The happy life of a prodigal

Seeing this, the servants immediately stepped forward to apply medicine to Liu Zizheng, and helped him stand up.

"Father, Zizheng must have known he was wrong this time, so please forgive him this time..."

Liu Zizheng's mother looked at her son who was beaten so badly that he could hardly walk, and persuaded him.

Wei Guogong looked at the few female family members with a look of lingering anger, and said, "Don't worry about this matter. If the old man doesn't kill this prodigal son today, he won't be named Liu!"

As he spoke, he pushed away several female relatives, picked up the wooden stick from the ground again, and glared at Liu Zizheng angrily.

Seeing this scene, Mother Liu couldn't stop crying. She knelt down in front of Wei Guogong and said, "Father, I can't beat you anymore. If you don't feel relieved, hit me!"

Wei Guogong looked at her, with a look of hating iron but not steel, and said: "Do you know what mistake he made this time to protect him like this, the reason why he became like this is all because of you!"

Mother Liu just cried and didn't answer.

Seeing this, Wei Guogong sighed, and said, "You guys go down, the old man won't do anything."

When Mother Liu heard this, her face showed joy, and hurriedly pulled Liu Zizheng to kneel down: "Zizheng, don't thank Eldest Father yet."

Wei Guogong said with a cold face: "Don't thank me, you go out, I have something to say to this Nisun."

Mother Liu's expression changed, she glanced at her son worriedly, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but seeing Wei Guogong's serious expression, she still didn't say anything.

"Father, my daughter-in-law is resigning..."

No matter how distressed Mother Liu was, no matter how worried she was about her son, she knew that Wei Guogong loved Liu Zizheng as much as she did herself.

It's just that he hates iron but is angry, that's why he is so strict.

Now that most of her anger has dissipated, and she promised not to fight again, she felt more at ease, got up and bowed to leave.

After all the female relatives and servants retreated, only Wei Guogong and Liu Zizheng were left in the entire courtyard.

Sitting on the stone bench, Wei Guogong looked at Liu Zizheng who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "You will stay in the mansion during this period of time. This old face of this old man is worth some money."

The meaning of this is very clear, it is to renege on the debt.

Unlike those ministers of civil and military affairs, Wei Guogong's mansion can open some restaurants and bookstores to earn some money.

As the Duke of the state, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at them in the capital.

Nobility and ministers are not allowed to do business. This is the rule set by the ancestors. After a long time, although not many people strictly abide by it.

But... There are some people with special identities that must not be violated.

Under one person, the chief minister of the cabinet and the state minister who are over ten thousand belong to these people...

Therefore, for Wei Guogong's mansion, the 3 taels of silver may have to sell their ancestral property to get it together. In this case, they can only rely on their status to renege.

Let the juniors solve the matters of the juniors.

It is not a problem if the money is not paid, at worst it will take a lifetime to pay it back.

After Wei Guogong and Liu Zizheng's father have passed for a hundred years, Liu Zizheng will be the new Wei Guogong, who will dare to ask him for debts?

"Grandson understands."

Liu Zizheng resisted not to howl, and replied with the remaining strength.

Seeing this scene, Wei Guogong rarely showed a smile on his old face, and asked, "Who did you just say this matter is related to?"

Liu Zi was listening to Wei Guogong mentioning this matter, with an expression of extreme resentment on his face, he squeezed out two words between his teeth: "Fang Xiu!"

In his eyes, the reason why he owed so much money and was beaten like this by Wei Guogong was all because of Fang Xiu!

If Fang Xiu hadn't set him up on purpose, how could he have told those friends this 'secret', and how could he have used up all his savings to suppress Zuo Xiaowei Sheng...

Fang Xiu, you and I are at odds!

Liu Zizheng's eyes were red, and he swore secretly in his heart.

"Fang Xiu?"

When Wei Guogong heard this name, he was obviously thoughtful, thought for a while, and said: "This matter is over, don't mention it again in the future, and don't hold grudges."

Liu Zizheng raised his eyes abruptly, looked at his grandfather, and asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Wei Guogong seemed to have thought of something, with a melancholy expression on his face, he asked back: "A few days ago, the old man ordered you to attend the banquet at Prince Ning's Palace. Do you still remember what happened that day?"

When Liu Zizheng heard this, the picture of Fang Xiu covered in blood and Yang Ming's arm being severed in pain appeared in his mind, and he subconsciously shuddered.

The eldest son of the Minister of Rites had an arm chopped off by Fang Xiu, and to this day, there is still no response.

Even Yang Ming didn't show up outside again, this incident itself explained some problems.

In addition, His Royal Highness King Ning, although he had the upper hand in the battle for the heir apparent, was still one of the two princes, and Fang Xiu had his face torn apart, but he did not take any revenge...

The combination of the two things makes people wonder...

What is His Majesty's attitude towards His Highness Prince Ning and General Fang Zhonglang who is domineering in the capital?

Chapter 176 The Prairie Knight

Now it seems that it is very obvious.

Although An Pingbo is General Dingyuan, compared with Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and King Ning, his weight is still a bit weaker.

Fang Xiu was so arrogant at the banquet at King Ning's Mansion, if it hadn't been for His Majesty's instruction, how could there be no reaction from the Minister of Rites and His Highness King Ning afterwards.

After being reminded by Duke Wei, Liu Zizheng immediately understood the key point, gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said, "Grandson...understood."

............

It was already noon the next day when Fang Xiu and Zhao Yan left Chunfeng Tower.

Zhao Yan finally ate the Lantern Festival as she wished, and after exhausting her words, Fang Xiu also successfully reaped a [-]% bonus.

Today's Gujing Street is already the busiest street in the south of the city. There are Chunfeng Building, Zhuxuanzhai, and the Jingshi Grand Theater not far away.

The three most popular places in the capital are all on Gujing Street, and the prices of houses nearby have increased a lot.

Despite the scorching sun at noon, there are still many hawkers selling various snacks along the street, and smoothies are the main snacks among these snacks.

These people's smoothies all come from Fangfu.

The sales volume of Chunfenglou smoothies has been high, but limited by the platform, it cannot meet the needs of most ordinary people.

Therefore, Fang Xiu opened an ice factory in the south of the city. What he needs to do every day is to make ice non-stop, and then sell it to hawkers around the capital at a low price.

Although one can't make much money, it can win small profits but quick turnover.

The smoothies in the entire capital are added together, and the daily running water is at least 1000 taels, which is no disadvantage compared to the Spring Breeze Building.

"After eating the Lantern Festival, what are your plans for the future?"

Fang Xiu walked out of Chunfeng Building, looked at Zhao Yan beside him, and asked.

Zhao Yan thought for a while and said, "Walk around with me?"

It is a very painful thing to go shopping with a woman, let alone under the scorching sun.

But just now, he persuaded Miss Zhao to give up one cent of the bonus. Naturally, he wanted to accompany her well. If he regretted it, it would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver...

Fang Xiu was a little depressed in his heart, but he didn't show any impatient expression on the surface. He nodded with a smile, and replied, "Okay, let's go shopping..."

As soon as the words fell, a loud voice suddenly came from not far away.

Both Fang Xiu and Zhao Yan looked up subconsciously, only to see the end of Gujing Street, the entrance of the street not far away, dusty.

Then, there was the sound of war horse neighing.

Soon, a few black-faced knights in strange clothes appeared at the end of the street, riding maroon horses, rampaging through the street without fear.

When the peddlers saw this, they ran away one after another. Even so, they still couldn't dodge in time. They were whipped by the horsewhip and let out a burst of wailing.

The onlookers saw this scene and cursed one after another.

"These prairie barbarians are still so rampant when they come to our capital city. They really think that our soldiers and civilians of Great Chu are easy to bully!"

"At the feet of the emperor, these barbarians don't know how to restrain themselves. Sooner or later, my big Chu cavalry will ride on the grassland!"

These people are just cursing to relieve the anger in their hearts.

After all... the strength of the tribes in the grassland, even the common people who are far away from the frontier have heard a little bit.

These guys who eat beef and mutton, drink goat milk, and grow up on horseback can't do anything, but they are extremely strong in fighting.

Since the establishment of the Chu State, except for several times during the Taizu period when the grassland tribes were repelled to the northern desert, most of the time, the Chu State was passively beaten.

In some periods, it is even necessary to marry and pay compensation in order to obtain peace for several years.

It is precisely for this reason that these prairie barbarians are so rampant in the capital.

Fang Xiu listened to the discussion in his ear, and then understood...

These black-faced men in different clothes turned out to be the knights of the grassland tribes, not much different from the images in various film and television works in the previous life.

Although Fang Xiu didn't have a good impression of these people, he didn't hate them either.

Maybe because they are from the earth, their sense of belonging to Chu is not as strong as that of the people in the capital.

Therefore, seeing these foreign knights rampaging in the streets of the capital, apart from feeling that these people are a bit arrogant and unfavorable, there is no great anger.

Zhao Yan was different. As a princess of Chu State, she became extremely angry when she saw these prairie barbarians coming to the capital of Chu State and being so rampant.

At a fairly long distance from these prairie barbarians to Chunfeng Tower, Zhao Yan stood up, walked to the street, stopped in place, and quietly looked at the few people who were galloping on horseback, without the slightest sign of fear.

When the onlookers saw this scene, they all showed surprise and persuaded: "Girl, come back quickly, these prairie barbarians don't care whether there is anyone on the street, if they are hit, they will die... ..."

"That's right, these prairie barbarians can't be controlled by the police in the capital. Why do you, a little girl, have to go through this muddy water?"

Zhao Yan didn't seem to hear these words, she stood there, motionless, watching the several prairie knights getting closer to her.

Although Fang Xiu knew that she was surrounded by expert guards, seeing this scene, he was still worried.

Thinking about whether to put a rope in front to stop these guys with their horses.

"Call-"

Several prairie knights saw Zhao Yan from a distance, but they didn't slow down at all. They didn't tighten their horse ropes until they were one or two hundred steps away from Zhao Yan.

It has to be said that these guys who grew up on horseback have almost mastered the control of horses.

A total of five people and five horses just stopped at a distance of five or six from Zhao Yan.

The man in the lead, with two long scars on his rough face, looked very hideous.

He looked at the pretty little girl in front of him, showed an expression of interest, and said in his unproficient Chinese: "You... stand here, aren't you afraid of death?"

When Zhao Yan heard this, disdain appeared on her handsome face, and she said, "This is the capital of Great Chu. As a citizen of Great Chu, I haven't violated any laws. Why should I be afraid of death?"

The leader didn't understand the meaning behind these words. After thinking about it, he decided not to entangle her here, and said, "You... get out of the way, let's go over there!"

Zhao Yan looked at these people without any intention of giving in, and said coldly: "In the capital, galloping horses are forbidden. You have violated the laws of Chu State, and you should go to the capital to receive your own punishment!"

Although the leader's Chinese is not good, he can understand the word "receive and punish".

His complexion became a little ugly, and he looked at Zhao Yan coldly with a pair of evil eyes, and only said one word: "Get out!"

As soon as this remark came out, the people of Chu State who were watching were in an uproar.

It's fine if it's in other places. In the capital, they are still so rampant, and they don't pay attention to the laws of Great Chu.

These guys... are too arrogant!

Chapter 177

Zhao Yan's beautiful eyes became a little cold, and she said coldly: "This is the Great Chu Jingshi, you are the one who should get out!"

Hearing this, the leading prairie knight showed disdain on his face. He waved the whip in his hand, whipped it towards Zhao Yan, and said sharply, "You... court death!"

The speed of the horsewhip was extremely fast, and it rushed towards Zhao Yan with great force, creating a sonic boom in mid-air.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and was about to step forward to stop the prairie knight, but saw that the whip was stopped by something in midair.

After looking carefully, I realized that it turned out to be a small stone.

The speed of the stone was extremely fast, not inferior to the speed of swinging a horsewhip, and the impact generated by the collision in mid-air caused pain to the wrist of the prairie knight.

There was a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth, and he had to let go of the hand holding the whip.

The whip fell to the ground, picking up a cloud of dust.

Seeing this scene, the crowd of onlookers applauded one after another.