CHAPTER XXII

When Gao Huaiyuan returned to his small courtyard, another earthquake was caused in the small courtyard, and Liu Er, who was cooking for him, came out, but when he saw Gao Huaiyuan hanging on his arms, he was immediately so shocked that even the plate in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"Young Master! How did you get hurt? Liu Er immediately exclaimed.

As soon as they heard Liu Er's exclamation, Li Ruohu and the others, who were practicing calligraphy in the room, immediately rushed out, and saw Gao Huaiyuan's right arm hanging from his neck, so he immediately rushed over and asked Gao Huaiyuan: "Young Master, what happened today?" Why did it hurt? Do you want a little copyist to help? ”

Gao Huaiyuan flicked the fingers of his left hand on Li Ruohu's head, untied his hanging right hand, stretched it for a while, and said to Liu Er: "Don't be impatient, Ruohu, you forgot what I told you before I came to Beijing!" Don't worry, I'm just a little injured, and it's a wound that the doctor has personally taken care of, so it's nothing wrong with me at all! You don't have to worry about Liu'er! ”

Liu Er saw that although his right arm was bandaged, he moved quite freely, and his fingers could be flexed and extended, so he patted his bulging chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at Gao Huaiyuan and said, "You!" I just don't know how to take care of my body, and every time I go out, I have to go home with a wound! When you were in Xiangyang, you almost died, and when you came back from Huangzhou, you were still covered with injuries! It's only been a few days since I came to the capital! I was actually injured with someone again! Tell me how you got hurt today! Why do people in the capital dare to hurt you? ”

"Don't think too highly of me! Don't look at me in Daye, I am very arrogant, but after I arrived in the capital, there are more people like me who dare to bully me! Hehe! Walking on the street, casually bumping into someone, maybe it's a big official, it seems that you and I will be more restrained in the future! Hehe!

In fact, the matter is not big, that is, in the morning, the head of the guards who went to the palace and the palace had a fight, and was stabbed in the arm by that guy with a knife, the wound was not deep, it was just a skin injury! That guy took the wrong medicine today, so he has to trouble me! Gao Huaiyuan explained as he walked towards the house.

"What head of the guard? Dare to bully the young master, I don't think he wants to live! He even dared to stab the young master with a knife! He doesn't want to think about what you're playing, young master! He's still playing with a knife in front of you? Who's that? I have been guarding the palace for the past two days, staring at him, and when he comes out, I will castrate him! Relieve the anger of the young master! Li Ruohu said angrily.

"You come in and talk to me, beware of the ears of the wall! Don't make a lot of noise! Gao Huaiyuan stood in the hall and shouted to Li Ruohu.

Liu Er hurriedly took the official uniform that Gao Huaiyuan had taken off and hung it on the hanger, turned around and stood in front of Gao Huaiyuan with Li Ruohu.

"Ruohu, you have to be more restrained in the future, the capital is a place where the dragon is hidden and the tiger is crouching, and any official here can pinch us to death like an ant, don't move and shout and kill here! I've already said it, it's just a skirmish, and I don't need you to avenge me!

But don't underestimate me, now I don't need you to avenge me, do you think he can get away with a stab at me? I'm afraid my mother won't recognize him when she sees him! And that guy has been taken into prison by the front division of the palace, and he is waiting to be disposed of, if you want to be angry for me, is it difficult to kill the front secretary of the palace to find him? Gao Huaiyuan then reprimanded Li Ruohu.

"Huh? That guy was caught in jail? Then I'll forget it! I don't have what it takes to break into prison! Hey! What's more, I also think that someone has the ability to hurt you, young master, and retreat! I guess that guy will be more seriously injured at this time! Young master, you are not the one who suffers! It's not that the young master doesn't know my temper, it's not that I can't see the young master getting angry! When Li Ruohu heard this, he immediately scratched his head and laughed.

"You guy is getting more and more flamboyant now, in short, you remember, this is not Daye County, but the capital, you can't do things like when you were in Daye County! Ruohu, I think it's better for you to recover your previous temperament, and you are more calm! In the capital, everyone must pay special attention to whether they are doing things or talking! Do you hear that? ”

Liu Er, Li Ruohu and others hurriedly nodded in agreement, Li Ruohu is actually Gao Huaiyuan is still at ease, he is very calm, and he usually talks very little when he sees people, but he is too loyal to himself, and he can't see himself suffering a little loss!

Gao Huaiyuan told a few of them about the day's events, and after several people heard about the results of the matter, they all felt angry and applauded for Xiao Liang's fate.

It only took two days for Xiao Liang to be dealt with, Xiao Liang was punished by Xia Zhen for murder and wounding and the following crimes, and was punished with a heavy responsibility of fifty military sticks.

As a result, after Xiao Liang received fifty military sticks, he was almost beaten to death, and was driven out of Lin'an Mansion with only half a life, and embarked on the road to Qiongzhou, and from Hangzhou to Qiongzhou, naturally no one would give him good food, drink and hospitality on the road, and also sent an official ship to send him, and the two colonels escorted him all the way to Leizhou before crossing the sea by boat, after being so seriously injured, whether Xiao Liang could go to Qiongzhou or not, it depends on his own luck, but most people are not optimistic about his future, it is estimated that he will not be able to go to Qiongzhou, will die on the road.

The reason why Xia Zhen dealt with Xiao Liang so ruthlessly was because of Shi Miyuan's attitude, and he was also annoyed that Xiao Liang had stabbed him with such a big basket, if someone used this matter to accuse him of not being strict, it would really be enough for him to go around without eating! However, he also left a way back, did not beat Xiao Liang to death on the spot, even if he also sold a face to the crown prince Zhao Hong, he finally saved Xiao Liang's life, as for whether he can survive to Qiongzhou, it depends on his own creation!

After listening to the disposition of Xiao Liang, Gui Cheng felt in a good mood, this time he wanted to see this group of people in the palace, who dared not take him seriously! And the handling of this matter has indeed played a considerable role in improving Guicheng's status in the Yiwang Mansion, the guards or the people in the inner mansion who didn't respect Guicheng very much before, now when they see Guicheng again, they are all respectful, for fear of offending Guicheng again, which makes Guicheng feel much better.

And Gao Huaiyuan is still kind-hearted in the end, after hearing the results of this matter, he felt that for Xiao Liang, the handling was indeed too heavy, after all, Xiao Liang used a knife against him at that time, and he was forced to do nothing, and in essence, he and Xiao Liang did not have any big enmity, but they ruined Xiao Liang's life, Gao Huaiyuan somewhat blamed himself, and felt that the reason why Xiao Liang fell into such a tragic end had something to do with him.

As for the crown prince Zhao Hong's side, after learning about this, Zhao Hong lost his temper again, he felt that he was very faceless in this matter, he couldn't maintain his attendants before, and he was so miserable that he couldn't accept it, and in the end, under the persuasion of Zhen Dexiu, he felt a little better, after all, this time Xiao Liang temporarily held a life, and if he was not killed immediately, it could be regarded as giving him some face, and it can't be said that Xia Zhen did nothing!

So Zhao Hong sent someone to inquire about the escort Xiao Liang when he left Beijing, and asked his subordinates to send some money to Xiao Liang, and by the way, he also asked people to explain to the two escorted officials, be sure to take care of Xiao Liang on the way, if Xiao Liang loses on the road, he will find trouble with them, and the two poor officers will be scared of the two bad guys, they are small soldiers, they don't know what high-level disputes are, with Zhao Hong, the current prince's order, where do they dare to toss Xiao Liang! What's more, they also received some money from the prince, and they couldn't wait to bring Xiao Liang down as a prince.

Zhao Hong did this, in fact, there was no purpose, but he felt that in Xiao Liang's matter, he didn't make any effort, and he was a little ashamed in his heart to do this, but in this way, it was equivalent to saving Xiao Liang's life, otherwise, he would be injured on the road, let alone Qiongzhou, I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of Liangzhe, he will die on the side of the road!

So when Xiao Liang was escorted out of Beijing, he turned his head to look at the magnificent Lin'an City, endured the pain and knelt on the ground, and kowtowed a few times to Lin'an City, which was regarded as a thank you to Zhao Hong, and he firmly believed that if Zhao Hong ascended the throne one day, he Xiao Liang would definitely see the light of day again!

"Let's go, Lord Xiao, our brothers will take good care of you on the way! I won't let you suffer! As long as we arrive in Qiongzhou before the required date, we will try to walk as slowly as possible! An errand officer carried a stick on his back and carried Xiao Liang with a simple salute and said to Xiao Liang.

Xiao Liang gritted his teeth and said to himself in Lin'an City: "The surname is high! You wait, when Lao Tzu comes back one day, he will definitely crush your bones and scatter ashes, and your family will be ruined! ……”

The three of them slowly left Lin'an City, Xiao Liang's heart was desolate, although his official position was not big before, but there were still a lot of fox friends and dog friends who called him brothers and sisters on weekdays, but today he was in trouble, and he was expelled from the capital, but there was not even one person to see him off, this is really a weak human feeling!

Gao Huaiyuan would not be full enough to run to see Xiao Liang off, even if he was kind-hearted, it was not to the extent that sympathy overflowed, for Xiao Liang's matter, for him, it was already in the past, as for Xiao Liang's life and death, in such a power struggle, there would be so many such victims, he had no way to help them, not to mention that Xiao Liang was sincere this time, no wonder he did anything.