Chapter 43 With a tiger in my heart, I sniff the rose carefully
Zheng Shisanniang's fingers are very slender and slender. The luthier once said that her fingers are most suitable for playing the piano. Of course, such long fingers are also suitable for sword dancing.
The Zheng family asked Zheng Shisanniang to teach her how to dance a sword. It was originally just a kind of sword dance practice, but Zheng Shisanniang's talent in sword practice is no worse than her talent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. After ten years of swordsmanship, there is actually a small achievement in swordsmanship, but most people don't know it.
At this moment, she was holding an unsheathed dagger in her hand, and the carriage was moving forward smoothly. The curtains of the carriage were tightly closed, and two golden branches and jade leaves were hiding behind her.
These are entrusted to her by her aunt, and they must be protected.
Julu Wang Chengyi had just suffered from chickenpox. Although he didn't have a fever at this time, his body was still weak. The jolt of the carriage made him fall into a deep sleep. Li Wanshun, the four-year-old Princess Wenxi, leaned on the back of her cousin sensiblely. Mother, although she was only four years old, knew what terrible accident had happened, especially when she saw her brothers were killed behind the fence, her face was covered with tears, but she didn't let herself cry out.
"stop!"
Someone in front shouted to stop the carriage.
The coachman reined in his horse with a cry.
Zheng Shisanniang put her heart in her throat. Chang'an was in chaos today. She tried her best to escape from the palace with her two children. But now the streets of Chang'an are under martial law, and soldiers and horses are everywhere.
"Martial law has been established in the city, and it is forbidden to go to the streets. Didn't you hear the announcement?"
The coachman said kindly, "There are my wife and my poor child in the car. He has chickenpox and has a fever all over his body. I am going to take him to the hospital to seek treatment from a doctor. Please waiters, please let us go."
As soon as he heard the chickenpox, there were a few panicked curses from outside, and then someone opened the curtain with a spear, and looked inside the car from a distance, covering his mouth and nose.
Zheng Shisanniang cooperatively hugged Chengyi tightly in her arms, only a small half of the blisters with acne were exposed, the man quickly put down the curtain and stepped back.
"Unlucky, hurry up."
Chickenpox is contagious. Although it is generally easy to pass on to children, it is also possible for adults to be infected, and once infected, it is very easy to die, so the soldiers quickly let them go.
The carriage starts moving forward again.
Zheng Shisanniang's hand holding the sword was full of sweat. Fortunately, this groom is the groom of the Zheng family and is very loyal.
Along the way, I encountered several interrogations, and each time I sent the child with chickenpox to see a doctor and passed without any risk.
"Uncle Zhong, turn around and go to the government office of Xingyang County, Taipingfang, west of the city."
"Thirteen mothers?" The coachman was puzzled.
Zheng Shisanniang looked at the two sleeping children. She was very worried that if her father saw them, he would hand them over to save herself. He knew his father very well, and he would not take such a big risk for them of. On the contrary, Grandpa will definitely take them in and protect them.
"Follow what I said, thank you Uncle Zhong."
Taipingfang.
People from the Chang'an County Government have surrounded the entire Zheng Shanguo mansion, searched the entire mansion but did not find King Julu. However, during the search of the firewood room, a dozen or so armed men were accidentally found. As soon as they saw the search, they immediately rushed out with their knives in hand.
After a fierce fight, the Chang'an county guards who searched injured a few, but fortunately they called their companions in time.
"They are the sons of the Zheng family. They participated in the battle at Xuanwu Gate this morning. The defeated soldiers fled back and hid in the firewood room when they saw us search the mansion."
After a simple interrogation, the identities of these people were also clarified.
Fa Cao Li Kai sneered and said, "Take away all these rebellious parties and covert people!"
"Search the mansion, search!"
Zheng Shanguo was also tied up, hundreds of masters and servants in the county mansion were arrested, and then the officers began to search and register the property in the mansion.
Qin Lang and Zheng Shanguo looked at each other from a distance.
"I have wronged Mr. Zheng first. After the investigation, I believe Mr. Zheng and his family will be fine." Qin Lang comforted him a few words. After all, he is the leader of the world's gentry, the head of the Zheng family with five surnames and seven families. Even Li Shimin would not be able to do anything to him, and he might have to give preferential treatment to buy the hearts of the gentry.
"Thank you for not making trouble." Zheng Shanguo said to Qin Lang.
Qin Lang shook his head and left.
"Li Facao, I will leave this place to you for the time being. I will go back to the office first."
"Also, be a little more polite to Zheng Gong and his family. All the properties of Zheng's family are registered and sealed up and sent to be strictly guarded. Don't use private acquisition, remember."
"Why is the Ming government so polite to these sinners?"
Qin Lang smiled, "It's not that I'm being polite to them, but I believe His Highness won't do anything to them, so there's no need for us to make an enemy, is there?"
Li Kai was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't quite believe that the prince's buddies like the Zheng family could escape this catastrophe.
Not far from the corner of the street, Zheng Shisanniang watched from a distance through the corner of the raised curtain in the carriage as Qin Lang directed the Chang'an County police to search the county government's mansion, and took away grandpa and other family members. But nothing can be done.
Riding a horse out of Taipingfang, Qin Lang suddenly felt a little bored, and even a little disgusted with what he was doing now. He was a little annoyed when he saw those people crying in panic and fear at Zheng's house just now.
He suddenly didn't want to go back to Changshoufang.
"Ah Huang, go back to Yong'an Square."
"Shall we go and see the house first?"
"No, go home and rest, let's leave work today."
"Sanlang, it's still early."
"Damn it, anyway, everything has been explained, so I'll just steal half a day off from him."
Turning the horse's head, Qin Lang, Qin Yong, Ah Huang, and a dozen of the Qin family servants, as well as Qin Lang's six clothes-holding, Bai Zhi bid farewell to Li Kai and others, and went to Yong'an Square.
In front of Qin Lang's house in Yong'an Square, there were a few bad people and a few rangers, plus Marquis Wu at the corner of the street, and Fang Ding in front of the gate, the workshop was quiet as usual, but the silence was a little creepy. .
As soon as she entered the door, Yu Xiao rushed out to greet her.
"Sanlang, you're finally back. I heard that it's a mess outside today, and I've been worried all day." Yu Xiao wore a blue skirt, with worry on her pretty face.
"Why did you leave so early in the morning? I didn't see you when I woke up, and what you said was disturbing. I can't leave. You are in Chang'an, so I will stay in Chang'an."
Qin Lang was a little moved when he heard that, "Fool!"
"You smell a lot of sweat, I'll ask someone to fetch water to bathe you."
"Okay, but you have to wipe my back." Qin Lang said with a smile, after the two of them broke through that level of relationship, he also fully accepted her in his heart, and felt closer to her.
Yu Xiao turned her head shyly, "There are others here."
"What does that matter, you are my Qin Lang's woman."
In the bathroom, the cool water poured down, taking away sweat stains and fatigue and irritability.
Yu Xiao took a loofah and wiped his back carefully.
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Yuxiao's watery tenderness extinguished Qin Lang's irritability and impulsiveness. After changing into clean and refreshing clothes, he felt much refreshed.
It's just that she was a little ruthless just now, and now it's a little inconvenient for her to walk, Qin Lang even forgot that today is her first day as a married woman.
"I forgot about it for a moment just now, it's all my fault, isn't it hurt?"
"Actually, Yuxiao is very happy."
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Hungry in the stomach.
Qin Lang came to the kitchen stove, the cook and the fire maid came forward to salute in a little panic.
He waved his hand, and then looked at the materials in the kitchen on his own. The weather is hot, and the streets are under martial law today, so there are no chickens, ducks, fish, etc. at home, only a basket of eggs and some vegetables.
"Is there any flour?" Qin Lang asked.
"Yes, there are finely ground noodles." The cook replied in a low voice. I don't know why Sanlang suddenly came to the back kitchen. Could it be that they didn't cook well?
Qin Lang fetched flour, scallions, and eggs, then ignored them, and began to make egg scallion pancakes on his own.
This is Qin Lang's special habit. Whenever he feels particularly stressed, he likes to go to the kitchen to cook a few dishes by himself. If he is particularly happy sometimes, he will also cook a few dishes.
In the process of cooking, he can calm down his mood.
No need to leaven the noodles, directly scald the noodles with boiling water, knead the noodles and press them into shape, put them into the pan and fry them with sesame seeds and sheep tail.
His movements are familiar.
The cook and the fire girl in the kitchen stood aside in fear at first, but they were gradually attracted and shocked by Qin Lang's actions, and when the fragrance overflowed, they were all dumbfounded.
Unexpectedly, the son of the dignified prince has such a good craftsmanship.
"These flax pancakes are delicious, it's the first time I've made them like this." The cook said boldly.
"Is it delicious? This kind of hot noodle cake is actually very simple. The key is to burn the noodles. It saves time and tastes good. Of course, if it is a steamed cake, you can't boil the noodles, otherwise the noodles will not rise and become soft." Qin Lang laughed.
Scallion pancakes, shrimp skin egg soup, a steamed plate of smoked fish, a plate of fried beans, quite simple.
When a few dishes were placed under the shade of the trees in the front yard, and a jar of amber rice wine just opened was added, Qin Yong, Ah Huang, Liu Jiu, and Lin San who were called over could not help but sniff.
"Saburo, you made this yourself?"
"How about it? It's not bad. I can't sleep for a while after taking a shower, so I might as well get some food and ask you to have a drink or two together."
Although this day is only in the afternoon, everyone has experienced enough. Although they are relaxed now, they are still very excited in their minds. How can they fall asleep.
"If it wasn't for the martial law outside, I would have gone to Pingkang Fang for a few drinks." Liu Jiu laughed.
Qin Lang said, "I think you are a drunkard and don't want to be in the bar?"
"Don't be so hungry that you don't know how hungry you are. You brought all the girls' school books here to hide in the golden house. We don't have the ability, so we can only go to Pingkangfang." Liu Jiu directly mentioned the jar and started He poured wine for everyone, and after pouring it, he drank a large glass in one gulp.
"Exciting!"
Everyone drank wine, ate scallion pancakes, dried salted fish, and chewed fried beans. They were very happy.
Everyone has a smile on their face and a light in their eyes. After today's thrilling experience, everyone is now full of the joy of the winner, and they are all looking forward to the upcoming rewards.
After all, they all do it with their heads up.
Liu Jiu was originally a death row prisoner awaiting execution. Originally, he only had three months to live. Even if Lin San planned to rob the prison, it would be even more difficult to **** a repeat offender from the prison in Chang'an City.
"Freedom, where do you want to go?" Qin Lang asked him.
"I don't know. When I was in prison, I didn't see the light of day. I thought about what I would do if I could go out, but this day really came, but I don't know what to do."
"Since you haven't thought about it, why don't you stay with me temporarily?"
"I still won't bother you to study with the girls' school. Until I decide where to go, I will stay in the Pingkangfang Zhangtai Pavilion. If Sanlang has something to do, just come and say hello. The third child and I will be there on call. But I'm afraid that Sanlang will soon forget people like me and the third child, after all, Sanlang will soon be the Duke of the state." Liu Jiu said with a smile.
Qin Lang shook his head, "Three big iron men, they have carried guns together, shared the stolen goods together, and gone whoring together. You said that this is a fateful friendship between us, we have fought shoulder to shoulder, and we have fought together in peace. Kang Fang drank flower wine and distributed the money several times, is it enough?"
"It's really ironic to say that, but our identities are very different."
"The fart is so different, if you are willing to treat me, Qin Lang, as a brother, don't say such things in the future. Come, drink." Qin Lang raised his glass.
At this moment, Chang'an City is still restless, but Qin Lang, the hero of calming the chaos, left the chaos behind, closed the door, and drank with his brothers.
Don't care about calming the chaos and suppressing the thieves, and don't care about cleaning up the chaotic party. Anyway, Li's contribution is already great enough, and let others do the rest.
Brothers take a bath, get some food and drinks, sit together drinking and chatting about women, it’s good.
Thanks to Tianze Dragon King, Li Lianjin, and Yu Qing for their rewards, thank you everyone!
(end of this chapter)