Chapter 38: The Day of the Great Birthday
Soon, Lin Feng found Xue Pintian who was joining in the crowd at the fair, where a large group of people gathered around, not knowing what was going on. Lin Feng was also a very curious person, so he walked up to Xue Pintian and asked, "Brother Xue, what's the situation here, so lively?"
"Hey!!It's also an unlucky thing to say, no!!Did you see that young man?" Xue Pintian pointed with his hand, Linfeng followed his fingers, and saw a young man surrounded by several people, with an angry face, this person Linfeng knew, it was the young man who sold him the set of Fengyun steps.
"What's wrong with that young man?" asked Linfeng puzzled.
"That's right, the young man took a fancy to a glass cup from the stall owner opposite him, and wanted to take it for him, so he asked the stall owner to bring it to him, but when he reached out to pick it up, the glass cup accidentally fell to the ground and shattered.
The stall owner said that the young man did not hold it after receiving it, which caused the glass cup to be smashed, and asked the young man to compensate him for ten spirit stones, but the young man stated that he did not get his hand at all, and the glass cup fell to the ground, and the responsibility lay with the stall owner himself, so the stall owner should be responsible for the loss.
Neither side would budge, so there was a quarrel, and now someone has gone to inform the organizers, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the people who maintain order will come to deal with the matter. Xue Pintian told the whole story one by one.
After listening to this, Linfeng lowered his head and thought for a while, and had already found that this matter was a little strange, this young man and he knew him, Linfeng decided to help this young man, just take it as a good fate, although this may cause trouble for himself, but Linfeng is not so afraid of things, in short, it is definitely right to be kind to people everywhere, this is what the Zhengqi Palace does, and Linfeng decided to learn from the Zhengqi Palace.
So Lin Feng immediately stepped forward and asked the young man, "Fellow Daoist, I haven't seen you for a long time, I see that you don't seem to be very good now, what's going on?"
The young man looked back and found that it was the person who bought his set of Fengyun footwork, so he returned: "They want to blackmail me, their glass cup is not broken by me at all, and this thing is not worth ten spirit stones at all." ”
"Why isn't it worth ten spirit stones, this is my family's ancestral, and it has been passed down for thousands of years now!" The stall owner heard the young man's words, and immediately fought back.
"Don't get excited, you can talk about any problems! Lin Feng saw that the two of them were very emotional, so he immediately spoke out to appease.
"You are the stall owner, right, what was the situation at that time, you might as well make it clear in front of so many people, and everyone will give you a review. Lin Feng saw so many people around, and he had already seen from a distance that the people who maintained order at the trade fair had come over, so he could cut things off in front of everyone.
"Then there is a fair way for fellow Daoists, I came to this Loose Cultivation Fair this time to buy this glass cup for some elixir to save my seriously injured wife, today this young Taoist friend saw that my glass cup is very beautiful, so he asked me to take it to him to take a closer look.
So I didn't doubt him, so I handed over the glass cup to him, but I didn't want him to accidentally break the glass cup for a while, I asked him to compensate, but he denied it in every way, and all Taoist friends said, how can there be such a shameless person in the world. The stall owner looked very excited and told everyone what had happened.
"Shameless indeed!"
"This is what people use to save lives!"
"Don't deny it anymore!"
"Villain!"
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As the stall owner's words fell, the sound of a group of attacks around him suddenly made the young man panic, as if he had really become the kind of person those people said, the young man wanted to defend himself, but he couldn't say anything for a long time.
"May I ask this fellow Daoist, which hand did you use to hand over the glass cup to this young man. Seeing the young man's aggrieved look, Lin Feng ignored him, and just asked the stall owner.
"Which hand did you hand him the glass jar, left hand or right hand?" Lin Feng continued to ask the stall owner.
"Right hand! yes, right hand!" said the stall owner with certainty.
Linfeng asked the young man again, "Which hand did you use to take it?"
"I'm right-handed, I'm right-handed!" replied the young man.
"This stall owner, do you see which hand he used to take it, is it his right hand?" Lin Feng asked the stall owner again.
"Yes, the right hand!" the stall owner replied without hesitation.
"Are you sure it's the right hand?" Lin Feng continued.
"I'm sure!" said the stall owner was right
"Alright, please do it again in front of everyone!"
So the stall owner and the young man began to repeat that scene across the stall on the spot, as a result, an embarrassing situation appeared, when the stall owner's right hand sent things out, the young man also used his right hand to pick up, the two sides could not reach it at all, the answer was obvious, according to this kind of position, the two sides could not contact at all, and naturally the young man could not take the glass cup in his hand to see, and then fell it to the ground.
The result caused a burst of boos from the onlookers, who were clearly lying, and the people who had already arrived to maintain order also saw the scene.
"Is there anything else you would like to say, this stall owner?" asked Linfeng as he looked at the silent stall owner.
"I ...... I ...... "The stall owner wants to say something, but facts speak louder than words, and he has nothing to say."
"Everyone has seen it, I said that I didn't break it, now everyone knows it, it's this guy who is blackmailing me! Seeing that he had cleared his suspicions, the young man thought of the situation when he had been falsely accused and blackmailed before, how could he let go of the stall owner so easily, so he asked the Scattered Cultivation Alliance to make decisions for him.
And the people of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance could not pretend that nothing had happened, so the stall owner was escorted away in a burst of contempt.
"Thank you Daoyou for just administering justice for me and restoring my innocence!" the young man thanked Linfeng with a salute.
"You're welcome, it's just a matter of pulling out a knife to help when you see injustice, and since the matter has been resolved, then let's leave it at that. "Lin Feng saw that the matter had been settled, and he didn't want to stay here longer.
The young man bowed to the departing back of Linfeng again, and then left.
"Hey!!Brother, you can, I can't see that there is still this hand, brother, I admire it!" Xue Pintian walked beside Linfeng and boasted.
"Brother Xue has an overreputation, and the younger brother can't get used to seeing someone cheat and touch porcelain, so he helps. Lin Feng didn't look a little smug at all, as if what had just happened was nothing to her.
"I can't say that, if there is no brother to help, I am afraid that the young man will be ruined. Xue Pintian found that he liked Linfeng's friend very much, and he valued love and righteousness and had a sense of justice.
The two chatted all the way back to their respective inns to rest, Lin Feng did not tell Xue Pintian about the treasure of the Southern God, he decided to wait until he had dealt with the affairs in the capital before telling him.
In the next few days, Linfeng did not go to the loose cultivation fair, but found a secluded place to practice the eight-sided sword formation, only to see Linfeng release eight flying swords, the eight flying swords around this Linfeng, rotating back and forth in eight directions, Linfeng urged according to the formation, and instantly a sword shadow flew around.
Linfeng cast a finger, countless sword shadows instantly cut a small hill in front of him to the ground, Linfeng is very satisfied with the effect of this attack, with this set of octagonal sword array, he can be besieged and temporarily worry-free, but this octagonal sword array is too mana to cast, and it can't be used for a long time.
When there were still two days before Bai Yi's birthday banquet, the loose cultivation fair was finally over, Xue Pintian came to Linfeng and asked him where he was going and what his plans were, Linfeng only said that he still had some personal matters to deal with, and asked him to live in the capital for a few days now, and then leave together.
Soon, two days passed, Bai Yi's birthday banquet was also held today, and after Linfeng rested at the inn, he also left the inn and slowly wanted to go to Bai Yi's palace.
The capital, the Eight Princes' Mansion, at the moment the palace is festive, everywhere is full of lights, all the people in the palace are busy, and outside the palace there are constantly dignitaries and nobles coming in carriages and horses, behind them is a team of people who come with birthday gifts, and Xiao Si, the person at the door, is constantly taking the gift list and calling loudly. As soon as those dignitaries entered the gate of the palace, there were people who introduced the banquet and sat down.
In contrast to the liveliness of the palace, the streets are deserted, because there is a birthday banquet for the prince, so the government has already arranged for the sergeants to empty all the streets, and ordinary people can only stay at home and are not allowed to go out, for fear of colliding with those dignitaries.
In the inner house of the palace, Bai Yi, the eighth prince, was wearing a red longevity suit and sitting on the Taishi chair, and below was the palace housekeeper standing there, reporting the situation of the birthday banquet outside, at this time there was still a period of time before the birthday banquet began, so Bai Yi did not go out to meet the guests.
"How is the matter of the Hong family, is there no news yet?" asked Bai Yi with his eyes closed.
"Back to the prince, there is no news yet, only that the person who came is not a mortal, and according to Hong An's concubine's confession, that person came to avenge the girl of the Mei family.
On that day, the man had said that Mei Lin's girl had a life-saving grace for her, and Hong An said before he died that the prince was going to hold a birthday banquet, and the man had not killed the little concubine, obviously not afraid that the prince would know that he was coming to the prince for revenge, and the person did not appear for such a long time, and his subordinates estimated that today was the most likely day for him. The housekeeper told the news he had recently gotten and the speculation in his heart, don't look at the housekeeper who seems calm on the surface. In fact, I have been panicking for a long time.
"I shouldn't regret it, I shouldn't have regretted it, I shouldn't have killed that girl in the first place, and now I have provoked such a character, my life is suspended, I'm afraid that my father won't dare to protect me, I can't hide, I'm afraid that I can't escape if I hide in the endless sea, I can't imagine that I have been imprisoned for 20 years, I thought I could make a big difference, but I don't want everything to be ruined, my name is not good, Bai Yi! Bai Yi! I was busy in vain!" Bai Yi said that tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, which showed the infinite regret and infinite fear in his heart, he had always brought death to others, and this time someone finally wanted to bring death to him.
Suddenly, Bai Yi opened his eyes, stood up, and slowly walked out. "I'm also the lord of the king, I do what I do, I never regret it, isn't it just a death, this king wants to see where this person is sacred!
"Yes, my subordinates obeyed!" the butler heard and then ordered to follow.
When he arrived in the hall, seeing that it was already full of Manchu civil and military officials, Bai Yi immediately put on a smiling face and nodded one by one, and when those people saw Bai Yi come out, they all stood up one by one and said respectfully: "Congratulations to the prince for his blessing as the East China Sea, longevity as Nanshan, and his auspiciousness!"
Bai Yi replied politely: "You don't have to be polite, everyone who is here today are the guests of this king, everyone sit down." ”
After everyone below waited for Bai Yi to walk to the main seat of the birthday star and sat down, they all got up and held their wine glasses and said, "I wish the prince a healthy body and eternal happiness!"
Bai Yi saw everyone toasting together, and also stood up with the wine and said: "Thank you for your auspicious words, this king has thanked you here, come!"
Just as Bai Yi was about to drink the wine in his cup, a cold voice sounded at this time.
"Wait!!"