Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 660: Wei Ran [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 37k more]

Listening to the conversation between Xu Zaijing and others, Liang Han bowed and walked out of the private room.

Qi Heng said hesitantly, "Brother Jing, Bianjing is the best place in the world. There are many patrol shops on the street. This place is not far from the palace. There shouldn't be any danger, right?"

"What the young master said makes sense, very much so! I'm afraid someone here is making alarmist remarks and trying to intimidate Your Highness." Gao Jing looked at Xu Zaijing and echoed in a bad tone.

"Besides, my Gao family is also a founding military family. It is reasonable for us to have guards at home, let alone protect people. If there is anything, we can directly order the soldiers in the patrol station to come and guard!"

Xu Zaijing frowned and said, "Let the soldiers in the patrol station come to guard? Brother Gao, do you know all the soldiers in the patrol station? If there are bad guys among them, you may be able to identify them."

Gao Jing: “I”

Xu Zaijing turned to look at Qi Heng and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Ruo, it is true that Bianjing is the best place, but do you still remember what happened to my eldest sister before?"

When Qi Heng heard this, his expression turned a little ugly.

Many years ago, Pingmei and Gu Tingyu got engaged. On the day of the Lantern Festival, some bad guys wanted to take advantage of the crowd and do something bad.

If Xu Zaijing had not been by Pingmei's side at the time, who knows what would have happened.

Zhao Fang looked at Xu Zaijing and smiled, then said, "Brother Jing, I didn't think it was a big deal just now, but after hearing what you said, I suddenly feel that danger is lurking around us."

As he spoke, Zhao Fang looked around the private room.

Xu Zaijing consoled him, "Your Highness, don't worry too much! Gao's residence is only a quarter of an hour away. As long as we pass the message, the imperial guards will arrive soon."

While speaking, Liang Han returned to the private room with a serious expression.

look around,

Xu Zaijing walked quickly towards the open windows around the private room.

"Yuanruo, Liulang, come and help close all the windows." Xu Zaijing said.

"oh oh!"

Qi Heng and Liang Han hurriedly responded, stood up and walked around, helping Xu Zaijing to close the window, and Bu Wei, who was standing beside them, also followed.

"Your Highness, please sit down! Don't show your face near the window." Xu Zaijing said again.

"Oh! Okay!" Zhao Fang lifted his butt off the seat and sat back down obediently.

Gao Jing curled his lips and whispered, "Playing tricks!"

suddenly,

Gao Jing noticed Zhao Fang's gaze and thought quickly. He bowed and said, "Your Highness, I will go and help as well."

Gao Jing stood up and walked towards the window.

Coming to the window, Gao Jing held the window sash with both hands and glanced out the window a few times.

Fanlou is composed of five large and luxurious wooden buildings, one each in the east, west, south, north and center, connected by corridors.

The wooden building where everyone was located was the one on the west side, which was exposed to sunlight from noon to dusk.

Moreover, the location of Gao's elegant room is quite good, and it can be seen from the wooden buildings in the middle and on the north side.

Gao Jing didn't feel anything at first and just thought Xu Zaijing was exaggerating.

But after Gao Jing glanced outside a few times, he didn't know whether it was a hint from Xu Zaijing's words or it was really true, but he discovered that several people on the third and second floors of two nearby wooden buildings were looking at this side.

This discovery made Gao Jing's heart skip a beat, and an extremely weak feeling spread from the soles of his feet and his heart.

While feeling weak, as if to prove that he was not wrong, Gao Jing looked at those people with a probing look.

Those who are seen by Gao Jing,

Some were puzzled by the looks, shook their heads and closed the windows;

Some seemed to know how hard it was to get a seat in the Gao family's private room today, and bowed from a distance;
Some of them looked at Gao Jing expressionlessly and turned to look elsewhere.

Just as Gao Jing was about to continue looking to confirm the situation, Xu Zaijing had already walked over here.

Gao Jing's eyes were weak, and he hesitated to speak: "Xu Wulang"

Xu Zaijing stood beside Gao Jing, glanced outside for a few times, and said, "Let go."

"oh oh!"

"Click."

The two windows were blocked with only a thin gap left.

Through the tiny gap, Xu Zaijing glanced outside for a few times and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Wulang, everything should be okay, right?" Gao Jing asked using a more intimate name.

Seeing Xu Zaijing glancing at him, Gao Jing lowered his head awkwardly.

"Da da."

There was a knock on the door, and Buwei, who was beside Qi Heng, hurried over.

After opening the door, Buwei said, "Brother Qingyun, what's wrong?"

Zhao Fang withdrew his gaze from Xu Zaijing who was still looking out, and said, "Let Jing'er's personal attendant come in and talk."

"Yes."

After no response, Qingyun walked in.

Seeing Zhao Fang sitting on the main seat, Qing Yun concealed his surprise and quickly bowed and said, "I greet your Highness."

"No need to be so polite. What's the matter?" Zhao Fang asked.

Glancing at Xu Zaijing who was still looking out the window, Qingyun bowed and said, "Your Highness, the lieutenant of the Marquis' Mansion, Xunshu, just came to the second floor and told me that he saw a few men with unfriendly expressions on the way to Gao's Mansion."

"He and Lieutenant Alan both felt that something was not right, so after discussing it, Xunshu hurried back to remind them."

"Have they both accompanied Jing'er to the northwest?" Zhao Fang asked.

"Your Highness is wise." Qingyun bowed.

Xu Zaijing, who was looking out the window, closed the window tightly and turned around and said, "Your Highness, please move and sit near the entrance of the private room."

Zhao Fang stood up and nodded: "Okay! Listen to Brother Jing."

Qingyun bowed and said, "Your Highness, I will take my leave."

"Well, let's go."

Qingyun looked at Xu Zaijing's eyes, nodded heavily, and turned to leave the private room.

After the door opened and closed, the private room became quiet again, with only the occasional footsteps of Xu Zaijing walking by the window.

Liang Han glanced at Zhao Fang, then walked over to Xu Zaijing and said, "Brother Jing, what are you looking at?"

As he spoke, Liang Han also put his eyes close to the window crack and looked out, "Are they the rooms with open windows?"

Without turning his head, Xu Zaijing said, "Those with open windows are better. The main problem is those that are not open. Liu Lang, stay away."

"oh oh."

Another wooden building, Fanlou,
three floors,

Somewhere in the Gao family's elegant room, one could see someone looking out in the same posture as Xu Zaijing.

Looking at the closed window of Gao's private room, the man beside the window said angrily, "It's Xu Zaijing again!"

The door opens and closes.
Someone entered the house and said, "Sir, our people are already nearby, and the good hands have also followed the loaded ox cart downstairs."

The person by the window was about to speak when he saw a window in Gao's elegant room suddenly open, and Xu Zaijing's eyes swept over here as if they had substance.

The person near the window quickly moved sideways to make room for the window gap and hid aside.

After waiting for a while, the person by the window looked out again.

"Sir, can our people go upstairs?"

The person by the window clenched his fists, as if trying to restrain his impulse.

After a moment's silence, the man looked at Gao's private room with great reluctance, and said to himself, "What a great opportunity God has given us."

Then, the person at the window said, "Xu Zaijing, you really are at odds with me!"

"Prince?"

Glancing at the tightly closed window of Gao's private room reluctantly, the man by the window took a deep breath, opened his fist, and said, "Let's disperse. We'll talk later!"

"Yes!"

The man stood by the window for a while, sighed, and walked out.

There was a sound of doors opening and closing, and the room fell into silence.

I do not know how long it has been,

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open.

Soldiers wearing the armor of the palace guards rushed in.

The leading lieutenant colonel looked around the room warily, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about the room, he walked to the window.

"Crench."

The window was pushed open by the colonel.

Looking at his comrades waving at him in the Gao family's private room not far away, the lieutenant colonel took another look and then shook his head with lingering fear.

After leaving the house, the young officer stood at the door and did not allow anyone else to enter.

After waiting for a while, a group of elite clerks from the Imperial City came to the house and started another inspection.

inner city,

Anyuan Gate,
The imperial guards guarding the city seemed to have received some orders and were checking the horse and ox carts leaving the city one by one.

A sergeant of the imperial guards looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, glanced at the timid middle-aged man, and then looked at the ox cart loaded with mugwort behind the middle-aged man, frowned and said, "What are you doing in the city?"

"I went to the city to deliver mugwort, but when I got there, people didn't want it." said the middle-aged man.

"Which one in the city?"

"A wealthy family on Jingming Street."

"Well!"

Nodding, the sergeant of the imperial guards walked towards the ox cart.

Pulling out an exquisite hand knife from his waist, the sergeant of the imperial guards poked at the mugwort in the ox cart.

"Gah."

The blade struck something hard.

Then, the sharp blade stirred it, revealing a smooth thumb-thick wooden stick under the mugwort.

Looking at the straw man made of mugwort in the car, the sergeant of the imperial guards knew without asking any questions that this was the wooden pole used to support the "mugwort man".

The sergeant looked at the ox cart again and found nothing unusual. He sheathed his knife and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go."

"Ah, thank you for your help."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man bowed and nodded as he walked towards the outer city.

noon,

Under the blazing sun,

In front of the palace,
A dozen long benches were arranged in two rows.
The imperial guards, eunuchs and female officials who were being punished were lying on it.

"Clap!"

"Clap!"

The sound of the rod hitting flesh was constant.

"No! No! No!"

Although the imperial guards, eunuchs and female officials who were being punished bit wooden sticks or cloth balls in their mouths to endure the pain, the executioners were obviously very powerful and the victims still felt unbearable pain.

Right in front of these people, Zhao Fang was also lying on a long bench.

Next to Zhao Fang, the Queen placed one hand on her waist, breathing heavily with her chest heaving.

The Queen grasped the thick, long bamboo board in her hand, raised it high, and then swung it down angrily.

"Snapped!"

"Ouch! Mother, I was wrong!"

"Snapped!"

"Ouch! It hurts!"

"Snapped!"

"Mother, it hurts! I was wrong!"

"Pah!" After the Queen finished beating him, she rested with her hands on her hips, turned back to look at Princess Yue'er in the Emperor's arms, her eyes full of fear, and said, "Yue'er, if you dare to do the same as your brother in the future, I will beat you up too!"

"Mother, I understand." Princess Yue'er nodded and said in a trembling voice.

"Someone come here!" the queen said again.

Hearing this, Zhao Fang, who was lying on the ground, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the punishment should be over.

The queen's personal maid came over, looked at Zhao Fang distressedly, and said, "Your Majesty?"

The queen said, "Go, find a piece of fine cloth and stuff his mouth shut for me. I am upset by what he is saying!"

Zhao Fang, who was lying on the bench, was stunned and was still trying to react.

"Snap!" The queen swung the long bamboo board in her hand down again.

"Ow!"

At the palace gate,
A female official walked over here quickly, bowed to the emperor and empress, and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, Miss Taotao from the Gao family is here."

"Let her come."

"Yes."

After saying this, the Queen looked at the red mark on Zhao Fang's buttocks with some distress.

Zhao Fang turned his head to look at the palace gate, then looked up at the Queen and smiled: "Mother, you are tired."

"Snapped!"

The Queen Mother slapped Zhao Fang angrily again and responded to his next words.

Putting her hands on her hips and panting for a few times, the queen turned back to look at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I am a little tired from fighting. How about you come?"

"Ah?" Zhao Fang, who was sitting on the stool, raised his head in disbelief and looked at his mother beside him.

The emperor waved his hand and said, "My hand is too strong. If Fang'er is injured, I, the queen, and Yue'er will all be heartbroken."

The Queen was speaking.
Miss Taotao from the Gao family came over with her maid.

The sound of the rod being pounded in front of the palace continued unabated.

When she came closer, Miss Taotao of the Gao family knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "This little girl greets your Majesty, Your Majesty."

The queen took a deep breath, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Taotao, get up."

Miss Taotao from the Gao family said without even raising her head: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my two elder brothers have committed serious offenses. I beg Your Majesty and Your Majesty to punish them."

"Get up first." said the queen.

"Yes."

Miss Taotao from the Gao family stood up, not caring about the dust on her skirt in front of her knees, and stood aside with her head down.

The emperor looked at Zhao Fang and said in a deep voice, "Taotao, since Gao Jing from your family likes to go out and play, why don't you go to the northern military camp and play?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Gao Lin, you will be in charge of the city gate for three months. No one is allowed to take your place!"

"Yes, on behalf of my two brothers, I would like to thank Your Majesty for his grace."

Having said that, Miss Taotao from the Gao family knelt down and kowtowed again.

"Ah."

The emperor nodded.

Zhao Fang raised his head and looked at the girl from the Gao family with some heartache, then turned back to look at the people who were still being tortured, and said, "Father, mother, nothing happened. I beg you to spare them."

As he spoke, Zhao Fang looked at Gao Taotao, who winked at him, with some confusion.

"Fang'er, you said nothing happened?" the emperor said in a deep voice.

Zhao Fang, feeling a little tired, looked down at the shadow of his mother beside him and nodded a few times.

Seeing the Queen's shadow moving on the ground, Zhao Fang's eyes widened, knowing that the Queen had raised the bamboo board again, he hurriedly said: "Your son, your son and Jing'er are returning to the palace. The journey was smooth, nothing happened."

Looking at the movements of the shadow on the ground, Zhao Fang closed his eyes in advance.

a moment later

"Snapped."

Zhao Fang's butt was in trouble again.

"Fang'er, when the Imperial City Department sent people to Fanlou, the clerk beside Meifeng discovered a monk nearby."

Zhao Fang was stunned by the pain, looked up at the emperor and said, "Ah? Father, what monk?"

The emperor frowned. "A monk who was caught in an alley and saw no hope of escape committed suicide."

Zhao Fang lay on the stool, looking down at his own shadow in the sun, and whispered, "Father, is it a dead warrior?"

The emperor nodded, and when he found that his son was looking down and couldn't see, he said, "Well! Not bad."

The Queen scolded Zhao Fang, "You evil creature, when did I not agree to leave the palace before? But today you are so good that you are trying every possible way to go to Fanlou to play! It seems that I spoil you too much!"

After taking a breath, the Queen continued, "Fortunately, you knew to ask the Gao family to send an invitation to let the Xu family's Wulang go! Otherwise, if it really took another hour or two today and their plan was completed, do you know what would happen?"

"If something happens to you, how am I going to live? Tell me?!"

The queen asked in a tearful tone.

Afterwards, the queen became more and more angry and slapped Zhao Fang's butt hard again.

This time, Zhao Fang just tensed up, but he did not wail like before. He just gritted his teeth and held on.

Zhao Fang raised his head, looked at the empress and the emperor, and said solemnly: "Father, mother, I was wrong."

"Dang Cang."

The queen threw the bamboo board directly to the ground.

(End of this chapter)