People in the Tang Dynasty, Jian'an style

"Duke Ying, there is no need to do this. This is what my son should do. Don't take it to heart."

"Your Highness, you may not take it to heart, but I cannot. When Your Highness is free, I will bring my wife and daughter to your house to express my gratitude."

To save my daughter, I can't just say "thank you" and be done with it. I have to prepare a generous gift and go to the person's house to express my gratitude.

Otherwise, if outsiders heard it, Wu Shigui would be called an "ungrateful person" or "ungrateful".

Wu Shigui could not afford such a bad reputation, otherwise he would not even be able to keep his position as an official.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Duke Ying, you are being too polite. The gate of the Prince of Qin's Palace is always open to Duke Ying."

"Then...I will bring my wife and daughter to visit you tomorrow. Is that okay?"

"I will be waiting for Duke Ying in the palace at that time."

After the two of them finished their discussion, they held hands and talked as they walked, looking very intimate.

Such a thing naturally could not escape the eyes and ears of Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, who immediately reported it to him...

……

"Where's the princess? Ask her to come see the king as soon as possible."

After returning to the palace, Li Shimin was in high spirits - Wu Shigui was in charge of the imperial guards and was one of his father Emperor Li Yuan's absolute confidants.

Now he is showing kindness to me, which is a very good sign.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin added: "By the way, let Wenbin come to see me as well."

"promise."

Soon, Zhangsun Wugou came over gracefully and said, "Your Highness, I greet you. Your Highness, why are you so happy? Did something good happen?"

"Haha, Guanyin is the one who understands me." Li Shimin laughed, "When I was leaving court today, I met Yingguogong Wu Shigui..."

Then, he repeated what Wu Shigui had said to him: "If Duke Ying hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have known about this. Oh, by the way, Guanyinbi, why didn't you tell me?"

Changsun Wugou's heart was pounding - of course she did not forget to tell Li Shimin, but she deliberately concealed the matter.

It was not because of anything else, it was just that Li Wenbin had been too popular recently and she didn't want his name to appear in her husband's ears so frequently.

However, no matter how much he planned, he did not expect that even if he did not say anything, Wu Shigui would take the initiative to find Li Shimin and tell him the whole story.

Zhangsun Wugou thought for a moment and said quickly, "Your Majesty, it was my fault for forgetting to tell you about this matter. Please forgive me."

Li Shimin waved his hand: "Hey, what's there to blame? You're so busy, it's normal to forget. By the way, where's Wenbin? I called him over, why haven't I seen him yet?"

The attendant quickly said, "According to the prince, the young master is not in the mansion, but has gone out."

……

At this time, Li Wenbin was visiting the West Market with Ruyue and Jinxiu. There were more dignitaries in the East Market, while the West Market was more civilian and had more people.

With more people coming, it is naturally a good opportunity for small vendors. Their stalls almost fill both sides of the street, making Ruyue and Jinxiu linger.

Not only were there small vendors shouting their wares, but even the gangsters took the opportunity to set up their stalls, soliciting passers-by to come and watch.

Li Wenbin unexpectedly discovered a caravan coming from the Western Regions, where Hu girls were performing belly dance.

These Hu Ji were wearing extremely cool clothes. They were shaking their fat bellies vigorously, causing waves. Li Wenbin watched with great interest.

In the Tang Dynasty, obesity was considered beautiful, and the belly dance of these Hu girls was very popular. There were three circles of people surrounding the stalls, and everyone watched with their eyes fixed.

However, when Hu Ji came over with a copper plate to ask for money, the people dispersed.

Hu Ji was a little sad, but when she came to the pair of young masters, she saw that the younger one actually rewarded her with a gold cake.

This piece of gold cake was worth ten strings of coins, and it was so exquisitely made that it could even be regarded as a work of art. The delighted Hu Ji thanked him repeatedly - if Ruyue and Jinxiu had not run so fast, she might have even left a kiss on their faces.

Li Wenbin laughed out loud, but Jinxiu was not annoyed. She suddenly pointed to the other side and said, "Young Master, what are you doing over there? Let's go and take a look."

With the help of Li Wenbin and Ruyue, the three of them easily squeezed into the crowd.

Then Ruyue and Jinxiu witnessed a scene that they would never forget.

A donkey was tied up tightly, even its mouth was blocked with an iron hoop. A strong man cut a piece from the donkey from time to time and then introduced it loudly.

In their words, the meat taken from a live donkey is more delicious and can be said to be the most delicious thing on earth.

Whether it is more delicious or the most delicious food in the world, Ruyue and Jinxiu don’t know.

They just knew that they were about to vomit.

Seeing the two girls like this, Li Wenbin quickly pulled them away.

After a long while, Jinxiu finally felt the suffocation in her chest slightly dissipate. Thinking of the miserable donkey, she couldn't help but sigh, "Why are you so cruel? You can kill it with just one knife, why do you have to torture it like this?"

"Yes, I think it's too cruel."

Li Wenbin was about to give her some advice when she said quietly, "Besides, it won't taste any better if you eat it like this. It's clearly a waste."

Well, it turns out I was overthinking it.

Chapter 30 Following the Plan

What Li Wenbin didn't know was that in a small courtyard not far from them, a man and a woman were spying on them.

One of them was the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace, Wu Lezhang.

After a long while, Wu Lezhang took the woman's hand and returned to his room and closed the door.

The woman in green immediately made a cup of tea, held it in front of him with both hands, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Alang, please have a cup of tea. Is that man the eldest son of the King of Qin that Alang mentioned? Haha, he is really a young man."

Wu Lezhang took the tea and pulled her delicate hand. The woman cried out softly, twisted her hips, and sat lightly on his thighs, putting her arms around his neck.

Her pretty face flushed a little, her breathing quickened, and she said to Wu Lezhang in a gentle voice, "How annoying! Ah Lang just came back, and you're already thinking about... doing something bad again?"

Wu Lezhang's face was calm, there was no trace of desire in his eyes, and he looked very cool.

He said slowly, "Chao Yan, although this man is young, his father is Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin. You must not underestimate him. Now the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qin are almost going to fight each other. If we can help the Crown Prince to severely strike the Prince of Qin, it will be a great achievement."

The beauty named Chaoyan took a sip of tea from his hand, and then put her mouth to mouth into a leather cup. Then she smiled happily and said, "Don't worry, Alang. I just admire his good looks! But seeing that he has two beautiful maids beside him, I'm afraid he's not someone you can easily associate with."

Wu Lezhang smiled faintly, pinched her plump buttocks hard, and said, "If he is really such a person, then it is easy to deal with. With my beautiful wife going out, won't he be so weak that he will lose his armor and become weak?"

Chaoyan cried out exaggeratedly, biting her plump and charming red lips, her towering chest heaving: "You...you want me to accompany...accompany..." again.

Wu Lezhang held her wrist tightly and sighed: "Chaoyan, you know I... I can't let you..., alas! As long as your heart is with me, I won't stop you from doing things that entertain others and yourself."

He said this, but a trace of deep pain suddenly flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Chaoyan hugged him tightly and said, "Alang, it's all Chaoyan's fault for saying the wrong thing. Chaoyan only has you in her heart and will always have you. No matter what you want me to do, as long as it's good for you, Chaoyan... Chaoyan is willing to do it!"

Wu Lezhang hid the pain, put on a smile, pinched her plump and attractive breasts, and said with a smile: "Of course you agree, the boy is young and handsome, you are young and handsome, you have such a handsome boy, aren't you so happy?"

It was clear from his expression that he doted on this woman extremely, and that love was absolutely genuine and not false at all. However, when he talked about asking her to accompany another man, his expression was very calm, as if he had completely separated the love and desire into two different parts.

The woman named Chaoyan had the same feelings towards him. She listened to him talking about how to let her, his wife, seduce outsiders for sex, as if it were a normal social interaction over drinking and talking about poetry, with no taboos at all. It was really hard to understand this couple with such a strange relationship.

The two of them joked for a while, and Chaoyan frowned worriedly and said, "But...you are sure that the eldest son of the King of Qin is a novice, isn't he just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger? I heard from Alang that he was in the East Palace under the eyes of the prince, and he was still able to eat and drink calmly. Alang should be careful."

Wu Lezhang smiled warmly and said, "Of course. If not, I would have thought that he was deliberately showing weakness. After all, he is the son of the King of Qin. No matter how bad he is, he can't be completely useless."

He sighed, then cheered up, hugged the beautiful woman's slender waist tightly and said with a smile: "The morning smoke listens to the spring rain all night, and the deep alley sells apricot flowers tomorrow morning. Hehe, with your intoxicating eyes and charming body, which man in the world would not pity and be intoxicated? Okay, you go out now, and then we will act according to the plan."

"Yes, Alang, I obey your command..."

……

At this time, Ruyue and Jinxiu were standing in front of a circus stall. Several street performers were playing with plates in a dazzling manner, which soon attracted all their attention.

Li Wenbin had no interest in these things. He had hardly seen them in his previous life. After taking a few glances, he began to pay attention to the movements around him.

Soon, two sneaky men caught his attention.

The two men did not watch the show, but just moved around in the crowd. However, they were not thieves, but focused their attention on the pretty women.

If these people were alive today, they would be called "****".

Li Wenbin saw with his own eyes that they crowded around the young women and took the opportunity to take advantage of them.

But after the men squeezed for a while, they found a new target, which made Li Wenbin unable to bear it any longer.

A beautiful woman in black immediately attracted the attention of others.

The two men stared at her for a while, whispered a few words, and then took advantage of the crowd to go straight towards her.

After Li Wenbin talked to Jinxiu for a few words, he noticed that a man was sneaking around the woman in black, and the back of his hand "accidentally" brushed against her buttocks twice.

Seeing that the woman in black had no reaction, the thug became bolder and was about to move closer to touch her smooth thighs.

He was suddenly punched in the back and flew up into the air, knocking down several spectators in front of him.

Seeing this, another thug glared and shouted, "You bastard..."

"Bang!" He was hit hard on the chin, and his two big front teeth popped out, and he fell backwards.

"How dare you take advantage of others, you bastard!"

Li Wenbin snorted, and without waiting for the man to say anything, he rushed forward, grabbed his wrist and shook it slightly.

Suddenly, a terrifying howl was heard, and the man held his wrist and screamed loudly.

But he had just howled a few times when he was punched in the face and fell to the ground, unconscious.

Li Wenbin's punch was so heavy that two of the man's teeth flew out.

At this time, someone in the crowd whispered, "It turns out it's them again. We've finally run into some powerful people."

The man who had come before got up and shouted, "Brother, brother! Someone is here to mess things up, come quickly!"

After a while, Li Wenbin saw a group of big men running hurriedly from a distance.

The two thugs, who had been feeling dispirited after being beaten up, suddenly perked up when they saw these people coming.

Chapter 31 Good Wine

The leading man ignored the thugs and just looked at Li Wenbin.

"Where did this farmhand come from to make trouble on my territory?"

Da Chong means tiger, but in order to avoid the name of Li family's ancestor Li Hu, it was changed to Da Chong.

Ruyue took a step forward: "You are really blind, my little master..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by a loud shout: "The chief constable of Chang'an County is here. Who dares to cause trouble in the West Market?"

As they were talking, several police officers in black robes squeezed into the crowd. The leading police officer shouted, "What are you doing? What are you doing? You are all bored and have nothing better to do. If you don't want to be better, go to jail for a few days!"

These head constables were still very intimidating to ordinary people. In order to avoid being involved, the onlookers were ordered to retreat.

The woman in black who was taken advantage of, either out of fear or because she felt safe enough around Li Wenbin, actually moved closer to him.

"My dear sir, I..."

Li Wenbin could only smell the fragrant wind, which was as fragrant as orchid. His heart was moved, and he quickly said softly: "Madam, please don't worry. Leave everything to me."

As he said this, he pursed his lips at Ruyue.

Ruyue raised her chin and threw a badge into the hands of the captain of the police.

"Why, do you want our young master to stay in your county government office for a few days?"

The captain of the police, who had been so arrogant just now and acted like a local emperor, suddenly became weak when he saw the ivory plate.

“No, no, no, I dare not…” The captain returned the ivory plate with both hands, “I didn’t know that the noble from the Qin Palace was here. I, I…”

"This is the young master of our palace."

When he heard that it was the King of Qin's son, the captain bent even lower.

Li Wenbin waved his hand and said nothing more. He pointed at the few people who were crowding around the gods and the Chu Dachong who arrived later and said, "These ruffians who bully the market are now in your hands. Is there any problem? Do you want me to inform my father and let him handle this matter personally?"

"No need, no need!" The captain of the police knew that if the King of Qin personally intervened, the entire Chang'an County government from top to bottom would be in trouble - some might even lose their heads. How could he dare to insist?

"I dare not trouble the King of Qin. Please rest assured, my lord. We will definitely handle this matter properly."

Li Wenbin nodded and stopped.

Watching the police officers escorting the hooligans away, he looked at the woman in black and said, "Madam, I don't know where you live. How about letting me give you a ride?"

The woman in black looked at Li Wenbin deeply and said, "In that case, I will trouble you."

"No trouble, no trouble."