There's something wrong with me

Chapter 56 Out of the City Out of the City
Three days later, early morning.

The Seventh Prince's Mansion, backyard.

Zhang Feng sat upright by the pool.

call-

Scatter a handful of fish food, and the little goldfishes inside will gather together.

'According to the schedule, my royal brother will come here to pick me up soon.

I don't know why he asked me to go to Lake City with him.

Zhang Feng looked at the goldfish while waiting for the eldest prince to pick him up.

And ever since Zhang Feng came out of the eldest prince’s mansion a few days ago.

Zhang Feng didn't go anywhere these days.

Because Queen Mother's 'blind date traps' are everywhere.

After all, when a normal person goes out, how could he expect that as soon as he opens the door, several well-educated and well-mannered young women would happen to pass by his house?
Then, a palace maid suddenly jumped out from the corner and asked her which one she liked?
This is really horrifying.

If an assassin suddenly appeared, Zhang Feng would not panic, but if a palace maid from the Queen's mother suddenly appeared, he couldn't just react with a punch, right?

So Zhang Feng just stayed at home these days and didn't go anywhere.

Zhang Feng felt that once the Queen Mother's desire to hold her little fat grandson wore off, everything would be basically fine.

Hiding and keeping silent are the best ways now.

Because they are weak, they can't climb over the wall outside, right?
'The nature of family is loving, which has advantages, but also disadvantages.'

now.

Zhang Feng was feeding the fish while shaking his head.
The pros are that my mom spoils me too much, and not just any kind of spoiling. The cons are that because she cares about me so much, the most important things in my life become the things she wants to solve the most.

but.

My father often used the "back-to-back silence method" on me, and now it seemed to be a good solution to deal with my mother's enthusiastic blind date.

Zhang Feng thought of this and suddenly burst out laughing.

'People say that where there are poisonous snakes, there must be an antidote within seven steps, and it really is true for me.

My dad’s “back-turning silence” is the perfect antidote.

But my mother is not a venomous snake.'

Zhang Feng likes this family very much. Sometimes when he thinks of his queen mother, he can't help but smile.

Thinking about the emperor father, he is actually a pretty good person.

After all, I eat meals cooked by his royal chef every day.

Didn't think about it for a moment.

Ta-ta-ta—

Suddenly, faint footsteps were heard outside the yard.

Zhang Feng first subconsciously glanced at the wall. When he saw that it was not someone coming from the wall, he looked accurately outside the small courtyard based on the direction of the gradually louder sound.

"Master!" Xiao Wuzi approached from a distance, dressed in butler's attire, cupping his hands and bowing, saying, "His Highness the Crown Prince will be here soon."

……

A hundred feet away from the street.

Although the eldest prince's motorcade did not have the emperor's golden whisk censer and golden incense box and sedan chair, it did have several civil servants and more than a hundred guards and followers.

Outside the city, there are 500 soldiers who will accompany the eldest prince to Lake City, a thousand miles away.

One is to protect the safety of the prince, and the other is to demonstrate the majesty of the royal family to the outside world.

However, no more than that.

The eldest prince has not yet been crowned king, so he cannot be in charge of too many people. Even if he is crowned king, according to the regulations of the Lin Dynasty, he cannot take with him more than 1,500 soldiers.

Going on an expedition is another matter.

And this moment.

The convoy in the city was heading towards Zhang Feng's mansion.

Ta-ta-ta—

When they passed by Zhang Feng's mansion in an orderly manner, there were special followers leading the way and borrowing the road ahead early on, and passers-by gave way to them politely.

When the convoy arrived in front of the mansion.

Zhang Feng, who had arrived in front of the palace a long time ago, was looking at the prince's motorcade.

There is no complicated etiquette for receiving people.

The curtain of one of the luxurious carriages was lifted.

The eldest prince looked at Zhang Feng gently and said, "I will accompany you, my brother."

"Yes." Zhang Feng returned the greeting with his hands raised. This basic etiquette of respecting his brother made it impossible for the passers-by to find any fault with it.

However, when passers-by saw the seventh prince's figure.

Although they didn't dare to say it out loud, they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts.

"Is this the Seventh Prince?" A burly blacksmith looked at him and wanted to take him in as his disciple.

"He is indeed a mighty and majestic man! If it weren't for the Seventh Prince's noble status, I would definitely accept him as my apprentice! It seems he was born to be a good blacksmith!"

"I heard that he eats, drinks and has fun in the palace every day?" Another dandy boy heard the news from somewhere, "If he wasn't a prince, he would definitely make a brother with a different surname! So we can have fun together!"

"Hmm? I heard that Zheng Daru didn't comment on him." Some scholars were puzzled, thinking, "It's not right! Such a well-educated person, why doesn't he have any comments?"

Because most people in Lincheng had heard about the Seventh Prince's physique, no one cared about Zhang Feng's current majestic figure like a mountain.

After all, many people have come and gone in the palace over the past decade or so, and some people can't control their mouths.

The news that the seventh prince is fat will naturally leak out.

But passersby don't like these old news. Instead, they prefer some newly acquired gossip, such as which prince is eating, drinking and having fun, or some interesting palace stories.

This curiosity and scrutiny continued until Zhang Feng entered the carriage and the convoy set off again, and only then did they slowly put away their doubts.

……

驾~
The convoy continued on its journey and gradually left the city.

Because it was the prince's carriage, the person leading the way also had a token.

When they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city saluted and let them pass without checking or saying anything.

Crash-

The soldiers camped outside the official road also followed the convoy and merged into one group.

There were also soldiers riding fast horses to explore the way ahead, and there were also strong crossbowmen scattered around, walking along the periphery of the caravan.

And in the middle of the convoy protected by hundreds of soldiers.

bang~
"General!"

Zhang Feng was playing chess with the eldest prince, and now he was in control of the eldest prince.

However, the eldest prince seemed to be looking at the chessboard, but asked a question that had nothing to do with the chess game.

"Xiao Qi, what do you think of coming out of your home today?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Feng picked up the teacup beside him, "Nothing."

"No feelings?" The eldest prince looked at Zhang Feng suspiciously, "Why don't you ask why I brought you out here?"

"I don't know." Zhang Feng replied cheerfully, "My brother the Emperor sent someone to tell me a few days ago that I should wait for you, and so I did.

And now."

Zhang Feng pointed at the chessboard and said, "I only know that my brother is about to lose."

On the scene, Zhang Feng still has two chariots, as well as a big piece consisting of a horse and a cannon.

But the eldest prince is just an old veteran.

"Well, Xiaoqi is very skilled at chess." The eldest prince looked at the chessboard and replied seriously:

"Looking at this, I should have lost. However, although chess has a long history, I have limited energy and have only learned Go.

I have only learned the basics of chess.

It's not surprising that you can be a better brother."

The eldest brother said, taking out a Go board from the side, "I wonder how Xiaoqi's Go is?"

"Go?" Zhang Feng didn't know how to play Go, so he simply collapsed on the soft backrest and waved his hands, saying, "No, no, I'm a little tired."

"Since I am tired, it would be unfair for me to win against you." The eldest prince was very serious. After carefully putting away the chessboard, he took out a scroll of documents from the small cabinet next to him.
"Then let's talk about this trip?"

"Your Majesty, please speak." Zhang Feng sat up again, suddenly no longer feeling tired.

The eldest prince paid no attention to it at all. Instead, he said seriously again, "This trip is to investigate an old case in the martial arts world."

The eldest prince handed the document to Zhang Feng, "Originally, the Queen Mother didn't want you to get involved, but I think you are an adult now, and you can't just eat, drink and have fun all day.

So, just take a look.”

"Okay." Zhang Feng picked up the document and saw that it contained some records of events.

Documentary records.

Three years ago, a murder occurred in Hucheng and Anqing counties.

Dozens of people from the Hengchen Winery were slaughtered overnight.

Rumor has it that the owner of the winery seems to have a hidden collection of "banned books".

The perpetrator is most likely a gangster.

However, local investigations over the years have yielded no results.

Zhang Feng glanced at the eldest prince, then asked, "Brother, are you going here to investigate the murderer? Or to track down the forbidden book?"

"Oh?" The eldest prince looked at his younger brother in surprise, "I am on this trip to investigate the murderer and also to track down the banned book.

It's not simple. Xiao Qi revealed the two purposes of this trip in one sentence. It seems that Xiao Qi has grown up. "

"..." Zhang Feng looked speechlessly at the eldest prince who was praising him.

My goodness, do you think you are a child?
Isn't it just answering a very routine question and then being praised?

But when Zhang Feng thought about it carefully, he felt that it was not wrong.

Because the last time they met, they didn't talk much, and I was eating the whole time, looking dazed.

Then the last time we met, I was only fifteen and half a head shorter than I am now.

That really does look like a child.

It's right for the elder brother to praise the younger brother more.

Zhang Feng also thought that when he was young, his royal brother often protected and cared about him.

When he saw that the other princes did not play with him, he, who was already fifteen or sixteen at that time, would bring toys to play with him, for fear that he would be lonely.

But Zhang Feng is not a child and really doesn’t want to play.

However, in order not to hurt the feelings of his "nerdy older brother", Zhang Feng had to let the "two adults" play with toys together.

"Brother, let's get down to business." Zhang Feng sighed helplessly as he recalled the past and returned the document to the eldest prince. "Where can I find out about this case?"

"Let's go to the Hucheng government office first." Upon hearing the serious matter, the eldest prince quickly put on a blank, thoughtful expression. "Investigate the government office first, then the winery."

"Brother Emperor means..." Zhang Feng speculated, "Could the government be protecting them?"

"Yes." The eldest prince nodded slightly, "Three whole years have passed, and not a single clue has been found. If this isn't a cover-up, then this case is truly strange, or the Anqing County Magistrate is incompetent.

If he is incompetent, what use would the people of Anqing County have for such a useless person?"

(End of this chapter)