Seventy-three, pawn

Today is August 21st. Zhou Xuan and Prince Xuezhu made an appointment to fight insects tonight, so Zhou Xuan and his party were going back to the Hui'an coast. After the fight, they went to Songling Town outside the north gate of Quanzhou. Tomorrow morning, Pan Yujiao and Lin Ji would arrive at Songling to meet Zhou Xuan.

At the 1st of the morning, everyone came to Luoyang Town. They had a good meal at the inn yesterday, and left ten taels of silver for the store, asking the store to help hire four carriages. When they came in the evening, they had to go to Quanzhou City to buy crickets overnight.

Sichi went to buy another exquisite black pottery jar, and solemnly raised the red-backed cricket named "Leng Yan Guan Yu" in the pottery jar, feeding it with bean powder and sesame, and the other white-backed cricket still stayed in the bamboo tube to show that it was treated differently.

Before this, Zhou Xuan carefully looked at the weak white-backed cricket. Seeing that it was wretched, dull and slow, covered with grayish-white fluff, it seemed that it had not yet grown up, and it was not a middle-aged cricket.

Zhao Siqi meant to abandon the white-backed cricket. Zhou Xuan felt that the white-backed cricket was strange and said, "Let's keep it for now and take care of it for a few days before watching."

The shop owner was unsuspecting and promised to hire four carriages to wait in front of the shop in the afternoon.

Fei Qing has always wanted to find an opportunity to kill "Leng Yan Guan Yu", but the four cynical creatures put the black pot in a wooden box and tied it to the front saddle of the mount. He cherished Ruobao, and Fei Qing started without any gap.

After a short break in Luoyang, Zhou Xuan and his party set out towards the Dongling coast.

The closer he was to the beach, the more anxious Fei Qing was. If Zhou Xuan was asked to take "Leng Yan Guan Yu" on the boat to fight with His Royal Highness the Prince, with the power of "Leng Yan Guan Yu", the "Qinglang Wen Chou" might not be his enemy. His Royal Highness the Prince would lose his bet and would lose his temper. Then he and Senior Brother Chen would suffer. And when he returned to Prince Xing's Mansion, he would have no face to report to His Majesty, so he had to kill "Leng Yan Guan Yu", but it was not possible to be blatant. The four fools were very powerful. Fei Qing was afraid that he could not deal with him alone, so he could only continue to wait for a good opportunity.

God pays off on those who are interested, the opportunity has finally come!

While waiting for the seaboat to come by, Sichi said to Zhou Xuan: "Master, please be optimistic about 'Leng Yan Guan Yu', I will come when I go."

Zhou Xuan nodded, looked at the wooden box on the saddle in front of the Sinichi mount, and turned around and looked at the big ship fifty feet away, and waved to the people on the deck.

Fei Qing got the opportunity and quietly opened the wooden box and uncovered the lid of the black pottery jar. Seeing the blue-purple "Leng Yan Guanyu" lying at the bottom of the jar, he stretched out his fingers and pinched it out. He was about to throw it on the ground, and heard someone shouting: "What do you want to do!"

Fei Qing saw that it was not good. Sichi was back and loosened his fingers. "Leng Yan Guan Yu" fell to the ground. Before it could fly up, a big foot stepped on it and crushed it to pieces.

The four cynics were furious, pulled out their short sword, and shouted angrily: "Shameless people, afraid that gambling insects will not win, even trampled my master's fierce insect to death. I want you to pay your life!"

Fei Qingqing knew the truth and did not say a word, but even drew his sword to confront him.

The five samurai warriors in Qingyuan all pushed their swords to protect Zhou Xuan. With just one order from Zhou Xuan, they would be besieged Fei Qing.

Zhou Xuan's face turned pale, he glared at Fei Qing, and said slowly: "Fei Qing, are you on the order of Prince Liu?"

Fei Qing said: "I have worked hard with Chen Huangmen to finally welcome Princess Qingle here. The Han Dynasty is not far away. How can I export the princess because of gambling insects and having fun!"

Zhou Xuan sneered: "You are from the Han Dynasty and I have no right to deal with it. Prince Liu is on the boat, so I will question him."

The four cynics put the cricket that was trampled by Fei Qing into a bamboo tube with mud, which was to be shown the evidence of the crime that Prince Xuezhu had to see.

Everyone boarded a boat in a small sampan, leaving only the Li Tiger and the golden retriever Lulu guarding the horses on the shore.

Prince Xuezhu, Princess Qingle and others were waiting on the deck together. Princess Qingle looked at Zhou Xuan with wonderful eyes. Due to the presence of others, she could only pretend to be reserved.

Prince Xuezhu asked: "Zhou Keguan, what good insects have been caught?"

Zhou Xuan said expressionlessly: "Shopkeeper Liu can see it for himself."

Sichi angrily poured the dead crickets in the bamboo tube and the mud on the springboard: "Look!"

Prince Xuezhu looked at the ball of insect mud, and only identified a few cricket beards and a pair of big teeth. He said inexplicably: "Zhou Keguan, what is this?"

Zhou Xuan said: "I caught this green-backed insect at the cost of a poisonous snake bite last night, named it "Leng Yan Guan Yu". I thought I would win or lose in this bet. Unexpectedly, while waiting for the boat on the beach, Fei Zhonglang took advantage of my unpreparedness to step on "Leng Yan Guan Yu" to death. Manager Liu, what should I do?"

Prince Xuezhu looked carefully at the rotten insect mud and couldn't tell if it was a green-backed worm, so he asked Fei Qing: "Is this insect with a green-backed worm?"

Fei Qing said vaguely: "I didn't see clearly, and I stepped on him to death after accidentally."

Prince Xuezhu was furious and waved his fat hand and slapped Fei Qing in the face. Fei Qing did not dare to hide, and was beaten to the corner of his mouth.

Chen Yanshou scolded on the side: "Fei Qing, if you don't retreat, you will only make the shopkeeper angry here."

Fei Qing retreated unhappy and felt very unhappy. The matter was done, but not only did he not make any contribution, he was also beaten by His Royal Highness. Chen Yanshou fell aside to act as a good person. Damn, Chen Yanshou encouraged me to be a pawn and I was punished. In the future, it was his who made me credit. This old eunuch is too sinister!

Prince Xuezhu looked at the insect mud on the deck, then looked at Zhou Xuan, and said, "Zhou Keguan, it is unknown whether this is a green-backed worm. He didn't agree on this when he made a bet. Anyway, if you can't get the insect before the hour of Hai, you will lose."

Zhou Xuan sneered: "So that's it, then let's bet now. Manager Liu will take out your 'green robe Wen Chou'."

Prince Xuezhu was about to kill his pet girl Meizhu to get the cricket jar in the room, but then he thought, it was wrong, and looked at Zhou Xuan and asked, "Official Zhou, may you want to assassinate the fierce insects of this shopkeeper?"

Zhou Xuan laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Liu took the cricket and found out. If you want to bet on insects, how can you not appear without insects!"

Prince Xuezhu asked: "What insect does Zhou Keguan use to bet with my shopkeeper?"

Zhou Xuan pointed at the worm mud under his feet: "Just it."

Prince Snow Pig widened his green bean eyes and said in surprise: "How can a dead insect fight?"

Zhou Xuan said: "I will understand when the shopkeeper Liu put the 'green robe Wen Chou' in the bowl."

Prince Snow Pig's fat head shook: "I won't let go, I will never be fooled. You must be trying to kill my fierce insect!"

Zhou Xuan spread his hands: "Isn't that right? How can you bet without integrity? Hehe, my insect is here no matter how alive or dead. Manager Liu doesn't even dare to fight against the worm. Did he admit defeat?"

Prince Xuezhu said repeatedly: "It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!" But he didn't dare to take out the cricket.

Zhou Xuan looked at the setting sun in the west and said, "For the sake of friendship between the Tang and Han countries, I will give in and take three days. From tomorrow to the 24th, I will go to catch insects and fight again. This time, Manager Liu will have to restrain your two subordinates. If such a thing happens, then-"

Prince Xuezhu hurriedly said, "Okay, it's a matter of determination. Fei Qing, if Chen Yanshou dares to make trouble again, this shopkeeper will chop their heads."

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, let the kitchen prepare meals. After using them, I will have to rush to Quanzhou overnight."

Zhou Xuanjiu and others finished their dinner in the boat hall. When they came out, they saw Xiaoqian waiting outside and said that His Highness the princess asked his son-in-law to meet and discuss important matters.

Xiao Xun followed Zhou Xuan and walked towards Princess Qingle's room, tilted her head and asked, "Son-in-law, are you really bitten by a snake?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, isn't it okay?"

Xiao Qiu said "Yes" and said, "Son-in-law, it's so terrible that we are going to Nanhan this time, which makes people feel worried."

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, you're scared, Xiaoqian, when Qingyuan is pacified, you will stay in Zhangzhou with the princess."

Xiaoqian said: "Xiaoqian was not much frightened, but was just worried about her son-in-law. When she left Jinling, Mrs. Queer and Mrs. Zi'er both told Xiaoqian to take good care of her son-in-law, but Xiaoqian was just a little girl and couldn't help her son-in-law. Seeing that her son-in-law was injured and bitten by a snake, Xiaoqian was very sad."

Zhou Xuan reached out to touch the loyal little girl's double buns. Then he realized that Xiaoqian had grown a lot taller, almost 1.5 meters tall, and his body was still thin. He smiled and said, "Who said he didn't help? This time he saved the princess, Xiaoqian helped me a lot. When he returned to Jinling, he would let Que'er admire you well. To be honest, I really didn't realize that Xiaoqian was so smart!"

After receiving the praise, the little girl was happy and smiled with her lips pursed.

When Princess Qingle saw Zhou Xuan, she said, "Cousin Xuan, come--" and turned around and walked inside.

Zhou Xuan looked at Xiaoqian and Fangcha. Both little girls turned their heads and looked outside the door. Zhou Xuan stepped up the curtain and rushed in. A warm body threw into his arms. Princess Qingle said in a delicate voice: "Cousin Xuan, where did you let the snake bite? Let me see."

Zhou Xuan felt very happy. So many people cared about him. He kissed Princess Qingle on the lips and said, "It's okay, I lied to the snow pig. My cricket is actually not as good as the snow pig's 'green robe Wenchou'. He just delayed it for three days. If you don't believe that there are no top-grade fierce insects in Quanzhou City, I must win the princess' return."

Princess Qingle touched Zhou Xuan's cheek and asked, "Cousin Xuan, you are going to get off the boat again, right? Can you take me with me?"
Chapter completed!