Changying The Lady

When Wei Changfeng and Wei Changying were directing their servants in a heavy and complicated mood to pack up their things and prepare to return to the mansion from Little Bamboo Hill, Gu Yiran and his followers had already entered Fengzhou.

Although they were all Standby Guards of the emperor, they came with a secret imperial edict. Although this secret imperial edict was absurd, and the request was only to hide it from Lady Zhong before her birthday. It was in Fengzhou, which was far away from the capital, and it was nothing to reveal it to Wei Changfeng. But it would damage the reputation of the emperor if it was said publicly. So they couldn"t spread out the news along the way that the emperor sent Standby Guards to Qingzhou. They all dressed in simple clothes, slowed the horse the city and chose a remote and quiet tavern to stay after entering the city.

At that time, it was still early. The tavern just opened, and there were no guests in it.

After they got seated, Gu Yiran"s servants asked the waiter to leave. Seeing that there were other people around, Gu Yiran asked his companions in a low voice, “How"s Wuyou"s arm? Does he need to see a doctor in the city?”

The young man in black on his left side shook his head slightly when he heard this, and said carelessly, “It was just hit by a stick. Last night, I asked someone to wipe it with medicinal liquor in the bamboo house. It will be fine on the way. Why bother wasting time on seeing a doctor?” This young man had a beautiful and white face. It was easy to misunderstand him as a woman at first glance, but he was not short, even slightly taller than Gu Yiran.

He answered Gu Yiran"s words in a casual tone, but his eyes flashed with cold light. Obviously, he was not really relieved about last night"s failure in the fight with the bodyguards of the Wei Family in the bamboo forest in the rain.

“It rained so abruptly yesterday evening that we suffered a lot.” The man on the left side of him, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was tall and st.u.r.dy. Although he had deliberately lowered his voice to speak like Gu Yiran, his voice was still resonant. He frowned tightly and said, “I didn"t expect that there was someone of the Wei Family living on Little Bamboo Hill, so that the guard under the mountain was very strict. In the dark, my cousin suffered a loss. He was also sneered by the child Wei Changfeng. Wei Changfeng, an ignorant child, just turned 15 years old. How dare he bully my cousin so much. It"s hard to bear it!”

The burly man was indignant and almost struck the table. He was obviously upset by what happened to the young man in black. According to what he said, he was this young man"s elder cousin.

But Gu Yiran and Deng Zongqi, after listening to this, not only didn"t they intend to persuade, but both of them showed the expression of “it was true”.

The smile of the young man in black suddenly froze. A moment later, he stared at his cousin and said, stressing each word, “I was not careful!”

“I know, I know.” The strong man"s face was so sincere that he looked kind and simple. He said in a very considerate tone, “You are the lineal young master of the Duanmu Family! Although the Wei family is as famous as the Duanmu family, they are just bodyguards. How could they be your opponents? You just pitied them and let them win deliberately. Otherwise, they would be punished by Wei Changfeng for their failure. You are always so soft-hearted. Later, when Wei Changfeng came down to see us, you must have let him win in the war of words on purpose. Otherwise, the child was the landlord after all. That"s not good to make him cry with anger….”

Duanmu Wuyou was black in the face. After a long time, he gritted teeth and said, “Since the martial arts practice before the imperial court, Xixun, you have been losing to Shen Cangfeng for three years. You don"t work harder. Instead, you are afraid of Shen Cangfeng as if he were a tiger! But you don"t feel ashamed. I even feel ashamed for the Liu Family in Eastern Hu!”

“Brother Duanmu, take care of what you say!” Gu Yiran and Deng Zongqi didn"t intend to interfere in their dispute. But now when they heard that Duanmu Wuyou"s said the most taboo thing of Liu Xixun in anger, they couldn"t help but get shocked and dare not continue to stand aside. They quickly came out to mediate, “Brother Liu, please don"t continue to mention yesterday"s matter. It was because of my thoughtlessness yesterday, that the lantern went out. Then there was no lighting and we got lost. Fortunately, Zongqi had seen the map nearby before, so he recognized Little Bamboo Hill. It"s all over. As for Wei Changfeng, although he had a quarrel with us last night, he offered a bamboo house to accommodate us. This morning, he went up the mountain with gentle words. He even sent us down the mountain in person….”

“Wait!” Aware of Liu Xixun"s black face and staring at him, Duanmu Wuyou, who knew something wrong, asked anxiously, “Didn"t Wei Changfeng mention something about saving someone"s life again and again when he sent you down the mountain? What was it about?”

Gu Yiran was eager to change the topic quickly so that Liu Xixun and Duanmu Wuyou would not fight in the tavern. Fengzhou was the hometown of the Wei Family, and what could be concealed from Wei Huan here? Although there was nothing they couldn"t let the Wei family know about this trip, they were all from n.o.ble families. In fact, each family could basically relate to some others, not to mention the distant relatives. Only Wei Huan"s status as the senior commander, Duke Changshan and the Family Head of the Wei Family, it was also appropriate for them to visit him, when they pa.s.sed by Fengzhou.

This time Deng Zongqi saved a lady of the Wei Family. Once Wei Huan knew it, even if he didn"t stop to visit relatives one by one, he would need to go to the mansion to explain by himself. How could this be done in a day or a half! They couldn"t afford to delay. Even if the time on the road was not counted, no one would know how long it would take to find Zhong Xiaoyi"s younger brother and sister after they arrived in Qingzhou.

So Gu Yiran immediately said, “When we left, Zongqi found a green bamboo snake and killed it.”

“Wei Changfeng is really lucky.” Duanmu Wuyou snorted. Last night, they didn"t expect that there were so many guards at the foot of Little Bamboo Hill in the middle of the night. They almost thought that they had recognized the wrong bamboo forest and entered the bandits" nest. Naturally, they fought bravely.

Before, because the northern Rong tribe invaded Liao City, Wei Huan failed to suppress the bandits in Fengqi mountain and hurriedly returned to the city for consultation. Fengqi mountain was less than 100 miles away from Fengzhou city. Little Bamboo Hill was 40 miles away from the city. The two places were very close, so when Wei Changfeng and others had to live in Little Bamboo Hill for two or three days, the Wei family got very guarded. They had deployed so many people here both in the public and in the dark that even a drop of water couldn"t leak out from Little Bamboo Hill!

These bodyguards also knew why they were so cautious. Wei Changfeng, Wei Changying and Song Zaishui were all dignified people. Little Bamboo Hill was dozens of miles away from Fengqi mountain. Fast horses could fight back and forth several times a day. Although the gang of bandits in Fengqi mountain had been beaten and maimed, maybe these remaining bandits would get the news and then die to get revenge in Little Bamboo Hill.

If something happened to Wei Changfeng and others, the guards" end would be miserable, so they dare not neglect.

Gu Yiran and his people were all dressed in casual clothes and armed with weapons. They rushed into the bamboo forest at the foot of Little Bamboo Hill in the middle of the night. It would be strange that the guards of the Wei Family didn"t think them as bandits!

Gu Yiran and others were destined to become Three Capital Guards when they were young. With the family background, as Standby Guards of the emperor, they were always better than the ordinary guards. But… There were so many bodyguards of the Wei Family!

Madam Song"s daughter and son were all in Little Bamboo Hill. She wished to send the whole family"s private guards there. Even Biwu, who didn"t move easily, sent a team to the foot of the mountain with her order. With such a lineup, even if the bandits in Fengqi mountain had not been disabled, they could also fight with them, let alone deal with Gu Yiran and others.

Therefore, they suffered losses. If Gu Yiran hadn"t found out that they were private guards of the Wei Family in time, immediately called out that he was from the Gu Family in the capital and let that guy pull back his hand subconsciously, Duanmu Wuyou would not only simply have got a hit on his arm. Even his head might have been cut off by the bodyguard who was eager to make great contributions!

This was also the reason why Duanmu Wuyou and his cousin Liu Xixun didn"t have a good word when mentioning Wei Changfeng.

When Wei Changfeng arrived at the foot of the mountain, Gu Yiran and his people were all subdued, especially Duanmu Wuyou and Liu Xixun, who had resisted most fiercely and had the worst att.i.tude. At first, they injured two bodyguards. The bodyguards were both vigilant and vindictive. They put dozens of knives around their necks and pushed them down on the muddy woodland mercilessly, so they were kneeling and watching Wei Changfeng approaching to ask the reason.

It was all right. The key was that Wei Changfeng inquired about the process and pointed out that Little Bamboo Hill was the private property of the Wei Family. It was they who broke in without permission. And they also injured the guards. They were like bandits, so it was reasonable for guards to treat them as bandits!

Seeing this, Gu Yiran thought that the people who went up the mountain to report didn"t mention their ident.i.ty. He hurriedly reported the name of the Gu Family. The Gu Family was not as n.o.ble as the Wei Family, but it was also an aristocratic family. Since they were all from gentry families, Wei Changfeng should give him some dignity anyhow. But Wei Changfeng didn"t pay attention to it at all and even threatened them that he would report it to the elders after returning to the mansion and write to the Gu Family to ask for an explanation about it!

Later, Duanmu Wuyou and Liu Xixun were angry. They not only reported their ident.i.ties but also scolded Wei Changfeng for being rude. He despised the gentry families for several guards.

Unexpectedly, the names of Duanmu and Liu failed to resist Wei Changfeng, who also relied on his grandfather"s support. Wei Changfeng argued with them for half an hour. The fifth young master of the Wei Family just turned 15 years old, but he was born in the Wei family who was prosperous in culture. The son of the Liu Family, which only had military officers from generation to generation, was speechless and defeated by him. Although there were many civil officials in the Duanmu Family, Duanmu Wuyou was only fond of martial arts. He tried to struggle, but Wei Changfeng copiously quoted authoritative works and had a great flow of speech. He could even recite Vi Law backward fluently and cite etiquette annotations of each dynasty one by one. In his words, the behavior of Gu Yiran and others was so inappropriate that they were unqualified descendants and almost worse than the beast. He almost had to send Duanmu Wuyou several sages to influence him at that time.

Duanmu Wuyou was the youngest and the most impatient among these people. How could he stand it? At that moment, he stopped reasoning and quarreled with Wei Changfeng, so…. He continued to be bewildered by Wei Changfeng"s scolding.

After all, Duanmu Wuyou was a man. Even if he was unreasonable, he was far away from Wei Changying"s attainments in this. Wei Changfeng had been used to his elder sister"s vexatious and unreasonable words since he was young. He would not be entangled by him at all. What"s more, Wei Changfeng could tolerate his sister, but he wouldn"t tolerate him.

This was also the reason why only Gu Yiran and Deng Zongqi went up the mountain to say goodbye this morning and why Wei Changfeng was proud of his status and wouldn"t send the two people in person. After all, the two sides were not friendly yesterday.

Although after scolding Duanmu Wuyou, Wei Changfeng asked people to provide them with accommodation, Duanmu Wuyou didn"t appreciate this young master of the Wei Family at all. He would rather stay in rain in the forest all night than lose to Wei Changfeng in the battle of words and receive his favor later!

But Gu Yiran dragged him into the bamboo house! After staying in the rain a whole night in such weather, even if he didn"t get ill, Duanmu Wuyou would not be able to catch up this morning. Gu Yiran was in a hurry, so he wouldn"t let Duanmu Wuyou affect everyone for his will.

Now Duanmu Wuyou mentioned Wei Changfeng. Of course, there were no good words.