Chapter 204: The Benevolent and Righteous Teacher

The swords were tense in front of the Yan King's Mansion. The guards of the royal palace and the Jinyi, who were left behind the imperial envoy, were unsheathed. Both sides glared at each other, and the battle was about to break out.

Zhu Di was full of anger and glared at Fang Xiaoru with a pale face.

He hated others' authority to provoke him. When he was in the capital, Xiao Fan brought people to him repeatedly to trouble him. If there was any disturbance, the bastard ordered people to surround him. After all, it was not his territory. Zhu Di endured this breath as if he had swallowed a fly, and endured it again and again.

But this is Beiping! It is his fiefdom that King Yan has been vassal for more than ten years! Zhu Di is the local emperor of Beiping Prefecture. His words are more effective than the imperial edict of the imperial emperor. No one has ever dared to lead troops to his Yan Prefecture in the territory of Beiping Prefecture to cause trouble for him. Today, Fang Xiaoru sets a precedent.

Zhu Di felt very angry. He found that no matter who was with Xiao Fan for a long time, he would become bad. The standard for testing whether he really became a bad guy is to see if he had the courage to surround the Yan Prince's Mansion. From Cao Yi to Fang Xiaoru, he had done this. The dignified Yan Prince's Mansion has become a furnace for bad guys and a touchstone for the gangsters.

Fang Xiaoru obviously didn't think he was wrong. He turned around with confidence, squinted his eyes and identified the position where Zhu Di was standing, then strode forward, pointed at a guard beside Zhu Di and shouted: "Your Highness, you are too much! The woman named Zhang Hongqiao is obviously Lord Xiao's concubine, and a gentleman does not take away anyone's love, let alone you gave her to Lord Xiao. You took advantage of Lord Xiao's leadership of the north and deceived Zhang Hongqiao into the mansion. This move is simply angering between the gods and the gods, and it is outrageous..."

Zhu Di said with a black thread: "Mr. Zhengxue, I am here..."

Fang Xiaoru was stunned, raised his eyes and looked around blankly, and said furiously: "Where is Your Highness King Yan? Show me quickly!"

Zhu Di wiped his sweat and gently stroked Fang Xiaoru's hand to the right, letting his fingers face his nose, and then said helplessly: "I have already appeared..."

Fang Xiaoru's expression flashed with a hint of shyness, then he thrust his chest again, and said loudly with righteousness: "Your Highness, you are too much..."

"Okay, okay, you've said it three times... Mr. Zhengxue, how did you know that Zhang Hongqiao is in this palace?"

"If you don't know, don't do it unless you do it yourself! The people who stayed at the imperial envoys were all the captains of Jinyi. Can any turbulent things in the headquarters be hidden from them?"

"I... I am old acquaintances with the girl Hongqiao. Today I just asked her to go to the mansion and play a few songs for me to help me drink..." Zhu Di said with a hint of embarrassment.

Fang Xiaoru said angrily: "Since Zhang Hongqiao is the concubine given to Lord Xiao by the prince, she will be Lord Xiao's woman from now on. Even if you are the prince's honor, what qualifications do you have to order other people's concubines to play songs for you? The prince has also read books of sages. What saint's words are in line with this move today? I wonder why the prince taught me?"

Zhu Di was silent for a while, and suddenly said in anger, "Mr. Zhengxue, Zhang Hongqiao is just a brothel woman. Is it necessary to hurt each other's kindness for her? If Lord Xiao likes it, so what if I give him ten or eight courtesans! Besides, this is a matter between me and Lord Xiao, what does it have to do with Mr. Xiao?"

Fang Xiaoru said unwillingly, "I am a minister with Lord Xiao in the same palace and have a close relationship. When Lord Xiao went to war, he asked me to help him stay at the headquarters, but now his concubine has disappeared for no reason. How will I face him in the future? Your Highness, King Yan, do you think this matter has anything to do with me?"

Zhu Di's face became more and more blue, and he gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Mr. Zhengxue, I respect you as a great scholar in the world. Please don't ruin your reputation for a brothel woman! Zhang Hongqiao is indeed in my palace. I will send someone to send her back later. If you bring people to the door to cause trouble, if I return her to you now, on the ground of this Peking Mansion, where is my prestige in the future?"

Fang Xiaoru stubbornly said, "No! I have to be loyal to others when I am entrusted by others. Please invite Zhang Hongqiao out now, otherwise I will never give up with you!"

Zhu Di stared at him gloomyly, and murderous intent burst out in his eyes: "Fang Xiaoru, you are too bullying!"

"Your Majesty, you are the one who takes over other people's concubines, and you are the one who bullies them too much!"

"This is Beiping Prefecture, not your domineering capital. Do you think I can't deal with you?"

Fang Xiaoru laughed at the sky and said, "If you die, you will die. The justice of heaven still exists. Why don't I be afraid of it! Prince, come and try it!"

Zhu Di was furious: "Come!"

As the conversation between the two became more and more intense, the atmosphere of confrontation between the personal guards of both sides became more and more serious. With a loud shout, the two sides gathered in front of the royal palace with distinct barriers took a step forward at the same time, and it was obvious that it was a battle of fire.

At this time, a thin figure rushed out of the palace and shouted, "Go and do it!"

Everyone looked back and saw Monk Daoyan running out with sweat on his head, then leaned into Zhu Di's ear and said in panic: "Prince, Fang Xiaoru can never kill him! If you kill him, the prince's great cause will be destroyed half!"

Zhu Di was stunned and said coldly: "I am just a poor and corrupt scholar, why can't I kill him?"

Daoyan paused and said anxiously: "The prince only knows that he is the master of the Shu King, but do you know the status of Fang Xiaoru in the hearts of scholars all over the world?"

“What status?”

"Song Lian was late, Fang Xiaoru is the only remaining great scholar in the world, and the seeds of scholars in the world! If the prince kills him today, he will offend scholars in the whole world. In the future, the prince will do things, who will stand on your side? Even if you can win the world, who will help you govern the country?"

Zhu Di's face twitched a few times and said angrily: "This old annoying thing is really hateful. I must... today..."

"Prince! If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan... think twice!"

Zhu Di's heart was shocked and he immediately returned to his calmness.

Compared with his great cause of usurping the throne, what is this small thing? It's too trivial! Those who accomplish great things can tolerate what others can't bear. If they really kill Fang Xiaoru in Peiping Prefecture, Xiao Fan, who has a deep hatred with him, was forced to die by himself. If both of them were dead, I'm afraid the ministers in the court in the capital would be terrible. Besides, Daoyan's words do make sense. They can't break up with scholars all over the world because of a temporary aura. The consequences are too terrible.

What to do? Be patient!

Zhu Di sneered a few times and said, "Mr. Zhengxue, I respect your great scholar of your generation. If you don't care about you, isn't you just a brothel woman? Wait, I will invite her out and return it to you!"

After saying that, Zhu Di shook his robe sleeve hard and walked into the royal palace.

Fang Xiaoru also snorted a few times, stood with his chest straight and his hands behind his back, with a stubborn and stubborn look on his face.

Zhu Di entered the inner hall and saw Zhang Hongqiao's mouth bloodstains, his pretty face was swollen, his hair was messy and disheveled, and he looked very embarrassed. There was a cold look in her eyes. When Zhu Di came in, she didn't raise her head, but she still looked at the ground with a breathless look.

Zhu Di snorted coldly: "Zhang Hongqiao, you have a good life. Someone is here to save you, but don't be happy too early. In this Beiping Prefecture, let alone you, even Xiao Fan, I want his life to be like slaughtering a dog!"

After saying that, Zhu Di said loudly: "Come a few maids, clean up for her, and then send her out of the mansion!"

Before too long, the maids cleaned up Zhang Hongqiao. After carefully dressed up, Zhang Hongqiao returned to his bright and stunning appearance, and even the redness and swelling on his face disappeared a lot.

Before leaving the palace, Zhu Di called her and stuffed a small bag of things into her hand.

Zhang Hongqiao was stunned and looked at him with some hatred and confusion.

Zhu Di smiled sinisterly and said, "If Xiao Fan could come back from outside the pass alive, you put this bag in his tea and meal..."

Zhang Hongqiao was shocked all over and blurted out: "No..."

"Miss Red Bridge!...I will treat her as a guest of honor now under my care. Girls don't have to worry..."

The naked threatening words hit Zhang Hongqiao like a thunder. She staggered for a moment, and tears suddenly came from her eyes.

"You have both parents died since childhood. There is only one relative in this world, your aunt, Miss Hongqiao. Family affection is precious. If you lose it, you will regret it for life..." Zhu Di's voice was low and slow, as terrifying as the curse of a demon from hell.

Zhang Hongqiao's face was pale and silent for a while. Finally, he held the medicine bag hard in his palm and held it tightly. His slender bones trembled and turned white. The tears in his beautiful eyes had already burst down.

Why do you have to have such a life, even death is so difficult! Xiao Fan, do you know that I am suffering? Do you hate me for being heartless?

Outside Shanhaiguan, the vast grassland is covered with undulating hills and mountains, like a beautiful natural carved painting, spreading and extending in front of Xiao Fan's eyes.

When riding on the horse, Xiao Fan was as stable as Mount Tai. He was not able to ride a horse at all. After the horse march these days, he had developed a very strong riding skill by mistake. This is probably the only blessing among many troubled soldiers.

"The vassal king is the most annoying!" Xiao Fan was riding on the back of the horse and hummed.

Cao Yice immediately stepped forward and said, "That's it! He sent us to the front and died. He set up a formation behind him to meet the enemy casually. He won. It was because of the King of Yan who was successful in planning and defeated. It was because you, the imperial envoy, did not lure the enemy according to his plan. Anyway, the benefits were his, and the responsibility was all yours. According to me, you shouldn't agree to him at all..."

Xiao Fan snorted coldly, "Can you not agree to him? At that time, all the generals of Peking were in front of me, so many eyes were staring at me, the imperial envoy. If I feared to fight, what would they think of me? It doesn't matter if I want to be shameless, the court's face was completely lost..."

Cao Yi sighed and said, "Did we really run to the Tartar army to die? I have never fought such a cowardly battle in my life!"

Xiao Fan sneered: "He has Zhang Liang's plan. I have a ladder. There are so many people who want to harm me. How many people really harm me? I have always harmed others. Who has the ability to harm me?"

Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise: "Do you have a solution?"

"No." Xiao Fan said honestly.

Cao Yi said deflatedly: "Then where did you come from to cross the wall ladder?"

Xiao Fan smiled dryly and said, "Say a few big words to encourage your confidence...it's really boring."

Cao Yi said with a sad face: "Can you say something reliable in your mouth? You can still laugh after all this. What should we do next?"

Xiao Fan looked at the sky. It was noon, so he pondered: "If the Tatar army has captured Kaiping Prefecture, then they have only two choices, one is Shanhaiguan and the other is Yanqing, so they must march southeast or southwest. We are now rushing out of Shanhaiguan in front of Zhang Yu, and there is still plenty of time, next..."

"What's next?" Cao Yi asked anxiously.

Xiao Fan rubbed his stomach and said slowly: "Next... to eat!"

"ah?"

Pointing to the sun above my head, Xiao Fan smiled and said, "It's noon, how can I not eat? The emperor is not a hungry soldier. I will feel very bad if I get hungry..."

Cao Yi was stunned for a while and finally sighed: "I have known you for so long, and I really can't see through you. What are you putting on your mind?"

Xiao Fan also sighed: "Maybe he is full of inappropriate mind..."

The rice was made by burying the pot and making rice in a unit of hundreds of households. After Xiao Fan gave the order, three thousand soldiers dismounted the horses together, and then they took out enough portions of rice and jerky from the backpack on the horse, handed them over to the hundred households, and put them in the pot to cook rice.

The storm of smoke rose from the grassland, accompanied by the fragrant grass and earthy smell, which made people feel refreshed.

Xiao Fan sniffed hard and smiled, "This taste is so fragrant, it's a bit like a picnic camping, and it's a bit romance in hardship. This is the real revolutionary romanticism... By the way, Brother Cao, are the military rations sufficiently prepared?"

Cao Yi nodded and said, "Each person brought food and grass for ten days, which should be enough. The King of Yan was generous this time, and probably was embarrassed to let us die on hunger. The military rations were given very sufficient..."

Xiao Fan sneered: "It's like giving the death row prisoner a full meal before he died. He thought we would be grateful to him? Bah!"

Silenced for a long time...

Xiao Fan suddenly felt a sudden trembling all over and said in a lost voice: "Brother Cao, is the batch of military rations cooked by the soldiers now given to us by the King of Yan?"

Cao Yi said in confusion: "Yes, when I just left Shanhaiguan, the military officers from the camp in the western suburbs of Beiping caught up with us and distributed them according to our number."

Xiao Fan was shocked and said, "I gave it to the Xijiao Daying?"

"Yes, look at the quality of this rice, I'm afraid it's still the new grain this year. It should have just been put into the warehouse..."

Xiao Fan was stunned for a long time and stomped his feet and said, "That's even worse when he just entered the warehouse!"

Turning his head, Xiao Fan shouted loudly to the soldiers who were cooking rice and putting it into the pot: "Don't eat this grain rice! This rice cannot be eaten!"

The soldiers were stunned when they heard this, looking at each other one by one, wondering what Xiao Fan meant to give this order.

Cao Yi said anxiously: "Brother Xiao, now is not the time to talk about backbone. This is the grassland, and there is no other food and grass to supplement..."

Xiao Fan said angrily: "Who tells you about your backbone! Do you think I look like a backbone person? There is something wrong with this rice!"

“What’s the problem?”

Xiao Fan coughed awkwardly, blushing his face and equator: "This rice was probably sent by Wang Gui to the Western Suburb Camp..."
To be continued...