Chapter 38 Yan Twelve Niang
Yan Twelve Niang was also unwilling to go and refused to see Yan Eleven.
Yan Shiyi was very surprised and called his sister's personal maid Baozhu: "What happened to your daughter? She went out to enjoy the lotus flowers happily yesterday, but she has been staying in her room since she came back?"
Baozhu was so frightened that her round face turned pale. She lowered her eyes and said, "The girl is tired from playing and wants to take a rest."
Yan Shiyi has always been a carefree person and doesn't think that his sister is hiding something from him. His parents died early, and he and Shier Niang grew up under the wings of their brother.
Since childhood, they have been closer than other siblings, and they are always frank with each other. He thinks that if Twelve Niang has something on her mind, she will definitely tell him.
If you don't tell him, then it's okay.
So he smiled and shouted into the house: "Twelve Lady, are you really not going? I heard that the King of Li is very handsome. Don't you always like to see handsome young men?"
Twelve Lady in the room was ashamed and angry, and shouted, "I won't go! Who wants to see the King of Li?"
Shiyilang was no longer persistent and said, "Then you take a rest. I'll buy you roast goose from Zui Xiang Ju later."
He left the house in a leisurely manner and invited three or five old friends to go to the city gate to watch the excitement.
Little did he know that his younger sister at home was at the stage of girlhood, where she was beginning to fall in love, and was feeling shy and depressed.
Thinking of what happened in Yanlai Lake yesterday, she buried her head in the pillow in shame, wishing she could suffocate herself to death.
Because she had secretly asked the doctor when she came back yesterday, she learned that along the rivers and coasts, there is indeed a practice of saving lives by breathing into the mouths of drowning people.
It is said that a drowning person will experience a phenomenon of suspended animation, and his soul is already on the way to the underworld. Only when a living person breathes into the other person's mouth can the breath bring the soul back.
In other words, that handsome young man was really saving her life!
Yan Shier Niang is now sixteen years old, and this is the first time she has seen such a handsome man. Unlike the rough men in Yan, he has delicate and fair skin and gentle eyes.
He is gentle and elegant. If a man from Yan is called a lecher or misunderstood, he will definitely yell and defend himself.
But he just explained gently and comforted her not to be afraid. He never thought about asking the Yan family to repay him.
Just like that, Yan Twelve Niang's impression of the young man she met yesterday changed drastically overnight, from a scoundrel to a gentle and handsome savior.
She wanted to see that man again, but she didn't dare let the Yan family ask around, so she only asked Baozhu to ask around outside.
If such a handsome young man had entered Yanzhou City, it would have been easy to find him, but Baozhu just couldn't find him.
Today, when I heard my brother say that he was going to see the King of Li, let alone that he was a prince, even if he was the king of heaven, in Yan Shier Niang's heart, he could not compare to her savior.
"Baozhu, go look for it again! Not only in Yanzhou City, but also outside the city. Do it quietly, don't let brother know."
Baozhu hummed softly and asked in a low voice: "Girl, what are you going to do when you find him?"
Yan Twelve Niang looked at her hand. It was with this hand that she slapped the young man yesterday.
"I have to say sorry to him and thank him."
At the same time, the elegant young man she had been thinking about was no different from the men of Yan, equally rough and arrogant.
He led the soldiers of the Black Feather Camp outside the gate of Yancheng, unfurled banners, beat drums and gongs, and shouted, "Give me back my military pay!"
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Governor Li was drinking tea in his mansion, waiting for his servants to bring the good news about the expulsion of King Li.
But when he heard the noise and shouting on the streets outside the mansion, he could no longer sit still.
He hurriedly sent people to find out what happened in the city.
Later they learned that King Li had no intention of entering the city at all. He was not going to settle down in Yanzhou City, but was coming to collect wages for the Black Feather Army and the Tuntian Army.
Li Zhoumu almost spit out his tea, and hurried to the city wall to take a look. There were already many Yanzhou officials on the wall, as well as young masters who were eager to watch the fun.
The city gate was filled with people from Yanzhou. The Chinese people love to watch excitement, especially such a big excitement.
I have never heard of any prince bringing a group of border soldiers to ask court officials for military pay.
Aren't you slapping your own people in the face? You are a prince, shouldn't you stand on the side of the court? Why are you standing up for the border soldiers?
Li Zhoumu's face turned green with anger, and he listened to the King of Li shouting:
"Li Zhou Mu? Ask him to come out and see me! If you don't pay the soldiers, I will sit at the gate of Yanzhou City and not leave!"
The young masters laughed and said:
"Oh, our Li Wang is here to beg for food! Come on, come on, if Li Zhoumu won't give it to you, I will give it to you."
After saying this, he threw a handful of copper coins down the city wall. The other young masters all laughed and threw copper coins down as well.
There were also people throwing bread and cabbages, they did it on purpose to disgust the King.
Han Xing was furious, and wanted to pick up a knife to chop these people. How could our prince allow you to humiliate him like this! Jin Sui stopped him with his hand and said with a smile: "Let them throw it. A copper coin is also money. Why don't they take it?"
Cheng Zhubo watched this scene with great interest and felt that his boss was a unique prince.
Jin Sui said to Hei Hu, "Shout louder, Li Heng, come out to see me! Shout every ten breaths until he comes out."
Hei Hu said "Oh", then he inhaled and stretched his throat, then exhaled and asked in a muffled voice: "My Lord, who is Li Heng?"
Han Xing was speechless: "It's Li Zhoumu!"
Hei Hu now had no problem. He rode his horse back and forth at the city gate while beating the gong, shouting every ten breaths.
He was tired of shouting, so he asked the soldiers to shout in unison.
Li Zhoumu was so angry that he jumped up and down on the city wall and commanded the soldiers guarding the city:
"Shoot! Shoot! Drive away these border soldiers who are planning to rebel!"
The officials of Yanzhou hurriedly advised him that this was absolutely impossible. The King of Li could not die in obscurity outside the city of Yanzhou!
Li Zhoumu now understood Jiang Nansheng. He was not a prince, but a scoundrel! Li Zhoumu believed that these border soldiers were a mob and would leave if they were scared. If he did not harm the King of Li, the court would not punish him.
He personally took a bow and arrows, and shouted to the people below the city: "Are you planning a rebellion? Leave quickly, or I will shoot the arrows in my hand!"
Han Xing and others rushed forward to protect Jin Sui, but Cheng Zhubo was protecting the soldiers. He suddenly walked to the front and shouted to the top of the tower: "Li Zhou Mu, if you want to kill someone to silence him, kill me first! Shoot if you dare!"
As he spoke, he opened his shirt, exposing his chest, and pointed at his heart as if he was afraid that Li Zhoumu would miss his target:
"Come on, shoot here! As long as you return my soldiers' wages today, I don't mind dying! Who in my Black Feather Camp is afraid of death?"
The soldiers were moved and angry. They all rushed to Cheng Zhubo and shouted to Li Zhoumu: "Kill me if you dare!"
Jin Sui suddenly felt that her comments on the border soldiers yesterday were unfair. They were obviously very united! She believed that even if the King of Li had not come and no one stood up for them, they would be able to survive in that poor border camp.
Jinsui was afraid that Li Heng would be enraged and the pay-demand incident would turn into a murder case.
She dismounted and took out two items from her body, one was the bronze token of King Li, and the other was the imperial edict that sent her to exile at the border.
He raised the imperial edict and shouted:
"Li Heng, if you dare to shoot an arrow today and injure any of my soldiers or subjects, even if I die, I will take you, the governor of Yanzhou, with me!"
"The people of Yanzhou are watching. We are all born by our parents, but these young masters of Yanzhou are just playing around with food and copper coins."
"The officials are so high and mighty, they treat the border soldiers like grass! And what do the border soldiers eat? They eat beans and rice bran, which is not even as good as horse feed!"
"It doesn't matter if I don't come to Yandi. Now that I'm here, the army here will be under my command. I will fight for them even if it means my life!"
(End of this chapter)
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