Chapter 60 Murder and Arson on Lantern Festival (Part )

Zhang Jian and the others looked at Li Yuanhui's departing back for a long time, then smiled and said, "After watching the lanterns for a long time, I feel a little hungry. How about we have a drink? By the way, Monk Rujing, you also heard what Li Langjun said just now. Why don't you stay and have some wine together?"

Monk Rujing nodded upon hearing this and said, "Okay, I'll follow Mr. Zhang's arrangements."

Because it was a rare festival, there were many food vendors inside and outside the neighborhood. Zhang Jian asked his guards to go out and buy some snacks to go with the wine, and asked the store to make a few hot dishes and send a few jars of wine.

Everyone was open-minded by nature, and even Monk Rujing joined in drinking and eating meat.

But I have to say here that monks can eat meat.

That is, the three pure meats, referring to the meat of animals that believers have not seen, heard, or suspected of being killed for themselves.

The five pure meats are the three mentioned above plus the meat from natural deaths and the leftover meat from being killed by other birds and beasts.

In addition there are nine types of clean meat, plus: the sixth is not killed for oneself, the seventh is raw meat, the eighth is not encountered unexpectedly, and the ninth is killed before.

In fact, the rule that monks cannot eat meat was started by Emperor Xiao Fu, who advocated not killing and everyone became vegetarians. However, Emperor Xiao Fu did not become the emperor in this time and space. The emperors of Cao Wei were also not interested in Buddhism. Therefore, Buddhism lacked some rules.

Although Monk Rujing was a Buddhist, he was cheerful by nature and did not know what politeness meant. He started eating and drinking as soon as the wine and meat were served.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian was very impressed by the monk who acted bravely, so he picked up the wine bowl and started drinking with him.

Then he raised his wine and said to the five people from Qi County, "Brother Cui, Brother Qin, this matter has nothing to do with you. It is my fault that you were involved. I think you should listen to Lord Li's words and return to Qi County as soon as possible tomorrow morning. You should have finished your work, right?"

Cui Xiaotong remained silent upon hearing this, but Qin Bogui directly rejected it, saying, "Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? The Marquis of Ye said it well today, 'When you see injustice, you should help it.' It was just that your elder brother took action first. Are we the unjust people?"

Qin Zhongyu also said: "Yes, Brother Zhang, we have fought side by side against bandits before, and today we did it together, so we will go together."

The oldest one, Cui Xiaotong, asked, "Brother Zhang, are you worried about the Marquis of Ye?"

At this time, Monk Rujing, who was enjoying his meal, finally understood: "The young man today is actually a noble?"

The others were a little stunned. It turned out that the monk who was traveling with Li Yuanhui and helped him out of chivalrous spirit, didn't even know his identity?

Zhang Jian laughed when he heard this, "Hahaha, Li Langjun is the son of the Duke of Tang. He shot and killed the rebel Yang Xi in the battle of Mangshan, and killed Yang Xun and his brothers in the battle of Dongduyuan. He was named Marquis of Ye County and is a Tiger Guard General of the Xiaoguo Army. In a few days, he will be the Duke of Fuma. Hahaha, how could you, a monk, not know this?"

Monk Rujing was stunned at first, then he laughed and said, "I met this young man once in the West Market this morning. I couldn't find the way on the road just now, so I walked with him. Hahaha, I didn't expect that this young man's identity is so extraordinary."

After Ru Jing smiled, his face became serious again: "Although we are doing this for justice today, this gentleman is just a colleague of ours. You just said that this gentleman is going to be a royal consort, but he was so respectful to that villain today. The villain must be an extraordinary person. Maybe we have caused him a big disaster."

The faces of several people also began to become solemn. Zhang Jian said: "It must be so, otherwise why would Mr. Li let us leave Chang'an tomorrow? That person must be of a very noble status."

Chen Dengyun smiled indifferently and said, "Noble? More noble than the prince consort, could he be a prince... hehe... eh."

Having said this, his face suddenly changed, and he understood that this casual remark was probably almost correct.

Zhang Jian said, "If it's the prince, then it makes sense. No wonder Lord Li wants us to leave quickly. He is in a difficult situation. This matter has nothing to do with him. He is only accompanying us out of courtesy. If we leave, will it make things difficult for Lord Li?"

"No, I think if we don't leave, it will make things difficult for Lord Li." Cui Xiaotong put down his wine bowl and looked at everyone. "The fact that Marquis Ye didn't reveal the identity of that person today shows that the nobleman doesn't want his identity to be revealed. After all, he is a prince. So Lord Li wants us to leave because he is afraid that the nobleman will do something to us. After all, the nobleman would not want others to know that he did such a thing."

"Then we'll be leaving, Mr. Li?" "Marquis Ye should be fine. After all, he is the son of Duke Tang. He will marry the princess in a few days and become the son-in-law of the princess. Even the prince cannot do anything to him at will."

Everyone remained silent after hearing this.

After a long while, Zhang Jian slammed the table and said, "If that's the case, we'll all leave tomorrow to avoid making things difficult for Mr. Li."

Li Yuanhui was silent all the way, but he bought some braised meat, roast goose, cherry biro and other food. Liu Xuanji also helped him carry a lot of large and small bags.

He returned to his own side yard of the Li residence and asked Tan'er to get a jar of wine from the wine cellar.

The two of them went into the house, set out the food, poured some wine and each ate a bowl. Then Liu Xuanji opened his mouth and asked.

"That person today?"

"King Liang."

Li Yuanhui uttered these two words and then sighed.

Only then did Liu Xuanji understand that just now at the minor official's house, Li Yuanhui, although the son of a duke, was still very respectful to the young man, and only addressed him as a noble man, without mentioning the other person's identity in his words.

It turns out to be the prince.
"What about this?"

"He said I knew the severity of the situation and was warning me not to let the matter out."

“It shouldn’t be that simple, right?”

"Of course, because only dead people won't talk nonsense. He will kill everyone who saw him today, including those hooligans. The Fire Bull Gang is just his accomplices and must not know his identity. Now that I have discovered this, for the sake of caution, the Fire Bull Gang is not safe. I'm afraid many people will die tonight."

But he revealed that Murong Zan had returned to his palace, and he was worried that what he had done today would be leaked.

After all, although the royal law does not apply to him, some things would be extremely disadvantageous to him if his father knew about them. Although the crown prince is the fifth prince Murong Chang, he only has the title of a legitimate son, and his mother's family is in decline.

The second prince's maternal family is the Yuwen clan, a prominent Xianbei clan. Like the third prince, he is a strong contender for the throne.

Murong Ying would not care about the life and death, honor and disgrace of a few ordinary people, but he would care about the stain of him, the prince, who had raping a woman.

And if my third brother were to catch him in this matter, it would be a troublesome matter.

So he immediately called his confidant Pu Bu Gu and spoke to him in secret.

Pu Bu Gu was a little shocked when he heard this, but he still took the order and left immediately.

After he left, Murong Zan lay on the couch, playing with a jade ring on his hand, turning it non-stop.

He kept muttering, "Li Silang, please don't let me down."

(End of this chapter)