongxing is still quite cool......
As soon as I had two drinks, the door to the box was pushed open.
Le Aya, who was not interested in drinking and patting Zhao Hongxing's sycophants, had been eating and drinking, and when she heard the movement of opening the door, her eyes lit up, and she looked at the door expectantly.
Not only Le Aya, but the people in the room all looked forward to the door - everyone thought it was Wei Kuishou coming.
The eyes of everyone struck a startle, startling the little guy at the door.
"Uh......" The little guy was almost frightened and forgot what he was talking about when he pushed the door, and quickly thought about it, "Oh, Your Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, Miss Xu heard that Her Highness has come down and wants to perform a song and dance for Her Highness herself, I don't know if Your Highness wants her...... Oops, I'll go!"
Before the little guy finished speaking, he didn't know who pushed him aside, and then a delicate voice sounded first.
"His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, you can be regarded as here~" With this sweet voice that made people get goosebumps, a person who twisted the thin waist of the willow and was dressed up walked in.
"Oh, it's Miss Xu. ”
"Xu, Miss Xu is also here to enjoy the light!"
"Earn big, make big!"
The people in the room began to mumble when they saw the beautiful woman.
But Zhao Hongxing doesn't like this Xu girl very much, first of all, her performance is really not interesting, she can't sing well and dance very well, purely relying on her appearance and attractive figure to attract the audience.
Although her strength is unreliable, the key is that most of the male audience really eats Miss Xu's coquettish set, which makes her popularity second only to the "leader" Miss Wei.
However, this Miss Xu also knows that this is because she is still young, and all parts of her body are still attractive to all kinds of "heroes", and when she is old and decrepit after a few years, she will definitely be cold with her half-hung dancing and singing.
So this Miss Xu wanted to hurry up and make a "payment" and marry herself into a "wealthy family" that would not worry about food and clothing in the future.
This is what Zhao Hongxing hates about Miss Xu the most, because he is unfortunately one of the targets of Miss Xu, who is very confident in his attractiveness.
Zhao Hongxing didn't understand, he was only thirteen years old, and this woman surnamed Xu was in her early twenties, did she really think that even if she succeeded in seducing a prince to take the bait, she would be able to marry into the royal family?
Is it really stupid to be the prince and the prince?
Every time Zhao Hongxing came to Wenfang Building, this Xu girl had to come over and tease Zhao Hongxing, which was also what made Zhao Hongxing very disgusted.
This lady, it is illegal to molest minors, and it is not okay for underage princes.
Zhao Hongxing turned his head and glanced at Le Aya, and found that this girl was also looking at Miss Xu who "twisted" in with disgust.
Although Zhao Hongxing didn't know that Le Aya disliked Miss Xu so much, he felt that he could probably guess the reason - sure enough, are girls very repulsive to people who behave like "green tea"?
Of course, it is not certain that he guessed correctly or not.
"Sixth Princess......" Miss Xu didn't pay attention to anyone in the room at all, twisted her waist and drifted her hips and ran to Zhao Hongxing's position. But he didn't take two steps before he was stopped by Hongyi, who was waiting on the side.
"Girl, please respect yourself. Hongyi, who blocked Miss Xu, said.
"Tsk. Miss Xu, who was blocked, smacked her mouth slightly.
You are not a wine accompaniment, what are you jumping into the seats of other guests, is it wrong to stop you?" Zhao Hongxing said in his heart.
"Then, I will present a dance for His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince today. Seeing that she didn't send it to Zhao Hongxing's side, Miss Xu threw a flattering look at Zhao Hongxing.
"Good ......"
"Hey, hey!"
"Miss Xu's figure...... No, Miss Xu's dancing is really good. ”
Zhao Hongxing hadn't nodded yet, and these people in the room were already so happy that their eyes were straight.
These guys made such a fuss, making it difficult for Zhao Hongxing to refuse. He was afraid that after he said no, these guys who were about to lose their minds because of their beauty would do something dangerous.
Just when Zhao Hongxing was hesitating whether to refuse, another very pleasant voice came from the door.
"Sister Xu, I am the person in charge of performing for His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince today, don't break the rules. The eyes of the guys in the room were pulled up from Miss Xu's body by this voice, and then they collectively looked at the door again.
I saw a person dressed in white, covered with white veil, neatly dressed from head to toe, but not inferior to Miss Xu in figure, standing at the door.
It seems simple and simple, but in fact it is graceful and colorful, and the sound is as pleasant as a silver bell, but the face is hidden behind the light veil, and people can't help but feel a little sorry for this one, which is the leader of Wenfanglou, Miss Wei.
Miss Wei was holding a flute in her hand, and it seemed that she was planning to perform a musical instrument.
"What, Sister Wei is afraid that I will steal your limelight?" Miss Xu said to Miss Wei with a cold face: "Otherwise, let's hear if everyone wants me to perform a dance." ”
This girl Xu really has the talent of "green tea", originally she wanted to show Zhao Hongxing alone, but now she is starting to solicit everyone's opinions.
"If Miss Xu can also perform, that's great. ”
"Yes, yes, yes. ”
"Haha, it's worth it. ”
Of course, the guys in the room wish she could stay and dance. If she can watch Miss Wei's performance again after the performance, then their hearts will be even more beautiful.
"Oh, yes. Miss Wei said lightly: "It seems that Miss Xu is more in line with the taste of your sons, so I will forgive the little girl for retiring first." ”
After speaking, Miss Wei turned around and was about to leave.
"Oh, no!"
"It's still Miss Wei, Miss Wei's performance is better. ”
"Well, it's not worth it just to watch Miss Xu perform......"
What Zhao Hongxing didn't expect was that the guys in the house who were fascinated by beauty still knew who they wanted to see the most.
"I also think Sister Wei dances much better than this one. Le Aya's voice was mixed in it, and although it was not very moving, it was the most authoritative opinion.
Rakuya is an opinion expressed purely on an artistic level, without any other superfluous ideas.
"I ......" was said by the people in the room, Miss Xu's face was a little unbearable, and after she carefully checked who everyone in the room was except Zhao Hongxing, she snorted coldly, raised her feet and left.
When she walked to the door, she still wanted to bump into Miss Wei, but Miss Wei seemed to have been prepared, and in a flash, she saw Miss Xu stumbling and threw herself out.
Closing the door, Miss Wei walked on the stage alone as if nothing had happened, and then asked Zhao Hongxing to give a salute.
"I heard that His Highness caught a gangster who escaped from Wenfang Mansion on the way here?" asked Miss Wei.
"Oh, yes. Zhao Hongxing replied.
"Your Highness is amazing!"
"Your Highness is brave, Your Highness is brave!"
"Your Highness is very skilled!"
The guys in the house followed Miss Wei's words and slapped their ass.
Zhao Hongxing frowned slightly, and suddenly felt that these guys were so annoying.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your help in capturing this villain. Miss Wei thanked.
"What, this guy is plotting against Miss Wei?" Zhao Hongxing was a little curious, why did Miss Wei still care about the "security" of Wenfang Building.
"Although it's not me who wants this person to be light, it's better to grab this kind of goods and not release them casually. Miss Wei saluted again, "So, I still want to thank Your Highness for your help." ”。
Zhao Hongxing waved his hand again and again, he couldn't be too shameless, it was Le Aya who really grabbed people, he only had to watch the excitement. After being thanked twice by Miss Wei, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't stand it.
"Well, please listen to me first. After thanking Zhao Hongxing, Miss Wei stopped talking nonsense, put the flute in her hand against her lips through the light veil, and played it gently.