Zheng Fang and Liu Qiong are Qinghuai's personal guards and comrades who have been together through life and death for many years.
Faced with Qing Zheng's vicious words, Liu Qiong was so angry that her eyes burst into flames and her fists clenched loudly.
"What, you want to hit me?"
Qing Zheng glanced at Liu Qiong sideways and pointed at his nose provocatively: "Come on, hit me here!"
"Liu Qiong, don't be rude!"
Zheng Fang scolded Liu Qiong, bowed and said, "Young master, don't be like us roughnecks. You can go ahead."
Liu Qiong also endured her anger and bowed down.
Qing Zheng was the eldest son of Duke Qing, and he had a distinguished status. With their status, even if they contradicted him, Qing Zheng could immediately call for arrest, let alone beating him.
Qinghuai is not in Bianjing, so once they are arrested, there will be no chance of them coming out.
Therefore, the two of them could only endure it.
But the more they behaved like this, the more arrogant Qing Zheng became, deliberately provocatively asking: "You haven't answered my words yet, have you come back to announce the death of the third child?"
"As soon as I get back to the eldest son, the Marquis is in good health."
"Master Marquis! Master Marquis! I have told you a long time ago that you are not allowed to call yourself Marquis Qinghuai in the Qingguo Duke's Mansion!"
Qing Zheng was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He kicked Liu Qiong several times.
He had never looked at Qing Huai since he was a child, but such a bastard actually obtained a title in the army.
Qing Zheng clearly remembered how happy Duke Qing was when the news came back that Qing Huai had earned a title for his meritorious service in the military, and the entire Duke Qing's palace was filled with joy.
In the following years, Duke Qing revealed more than once that he wanted to pass on his title to Qing Huai.
This made Qing Zheng scared and angry.
From that day on, Qing Zheng tried every means to suppress Qing Huai.
It's a pity that he is just a dandy in the capital, and his tentacles can't reach the frontier. Instead of being suppressed in these years, Qinghuai has made many military exploits and has been promoted to the title of Marquis, one step away from Duke Qing.
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From top to bottom, Dakang's titles are divided into kings, counties, dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons. Wangjues are the emperor's brothers and sons, and county princes are relatives of the royal family.
According to Dakang regulations, all titles decrease from generation to generation.
For example, after the death of Duke Qing Guo, Qing Zheng could inherit the title, but instead of directly inheriting the title of duke, he would be reduced to a marquis.
And Qinghuai is now a marquis.
In feudal society, the most important thing is the respect of superiors and inferiors. As Qinghuai's eldest brother, even if Qinghuai later became a duke, he had to take the initiative to greet Qingzheng when he saw him.
This is also the capital of Qingzheng's arrogance.
But Qing Zheng felt uncomfortable, thinking that Qing Huai had taken away the limelight from his legitimate son.
The title has always been the biggest scar in Qing Zheng's heart, and no one is allowed to call him Lord Qinghuai in the Qingguo Palace.
Liu Qiong just called Qinghuai "Master Hou" to vent his dissatisfaction and deliberately expose Qingzheng's scars.
Although Qing Zheng was a dandy, he was not a fool. Hearing that Liu Qiong was sarcastic about him, he kicked him a few times and was so angry that he even picked up the wooden stick standing on the side and swung it at Liu Qiong.
The wooden stick is a military stick used by the concierge to prevent accidents. It is as thick as an arm. If Qing Zheng were to hit him casually, Liu Qiong would still have to peel off her skin even if she was not beaten to death.
Zheng Fang rushed over and begged for mercy: "My lord, Liu Qiong just came back from outside and shouted smoothly. He didn't mean it. You don't remember the faults of villains. Please spare him."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Fang also received a blow on the head.
Realizing that he couldn't escape from today's beating, Zheng Fang had no choice but to squat down with Liu Qiong and protect their heads as much as possible.
I prayed in my heart that Qingzheng would let them go quickly.
It seemed that God heard their prayers. Before Qingzheng could even hit him a few times, he heard a majestic scolding coming from the side: "What are you doing?"
When I looked up, I saw that Duke Qingguo had returned from the court.
"Reply to my father, these two servants are disobedient and I am teaching them a lesson!"
Qing Zheng completely lost his arrogance and bowed to answer.
No one can find fault with his manners.
"What do you say at the gate when you teach people to go inside?"
In the feudal era, the status of servants was similar to that of domestic animals. Duke Qing was just dissatisfied with his son beating someone at the door, so he asked casually and prepared to enter.
At this time, Zheng Fang mustered up the courage and shouted: "Master, please wait a moment, the third master asked me to send you a family letter!"
"Qinghuai?"
Only then did Duke Qing stop and look at Zheng Fang and Liu Qiong: "Who are you?"
Usually when Qinghuai returned to Duke Qing's mansion, he only brought Zhong Wu and the housekeeper with him. Duke Qing did not recognize Zheng Fang.
"The villain is the Third Young Master's personal soldier."
Liu Qiong took out a letter from home from her arms and held it above her head with both hands.
Duke Qing checked the fire paint mark to confirm it was complete and opened the envelope.
After reading a few words, his brows wrinkled slightly.
Qingzheng wanted to see what was written in the letter and rubbed his hands anxiously.
Just as he was thinking about how to inquire, he heard Qing Guogong ask: "Qing Huai is going to the battlefield again?"
Qing Zheng, who was standing aside, couldn't help but light up when he heard these words.
"Back to my lord, since I returned to Jinchuan, I have been thinking about my brothers from Tielin Army day and night, and I have lost a lot of weight." Zheng Fang replied.
"Does Qinghuai know where the Tielin Army is currently stationed?" Duke Qing asked.
"I don't know if the Marquis knows about it, but before leaving, the Marquis asked the young man to kowtow to the father-in-law and ask him to do it!"
Zheng Fang and Liu Qiong knelt down together, kowtowed to Duke Qing, then put their heads on the ground, waiting for Duke Qing's answer.
"Take them to the West Garden."
Duke Qing Guo did not answer Zheng Fang, but waved his hand and asked the concierge to take Zheng Fang and Liu Qiong away.
"yes!"
The concierge bowed and accepted the order: "You two, come with me."
Zheng Fang knew that Duke Qing might not have thought it through well, so he kowtowed again and left with the concierge.
"If you have nothing to do, read more and don't wander around all day long!"
Duke Qing glanced at Qing Zheng dissatisfied and left with his entourage.
"yes!"
Qing Zheng bowed and agreed, his eyes sparkling.
Originally he was planning to go to the casino, but now he lost interest and turned around and ran towards his yard.
He returned to the study and took out a map. As soon as he opened it, Qingfan, the second eldest son of the Qing family, rushed in.
"Brother, I heard that Qinghuai wrote a letter asking his father to help him regain military power. You were there at the time. Why didn't you persuade your father?"
Qinglaoer said: "Qinghuai is already a marquis now, how about a few more victories?"
"How dare I interrupt when my father is talking?"
Qingzheng said angrily.
"Uh..." Qing Laoer also thought of his father's majesty and asked, "What should we do now? Do we want to ask my mother for help?"
"No need," Qing Zheng waved his hand: "Second brother, do you know where the Tielin Army is now?"
"how could I know?"
"The Tielin Army is now in Qingshui Valley!" Qing Zheng reached out and clicked on the map.
"Is there anything wrong with Qingshui Valley?" Qing Laoer immediately grasped the key point of his elder brother's words.