"Injured?" Xiao Jingrui jumped in surprise, "How could Big Brother Qingyao be injured?"
"You ask me who I ask?"
"Didn't you just look like you knew everything?"
"How could I know everything? If there is anyone in this world who knows everything, it's also Pavilion Master Langya and our brother Su..." Yan Yujin rolled his eyes, "Hey, let's go ask Brother Su, he Maybe I really know how Qingyao brother was injured..."
"Go," Xiao Jingrui rolled his eyes at him, "Why do you say that Brother Qingyao's body is an injury? He is from Jianghu, and injury is not a shameful thing, why do you pretend to be sick and hide it from everyone?"
"That's not necessarily... What if you happened to be doing something shameful when you were injured?"
"Yujin!" Xiao Jingrui's face suddenly sank, "What do you mean by that? My elder brother Qingyao is known as a chivalrous man, so what would he do shameful things?"
"What are you annoyed about?" Yan Yujin glared back at him righteously, "I only teased the little girl when I was young, and you said that what I did was shameful. Have I ever been annoyed by you since I was a child?"
"You... I..." Xiao Jingrui couldn't help laughing, "I'm kidding you!"
"Then how do you know I'm not joking?"
Xiao Jingrui had no choice but to slump his shoulders and said helplessly, "Yujin, don't make this kind of joke on my big brother in the future..."
"I know, I know," Yan Yujin waved his hand, picked up the cup on the table, and was about to hand it to his mouth when a voice suddenly came from the official road.
"Boss, please pass me two bowls of tea."
"Good!" The tea stall owner responded, filled two bowls of tea on a tray, and sent them to a simple half-old carriage parked by the roadside next to the stall. A hand stretched out from the car, opened the curtain a small half, took the tea in, and after a while, handed out the empty bowl and tea money, then quickly left and drove towards the city.
Yan Yujin held the tea bowl and stared blankly at the direction the carriage was leaving, forgetting to drink.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Jingrui hurriedly took the tea bowl out of his hand, only to prevent him from splashing the front of his clothes, "Is there anything weird about that carriage?"
"Just now... when the curtain was lifted just now, I saw a person sitting behind the person who asked for tea..."
If Xie Bi was by his side at this time, he would definitely complain, "What are you wondering about people sitting in the carriage? Could it be that you thought there would be a dog in it?" But now it was Xiao Jingrui who was with him, so he just listened to To a gentle question: "Who is that man?"
"I don't know if I saw it wrong..." Yan Yujin grabbed his friend's arm, "That's He Wenxin!"
"How could it be?" Xiao Jingrui was startled, "He Wenxin is about to be sentenced to the Spring Festival Judgment. He should be in prison now, why did he come in from outside the city?"
"That's why I think I've read it wrong... Is it just a look?"
"Maybe, there are many people in this world, and there are too many people who look alike."
"Forget it, maybe I'm dizzy..." Yan Yujin stood up and shook the placket, "It's enough rest, let's go."
Xiao Jingrui paid for the tea, picked up the small box, and the two walked along with the crowd of people entering the city, looking very relaxed and at ease. What to do with so many such ordinary dim sum. When we arrived at the city gate, probably because of the routine inspection, the crowd was a little stagnant, but it was still flowing in smoothly and orderly. The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate belonged to the patrol battalion, and the patrol battalion was under the control of the Marquis of Ningguo in terms of military system. When they saw the eldest son of the Hou mansion, they all bowed over to greet him. Xiao Jingrui had always been arrogant, nodded with a smile, and took the food in his hand. To the leader, and instructed him to "serve the brothers as snacks after the shift", and then went inside together with Yan Yujin.
"So you bought it for them..." Uncle Guo gave his friend a grin with his elbow, "I don't know if you must say that you can be a man, but in fact you have a good heart."
"You forgot, the seventh uncle was also on duty when we went out of the city in the morning. He also specially recommended that the sugar and oil fruit outside the city is special, so we must try it. I just bought some for him on the way. What is your heart?"
"I forgot." Yan Yujin sighed exaggeratedly, "Jing Rui, you are so careful and considerate, whoever will marry you in the future must be very lucky."
"Fuck you." Xiao Jingrui gave him a punch with a smile. During the fight, he suddenly saw a group of knights rushing towards the road, hurriedly pulling his friend to the side of the road, frowning, "The people from the Ministry of Punishment are running so fast. what?"
"The day after tomorrow is the Spring Festival. The execution site has already set up the execution platform and the building at Caishikou, Dongcheng. It was guarded yesterday. This team probably rushed to change guards." Yan Yujin stared at the distant smoke. " I think... Wen Yuanbo should come to observe the execution..."
"The revenge of murdering his son is naturally etched in his bones." Xiao Jingrui shook his head and sighed, "If He Wenxin was not used to being domineering, he wouldn't have committed this murder... But no matter what, he deserved it."
Yan Yujin narrowed his eyes, wondering what he was thinking, but after a while, he didn't say much. The two broke up in front of the Yan Mansion, and Xiao Jingrui went home directly, only changed a piece of clothes, and then went to visit the west courtyard where Zhuo's family lived.
At this time, Zhuo Dingfeng was not there, and under the cherry tree in the yard, Mrs. Zhuo and the potbellied Xie Qi were sitting in a sewing room. Seeing Xiao Jingrui come in, Mrs. Zhuo immediately threw away the embroidery in her hand and brought her son to her side.
"Mother, how's your day?" Xiao Jingrui asked An and stood up. Compared with the introverted and indifferent Princess Liyang, the Zhuo family's mother is more maternal, she has always loved Jing Rui more than Qing Yao, took his hand and asked softly, "Have a good time today. Are you hungry? Would you like a snack?"
"Brother Rui is really my mother's heart," Xie Qi couldn't help laughing. "You are the eldest son in Xie's family, but the youngest here. Even if you act like a spoiled child, just treat my sister-in-law not here."
Xiao Jingrui couldn't help but smile: "To be honest, you have been married for all these years, and I think you are a girl, not like a sister-in-law. This is something I brought to you, see if you like it?"
Xie Qi unpacked and placed the group of twelve little clay dolls on the low table next to them with joy on her face, "It's really cute, thank you Brother Rui."
"Qi Mei will have so many cute little dolls in the future..."
"Brother Rui, please, there are twelve of them. I have to give birth to so many, so I can't be like that..." Although Xie Qi was a shy daughter, she couldn't help but blushed and smiled when she said this.
"By the way, what about Sister Qingyi?"
"go out."
"what?"
"Why, you are only allowed to go out for an outing, and others are not allowed to go there? Brother Bi is with her, you can rest assured."
"When I made an appointment with my second brother this morning, didn't he say that he had something to do?"
Xie Qi smiled angrily: "They just don't want to go with you. Would you like to have some fun?"
"Rui'er is honest, why are you laughing at him?" Mrs. Zhuo hurried back and forth to protect her, stroking Xiao Jingrui's forehead and said, "When are you going to bring back a watery little daughter-in-law for your mother?"
"Mother..." Xiao Jingrui quickly pulled the topic away, "How is Brother Qingyao's illness today? Seeing how relaxed Qimei is, she's probably getting better?"
"It's much better. I took the medicine in the afternoon and fell asleep. It's time to wake up now. Go and have a look."
As if receiving an amnesty, Xiao Jingrui took the opportunity to pull away and fled into the house as if fleeing, and Xie Qi's silver bell-like laughter suddenly sounded behind him.
The east wing where Zhuo Qingyao and his wife lived had a living room and a bedroom, and when they entered, they could smell the faint scent of medicine. Since the windows were closed, the light was a little dim, but this was no obstacle for Xiao Jingrui, who had excellent eyesight. He saw at a glance that the patient on the bed was sitting up with his eyes open.
"Big brother, are you awake?" Xiao Jingrui hurried to catch up to support him, and took a pillow to put it behind him.
"I woke up a long time ago when you were laughing like this outside." Zhuo Qingyao's smile was still a little weak, but her complexion was obviously much better. Xiao Jingrui pushed open a few windows to let the room air circulate, and then turned around and sat down. Beside the bed, he asked with concern, "Brother, do you feel better?"
"It's time to get up and move around, it's all Niang and Xiaoqi, and they insist on me lying on the bed."
"They are also for your own good." Xiao Jingrui looked at Zhuo Qingyao's waist that was still a little weak, and the words Yan Yujin said involuntarily flashed in his mind, his face darkened slightly.
"What's wrong?" Zhuo Qingyao held onto his shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Did something unpleasant happen outside?"
"No..." Xiao Jingrui forced a smile and remained silent for a moment, before finally he couldn't help but ask, "Brother, after you came to the capital, you haven't played against anyone, have you?"
"No." Although Zhuo Qingyao answered quickly, his eyes flashed secretly, "Why do you ask this?"
"Then..." Xiao Jingrui hesitated for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Then how could you be injured?"
He asked so frankly, but Zhuo Qingyao was stunned. After a long time, he sighed and said, "You see it? Don't tell Niang and Xiaoqi, I'll just take care of it."
"Did my father tell you to do something?" Xiao Jingrui grabbed Zhuo Qingyao's hand tightly and asked.
"Jing Rui, don't worry about it so much, my father-in-law is also serving the country and the people..."
Xiao Jingrui stared blankly at his elder brother, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart. What kind of crazy thing is this, fighting for the throne? Why are all the family members and friends that I valued involved in? Father, Xie Bi, Brother Su, Big Brother... What can we get in this fight to the end
Qimei was about to give birth, but her father sent her son-in-law out to do dangerous things, and when she came back, she was injured, but even the family members dared not say it clearly. For the country and the people, can such heavy words be used in such a thing
"Jing Rui, are you thinking nonsense again?" Zhuo Qingyao gently patted his younger brother's cheek with his fingers, "It's because you were too gentle since you were young, and both your mother and mother-in-law favored you, so the important thing that father-in-law planned I never thought of discussing it with you. Now that the king is a mess, and coveting a high position, how can your father-in-law be a pillar of the court, so how can you stay out of it and not worry about the prince? You have to take the initiative to help your father-in-law a little bit."
Xiao Jingrui pursed his lips, and the color of his eyes became extremely deep. He is gentle and true, but he is not completely ignorant of his father's thoughts and the situation in the DPRK. Listening to Zhuo Qingyao's remarks, I knew that he, and even Zhuo's father, had been completely subdued by his Xie family father, and it would be useless to persuade him any more. I just don't know what kind of thing Qingyao took the risk to do...
"Big brother, your Tianquan swordsmanship is already far superior to mine. There are few opponents in the arena. Who is it that can hurt you so badly?"
Zhuo Qingyao sighed, "I'm ashamed to say, although I was defeated by him, I didn't even see his face clearly..."
"Where did the big brother get injured?"
Zhuo Qingyao locked his two sword eyebrows and shook his head, "Father-in-law told me that there are some things I can't tell you... I heard that you and the Jiang Zuo Sect Master Mei are very close?"
Xiao Jingrui pondered slightly, nodded and said, "Yes."
"This Sect Master Mei is indeed a prodigy. My father-in-law originally expected him to be the strong helper of the crown prince, but I didn't expect this person to be righteous and evil, and he turned to King Yu... Jing Rui, I know you are a kind person, He has taken care of you before, so you are naturally close to him, but the righteousness of the court, you still have to keep it in your heart."
Xiao Jingrui couldn't help but said, "Big brother, do you agree with everything the prince did..."
"The minister does not discuss the monarch's fault, don't talk nonsense. My father-in-law has already told me that the prince was framed for this private gun case."
Xiao Jingrui knew that his eldest brother had always been orthodox and chivalrous, and it was extremely difficult to change what he recognized. Now that his injury has not healed, he can't be annoyed, so he can only bow his head and answer "yes" softly.