Chapter Twenty-Seven: Self-Inflicted Injury
Xiao Qinchuan fell to the ground and fainted after being palmed, and although Wu Yunfei was injured in the punch, he was still able to staggering and barely supporting, logically speaking, Wu Yunfei won this one, but he said in the previous challenge book that he wanted to compete with Wei Qing and the three of them, not with Xiao Qinchuan alone, at this time, Wei Qing was extremely angry and said that it was not easy to refuse, but he was not lightly injured, if he was compared again, I was afraid that without Wei Qing's shot, he would fall to the ground by himself if he stood for a while, and there was no chance of victory.
The royal family opened their mouths one after another to scold some words such as "shameless", "take advantage of people's danger" and so on, Wei Qing sneered: "Didn't Wang Gongzi boast that he was more powerful than Wu Guards before, since Wu Guards can't go down, then it's the same to ask Wang Gongzi to teach him." All the guests are people who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, not to mention that Wang Kai is used to being arrogant and domineering every day, and everyone is secretly looking forward to him being embarrassed, so they all play a role in coaxing Wang Kai to get down. Wang Kai looked embarrassed in the laughter of everyone, he thought that Wu Yunfei, as the first master in the country, could win three games in a row in the face of three nobodies, and he would not play at all, so he boasted about Haikou before the start of the competition, but he didn't expect that although Wu Yunfei won the first game, he was injured and could not fight again, and suddenly forced himself into the dilemma of either breaking his word in public and getting fat, or being beaten up.
Wu Yunfei saw that Wang Kai was stunned and didn't speak, knowing that this gentleman lacked the talent to adapt, he couldn't come up with an idea at this time, so he had to stand up strongly, took a deep breath and said: "Since I have won a game in Xiaxia, I will naturally continue to play next, and if I lose in Xia, I will ask Wang Gongzi to press the formation." Wei Qing was stunned when he heard this, seeing that Wu Yunfei was almost unstable on his feet, and he could not really fight again, he didn't have time to think about it, and said with a gesture of raising his hand: "Then please advise."
"Wait", Wu Yunfei reluctantly raised his hand and waved it: "It's just that I didn't expect to fight with Xiao Gongzi for so long today, the time has dragged on for a long time, and I still have official business in the future, so I can't delay my official business because I want to compete in private, so I have to ask Wei Gongzi for advice another day, so I will be here in three days, and then I will fight with the other two." Wei Qing then understood that the other party was delaying the idea of delaying time and waiting for the injury to recover before fighting, he was a straightforward person, and he would never take advantage of others' injuries to pick up a ready-made bargain, but he was always angry that the other party used Li Rui to coerce himself, not to mention that the victory or defeat of this competition was related to the fate of Li Rui's life, so he had to grit his teeth and replied: "It won't be delayed for too long, why bother to delay the time, a stick of incense can't tell the winner or loser, just when I lose."
Wang Kai also understood Wu Yunfei's intentions at this time, and stepped on the desk in front of him with one foot and pointed at Wei Qing and scolded: "Bastard, the young master is willing to agree to compete with you is already giving face, which round to get your cheap goods to set a date, after saying three days, it will be three days later, no matter how much Lao Tzu says, it will not be compared, and he will directly send that stinky little lady to the baggage camp in the army." Wei Qing was afraid that if he forced Wang Kai to advance and retreat and become angry, it would not be good to really send Li Rui to the army, but if he waited until Wu Yunfei recovered from his injuries, he was not sure of winning, so he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to stand in place and neither say anything nor retreat.
"Wei Gongzi doesn't have to be reluctant, just like that", Li Rui walked to the sidelines at some point, bowed to Wei Qing and said: "The three sons are noble, and the little woman is already very grateful in her heart, if you embarrass the son again, how can the concubine be at ease." Wei Qing hesitated: "Can ...... But ......", he wanted to tell Li Rui that he had no chance of winning three days later, but when this was in public, how could such words of admitting defeat and showing weakness be spoken.
"Wei Gongzi, and help Xiao Gongzi to my room to rest first, and then ask for medical treatment", Li Rui didn't see any worry on her face, Wei Qing knew that although she was a woman, she was full of wit, thinking that she must be justified in saying this, so he didn't say more, turned around and helped Xiao Qinchuan with Cao Lu, and went to a room upstairs under Li Rui's guidance.
As soon as Wei Qing entered the room, he smelled a faint fragrance, this aroma is not like the ordinary taste of fat powder, but it is somewhat similar to the natural floral vanilla fragrance in Wei Qing's hometown, the furnishings of the room are not complicated, there are no superfluous carved railings and embroidery, but it is simple and gives people a bit of pure and elegant feeling, there is a Yaoqin on the desk in the middle of the room, and behind it is a bed with a pear yellow curtain, Wei Qing can't help but remember that when she met Li Rui for the second time, she also wore a pear-yellow shirt, it seems that this girl loves light yellow tones. Cao Lu helped Xiao Qinchuan to the bed and lay down, and after pulling the quilt to spread it on him, he shrugged his nose and said: "Brother Qing'er, this fragrance smells so good, it is the same as the smell of spring flowering in the mountains where we often go hunting in Lu'an Prefecture."
Li Rui smiled slightly and said: "This is the spice I collected and mixed with wild flowers, if Cao Gongzi likes it, I can take some away for my own use later." Cao Lu said restrainedly: "What do I want spices for, I joke to the brothers of Daxin's rudder", he paused and said: "Miss Li's hands are so skillful, she can even make her own incense, where did you learn the craft, this smell is so good, if you sell it on the street, you will definitely make a lot of money."
Li Rui said to herself: "Where did you learn it, that's ......", a trace of sadness suddenly flashed on her face, her eyes looked out of the window, as if talking to herself, and said: "I have loved flowers since I was a child, and my flower garden is always full of all kinds of flowers, including peonies, peonies, and narcissus...... There are also many beautiful flowers in the mountains and forests outside the city, including peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and chrysanthemums...... My grandfather's family was in the spice business, every time he came to see me, he would bring me some spices he made of flowers as gifts, I like these flowers very much, my mother taught me to make incense, I often made sachets to my father and mother, they all liked it, and then one day, there was an official from the Hangzhou Bureau came to my house, saying that a Lu Lian in the backyard was a strange flower, and sealed it with yellow paper to be dedicated to the emperor in the future, and called my father to guard it, if they came to take the flowers when they were gone, they would treat my father as "disrespectful" The sin, I take care of the Lu Lian every day, water it, fertilize it, and don't even go to sleep at night to stay by the side, for fear that a wild cat will trample on the flowers, but the people from the Bureau of Creation have not come to pick up the flowers, and have been waiting until autumn, so how can Lu Lian not thank it......".
Li Rui wiped her eyes with her sleeves covered her face when she said this, and then said embarrassedly: "Just now Cao Gongzi asked me where I learned to make incense, and I was touched by the past for a while, and I felt a little sentimental in my heart, so don't laugh." Wei Qing replied: "It doesn't matter, what happens after the flowers are gone, how can there be flowers in this world that are not thankful, and it is not that you are careless in taking care of them, so you will tell the officials of the Creation Bureau as they are."
Li Rui said leisurely: "Yes, Wei Gongzi said well, how can there be flowers in this world that are not grateful, and people are not like flowers, that is, no matter how strong they are, how can they fight the laws of heaven and earth", she sighed lightly and said: "I have never told others these things since I came to the capital, but I don't know why today I have said it to the two of you, my words have already begun, so I will simply tell you all about it."
Wei Qing and Cao Lu listened to Li Rui tell him about his life experience: " Later, the official of the Bureau of Creation insisted that my family destroyed the strange flowers to be dedicated to the emperor, and that the crime should be punished according to the law, in fact, it was just an ordinary Lu Lotus, what kind of strange flowers, he originally deliberately wanted to blackmail my family's property, my father was angry and quarreled with him, the official summoned the official to arrest my father, my mother and I pulled my father and did not let them take away, the official kicked me down, said that he would not enter the sect with my mother, his appearance was very vicious, I now remember his face at that time, my father in order to protect my mother and me, in a fit of anger, he fought with them, and killed the official and the servant。 At that time, there were a lot of people who were cornered by Hua Shigang, a person named Fang La led everyone to kill officials and rebel, my father also took me and my mother to a place called Bang Yuantong to vote for King Fang, and became the leader of King Fang's personal soldiers, but later King Fang was defeated by the imperial court, and the officers and soldiers rushed into the city to kill people everywhere, many people died at that time, and the blood soaked the soil of the entire Gang Yuantong, and my father and mother were also separated in a panic, I was caught by the officers and soldiers, and sent to the capital to be sent to the workshop, and then I heard that my father and mother were surrounded in the palace with hundreds of soldiers under his subordinates, and they refused to surrender, so they set fire to the palace...... Even they ...... together", Li Ruiyan's eyes were red, and a tear flowed down her cheeks.
After hearing this, Wei Qing said angrily: "For the sake of some flowers and stones, the people will be forced to die, there is such a ridiculous truth in the world, can this emperor regard flowers and stones as more important than the lives of his people." Li Rui smiled bitterly: "Brother Wei is soft, beware of the wall having ears and causing some unnecessary trouble", she got up and looked outside the door, and then turned her head and whispered: "As long as the emperor has flowers and stones to reward, how would he think that the local officials would take the opportunity to blackmail the people, besides, how can the dignitaries care about the difficulties of ordinary people." Let's take the present, in order to have fun, isn't it easy for Wang Yanei to force me to let you fight with the Wu guards with your life."
Wei Qing heard Li Rui talk about the competition, and hurriedly asked: "Miss Li has a plan to solve this problem, after three days, when Wu Yunfei recovers from his injury, I am probably not his opponent, and this matter needs to be planned separately." Li Rui shook his head and said to Wei Qing and Cao Lu: "Don't dare to bother the two sons anymore, and there is no need to compare them in three days, the two concubines will remember it from the bottom of their hearts, and I will deal with this matter."
Wei Qing and Cao Luqi said curiously: "I wish to hear the girl's clever plan", Li Rui replied with a flat face: "Didn't I already say it before, people are the same as flowers, how can there be a reason not to wither and wither, that is, no matter how strong you are, you can't fight the laws of all things between heaven and earth, at most it's just a sooner or later difference."
Wei Qing was shocked when he heard this, and tentatively confirmed: "What does Miss Li mean...... Is it to ....... to be determined to die with a clear will?"