Chapter 23: The Debt-Debtor Boy
Fu Mingyi took the ten people who accompanied him to the north.
Xiao Tian sat in a carriage and slowly entered the city under the escort of dozens of forbidden troops such as Zhao Youchen.
She slowly released her clenched fist in the carriage, thinking to herself, it was still Mingxiu.
But she didn't intercede for Mingxiu or Mrs. He. Even, after she was shocked, she tried to make herself feel like an outsider and no longer show any emotion.
Because it is a micro-service, after the forbidden army enters the city, half of them are hidden everywhere and secretly guarded.
Zhao Youchen took three people to ride horses in regular clothes and walked beside Xiao Tian's carriage, and the drivers were all people from the forbidden army.
Zhao Youchen thought back to everything that happened outside the city, even if he still didn't quite understand what was going on, but he still knew one thing very clearly.
Lord Taifu was very angry with His Majesty.
Perhaps, there is also disappointment.
Thinking of this, Zhao Youchen frowned unconsciously.
He admired Taifu, but since he took charge of the forbidden army, he also often looked at this well-behaved and sensible majesty.
To tell the truth, the country is in danger, the family is ruined, the mountains and rivers are broken, this majesty can not cry, make trouble or be afraid at the age of a child, and can also listen to the teachings of the Taifu to bear all kinds of heavy schoolwork, as well as the expectations of the whole country.
Your Majesty has actually done a good job.
Moreover, although he didn't know what was going on, he didn't say anything about it, so he arrested Mingxiu and her grandfather together, this ......
He thought to himself: Although Taifu is the master of the Son of Heaven, he seems to be a little harsh on His Majesty.
The warm breeze was slow, the curtains of the carriage were slowly opened, and Xiao Tian showed half of his face from behind.
Zhao Youchen subconsciously looked over, but Xiao Tian did not look at him, but looked at the house vendors on the side of the road, and pedestrians coming and going.
He drove forward and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong with Your Majesty?" ”
Xiao Tian shook his head and didn't say anything, just watched.
She hadn't spoken since Fu Shuyi brushed her sleeves away, but she didn't look sad or anything.
It's just - expressionless.
Zhao Youchen couldn't figure out what this little majesty was thinking, and was about to ask a few words about safety, but he saw the little emperor raise his head and glance at the sky.
What's in the sky?
Zhao Youchen heard the sound of birdsong.
The south of Xiaoshui has always been warm, the city is full of greenery, and the spring color is pleasant. Nanhua City is one of them.
And in the spring season, there are naturally flying birds.
He was about to distinguish the emotions in Xiao Tian's eyes, but when he saw the curtain by the window lowered, he could no longer see their little majesty.
What is Your Majesty thinking?
He soon ran out of time to think about that.
When the carriage passed through the downtown area, there were circles of people in front of the road, which was quite wide at the time, and they blocked the whole road. If you listen closely, you can still hear the screaming and swearing of several men inside, as well as the sound of punches and kicks hitting people.
A guard walked up to Zhao Youchen and asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you need to evacuate the crowd?" ”
Xiao Tian felt the bustle outside, and this bustle was particularly clear in the silent carriage.
Even, even if she didn't have the kung fu of Zhao Youchen, she could hear that there was probably a fight in front of her.
Zhao Youchen had already dismounted and was leading the horse to walk by the carriage, and was about to let his subordinates evacuate the crowd, but he heard His Majesty say: "General Zhao." ”
He turned his head to see that the curtains were not open.
So he went to the window and whispered, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”
"Since it's a micro-service, don't bother with it. Let's see if we can take a detour. ”
It's the best way to do it. But Xiao Tian put it forward by himself, and when he heard it in Zhao Youchen's ears, it felt different.
Since ancient times, the imperial power has been supreme, and His Majesty, no matter how young he is, is the master of this country. His Majesty has not yet started to be in power, and he may not even know more about the national situation than Master Taifu, but His Majesty can choose to take a detour at this time, and this decision can at least reflect His Majesty's temperament to some extent.
"Yes." Zhao Youchen quickly ordered the carriage to turn around and prepare to go a little farther and make a detour back to Nanhua Palace.
But plans don't always change as fast as they can.
Just as the coachman slowly turned the horse's head, a half-grown boy suddenly struggled out of the gap in the crowd.
He saw the carriage turning, his eyes seemed to light up, and he staggered over.
Zhao Youchen frowned and ordered his subordinates: "Stop him." ”
But the young man, though his clothes were tattered and his face and body were marked by the beatings, was so flexible that the two guards could not stop him, and even let him dodge and rush to the side of the carriage.
He shouted as he ran: "The noble man is me!" ”
Zhao Youchen held the sword in his hand and had already drawn half of it.
"Wait!" Xiao heard the sound of the sword unsheathed.
Zhao Youchen's men hesitated, and the young man boldly rushed to the car door to open the door.
Behind him, five big men chased after him with a curse.
"Ge Laozi, a bastard born by stinky girls, you still dare to run?"
Zhao Youchen sank his face and shouted: "Bold fanatics, dare to be in ...... Foul language, loud noise! ”
Thinking of almost revealing his identity, Zhao Youchen sweated.
The five big men probably also found that Zhao Youchen was a person who was not easy to mess with, and they looked at each other, and one of them said: "Who are you, if you want to be a hero, you have to see if our Grandpa Jiang agrees." ”
Zhao Youchen's color darkened by two points.
The "Grandpa Jiang" in their mouths, if it was Jiang Tianba, the local snake of Nanhua City that he heard about, I am afraid that this embarrassed kid owes money to people.
Zhao Youchen didn't have time to take care of these idle things.
The boy panicked and couldn't open the door for a long time.
He began to bang on the door and shout, "Your nobleman save me!" ”
Zhao Youchen directly pulled the boy over and prepared to throw him back.
"Ask what's going on." Xiao Tian spoke again.
Zhao Youchen didn't quite agree, so he said in a low voice: "This kid has caused trouble, I'm afraid it's not easy to ask." ”
Xiao Qian said: "Let's ask first." ”
Although Zhao Youchen obeys Fu Mingyi's orders most of the time, in this kind of matter, since Xiao Tian insists, he will not disobey.
So he had no choice but to lift the young man's collar and ask in a cold voice, "What did you cause trouble?" ”
The boy is honest. "I owe thirty taels, and they want me three hundred taels for ten days."
Zhao Youchen raised his eyebrows, three hundred taels, enough for an ordinary person to eat for a year.
Jiang Tianba's business was a casino. When the casino grows bigger, it will intervene in any business. However, his favorite thing is still money lending, loan sharking.
Jiang Tianba is a smart person, he does a lot of bad things, but he has never been an enemy of the government, and from time to time he has to cooperate with the government to investigate some cases or something, so although many people hate him, the Dingzhou government is actually quite tolerant of him.
Zhao Youchen didn't want to care about this kind of thing, but he didn't know what Xiao Tian meant at this time, so he didn't open his mouth and waited for orders.
What the young man said, Xiao Tian must have been able to hear it.
"Hey, are you planning to help this kid pay off his debts? Let me tell you, he not only owes us Grandpa Jiang three hundred taels, but also owes our brother a few concubines...... Hahahaha......"
The five of them looked at each other and laughed.