While walking through the fields and crisscrossing paths, Hsu Fengnian casually asked, "Why doesn't Sweet Potato like to leave the Prince's Mansion? Why do you like to run out every two to three days? "
Blue Bird replied in a methodical manner, "She's a bit lazy."
Hsu Fengnian jumped up and asked, "Xu Xiao clearly knows that this time, Zhang Julu is in power, reorganizing the imperial court and adjusting the border army. Since the beginning of last year, he has been clearing up Liaodong's land, the path has been bumpy, no less than ten Geography Department officials have died from assassinations, the number of people who asked for leave even more so reaching thirty. However, Zhang Julu still found out that Liaodong's Governor Bai Huai, Guardian Eunuch Lu Taiping, You Ji General Fu Han, Chief Commander, and more than ten others forcefully seized the land, at most six hundred hectares, at least several dozen hectares. Even though quite a few of these people came from Beiliang's old military departments, twenty years have already passed. Why is Xu Xiao still joining in the fun, insisting on challenging Grand Secretary Zhang? Isn't this going against the general trend? Moreover, even though Xu Xiao says that he wants the imperial court to build the two Liao into a boulder, those fattest vermin, half of them are related to him, no one would believe these words. Tell me, what exactly do you think Xu Xiao is thinking? "
How could Blue Bird dare to answer this type of question?
Hsu Fengnian didn't expect to get an answer either, only asking would make his heart feel a bit more comfortable. The two Liao soldiers grumbling about the lax civil administration and other things, these weren't things that His Royal Highness was interested in. For example, on Beiliang's side, their military equipment was the most majestic under the heavens, there wasn't any exaggeration, but if one were to talk about Beiliang's peaceful ways, perhaps even Xu Xiao himself would blush. If Da Zhu Guo was a moral saint, then the Lingzhou Prefecture Magistrate would not need to go to the capital and implicate the daughter of Beiliang's Grand Scholar to become a canary with an uncertain future.
Hsu Fengnian felt a burst of anger when he thought of this and how the Four Evils of Beiliang had separated and severed their ties with each other. In the end, only the bastard Li Hanlin remained in Beiliang. He sat down on the soil by the edge of the field and said in a muffled voice with a dark face, "Blue Bird, help me have some fun."
Blue Bird calmly said, "Spiced beef."
Hsu Fengnian stood up and said with a smile, "Blue Bird still understands me."
The two of them, who were master and servant but did not act like master and servant, walked for a while before sitting in a grand and beautiful carriage. The decorations of the carriage were secondary. Most importantly, the two colorful horses themselves were worth thousands of taels of gold. In the dynasty, no matter which province it was, the most direct way was to see the wealth of a hedonistic son and the price of the horses. Of course, there were some idiots who would puff themselves up at their own cost. They would buy a pair of famous horses like the White Cranes of the Cao family to keep up appearances. However, His Royal Highness's "Green Elephants of Great Wan" were priceless and had always been an A-grade tribute. Only Hsu Fengnian dared to ride them. If it were any other descendant of a vassal king, they would not dare to take them out to show off.
Hsu Fengnian entered the spiced beef shop and saw a familiar scene that he had not seen for a long time. The shop owner, Old Merchant, was busy with his business while Miss Jia was sitting on the stairs in a daze. She was holding a green bamboo branch between her fingers and slowly twirling it. Old Merchant loved his distant relative's daughter dearly. No matter how the shop was doing, he did not want her to help. It could be assumed that the childless Old Merchant treated her as his own daughter. After all, all parents had the same heart. The little girl's name was very interesting. Her surname was Jia and her given name was Marrying Family. What was more interesting was the big cat that she led when she entered the city. It was a pity that it had not appeared in the past two years. It was unknown whether it was lost or dead.
Blue Bird went to get the beef from the shopkeeper. Naturally, she would take it. Did she need to buy it? In Beiliang, whatever His Royal Highness wanted, there was no such thing as buying, stealing, robbing, or borrowing. He would just take it.
Hsu Fengnian walked to the stairs and asked with a smile, "Haha, Miss, where's your big cat? Is it gone? Do you want me to give you one and you can come with me to the prince's mansion to play? "
The young girl nicknamed Miss Haha by Hsu Fengnian had always been ignorant of the ways of the world. In the past, she dared to stare at Li Hanlin, the big dandy, in the shop. She was also indifferent to His Royal Highness and did not have much fear of him. However, she seemed a little strange today. When she saw Hsu Fengnian, she subconsciously shifted her butt. It was probably because she saw His Royal Highness kill someone with a knife at the corner of the alley last time. She seemed a little absent-minded these days. With Hsu Fengnian's cautious personality, he had already ordered people to keep an eye on this place for some time. As for why Miss Jia was nicknamed Miss Haha, there was a story behind it. It was said that this girl did not like to laugh. At most, she would laugh a few times with an expressionless face. Once to express amusement, twice to express amusement. Hahaha? Until now, no one had heard of it.
Hsu Fengnian saw that she did not move. A one-man show was always boring, so he awkwardly turned around to find a seat. The shop was empty in an instant. Old Merchant's wrinkled old face squeezed out a smile as he stood beside the table in a flattering manner. In fact, there was nothing for him to do. Blue Bird had already arranged everything. The bowls and chopsticks were brought down from the carriage. The ivory chopsticks, the jade porcelain bowl, and the marinated beef were all neatly cut with a small silver knife and piled neatly in the bowl. Hsu Fengnian did not use the chopsticks. He grabbed a few slices and stuffed them into his mouth. This was the taste he wanted. It was rich but not greasy. The sauce was authentic, but it did not cover up the original taste of good beef.
After Hsu Fengnian finished the beef, he leaned back on the chair as if he was about to fall asleep.
He closed his eyes and lowered his eyelids. His tongue touched the roof of his mouth and his knees together. He gently knocked his teeth 36 times. His Qi returned to his Xuan acupoint and his breathing was natural.
The shop owner, Old Merchant, did not know what was going on. He only thought that His Royal Highness was a little tired and did not dare to flatter him blindly. He only hoped that he was not dissatisfied with today's beef. Hsu Fengnian's breathing was abnormally stable. Just like the so-called true essence of Buddhism was nothing more than eating, drinking, and defecating, the heart sutra of the Hsu Fengnian was ultimately an unremarkable skill of breathing. When Hsu Fengnian could listen to a person's heartbeat, he would be able to ascend to the second level of the Six Heavenly Pavilions.
Hsu Fengnian suddenly turned his head and looked towards the stairs. He only saw the young girl staring at the bamboo stick in her hand with a pair of lifeless eyes.
Hsu Fengnian stood up and smiled, "Old Merchant, give me two more portions."
Old Merchant's face was full of joy as he said, "Alright, I'll go right away."
Hsu Fengnian did not have to wait for long before Blue Bird took the two portions of cooked beef. Returning to the carriage, Hsu Fengnian lifted the curtain and looked at Old Merchant who was still bowing at the entrance of the shop. He frowned and said, "There seems to be something wrong."
Blue Bird shook her head and said, "This person's background is clean. He's just an ordinary merchant."
Hsu Fengnian dismissed it with a smile.
Old Merchant returned to the shop and wiped the sweat from his forehead. For a while, there would be no customers in the shop. He took the time to sit down and rest. He massaged his waist and sighed when he saw the young girl still sitting on the stairs.
It was fine that this little girl was freeloading in the shop, but she did not even smile in front of His Royal Highness and the others. If she was his biological daughter, he would definitely scold and beat her.
The young girl left the shop with the bamboo stick and went straight out of the city.
She walked slowly. It was already dusk when she left the city. After walking for another two hours, she walked into the lush green Mount Biweng. It seemed that she did not intend to return to the city. Beiliang had always been under a strict curfew. She was not His Royal Highness and could enter and leave the city at night as she pleased.
Was a girl going to spend the night in the mountains?
Mount Biweng was full of wild beasts. The deeper they went, even hunters had to form groups before they dared to travel at night.
After walking for an unknown period of time, the young girl still walked on the lonely mountain path with a straight face.
The full moon was in the sky. There were no traces of the path under her feet, but she was still walking.
She came to the edge of a pool and bent down to drink some water. She was only thirty percent full.
A strange sound came from the dense forest behind her, startling a few jackdaws.
The young girl stood up and looked at the dense forest.
A black bear that was perhaps half as tall as her rushed out, stomping on the ground until it shook.
It stopped in front of the young girl and let out a roar.
Its fangs were exposed, and its mouth was full of filth as it sprayed the young girl's face. Her black hair was blown up by the wind.
The young girl still had a straight face and was indifferent.
The giant bear seemed to be annoyed by this young prey and opened its mouth to bite her.
Boom.
An even more powerful earthquake came from the dense forest.
When the grizzly bear turned its head, it was its turn to be sprayed with saliva by a bloody mouth.
The grizzly bear's fur stood on end, and it was so scared that it did not dare to move.
In recent years, in Mount Biweng, hunters would be able to pick up the bones of some large beasts every once in a while, including tigers and bears. They really couldn't figure out what else could occupy the mountain like this. Mountain ghosts? Demons and monsters?
The answer was here.
A "big cat" that was even larger and more majestic than the grizzly bear lowered its head and roared at the "little grizzly bear".
The little girl finally spoke.
"Hehehe."
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