Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 92

Chapter 92 Look For
Qin Mubai thanked Li Ke and went to the palace barracks. He used to be a general here, so he was very familiar with everything in the barracks. Everyone in the palace also remembered him deeply, and many people greeted him along the way.

The yamen in the barracks was now bustling with activity. It was the height of the summer at noon, and Yin Yang, Yuwen Hongtai, and the others were all hiding here to rest, leaving behind only a few pawns to stand under the sun and whistle. At this moment, they were pushing cups and exchanging glasses with Changsun Huan and a dozen other Baiji soldiers. It was very unpleasant.

Qin Mubai’s sudden appearance at the entrance of the yamen stunned everyone.

The most shocked ones were Changsun Huan and the Hundred Cavalry Soldiers. They looked at Qin Mubai in a daze with fear on their faces. They were stunned for a moment-how did the Hundred Cavalry Soldiers escape from the palace and “capture” us on a hot afternoon?

Yin Yang was the first to react. He hurriedly stood up and greeted him with a smile, “Oh, so it’s General Qin. He’s really a rare guest! The weather is extremely hot. Quickly sit down and drink a glass of wine from the imperial palace to relieve the heat. Someone, please serve him!”

“Thank you, General Yin, for your kindness. There’s no need to buy a seat.” Qin Mubai exchanged glances with him, and they immediately understood each other. Without a doubt, it must be Li Ke who instructed Yin Yang to treat Changsun Huan and the others well and serve them with good wine and food. It would be best if he could get them drunk and forget about the hour.

On the other side, Changsun Huan and the others secretly complained in their hearts. They had already put down their cups and stood up obediently. They quietly stood in a row at the corner of the wall, their heads drooping.

Qin Mubai did not get angry either. After exchanging a few polite words with Yin Yang, he walked over to Changsun Huan and the others with his hands cut off. He said indifferently, “General Changsun, how is the job that I was going to give you?”

“This …” Coming out of the office, but delaying the time to gather here to drink and play, eldest Sun Huan knew that his etiquette was bad, so his mouth also softened, “General Qin and forgive me. At the end of the day, General and the others arrived at the palace to explain their intentions. His Highness Princess King Wu said that Princess Gaoyang and his concubines had gone out to play early in the morning and hadn’t returned yet. King Wu has sent officials out to urge us to wait here. ”

“Wait? Then what did you wait for? The table is full of good wine and food, right?” Qin Mubai snorted softly, “The Hundred Cavalry are under the orders of the Emperor. You can even perfunctorily take responsibility for what the Emperor has told you. You are truly courageous!”

“General Qin, please calm down. General Mo is wrong.” Right now, Changsun Huan had no choice but to apologize honestly. This little tail had already been firmly grabbed by Qin Mubai. If he still refused to accept it, he would probably suffer even more.

“I don’t have time to argue with you now. I’ll have my own military order book to serve you when I go back.” Qin Mubai scolded in a low voice and said, “Your Highness Princess Gao Yang has already sent a letter back to the palace saying that she went to visit the Wei Palace. You guys are still drinking here? I waited for your reply in the palace until noon, but no one was there. If I hadn’t come personally, would you guys be drunk and return to the palace tomorrow to recover your lives?”

“General, please calm down. I will immediately bring someone to the Wei Palace to invite Princess Gaoyang!” Changsun Huan finally found a staircase to let himself escape and hurriedly cupped his fists.

“Hurry up and go!” Qin Mubai shouted in a low voice, causing Changsun Huan and the others to tremble neatly as they hurriedly agreed and ran out.

“Wait!” Suddenly, Qin Mubai stopped them and pointed at them, cursing angrily, “Look at your bear-like appearance. Your armor is scattered and untidy, and the smell of alcohol is frivolous beneath your feet. How could there be even the slightest bit of imperial prestige? Is it embarrassing for Baiji to run out like this?” ! –Strip naked and fetch water from the well, spray the wine with cold water, tidy it up, and go to the Wei Palace to do some work! ”

“Yes!” Changsun Huan and the others all trotted away with their heads lowered as if they were suffering from Coptis chinensis.

Moments later, Yuwen Hongtai chuckled and said, “General Qin, you were truly impressive just now! As expected of the royal commander, Hundred Cavalry Messenger, haha!”

Yin Yang and the ten plus generals present laughed loudly and said, “Yes, yes. Young masters like Changsun Huan are just in need of cleaning up. When they first drank with us, they treated themselves as superior generals. They didn’t even bother to drink to us. Seeing General Qin take care of him, their hearts were filled with joy!”

Qin Mubai smiled and said, “It’s just a matter of handling some housework, which makes all the brothers laugh-come on, the weather is very hot, it’s good to drink wine to relieve the summer breath! It’s been a long time since I’ve been together with my brothers!”

“Good! Good!” Yin Yang and Yuwen Hongtai were the first to cheer loudly, “Serve the wine and bring the best wine in the army! This wine can only be opened when General Qin arrives. It’s polite for him to drink wine from the Hu restaurant in West City with such a thing as Changsun Huan!”

“Haha, thank you, brothers!” Qin Mubai laughed and sat down with Yin Yang and the others.

After three rounds of drinking, Qin Mubai said to Yin Yang, “Brother Yin Yang, have you been to the number one wine in the world recently?”

“I’ve been there. What’s wrong?”

“Has Wu Meiniang returned yet?”

“Oh, the general is asking sister-in-law!” Yin Yang smiled and said, “It seems that Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are still in charge of the world’s number one wine. Originally, Zheng Anshun was also in charge of it. However, it seems that the Wu brothers don’t get along well with him. Now, Zheng Anshun doesn’t care about the world’s number one wine anymore. It seems that the shop has all been given to the Wu brothers. There’s nothing left to do with the Zheng family.”

Qin Mubai frowned slightly and cursed in his heart, “There’s no need to guess. It must be the Wu brothers who are eager to occupy the number one wine under the heavens and expel Zheng Anshun.” How could such a big business like the Zheng Clan care about a mere wine shop? Zheng Anshun naturally wasn’t in the mood to fight them, so he took a step back and fulfilled them. Didn’t these two idiots know that the number one wine in the world could only be opened with the support of the Zheng Clan? To actually cross a river and tear down a bridge now was truly extremely stupid! Next, did they intend to expel Wu Meiniang as well? He really didn’t fight for three days and went to his room to peel off the tiles.

“Brother Yin Yang, let me ask you a favor.” Qin Mubai said.

“General Qin, please don’t hesitate to give me any instructions. Why mention the word’help ‘? Which of us brothers hasn’t been taken care of by you, have we?” Yin Yang chuckled.

Yuwen Hongtai and the others immediately echoed, “Yes, yes, general, if you need anything, please don’t hesitate to give us instructions. We will definitely help you handle it properly.”

Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Thank you, brothers. Actually, it’s just a small matter. I originally supported Wu Meiniang and the Zheng Clan to open the World’s First Wine. But now, there are people who cross the river and tear down the bridge, wanting to monopolize it. I’m afraid those people have forgotten who is the real backer and owner of the World’s First Wine.”

“You want to deal with the Wu brothers, right? This is too easy! General Qin, please tell me what you want to deal with!” Yin Yang said.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, “From a business point of view, Wu Meiniang and I are the real owners of the number one wine in the world. If the owner wants to teach his servants a lesson, they can do whatever they want. However, they are my two uncles. They can’t go too far and ruin the number one wine business. Do you know what to do?”

Yin Yang blinked his eyes and pondered for a while. After a while, he smiled strangely, “I know. General Qin, you can rest assured that I will handle this matter properly. I will definitely pack up the Wu brothers and kneel in front of General Qin to beg for forgiveness and apology.”

“There’s no need to kneel in front of me.” Qin Mubai said, “Ask them to invite Zheng Anshun back and do what they have to do honestly. Just don’t think too much about it.”

“Alright, no problem!”

…

Qin Mubai didn’t stay long either. After a while, he bid farewell to Yin Yang and the others and left King Wu’s Mansion. He definitely wouldn’t go to the Wei Palace. Regardless of whether Princess Gaoyang was still there or not, it wouldn’t be a good thing for him to go. Either she touched Princess Gaoyang’s bad luck, or she made King Wei unhappy. Leave the blame for this to Changsun Huan!

Riding on the Fire Cloud Horse, Qin Mubai arrived at the Imperial Palace in a short while. Li Zhi and Li Mingda still hadn’t woken up from their afternoon naps, and Qin Mubai, who was half drunk and full of wine, rested in the Imperial Garden for a while, preparing to take the two little fellows to Yu Shinan’s place to study in the afternoon.

As for Princess Gao Yang’s matter, he didn’t have to worry about it. Regardless of whether Changsun Huan found him or not, it was all his business. Princess Gao Yang would probably be scolded by the Emperor if she escaped from the palace all night, but it wasn’t a big deal. But if … King Wei Li Tai really betrayed Princess Gao Yang, then it would be hard to say. This matter might get big. It was better for him to stay away from them and not get involved.

In the afternoon, he studied calligraphy. Yu Shinan’s calligraphy was famous all over the world, and he was known as “the first stroke of the current dynasty”, which deeply obtained the essence of Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy. Today, he taught Li Zhi and Li Mingda to write italics, and both of them practiced it very seriously. Qin Mubai took the time to go to the Baiji barracks and waited for a while before Changsun Huan and the others returned.

The weather was extremely hot. These people wore armor and military robes to go out on business. They were all so hot that they couldn’t breathe. In addition, they were caught lazy by Qin Mubai while drinking in the Wu Palace. Hence, they all had a dead expression on their faces and were extremely dejected.

Qin Mubai was sitting in the government office waiting for them. Changsun Huan did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly went forward to report. He said that Princess Gaoyang had not been seen in the Wei Palace, and the Wei King was not in the Palace either. According to the officials, Prince Wei and Princess Gaoyang seemed to have returned to the palace together.

Qin Mubai’s heart tightened. Could it be that Li Tai really betrayed Princess Gaoyang and handed her back to the Emperor?

“Let’s go, General Changsun. We should go to the Emperor’s place.” Qin Mubai stood up.

“What’s the point of going to the Emperor’s place?” Changsun Huan asked depressingly. After traveling for a long time, he was tired, hot, and almost half dead. Why would he go to the Emperor’s place?

“The Emperor ordered us to guard Princess Gaoyang. Now that we have lost her, she has been sent back by King Wei. Do you think we are guilty of negligence?” Qin Mubai coldly glanced at Changsun Huan. “No matter what, you should take the initiative to apologize to the Emperor. Could it be that you are waiting for His Majesty to get angry and punish us?”

“Then … then let’s go.” Changsun Huan helplessly replied. He sighed in his heart and said, “There’s nothing I can do. Who told him to hold onto something against me, so he can only lead him away …”