"General, please come upstairs." Xu Dali came down and told Xiong Er that Jian Ning and Huo Jincheng asked him to go upstairs. Huo Jincheng also looked upstairs and called him.
After Xiong Er and his two men went upstairs, Xu Dali walked towards his previous table and passed by Tong Bajin. He patted Tong Bajin on the shoulder and sat back down at his seat. He winked at Tong Bajin and said with a smile, "Brother Tong, guess who else I met here besides my wife and Mr. Huo?"
"Who is it?" Tong Bajin asked casually. He didn't know Jian Ning and Huo Jincheng were coming before he set out. He didn't hear the yamen runner who was sent back by Xu Dali to report the news when he met him on the way, because the yamen runner didn't know either.
"Why are Madam and Mr. Huo here too?" he asked Xu Dali quietly.
"I'll tell you about this later. Eat quickly. After you finish eating, I will take you to meet someone, someone you won't expect." Xu Dali is married, and Erlangzi also has a beautiful woman. This time when he came to Beijing and ran into Qinglian, he privately felt that Qinglian and Tong Bajin were a perfect match, so he took notice of him and wanted to help him and Qinglian.
Tong Bajin couldn't think of anyone else they knew who could be in Shangjing. He raised his wine glass and glanced at Xu Dali. "Don't talk nonsense. If you don't tell me, I won't go with you."
After saying that, he took a sip of wine, then wanted to put the cup down, frowned and thought, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
Wiping his mouth, he said angrily, "Damn it, the wine brewed by the Chinese these days is really hard to drink."
"You're just picky about wine. How can you be used to drinking Yunshan Cui's usual wine?"
They ate and drank with Jian Ning and the others, and there was wine on the dinner table every night. At the beginning of every month, Mr. Ding Sanye and Mrs. Chang would ship some wine to them by boat. Ma Fuquan would also move a few jars to the armory every now and then, and would simply tell Mrs. Tian that someone else had bought them.
Tian had never seen him take a penny home, because Yunshan Cui sold very well in the capital, and now money was not as tight as before. Ma Xiaomai was not living at home, and could still bring home a monthly salary. Tian let Ma Fuquan have some loose money in his hands, thinking that he must have a lot of connections in the capital, so she asked him from time to time if it was enough.
Wine was delivered to both sides. Ding Youtian himself was a wine lover, and Tong Bajin and the others were used to drinking fine wines with him every day, so ordinary wine was naturally difficult for them to swallow.
"If you're not used to it, then don't drink it. Finish your meal quickly and I'll take you to see Miss Qinglian." Xu Dali didn't keep the secret any longer. "Miss Qinglian, do you still remember? The father and daughter who sang in Yancheng. Back then, it was my brother and the Erlangzi brothers who ran around for this matter. Do you remember?"
"I remember." Tong Bajin nodded, "That girl is quite pretty."
"As long as you like it, I'll take you there after dinner. Keep your spirits up, brother. Erlang's daughter will be calling her daddy in a few months. Among the four of us, the youngest brother Dingyang is married, but you are the only one who is still single. Even if you are not worried, I am worried for you."
"No." Tong Bajin refused. "She's ten years younger than me. I don't have that kind of tricks. Don't bother with me."
He refused to go, and Xu Dali was at his wit's end; he couldn't force him to go. After finishing his bowl with a few mouthfuls of rice, he stood up and pressed Tong Bajin's shoulder, "I'll go up and take a look. You can go see the madam after Xiong Er leaves."
Tong Bajin guessed that the Xiong Er he was talking about was the general of Yue Kingdom just now. He, Xu Dali and Erlangzi all met after Jian Ning and Ding Youtian went to the north, so they naturally didn't know Xiong Er.
Xu Dali went upstairs, and Jian Ning and Huo Jincheng came down with Xiong Er and his two men. Xiong Er looked extremely excited, and his previous regret was swept away, because Jian Ning told him that she wanted to see Pei Xiyuan and asked him to convey her message.
He was very happy to be able to help Jane Ning.
"Don't worry, Madam Jian, I will go to the palace now and will definitely pass on the message. Just wait for the news." Jian Ning didn't let him call her a female Bodhisattva, so he called Madam Jian back. Before leaving, he bowed to Jian Ning and strode away with his men.
To get to the palace, one must pass by the Grand Prince's Mansion. As Xiong Er and his men rode past, they heard a commotion in the palace. He reined in the reins, turned sideways, and instructed one of his men, "Go and see what's going on."
If it weren't for Ma Lao being in the Grand Prince's residence, Xiong Er, who was anxious to enter the palace, originally didn't want to bother with the trivial matters in his residence at all. Who would have thought that when he bothered with Ma Lao, he got an eye-popping piece of news: Tong Lao, a member of a well-known immortal cultivation family in the Central Plains, was killed by a father and daughter who sang little songs!
In order to make sure that the information his men heard was not true, Xiong Er broke into the prince's mansion again and entered the hall where the banquet was held. He saw an old man who had been split in half and lying dead on the ground.
He paid no attention to the tragic death of Old Man Song. He pushed aside the crowd gathered around him and bent down to take a serious look at the bleeding Tong Lao. When he was about to reach out to feel Tong Lao's breath, Pei Zhe hit him hard: "Get out of here! What are you doing here?"
Pei Zhe glared at him angrily.
He had heard about Yuji coming here and causing trouble before.
"Damn, it still hurts a little." Xiong Er caressed the back of his hand. "What's going on? Is this a dangerous place? I was just passing by the gate and heard the commotion, so why not come in and take a look? I can even enter the palace, but I can't enter this shabby temple of yours?"
Xiong Er also glared at him, not taking Pei Zhe seriously at all. Before Pei Xiyuan became the Moon Emperor, he was not inferior to the eldest prince, not to mention that now that Pei Xiyuan became the emperor, how could he take the brat of the former eldest prince seriously?
"Come on, if you are not convinced, fight with your second master and we will see who is the real one with our fists." Xiong Er rubbed his arms and prepared to fight him.
"If you don't get out of here, you might end up in trouble if the emperor is informed of this." The eldest prince didn't understand at first why Xiong Er, who never interacted with him in the past, came to cause trouble again and again. Then he remembered that he had gone to Yanchao with Pei Xiyuan, and thought that either he or Pei Xiyuan might have had a grudge with Ma Lao.
No, it can’t be Pei Xiyuan. If it was Pei Xiyuan, he would come directly to him to pick up the person.
It could only be Xiong Er. The prince glanced at Old Man Song lying dead on the ground and couldn't help but suspect that the Song father and daughter were sent by Xiong Er. Seeing that Xiong Er was still staring at Grandma Ma, he waved his hand and said, "The man is already dead, get out!"
Xiong Er snorted angrily and glared at Pei Zhe, "I don't want to stay here with you any longer. Goodbye!"
After coming out of the Grand Prince's Mansion, Xiong Er didn't go back to the palace. Instead, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards the inn where Jian Ning was staying.
"Mrs. Jian!" He broke into the inn and started shouting while still on the stairs. Jian Ning and Huo Jincheng heard the noise and came out to greet him. Both of them knew that he couldn't come back so quickly. Knowing that something was wrong, Jian Ning gave him a look, indicating that he should go into the house with them before talking.
"What happened? Didn't you go to the palace?" Jian Ning asked.
"That little guy is dead. I came here to inform Madam Jian. By the way, I'd like to ask if you still want to see the Emperor?"
"Dead? You mean Grandma Ma died?" Jian Ning and Huo Jincheng looked at each other and asked, "How did she die?"
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