Chapter 30: Riding on the Street
Chapter 30
The next day, the Lu family received news that Zhao Yutan had woken up in the morning. Lu Songli was content with hearing this, and since the weather was fine, she decided to take her mother out shopping.
In recent days, her parents have been very nervous because of the Zhao family's interference.
She wanted to take her mother out for a walk and wanted to take her father with her, but when her father heard that they were going out shopping, he quickly gave up and said that he wanted to rest at home and spend some time with his two precious orioles.
Lu Songli can understand the mentality of gay men who avoid accompanying lesbians shopping, and she doesn't force it.
At first, Jiang didn't want to go out. There had been a lot of rumors about their daughter and Zhao Yutan recently. People from the Lu Mansion were often pointed at when they went out. Although she didn't care much, she wanted to turn a blind eye to it.
"Mom, don't worry. I guarantee that few people will dare to point fingers at us today." Lu Songli promised.
After coming out, Jiang Shi did not feel the oppressive atmosphere from before. She nodded to Lu Songli and said, "It's definitely much better."
"Yeah." She knew this would happen. After the incident yesterday at the Zhao Mansion, and the arrests by the Chang'an Prefecture yamen runners, even the common people had fallen silent. No one mentioned the rumors about their fall from the water anymore, and Chang'an City was much quieter today.
When Jiang was in a good mood, she felt like going shopping.
They walked around three streets in a row, visiting various old shops as well as lively new stores, and bought a lot of things for themselves and their families.
Jiang was finally satisfied after she had custom-made a long skirt with floral patterns for Lu Songli to wear next spring at Jinxiu Pavilion. After they came out of Jinxiu Pavilion, they saw Sanweixuan not far away and planned to go there to rest and have something to eat.
Just then, there was a commotion at the end of the street where they were, accompanied by screams and the neighing of horses' hooves.
“Get out of the way!”
"Child, my child, help!"
"Get down, get down quickly!"
"My plums! They're rotten, all rotten!"
"Don't step on my bun!"
Someone was riding a horse in the street? Realizing this, Lu Songli quickly pulled her mother aside.
As soon as they stopped, they saw a man and a horse galloping towards them from the end of the street.
Lu Songli stared closely at the man and his horse. The man was so arrogant that he rode his horse in the street, causing such chaos without slowing down the horse at all. He didn't take ordinary people seriously at all.
As if noticing her gaze, the man looked straight at her. When he saw her face, he seemed to recognize something, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Isn't this Zhao Silang?" Jiang murmured with a frown.
Lu Songli raised her eyebrows. Zhao Silang, Zhao Bin, Zhao Yutan’s younger brother?
At this moment, a child of three or four years old crossed the street with his short legs and rushed towards a thin man carrying a basket on the opposite side, "Dad!"
Seeing this scene, the man was horrified, "Kid, don't come over here!"
The others who witnessed this scene had only one thought in their minds: it was over. The horse was so close to the child, only two body lengths away. In the blink of an eye, the child would be buried under the horse's hooves.
At the critical moment, a man suddenly flew down from the second floor of Sanweixuan and kicked Zhao Silang off his horse. He then used the reaction force to roll over and firmly sat on the horse. The horse was startled and neighed forward, but the next moment, he pulled the reins tightly. The horse, in pain, raised its head and raised its front hooves high.
At that moment, another man rushed out, picked up the frightened child who had been huddled under the horse's hooves, and rolled him away, successfully escaping the danger. He then handed the child in his arms to his father.
Lu Songli had good eyesight and immediately recognized that the person controlling the horse was Qin Sheng and the one who rescued the child was Qin Heng. The two brothers worked together seamlessly to rescue the child from under the horse's hooves at the critical moment.
"It's the Prince of Pingxi Marquis and Young Master Qin!" Someone recognized the identities of the Qin brothers. They were not familiar with Qin Heng, the Prince of Pingxi Marquis, but Qin Sheng often appeared in Chang'an City. He was good at standing up for the weak, so many people knew him.
Moreover, the Qin family has been generals for generations, guarding the Dali border and are deeply respected and supported by the people.
There was a loud cheer from the crowd.
Zhao Bin, who had been kicked off his horse by Qin Sheng, walked towards him with a gloomy face, pointing the whip at him with his right hand and questioning, "Qin Sheng, what do you mean?"
Qin Sheng wasn't afraid of him. "You rode your horse in the street and nearly killed someone, and you still have the nerve to question others?"
Zhao Bin glanced around and said contemptuously, "I have urgent official business to attend to, and I shouted loudly to everyone to stay away..."
What he meant was that he had fulfilled his responsibility by shouting a few times, and whether you could avoid it or not was your fate.
The people around were angry but dared not speak out. You rode your horse so fast, and you thought you could just shout a few times? No one could react at all!
The looks from these people made him very unhappy, so he whipped his horsewhip to scare these common people.
Unexpectedly, he was grabbed by someone just as he swung the whip. Zhao Bin couldn't pull it away. He looked at Qin Sheng with a bad look, "Qin Sheng, do you believe it or not? I will punish you for obstructing public service later."
Lu Songli was watching from the side and felt anxious for him. Is Qin Sheng a little stupid? Why is he arguing with him and exposing his identity?
Forget it, she knows the answer to this question, let her do it!
"Zhao Bin, you'd better have urgent official business. Otherwise, I don't know if your Zhao family and your superiors can afford the damage and public resentment you've caused along the way!" She was the best at kicking someone when they were down and fanning the flames. When dealing with an enemy, you have to deal with them to death if you have the chance.
As soon as Lu Songli revealed Zhao Bin's identity, the people reacted instantly.
"Zhao Bin, the Zhao family, is that the Zhao family of Lord Zhao, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites?"
"I think so."
"That sounds familiar. Didn't his eldest daughter fall into the lake while enjoying the flowers a few days ago and be rescued by her best friend's fiancé, and then she's been pestering that Zhao family?"
"Yes, yes, they are from the same Zhao family. Are they siblings?"
"They must be siblings. One is lewd and the other is arrogant. They are like snakes and rats."
"No wonder."
These whispers made Zhao Bin very angry.
Zhao Bin turned around, his hawk-like eyes following the sound, his gaze landing precisely on Lu Songli, his eyes icy cold, "Lu Songli, you're fine."
"Of course I'm fine." Lu Songli was not afraid of him. She met his gaze and took two steps forward.
She took a gamble, betting that his official duties were not as urgent as he claimed, betting that he was simply holding an imperial edict, holding his anger in his heart, and wanted to vent it on the common people.
"Lv Songli, this name also sounds familiar."
"Of course it sounds familiar. He fell into the water with Miss Zhao."
"Is her father the censor, the bad one?"
"Bad Censor? What did he do?"
"It was he who reported Wang Haiqing, the Justice Wang, for losing his official hat."
"But it was he who collected the evidence that brought down the corrupt official Zou."
As they talked, the common people themselves became confused. This Censor Lu impeached both good officials and bad officials. So, was he a good official or a bad official?
In ancient times, the cognition instilled in the common people was black and white, either good or bad, with no gray area.
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