Chang'an. Pei Mansion. Pei Jun lay naked on the bed, groaning one after another. Just now at the Chang'an County Government Office, he learned a new knowledge. Fighting with bare hands will result in forty lashes; fighting with weapons will result in sixty lashes; if three or more people are beaten together, the crime will be increased by one level; if there are more than five people, the punishment will be increased by two levels and ten. For people or more, add third class. He had just been beaten ninety times for getting into a fight, and his buttocks were almost split open. After receiving the news, Pei Hu, the young master of Jingzhao, hurried home. Seeing his appearance, he was shocked and asked, "What happened?" In the room, the Chang'an County Magistrate sighed and told the story in detail. Today I heard from the young master that he wanted to catch a group of dandies who were gathering to fight. In order to get closer to the young master, he followed them like crazy. Unexpectedly, the main culprit to be arrested turned out to be his wife and nephew. When he heard that the matter involved the minister of Dali Temple, Pei Hu's heart skipped a beat and he said in a trembling voice, "Is Li Xuanjing going to take action against me?"
Zhang Xian Cheng, as an insider, quickly comforted him: "It's not that, it's not that. Don't scare yourself. If Mr. Li really wants to do something to you, after ninety strokes, Pei Jun will already be taking in more air and outgoing less air. Why?" Maybe it was just a swollen buttocks, but you didn’t see that that day when the people from the Mirror Division took action, the man with the strength of the Inner Breath Realm was beaten to death after ten strokes of the stick..." Pei Jun felt wronged after hearing this. In the past twenty years, the Pei family has been stronger than the Song family. In the past three years in the academy, he has been suppressing Song Yu and causing trouble for him from time to time. I have never heard that he has such a powerful brother-in-law. Li Xuanjing, the minister of Dali Temple, was of course very famous in Chang'an and could stop children from crying at night, but he never expected that these two people could be related. The same goes for the Song family. They have such a relative and don't publicize it. If he knew that Song Yu had such a profound background, he would have avoided him long ago... Jingzhao Shaoyin Pei Hu knew about the marriage between the Song family and the Li family, but Li Xuanjing had always been alone, and the Song family was also extremely low-key. Apart from this marriage, the two families did not have any contact with each other above the court. and contact. When something like this happened, he didn't know what to do for a moment. He looked at Zhang County Cheng with pleading eyes and asked, "Brother-in-law, what should we do now?" Zhang Xian Cheng stroked the beard on his chin and said: "Don't pay too much attention to the conflicts between the juniors. Let's go to this. I will accompany you to the Song family, take Pei Jun with me, and prepare a gift. Let's have a good time. Apologize to the Song family, and this matter will be over. The boy from the Zhou family really got into a fight with the Song family's son last time, and he's not doing well now. The two of them are as good as one person..." Pei Hu said: "Okay, okay, I'll go get ready right away..." … Song Mansion. Song Muer was swinging, and Li Nuo stood behind, adding strength to her whenever the swing slowed down. The transparent "Code" was suspended in front of his eyes. The number on the cover changed from one hundred and forty-five in the morning to one hundred and sixty-five now. It was an increase of twenty days, which was equivalent to two death sentences. commit. Although the number of people sentenced was about the same as last time, and there were no martial arts practitioners, the life span was five days longer than last time. Song Yu, his brother-in-law, is really his lucky star. A simple appointment with someone is worth more than half a month of work. Originally, he had encountered a bottleneck. He caught more than 20 second-generation officials who took the initiative to stir up trouble and fights, and took them to the county government for punishment. His life span, which had stagnated for several days, began to increase again. If they had group fights every now and then, he wouldn't even have to go to the county government office.
At this time, Song Lian, who had just been sent home from the office, looked confused. As soon as he stepped through the door of the house, the carriage of Jingzhao Shaoyin and Chang'an County Magistrate stopped at the door of the house. As soon as he entered, several boxes of gifts were brought in. He pulled a young man with a swollen buttocks and kept saying Apology... The Pei family, like the Song family, had connections in the military and the court, and had deeper roots than the Song family. The two families had little contact on weekdays, and their sudden visit left Song Lian confused. However, this familiar scene made him quickly realize that it must be that bastard causing trouble outside again. He could only welcome the Pei family members in, serve them good tea, and exchange polite compliments for a long time before he understood the whole story. "Adults don't have to worry about the fights between juniors." "Master Song is right..." "It's taken us so long to excuse you. Let's take our leave." "I'll send you two adults..." … After sending the two people away, Song Lian looked at Song Yu who was standing there. He was furious, picked up the feather duster in the vase, and said angrily: "You bastard, I just warned you a few days ago. , you turned around and forgot, why did you fight again this time, and was it about women..." Song Yu hurriedly hid behind the pillar and said: "It's not me who is causing trouble this time. It's Pei Jun who took the initiative to trouble me. I've been avoiding him these past few days. Others told me to be a coward, but I didn't say anything." …” "How dare you talk back?" "I didn't do anything wrong. My brother-in-law said that we don't take the initiative to cause trouble, but we can't be afraid of it. Being bullied all the time will not only bring shame to the Song family, but also encourage injustice!" Song Lian was furious and raised the feather duster in his hand again: "You bastard..." Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Li Nuo hurriedly walked in, grabbed Song Lian's arm, and said: "Second uncle, don't be angry. This matter is all my fault. I asked him to do this..." Seeing Li Nuo trying to stop him, Song Lian couldn't say anything else. He dropped the feather duster in his hand and said helplessly: "Just spoil him!" It's actually normal for the general disciples to fight and fight, and that's how they got here too. But when juniors fight, the government will always get involved. I am afraid he is the only one who can do this kind of thing... Song Lian was angry with his son, but not with Li Nuo. He is right. The Song family does not take the initiative to cause trouble, but they are not afraid of trouble. The family should help each other. This is the Song family tradition. Since the founding of Daxia, many families like the Song family, due to the struggle for power between families, eventually fell apart and disappeared. The Song family's ability to continue to this day depends on the cohesion between the families. Song Lian glared at his son and left helplessly. Song Yu walked out from behind the pillar and said to Li Nuo with a smile: "Brother-in-law, you are still capable. My father wanted to beat me before, but my uncle couldn't stop him..." Li Nuo patted him on the shoulder and said: "If anyone troubles you in the future, you must tell me. Don't be embarrassed. No matter what the other person's background is, as long as the fault is not yours, I will make him pay the price..." Song Yu was so moved that he didn't know what to say. He could only hammer his chest hard and said: "I won't say anything anymore. If my brother-in-law needs help in the future, just ask. I, Song Yu, will go through fire and water without hesitation." !” Li Nuo didn't need Song Yu to go through fire and water, he just needed to use some of his connections.
If Song Yu takes the initiative to cause trouble, he will not show favoritism, nor will he let others bully him. When Li Nuo returned to the room, he saw his wife reading a book again. Taking a closer look, she was actually reading Suan Jing. Just when Li Nuo thought she was going to be successful, he saw her frown again, as if she encountered an unknown word, and silently turned over the "Shuowen" on the side. Li Nuo walked over and sat across from her, also taking a book to read. He has been studying Legalist methods these days. Compared with those of his predecessors, his methods are still too young and simple. After watching for an unknown amount of time, Li Nuo inadvertently looked up and found that the lady opposite had fallen asleep on the table. Even if she fell asleep while reading, she was still so beautiful, with her beautiful eyebrows stretched and her expression peaceful... When she was quiet and not holding the sword, she was actually quite ladylike. Li Nuo looked at it, and the eyelashes on that beautiful melon-seed face began to tremble slightly. Song Jiaren slowly opened her eyes and saw Li Nuo opposite her. She wiped the corners of her mouth subconsciously, then sat up and put her The pages of the book that were bent by her were smoothed... Li Nuo picked up the small jar of fruit wine on the table and said to her, "This is fruit wine brewed by a farmer. It tastes pretty good. Do you want to try it?" Song Jiaren closed the book and put it away, nodding slightly. Li Nuo took two cups and poured a cup for each of them. Song Jiaren took a brief sip, and Li Nuo asked, "How was it?" Song Jiaren nodded and said, "It tastes good." Li Nuo finished his small glass of fruit wine and said, "If you like, I'll give you half the jar. I've drank a lot today." It was already getting late, so after Li Nuo finished speaking, he stood up, washed briefly, and went to bed. After a while, the lights in the room went out, a fragrant breeze blew by, and a figure lay down next to him. I have been busy for a long time today. Although this fruit wine is not too strong, it has a lot of stamina. Li Nuo is not a good drinker. After drinking a small glass, he felt a little tipsy. He lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly. It was late at night and I couldn't see clearly the layers of dark clouds in the night sky. boom! A thunder suddenly exploded in the night sky, waking up countless people in their sleep. In the room, Song Jiaren opened her eyes, turned over habitually, patted Li Nuo's chest gently, and said softly: "Be good, don't be afraid..." The next moment, she realized something and stopped moving her hands. In fact, the first time they slept together was not at the Song family. On the night of the wedding, there was thunder like this for a long time outside. He was so frightened that he hid in the corner of the bed and shivered. She, who was originally sleeping on the floor, coaxed him to sleep like this... The same rainy night, the same thunder, but now he is no longer the husband-in-law who only had the mind of a child... Li Nuo was drowsily asleep and felt someone patting him. He opened his eyes, supported his body and sat up, and asked doubtfully: "Madam, what are you doing?" As he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and his whole body fell weakly. Song Jiaren held his neck, slowly put him on the bed, then patted his chest gently, and let out a long breath...