Chapter 34: The Morning Sun After the Rain
The battle was won, but the damaged streets and gatehouses were a big problem.
Without waiting for the two to leave, the suffering people on both sides of the street stood up one after another to denounce the two, which made Dongfang Yi look embarrassed, but the silver money on his body had already paid for the tea just now, and now there was nothing else of value except for the jade pendant on his waist and the gold medal that symbolized his identity.
At this time, Dongfang Yi saw the Quanzhou tea guest in the teahouse, so Dongfang Yi took out the Hengwang gold medal, threw it into the man's hand, and sneered, "You take this gold medal to the prefect of Chuzhou, let him count the losses, and then go to the Qingfeng Inn to find me!"
The Quanzhou tea guest took the gold medal and looked at it, the four dazzling golden characters of King Da Liang Heng almost scared him to throw away the gold medal, just now Dongfang Yi was sitting on the second floor, and the words he said fell all into the ears of the other party?
Dongfang Yi, who was standing beside Bu Shan, smiled coldly and said, "Don't you say that I forgot, I arranged this king to force Yang Wen to death behind my back, do you know what to do for the crime of slandering the royal family?"
"The villain deserves death, it is the villain's moral misconduct, please let the villain go, there is an eighty old mother on the villain, and there are children waiting to be fed, they can't leave me!"
Looking around at Baoxing, Dongfang Yi rolled his eyes, and then laughed angrily, "If you know that you are afraid, hurry up and inform the government of me, it is a quarter of an hour late, this king is afraid that your mother will send a white-haired person to a black-haired person." β
After speaking, he didn't care about the group of people, and walked straight to the inn.
In the afternoon of the same day, the prefect of Chuzhou had just finished counting the losses, and three 10,000 taels of silver tickets from Liangfeng Qianzhuang appeared on the gate of the prefect's yamen, and when the officials told the prefect of Chuzhou about it, he hurriedly sent the gold medal back to Dongfang Yi.
As for why Night Shadow wanted to do something with Dongfang Yi, how dare the prefect of Chuzhou investigate deeply, and after returning the gold medal to Dongfang Yi, he hurriedly vacated his mansion to appease the domineering King Heng.
Who knew that Dongfang Yi had no intention of staying at all, and when he learned that someone had paid the compensation, Dongfang Yi smiled and said, "Okay, since someone is willing to pay this money for this king, this king will not delay Zhao Governor's Mansion, go back!"
Hearing Dongfang Yi's eviction order, the prefect of Chuzhou hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and said respectfully, "Yes, Your Highness!"
After the prefect of Chuzhou left, Dongfang Yi put the gold medal in his arms and instructed Fan Qing, "Go down and check what else has happened in the southeast in addition to the death of the old master of Zhao, so that the night shadow can come to the southeast in person, the matter is by no means ordinary." β
"Whoa!"
Bu Shan, who was sitting on the side, sneered when he heard this, "You let Fan Qing and them investigate, aren't you afraid that the Night Shadow will attack them? Night King, do you think he is muddy? Let you interfere with the affairs of the Shadow Secret Guard!"
Dongfang Yi looked at Bu Shan, as if he was looking at a fool, and asked rhetorically, "He is not made of mud, and the iron guard is not made of water, otherwise why would you send the iron guard to protect me when you are my second uncle?"
"Spirit Void Array?" Bu Shan raised his eyebrows and said suspiciously.
Dongfang Yi snapped his fingers, and said with a smile, "That's right, it's the Spirit Void Array, Tie Wei relied on this formation to be entangled with Tiefu Tu for so long, with the Spirit Void Array, Fan Qing and they are not afraid of Uncle Ye coming to find fault at all." β
However, Fan Qing and they didn't find anything in four or five days, but the news came from Quanzhou and Yuzhou at the same time, the Yang family was destroyed, Bai Wentao did not announce the matter of the shadow secret guard, but put the black pot on the Ryukyu Hou Wu rebel, Yuzhou side simply clarified the grievances to Dongfang Yi, and let out the wind, saying that if anyone dared to criticize Dongfang Yi behind his back and provoke the relationship between the Zhao family and King Heng, their Zhao family would never die with this person.
The southeast family knows that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Zhao family can't afford to provoke it, especially at Zhao Qiancheng's funeral, Zhao Zhen's father Zhao Boyuan's relatives led 10,000 tiger divisions to send Zhao Qiancheng to the end, and all the powerful generals with soldiers and horses in the southeast were present to cheer for the Zhao family, so scared that the group of families who wanted to use the Zhao family's tiger power to deal with Dongfang Yi kept their mouths shut throughout the whole process, and they didn't dare to say a word of nonsense.
After getting this news, Dongfang Yi was not surprised, so he asked Fan Qing to prepare, he was going to visit Chu's house, but what Dongfang Yi didn't expect was that as soon as Fan Qing came out of the inn, he met Chu Wuji standing in front of the door with an old man, the old man looked at him with a smile and asked, "May I ask His Royal Highness King Heng is in the room?"
Seeing that Chu Wuji looked humble and honest to this old man, unlike the frivolous character of a few days ago, he clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "If you go back to the old master, Your Highness is resting in the room, if you want to see him, I will pass it on." β
The old man smiled and said, "Then it's troublesome Captain Fan!"
Hearing Fan Xiaowei's three words, Fan Qing glanced at the old man deeply, then turned around and walked into the inn, less than half a cup of tea, Dongfang Yi appeared at the door of the inn, smiled and said, "Dongfang Yi has seen the second grandfather." β
"Hahahaha, good, good!" stroking his beard, the old man said hello three times in a row.
Dongfang Yi then bent down and touched Chu Wuji's little brain, and chuckled, "Cousin Wuji is good!"
Waving his hand sideways and opening Dongfang Yi's palm, Chu Wuji said angrily, "My mother told me that I won't be tall if I touch my head!"
"Then didn't your mother tell you that being angry will make you age faster?" Dongfang Yi joked.
Glancing up at Chu Wenjie, who was full of gorgeous hair, Chu Wuji said expressionlessly, "Thank you cousin for your teachings, I understand!"
Looking at Chu Wuji's appearance, Dongfang Yi and Chu Wenjie looked at each other and smiled, and then Chu Wenjie patted his grandson's head and smiled at Dongfang Yi, "I asked this little guy to receive you before, just to stabilize you, but I didn't expect you to be better than I imagined, and you were able to suppress the doubts in your heart and endure it for so many days." β
Dongfang Yi's face was bitter, but his tone was quite relaxed, "There's no way, I've already harmed the old master of the Zhao family, I can't hurt the second grandfather, right? β
Chu Wenjie patted his grandson on the back, motioned for him to go out to play by himself, and then whispered to Dongfang Yi, "Your Highness, can you let the old man into the house?"
"Second grandfather, please!" Dongfang Yi said sideways.
Entering Dongfang Yi's room, the old man glanced at the furnishings in the house, and saw that the room was very simple, so he shook his head and sneered, "Over the years, there have been rumors of His Royal Highness from Feng'an to the southeast, all of which say that His Royal Highness acts Meng Lang, likes extravagance, and every time he travels from childhood to adulthood, he must be accompanied by a beautiful woman, that is, he will travel unaccompanied, and he will also order someone to find a beautiful woman to accompany him from the market. β
Dongfang Yi remembered that he went out to play in those years, and he was indeed accompanied by beauties every time, because either Shangguan Qiuyan pulled him out to let off steam, or he went to Lu Bing to show his love, so Dongfang Yi shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and explained with a chuckle, "They said the same, there are indeed beautiful women around me, Shangguan Qiuyan and Lu Bing, I think you know it too, as for extravagance, my father and the emperor gave me his original palace and the Nanwang Mansion together, I can't just waste it like that!"
"Oh, that's what happened!" Chu Wenjie said suddenly.
About the Hengwang Mansion, Chu Wenjie heard that his ears were calloused, but no one went to the truth to delve into it, no wonder everyone said that Hengwang was domineering, when the two most powerful men today both favored one person, what was he afraid of?
Invited the old man to the table and poured a cup of hot tea for the old man, Dongfang Yi smiled and said, "It's a mediocrity not to be envied, I've been used to it all these years, anyway, I won't lose a piece of meat or anything less, they arrange me, I can still have fun, why not?"
"A few days ago, I heard that His Royal Highness had a conflict with someone in front of the Chuxing Teahouse, I don't know who it was? The old man asked Zhao Zhifu, and he kept silent and didn't dare to say more, which made the old man very curious, who could still retreat in front of the seniors. Chu Wenjie picked up the teacup and said suspiciously.
Dongfang Yi had a headache and said, "It's not a bad person, it's an acquaintance, an acquaintance in the palace, surnamed Ye, and the second grandfather should know." β
"Oh, no wonder!" the old man sighed.
There was a moment of silence ensued, and the two of them did not say anything other than the sound of drinking tea and pouring water.
It wasn't until he drank the last cup of tea that Chu Wenjie smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness doesn't ask, this is the old man's army!"
Dongfang Yi put down the teacup and laughed at himself helplessly, "The second grandfather is pressing and taking care of the Chu family, I can't force the second grandfather to say anything, right?" Besides, I want to put that matter aside for the time being, and when the time is ripe, I will investigate the truth in it, although there is an old man outside the door to help take care of it, no one knows if there will be someone who the old man can't deal with, the pilgrimage realm, it's scary to think about. β
"The old man has reached the year of the known destiny, many things can be put down, but two things can not be put down, one is the future of the Chu family, the other is the cause of your grandfather's death, don't hide it from you, I secretly sent someone to check several times over the years, but I can't get any clues, Xueqing's girl has married your father, and she doesn't come to the southeast, I have many questions I want to ask her, I can't ask, I wrote a few letters, let her take time to go back to Chuzhou, but all the stones are in the sea, and gradually I will never ask your mother's thoughts, until he died, you came to the southeast in person, and those doubts in my heart surfaced againγ β
Under the table, Dongfang Yi clenched his fists, and his muscles skyrocketed, he wanted to know Chu Wenjie's doubts, but he didn't dare, he was afraid that the Chu family would be wiped out after today.
After a few stretches, Dongfang Yi took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "Second grandfather wait for me, when I have the ability to uncover the truth, are you telling me what you know?" I don't want anyone to be implicated by me. β
When Chu Wenjie heard this, he took out a letter from his arms, pushed it in front of Dongfang Yi, and said with a smile, "What is Your Highness worried about, the old man is provincial, but after today, the old man is afraid that he will not be able to see His Highness, if there is anything to tell His Highness in advance, it is better than letting His Highness explore it himself." β
Dongfang Yi suddenly got up, knocked the chair out of the way, slapped his right hand on the envelope, and asked in a deep voice, "What does the second grandfather mean by this?"
The old man shook his head and smiled, "It's not interesting, the old man is just going to die, I've been hanging with pills all these years, just to see the descendants of the eldest brother, I couldn't prompt my father to change his mind and welcome back the eldest brother, I can't go to see the eldest brother with regrets today, right?"
No wonder Chu Wenjie didn't mention going to Beijing when he just said that he had doubts in his heart and wanted to ask Chu Xueqing, no wonder Chu Wenjie would leave the house to see Dongfang Yi immediately after the rumors dispersed, he wanted to hand over the two things in his heart that he couldn't let go of.
The old man smiled very freely and said, "People will eventually die, or heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than Hongmao, although the old man can't do the same as the eldest brother, but he doesn't want to be too bad, Your Highness, today the old man will entrust you with the grievances of the Chu family and the eldest brother's family, and I hope that Your Highness can complete the old man's unfulfilled wish for the old man." β
Looking at the smile on the old man's face, Dongfang Yi nodded heavily and said, "Second grandfather, don't worry, I, Dongfang Yi, will not be in any danger if I am alive for a day." β
"Then thank you, Your Highness!" the old man smiled.
That night, there was a rain in the sky over Chuzhou, as if God was also remembering this old man who had been to the Chu family and the eldest brother all his life, until the early morning of the second day, the news of Chu Wenjie's death came out from the Chu family, and the sky gradually cleared.
The morning sun after the rain is like the smiling face of the old man before he dies, which is unforgettable.