Chapter 81 Xie Fubai is in trouble
Liang Jiang suddenly became interested: "How do you say it?"
"My master's wife didn't accept her as her apprentice at all. Back then, she went to become an apprentice under the banner of Guogong's Mansion. My master's wife, for the sake of Liang Guogong, taught her acupuncture for a few days.
Who would have thought that she would use chicken feathers as arrows and preach that she had learned from Mrs. Liu, and now she is quite famous in Beijing. "
Liang Jiang asked curiously: "Then my sister Liu did give her the embroidery work."
"Your cousin asked my mistress in the name of your grandmother. My mistress couldn't refuse, so she gave one as a gift."
Liang Jiang curled his lips and sneered: "It's such a good picture of a hundred birds piercing flowers, it's a pity."
Lu Xingzhan blinked his eyes slyly: "Didn't you even notice? That embroidery was not embroidered by my wife alone."
"Ah?" Liang Jiang raised his eyebrows.
"That embroidery is not about hundreds of birds piercing flowers, but about hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix. The piece in Liangsu's hand was embroidered by several of my master's wife's apprentices under her personal guidance. Real.”
"But there's no phoenix on the embroidered statue?"
"That's because only the phoenix is truly made by my wife."
Lu Xingzhan smiled and took out an embroidery work from his arms and patted it in front of Liang Jiang: "Phoenix is here."
Liangjiang opened it casually, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he felt the golden light flicker, as if a nirvana phoenix was reborn from the ashes, and instantly soared from the embroidered cloth into the clouds. .
It closed again with a "snap": "I am really not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I am afraid of comparisons. Compared with it, the painting of birds wearing flowers immediately pales in comparison. Although the needlework is similar, it has no charm, only its shape, not Prepare its bones.”
"That's right, it took my wife almost two years to do this embroidery from drawing, dyeing, and embroidery by herself."
"She will love such a perfect piece of embroidery like a treasure, so she is willing to give it to you?"
"It's not for me, it's for you." Lu Xingzhan curled his lips: "My unscrupulous disciple doesn't have such a big reputation in front of her."
"Give it to me?" Liang Jiang was stunned: "What are you giving it to me for? It's a waste of natural resources."
Lu Xingzhan rolled his eyes at her: "Don't you understand? If you use this to please the Queen Mother, won't you gain a firm foothold in Beijing in the future?"
Liangjiang was silent for a moment, with mixed feelings in his heart and his eyes felt wet.
"Thank you for my sister Liu's kindness. It's just that a gentleman doesn't take away people's love. Using this embroidery to gamble with Liang Su is a waste of nature."
Lu Xingzhan curled his lips: "My wife raised you as my daughter. I heard that even if you had a diaper when you were a child, she would love to embroider flowers on it for you.
The clothes, veils, and shoes that I spent a lot of effort to embroider for you are the envy of everyone. When have you ever treasured them? I have the nerve to say it's a waste, just keep it if I give it to you. "
Liangjiang refused to accept it: "You can take it first. If I really need it, I will ask you for it. Besides, my mother-in-law doesn't want to go to the Queen Mother's birthday party."
"I heard that the emperor is celebrating the Queen Mother's birthday this year with great fanfare. Officials from all over the country are painstakingly collecting rare treasures to pay tribute. It would be a pity if you don't go.
Also, I don’t know if you have heard that the governor of Yangcheng made a longevity star out of pure gold and jade and escorted it to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. But unfortunately, he was robbed on the way. "
Liang Jiang was successfully attracted by Lu Xingzhan's words: "Who is so brave that he dares to rob the birthday gift prepared for the Queen Mother?"
Lu Xingzhan immediately started chatting: "I heard that the people who robbed the birthday ceremony were some reckless swordsmen who were slightly famous in the world.
A few days ago, there were rumors that many desperadoes were eyeing this old man.
So the emperor specially sent an escort to personally greet him, but he still failed to return. He fell into a scheme on the way and was succeeded by a little trick by those people. "
It turns out that this is the secret mission Xie Fubai mentioned.
Liang Jiang said lightly "Oh": "It would be strange if we don't miss those wine bags and rice bags of the guards."
"I heard that the Emperor was furious and ordered the guards to retrieve the birthday gifts before the Queen Mother's birthday. Otherwise, the leader may lose his head."
"Xie Fubai from Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion?"
"How do you know?"
Liang Jiang briefly explained the incident that day when he came to ask questions. Lu Xingzhan clicked his tongue twice: "He was really miserable in this operation. After he came back, he was rewarded with thirty pieces of gold by the emperor. Not only was his skin and flesh bruised, he also had to worry about the loss of his head on his shoulders."
Liang Jiang snorted: "I thought he was so capable and spoke so arrogantly."
"No one else knows how much we, the descendants of the aristocratic families, have, but you don't know yet? Xie Fubai is already one of the best. Half of his current official position depends on the Marquis's government, and the other half depends on himself."
Liang Jiang was somewhat gloating: "It was the old lady of the Hou Mansion who had the foresight to ask for some golden sore medicine from my mother in advance, and it has come in handy now."
"This matter cannot be solved with just his little ability. I heard that the Marquis of Huaiyuan went to seek help from King Pingxi. He led a dozen guards to leave Shangjing yesterday. With his intervention, he should be able to get the gold back. Birthday boy."
Although Liang Jiang had never personally experienced Gu Xizhi's skills, he had already developed calluses in his ears.
When he was fifteen years old, he entered the military camp and used his three-foot green spear to defeat the generals. He commanded the three armies and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats.
It should be effortless for him to deal with a few arrogant people.
Huaiyuan Hou Mansion.
Gu Xizhi returned to Beijing.
Xie Fubai was lying on the bed recovering from his injuries. The wound on his butt had stopped bleeding, but if he moved, the wound would open in some places, causing excruciating pain.
Xie Fubai couldn't bear to be polite to him and asked anxiously: "How is the case? Have the robbers been caught?"
Gu Xizhi frowned slightly and said solemnly: "Things are a bit tricky. I came back empty-handed."
Xie Fubai suddenly felt bad and urged with a bared teeth: "Cousin, please stop tempting me and tell me quickly. I'm going to die of anxiety in the past two days."
Marquis Huaiyuan ordered people to serve tea quickly and then retreated.
Gu Xizhi moistened his throat and said solemnly: "I have caught a few robbers, but I am afraid it will be difficult to recover the birthday gifts."
"Why?" Xie Fubai asked anxiously.
Gu Xizhi said one word at a time: "Because, after they robbed the Shou Yi, they gave it to the Demon Lord, who is feared by everyone in the martial arts world."
Xie Fubai was stunned: "Demon Lord? Which Demon Lord?"
Gu Xizhi smiled bitterly: "Which one else could there be?"
Marquis Huaiyuan stumbled and asked: "The Demon Lord Baili who kept the promise more than ten years ago with a demon pestle that killed all the martial arts underworld?"
Gu Xizhi nodded.
Marquis Huaiyuan sank down on his chair dejectedly, seeming to say to himself: "It's over, then I will definitely not come back. I heard that once the Demon-Conquering Pestle came out, no one could compete with him. Even the good Duke of the country was not his. opponent."
Xie Fubai was so worried that he felt that his butt no longer hurt: "Then if I come to the door in person and explain the reason to him, he can't deny it to the emperor, right?"
"Yes!" Hou Huaiyuan said decisively, "This person is moody, both good and evil, and very weird. When the late emperor heard about his reputation, he also had the idea of recruiting a general, and specifically asked the eldest prince, who is the current emperor, to go to the thatched cottage in person. .
As a result, not only did he not get what he wanted, but he was also teased. I'm afraid the Emperor still has a grudge about this matter. It's just that the Demon Lord now controls almost the entire martial arts world, and the emperor can't do anything to him easily. "
Gu Xizhi said helplessly: "I also know a little bit about this matter. This person is a martial arts wizard who is rare to see in a century and cannot be underestimated. Of course, it is impossible to confront him head-on, so I took the people back to Beijing directly. , and did not go to the wall."
Xie Fubai gritted his teeth: "Then can't I just accept my fate?"
Marquis Huaiyuan also sighed and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Gu Xizhi said in a deep voice: "The only way now is to beg someone to see if she can show favor to Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion. This is why I rushed back to Beijing in a hurry."
Hou Huaiyuan and Xie Fubai suddenly became hopeful: "Who can I ask for?"
Gu Xizhi said word by word: "Mrs. Liang of the Duke's Mansion."
(End of chapter)