Tang's dining table

Prince Li Hong entered Yongwang's Mansion, found Yong Wangxian and drove out all the eunuchs and palace maids, and then he began to beat Li Xian.

This time he did not choose to use fists or kicks because he was worried that he would not be able to control his strength in anger and accidentally beat Li Xian to death.

He used a bamboo whip.

The bamboos in Chang'an City were all ordered to be planted by Yun Chu. For the safety of the house, he did not ask people to plant tall bamboos, but chose to plant moso bamboo.

This thing is tough and almost solid, and has many uses. One of the most important functions is to make brooms. Of course, it is also good for adults at home to break a small bamboo whip anytime and anywhere to teach disobedient children.

Before Prince Li Hong entered Prince Yong's Mansion, he specially selected a thick whip. After stroking off the bamboo leaves, he waved it twice, and the bamboo whip made a sharp sound.

Li Xian was undaunted when he saw the prince's brother coming. He said nothing in the face of the prince's scolding, and his mind was wandering.

It wasn't until the bamboo whip in Li Hong's hand landed on the root of his thigh with a sound of breaking wind that he said belatedly: "You hit me?"

Li Hong saw that Li Xian was actually questioning him, so he whipped him again.

As a result, when the whip was applied, Li Xian immediately fell to the ground, rubbed the roots of his thighs with his hands and screamed. After screaming twice, he began to rub the second whip mark, but the first whip mark remained. It hurt a lot, so he separated his hands in two directions.

Seeing that Li Xian was in pain, Li Hong whipped the bamboo whip in his hand like a rainstorm...

Li Xian supported his body with his back, and used his hands and feet to resist the prince's bamboo whip. His whole body was whipped around like a top by the prince's bamboo whip, and the miserable howl resounded through Prince Yong's palace.

When Prince Li Hong came out of the house, Li Xian in the room had stopped shouting. Just when everyone thought that the prince had killed King Yong, they heard the prince at the door shouting at Bei, who had just been taken out of prison by him. Bachelor Xu Shuya said: "Carry him to the Imperial Hospital and ask the medical workers there to treat his injuries. Remember not to go too fast so that more people can see him."

Xu Shuya saluted with an expressionless expression: "I am old and incompetent. I may not be able to continue to assist King Yong. Please allow me to beg for my bones."

Li Hong said calmly: "When King Yong was proud, you never left him. Now that he is in trouble, you want to leave? I'm afraid this is not what a gentleman would do."

Xu Shuya saluted and said, "Old minister, I have tried my best."

Li Hong said angrily: "If you try your best, he won't make a big mistake!"

After that, he waved his sleeves angrily and left.

Xu Shuya lamented and walked into the hall with a group of eunuchs and palace maidens. When he saw Yong Wangxian, whose clothes were torn and covered in blood, and the bamboos that had been blown into bloom on the ground, he was shocked. He hurriedly tested Li Xian's breath and found that the breath was like a gossamer, so he hurriedly Someone brought a chariot and sent Li Xian, who was in a coma, to the Tai Hospital on foot.

Li Xian's face was not injured, but was very pale. Xu Shuya knew what the prince meant, so he deliberately exposed Li Xian's face so that everyone in Chang'an would know that he was almost beaten to death by his brother just now.

Xu Shuya knew that this was the prince trying to save his confused brother, but Li Xian, who was in a coma, was still weakly talking in his sleep - Li Hong, I will never break up with you.

Xu Shuya thought about it quickly. Although he was scolded by the prince, he decided to write to the emperor to beg for the bones. It was better to go home and farm than to take risks with King Yong.

There are many idle people around Prince Yong's Mansion. They are all spies sent by merchants in Chang'an to monitor when Prince Yong's Mansion will send money to the exchange again.

Unexpectedly, I didn't see the money, I only saw Yong Wangxian who was beaten like a bloody gourd.

After hearing what the spies said about Yong Wangxian being beaten, the merchants immediately understood. The prince hoped that everyone's case against Yong Wangxian would be over. After all, Yong Wangxian had already admitted the beating, and as for the punishment, it was probably in vain.

Li Hong entered Jinchangfang without stopping.

Jinchangfang, which used to be crowded with people, now has only a few pedestrians in the market. Looking at the incense candles in the hands of pedestrians, most of them went to Da Ci'en Temple to burn incense.

There was no smoke in the canteen anymore... not even a waiter could be seen. There were only groups of sparrows sitting on the densely packed tables and chairs, looking for some food residue in the gaps.

A panda that was chewing bamboo in the bamboo forest saw Li Hong coming, so it climbed out of the bamboo forest and asked Li Hongzuo for food. Li Hong took out a piece of dry food from his horse bag and threw it to the panda. The panda picked up the dry food from the ground and held it in his mouth. , both hands are still bowing... In the past, this thing was not so miserable. Even if it begged for food, it would lie on the ground in a large shape, and people had to stuff food into its paws or eat it in its mouth.

Seeing this scene, even Li Hong himself wanted to say something - the world is not good.

When he arrived at the Yun's gate, he saw Liu Yi and Butler Liu standing at the door to greet him. Li Hong threw the reins of the war horse to Liu Yi and strode into the Yun's gate.

Yun's house is very lively now. The yard is full of maids and servants. Under Cui's command, they are busy picking cotton seeds. There is a big pile of cotton in front of each of them.

When Mrs. Cui saw the prince coming, she came up to him and said, "I have seen the prince before."

Li Hong pointed to the cotton in the yard and said, "Why are you still doing this work in the middle of winter?"

Mrs. Cui said: "My wife is going to finish the quilts I ordered as soon as possible. After the Chinese New Year, my family will no longer be able to make quilts and sell them."

Li Hong looked at the tears in Cui's eyes and said, "Keep selling, I will see who dares to stop me."

Mrs. Cui wiped away the tears from her eyes and said, "The Yun family is an honest family. Even when the family was at its lowest, the head of the family was not willing to take money from his partners in the Western Regions. Since the family has sold the secret recipe for quilts, they will naturally not do anything that violates their credibility." matter."

Li Hong's mood was extremely bad, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Where is the master's wife?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Mrs. Cui's reply, she strode towards the back house.

Passing by the flower hall, I had already walked out seven or eight steps, then walked back backwards, pointed to an empty wooden pier on the left hand side of the flower hall, and said to Ms. Cui who was following me: "Where did this big pot of Yingchun go?"

Ms. Cui lowered her head and said, "Sold."

"Sold? This is a pot of flowers that master made for himself, and you just sold it?"

Cui still lowered her head and said, "Twenty strings."

Li Hong gritted his teeth and groaned, then quickly walked through the moon gate and went straight into the back house.

as expected.

The flower path in the inner house that used to be full of flowers is now not only missing the shed, but also the various exotic flowers and plants in the shed are missing.

Before Li Hong could ask, Mrs. Cui said quickly: "Madam said that it costs fifty guan to raise these flowers every year. It's too expensive. With these 50 guan, it can feed a small poor family for several years. We simply sold them all.”

"What else was sold at home?" Li Hong felt that his voice was so calm that it was scary.

"Except for the servants, everything that should be sold has been sold. If it weren't for the fact that this house still needs people to live in, Madam would even sell this house."

Li Hong said helplessly: "Why is this..."

Mrs. Cui said: "Madam said that the head of the family has never betrayed anyone in the past decades. It is really helpless to betray anyone this time. Even if the Yun family cannot fill this hole, at least the Yun family will not dare to eat this bowl of rich rice again."

While the two were talking, they saw Yu Xiurong walking out of the house and said to Li Hong with a smile: "The prince is here. Come into the house to talk. There is no heating in the greenhouse for you to enjoy."

Li Hong looked at Yu Xiurong, who was wearing a plain dress that was not new and old, with a green cloth handkerchief wrapped around her head and a ball of cotton in her hand. Her nose was severely blocked for a while. If she wanted to say something, He swallowed it all alive.

He just followed Yu Xiurong and entered the back hall.

The hall in the back house was just as crowded as the front yard, and everyone was holding a large ball of cotton to pick out seeds.

The prince came in and the maids in the room went out. Yu Xiurong looked Li Hong up and down and said with a smile: "He has grown a little taller, and he will be as tall as your master in another inch."

Li Hong knelt down on a futon and said to Yu Xiurong: "Master, why are you doing this?"

Yu Xiurong said with a straight face: "Didn't your master teach you what honesty is?"

Li Hong stepped in and saluted: "I taught you."

Yu Xiurong slowly sat on a chair and said seriously: "Since I have taught you, why do you still ask questions?"

Li Hongdao: "This is not Master's fault."

Yu Xiurong said: "Isn't it his fault? Your master established the Liushui brand with his own hands. The foundation is based on integrity. Now that integrity is gone, the collapse of the Liushui brand is expected.

Such a large amount of money is just piled up in the vault without any guarantee, and anyone can take the money from there.

The world says that this is the fault of Yong Wangxian. If there is no integrity, in my opinion, even if there is no Yong Wangxian, there will be some King of Shu, King of Wu, King of Zhao, and even you, Prince Honglai, who will poke this big hole in the future.

Your master's poor conduct has caused all the merchants in the world to suffer. This is his fault.

I am a useless woman. I cannot make up for this huge hole. I can only try my best to make up for a little bit. That's it. When I think about how your master has caused so many people to have no food and clothing, I can't sleep at night. Feeling guilty.

As his disciple, you still have the nerve to say that this is not his fault.

Let me ask you, if it’s not his fault, then whose fault can it be? "

Li Hong knelt down on the futon and listened to Yu Xiurong's teachings, gritting his teeth so hard that at this moment, he really wanted to squeeze Li Xian to death with his own hands.

Li Si came in carrying a red lacquered wood rice tray and placed it on a low table brought by Yun Jin.

Yu Xiurong sighed and said, "You haven't eaten yet. Eat first and then go about your business."

Li Hong looked up at his girl who always liked to use her head as a display board for expensive jewelry. Now, there was only a huge silk flower on her head. Apart from that, there was nothing else. It was just that the silk flower was too big. Her head also looks a lot bigger than usual.