I come to see Bai Yujing today

Chapter 127 Chen Zhian's Kindness
That night, Chen Zhian and Li Xushi drank two kilograms of wine under the soft moonlight. Li Xushi was still not satisfied, so he went out to get another two kilograms.

I saw the stars in the sky gradually dim and disappear, and then the morning sun rose slowly.

Both of them were indeed very drunk. Li Xushi staggered over the wall and even fell down from the top of the wall.

Chen Zhian was more sober than him and also climbed up the wall to help Li Xushi up.

But when the morning sun shone down and fell on the wall, the young boy in Taoist robe spread out his arms, lay in the flower bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

Many flowers of the midsummer season surrounded him and slept with him.

So Chen Zhian ignored it and went back to his room, sitting cross-legged to practice.

The Ziqing Xuanwei Method no longer posed any difficulty to Chen Zhian. True essence circulated in his body, and the twelve divine essences resided in the Niwan Palace, forming the innate fetal palace.

The smell of alcohol on his body gradually evaporated, and Chen Zhian became much more sober.

Besides, it was not even noon yet and there were already customers on Fossan Street.

This time the doorman did not knock on the door. Instead, he said loudly, "Princess Shang Qiu has arrived. Please come and greet her, Mr. Che Yi."

Chen Zhian stood up and went to open the door.

Princess Shang Qiu was wearing a cloud satin dress with golden threads and hundreds of butterflies embroidered on it today. Combined with her exotic face, it seemed a little unreal to Chen Zhian.

He vaguely recalled the women of Western descent in his memory, but he did not fail to be polite and bowed to them.

Princess Shang Qiu seemed extremely happy. She raised her head and asked Chen Zhian to stand up, then she walked into the yard first.

“This yard is the property given to me by my father. I originally wanted to rent it out, but for the adults who can afford it, this yard is a little small.

Ordinary people don’t need this courtyard in the imperial city, so it has been vacant.”

When Chen Zhian heard Princess Shang Qiu's words, he couldn't help but have more guesses in his mind.

"Will the princess take this yard back?"

Chen Zhian was actually quite satisfied with this courtyard. Not only was it quiet in the imperial city, but it could also serve as a defense against many villains.

Moreover, he has become famous now and has many guests visiting him every day.

If he went out and rented another yard, he would probably need to hire a few doormen to take care of it. Otherwise, people would come knocking on the door to see him every day, and he would not be able to practice with peace of mind.

He thought so in his mind.

Princess Shang Qiu stood in front of the small pond and looked at the courtyard with satisfaction.

After a few breaths, she blinked her blue eyes, which were completely different from Yu Ren's, and suddenly smiled and said, "Chen Zhian, you have done a great service to me. This courtyard is my reward to you. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will take care of it tomorrow."

Chen Zhian did not expect Princess Shang Qiu to say this, and he looked up in confusion.

Princess Shang Qiu looked Chen Zhian up and down.

She was really very happy today, and even smiled more than usual: "Chen Zhian, do you know what the people in the court, and even the people in Xuantianjing, call you now?"

Chen Zhian shook his head.

"We all call you Chen Sijia." Princess Shang Qiu said, "You have won four championships in a row. You are good at poetry, painting, and swordsmanship. In addition, you defeated five young masters from noble families in a row in the Unpolished Jade Grassland that day. Many noble ladies in the North City Garden saw it."

"There are many young ladies who are attracted to you, Chen Sijia. If you go to buy real estate outside the imperial city, I'm afraid that the letters that fall from the top of the wall every day will fill up a basket."

Chen Zhian didn't know what to say.

Princess Shang Qiu continued, "Anyway, I won the prize bet with the sisters in the palace, Chen Zhian, which can be regarded as a great victory. I won all the prizes by myself, and Yaqing lost a feathered robe to me. It is said that she couldn't eat for several days. This is a great thing for me, and you have done a great deed."

"I won the prize, and you have done a great job, so naturally I have to reward you something. Otherwise, it would appear that I, the royal princess, am too stingy. Although this courtyard is small, if it is sold, it would probably be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. Just consider it as my reward to you."

A yard worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, can you just give it away?
So, I have settled down in this capital city?
This should be an unexpected surprise, which made Chen Zhian a little happy.

Chen Zhian would naturally not be polite when receiving the reward from the princess as he had made great contributions. He just bowed again to express his gratitude.

"No need to thank me. The prize I won is much more valuable than this yard."

Princess Shang Qiu waved her hand and glanced at Chen Zhian again: "In this case, I will treat your deception of me last time and let me stand up for you for nothing as a reward, but this will not happen again. If something like this happens again in the future..."

When she said this, her eyes became serious: "If you want to see Mr. Li in the future, you can come to me and I will take you there. There is no need to use any tricks."

Over the years, Li Yinxi has lived alone in Hongdouyuan and taught many ladies and even princesses how to play the piano, and has earned the title of Mr. Li.

After hearing Princess Shang Qiu's words, Chen Zhian felt more and more that what he did last time was a bit unkind.

So he smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Princess... If there is such a lottery in the future, Princess, you can place the bet, just place it in my name."

Princess Shang Qiu raised the corner of her mouth slightly and was about to leave.

She walked to the gate of the courtyard, suddenly turned around, and said with a smile on her face: "Chen Zhian, I always feel that your reputation will become bigger and bigger day by day, but don't forget what you said to me today.

If you have a lucky date in the future, you must not help others."

Princess Shang Qiu finished speaking and turned away without waiting for Chen Zhian to reply.

The sedan chair was already ready at the door. The princess walked out of the courtyard and got into the sedan chair in a few steps.

Chen Zhian sent her to the door and watched Princess Shang Qiu leave from afar with a smile in his eyes.

This princess really has a very good temper and is lovable.

He returned to the courtyard, stood in front of the octagonal pavilion and looked around the courtyard carefully.

From then on, the yard finally belonged to him.

If one day, father and mother are reunited, the three of them can go far away together.

If they want to live in Xuantianjing, they can also live in this imperial city.

"But...where has Shen Haohao been these days?"

Since Shen Haohao came out of confinement, she would come to see him every few days, go out for a good meal, or just stroll around the streets.

But in the past few days, there is no trace of Shen Haohao.

Maybe he's in seclusion again?
Chen Zhian thought to himself, and then thought of Xu Xiyue.

"Miss Xu once said that she might come to Xuantianjing from Qixia Mountain during the court festival. But now, the ten days of the court festival are almost over, and I still haven't seen her. Maybe she won't come." Chen Zhian actually missed his old friend in Sunan Prefecture.

He has lived in Sunan Prefecture for a long time, but there are actually not many people who can be considered friends.

Among the people who originally worked together in the Painting Academy, the head of the Huang Gate was crippled by him, and Wang Huan inadvertently became an accomplice, asking him to go to the Huangmen Painting Academy and fall into the trap of the head of the Huang Gate. Although in the end it was Chen Zhian who whispered to Wang Huan and asked Wang Huan to go to Dongfeng Street to look for Chu Muye, it can be said that his merits and demerits offset each other.

But even so, Wang Huan seemed too embarrassed to see him again, and the two never met again since then.

The only people who could be considered friends were Shen Haohao, who gave him classics and often came to her courtyard to eat and drink, and Miss Xiyue.

"Forget it. If we are destined to meet, we will meet again."

Chen Zhian shook his head and was about to go forward to rest, but suddenly he saw a paper crane flying over the wall of the yard.

He raised his eyebrows, reached out to take the paper crane, smoothed the paper, saw the words on it, and without delay, walked out of the yard and went to Balian Street.

The people resting in Baliang Street are in the middle.

Qu Junhui was squatting with his tall body, fiddling with two paper figures on the ground.

The paper used for the paper mannequin was pale white, with a faint glow on it. No one knew what it was made of.

Qu Junhui was very serious. Chen Zhian stood behind him and watched for a long time before he realized that Chen Zhian was coming. He turned around and greeted him casually: "Pour your own tea. I still have to work for another half an hour."

Chen Zhian sat at the table in front of the shop, looking around at the things that the ancients had displayed in the middle.

He has been in Xuantianjing for more than three months.

Not only did the things in Xirenju not decrease, but there were many more.

Some of them were covered with mud and couldn't even be wiped clean.

Chen Zhian looked over suspiciously and smelled it, and smelled a foul odor.

"Boss Qu, are you doing the tomb-robbing business? It's not auspicious to openly sell the things of the dead in your shop."

Qu Jun did not turn around and said, "I, Old Qu, do not like ordinary graves, and you cannot just enter the graves of people with history. You never know if there are people buried there with magical powers, and one magical power can take your life."

Chen Zhian finally felt relieved. He admired the many antiques in Xirenju while waiting for Qu Jun to return.

It was said to be half an hour, but Qu Junhui was busy for more than an hour. Then he stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Hey, isn't this the famous Chen Sijia? How come you have time to come to my small shop?" Qu Junhui said sarcastically.

Chen Zhian was too lazy to pay attention to him and poured him a cup of tea.

Seeing that Chen Zhian ignored him, Boss Qu no longer had any intention of joking. He looked around and then came over and said, "Chen Zhian, I remember you have an acquaintance in the Inspectorate."

Chen Zhian thought of Jiang Taiping.

Qu Jun replied: "I want two bodies. If nothing goes wrong, they should still be in the ice cellar of the Inspectorate. If you find them for me, Xuanzhu's favor will be written off."

"Corps?" Chen Zhian was puzzled. "Boss Qu, you can find the case files of Wang Fengsu in the Inspectorate, and you can find out who the Inspector has met in the past. Can't you find two corpses?"

Qu Junhui said helplessly: "Every profession has its own expertise. My connections in the Inspectorate can help me find out some things, but that doesn't mean I can get two bodies."

Chen Zhian asked again: "Whose body is it? What are you going to use it for?"

Qu Junhui lowered his eyelids and said, "Lin Hu, who committed suicide at the entrance of the Imperial City Street, and the body of his daughter Lin Yu."

Chen Zhian raised his eyebrows and looked at Qu Junhui.

Qu Junhui seemed to think that Chen Zhian was unwilling to take risks, so he thought for a while and said, "You are going to build the innate fetal palace and draw the innate energy into your body, so you will definitely need a lot of elixirs.

How about this, you find the bodies of those two people for me, and I will give you some elixirs, how about that? "

"I have seen those two men. Lin Hu is in better shape, but he is still just an ordinary man. What do you want their bodies for?" Chen Zhian asked, "Could it be that you, as a broker, have received money from them and want to do something with these two bodies?"

Qu Junhui frowned and shook his head, saying, "Those two were just ordinary people. What can be done with their corpses?"

“It’s just that they came from a long distance and died in this foreign land. Their homeland has also burned down. It reminds me of a few old friends.

So I thought that they wouldn’t stay in the ice cellar of the Inspectorate for long. After a few days, when they were frozen solid, they would be cut into pieces and thrown into Ma Xiaoshan outside the West City… I could relate to the two heroes who died so generously, so I decided to find their bodies and send them to Linjiaguan in Shangyuan Prefecture and bury them there, so that they could rest in peace and return to their hometown.”

Qu Junhui's answer was somewhat unexpected to Chen Zhian.

He sat there, lowered his head and thought about it, then shook his head and said, "People are dead, so what does it matter where they are buried?"

At this moment, Qu Junhui's eyes became solemn and he shook his head seriously: "It's not important to the dead, but it is important to the living."

"I will bury them at Linjiaguan, erect a monument for them, and write the words 'heroes who died for their country' on it, so that people passing by can see that not all people in Xuantianjing are cold-hearted. There are also kind people like me, Old Qu, who still admire their heroic deeds of dying for their country."

Chen Zhian's eyes moved slightly: "So Boss Qu knows that General Yun Ting is innocent?"

"I don't know." Qu Junhui sneered: "But I know that Lin Hu and Lin Yu are indeed from Linjiaguan. The whole village of Linjiaguan was massacred, but a list of names came to Xuantianjing from Shangyuan, and it happened to fall into my hands.

There are a total of 42 names on the list, all of whom are Lins who have left Linjiaguan in recent years and scattered everywhere. This list is also a strangulation list, and they are not going to let go of ordinary people who left Linjiaguan."

"Faced with being strangled, these two Lins came all the way to Xuantianjing to die. We must respect their courage... I, Old Qu, am a foreigner, but I can't stand seeing this kind of thing. I can't do anything about it, so I will arrange their funeral and let them return to their homeland to rest in peace!"

Ordinary people have ordinary courage.

Chen Zhi listened quietly, thinking of the man who died at the street corner of the imperial city, and the woman who tried hard to pry open the man's fingers and grab the dagger in his hand.

"What kind of elixir do you want?" Qu Junhui offered: "How about I refine a few [Dragon-Tiger Divine Intercourse Pills] for you? They are not heavenly pills, but they are also very good pills, enough for you to build your fetal palace."

Chen Zhian shook his head: "I don't need pills."

Qu Junhui was a little disappointed.

Chen Zhian stood up and said, "When I find the body, should I move it to your place of residence?"

Qu Junhui was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face and he said, "You haven't made an offer yet."

"What's the price?" Chen Zhian said helplessly, "You talked a lot today, making yourself look like a saint, as if you are the only one in Xuantianjing who has a kind heart."

"Boss Qu, can't I be merciful for once?"

(End of this chapter)