Chapter 708: Windfall
Today is definitely the darkest day in the life of His Royal Highness King Teng.
Last night's hangover was still beating his head, and at this moment, Li Qinzai was lying in front of him with his dying breath, and there was a mess of front halls and flowers outside the house.
Walking into the room, King Teng's mind was still buzzing, and three philosophical questions involuntarily popped up in his heart.
Who am I? Where am I? What did I do?
At this moment, King Teng was still in a state of confusion, he was too drunk last night, he only remembered that after he was drunk by Ma Xianling, he fell on the low table in a daze, and he didn't know what happened next.
Drinking splinters is not uncommon, and King Teng has had similar experiences before.
Today, I saw the flowers and plants in the yard like being gnawed by dogs, the messy front hall, and Li Qinzai with a strip of cloth wrapped around his arm, and the frightened expressions of the people in the Li family's courtyard when they saw him......
All kinds of signs are corroboring, after he was drunk last night, he seems to have really done a lot of crazy things, so he can't believe it.
People can't smash their own courtyards for no reason, right? You won't even do any bitter tricks to break your arm, right? What are people trying to do?
To blackmail him for money? Joke! Everyone is a decent person, and this money is embarrassing to open your mouth?
King Teng, who was originally skeptical, became more and more convinced at this moment that all the sins were created by him.
On the bed, the dying Li Qinzai struggled to open his eyes, and when he saw Queen Teng, Li Qinzai showed a weak smile.
"Your Highness, forgive me for being inconsiderate." Li Qinzai struggled to his feet.
King Teng stepped forward to support him, his expression was complicated, both relieved of hatred, guilt, and a little apprehension after causing trouble.
"Li Xianhou, this king was really ...... last night" King Teng's face was stunned and he sighed ashamedly.
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly and said: "It's okay, Your Highness is happy, your happiness is my happiness......"
King Teng opened his mouth, but he was speechless.
The little rascal who harmed his daughter suddenly turned into a tolerant and generous gentleman, messing up King Teng's emotions, and I don't know whether to continue to ask him about his guilt in anger at this moment, or to laugh and grudge against him.
"Jing Chu, it was this king Meng Lang last night, this king can't stand you, and he can't stand Ying Gong......" King Teng sighed ashamedly.
Li Qinzai hurriedly said: "Your Highness doesn't have to blame yourself, you can drink and enjoy yourself in my mansion, it is the honor of me, the master, which shows that I have been entertained very well, and Your Highness has the unruly behavior after being drunk last night." ”
King Teng looked at Li Qinzai, his eyes were still very complicated, and after looking at it, he said, "Jing Chu's arm was also injured by this king?" ”
Li Qinzai sensitively noticed that King Teng's address to him had changed, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, it's my own carelessness, Your Highness acted too ...... after getting drunk last night Uh, unrestrained, I had to step forward to dissuade me, but unexpectedly, His Highness snatched the iron boring of my family and smashed my arm. ”
"And I slipped under my feet, fell on my back, and there happened to be a broken porcelain piece on the ground, not to mention a broken arm, and a scratch......"
King Teng's eyelids jumped, and he took a closer look, and found that there were indeed faint traces of blood oozing from the strip of cloth wrapped around Li Qinzai's arm.
Cold sweat involuntarily broke out from his forehead, and King Teng's heart became heavier and heavier.
The matter is more serious than he imagined, this is all bloody, if the Son of Heaven and Ying Gong know, the future of his life is afraid that it will be completely hopeless.
At this moment, King Teng hated his addiction to alcohol, although he was a member of the royal family, but he had not been treated by the Son of Heaven, and finally found an errand to build roads in the state.
The rising career was like an unlucky bird passing by the sweet potato field, and was suddenly shot down by the emotionless Praetorian Guard marksman.
"Last night, it was the king who was wrong, I won't say anything, how much damage this king has caused to your mansion and Jingchu, I will pay for it tenfold." King Teng said decisively.
Li Qinzai was stunned for a while, and then his eyes lit up.
Was the surprise so unexpected?
From last night to now, it has been a demolition and self-harm, and Li Qinzai actually has no intention of blackmailing King Teng at all.
The main purpose of engaging in these actions is to divert King Teng's attention, and it is best to add a little more guilt to his heart, so that about him and the county lord of Jinxiang, King Teng will be embarrassed to ask about Xingshi, even if he is thick-skinned or Xingshi asks for guilt, at least the tone will not be too intense.
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, but there was an unexpected gain.
Knowing that he was so happy and bold, Li Qinzai should have set fire to the entire courtyard last night.
"Oh, this teaches me how to be embarrassed......" Li Qinzai pushed with an exaggerated expression.
King Teng waved his hand: "It must be compensated, the sins created by this king will be cleaned up by this king." It just so happened that last year, the king was busy building roads and had no time to squander, but he had accumulated a lot of money and food at home, and he would ask someone to send it to your house tomorrow. ”
Li Qinzai sighed gratefully: "Your Royal Highness is noble, you have both the elegance of a gentleman and the legacy of Meng Weijun, and you are an official and obedient. ”
After a few words, King Teng suddenly showed a smug look, but thinking of the approximate amount of ten times the compensation, King Teng's smug expression immediately froze, and his expression became a little painful.
"Well, virtuous nephew, the sins made by this king must be compensated, but last night's Meng Lang's actions of this king ......" King Teng said with a blank face.
Li Qinzai comprehended: "Your Highness, rest assured, the lower officials will issue a gag order, and no one in the palace will be allowed to spread it, so as to ensure that not a word of His Highness's mighty act last night will be transmitted." ”
King Teng was finally relieved and nodded with a smile.
inexplicably got a windfall, Li Qinzai was in a very good mood, and King Teng, who used money to settle the big trouble he caused, was naturally in a happy mood.
The old man and the little gentleman looked at each other and smiled, this wave of win-win belongs to yes.
Next, the two began to chat, but everyone was very conscious and didn't say a word to the county lord of Jinxiang.
Li Qinzai was because of his weak heart, and King Teng sensed that this was not a good time.
He got into trouble in someone else's house and lost money, and he was completely inferior in momentum, and he took the initiative to passive, and he really argued with Li Qinzai, and King Teng found it difficult to occupy the moral high ground.
Since this is the case, I simply don't mention it, and leave it for the next time to ask the teacher for the guilt.
Turning back to take care of his daughter, he punished her for grounding her and forbade her to go out, and the little hooligan had no way to do anything even if he wanted to harm his daughter.
After skipping the topic of the county lord of Jinxiang, King Teng talked about the road construction in the state.
Li Qinzai listened quietly with a smile, he was not only listening to King Teng's big and trivial matters, but also secretly observing King Teng's expression.
I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and Li Qinzai suddenly found that King Teng has really changed a lot.
The arrogance between his eyebrows has faded a lot, and when it comes to the ordinary people who served as coolies when building roads, King Teng's face showed admiration, and his eyes revealed respect from the heart.
With such an expression and such a look, it is absolutely impossible for King Teng to be revealed in the past.
At that time, he was also a notorious old gentleman, and his bad reputation was not inferior to Li Qinzai's back then, and even faintly stronger.
Even if Li Qinzai didn't fight back then, his bad reputation was at least limited to Chang'an City.
King Teng is awesome, the whole world knows that this is an old bastard and an old loser, a broken pavilion, and he repaired it here and then changed places and repaired it, and he didn't even change his name.
That's it, it's embarrassing to mix in the literary circle.
(End of chapter)