novelhk Chapter 275 Benefiting One Party
Chapter 275 Benefiting One Party
The two of them remained in a stalemate under the scorching sun at noon.
For a long while, Zhou Chang began to doubt it. When Wu Feng was not coughing or talking, he didn't even seem to breathe. His whole body was like a piece of paper. Even his shadow seemed to be fainter than others.
Even if you stay under the sun for a while, the whole person will disappear.
Zhou Chang had originally decided to remain silent and confront the man to the end, but after standing there for too long, he could no longer hold on and had no choice but to send him away: "Forget it, you can go down."
Wu Feng bowed, saluted, and retreated without making a sound.
"When did this guy appear?" Zhou Chang asked after watching Wu Feng's back disappear.
Gao Yuan waited until Wu Feng's back disappeared before he retracted his knife: "It was my incompetence that made me fail to notice. When I turned around, he was already there."
"It's definitely not your incompetence," Zhou Chang knew that Gao Yuan was walking back and forth to keep watch when he and Shouhou were eavesdropping under the wall, "It's this guy who walks without making any sound, which is really weird."
"Your Highness, what's the matter? Why are you always picking on a guard? Didn't I tell you last time that he is just a piece of red-hearted sugarcane. He may look unimportant on the outside, but the inside must be moldy. You must not chew it. You will be poisoned if you do." The skinny monkey didn't take Wu Feng seriously from beginning to end.
"Did I compete with him?" Zhou Chang denied it, but then asked, "Did you smell the smell of medicine on him?"
Shouhou and Gao Yuan both shook their heads.
"Then do you think that Prince Rong's Wu Feng is very special?" Zhou Chang was unwilling to accept it. Was she the only one who felt that there was something wrong with Wu Feng?
Shouhou and Gao Yuan still shook their heads.
Zhou Chang brought up the feeling he had the first time and said, "Don't you feel that he doesn't have much of a living breath, and there's no sound when he walks, like a dead person?"
"Your Highness, it was just like that last time. He is obviously a living person, but he looks more delicate, like a watermelon, not a frozen watermelon." The skinny monkey seems to be careless, but he also has a careful side. "Your Highness, don't worry. I just took a closer look. He has an Adam's apple, so he must be a man."
"Gao Yuan, what do you think?" Zhou Chang turned around and looked at Gao Yuan again. Although he knew that Gao Yuan was talking about other people's gossip behind their backs, he also wanted to find an ally.
Gao Yuan seemed to be thinking about something as well. After a while, he spoke in a muffled voice: "Your Highness's words make me feel that his temperament is indeed special and he does look a bit like a killer. But just now he said that he doesn't know martial arts. I see that the skin on his hands is delicate and he doesn't look like he has practiced martial arts, so it's impossible."
"Alas, you don't understand. That's not what I want to say," Zhou Chang shook his head in disappointment. "What I want to say is, how can someone like him who is sick and has no martial arts skills be the bodyguard of Prince Rong? Who can he protect? And Prince Rong has always kept him by his side as a bodyguard. Is this reasonable?"
Gao Yuan and Shouhou had nothing to say. That was the person chosen by Prince Rong himself, and it was not their turn to comment.
The three of them walked out, and naturally no one mentioned the eavesdropping.
As a result, he subconsciously walked in the opposite direction of Wu Feng and took a long detour before finally getting out of the backyard of the Dafu Pagoda.
As soon as I walked out of the courtyard, I could see from afar Prince Rong and three eminent monks escorting a group of people out.
Prince Rong saw Zhou Chang and waved with a smile.
Zhou Chang didn't want to go over, but when he found that Wu Feng was not with Prince Rong again, he walked forward.
"Ninth brother, how is it? Are you enjoying the conversation?" Prince Rong smiled meaningfully.
Zhou Chang did not explain, but asked: "Brother Rong Wang, do you think Wu Feng is suitable to be your bodyguard?"
"What's wrong? Why are you mentioning him for no reason?" Prince Rong was puzzled. He turned around to look for Wu Feng, but of course he didn't find him.
Zhou Chang still said, "Brother Prince Rong, he is not suitable to be your bodyguard."
Prince Rong smiled nonchalantly, "Actually, he is an orphan who was about to die of starvation that I picked up. I wanted to let him study because he looked pretty, but he didn't like it and was only interested in martial arts. Although he didn't learn anything, it's still okay for him to stay by my side as a guard."
"How can that be? If you are in danger, can he protect you?" Zhou Chang held it in for a long time, just wanting to remind Prince Rong of this.
Prince Rong didn't care: "How could I be in any danger? I have always been in Jindu City, and the people I have come into contact with are all scholars who are weak and helpless."
Zhou Chang was unable to persuade him, so he stopped trying: "Well, it seems that Brother Rong feels sorry for him, so I don't have much to say."
Prince Rong still didn't take it to heart and smiled gently: "Look, it's rare for everyone to come to attend the opening ceremony today. Why don't you go with me and get to know more people..."
"Take care, my royal brother. I'm leaving now." Zhou Chang couldn't continue speaking, so he said goodbye quickly and left quickly with Gao Yuan and Shouhou.
It was already past noon when the three of them squeezed out of the crowd.
Looking around, the flow of people has not decreased, but has increased.
When Zhou Chang followed Shou Hou and Gao Yuan to the carriage, he began to feel hungry again. Thinking that his wallet was still quite rich and Dongfu Street was so lively, he became happy again: "Monkey, let's find a good restaurant and eat outside."
"Your Highness, this is a wise decision. How about this one?" The skinny monkey pointed to the small shop that had just been led out of the carriage. "It sells donkey meat and roasted bread. I would come to this shop whenever I had the chance. I didn't expect that its location remained the same, but the storefront has been renovated."
Zhou Chang took a quick look and saw that this store was located at the corner of the street and had only one floor. Although all the buildings had been renovated, the original buildings were of different heights and this store only had one floor.
It is just behind a row of shops. I don’t know whether it was there originally or was developed later, but a wall was built there to park the carriages of some guests.
Zhou Chang wanted to try something new, but when he looked inside the store, it was obviously crowded, so he wanted to back out.
The thin monkey obviously saw Zhou Chang's thoughts and said, "Your Highness, why don't I go to the store and buy some so we can eat on the way. Otherwise, there are so many people here and I don't know when we can get back to the palace even if we drive the carriage."
"That's the best." Zhou Chang said as he took out a few taels of silver from his sleeve and threw them to the skinny monkey.
After saying that, Zhou Changxian got into the carriage with the help of Gao Yuan and waited.
After a short while, the skinny monkey brought out several bags of food of different sizes from the store.
"Your Highness, eat the above while it's hot. The two side dishes below are also specialties. You can try a few bites." The skinny monkey put all the things on the carriage in one go.
Zhou Chang immediately smelled the aroma of freshly cooked meat, and his appetite was aroused: "Why did you buy so much? Can we finish it?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm here. I can do anything but I won't leave any food uneaten." The skinny monkey was full of confidence. "And Your Majesty would never have thought that after the shop was renovated, the price of donkey meat hotpot not only didn't increase, but it became three cents cheaper each."
"Really? Why?" Zhou Chang asked casually, already impatient to start eating.
Shouhou and Gao Yuan separated the large and small bags of food. Shouhou put his portion on the front of the car and said, "I just heard from the boss that this is really thanks to the Yuan family. The Yuan family bought this large piece of land and told these old merchants that as long as they are willing to pay money to renovate the store and give discounts to welcome customers on the day of the opening of the Dafu Pagoda, they will be exempted from rent for the next three years."
"Well, in that case, the store is also worthwhile." Zhou Chang took a paper package, which contained four individually wrapped donkey oil fire cakes. The hot steam hit his cheeks. "I didn't expect that the Yuan family not only built the Great Blessing Pagoda, but also benefited the local area."
I can't help but think that Yuan Yu really didn't care about the Dafu Pagoda matter, and it's not entirely as Lu Ju said just now. The people still know the Yuan family.
After Gao Yuan distributed the food, he also jumped into the carriage. Then Shouhou lowered the curtain, jumped onto the front seat, took a big bite of the donkey meat BBQ, then waved the whip and started the carriage.
The three of them ate as they walked, and then went home.