Chapter 123 I hug you (6000 thick and long)

Zhao Litang and Wu Quan still followed upstairs.

The second shopkeeper brought a few people to a private room to sit down. Shen Huan and Shen Nineteen had already taken their seats, while Yue Nu was standing obediently on the side.

Shen Nineteen pulled him over to sit, but he refused. He was a servant, so how could he be qualified to sit with the masters.

Seeing Zhao Litang also entering the room, Shen Nineteen glanced at Zhao Litang, and then at Yuenu.

Zhao Litang followed his gaze, and saw Yuenu standing alone beside him, like a pitiful bully.

And looking at Shen Shijiu’s meaning, the person who bullied Yuenu was himself.

“Don’t stand on one side, let’s come and sit together.”

Shen Nineteen happily pulled Yue Nu to ask him to sit next to him, but Yue Nu hesitated and seemed to be reluctant to sit down.

“Shen, Young Master Shen… I don’t need to sit, I just stand on the side…”

“sit down!”

Zhao Litang’s voice became louder, and he really didn’t know what the kid was afraid of, so he refused to sit down and eat together.

Yue Nu seemed to be taken aback by Zhao Litang, her body shook, and she hurriedly sat down beside Shen Nineteen.

Shen Nineteen whispered to him, “Ayue, don’t be afraid, General Zhao is kind and wants you to eat with us, but I don’t know why he is still so fierce.”

Yue Nu nodded to him, but his heart was still a little nervous. He had never eaten at the table before. When he was at the previous owner’s house, he only stood by and served.

After a while, Jade Food and Treasures were brought to the table one by one.

Shen Huan began to eat and drink unceremoniously, and she didn’t need to spend money anyway.

And Shen Nineteen also stuffed his mouth full of food, and did not forget to keep serving Yuenu.

“Ayue, try this one, this one is delicious, and that one, that one is delicious too… Anyway, it’s delicious, you need to eat more.”

Yue Nu agreed, while eating the dishes that Shen Jiujiu had filled for himself. No one had ever treated him so well. He asked him to eat more. As he was eating, his eyes became hot, and big tears fell into the bowl.

Yue Nu hurriedly lowered her head and wiped her tears with her cuff, not wanting others to see her crying.

The others did not notice his small movements, but Zhao Litang, who had never moved his chopsticks, did.

When the food was almost finished, Zhao Litang raised the wine glass and said to Shen Huan, “Master Shen, I would like to thank you for your help, otherwise I would have already died of poisoning. This glass of wine toasts you.”

After speaking, Zhao Litang drank the wine directly.

Shen Huan also raised his glass to him, “General Zhao is very polite, it’s just a gesture, no need to thank you.”

Then Zhao Litang poured another glass of wine, this time for Shen Nineteen, “Mr. Shen, thank you.”

After that, he drank the wine again.

Shen Nineteen also imitated Shen Huan, but just as he was about to drink a glass of wine, Shen Huan snatched the glass away.

“What kind of wine do children drink, you drink soup!”

As he said that, he brought a bowl of soup to Shen Nineteen.

Shen Nineteen obediently picked up the soup, but whispered, “I’m not a child anymore, I’m all grown up.”

“What did you say?” Shen Huan asked loudly.

Shen Nineteen blinked innocently, “I didn’t say anything, Master.”

Then he raised his head and drank the bowl of soup as if he had been drinking. After drinking, he turned the bowl over to signal that he had finished drinking it.

Shen Huan couldn’t hold back, and was made to laugh out loud by his actions.

Yue Nu also lowered her head, her shoulders twitched, as if she was crying.

Zhao Litang had been looking at Shen Nineteen, but his gaze shifted slightly, and he saw the child with his head bowed beside him, and frowned slightly when he saw his shaking shoulders.

Then Yue Nu, who lowered her head, suddenly raised her head, her brows and eyes were clearly full of smiles. It was the first time she saw such a happy smile on her usually tight little face. She was not timid and cautious, even with that Birthmarks on the first crescent are shining like light.

Yue Nu has been looking at Shen Jiu’s smile, her eyes suddenly turned to Zhao Litang’s direction, and looked at him across the table, the smile disappeared immediately, and she lowered her head in a panic.

Zhao Litang withdrew his gaze.

When the atmosphere in the room was so relaxed and happy, there was a noisy and chaotic noise outside the door, and the noise did not stop for a long time, which was really disturbing.

Zhao Litang ordered Wu Quan to go out to have a look, but Wu Quan did not come back after a long time, so Zhao Litang went out to check it out in person.

A lot of people gathered in the lobby of the restaurant, and they were divided into two factions.

One group of people was headed by the shopkeeper of the restaurant, while the other group, Zhao Litang recognized, was a minister of the dynasty, and they were all close associates of the Queen’s family, and their power should not be underestimated.

“Several adults are willing to eat at you Yipinxiang to save your face, so why don’t you hurry up and clear the upstairs private room and let a few adults take your seats!”

“Today’s private room is gone. There is only the place in the lobby. If adults don’t want to sit, why don’t they have to condescend in my small place?”

The shopkeeper was neither humble nor arrogant, and was not intimidated by the power of the few people on the opposite side.

“You dare to let the adults sit in the lobby? I think you, Yipinxiang, don’t want to hang around in this imperial city! Even Lord Qian and Lord Wei dare to neglect! What a boldness!”

“Master Qian, Master Wei, it’s not a day or two since our restaurant opened in the Imperial Capital City. Other powerful people in this city will send people to make reservations in advance when they come to eat here. I never said that they will drive other guests away. reason.”

Mr. Qian pushed aside his attendant, walked to the front and smiled, “Okay, okay, it’s really reasonable and well-founded, it is indeed the biggest and most prosperous restaurant in the imperial city, but…”

Mr. Qian’s expression changed, and he showed a contemptuous smile, “…The more this is the case, the more I want to eat here.”

He waved his hand, and suddenly some attendants poured in outside the door. It seemed that he had made up his mind to make trouble here today.

Zhao Litang and these two adults are not familiar with each other, but he has heard a lot of their names recently.

Due to Pei Zheng’s stay, the undercurrent of the court gradually surged.

The sphere of influence on the Queen’s side is growing wildly, and it has become more and more arrogant, especially the two people downstairs, who are more and more reckless in the imperial capital.

And I don’t know if there is any power behind the shopkeeper of this restaurant, so if you fight against those two adults, you will definitely suffer.

Zhao Litang glanced downstairs, seeing that the attendants were about to drive away the guests and smash the shop, he planned to go downstairs to intercede in person.

Who knows, before Zhao Litang stepped downstairs, the noise downstairs suddenly quieted down.

I saw a person walking in by the door of the restaurant. It was Cheng Feng in black with a cold sword in hand. He walked directly in front of Mr. Qian, with the scabbard in his hand against Mr. Qian’s chest.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant was so excited when he saw Cheng Feng that he almost didn’t cry. If the adults didn’t come to the venue again, he would really be smashed.

Sure enough, another person walked in outside the door, wearing a black splendid robe, holding a folding fan in his hands, and walked to the center of the lobby without any hassle.

“My lord! They, they bully people!”

The shopkeeper of the restaurant lost the momentum he had just fought against, and he was sobbing, as if he had suffered a great grievance.

The corners of Pei Zheng’s lips twitched, and he lifted his eyes and glanced at Lord Qian and Lord Wei who were standing opposite.

These two people had argued with Pei Zheng in the court before, but unfortunately they lost miserably. After that, they never dared to confront Pei Zheng again, and they even detoured when they saw Pei Zheng.

Now, although Pei Zheng is still on hold, the two are still a little afraid of him.

“Who am I here, isn’t this Mr. Pei?”

Mr. Qian smiled and wanted to take a step forward, but unfortunately Chengfeng’s scabbard was against him and couldn’t move.

The attendant of Lord Qian next to him saw it and wanted to go to knock off Chengfengshou’s sword angrily, but was stopped by Lord Qian.

Chengfeng just glanced coldly at the attendants, and didn’t take them seriously.

Master Qian said, “Master Pei, today’s affairs have nothing to do with you. If you come to eat here, Qian must kindly persuade him. This restaurant is too arrogant and unruly, and it must be because of the backing behind it. , when Qian arrested this boss and interrogated him, and see who dared to bully others in the imperial capital!”

The shopkeeper of the restaurant became angry when he heard it, and anyone with eyes could see who was bullying people today.

Pei Zhengshou’s folding fan closed with a snap, and he put away his smile, and his whole person looked a little gloomy.

The matter of buying a pint of incense was not publicized, so outsiders did not know that the owner of the restaurant had already changed hands.

“Mr. Qian, what a great authority.” Pei Zheng said in a cold tone, “Do you want to arrest the owner of this restaurant?”

Mr. Qian heard that Pei Zheng’s tone was a bit wrong, and he only thought that he might have some friendship with the boss.

“Mr. Pei, you haven’t been to court for a few days. You don’t know some of the orders issued by the emperor recently, do you? This imperial capital should be rectified.”

Speaking of which, he still looked at his fellow party Lord Wei, and then Mr. Wei nodded in agreement, “Yes, yes, it is forgivable for Mr. Pei not to know.”

The shopkeeper’s mouth took a step faster, and he shouted directly, “Sir! They actually want to arrest you! Can our Great Heavenly Law allow them to do this?” The faces of adults and Wei adults also changed.

“What does this mean?”

The shopkeeper’s face was disgusting, “Two adults who learned to be rich and five cars, can’t even understand this? Our boss of Yipinxiang is Lord Pei.”

The surrounding discussion grew louder.

Zhao Litang, who had been watching this farce on the second floor, also understood at this time, why the people in the restaurant had different attitudes towards Shen’s master and apprentice and the general’s residence.

“This… Mr. Pei, I’m really sorry, I think, I think it’s all a misunderstanding, misunderstanding…”

“Yes, yes, it’s all a misunderstanding. Since there is no private room here, let’s find another place to eat…”

Master Qian and Master Wei had colorful expressions on their faces. They wanted to show their authority, but they didn’t expect to show it on Pei Zheng’s head.

The skinny camel is bigger than the horse. Even if Pei Zheng is an idle prime minister, they can’t provoke them casually, not to mention that the current power of Pei Zheng in the dynasty is still enough to compete with the queen’s family.

All the attendants withdrew immediately, and the crowded lobby was quite empty.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant hurriedly greeted the guests in the lobby and went to apologize to them.

And Master Qian and Master Wei smiled awkwardly at Pei Zheng for a long time, “Master Pei, I won’t disturb you, let’s go first.”

Saying that, the two of them wanted to go out directly.

As a result, Chengfeng was one step faster than them, and when he walked to the door, the sword was raised sideways, blocking the way of the two.

“Don’t the two adults want to go to the private room on the second floor?” Pei Zheng sneered, “Please.”

After speaking, Pei Zheng walked up the stairs.

The two adults were silently threatened by Chengfeng’s eyes, and they didn’t dare to leave. They turned around and went up the stairs.

Zhao Litang was still standing at the door of the room, and his face sank when he saw Pei Zheng walking towards him.

Unexpectedly, Pei Zheng met Zhao Litang, but he was not surprised, and greeted him with a smile.

“General Zhao, is your food okay?”

Zhao Litang snorted and didn’t answer, and looked past him to the two adults who followed behind.

“Master Qian, Master Wei.” Zhao Litang greeted the two.

“Why is General Zhao here?”

Mr. Qian was obviously surprised, “Could it be that you have an appointment with Mr. Pei?”

But isn’t Zhao Litang and Pei Zheng’s disagreement known to everyone in the court?

It is precisely because of this that the power of the Queen’s family has secretly attracted Zhao Litang, but Zhao Litang has no choice, and has not promised to have any dealings with the Queen’s family so far. Today is a good opportunity, not only to observe the relationship between Zhao Litang and Pei Zheng, but also to draw Zhao Litang over.

“There’s no appointment. I just came to dinner with a few friends. Today is a coincidence.”

But Pei Zheng didn’t just know that Zhao Litang brought Shen Shijiu to a pint of incense, and he left a lot of discounts that the government didn’t read.

Son, just rushed over.

Regardless of the pretentious chat between the three behind him, Pei Zheng pushed the door and walked into the private room.

In fact, this private room was specially ordered by Pei Zheng to stay here, but it was only reserved for the little guy. Who would have thought that today, by accident, he would have to receive so many people who get in the way.

But that Master Qian and Master Wei, Pei Zheng called them up on purpose and asked them to contact Zhao Litang.

Pei Zheng also wanted to see what Zhao Litang’s attitude was.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw four people sitting inside.

Shen Nineteen sat by the door with his back to the door. He turned around to look when he heard someone coming in. He thought it was Zhao Litang who came back.

“Will… my lord!”

Shen Nineteen stood up directly from the stool, and ran to Pei Zheng’s side in three or two steps, his eyes shining brightly, “Sir! Why are you here!”

Pei Zheng saw that his red lips were still stained with some oil stains, and he was standing beside him with his head raised, which was really not good.

When Wu Quan and Yue Nu saw Pei Zheng, they both stood up from their seats and saluted, and then silently stepped aside to stand.

Only Shen Huan, after drinking the soup slowly, got up and gave Pei Zheng a messy salute.

Pei Zheng didn’t see the movements of the other three at all. He stretched out his hand to the little man in front of him, brought it to his lips, and wiped it lightly with his fingertips.

The already pink lips were rubbed even redder.

Pei Zheng looked away, and Cheng Feng handed a handkerchief over and asked him to wipe off the oil stains on his fingertips.

Shen Huan had seen Pei Zheng’s meticulous care for his little disciple, but he thought it was nothing.

But Wu Quan and Yue Nu had never seen it before, and both raised their cuffs to wipe their mouths.

“Are you full?”

“Yeah!” Shen Shijiu nodded.

“Then go play for a while and wait for me, okay?”

“Yeah!” Shen Nineteen nodded again.

Pei Zheng glanced at Shen Huan, and Shen Huan expressed his understanding.

Then Shen Huan took his little apprentice out of the private room, and also brought Yue Nu, bypassed the few people outside the door, went downstairs, and planned to go shopping on the street.

The shop assistant came in quickly with several helpers, quickly removed the leftovers from the table, and replaced it with a table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Pei Zheng sat down at the table, and Zhao Litang and Mr. Qian, Mr. Wei, entered the door.

– Table Jane was shy, the four people with different thoughts didn’t move their chopsticks much, but they drank a lot of wine.

Zhao Litang drank less because he was fit.

Pei Zheng drank the most. As long as the two adults respected him, he would raise his glass and drink it up, and the two of them had to drink it up.

But Pei Zheng had a good drink and was not drunk.

The two adults drank all over the place, afraid that they didn’t even remember what they said or did.

Pei Zheng sent someone to send the two back, and only Zhao Litang and Pei Zheng were left in the room.

“General Zhao also heard that the two adults invited us to go to the lake tomorrow.” Pei Zheng shook the wine glass in his hand, “General Zhao?”

“That’s not an invitation, but you forced them to agree.”

Pei Zheng smiled, “So what? Several court officials gathered in private. Who knows, are they conspiring to do something wicked?”

“Impossible?” Zhao Litang looked at Pei Zheng, “Isn’t this what you are best at?”

“Why did General Zhao say this?”

Pei Zheng was still smiling, and he tapped the table with the fan in his hand, looking like a debauchery.

“Pei Zheng!”

Zhao Litang’s long-suffering emotions surged up, “You are really forgetful. I think you don’t care about what happened in the past! If I had known this, I should have killed you directly that night!”

Pei Zheng raised his eyes, “How do you know I forgot?”

“If you remember, you shouldn’t be this indifferent now!” Zhao Litang pointed to the door, “Do you dare to say clearly, who is that little apprentice who knows medical skills?”

Pei Zheng restrained his smile, his eyes were cold, and he looked at Zhao Litang without saying a word.

Zhao Litang became even more angry, “Okay, don’t tell me, I’ll tell you, do you have ulterior motives for him? Or are you already happy? I admit, they are somewhat similar… But, you It’s so easy to empathize, and your feelings are so cheap? Your guilt and remorse disappear so easily?”

Pei Zhengshou’s folding fan snapped with a snap, and when he released his hand, the broken fan fell to the ground.

Although Zhao Litang questioned Pei Zheng so sharply because he didn’t know the truth, Pei Zheng still felt deeply hurt.

Those pasts are the ones he is most reluctant to recall, but they remind him all the time like needles:

You owe him too much, you can’t forget, you have to keep being good to him to make up for it, but even if you spend your whole life, you can’t make it up, so you have to feel guilty and remorse all your life…

Pei Zheng squeezed his fingers and felt some warm and sticky touch in the palm of his hand. It turned out that he had just broken the folding fan, and the palm of his hand was scratched by a wooden thorn, causing some blood to flow.

But he didn’t feel any pain because his heart was empty.

Zhao Litang had already flung his sleeves and left, and the door was slammed shut with a loud “D Peng”.

Riding the wind came over and said, “Master, your wound needs to be bandaged.”

“It’s okay.”

Pei Zheng stood up, his head dizzy, the wine still had some staying power.

He stabilized his body, walked out the door, slowly went downstairs, walked out of the restaurant, and stood on the street.

Being blown by the cold wind, his consciousness became much clearer.

The weather has been terribly cold these past few days, as if it is about to snow, but it has not fallen.

Pei Zheng’s blood dripped from the palm of his hand, and a few drops fell on the slate, and the blood blossomed.

“Why is it bleeding again? Does it hurt?”

– A voice came from behind.

Pei Zheng turned around and saw Shen Nineteen standing in front of him, looking down at his bleeding hand.

Shen Nineteen stretched out his hand and carefully held Pei Zheng’s hand, letting him open his palm to show himself the wound.

Although the wound is not deep, if it bleeds, it will definitely hurt.

Shen Nineteen’s nose felt sore when he saw it, and he felt a little distressed.

“Brother Pei”

he called softly.

Both Shen Huan and Yue Nu had already returned to the General’s Mansion, and only Shen Nineteen was waiting outside Yipin Incense.

Pei Zheng didn’t answer, and suddenly withdrew his hand.

Shen Nineteen looked up at him, pursed his mouth, obviously holding back tears.

Pei Zheng opened his arms, leaned slightly, took a half step forward, and hugged the little man in front of him firmly into his arms.

– The hand was behind his head, and the other was tightened around his waist, stitched together tightly, embedded in his chest, and then buried his head in his shoulder and neck socket and didn’t move.

The street is full of people coming and going, noisy and bustling.

There was silence in Pei Zheng’s ears, he couldn’t hear anything, only Huai Ren’er was breathing lightly and shallowly, one after another, soft and warm. Now he feels that the emptiness in his heart has been filled a little.

“Brother Pei, let me go first… I want to stop the bleeding from your wound and bandage you…”

Pei Zheng turned a deaf ear.

Shen Jiujiu patted him, a little anxious, “Brother Pei… Can you let me go first…”

“Don’t let it go.”

“But I can’t help you deal with your wounds like this…”

“Not dealt with.”

Shen Shijiu was immediately speechless, why did he feel that the adult was like a child now, holding him tightly, as if he was acting like a spoiled child.

However, it seemed like something was sad.

Shen Shijiu touched Pei Zheng’s hair very gently, his voice small.

“Brother Pei, don’t be sad anymore, I hug you, you just listen to me, okay?”