"I just heard that Lord Wang seemed quite unhappy about the gift I gave him." Yang Tiejiang said with a smile looking at Wang Hong.
Wang Hong chuckled and raised his eyelids.
An elder beside him laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. We were just talking about a lowly commoner we met on the way here. We felt that this commoner was clearly trying so hard to curry favor with the powerful, but he only used these petty favors that were not worthy of being mentioned. He was so stupid and vulgar that we couldn't help but look down on him."
"Yes, my Lord, please don't misunderstand me."
The two people who spoke were both adults who were on good terms with Wang Hong. It should be said that they and Wang Hong were relatives of the current queen's maternal family, and were old-established families in the capital.
To Yang Tiejiang.
They all look down on it from the bottom of their hearts.
Who among those present could not understand their innuendos? Some could not help but frown, some stopped as if watching a show, and some quickened their pace to avoid them.
The three generals beside Yang Tiejiang couldn't help but frown when they heard this.
"My Lords, your words are too harsh."
"that is……"
"General Zhou, General Xu, please don't sympathize with those common people. They will do anything to achieve their goals. Their dignity is nothing to them."
"Yeah, for the sake of his goal, if I ask him to kneel down and call me daddy, he will slide down to his knees, and then lick the soles of people's feet while happily calling me daddy!"
Isn't this a disguised way of talking about the time when Yang Tiejiang went to court for the first time and threw himself at the Empress Dowager's feet with tears and snot, shouting "Mom"?
Many people looked at Yang Tiejiang.
But his expression did not change.
Wang Hong laughed out loud immediately: "Hahaha, that's right."
"But it's understandable. After all, a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and this mouse is destined to be a mouse. It can't turn into something else. So this is my perspective. We can't expect too much from a humble person."
"Okay, let's stop talking about that. Let's go and don't delay the morning court.
Wang Hong and his men were about to head towards the palace.
Yang Tiejiang walked up to Wang Hong first, and his burly body blocked his way.
Wang Hong frowned slightly when he saw this: "My Lord, what are you doing?"
Yang Tiejiang raised the corners of his lips.
On the bearded face, a scar ran from the corner of the eye down to the corner of his mouth, making him look even more hideous and terrifying, different from the grinning smile just now. Wang Hong subconsciously wanted to step back, but his collar was grabbed by a big hand.
"you……"
Wang Hong was about to speak.
I felt my collar tighten around my neck, and then my feet suddenly left the ground and my whole body was lifted up.
At the same time, Yang Tiejiang raised his fist, which was as big as a casserole.
"W-What are you doing?"
When Wang Hong saw Yang Tiejiang's fist, his face changed instantly, and his mind couldn't help but recall the scene of being beaten that year. The severe pain of the punches hitting the flesh seemed to be awakened from the depths of his memory.
Seeing this, General Zhou and General Xu wanted to step forward to stop him, but were held back by General Li. "Don't be impatient. Although the Marquis may have a hot temper, he won't attack without reason. Just wait and see."
Sure enough.
Yang Tiejiang raised his big fist.
Even in Wang Hong's frightened eyes, he suddenly punched him in the face, but the fist just grazed his face, and the wind from the fist seemed to be whistling past his ears.
Wang Hongxin was so frightened that he stopped.
His face was slightly pale.
He looked straight at Yang Tiejiang and smiled brightly, saying, "What a close call! This mosquito...almost bit Lord Wang."
Yang Tiejiang clenched his fist.
Sure enough, a mosquito appeared in front of Wang Hong's eyes, clearly visible between the fingers of his clenched fist.
Wang Hong was stunned.
Yang Tiejiang put Wang Hong down and straightened his wrinkled collar. He said with a smile, "Don't misunderstand, Lord Wang. I just saw that mosquito trying to hurt you, and I couldn't help it, so I acted quickly."
"Master Wang, you're not scared, are you?"
"However, I think Lord Wang wouldn't mind. After all, Lord Wang is of noble birth. How could he bother with a commoner like me who comes from a lowly background?"
"By the way, I was also a peasant when I was young."
"Back in the countryside, there were some gossipy women who couldn't stand me, just like... Lord Wang, who always liked to come up to me and say things I couldn't quite understand. But Lord Wang's words were much more cultured than those gossips, with all sorts of references to dragons, phoenixes, and even mice. After all, he was a scholar, and culture made all the difference!"
"puff!"
Someone couldn't help but burst out laughing first.
"Doesn't this mean that Lord Wang is a gossip?"
"You..." Wang Hong reacted and his face turned red with anger.
Yang Tiejiang said with a smile, "Don't mind me, Lord Wang. I'm just a rough, muddy old man from the countryside. I can barely read a few words. The only way I learned about the ways of the world was from my country mother. She said we should be reciprocal. If someone gives me a peach, I should give him a plum in return."
"Lord Wang."
Yang Tiejiang leaned down slightly, and as Wang Hong subconsciously stepped back, he smiled and said, "If you feel disappointed and unhappy that I didn't give you a gift, then I'll give you one later. But since you didn't give me a peach, I can't repay you with a plum. How about... I give you a mosquito cake that I made myself?"
Mosquito cakes?
Is this humiliating him?
Wang Hong's face darkened, and he looked at Yang Tiejiang angrily: "Yang Tiejiang, don't go too far."
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