Chapter 22

  One night, many things happened, such as the news of Da Yinze's flower falling into the net spreading all over the city. Today, the news of Hua Chong's public trial and sentencing spread like wildfire, and many people came to the front of the government office to watch spontaneously.

  Lu Xiaofeng, dressed in men's clothing, stood outside the crowd with Zhan Zhao, watching the commotion.

  Seeing this situation, Zhan Zhao seemed to have realized something, "Was it you who asked Bai brother to do this yesterday?"

  Lu Xiaofeng waved the fan in his hand and smiled: "This is a delightful news that brings joy to the people, it's worth spreading far and wide so more people can know about it." What a wonderful thing to celebrate!

  Zhan Zhao shook his head silently, this girl sometimes really had a childish personality.

  Lu Xiaofeng turned his head and said to Yihuan: "Xiaohe, hurry up and buy me some eggs and Chinese cabbage."

  Xiaohe said inexplicably, "Young master, we don't even cook, what's the point of buying vegetables?"

  "You go ahead, I'm afraid it won't be easy to buy later."

  "Oh." Xiao He responded and left.

  Zhan Zhao looked at Lu Xiaofeng and shook his head, "Young Master Lu, are you waiting for the Flower Festival to smash the flower cart?"

  Lu Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow, "Can't I?"

  "Isn't this a waste of money and goods?"

  Lü Xiao Feng said disapprovingly, "What a waste! How can I put it? Sometimes even if you tighten your belt, you still have to make a grand gesture that costs a thousand gold coins. This is a kind of dignity or perhaps a kind of spirit." Back then when China was repaying its debt to the Soviet Union, it was precisely this kind of spirit that defended its dignity.

  Zhan Zhao looked at her with a hint of surprise, she always gave him a different feeling.

  The flower thief was guilty of numerous crimes, and it didn't take much effort to pronounce the sentence. He was quickly stuffed into a prison cart to undergo the humiliation of being paraded through the streets.

  As expected by Lu Xiaofeng, the angry citizens picked up eggs, cabbage, radishes and other vegetables and fruits nearby and threw them at Hua with intense hatred.

  All kinds of vegetables and fruits flew in the air for a moment, it was magnificent.

  "Chicken eggs and cabbage fly together, radishes share a breath with cucumbers. How wonderful!"

  Xiaohe smiled and handed over the cucumber in the basket, so that his own young lady could smash it more comfortably. He didn't forget to say: "A good poem, but when it came out of your mouth, it became a vulgar poem."

  "Xiaohe, don't underestimate the folk rhymes, most of them are witty sayings derived from the long-term life practices of ordinary people, sometimes more practical than some poems and lyrics that can only be published in elegant halls."

  Zhan Zhao smiled on one side.

  "Which young master is as boastful as you?"

  Lu Xiaofeng hadn't even opened his mouth when someone beside him laughed and said, "Your family's young master has a thick skin, he's just boasting, it's normal for him."

  Lu Xiaofeng hummed and retorted, "I'd rather be self-complacent than have you, Bai Wuchang, being self-infatuated."

  Zhan Zhao: "......"

  Xiaohe: *silence*

  Jin Mao Shu Bai Yu Tang directly exploded his hair, "Lu Xiao Feng——"

  "What? Did I say something wrong?" Lu Xiaofeng wasn't afraid of him in the slightest.

  And then, she heard Bai Yutang's roar and instantly went out of the play to the world of Gu Long's "Lu Xiaofeng", extremely embarrassed and divine.

  At the same time, Beixia Ouyang Chun, who came with Bai Yutang, smiled and interjected: "Brother Bai, don't engage in a war of words." I heard from Jiang Laosi that you're really not a match for others.

  "Ouyang brother." Zhan Zhao smiled and greeted Beixia.

  "Zhan brother." Ouyang Chun returned the courtesy.

  "How did Ouyang brother end up coming over with Bai brother?"

  Ouyang Chun glanced at Xuan and Lu Xiaofeng standing shoulder to shoulder, and sighed in his heart, truly a perfect match of male talent and female beauty. He said with a smile: "It's rare for us to gather together, I think we should get together no matter what, and have a good drink."

  Zhan Zhao smiled and said: "A few cups are not enough, it's better to have a few jars."

  "Agreed." Bai Yutang added in a low voice.

  Lu Xiaofeng saw that both Bai Yutang and Ouyang Chun were looking at her, so she turned her head to glance down the street, pointing with one hand: "I want to see the flower hit the brick."

  Zhan Zhao: "......"

  Bai Yutang: "......"

  Ouyang Chun: "......"

  "Miss, what's so great about beheading?" She was so excited that she forgot to disguise her identity and directly called her "miss".

  Lu Xiaofeng nodded in agreement, "Beheading is indeed not a good sight," his voice paused slightly, "But being able to see the culprit punished with one's own eyes is a comfort and also a kind of hope."

  It's comforting that Xiaohuo understands, but I hope she doesn't understand a little bit more.

  Zhan Zhao nodded in understanding and said, "Young Master Lu is right."

  "Sir, let's not go and see it, or we'll have nightmares."

  "Xiaohe, this won't do, you'll be following me from now on, so you'd better be a bit bolder."

  "Little ones will try to adapt," Xiao He begged, looking at her, "Let's not go see the beheading this time." What's good about seeing blood and gore, it'll really give you nightmares.

  "Why don't you go drinking with Zhan Zhao and the others, while I go to the execution ground?"

  Xiao He immediately said: "Little one will still follow Gongzi."

  Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, then said: "Ouyang brother, please."

  Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow and gazed at him with a hint of a smile, saying: "Zhan Zhao, aren't you worried about her?"

  "White brother——" joking is fine, but don't overdo it.

  Bai Yutang couldn't help but smile, "It's just as well that we go together to see the outcome of Hua Chong's case. To be honest, I'm not entirely at ease with letting someone like Lu Gongzi act alone."

  Zhan Zhao hesitated, "This..."

  "Let's go together, after we're done everyone will go drink and celebrate."

  Lu Xiaofeng was slightly stunned, were these three great heroes also going over to watch the excitement?

  However, thinking about it, Hua Chong and his three friends had all gone to great lengths, so at this point going to see the final outcome of this matter was also a reasonable thing to do.

  When smashing the white radish during the street parade, there were men and women of all ages among the onlookers. However, by the time they arrived at the execution ground to watch the beheading, the number of women had drastically decreased. The gruesome act of beheading was simply too terrifying for women.

  At the moment when Hua Chung's head fell to the ground, the onlookers even burst into cheers.

  Indeed, Hua Conger has brought about a lot of public discontent. Because he fled to Songjiang Prefecture, recently families with daughters here have been on tenterhooks all day long, and can be described as startled birds.

  The flower fell on someone's head and hit the ground, and the crowd dispersed.

  Lu Xiaofeng put the fan in his hand into the fan case at his waist and walked towards the yamen runner who was cleaning up the flower pot shards.

  The yamen runners saw this and someone came up to stop him.

  Zhan Zhao directly flashed his waist card.

  Lu Xiaofeng squatted down in front of Hua Chong's corpse, carefully looked at it once, then stood up and said lightly: "Take him away." It was indeed Hua Chong himself.

  Bai Yutang leaned forward, watching as the yamen runners carried away the body. He couldn't help but say with a hint of mockery: "Just based on what you said to those prison guards yesterday, I also think they wouldn't resort to framing someone else. Besides, how did you figure out that someone was going to rescue Hua Chun?"

  Lu Xiaofeng just smiled slightly and took out the folding fan again, "What's the point of Fifth Master asking so many questions?" She was suspicious that he wouldn't say anything even if she did.

  Zhan Zhao went to see Bai Yutang, what did she say in prison yesterday?

  Bai Yutang said: Fifth Master won't tell you, but your family's Feng girl is simply stunningly fierce, she even threatened the prison guards. If it weren't for Hua Chong himself, all the officials in the prison would be ready to become eunuchs.

  This is simply the most cruel punishment for men, without exception.

  "The excitement is over, now let's go have a drink." He invited Lu Xiaofeng.

  Lu Xiaofeng pointed at himself with his fan, "Am I going too?" Drinking is a hobby of you few men, what does it have to do with me? Simply put, we don't have common language.

  Bai Yutang nodded and said, "Of course we have to go. Today's meal is on Zhan Zhao, how can you not sit with him?" He couldn't help but add a hint of teasing at the end.

  Lü Xiao Feng turned his head and asked a certain cat: "Are you hosting?"

  Zhan Zhao smiled at Bei Xia and said, "It's only right that Zhan should be the host."

  Zhan Xiao Zhao was evading her question, Lu Xiao Feng slightly puzzled but didn't probe further.

  "Lu Gongzi, let's go together." Ou Yang Chun invited him like this.

  Lu Xiaofeng honestly said: "I don't drink alcohol." Her professional habits from her past life had made her not touch a drop of wine, and she didn't plan on changing.

  "It's better to replace wine with tea." Zhan Zhao responded directly.

  Lu Xiaofeng also didn't hesitate and happily said: "Good."

  Then they went to a wine house to drink and celebrate.

  Before dinner, Xiaohe borrowed a copper basin from the store and had her family's young lady wash her hands clean.

  Lu Xiaofeng applied hand cream as usual before sitting down.

  Bai Yutang couldn't help but ask, "Is that something to protect your hands?" He saw the transparent gel-like substance being absorbed into her skin at an extremely fast rate, and there was a faint scent that was almost negligible.

  "Is Grandfather interested?"

  "I want to take a look."

  Lu Xiaofeng took out a delicate small jade box from his brocade bag and handed it over.

  Bai Yutang opened the box, first smelling it, then scooping out a bit and applying it to his wrist to experience it personally. He exclaimed with some surprise: "This stuff really does have an effect."

  "Are there such things in the Bai family's business?"

  Bai Yutang returned the things to her and nodded, "Yes, but I think the things in this box are quite different."

  Luk Siu-fung said naturally: "Things from a rich and noble family are naturally different."

  No one can refute this statement.

  Xiaohe Xin said: This is something used by Empress Pang in the palace, it's naturally different from others.

  "The matter of Hua Zhong has been settled, Brother Zhang is going back to Kaifeng Prefecture next?" Bai Yutang did not continue the topic of hand cream, but instead turned to ask Zhang Zhen about something else.

  Zhan Zhao replied: "If there's nothing else, I'm going back to Kaifeng."

  Bai Yutang went to see Lu Xiaofeng.

  Luk Siu Fung was baffled.

  "What about Lu Gongzi?"

  "Me?" Lu Xiaofeng was about to respond when Xiaohe cut in ahead of him.

  "Our young master wants to go for a stroll in Changzhou."

  Bai Yutang smiled and playfully looked at a certain cat.

  Bei Xiaoyang Chun also smiled.

  Zhan Zhao looked at Lu Xiao Feng with a few parts of surprise and uncertainty, "You want to go to Changzhou?"

  Lu Xiaofeng could only say, "It's not that either. Xiao He wanted to go to Yangzhou and mentioned that your hometown is Changzhou Wujin, so he suggested going there on the way. However, if Xuan Huwei returns directly to Beijing, we will also head straight to Yangzhou."

  Zhan Zhao hesitated slightly.

  Bai Yutang stepped forward and said: "Zhan Zhao, if you're busy, Fifth Master will escort her for a while."

  Zhan Zhao looked back.

  Bai Yutang patted his own shoulder and said, "With my skills as the Fifth Master, can't I ensure her safety all the way?"

  "No need." Lu Xiaofeng directly refused him.

  "Why?" Bai Yutang didn't understand.

  Lu Xiaofeng hummed, "Not convenient." What if this trip ends up with another rumor circulating in the Jianghu, and I become the scandalous female lead again.

  Bai Yutang immediately said: "With your identity as Nan Xia's unmarried wife, what's inconvenient about it?"

  Zhan Zhao was choked by a mouthful of wine and started coughing.

  Forced overtime on a statutory rest day, working non-stop, damn it...

  Sister hates overtime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!