The inn where Yang Yuanqing stayed was called the Buyi Inn. It was located in Chunhuafang, close to Dingdingmen Street. The inn was not big and could only accommodate thirty or forty guests at most. For convenience, Yang Yuanqing rented out the entire inn.
He, his maid Green Tea, and eighteen of his men, a total of twenty people, lived in this inn.
As soon as it got dark, Yang Wulang returned in a hurry and brought Yang Yuanqing the latest news about the Yu family. To Yang Yuanqing's surprise, Yu Shiji was not at home. He left the capital for Luokoucang yesterday afternoon. His wife Sun was in charge of the house.
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"Sir, we discovered that a broker has entered the Yu Mansion. His name is You Shun. He is the lead for all the vendettas in the capital. It is said that this man can find heroes with strong martial arts skills."
Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing. It seemed that Sun was planning to pay to kill him. What a stupid and short-sighted woman! She didn't understand the rules of the court at all, and she didn't understand the balance of power. She thought that if her husband accepted bribes and the emperor ignored them, she could be lawless.
, buying a murderer, would the emperor ignore her? If her husband knew about it, I don’t know how angry he would be.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Yang Yuanqing walked a few steps thoughtfully and then ordered: "You and Yang Silang are responsible for keeping an eye on this You Shun and not allowing him to escape. Be careful and don't alert the snake."
Yang Wulang agreed, got up and left. Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and decided to make things more perfect. He called Yang Dalang again.
"Go and buy me some fruits and pastries. I'm going to the Yu Mansion to apologize."
Yang Dalang shook his head, "They will definitely not accept the young master's apology. They will go and be humiliated by him!"
Among the nine iron guards, the one Yang Yuanqing trusted the most was Yang Dalang. He was steady, thoughtful and could give him good suggestions.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I don't really want to apologize to them, it's just a gesture."
Only then did Yang Dalang suddenly realize, and immediately said: "I'll make arrangements right now!"
Half an hour later, several of his subordinates accompanied Yang Yuanqing to Yu Shiji's mansion. The concierge hurriedly went in to report. After a while, a housekeeper came out and cupped his hands and said: "General Yang, I'm sorry, my master is not in the house and is out on business. Please change the date."
Come again."
Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and said: "I'm not here to see Mr. Yu, I'm just here to express my apology. I can also prepare a small gift when I see Madam. It's just a little thought. Please pass it on to Madam.
Yang Yuanqing winked, and Yang Dalang quickly handed over a basket full of fruit cakes. There were two cans of wine in it. The butler glanced at the basket. Under the weak lantern light, he could clearly see the items in the basket. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
For a moment, I really felt a little contempt in my heart. Although sending fruits, cakes and wine was a courtesy for visiting patients, it was an ordinary small family. This was the Yu Mansion. Without thousands of pennies, who would be interested in it?
Although he felt contempt in his heart, the butler's face was full of smiles, he thanked her profusely, and carried the basket into the house to report.
In the inner room, Mrs. Sun fed her son a bowl of bird's nest porridge with her own hands. The medicine given by the imperial doctor was very effective. After more than an hour, Xia Houyan's injuries had improved, his temperament returned to normal, and his speech did not sound like he had just entered the house.
He was so short of breath and his injuries improved slightly, he began to think of Pei Minqiu again.
"Mom, although Yang Yuanqing is very arrogant, I don't want to be so afraid of him. I still want to marry Min Qiu. I beg my mother to go to the Pei Mansion to propose marriage for me. I think the Pei family is reasonable and will carefully consider the Yu family's proposal."
Mrs. Sun secretly sighed in her heart, she was like this now, and still couldn't forget that woman, but she didn't want to spoil her son's interest, so she smiled softly and said: "Stop this matter for a while. When your father comes back, I will let him go to Pei."
The Pei family will ask for marriage, and with his face, the Pei family will not refuse. Now you just need to rest in peace and recuperate."
"Uncle and mother!"
Xia Houyan moved his upper body slightly, and suddenly there was a sharp pain. In an instant, he felt a huge hatred for Yang Yuanqing in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, is Yang Yuanqing going to let him go like this?"
Mrs. Sun turned around and said to the maids: "You all go down!"
When the room was empty, Mrs. Sun whispered to Xia Houyan: "These days, as long as you are willing to pay a big price, nothing is impossible. I have decided to pay 30,000 yuan to buy Yang Yuanqing's life. Although the price is higher,
But as long as I can avenge you, I am willing."
Xia Houyan was shocked. Although he was not a court official, assassinating a high-ranking official was a serious crime. He knew this. He said anxiously: "Mother, we'd better wait until father comes back to discuss it!"
Sun snorted coldly, "When he comes back to decide, don't even think about avenging your revenge. He is afraid of offending the King of Qi and the Emperor all day long. He is afraid of this today and that tomorrow. He has no courage at all."
No, Yang Yuanqing hurt you so viciously. Who else has he been afraid of? Don't worry about him. If there is revenge or injustice, then Yang Yuanqing has countless enemies. As long as we are careful, others may not know that it was us."
Seeing that her son was still a little hesitant, she said, "Do you want to marry the Pei family's wife? If Yang Yuanqing hadn't died, would you have been able to marry her?"
Xia Houyan thought of Pei Minqiu's beautiful appearance, and his blood instantly surged to the top of his head. His desire for beauty overcame his fear of murder. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Just kill that person named Yang."
At this time, the housekeeper's voice came from outside the door, "Madam, Yang Yuanqing is here to apologize, right outside the door."
"What!"
Ms. Sun suddenly stood up and shouted sharply: "Let him get out! Get out!"
"Madam, he also sent me a visit gift."
"I don't care about mountains of gold or silver. Throw them out!"
Mrs. Sun was so filled with hatred that she quickly walked out of the door and asked sternly: "Where are the things?"
The butler pointed to the basket on the floor, "That's it!"
Mrs. Sun picked up the basket and walked quickly to the door of the mansion. At this moment, she wished she had a sword in her hand and chopped off Yang Yuanqing's head with one sword. She actually had the nerve to come and apologize. Why didn't he think of it when he killed his son?
It will ruin his son's life.
Mrs. Sun walked out of the house and saw several people standing outside the house, so she asked solemnly: "Who is Yang Yuanqing?"
Yang Lang whispered to Yang Yuanqing from behind: "This person is Mrs. Sun, the mother of Xia Houyan."
Yang Yuanqing saw that although she was in her thirties, she had a noble temperament and an unusually beautiful appearance. No wonder Yu Shiji was enchanted by her, so he held his hands in his arms and said with a smile: "My lord, Yang Yuanqing, accidentally injured your son. I feel extremely sorry, so I came here to apologize.
Please forgive me, madam!"
Mrs. Sun suddenly exploded... She screamed and cursed: "You bastard! My son has been ruined by you. I hate to eat your flesh and sleep with your skin. Get out of here! Get out of here!"
She threw the basket at Yang Yuanqing with all her strength... Yang Yuanqing remained motionless and let the basket hit him. The two pots of peach wine in the basket spilled out and splashed all over him, and cakes and other things also hit him.
With a sound of "Boom!", the door of Yu Mansion closed, shutting Yang Yuanqing out... Yang Dalang sighed in his heart, and quickly came up to sort out the wine-stained cakes on Yang Yuanqing's body. Yang Yuanqing stopped him with a wave of his hand, "Don't do it!"
He turned around and walked towards his horse, got on the horse and said to everyone: "Let's go to the palace to apologize!"
He urged the war horse, and the horse galloped towards the palace.
The palace is also very chaotic... There are large and small bags of items everywhere, and big boxes are filled to the brim. The day after tomorrow, the Holy Emperor will leave for Jiangdu... It will take at least four or five months to come back after this trip, and almost half of the people in the palace have to go.
Take it away, time is tight, everyone is busy
It was so unbearable that even Yang Guang didn't bother to review the memorial today. He personally directed the guards in the Imperial Study Room to take away all the books he liked. Yang Guang has tens of thousands of books in his collection. He plans to take away 80% of them, and has already filled more than a hundred boxes.
, and some personal belongings, he also has to bring them.
Yang Guang went to Jiangdu not just for fun... The entire imperial court had to follow him, as well as the court officials and their main families, and hundreds of thousands of imperial guards. This was equivalent to the entire imperial court moving south, which was a huge event.
, and Yang Guang only announced this matter ten days ago... which caught the entire court and the palace off guard. However, this is also Yang Guang's style. When he decides to do something, it must be completed in the shortest possible time.
Yang Guang was arranging to bring some of his collection of calligraphy and paintings with him. At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came to report, "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing is asking for forgiveness outside the palace!"
"Excuse me?"
Yang Guang was stunned, "What crime has he committed?"
"He said that he seemed to have injured Mr. Yu's son. He felt that it was unbecoming of a minister and came here to apologize to His Majesty.
Yang Guang laughed, "Does he think it's inappropriate? Tell him to come in!"
Yang Guang is a little interested. It makes a brave person like Yang Yuanqing feel unbecoming. What is going on?
After a while, the eunuchs took Yang Yuanqing away. Yang Yuanqing knelt down and said shamefully: "Your Majesty, I was impulsive and caused trouble. I came here to apologize to Your Majesty!"
Yang Guang saw that Yang Yuanqing was stained with red stains all over his body, smelled of alcohol, and had a lot of white spots on his body. He wiped a little of it on his shoulder with his hand, put it to his nose and smelled it. It seemed like cakes and rose apples.
Liquor, he frowned, pointed at the things on his body and asked, "Why are you in such a mess?"
Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly and said: "Weichen accidentally hurt Mr. Yu's stepson Xia Houyan. Just now, Mr. Yu went to the Yu Mansion to apologize. It seems that Mr. Yu was not at the house. His wife was furious and refused to accept the apology. She sent Wei Chen away
The apology gift fell on Wei Chen, and the two cans of peach wine broke and splashed all over Wei Chen."
Yang Guang also heard that Yu Shiji's second wife was very arrogant and she was the one who made the decisions in the family. His brother Yu Shinan was poor and could not get help from his brother. In fact, Yu Shiji's wife did not give him any money, and Yu Shiji had nothing to do. Yang Guang felt a little unhappy.
Yue, you shouldn't be rude when someone comes to apologize.
"What happened?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I went hunting with General Changsun and Prefect Li today. I have always admired the daughter of the Pei family, so I invited her to go out with me. Unexpectedly, when Xiahou Yan saw Pei's beauty, he became lustful and teased her. I
He stopped angrily, but he
He humiliated me in person. In anger, he killed his horse to warn him, but accidentally injured him. When he calmed down, he felt that he should not use force at will, so he went to apologize to his mother. Unexpectedly, his mother refused to accept my apology.
, I can only express my gratitude to Your Majesty.”
Yang Guang had guessed in his mind that this incident was probably a fight between young people fighting for a lover. Xia Houyan annoyed Yang Yuanqing, so Yang Yuanqing injured him. With Yang Yuanqing's archery skills, accidental injury was impossible and inevitable.
It was because he was angry and hurt someone, and Yang Yuanqing felt regretful afterwards and apologized. That should be what happened.
Yang Guang had a lot of things to do, and all he had been thinking about in the past two days was the Jiangdu matter. He didn't want to spend too much time on this matter, so he didn't connect it with the matter of King Qi for a while.
More importantly, Yang Guang did not know the relationship between Yu Shiji and King Qi. This is the sad thing about being an emperor. The ministers knew many things in their hearts, but the emperor did not. As for the emperor being concealed by the ministers, there were endless incidents, so all dynasties
Only in the past dynasties would the emperor's eyes and ears appear, such as Dianxian, Chaosi Tingting, and Jin Yiwei.
"Then what are you going to do?" Yang Guang asked.
Yang Yuanqing said to Yang Guang sincerely: "As an important minister on the border, I should not be so impulsive. I got angry at a white man and shot him. I also feel that it is out of character. I am willing to surrender to Kaifu as a courtesy to express my apology to Mr. Yu."
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"Do you admit that you shot him on purpose?" Yang Guang couldn't help laughing when he heard Yang Yuanqing spill the beans.
"Yes! I was so angry that I shot his leg. I really didn't dare to kill him, but I am willing to accept your majesty's punishment."
Yang Guang nodded, "The fact that you have this intention shows that you have learned how to be self-disciplined as an official. I am very pleased. Moreover, you can restrain yourself and only injure but not kill. This also shows that you don't want to make things worse and can control the situation appropriately.
I can understand your apology to Mr. Yu, but it is not necessary to be demoted from Kaifu to Yitong, so! What do you think of a one-year fine as compensation to the Yu family?"
"Tong has no opinion."
Yang Guang smiled and said, "You should really consider your marriage. Maybe I am willing to be the matchmaker for you. Go down first! When Master Yu comes back, I will mediate this matter for you first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, and thank you for your mediation!"
Yang Yuanqing slowly retreated. Yang Guang thought for a while and then issued an order: "Summon the eldest son, Sun Sheng, to see me quickly!"
Yang Guang wanted to know what was going on?
Half an hour later, Chang Sun Sheng was led into Yang Guang's imperial study. He bowed and saluted, "Chief Sun Sheng is here to see your Majesty!"
Yang Guang sat behind the court case and asked calmly: "General Changsun, I heard that you went hunting today?"
Changsun Sheng's heart suddenly thought, why did the news from the Holy Emperor come so quickly? Is it because of Yang Yuanqing's incident? He quickly bowed and said: "Today I made an appointment with Xingyang Prefect Li Yuan's family and some children of aristocratic families to go hunting in the western suburbs."
"I heard something unpleasant happened during the hunt, right?"
Changsun Sheng already understood that the Holy One was asking about Yang Yuanqing's injury to Xia Houyan, which probably involved two favored ministers, so the Holy One was very concerned.
"That's what happened. Yang Yuanqing injured Xia Houyan, the son of Master Yu."
"Well! I want to know the truth about this matter. Tell me honestly without any lies or concealment."
"Tong wouldn't dare!"
Changsun Sheng told Yang Guang in detail what he knew. Xia Houyan and Pei Yun's granddaughter Pei Xi'er were planning to marry.
Pei Minqiu and Yang Yuanqing were in love. Xia Houyan took advantage of Yang Yuanqing's absence and went to tease Pei Minqiu. However, Yang Yuanqing found out that he was furious and shot Xia Houyan.
Yang Guang's face became darker and darker, "Is that Pei Minqiu also Pei Yun's granddaughter?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am the granddaughter of Pei Ju, the minister of household affairs."
"He's so brave!"
Yang Guang became angry and slammed the table, "I have already tolerated his evil behavior of bullying women of the people. He is a white boy, but he dares to molest the daughter of an important minister. It seems that I have indulged the Yu family too much. Chang Sun Sheng took the opportunity to replace him."
Yang Yuanqing begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing has been dealing with Turks at the border for a long time.
Ge Yonglie, it was indeed Xia Houyan who provoked him first today. Although Yang Yuanqing hurt him in anger, it was not a big deal. As long as Yuan Qing is willing to apologize, the matter can be solved. I hope your majesty can forgive Yuan Qing. After all, he
He is a young man. When his sweetheart was insulted, he drew his sword in anger. This is human nature and understandable."
Yang Guang nodded, "I know how to handle this matter. Not only Yang Yuanqing has to apologize, but Yu Shiji also has to apologize for his evil son."
[Lao Gao has already added it, but many book friends have not seen it. I would like to add here that regarding Mrs. Sun and Xia Houyan, the "Book of Sui" records this in the biography of Yu Shiji: "Their stepmother, Mrs. Sun, xing
Arrogant, worldly and arrogant, wanton extravagance, carved utensils and clothes, and no return to the style of a plain scholar.
Sun Fu brought his ex-husband Xiahou Yan to the world, but he was a stubborn scoundrel who gathered for him. He sold his officials to prison and bribed public officials. His gates were like a market, filled with gold and treasures."]!.