Chapter 409 Asking for Help
On the streets in winter, Ma Yan and Tang Ping galloped wildly, causing the people along the way to flee in fear.
The huge horseshoe inlaid with horseshoes hit the stone road, making a roar like metal collision.
Fortunately, the Duke's Mansion was not far from the imperial office. After a while, the building ahead was already in sight.
"Go to Lihuatang!" Ma Yan rode around the main entrance and went straight to the small door of Lihuatang. The two hurriedly broke into the Yamen, looking anxious, for fear that they would have an irreversible conflict.
However, what surprised them was that the Lihua Hall was empty, with not a single person in sight.
"No one there?"
Ma Yan's heart sank, and then he vaguely heard the noise coming from the direction of the Yamen Square.
Immediately dragging the young master and sprinting over, he saw Jinyi gathered around the square from a distance, three floors inside and three floors outside.
“The Governor is back!” Someone with sharp eyes hurriedly lowered his head and saluted.
Ma Yan's face was stern and anxious: "What are you doing here?"
The prosecutor trembled with fright and explained:
"Miss Tang Guogong and Mr. Zhao are discussing The martial arts contest..."
The martial arts contest... started to fight... Ma Yan and Tang Ping, who was following behind, both felt their hearts sink, and had a bad feeling.
Especially the young father-in-law showed annoyance on his handsome face.
In his opinion, it was just a misunderstanding. Now the second sister beat Master Zhao. With Zhao Duan's retributive character and His Majesty's love for him, the consequences would be disastrous.
Yes, in his opinion, there is no suspense about the outcome of the competition.
“Get out of the way!” Ma Yan shouted, separated from the crowd, and broke into the front row.
Then, Ma Yan, who was already prepared to rescue Zhao Duan, felt suffocated, his body suddenly stiffened, his pupils dilated slightly, and he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.
"Duke, what's going on? Is Mr. Zhao still seriously injured?"
Young Master Tang Ping was one step behind, and now he also squeezed through the crowd, and then his voice got stuck in his throat.
In the messy square, Zhao Duan took his time to arrange his clothes, smooth out the wrinkles, and sheath the Frost Sword.
Beside him, there was a pitch black horse stick lying on the ground. "Put the rouge horse in it." Tang Zhao was tied to the ground and was cursing.
Her hands and feet were imprisoned, and the "ropes" condensed with Buddha's light tied her tightly in a "tortoise-shell binding" posture. It was difficult to break free, and she cursed "I don't follow martial ethics." "Something like that.
"Master...Governor? Are you back so soon?" Zhao Duan asked with a smile on his face, showing surprise.
After seeing the young master who was subordinate to the Shenji Camp, his expression became slightly strange.
"Little... brother?" Tang Zhao, who unlocked the defeated CG in a turtle-shell posture, suddenly stopped cursing, and looked away in shame under his brother's dumbfounded gaze.
At the same time, the Buddhist chain on her body exhausted its power and gradually dimmed and disappeared.
"Duke!" Haitang, Zhang Han and other people in fine clothes all around raised their hands and saluted.
Ma Yan turned a deaf ear. There was no expression on his slender face. He just looked at the two of them several times and said:
"You..."
Zhao Duan smiled and said: "Miss Tang wanted to compete with me in martial arts, and I was lucky enough to win one move."
How is that possible? How can you beat Tang Zhao? Also, what happened to the binding spell... Even with Ma Yan's experience, he fell into silence.
Feeling the attention of many subordinates around him, he rubbed his brows and scolded:
"Go back to your respective posts. Who allowed you to leave your post without permission?"
Immediately, he looked at the Tang siblings and the troublesome junior brother with complicated eyes:
"Go to the Houya!"
...
In the Houya, in the small courtyard room.
“So, this is all a misunderstanding. Zhao Qianshi kicked me out of Shenji Camp in order to find out the traitor.
Later, it became clear through investigation that I had been deceived and deceived by some thoughtful people. After the incident, I and many colleagues also cleared up the misunderstanding with Zhao Qianshi, and the official was reinstated. "Tang Ping patiently narrated the story.
Tang Zhao, who was successfully rescued from the defeated CG, sat in a chair, slowly rubbing his wrists, and listened to his younger brother's story with a straight face, his expression changed for a while. His face turned red and white, and he cursed angrily:
“Why don’t you write a letter and make it clear to me and my father? "
The young father-in-law's face turned red:
"What is there to say about such a trivial matter? I don’t know where you got the idea from, Second Sister, and why you came directly to your door. ”
Zhao Duan, who was sitting opposite his siblings and sipping tea, reminded him appropriately:
“For this reason, Duke Tang took a detour and left me and other officials waiting in the cold wind for a long time.”
The two siblings choked and were speechless.
The atmosphere in the room was extremely awkward. Neither brother nor sister were willing to bow their heads to others, so they pursed their lips and remained silent. After all, Tang Ping sighed, stood up and saluted Zhao Duan in shame:
"Master Qianshi, my sister came to the door rashly without knowing the whole story. She offended me a lot, but the root cause lies with my subordinates. I would like to Leading Law Disposal”
Tang Zhao, who was like a female tiger, got anxious. He stood up and blocked his younger brother behind him. He reluctantly stared at Zhao Duan who was opposite him. He grabbed the ground with his ten toes in his boots. He mustered up his courage and said harshly:
"This matter is my fault and has nothing to do with Tang Ping. If you are willing to vent your anger or make compensation, I will just accompany you!"
Ma Yan sat on the main seat, frowned and said nothing, and looked at Zhao Duan.
However, the expected cynicism did not appear. Zhao Duan slowly put down the tea cup, smiled and said:
"Ms. Tang's words are serious. Since it is a misunderstanding, it will be resolved soon." . As for military law, oh, Tang Ping, do you think I am a person who abuses punishments indiscriminately? "
The two siblings were stunned and looked at him in surprise. They didn't expect Zhao Duan to be so easy to talk to.
Zhao Duan couldn't laugh or cry when he was stared at:
"Why, in your eyes, is it true that I am an unreasonable and unforgiving person?" "No..." Young Master He waved, but his eyes gave him away.
For more than half a year, no one in the official circles of the capital doubted Zhao Duan's courage.
Others may be wary of complimenting a duke and dare not provoke him.
But Zhao Duan is undoubtedly an exception.
Taking into account the "Zhao King of Hell"'s methods of retribution and retaliation for any offence, such a magnanimous Zhao was indescribably weird in his eyes.
Zhao Duan sighed softly, feeling helpless.
There are indeed many names in his little notebook, but he is not a mad dog and wants to gain a foothold in the court. A certain ancestor has long since taught him that it is nothing more than forming a gang.
In other words, make more friends and make fewer enemies.
Of course, Zhao Duan will spare no effort to attack those enemies who are irreversible and have forged deep hatred.
But for a court official like Tang Guogong, who was in a high position and had no actual conflict of interest with him, he was sick and would have died because of this misunderstanding.
Besides...he didn't suffer a loss either. After being frozen in the cold wind for a while, he turned around and beat his daughter, and he made a profit.
"Ahem, since Zhao Jisi has said so, let's clear up the misunderstanding. It's better for you two to go back to the house first, so as not to worry the Duke." Ma Yan spoke at the right time.
The brother and sister finally came to their senses, thanked Zhao Duan with complicated emotions, saluted the officer Ma Yan, and left together.
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The other side.
The two siblings returned to the Duke's Mansion on horseback, walked straight through the pavilions and pavilions towards the east wing.
Pushing open the door to the wing, there were only two women in the room. An older woman, whose youth was long gone, had a good bearing and was the head of the house. The just wife of the country.
The other is a lady who is nearly forty years old. She is Tang Ping's eldest sister. She has been married a long time ago and went back to her parents' home today.
"Mom, eldest sister." Tang Ping stepped into the house, saluted the two of them, and asked, "Where is father?"
The eldest sister of the Tang family has a rare gentle character in the family, and said:
"Father went to talk to those officials. Don't bother him. He will be back soon."
The old lady stared at Tang Zhao who looked like he had done something wrong and said angrily:
< br>"What trouble did you cause again?"
"I didn't..." Tang Zhao was stubborn.
The old lady was so angry that she immediately scolded her, saying nothing more than "not like a daughter's home". The eldest sister and Tang Ping worked together to comfort her.
After a while, a servant came over: "Second Miss, Master, I have asked you to come over."
The two siblings left the wing door and went to the main hall. They saw the officials As soon as they dispersed, the room was still full of remaining tea cups and fruit plates, as well as charcoal basins that were no longer very hot.
Tang Guogong, who is lame in one leg and dressed in rich clothes and has a majestic appearance, is sitting alone on the throne. Behind him is a large ink dragon painting on the white wall. This painting is the work of a famous artist and hangs in the main hall. The legend can shock people. People's hearts.
"Father."
The two siblings saluted side by side.
Tang Guogong glanced at the two of them unexpectedly, especially his second daughter, whose temper was as unruly as his own when she was young. He was surprised that the other was so "obedient".
Thinking about it, he already had speculations. He said lightly:
"Breaking someone bad? Do you know you are getting into trouble? That's all. He is just a favored minister. If you offend him, you will be offended. , I can’t be beaten to death, and I can still use the elixir to save him. As for your majesty’s anger, I’ll take care of it for my father.”
Tang Ping opened his mouth and explained:
"Father, no... things are not that bad, and Mr. Zhao is not..."
Tang Zhao was downcast and said unconvinced: " I didn’t win, I lost.”
Tang Guogong was stunned, turning his head and staring at his daughter’s face, as if he heard wrongly.
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Chao Yamen.
After seeing off the two siblings, Ma Yan sighed with mixed feelings in his heart:
“Fortunately, although there were twists and turns, there was no big trouble after all. Wait until they go back. After explaining it to Tang Guogong, the matter is over. I just hope that the second lady will not hold a grudge..."
Zhao Duan rolled his eyes: "I don't even hold a grudge, and she is not happy. ?”
Ma Yan said helplessly:
"You win if you win, and tie people up like that... The binding method is also new, I have never seen it before."
"Oh. , that’s called tortoise-shell binding, senior brother, let me tell you, this..." Zhao Duan was beaming and was about to popularize science.
Suddenly, the two heard another noise coming from outside, accompanied by the sound of someone breaking in.
The two stopped talking and looked at the closed door at the same time. Immediately, they saw the door suddenly pushed open, and the cold wind filled the room with a little snow foam.
The person who opened the door was a woman with white eyes wearing a frozen red dress and black hair that was as loose as a ghost.
"Jiyue? Why are you here?" Zhao Duan said in surprise.
She was afraid that Ji Yue raised her head, her face was pale, and her voice was trembling and she said:
"The drunkard has been captured!"
(End of this chapter)