Aoyama

Chapter 262 Apology
In the dark night, yellow corn kernels scattered on the road, making a rustling sound.

Chen Ji stood in front of the inn, quietly watching people coming towards the sound, and then they swarmed to the ground like bees and gathered the scattered corn kernels in their arms.

What is food?
At this moment in Guyuan, food is life.

Several Yulin soldiers rushed out of the inn and asked Chen Ji with bloodshot eyes: "What are you doing? Why are you dumping the food on the ground?"

Chen Ji ignored him and turned to walk into the inn.

Qi Zhuozhuo followed him and angrily asked, "Food is scarce now. If you dump all the food, what will everyone eat tomorrow? What will Your Highness eat?"

Chen Ji returned to the house.

The main hall of the inn was quiet, and the flickering candlelight danced in everyone's eyes.

They looked at each other. Chen Ji had no complaints when he was searched before, so they thought he had given in. They didn't expect Chen Ji to be so decisive.

At this time, Qi Zhuozhuo rushed into the main hall and put his hand on Chen Ji's shoulder: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me asking you a question?"

The moment Qi Zhuozhuo put his right hand on Chen Ji's shoulder, Chen Ji, without turning back, stretched out his left hand to grab Qi Zhuozhuo's hand, bent down slightly, and threw him out on his back.

With a loud bang, Qi Chengzhuo smashed a wooden table to the ground.

"Fuck you, how can you be called a hero by sneak attacking!" Qi Chenzhuo stood up and yelled: "Come on, fight with me, let me see how strong you are!"

Li Xuan was furious: "Qi Chenzhuo, have you had enough of this?"

But Qi was so angry that he couldn't listen.

But Qi Zhuozhuo leaned over and rushed towards Chen Ji. Chen Ji slightly moved aside, then stretched out his toes and hooked Qi Zhuo lightly, and Qi Zhuozhuo was tripped and fell to the ground.

Several Yulin soldiers who were familiar with Qi Chengzhuo turned over the table at the same time and rushed towards Chen Ji.

Unfortunately, although these "young master soldiers" had official connections bought by their families, they had never fought with real swords and guns. These figures separated from the old traces as soon as they came into contact, which was dazzling to watch.

When everyone looked again, several young soldiers were lying on the ground wailing.

A Yulin soldier who was watching the battle saw his colleague being humiliated, and immediately drew the long sword from his waist and stabbed Chen Ji.

Chen Ji was unarmed but he did not dodge or give way. When the long sword was about to pierce his chest, he clamped the sword with both hands and shook his wrist vigorously at the same time: "Let go!"

The Yulin Army's palms felt numb and he involuntarily loosened his grip on the sword.

When Li Xuan saw that Chen Ji had a weapon in his hand, his pupils suddenly contracted. He stood up and was about to pounce on him again, but was kicked back by him.

Qi Zhuozhuo's eyes turned red: "Brother-in-law!"

Li Xuan said in a low voice: "What's there to say about being inferior to him in skills? What can ten more of you do to him?"

Qi Chenzhuo's face flushed.

The main hall finally became quiet again.

Chen Liqin pondered for a long time and said, "Chen Ji, it is indeed inappropriate for you to throw away the food..."

Chen Ji looked at Chen Liqin and interrupted politely, "Don't worry, Master Chen. They are not seriously injured. Besides, I will not do anything sneaky or bring disgrace to the Chen family. The food came cleanly and left cleanly, so it is quite peaceful."

Chen Liqin was speechless for a moment.

Li Xuan tried to smooth things over: "Chen Ji, Lord Chen and Qi Chenzhuo were just worried that you were confused. They were not doing this for themselves, but for the reputation of His Highness. If we are caught, it will also damage His Highness's reputation. If there is any offense, I will apologize on their behalf. Please don't take it to heart."

Chen Ji silently looked around at everyone in the main hall.

Prince.

Chen family.

Yulin Army.

After a long while, he smiled and said, "Master Li, I won't take it to heart."

After that, he bowed to the prince from a distance and said, "Your Highness, I just threw away all the food in a moment of impulse, and now I regret it. I will accept any punishment."

The prince hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed softly: "It's not all your fault... There's no need to punish you. You Siwei has worked hard today, so go back and rest first."

Chen Ji picked up the palm leaf package on the table, took out a golden orange and stuffed it into Chen Wenzong's palm in front of everyone, and said with a smile: "Brother, eat an orange to calm down, it's okay."

Chen Wenzong took the orange in a daze, and saw Chen Ji put down two oranges for the prince, then he went upstairs.

Everyone's eyes followed Chen Ji's figure until he disappeared at the end of the stairs.

There was no heated argument, no angry accusations, it just ended as if nothing had happened.

In the suppressed silence, Li Xuan angrily shouted, "Qi Chenzhuo, are you satisfied now? Just a quarter of an hour ago, I told you not to cause trouble for Chen Ji. Do you understand what I say?"

Qi Chenzhuo knew that he had caused trouble, but he still tried to defend himself in a low voice: "Didn't you have any suspicions just now? Even Master Chen suspected him!"

Chen Liqin's expression changed.

Seeing that he was still quibbling, Li Xuan was so furious that he drew out the long sword at his waist and split the eight-immortal table in front of him into two parts: "Don't quibble anymore! Let me ask you, what will we eat tomorrow, and what will Your Highness eat? If my five hundred Yulin soldiers don't die on the battlefield, but instead starve to death in Guyuan, my family will be ashamed for generations!"

Qi Zhuozhuo was so angry that he was silent. At this time, Zhang Xia's fierce voice came from upstairs, saying, "What? So many people couldn't find food for a whole day, and you are still suspected when you found it? Then just ignore them and let them find food by themselves. Watch them starve to death in a few days."

At this point, Zhang Xia still insisted, "I don't know what's going on with the Chen family. They don't protect their own people, but instead follow others to make groundless speculations. It's fine if they hid the food in their own family and ate it secretly, but they also hid the food for the servants. It's really a case of the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. It's bad luck to be born in the Chen family. You might as well come to my Zhang family!"

Finally, Zhang Xia threw down a sentence: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, faith, courtesy, righteousness, and honesty."

Then he went back to the house and closed the door.

Everyone knew that Zhang Xia pretended to talk to Chen Ji, but he went to the corridor outside the door to talk to the people downstairs. Zhang Xia was really angry this time, and he almost pointed at their noses and scolded them.

The prince hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard earlier that Miss Zhang Er in the capital was bold and daring, but I didn't expect her to be so... well, straightforward and honest."

Li Xuan looked at everyone and asked, "What does the last limerick that Miss Zhang Er just recited mean?"

"There is no 'eight' in the first half, and no 'shame' in the second half," Chen Wenzong explained calmly, "so the meaning of this poem is to forget 'eight' and have no 'shame'."

The Yulin Army was scolded and humiliated.

Li Xuan turned around and bowed to the prince, "I request that your highness remove Qi Zhuozhu from his position as deputy commander and demote him to a sergeant. In addition, all the Yulin soldiers who took action just now will be fined for half a year to give Chen Ji an explanation."

Qi Zhuanzhuo was about to open his mouth when Li Xuan stared at him fiercely: "How about you bring back 60 kilograms of food every day? Qi Zhuanzhuo, you always say that you admire capable people, but now that you have met someone more capable than you, why are you unwilling to admit defeat?"

The prince looked at Qi Chenzhuo and asked, "What do you think?"

Qi Zhuo was silent for a long time and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to accept the punishment. I will go to Chen Ji to apologize later."

The prince nodded and said, "Then let's do as Lord Li said. Don't go to find Chen Ji later. He's still angry now. If you go there, he might start making a scene again. Tomorrow morning, you and Lord Li should go together to apologize."

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The second day of the siege.

In the early morning, there was no rooster crowing and no dog barking.

The chickens and dogs in Guyuan seemed to have died overnight, and the place was like an abandoned place with no sound.

Li Xuan grabbed Qi Zhuozhuo's arm and dragged him out of the room: "Let's go, what are you waiting for!"

Qi Chenzhuo leaned back and resisted: "Brother-in-law, I haven't thought about what to say yet."

Li Xuan lowered his voice and reprimanded, "You still don't accept it? You have practiced for so many years, and the Qi family has supplemented your practice resources for you to barely reach the Xiantian realm. He is seven or eight years younger than you, and you can't even beat him with one hand!"

Qi Zhuozhuo struggled while shaking his arms: "I accept it, I didn't say I don't accept it!"

Li Xuan stood still in the corridor, staring at Qi Chenzhuo and said, "The grain you collected was all rice, millet, sorghum, and corn mixed together. It's obvious that it was collected piecemeal from the people's homes. Look at him, he brought back a whole bag of corn. What does this mean?"

Qi Chenzhuo was puzzled: "What does that mean? Did he find the corn field?"

Li Xuan laughed angrily: "It means he has found a big grain merchant. The grain he has is definitely more than 60 kilograms of corn!"

Qi Chenzhuo was stunned: "That makes sense."

Li Xuanzhuo softened his tone and said, "Can you please consider this as my brother-in-law begging you? There are still hundreds of people under my command waiting to eat. You can't really let them starve to death, right?"

Qi hesitated for a long time and finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's just an apology. It won't cost you anything. Let's go."

The two of them walked up the stairs to the third floor and knocked on the door of Room No. 12.

No one responded.

The two looked at each other, and Li Xuan raised his hand to knock on the door again.

Still no one responded.

Li Xuan thought something was wrong and ran downstairs. When he arrived at the main hall, he looked at Xiao Wu who was wiping the table and said, "Hey, where is the guest in Room C upstairs?"

Xiao Wu lazily replied, "Sir, they left early in the morning."

Qi Chenzhuo asked doubtfully, "Could it be that he went out to look for food?"

Xiao Wu grinned and said, "I don't think he's going to look for food."

Qi Chenzhuo wondered, "How do you know?"

Xiao Wu finished wiping the table and put the rag on his shoulder. "I was given a hard time when I went to get food yesterday. Are you going to make things difficult for me today? That's mean."

Qi Zhuozhuo felt a burning sensation on his face. The innkeeper actually made sarcastic remarks.

Li Xuan asked in a serious tone: "Where did they go?"

Xiao Wu turned and walked towards the backyard: "You asked me what I was doing, but you don't need to tell me where I'm going, a young man."

Li Xuan and Qi Chenzhuo looked at each other in bewilderment. Chen Ji didn't even intend to give them a chance to apologize.

(End of this chapter)