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Chapter 152 Fighting for the Road

Chapter 152 Fighting for the Road (Please subscribe)

"You...this...oh..."

Duke Guo of Qi pulled Qi Heng but did not pull. He wanted to persuade his wife, but when he saw that she refused to give in, he sighed.

Princess Pingning watched Qi Heng keep kowtowing, his forehead was red, and his eyes flashed slightly, and said: "I heard that the eldest son of the Sheng family and the second girl of the Hai family are going to be engaged in the next few days, you and him We are considered classmates, I will go with you when the time comes."

Qi Heng was just about to kowtow when he was stunned when he heard this and looked up at his mother.

"Yuan Ruo, Niang agreed, why don't you thank your mother quickly." Qi Guogong reminded.

Upon hearing this, Qi Heng's face showed a look of ecstasy, and he said excitedly: "Thank you, my dear, for your mother's support."

Princess Pingning said calmly: "It's getting late, let's pass on the food."

Qi Heng thought his mother had agreed, and was very excited. During the meal, he kept serving dishes to Princess Pingning.

Princess Pingning didn't say anything, but she made up her mind not to marry the concubine of the Sheng family, even as a concubine.

She had a bad impression of Minglan in the past because she felt that the Sheng family did this deliberately by letting several girls study with Qi Heng.

The reason is to seduce Qi Heng and marry her into her family.

In addition, the Sheng family's family status was low and he was not worthy of his own son, so he always opposed it.

What Qi Heng did today made her even more determined in this idea.

Qi Heng has been obedient since he was a child, and now he contradicts her for the sake of a woman. Even if such a woman is a concubine, Qi Heng will still obey her words in the future because of Qi Heng's love for her.

This is something Princess Pingning cannot tolerate.

Qi Heng didn't know what his mother was thinking. After dinner, he returned to the room and sent the servants away. He laughed alone in the room for a long time before calming down. He wrote a letter to Minglan and handed it to Minglan the next day. No, let him find a way to give Minglan a gift.

……

Early in the morning, Yuan Wenshao and his wife took Sister Wen to the Sheng family in a carriage. They joined the Sheng family's carriage and headed to Sanqing Temple together.

Also traveling with Mrs. Wang was Ming Lan, who was going to pay homage to Miss Wei.

The two carriages came to a stop at the entrance of Sanqing Temple. The servants stayed to watch the carriages and entered the Taoist temple with several maids in a few days.

First, she went to the main hall to burn incense and add money for sesame oil. Madam Wang found the Taoist boy and explained her purpose. Then she was taken to see Taoist Yang, a famous fortune teller in Sanqingguan, and Hua Lan followed.

According to legend, Taoist Yang was very effective in fortune-telling, and many dignitaries in Bianjing came to him for fortune-telling.

Minglan spoke to Yuan Wenshao and went to offer incense to her little girl.

Yuan Wenshao felt bored and took Sister Wen to wander around.

Although the weather is hot now, it is still morning, and it is windy at Sanqingguan on the mountain, so it is not too hot.

It wasn't until the maid came to call them that they went to join Hua Lan and the others.

Mrs. Wang and Hua Lan were smiling, and Minglan's eyes were slightly red. She must have cried when she paid homage to Miss Wei.

"Have you settled your days?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"Haha, Taoist Master Yang said that the eighth day of September is the best day in the past two years." Madam Wang said with a smile.

"That's pretty fast."

In ancient times, the lunar calendar was used for calculations. It is already mid-July, and there is still more than a month before the eighth day of September.

"Haha, I'll have to trouble Erlang again in a few days." Madam Wang said with a smile.

Mrs. Wang is referring to the lower-level appointment. Yuan Wenshao is the highest-status relative of the Sheng family, so he will naturally accompany her when the time comes.

"Mother-in-law is too polite." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Mom, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Let's go back quickly." Hua Lan said.

"Yes, yes, go back first."

Several people left Sanqing Temple, got on the carriage, and walked back.

"Madam, you've been laughing all the time. Could it be that Taoist Yang has decided to let you know when you can conceive a child?" Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

Hua Lan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm telling you a fortune."

"Leave it to me?" Yuan Wenshao was stunned.

"Yes, I asked Taoist Master Yang to calculate your future. Taoist Master Yang said that you are only at a low point temporarily, but you will have a bright future in the future." Hua Lan said happily.

Yuan Wenshao was startled. Could it be that Taoist Yang was an expert hermit?
Yuan Wenshao soon realized that most fortune tellers seemed to say this.

But when he saw Hua Lan so happy, he didn't say anything disappointing. Instead, he smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better for me to stay with you and Sister Wen at home every day?"

Before Hualan could say anything, Sister Wen said happily, "I like daddy to play with me."

Hua Lan glared at her daughter, then looked at Yuan Wenshao and said, "It's good for an official to accompany me and Sister Wen every day. But we can't stay at home all the time."

"What am I? There are many generals like me." Yuan Wenshao said without any concern.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were separated, and many generals were idle at home.

For example, Gu Tingye's father, Gu Yankai, used to guard one side in his early years. After he was transferred back to Bianjing, he also had no official position. During the war, he would be given a position and let him lead the troops.

After the war was over and military power was transferred, the positions were gone.

The couple were chatting when they suddenly felt the carriage stop.

"Arrived so soon?" Hua Lan asked strangely.

Calculating the time, I should have just entered Bianjing City not long ago.

Yuan Wenshao opened the curtain, took a look, and said, "It's a carriage coming from the opposite side, blocking the road. It will be fine in a while."

Except for Yu Street, other roads in Bianjing are not particularly spacious.

Although it can accommodate two carriages, there are pedestrians on both sides of the road. Generally, in this case, one party needs to give way.

As for who gives way, it naturally depends on their identity.

Logically speaking, the driver driving the carriage is very familiar with this. If he sees that the other party has a higher status than his master from a distance, he will step aside in advance to give way.

Now his carriage is parked in the middle of the road without moving, obviously the other party needs to give way.

Yuan Wenshao didn't think much about it, thinking that the other party turned from another road and didn't see his carriage.

"My lord, there is Uncle Qi Xiang opposite. I went to negotiate and they asked us to give way." Zhang An said from the car window.

When Yuan Wenshao heard this, a cold look flashed in his eyes.

Although Uncle Qi Xiang was an earl like him, he had already declined, and was even worse than the previous Earl of Zhongqin.

He had encountered this kind of situation before, so Uncle Qi Xiang gave way from a distance.

As far as he knew, Qi Xiangbo had defected to King Yong early.

Is what he is doing now intentional, under the instruction of King Yong, or is he seeing that he has been dismissed from his post, and he has King Yong as his backer, so he does not take him seriously anymore?
"Officer, what should we do now?" Hua Lan asked.

Yuan Wenshao came to his senses and said, "You sit in the car and I'll go take a look."

No matter what the purpose of Uncle Qi Xiang is, he cannot let him go this way, otherwise everyone will think that he is easy to bully, and everyone will bully him.

Yuan Wenshao got off the carriage, took a few steps forward, and said, "Is this Uncle Qi Xiang in the carriage?"

The curtain of the carriage opposite opened, and a middle-aged man in his 40s with a slightly fat figure leaned out and said with some surprise: "It turns out to be Uncle Zhongyong. I have something urgent to do and need to leave the city today, so I won't chat with Uncle Zhongyong. Please Uncle Zhongyong, please get out of the way."

"What if I don't let you?" Yuan Wenshao narrowed his eyes and said calmly.

"Uncle Zhongyong, we are both earls. Your father and I are of the same generation, so we are still your elders. I used to think that you were a junior, so I let you go a few times. Today I have something to do, so why don't you let me go once?" The countryman said.

"My father and you have nothing to do with each other, so don't rely on your age to act like an elder. Let me ask you, do you want to give in to this road or not?" Yuan Wenshao said lightly.

Now it's not a matter of giving way, it's a matter of face.Uncle Qi Xiang's face turned cold when he heard this and said, "No."

Yuan Wenshao nodded, turned around and walked back.

When Uncle Qi Xiang saw this scene, a trace of ridicule flashed in his eyes.

However, at this moment, Yuan Wenshao walked up to a guard, quickly pulled out the long knife from his hand, turned around and struck at him.

The blade of the sword was a bit dazzling under the sunlight, making the people watching the excitement couldn't help but squint their eyes.

"Pfft~"

Yuan Wenshao struck the horse's neck in Uncle Qi Xiang's carriage with his knife, and directly chopped off the horse's head.

The horse's head fell to the ground and rolled on the ground. Because of the reins, it did not roll far.

Blood spurted out from the horse's neck, dyeing the ground red.

"Ah~ I killed someone."

The people watching were frightened and fled in all directions, screaming.

The lifeless horse fell down, and Uncle Qi Xiang in the carriage rolled down from the carriage unprepared.

He got up from the ground in a panic, not even noticing that there was a lot of blood on his body, and looked at Yuan Wenshao with a look of horror.

"Let it go or not."

Yuan Wenshao held the knife in one hand, and the blood on the knife dripped on the ground along the tip. Although his tone was calm, a few drops of horse blood were spattered on his cheek, which made him look a bit ferocious.

Uncle Qi Xiang was already frightened, but he was even more frightened when he saw Yuan Wenshao's current appearance.

Even though he knew that Yuan Wenshao did not dare to kill him, and the accompanying guards had already protected him, he could not help but be afraid.

"Quick, move the carriage away."

Upon hearing this, the guards quickly moved away the horse corpse and pushed the carriage aside.

Yuan Wenshao glanced at Uncle Qi Xiang lightly, returned the knife to the guard, wiped the blood on his face, turned around and walked towards the carriage.

After getting on the carriage and seeing Hua Lan's pale face, Yuan Wenshao felt that he had just been impulsive.

It's not that he regretted killing the horse, but that he forgot that Hua Lan and Sister Wen were still on the carriage.

He was worried about leaving some shadow on the hearts of Hua Lan and Sister Wen.

As if she knew what he was thinking, Hua Lan said, "Sir, Sister Wen didn't see it just now."

Yuan Wenshao breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Hualan is an adult after all. Maybe she is a little scared in her heart. It will get better after some time. Sister Wen is still a child.

When Sister Wen heard this, she was dissatisfied and said: "Mom is so bad, she won't let me watch the fun."

She didn't know what was going on outside, but she felt a little unhappy because Hua Lan was preventing her from seeing it.

In the carriage behind, although Mrs. Wang did not see it with her own eyes, she heard what happened from the maid's mouth.

After hearing this, he looked a little unnatural and said, "I usually see Erlang as quite kind, but I didn't expect him to lose his temper and be so scary."

Mrs. Wang was even a little worried about Hua Lan.

If you fight for a way, you will kill the horse. If you usually quarrel, wouldn't you have to beat someone?

Minglan said: "Madam, my elder brother-in-law did this not because he has a violent personality, but because he cannot retreat at this time."

She could somewhat understand why Yuan Wenshao did this.

Yuan Wenshao was dismissed from his post. Many people thought that he had been neglected by the officials, and there were many who wanted to step on him.

If Yuan Wenshao gives in now, there will be endless troubles in the future.

Hualan was also asking Yuan Wenshao similar questions.

Yuan Wenshao's answer was similar to Minglan's guess.

However, the reason why he did this was to see if Uncle Qi Xiang was ordered by King Yong.

Judging from Uncle Qi Xiang's performance, he probably wasn't sent by King Yong.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Uncle Qi Xiang to give in when he knew that he could not kill him.

On the contrary, he killed a horse in the street. As a reasonable party, he should take the opportunity to make the matter bigger.

Now it seems that Uncle Qi Xiang may have felt that Yuan Wenshao had lost power and wanted to step on him, or he may have wanted to please King Yong.

Anyway, no matter what his purpose was, as long as it was not under the instigation of King Yong, there wouldn't be a big problem.

"Officer, I'm afraid Uncle Qi Xiang won't let it go, right?" Hua Lan asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, the most he can do is complain to me in front of the officials, and the officials won't be able to deprive me of my title just because of this." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

The reason why he did this was naturally because he considered the consequences.

Otherwise, if Uncle Qi Xiang was really instigated by King Yong, wouldn't his actions be giving evidence to King Yong.

When Yuan Wenshao did this, he had already considered this possibility.

If Uncle Qi Xiang was really instigated by King Yong, it means that King Yong did not intend to let him go like this, then it would be dangerous for him to continue to stay in Bianjing.

It is better to take this opportunity and be demoted from Beijing.

Hualan didn't know this, but he felt relieved when he saw Yuan Wenshao looking relaxed.

This incident also gave Yuan Wenshao a warning. He was used to being carefree these days, and he even thought that it would be good to live like this and did not want to take risks to gain wealth.

Li Hongzhang is right when he says that a real man cannot be without power for a day.

If a country is compared to a company, a peer is a small shareholder who only has the right to dividends and has no management or voting rights.

Officials are the management of the company.

Even though he is a shareholder, he only has face if the management is willing to give him face. If they don't give him face, he can't do anything to others.

When they arrived at Sheng's house, Madam Wang glanced at Yuan Wenshao with some fear and said, "Er... Erlang Hualan, please go in and sit for a while."

"Mother-in-law, the house is currently busy with Chang Bai's marriage. It must be very busy, so we won't go in." Yuan Wenshao said.

When Madam Wang heard this, she did not try to persuade him to stay. She only said that she would send someone to notify Yuan Wenshao after confirming the date of appointment.

When he returned home and entered the door, Yuan Wenshao said: "Zhang An, you pick a good horse and send it to the Earl of Qixiang Mansion, and say that I compensated him."

There is nothing wrong with killing someone else's horse and paying for the other person's horse.

Even if he went to the official to complain, he would still have something to say.

……

But Uncle Qi Xiang slowly recovered from his fear after watching Yuan Wenshao's carriage leave.

Yuan Wenshao chopped off his horse, causing him to fall off the car. He was so frightened that he gave way to Yuan Wenshao. So many people saw this, and it wouldn't take long for it to spread throughout Bianjing.

If he did nothing, he would become a joke.

Thinking of this, Uncle Qi Xiang shouted: "They are all dead, why don't we find a horse?"

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