Great Lawyer

Chapter 262 The Prince Has Changed (Part [-])

An excerpt from "The Meditation Mantra", Du Jiuyan turned two pages, looked at Xiao Luobo, "Do you understand?"

Little Luobo shook her head, "I don't understand. I'm reading it to my adoptive father. He said that his heart is not peaceful and he needs to listen to the scriptures."

"It's not for nothing. My adoptive father will pay me one tael for every page I read." Little Luobo said with a grin.

The corners of Du Jiuyan's mouth trembled, and he looked at King Gui, "So generous?"

"The peace and tranquility you get in your heart cannot be measured by money." King Gui snatched the scripture, "See, I didn't poison our son."

He was taken aback after he finished speaking... Our son?

Who and whose son?

King Gui stared, the words in his pen were completely messed up, and he threw them aside in a ball, "Keep reading!"

Little Luobo began to recite again, and he would automatically jump over some words he didn't recognize. He had listened to recitation, and what he wanted was the peaceful tone when singing sutras.

Therefore, it doesn't matter what he read here.

"Go home with Uncle Lame later." Du Jiuyan didn't want to stay here any longer, so he left the Yamen and went home.

He fell asleep until the afternoon and woke up, and Xiaoluo was already playing with Hanako in the yard.

"Father," Little Luobo ran over and took out the money he earned today as if offering a treasure, "Ten taels of your wages, ten taels of my wages."

Du Jiuyan frowned and said, "Why didn't you read more?"

This is not like Little Carrot's style. She thought of something and said with a smile: "Is it because the prince is not willing to let you continue to read?"

"Yes, he said forget it when I read the fifth page, and he didn't listen. But I still insisted on reading the tenth page." Little Luobo chuckled, "I can't do it if the prince doesn't give it!"

Du Jiuyan patted his son's head and said, "My son is smart, keep working hard!"

Little Luobo nodded and said, "Father, is there any money left unsettled?"

Du Jiuyan thought for a while, and said: "There is another 100 taels, which is the money for Mr. to help write the memorial. Didn't he mention it?"

"I don't know about it." Little Luobo said, "I'll ask him for it tomorrow."

Nao'er came over with a piece of clothing, "Ninth Brother, try to see if you can wear it."

It was an azure color that Du Jiuyan often wore. The hem and front of the skirt were embroidered with simple cloud patterns with bright silver thread. It fit her perfectly. "It's just right. Is this a summer dress?"

"Yes!" Nao'er asked in a low voice, "Ninth Brother, do you want to wear a skirt? I'll make you a skirt? There's still some fabric left for Hanako's costume."

Du Jiuyan waved his hand, "No, no, no. Although I really want to dress beautifully, my head is more important than a skirt."

She disguised herself as a man to act as a litigator in court, and even pretended to be someone else's household registration, so she should keep a low profile.

"Then I'll make it for you and put it under the box. You don't need to wear it." Nao'er smiled and said, "You can take it out when you want to wear it someday."

Du Jiuyan nodded and said, "Our Naoer is so considerate."

Nao'er smiled and went to work.

"Du Jiuyan." Qiao Mo stood at the door and shouted, "My lord, please go to the Shaoyang Medical Center."

Du Jiuyan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What happened?"

She felt it was Han Shi.

"Bi Jianxiong's stepwife just committed suicide by eating heartbroken grass, and now she is being sent to the hospital." Qiao Mo said.

Du Jiuyan nodded, talked to his family, and went to Shaoyang Medical Center.

Bi Jianxiong sat on the threshold with his two-month-old son in his arms, looking a lot older.

"Rescued?" Du Jiuyan saw King Gui.

King Gui nodded, "I was discovered by Bi Jianxiong just after I ate it, and I fed the duck blood. The doctor said that it can live, just keep it for a while." He said, pulling Du Jiuyan aside, and asked in a low voice: "That night, Did the Han family not close the door on purpose?"

"No. After she fell asleep, she thought that Bi Wei would close the door, but Bi Wei, who was pampered since she was a child, couldn't think of these things at all, and went directly upstairs to sleep when the time came."

"But as Mrs. Han said, she heard the voice that night, but she didn't come out immediately." After Du Jiuyan finished speaking, he glanced at Bi Jianxiong, "She must be very desperate."

King Gui nodded, walked up to Bi Jianxiong, and kicked him.

"My lord." Bi Jianxiong bowed and said, "What are your orders?"

King Gui asked, "Do you still want to be a widower?"

"No, I don't want to." Bi Jianxiong shook his head, "At my age... I can't marry a suitable wife."

King Gui said: "Then work hard for this, understand?"

"Understood, understood!" Bi Jianxiong nodded.

King Gui looked at Du Jiuyan, "Let's go."

"My lord, I understand the widower's mentality very well." Du Jiuyan looked at him with raised eyebrows.

King Gui looked her up and down, "Aren't you a widower?"

"No, my wife lives in my heart, and I swear that I will never fall in love with anyone or marry anyone in this life." Du Jiuyan said: "So, I am not a widower."

King Gui snorted coldly, "The words are unreasonable. You can marry if you don't want to."

After finishing speaking, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "I'm going to the temple, I just made an appointment for a martial arts class today!"

"Your Excellency, you want to convert to Buddhism? That's good, Buddhism in Dazhou will also prosper!" Du Jiuyan said: "When will you shave your head, tell me, I'll buy a roast suckling pig to celebrate."

"Who is shaved?" Suddenly, a head appeared from the sidelines, and Taoist Mao said with a wretched face: "Who wants to convert to Buddhism? Why don't you become a Taoist priest with me, a fellow practitioner, and you will not die!"

Snapped!
King Gui punched him in the stomach.

Taoist Mao clutched his stomach with a cry, "Sir, looking at such a handsome face as Pindao, can you do it?"

"Natural reaction." King Gui shook his fist.

Taoist Mao covered his stomach and was about to speak in pain, when suddenly he looked up and saw Du Jiuyan, his small eyes became bigger and bigger, and finally stared straight, "Du Jiuyan!"

As he said that, he rushed towards Du Jiuyan in the posture of a hungry tiger.

Du Jiuyan raised his foot to kick, but King Gui pulled Taoist Mao's collar and pulled it back, "What are you throwing at?"

"Pay back the money!" Taoist Mao pointed at Du Jiuyan, "1 taels, pay back, pay back!"

Taoist Mao was thumping about, wanting to fight Du Jiuyan to the death.

"Let go of the poor!" Daoist Mao shouted:

"Master, let go of Pindao, Pindao is going to fight her."

Du Jiuyan pointed at King Gui, "Let him go."

King Gui looked at Taoist Mao, "Are you sure."

"Sure, sure!" Taoist Mao said, "Pindao wants to fight him to the death."

King Gui let go of his hand, and Taoist Mao staggered forward, and when he was almost in front of Du Jiuyan, he saw a curved and exquisite dagger flickering in her hand, with a cold light, he stopped on his heels immediately, Turning around on the spot, facing King Gui, he said, "My lord, why did you summon the poor Taoist in such a hurry?"

"Look how amazing you are." King Gui was disgusted, pointed at Du Jiuyan and said, "Make her a face."

Taoist Mao looked back at Du Jiuyan, his face full of anger that he couldn't vent, "Do it for her?"

Du Jiuyan sharpened the knife on the scabbard sharply.

"My lord." Daoist Mao shouted in a low voice, pointing at Du Jiuyan, "Who is important to you, Pindao or her?"

King Gui said, "Is it comparable?"

"Yes." Taoist Mao nodded.

"This king wants justice." King Gui said.

Mao Daoshi said: "Pindao has been following you for several years, and he has worked hard and made great achievements. Look at the wrinkles on my face, all because of you."

King Gui looked at him.

"This kid is your deadly enemy. You say you want justice, so you should help the poor!" Taoist Mao was heartbroken, "My lord, you have changed!"

King Gui said, "So, what do you want me to do?"

"Money!" Taoist Mao said, "Use power and violence to force her to take out the money."

King Gui coughed, and said, "Her son is my adopted son, and now I am related to her."

Taoist Mao shook his head with a distressed look on his face, "My lord, you have really changed. When you left Zhenyuan, you were very excited. You wanted to skin this kid. Why did you change in just half a year?"

"What made you change?" Taoist Mao asked.

"What made you forget your original intention?" Taoist Mao asked.

"What made you abandon the poor way?" Taoist Mao asked.

"What made you not even want 1 taels of silver notes?" Taoist Mao asked.

"What is it..." Taoist Mao didn't finish speaking, King Gui took out a veil from somewhere and blocked his mouth, "Woooo..."

Du Jiuyan said: "Is this a cry and torture from the depths of the soul?"

"Yeah." Taoist Mao nodded, looking at King Gui with trembling eyebrows.

"I'm curious too!" Du Jiuyan said.

King Gui was very embarrassed, coughed, and said: "The weather is fine today and it is suitable for sleeping. I am going back to catch up on sleep."

Said, took Qiao Mo and Gu Qingshan and Han Dang who had just arrived, and left.

Taoist Mao looked at Du Jiuyan.

Du Jiuyan kindly took out the veil from his mouth and stuffed it into his arms, "Want money?"

"Think!" Taoist Mao said, but he couldn't beat this kid.

Du Jiuyan pulled him and said as he walked, "I have a proposal, do you want to hear it?"

Mao Daoshi looked at him warily.

"You open a dharma hall and pray for everyone. I hope this year will pass the rainy season safely," Du Jiuyan said, "I guess the common people will be happy to donate some incense money to you. And those wealthy households, you can come to cheat , it's still possible."

"It's only 1 taels. If you have better business ability and smarter people, you can earn it in three months."

Taoist Mao said angrily: "Are you a fool when you are poor? This is against the law. Now I want 1 taels belonging to the poor."

"Then what should I do?" Du Jiuyan spread his hands, "Whether you quarrel, cheat, fight, or influence in Shaoyang, you are inferior to me. Do you think I will return the money to you?"

Taoist Mao pointed at her, "Du Jiuyan, you are bullying."

"En." Du Jiuyan said: "I even bully your prince, why can't I bully you?"

Daoist Mao was very angry, very angry, pointed at her and suddenly let out a sigh, "Your face..."

"Your face," Taoist Mao looked at her, Du Jiuyan looked at him with folded arms, "Look at the face, take money?"

Mao Daoshi circled around him, staring at her face again, "Are you... really a man?"

"Verify?" Du Jiuyan provocatively said.

Mao Daoshi waved his hands, "But this is wrong. You can't be born on a man with this face, do you... have twin sisters?"

"Maybe." Du Jiuyan said: "But I have to ask my dead parents."

Mao Daoshi was very tangled, stroked his beard and said, "That's weird, it's too weird!"

"Think slowly." Du Jiuyan wanted to leave.

Mao Daoshi held her back, "Don't go, just...speak clearly."

"What are you doing?" King Gui turned back again, "What are you mumbling about?"

Taoist Mao snorted, looked at King Gui, then at Du Jiuyan, suddenly clapped his hands, and said with an ah, "Poverty understands!"

　Question: Why did the prince change?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)