Chapter 35: Drunken Murder
After arriving in Jinyang, Li Zhiyun became an idle prince again, and in addition to writing letters to Wei Xiaobao every day, he wandered around the streets of Jinyang, thinking about how to expand his business empire.
On this day, he slept until three o'clock in the morning. According to the rules of the army, he and the fourth brother should get up early to supervise the army's drills, but neither of them went. The fourth brother didn't want to go because he didn't have time to hunt.
Li Zhiyun has no interest in the fight and killing of cold weapons. Some so-called fierce generals, holding a big knife, think that they are invincible in the world. When Li Zhiyun saw it, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart: In front of modern firearms, you are not even a chicken feather!
He walked into the courtyard, stretched his waist, and said casually: "The courtiers will miss the third watch and the cold, and the iron horse general will cross the pass at night; The mountain temple is a high monk, and it is better to be rich than idle. As soon as I finished reading, I heard someone applauding, and when I turned my head to look, it turned out to be the fourth brother and the right guard general Yu Wenxin.
The fourth brother walked up to him and said, "Wealth is a fart!" It's still fun to hunt every day! Yu Wenxin smiled and said, "The two princes have a heavenly constitution in their mouths, and they are naturally rich and noble, of course they can sit back and enjoy their success." But people like me who came from ordinary portals still have to work hard for their careers! ……”
Li Zhiyun said solemnly: "The two of you came to me so early, there must be something, right?" Yu Wenxin said: "The general is here to invite the King of Chu to preside over the suburban ceremony." ”
"The monthly suburban ceremony is the norm," the fourth brother explained, "and I usually preside over it. But I made an appointment with a few sons to hunt today, and I don't have time to go, so you can preside over it for me. ”
"Alright then, I'll go when I'm done with breakfast and I'm done."
The suburban ceremony was held in a training ground outside the city, similar to the military parade of later generations, with more than 10,000 soldiers participating. The soldiers first formed a column and walked past the reviewing stand beating cymbals and drums. Then they lined up into a square team, shouted "kill" in unison, and practiced various killing actions on the battlefield, with magnificent momentum. Finally, the commander who presided over the suburban ceremony gave a lecture.
Li Zhiyun didn't know what to say, so he had to raise his arms and shout: "Martial arts, Gonghou Gancheng!" Under his leadership, more than 10,000 people chanted slogans, and their voices resounded in the sky. He couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism in his heart......
The next day, Li Zhiyun went to the governor's mansion to find the fourth brother. The governor's mansion has a total of three courtyards, and the front hall is the council hall, which is the place where the fourth brother and his subordinates discuss military affairs. The atrium is where the fourth brother receives guests. The back hall is the place where the fourth brother rests and sets up a feast. Behind it, there is the back house, and the wives and concubines of the fourth brother all live in the back house.
Li Zhiyun walked through the empty conference hall and walked on the corridor of the atrium, and happened to meet the nurse Chen Shanyi, so he asked, "Nurse, where is my fourth brother?" ”
"He's in the backyard!"
Li Zhiyun just wanted to walk away, but was stopped by Chen Shanyi. Chen said kindly: "Fifth Young Master, you have to help me persuade Yuan Ji!" ”
"What's wrong?"
"He hunted and played every day, not only trampling on the crops, but also conniving at the soldiers to rob the people. Moreover, he also used arrows in the streets for fun...... You say, what's wrong with this? The emperor and the queen put me by his side just to let me teach him to learn well, but when I talk about him, he doesn't listen. When I see the emperor and queen in the future, how can I explain to them? ……”
Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "My fourth brother has this temperament. Don't worry, I will persuade him if I have the chance. After breaking up with Chen Shanyi, he came to the backyard and saw a large group of people surrounding the yard. He walked over and took a look, and it turned out that the fourth brother was practicing wrestling with Hercules.
The fourth brother hugged one of Hercules' legs and tried to knock him to the ground with all his strength. But Hercules stood there, steady as a rock, unmoving. Then, Hercules bent down, grabbed the fourth brother's shoulders with both hands like eagle talons, grabbed him and threw him more than a foot away.
The fourth brother sat down on the ground, panting heavily. After a while, he waved his hand to the servants around him and said, "You guys go up together!" So five or six servants rushed forward, some holding their legs, some by their waists, and some by their arms, trying to bring down Hercules.
Hercules' ugly face turned blue and purple, and the green tendons on his forehead protruded like earthworms. He exerted all his strength and shouted, "Open ——! I don't know what's going on, those servants were thrown out by him at the same time, fell a few feet away, and lay on the ground one by one crying dad and mother, seeing Li Zhiyun laugh.
The fourth brother got up from the ground, waved his hand and said, "Don't play!" Don't play anymore! It's so boring to lose every time. Immediately, he walked up to Li Zhiyun and asked, "Fifth brother, is there something wrong with you?" ”
"I heard that Liu Wuzhou sent troops to attack Bingzhou, so I came over to ask about the situation."
"It's okay. It was just an army of a few thousand people, and it wanted to sneak attack us, but I sent troops to beat us away. ”
"Oh, that's good......"
Soon, the fourth brother's vice flare up again, and he ran out into the street with a group of people and shot people with bows and arrows. On a busy street, he rode on horseback, drew his bow and released an arrow, and the arrow hit a passer-by in the shoulder. When the people next to him saw it, they screamed in fright and ran away, while the fourth brother laughed......
They came to another street, where there were more people. The fourth brother saw a beautiful young lady in the boudoir, who was shopping at the stall with Yahuan, so he pointed with a horsewhip and ordered: "Take that little lady back to the house!" Several servants rushed at once, seized the young lady, and stuffed her into a chariot with a curtain.
At dusk, when Chen Shanyi passed by a courtyard next to the back house, he heard a woman's cry. She walked over and took a look, and found a young woman locked up in the house, guarded by two servants at the door.
"Who is she?"
A servant said: "It was the prince who robbed it on the street today, saying that he wanted to be taken as a concubine." ”
"What nonsense! How is this possible? I've got to talk about him! Chen said kindly, and turned to find the fourth brother. When she came to the back hall, she saw the fourth brother sitting there drinking, and the Hercules stood by like a fierce god. Chen Shanyi walked over and sighed angrily: "Yuanji, how can you rob a woman on the street?" The emperor and queen are benevolent people, if they know that you are doing such nonsense, they will have to be angry! ……”
The fourth brother was drunk, and drunkenly pointed his finger at the nurse and said, "This old woman is nagging in the ear of this king every day, and she is annoyed to death!" Slave, take her out and beat her to death! ......" Hearing this, Hercules came over and couldn't help but say, picked up Chen Shanyi like a chicken and took him out.
Although Hercules has a lot of strength, his head is not very bright, and he does not compromise on the orders of his master at all. He came to the courtyard, and despite Chen's kind screams, he lifted her high in the air, and then fell heavily on the stone slab. How could a poor emaciated woman withstand such a fall? Immediately, he bled and died.
The fourth brother drank too much wine and fell asleep on the couch. When he woke up the next morning, he walked out of the back hall and found that something was wrong, and when the servants saw him, they were so frightened that they hid as if they had seen a ghost. Confused, he walked through the atrium and suddenly saw a corpse covered with a white cloth on a wooden bed next to him.
"Who died?" He walked over and asked the trembling servant.
"It's... It's Chen Shanyi......"
"Nurse? How did she die? ”
"Was... ...... who was thrown to death by a strong man"
"Hercules? Where is he? The fourth brother roared loudly. The servant pointed to the courtyard. The fourth brother walked to the courtyard and saw that Hercules was practicing stone locks there. He lifted the massive stone lock with ease with one hand and lowered it.
The fourth brother walked over and asked, "Why did you kill my wet nurse?" ”
"Master, you commanded it." Hercules replied angrily.
The fourth brother tried hard to recall, but he couldn't think of anything, so he had to say: "Even if it was my order, didn't you see that this king was drunk?" Hercules looked at him silently, silently.
"You bastard!" The fourth brother scolded and punched Hercules in the chest. However, Hercules did nothing, but he shook his hands in pain. The fourth brother turned around to look for the guy, but he walked around the yard and found nothing, so he had to squat on the ground and cry, crying and scolding: "You idiot! Rammed goods! ……”
Li Zhiyun heard that the fourth brother killed the nurse drunk, so he hurriedly ran over. The back hall has been arranged into a mourning hall, and the fourth brother is standing next to the altar in mourning clothes. He walked over and first put a stick of incense on Chen Shanyi's tablet.
The fourth brother took one of his hands and cried and said, "Fifth brother, when I was born, my grandmother hated my appearance and was unwilling to raise me, so she ordered my family to abandon me. Chen Shanyi is my grandmother's maid, she secretly took me home to raise me secretly, and when Abba came home and told Abba that I didn't die in infancy. …… But I killed her because I was drunk. Am I still a human being, you say? ……”
Is there anything else going on? It's the first time Li Zhiwen has heard of it. It's a pity that this woman's good deeds were not reciprocated.
"Fourth brother, since the matter has happened, don't be too sad." Li Zhiyun comforted, "However, it's time to change your habits." Otherwise, something bigger will happen in the future! The fourth brother wiped the tears from his face and nodded again and again: "I'll change!" I'll definitely change it! From now on, I won't drink anymore! No more hunting! ……”
"Then, the young lady you captured......"
"Put! Put it now! Fifth brother, you let her go for me and apologize to others for me. ”
Li Zhiyun came to the backyard, asked the servant to release the girl, and said to her: "Girl, my fourth brother shouldn't have arrested you into the house, I will accompany you for him." You're ready to go home, please! ”
The girl followed him out of the backyard, and as she passed through the back hall, she heard the sound of crying coming from inside. She was surprised: "Who died?" Li Zhiyun's face was solemn: "A kind woman." In order to save you, she was killed by my fourth brother drunken and mistakenly. The young lady hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously said, "Can I go and put a stick of incense on her?" ”
"Absolutely."
Li Zhiyun led the young lady into the mourning hall. When she saw the fourth brother standing there, she hesitated for a moment, but she stepped forward bravely, lit a stick of incense and inserted it......
Li Zhiyun sent her outside the governor's mansion, and a carriage was parked outside the door. After she got into the carriage, Li Zhiyun also got on the horse, personally sent her home, and apologized to her family.