Chapter 24 fourth quarter

Time: At the beginning of noon, three quarters (according to today's time, it should be eleven forty-five in the morning). Location: Under Wushan Mountain, Qinghefang. The third young master and Ning Xin'er bid farewell to Su's residence, feeling rather depressed.When returning from the original road of Qinghefang, I heard a burst of noise coming from the front one after another, and the crowded but orderly street in front of me was in chaos.The common people fled in all directions, but they had no clear direction.There were screams from time to time, accompanied by the whipping of whips.The crowd was like a herd of cattle being driven, and they came straight to the third son. In the blind and disorderly collision, the stalls were knocked over, the carts were pushed down, and the old, weak, sick, and slow-legged were squeezed to the ground and trampled.Babies' cries were mixed with eager voices calling the names of husbands or wives.The third young master hastily pulled Ning Xin'er, retreated to the corner and stood still, and waited for the turbulent flow of people to pass, the third young master discovered the reason for the chaos.

A group of well-dressed men riding tall horses, there are twenty or thirty people, all of them are beaming with joy.Some of them carried rabbits, weasels, vultures and other animals in their hands, and they seemed to have just returned from hunting outside the city.Those who did not mention their prey, with long whips in their hands, beat everyone they met, and derived great pleasure from it.Whenever the beaten people groaned in pain, they laughed triumphantly.They didn't seem to be in a hurry, and the horses walked slowly and slowly under the control of their reins.The riders even tried each other's whips to see who could whip farther, slam the whip louder, and beat people more painfully. To them, those who trembled and wailed under their long whips were just It's just a plaything for them to vent their desires and have fun.

The third young master frowned, and asked a middle-aged man who was also standing close to the wall next to him, "Who are these people? Why are they so arrogant and domineering?" The middle-aged man whispered, "You don't even know these people? King Qing and his entourage came back from hunting in the countryside. They were happy to hunt, and they would whip passers-by when they passed by. Push hard, a few days ago, an old flour seller was almost beaten to death by them." The third son said: "Is this King Qing, is it King Qing Zhao Kai who competed with King Gong Zhao for the crown prince?"

The middle-aged man said with a worried look on his face: "Isn't it just him who oppressed the people before he became the prince? If he becomes the prince and the emperor, how can we ordinary people have a good life? "The third son said: "They are getting closer, if you don't leave, aren't you afraid of being whipped by them?" The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said: "How can I go? Waiting for him to be whipped a few times. Anyway, it’s not the first time I’ve been whipped. I’m used to it. After sending away these plague gods, I still have to do business here as usual. My whole family is waiting for me to make money to support the family living."

Ning Xin'er said unconvinced: "Is there no one to take care of them?" The middle-aged man said: "What this girl said is really funny. How dare the government take care of what King Qing is doing? Why don't they just turn a blind eye and close their eyes?" In a blink of an eye, it just passed by. A few days ago, even Prime Minister Tang’s only son Tang Mian was severely injured by King Qing, and almost died. It’s nothing to whip us common people.” The cavalry moved further away. As it got closer, the middle-aged man said, "The two of you are not going to squat down, are you going to be beaten?" Ning Xin'er said: "I'm not squatting down, let's see what they can do? Isn't it right, young master?" The third young master said: "I agree , I will stand with you."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "You two young people, you really don't cry when you see the coffin. May God bless you." He then squatted down at the foot of the wall skillfully, covering his head with his hands, and buried his head between his knees. Almost to the ground.Adopting this posture can minimize the damage of the whip to the body, which is the experience he has explored from countless times of being whipped.The third young master raised his eyes and looked back, seeing that there were quite a few people adopting the same posture as the middle-aged man, he couldn't help but frowned again.

The two cavalrymen walking in the front of the cavalry team have come within the effective attack range of the third son. Among them is a bearded cavalryman. He saw two young men with straight backs standing upright among the crowd squatting together. , couldn't help but look very happy, and he said to his companion who was walking with him: "Look over there, there are two young people who don't know how to live or die, and they look quite strong. According to my idea, let's clean up that young boy first." Now, take the beauty next to him back, and the brothers can enjoy it slowly, what do you think?"

His companion was younger and had a pair of small triangular eyes, but his eyes were brighter than those of the bearded cavalry, and he could still maintain a certain calmness.He hurriedly grabbed the arm of the bearded cavalryman who was about to throw the whip, and said: "Wait a minute, Hugh is reckless. I see the expressions of these two young people seem to be confident. I am afraid there is a backer. Let's not hit the wrong person." , if they are the princes and nobles, the sons and daughters of the high-ranking officials, then we will make a big disaster." The bearded cavalryman broke away impatiently and the triangular-eyed cavalryman grabbed his hand, saying: "As long as you are timid, no matter where they come from, let's fight first, anyway, the little prince is behind us to support us, so I'm afraid he will be a bird " As he said, the whip drew a black arc in the air, slowing down and then rushing straight to the face of the third young master, if the whip hits hard, the third young master must be disfigured, and the bearded cavalry strikes One can imagine the viciousness.

The third son does not dodge or dodge, he does not know what dodge is.He reached for the air with his hand, then pinched the whip in his hand, and with a little more force, the bearded cavalry fell off the horse's back.He landed on his back, and the fall was brittle and hard.Just looking at his wonderful posture of spinning three or four times in the air, you might think that he deliberately fell for fun. No one expected that someone would dare to defy King Qing's power openly. Some people in the crowd applauded secretly, but they were worried for the third son.Some old pessimistic old people are already feeling sorry for the third son, and the young man's impulsiveness is likely to ruin his life.In their view, if they offended King Qing, they would only have half their lives left.

The bearded man screamed loudly because of the pain, which attracted the attention of the rest of the cavalry. They stopped whipping the people and rode their horses to surround them.The young Prince Qing was sandwiched between them. He had a kind face, and his round face always had a faint smile. He feels wary or disgusted.King Qing said: "Hu Laojiu, you are such a useless piece of trash. You became so drunk after just a few glasses of wine. You can fall off the horse even if you are riding a horse." Hu Laojiu said: "Go back What the little prince said, it’s not that the subordinates fell off by themselves, but someone dragged them off the horse.” King Qing showed surprise, and said: “Is there anyone else who dares to drag you off the horse? It’s up to the owner to beat the dog. Who is so bold?" The triangular-eyed cavalry replied for Hu Laojiu: "It was the young man standing over there who did it." He pointed his finger accurately at the third son .

King Qing sized up the third son full of curiosity.The third young master's indifferent and calm expression made him unable to see the depth, and soon he averted his gaze, and cast it on Ning Xin'er, who was standing next to the third young master.His heart trembled, and he was deeply moved by Ning Xin'er's beauty. He had never seen such a girl full of vigor, wildness, and unscrupulousness.He had the idea of ​​taking her for himself, and he was convinced that this idea would soon become a reality.Thinking of this, he was in a very happy mood, and a lewd smile appeared on his face unconsciously.He made up his mind and said to the third young master: "You were the one who dragged my men off the horse just now." His voice was very gentle and his attitude was very kind. The third young master laughed foolishly and didn't speak. King Qing endured it, and finally waited for the third young master to finish laughing before continuing, "Do you know who I am?" The third young master said, "Your surname is Zhao Mingkai, who is here? have no idea." A cavalryman shouted angrily: "Bold! If you dare to call the prince by his name, you are courting death." He was eager to show himself in front of his master, so he raised his whip and whipped it at the third prince.King Qing raised his hand, signaling him to move slowly.The cavalryman hurriedly shook his wrist, wanting to change the direction of the whip, but the whip is soft and difficult to control, so the whip made a bend, and by coincidence, it landed heavily on Hu Laojiu who was lying on the ground .Hu Laojiu screamed again, and the crowd burst into suppressed laughter. King Qing said to the third son: "It's good that you know this king. Usually, those who dare to offend this king have only one fate." The third young master sneered and didn't answer.King Qing originally planned to wait for the third young master to ask him questions before telling him the answer, but the third young master didn't answer the question in a daze, which made him quite bored, so he could only continue by himself: "I will drag this person to the suburbs." In the hunting ground, blindfold him and let him run around. Then I will send dogs to bite him, vultures to peck him, and then send some archers with inaccurate arrows to shoot him. Let him feel that life is worse than death In the end, he will be dismembered alive by hounds and vultures, eating up his flesh and blood, leaving only an empty skeleton." Ning Xin'er stuck out her tongue and whispered: "It's cruel, be careful and there will be retribution." King Qing's ears were quite sharp, he heard Ning Xin'er's words, he was not angry, and said: "Little beauty, don't be afraid, this king will not treat you so cruelly, you are so beautiful, this king loves you even if he loves you It's too late." The third son sneered: "Zhao Kai, your tone of voice is not like a prince, but like a shameless and frivolous person in the market." King Qing said angrily: "You still dare to speak disrespectful words? If it wasn't for this little beauty, this king would have sent someone to take you down." The third son said: "Could it be that you like me?" This girl?" King Qing said: "That's right, what is your relationship with her?" Ning Xin'er rushed to answer and said, "I am his wife." Seeing that the third son did not object, she couldn't help feeling sweet . King Qing said: "That's it. It turned out to be a young couple who came to the market. It's rare that this king likes your wife. As long as you are willing to divorce your wife, I will take her back to the palace. Not only will this king not care about the offense you just committed , and also reward you five hundred taels of silver, which should be enough for the rest of your life." The third young master said to Ning Xin'er: "His offer is so good, why don't I just agree to it." Ning Xin'er was really anxious now, tears were streaming down her face, she said in a sobbing voice: " If you treat me like this, I will die immediately for you to see." The third son did not expect such a big reaction from Ning Xin'er for a joke, and quickly slapped himself several times, saying: "Look at you crying. It's all my fault. Seriously, just joking around, I'll slap my mouth." Ning Xin'er was still in tears, and said, "Then what are you going to do?" The third son said: "Of course I won't agree. Don't worry, I won't let you leave me." Ning Xin'er said: "You're not joking again, I don't even know which of your words is true and which is false, it's tiring to be a human being." The third son nodded sympathetically, and said: "I know, being a man is tiring, and being a woman is even more tiring. But this time, I'm telling the truth, and I swear, I will never joke about this kind of thing again, can you Stop crying?" Ning Xin'er said: "I'm crying so much, I want to cry a little longer, okay?" The third son said helplessly: "Of course, I will wait for you." Ning Xin'er said: "Hmph, now I don't want to cry anymore." She wiped away her tears on the third young master's shoulder. King Qing said: "How do you think about it?" The third young master said: "Your proposal makes the third young master very unhappy." King Qing said: "Do you think the money is too little? This king can add up to one thousand taels." Then he said to Ning Xin'er: "Little beauty, what's so good about following your little husband-in-law? Look at his poor face, I promise you You have no great prospects in your life, you follow this king, whatever you want, this king can satisfy you, you can ask your husband-in-law, can he do it?" Ning Xin'er said: "You are really shameless. A majestic prince, in broad daylight, in front of so many people, how decent is it to pester a woman from a good family? It is simply shameless." King Qing smiled grimly and said, "Little beauty, you can scold as much as you want. When you are in the hands of this king, let's see how I will take care of you slowly. Come, let's do it." Following King Qing's order, the cavalry immediately divided into two groups, one group attacked the third son, and the other group came to grab Ning Xin'er.Twenty or so whips fell from the sky like a black cloud.The third young master shot like lightning, grabbed the first leather whip that fell, and grabbed it abruptly. Although he had never practiced the whip technique, he could use the whip to use the sword technique.He poured his internal energy into the whip, and the long soft whip was able to keep straight in the air, like a long, thin and edgeless sword.The third young master swung the whip, twenty or so leather whips were cut in half, the cuts were as smooth as a knife and an axe.The cavalrymen only felt that the long whip in their hands was empty in a blink of an eye, and the long whip was shortened by more than half for no apparent reason. What martial arts is this!There was fear in their hearts.Although the idea of ​​doing meritorious service for King Qing and asking for some rewards still exists, it just seems that it may not be easy to perform meritorious service this time, and the third young master is standing casually, not particularly straight, nor is his head raised particularly high. It's hard to even find anger in them, but it can be seen that he doesn't care about their numbers, and numbers have always been the greatest magic weapon for these cavalrymen to act recklessly and bully the weak. The third son said: "Everyone, imagine the whip that was broken just now as your hand, arm, or neck. Then decide what you should do next." The cavalrymen looked at each other and dared not speak.Although the common people didn't dare to blatantly gather around to watch the show and cheer for the third son, their footsteps quietly moved closer and closer. King Qing said: "Who are you?" He was a little uncertain.He wanted to order his subordinates to take action again, but he was afraid that he was not fully sure, and if he returned without success, it would be even more embarrassing.Therefore, he decided to find out the details of the third son first. The third young master said: "Wait a minute, I'll answer your question after I finish one thing." He swung his whip, and more than 20 cavalrymen had no time to dodge, each of them received two severe blows on the face , leaving two intersecting bruises.Between whipping and whipping, ghosts cried and howled, even Hu Laojiu, who had been lying on the ground and thought he could save two whips because of misfortune, was no exception. His face still had two bruises.Although they were beaten, and they were beaten badly, the cavalry lost their courage even more.No one showed impulsiveness, such as drawing a knife or swearing loudly.This kind of people is bullying and fearing hard. When they meet a master who regards them as fish and dogs, they will become as docile and helpless as the common people who moan under their whips. The third young master glanced at them contemptuously one by one, and said, "A bunch of rats." Then he said to King Qing, "Want to know who I am? Get off your horse, I don't like talking to humans with my head up." King Qing naturally refused Dismount, the horse is a symbol of his identity and status at this moment, if he dismounts, he will lose his prestige and lose all face in front of hundreds of ordinary people who are waiting to see his jokes. The third son said: "Zhao Kai, do you want to come down by yourself, or do you want me to whip you down?" King Qing looked helplessly at the guards who were no longer around him, and said with a sneer, "What's the use of me raising you?" Finally, a few bold guards had the courage to shout "Guardian" while surrounding King Qing. They drew their swords and put them on their chests, watching every move of the third son vigilantly.They only thought about defending, but they didn't dare to attack, and they knew that their defense was just putting on a show to give King Qing an explanation. They were dizzy from the whips, and their faces were burning with pain. The third son said: "Zhao Kai, it seems that you are not willing to dismount." King Qing wanted to slip away, so he said, "Just wait and see. If you have the guts, stay here and don't move. I'll come and deal with you later." The third son said: "Why do you talk like a three-year-old child, you are so childish. May I ask where can you invite a master to help you back the scene?" King Qing said: "Of course you will know when the time comes, go back to your residence." He rode on the horse and retreated slowly surrounded by the guards.The third son said slowly: "Why don't you listen to me? You can't do anything unless you get off the horse." He slightly raised his hand, and was about to swing his frightening long whip again.Someone in the guard group was already trembling, the third young master approached the guard group, the guard group stopped involuntarily, the third young master swung his long whip, the force was softer than last time, but the speed was much faster, he put the long whip It was used as an acupuncture stick again, and the guards fell to the ground one after another. In the blink of an eye, King Qing found himself in a helpless situation. The third son said: "Zhao Kai, are you still willing to dismount?" King Qing's face was pale, his forehead was sweating, he had to accept the fate of humiliation.He got off his horse, and his skills were actually quite nimble.King Qing stood in front of the third young master, who was about half a head shorter than the third young master.The third young master smiled gratifiedly, and said: "That's right, you should have looked up to me and talked to me. Who am I? You should know by now. I'm someone you can't afford to mess with. Don't think you are King Qing can do whatever he wants, and in my eyes, you are a pitiful and humble mortal, no different from other mortals with two legs. Remember, in this world, there is only one person who can do whatever he wants, and that is me." Crazy to Sri Lanka, only one person through the ages. King Qing looked up at the third son, thinking that this man must be mentally ill, and he was seriously ill, but he tried not to let his true thoughts show on his face, and he also knew that since this man was ill, he could not Use normal people's standards to predict his behavior, if he goes crazy, he may dare to do anything. The third son said: "For your father's sake, I won't make it difficult for you. You only need to bow and apologize to those innocent people who have been whipped by you, and then you can go home." King Qing's heart trembled, and he said, "Don't tell me you know my father?" The third son said: "It's not just acquaintance. I believe that if he sees what you have done today, he will be more angry than me." He spoke like an elder teaching a younger generation. King Qing said: "Impossible, I have never heard Father mention you, who are you?" The third son said: "You will naturally know in the future, but now, bow and apologize." How could King Qing agree!King Qing said: "I am King Qing, how can I bow to the untouchables and apologize." The third son raised his whip.King Qing thought: Will he dare to beat me with a whip?I am the emperor's son-in-law, with golden branches and jade leaves, smacking me is tantamount to slapping the emperor, so he concluded that the third son would not dare to smack him.The third son said: "You must think that I am holding this whip just to scare you. You bet that I will not dare to beat you with it." King Qing thought to himself: Ah ha, that's exactly what I think.But he didn't say a word, just stubbornly silent.He was afraid that if he really annoyed this lunatic, the consequences would be unpredictable. The third son said: "What is the dignity of your descendants surnamed Zhao? Your ancestors, who are dignified as sons of heaven, were taken captive by the Kingdom of Jin and made prisoners. They suffered all kinds of humiliation. They didn't even know how they died, and they didn't see you. These juniors showed a little bit of blood. It turns out that the so-called royal family is nothing more than that." As he spoke, he slapped King Qing's right shoulder with a whip.King Qing suddenly felt that half of his body was paralyzed, and a sharp pain almost made him faint on the ground.How dare he beat me with a whip, Prince Qing thought. The third young master said: "How's the taste? Since I have played for the first time, of course I don't care about playing more." King Qing thought about it too, he had to bow his head under the eaves.He could only reluctantly bow to the southeast and northwest, but there was great indignation and malice in his eyes. The third son said: "You can go." King Qing got on his horse without making a sound, and rode away, not even caring about his followers lying on the ground.Thunderous applause from the common people sounded around the third young master.The three young masters waved their hands.Ning Xin'er also enjoyed great joy in these applause and cheers, she knew that these applause and cheers were for the third son, and as the third son's closest person, she also gained indescribable sweetness from it.In order to express their admiration and gratitude to the third young master, some over-excited common people wanted to run over and catch the third young master, throw him into the air, and catch him again.This violated the taboo of the third son. The third son thought it was an offense to him. He didn't like others to touch his body, just like ordinary people should not try to climb the ladder.He hastily grabbed Ning Xin'er, hurriedly escaped from the agitated and irrational crowd, and let them celebrate their own peace and tranquility!