A Clash of Gods - Chapter 90

[Chapter 90]

Yang Ning was immersed in the swords in these dozens of paintings all night, and he tried himself from time to time. Before he knew it, the sky had already brightened.

He knew that if he was found to have secretly entered the courtyard, even if he was now the Prince of Jinyi, it would still be bad. After all, prohibiting admission to the hospital was a rule set by the old Marquis Jinyi when he was alive. Not only did he not set an example, but he Stealing into the hospital breaks the rules and will inevitably attract criticism.

He sorted out the dozens of drawing papers and stuffed them into his arms, thinking that no one would care if these old papers were left there for many years, and that no one would care if he took them away.

He climbed over the wall and left the yard. He first went back to the house he had prepared for himself. He found a silk cloth to wrap the dozens of pages of drawing paper, and tucked it under the bed for a while. He was tidying up when he heard screams from outside. , Someone brought clean water to wash up. After Yang Ning washed it, someone else came over and invited him to have breakfast. When they got to the restaurant, Qi Feng and others were already waiting, but Gu Qinghan was nowhere to be seen.

He knew that Gu Qinghan was tired these days, and he must be resting. He caught a glimpse of Wei Tong beside him and asked, “Have the third lady got up yet?”

“In response to the words of the prince, I have already sent someone to call. The third lady is still resting, so I didn’t answer. We don’t want to disturb you. Don’t worry, the prince, the kitchen is ready. When the third lady gets up, you will have breakfast.” Wei Tong said respectfully.

The old mansion also has the rules of the old mansion. The three meals a day are served on time, and the dignity is orderly. Although Qi Feng and the others are guards of the Hou mansion, they are also servants after all, and they could not have dinner with Yang Ning. However, Yang Ning was still not used to this way of life, and asked his servants to bring Qi Feng and others’ breakfast to the restaurant.

There are also two tables in the old house restaurant, the first one and the next one, but the first one is obviously more delicate and more expensive than the next one.

Yang Ning asked Qi Feng to sit with him at the first table, while the others were at the next table. When breakfast came, Yang Ning pushed everyone out, and then whispered to Qi Feng, “Hurry up and eat. , After eating, take two people to Jingzhou City.”

Qi Feng was stunned and asked, “Jingzhou City?” He thought that he had just arrived last night, why did he have to rush back in the early morning?

“Go to the Governor of Jiangling.” Qi Feng said: “When you see the Governor of Jiangling, ask him how many people he sent to escort the tax to the capital. If you really send someone, you can bring the two soldiers who escorted the tax to the capital. , I’m going to ask myself.”

“Ah?” Qi Feng said in surprise: “Prince, the tax bill…the tax bill has been delivered?” He took someone to escort Gu Qinghan back to Jiangling on this trip, and of course he knew it was because of the delay in the tax bill.

“You don’t need to ask.” Yang Ning said softly, “Do you know the prefect of Jiangling?”

Qi Feng nodded immediately and said, “The prefect of Jiangling is a good and honest official. He was recommended by generals back then. Generals rarely recommend people, but in order to benefit Jiangling’s homeland, he specially recommended a shrewd and capable official to serve as prefect of Jiangling.” The voice said: “I’ve seen this prefect twice, I don’t know if he still remembers me, but as long as Jinyi Hou is mentioned, he will not lose face and will cooperate carefully.”

“That’s very good.” Yang Ning whispered: “In addition, the chief manager of the old house heard that he was paralyzed by a stroke, and he is now in Jingzhou City. If this is true, the prefect of Jiangling cannot be ignorant. You can let the prefect help by the way. You find the chief manager, no matter what, you have worked hard for the old house and the Qi family for many years, we can’t ignore it, you take me to see the chief manager first.”

Qi Feng said, “Don’t worry, Shizi.” He said in a low voice, “Does Shizi have any other orders?”

Yang Ning pondered for a while before asking softly, “Do you know the background of the chief executive?”

“I only know that the chief executive’s hometown is in Jiangxia, but he is from the same clan as the Qi family. It seems that he had contacts with the old marquis in the early years. I don’t know what kind of dealings there are.” Qi Feng whispered: “But the chief executive was in those days. When he came to seek refuge, the old marquis immediately let him stay and made him the general manager of the old house.

“Then do you know the situation of his family?” Yang Ning asked, “Since he is the chief manager of the old house,

We can’t always be ignorant of his family affairs?

”

Qi Feng shook his head and said, “I don’t know, no one in the house seems to have mentioned this.” He asked in a low voice, “Sir, do you think something is wrong? Or I will send someone to Jiangxia to find out the situation. , Jiangxia and Jiangling are not too far away, day and night, and the journey back and forth is only three or four days.”

Yang Ning thought for a while before saying, “That’s fine, but you don’t need to publicize this matter. Send someone to Jiangxia quickly to find out what’s going on in the chief steward’s house…!”

Qi Feng nodded and said, “I’ll make arrangements immediately.” When he got up and was about to leave, Yang Ning stopped, “If you don’t have enough to eat, you won’t have the energy to work. Eat first.”

Qi Feng touched his head and said to the guards, “Hurry up, there are still things to do.”

Yang Ning ate two bites at random, and didn’t feel hungry. When he went out, he happened to see Wei Tong whispering with a domestic servant not far away. He frowned and walked over to ask, “What are you sneaking about?”

Wei Tong hurriedly smiled and said, “Is your son ready? He’s talking about the lunatic outside.”

“Mad man?” Yang Ning asked, “What madman?”

“That’s what happened. Originally, Lord Cheng said that he would be back last night, so the old slave kept guarding the gate. In the middle of the night, he didn’t hear any movement.” Wei Tong explained: “The old slave guessed that Lord Cheng had something to do. So I was about to rest, and before I rested, I went out to have a look, and found a hairy thing lying there at the base of the wall outside the door, which scared the old slave and thought it was a wild dog.”

“Furry stuff?” Yang Ning frowned.

Wei Tong hurriedly said: “Yes, but the old slave took a lantern and took a closer look, only to find out that it was a man, that man lay asleep under the wall, saying he was a wandering beggar, but that man was wrapped in a A black cloak…!”

“It’s him!” Yang Ning’s body was shocked, and he immediately thought of the ugly man. Could it be that the ugly man in the black cloak actually followed here?

However, he and Gu Qinghan rushed forward yesterday, and they had already thrown off the ugly guy on the way, how could he know the way to keep up?

It’s not like a dog’s nose, smelling the smell and coming over.

“Take me to see, where is he now?” Yang Ning asked as he walked.

Wei Tong limped on the side and led the way, saying: “Sir, that’s a lunatic, the old slave thought he would leave early this morning, but when he opened the door, he was still lying there, and the old slave gave him two Wotou, but he picked up the wotou and smashed it, the old slave could only have him use a stick to drive him away. But this time he ran back and was still at the door.”

Yang Ning said coldly: “If he doesn’t eat wotou, you won’t give him something else to eat? I see that there are a lot of snacks on the table this morning, why don’t you just give him some, why do you use a stick to drive people away? ”

Wei Tong said embarrassedly: “Sir, those snacks are not for everyone, this is because the eldest son and the third lady are here, and the kitchen only made them overnight last night. Now this place is relatively remote, not comparable to the capital, there is nothing good, and only These snacks are just about right…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, quickly let someone pick up some of those snacks.” Yang Ning said angrily: “This prince will tell you once, and you will also inform the rest of the house if there are beggars or people in distress who come here in the future. , If anyone dares to use a stick to drive people away, this world will peel him off. When everyone is in trouble, it is a good thing to help. You are so old, you don’t understand the truth?”

Wei Tong obviously didn’t expect Yang Ning to be ruthless and scold him for a madman-like guy. He was a little scared, but he didn’t know that Yang Ning had been living on the streets. Although the time was short, the short experience was still a big deal. Let Yang Ning realize the misery and misery of those people.

When he walked out of the gate of the old house, he saw the ugly man wearing a black cloak leaning against the base of the wall. Hearing footsteps, the ugly man immediately turned his head, with a slightly frightened look on his face. Zhang’s ugly face showed a silly smile, he got up, trotted in front of Yang Ning, stretched out his hand and said, “Hungry…Eat…Hungry…!”

Seeing his unkempt face, Yang Ning felt pity in his heart. He was a man who was tough when he was strong and soft when he was weak. He smiled and said, “Why did you follow me?” Turning around, he took a large plate, a plate Dressing up a very delicate snack, he asked with a smile, “Do you want to eat?”

The style of these desserts and the fragrance they give off naturally stimulates the appetite. The ugly man in the black cloak has already reached out to grab it, but Yang Ning flashes his arm. He smiled and said: “Look at your hands, they are all dust. If you eat like this, you will get sick. If you want to eat these snacks, just listen to me, go in with him first, let him wash it for you, and then change After all the clothes are clean, all the snacks will be yours, do you think it’s alright?”

Of course, Yang Ning wouldn’t think it was just a coincidence that this ugly man in black cloak chased here, maybe this weird ugly man really has other unknown special skills besides the speed of a cheetah, so he will follow Come, since people are chasing after him, they have to help him clean up.

The ugly man was rather anxious, he repeated those two sentences in his mouth, and circled around Yang Ning, just wanting to get some snacks.

Yang Ning’s face sank, and he said, “Are you disobedient? If you are disobedient, you won’t get a single snack. From now on, I won’t give you any more food.”

The ugly man in black cloak obviously understood Yang Ning’s words, his face showed a look of fear, Yang Ning handed the plate back to Wei Tong, pointed to Wei Tong and said to the ugly man, “You go in with him now, he will find him. Someone help you clean up, wash and put on clean clothes, and he’ll give you something to eat.”

The ugly man in the black cloak looked at Wei Tong, and suddenly nodded again and again, with a “hmmmm” sound from his mouth.

Although Wei Tong was only a janitor in the old house, his self-proclaimed identity was much higher than that of general janitors. Looking at the ugly and sloppy appearance of the black cloak, he was a little disgusted. Just after being reprimanded by the prince, he tried his best to put on a smile and said to the ugly man in black cloak: “Come with me, I’ll take you to wash.”

Yang Ning instructed: “This guy seems to have not been cleaned for a long time, wash him more, and then find him a suitable clothes to put on, it doesn’t need to be too good, just wear clean and comfortable.” After a pause, he said: ” For the time being, let him stay in the house, and let the house take care of him for food and clothing, and make arrangements before I return to Beijing.”

“Old slave obeys.” Wei Tong was suspicious and asked cautiously, “Sir, have you met before? This guy seems to know you?” Seeing Yang Ning giving him a cold look, he didn’t dare to ask any more questions. He was wearing a black cloak. Han entered the house.

With Yang Ning’s instructions, the people in the house really didn’t dare to neglect, and it took the boss’s efforts to change six or seven buckets of water to roughly clean the ugly man and change into suitable clothes, the ugly man in black cloak thought. While eating snacks, I let the people in the house wash and replace it, but I just changed into clean clothes, but the black cloak was never taken away, so everyone left him alone.

After Qi Feng and the others had eaten breakfast, they set off separately, leaving three people behind, and they left the old house with the two of them, so the other people in the house naturally did not dare to ask more.

Three poles in the sun, but Gu Qinghan was never seen. Yang Ning wondered how Gu Qinghan had stayed in bed for so long today, didn’t eat anything all night, and didn’t know if he was hungry. He sent a maid to call twice, but he never agreed.

Gu Qinghan didn’t get up here, and Qi Cheng didn’t go back to the old house. Yang Ning could only take out the drawing papers in his own room to watch. Unknowingly, at noon, he packed up and went out and learned that Gu Qinghan had not moved. , Yang Ning faintly felt that something was wrong, and found the maid who served Gu Qinghan to sleep last night and asked her to lead him to Gu Qinghan’s yard. There was another maid waiting in the courtyard. Yang Ning entered the courtyard and knocked on the door. Chained, but do not listen to the answer.

Yang Ning called a few more times, but there was no movement. He knew that Gu Qinghan had slept all night, and his energy should be recovered. Even if he was still a little tired, he couldn’t sleep so deadly. He sank and asked, “Third madam Haven’t come out since last night?”

“Hui Shizi, the slave servant waited on the third lady to bathe and change clothes last night, and then went to bed to rest. The slave servant was supposed to wait inside, but the third lady said no, and locked the door from the inside in person.” A maid said: “The two slave servants took turns in the courtyard last night. On duty, so that the third lady can’t find anyone for something, I called it two or three times today, but the third lady has never answered.”

Yang Ning pondered for a while, and suddenly his face changed slightly. He took out the cold blade, and under the surprised eyes of the two maids, he simply opened the door.

A maid hurriedly pointed to the left, Yang Ning didn’t wait for her to speak, she walked over quickly, kicked the door open, entered the room, just glanced, her expression changed greatly.