Chapter 969 Integrity, Integrity Is Very Important

Prince Li Hong entered Yongwang's Mansion, found Yong Wangxian and drove out all the eunuchs and palace maids, and then he began to beat Li Xian.

This time he did not choose to use fists or kicks because he was worried that he would not be able to control his strength in anger and accidentally beat Li Xian to death.

He used a bamboo whip.

The bamboos in Chang'an City were all ordered to be planted by Yun Chu. For the safety of the house, he did not ask people to plant tall bamboos, but chose to plant moso bamboo.

This thing is tough and almost solid, and has many uses. One of the most important functions is to make brooms. Of course, it is also good for adults at home to break a small bamboo whip anytime and anywhere to teach disobedient children.

Before Prince Li Hong entered Prince Yong's Mansion, he specially selected a thick whip. After stroking off the bamboo leaves, he waved it twice, and the bamboo whip made a sharp sound.

Li Xian was undaunted when he saw the prince's brother coming. He said nothing in the face of the prince's scolding, and his mind was wandering.

It wasn't until the bamboo whip in Li Hong's hand landed on the root of his thigh with a sound of breaking wind that he belatedly said: "You hit me?"

Li Hong saw that Li Xian was actually questioning him, so he whipped him again.

As a result, when the whip was applied, Li Xian immediately fell to the ground, rubbed the roots of his thighs with his hands and screamed. After screaming twice, he began to rub the second whip mark, but the first whip mark remained. It hurt a lot, so he separated his hands in two directions.

Seeing that Li Xian was in pain, Li Hong whipped the bamboo whip in his hand like a rainstorm...

Li Xian supported his body with his back, and used his hands and feet to resist the prince's bamboo whip. His whole body was whipped around like a top by the prince's bamboo whip, and the miserable howl resounded through Prince Yong's Mansion.

When Prince Li Hong came out of the house, Li Xian in the room had stopped shouting. Just when everyone thought that the prince had killed King Yong, they heard the prince at the door shouting at Bei, who had just been taken out of prison by him. Bachelor Xu Shuya said: "Carry him to the Imperial Hospital and ask the medical workers there to treat his injuries. Remember not to go too fast so that more people can see him."

Xu Shuya saluted with an expressionless expression: "I am already old and faint and incompetent. I may not be able to continue to assist King Yong. Please allow the prince to allow me to beg for my bones."

Li Hong said calmly: "When King Yong was proud, you never left him. Now that he is in trouble, you want to leave? I'm afraid this is not the behavior of a gentleman."

Xu Shuya saluted and said, "Old minister, I have tried my best."

Li Hong said angrily: "If you try your best, he won't make a big mistake!"

After that, he waved his sleeves angrily and left.

Xu Shuya sighed and walked into the hall with a group of eunuchs and palace maidens. When he saw Yong Wangxian with torn clothes and blood all over his body, as well as the blossomed bamboo on the ground, he was shocked. He hurriedly tested Li Xian's breath and found that the breath was like a gossamer, so he hurriedly Someone brought a chariot and sent Li Xian, who was in a coma, to the Tai Hospital on foot.

Li Xian's face was not injured, but it was very pale. Xu Shuya knew what the prince meant, so he deliberately exposed Li Xian's face so that everyone in Chang'an would know that he was almost beaten to death by his brother just now.

Xu Shuya knew that this was the prince trying to save his confused brother, but Li Xian, who was in a coma, was still weakly talking in his sleep - Li Hong, I will never break up with you.

Xu Shuya thought about it quickly. Although he was scolded by the prince, he decided to write to the emperor to beg for the bones. It was better to go home and farm than to take risks with King Yong.

There are many idle people around Prince Yong's Mansion. They are all spies sent by merchants in Chang'an to monitor when Prince Yong's Mansion will send money to the exchange again.

Unexpectedly, I didn't see the money, I only saw Yong Wangxian who was beaten like a bloody gourd.

After hearing what the spies said about Yong Wangxian being beaten, the merchants immediately understood. The prince hoped that everyone's case against Yong Wangxian would be over here. After all, Yong Wangxian had already admitted the beating, and as for the punishment, it was probably in vain.

Li Hong entered Jinchangfang without stopping.

Jinchangfang, which used to be crowded with people, now has only a few pedestrians in the market. Looking at the incense candles in the hands of pedestrians, most of them went to Da Ci'en Temple to burn incense.

There was no smoke in the canteen anymore... not even a waiter could be seen. There were only groups of sparrows sitting on the densely packed tables and chairs, looking for some food residue in the gaps.

A panda that was chewing bamboo in the bamboo forest saw Li Hong coming, so it climbed out of the bamboo forest and asked Li Hongzuo for food. Li Hong took out a piece of dry food from his horse bag and threw it to the panda. The panda picked up the dry food from the ground and held it in his mouth. , both hands are still bowing... In the past, this thing was not so miserable. Even if it begged for food, it would lie on the ground in a large shape, and people had to stuff food into its paws or eat it in its mouth.

Seeing this scene, even Li Hong himself wanted to say something - the world is not good.

When he arrived at the Yun's gate, he saw Liu Yi and Butler Liu standing at the door to greet him. Li Hong threw the reins of the war horse to Liu Yi and strode into the Yun's gate.

Yun's house is very lively now. The yard is full of maids and servants. Under Cui's command, they are busy picking cotton seeds. There is a big pile of cotton in front of each of them.

When Mrs. Cui saw the prince coming, she came up to him and said, "I have seen the prince before."

Li Hong pointed to the cotton in the yard and said, "Why are you still doing this work in the middle of winter?"

Mrs. Cui said: "Madam is going to finish the quilts I ordered as soon as possible. After the Chinese New Year, my family will no longer be able to make quilts and sell them."

Li Hong looked at the tears in Cui's eyes and said, "Keep selling, I will see who dares to stop me."

Cui wiped away the tears from her eyes and said, "The Yun family is a family of integrity. Even when the head of the family was at his lowest point, he refused to take the money from his Western Region partners. Since the family has sold the secret recipe of the quilt, they will naturally not do anything that violates their credibility."

Li Hong was in a very bad mood. He suppressed his anger and said, "Where is the master's wife?"

After saying that, he walked towards the backyard without waiting for Cui's answer.

Passing by the flower hall, he had already walked out seven or eight steps, and then walked back, pointing to an empty wooden block on the left side of the flower hall and said to Cui who was following him, "Where is this big forsythia?"

Cui lowered her head and said, "It was sold."

"Sold? This is a pot of flowers that the master personally took care of, and you sold it?"

Cui still lowered her head and said, "Twenty strings of cash."

Li Hong gritted his teeth and groaned, then quickly walked through the moon gate and went straight into the backyard.

As expected,

The flower path in the inner house that used to be full of flowers has now disappeared, not only the sheds, but also the various exotic flowers and plants in the sheds have disappeared.

Without waiting for Li Hong to ask, Cui said hurriedly: "Madam said that it costs fifty strings of money to burn earth dragons to raise these flowers every year. It's too expensive. With these fifty strings of money, it's enough for a poor family to eat for several years, so they just sold them all."

"What else did the family sell?" Li Hong felt that his voice was so calm that it was scary.

"Except for the servants, everything that should be sold has been sold. If this house didn't need someone to live in, Madam would have sold it too."

Li Hong said helplessly, "Why is it so..."

Cui said, "Madam said that the master of the family has never let anyone down for decades. This time, he is helpless. Even if Yun can't fill this hole, at least, Yun dare not eat this bowl of rich rice again."

As the two were talking, they saw Yu Xiurong walking out of the house and said to Li Hong with a smile, "The prince is here, come in and talk. There is no heating in the greenhouse now for you to enjoy."

Li Hong looked at Yu Xiurong, who was wearing a plain dress that was neither new nor old, with a blue cloth handkerchief wrapped around her head and a ball of cotton in her hand. His nose was blocked for a while, and he swallowed all the words he wanted to say.

He just followed Yu Xiurong into the hall of the back house.

The hall of the back house was crowded with people like the front yard, and everyone was holding a large ball of cotton in their hands to pick seeds.

When the prince came in, the maids in the room left. Yu Xiurong looked Li Hong up and down and said with a smile: "He has grown a little taller. Another inch will make him as tall as your master."

Li Hong knelt down on a cushion and said to Yu Xiurong: "Master's wife, why is it so?"

Yu Xiurong said with a straight face: "Didn't your master teach you what honesty is?"

Li Hong stepped in and saluted: "I did."

Yu Xiurong sat down slowly on a chair and said seriously: "Since I taught you, why are you still asking questions?"

Li Hong said: "This is not the master's fault."

Yu Xiurong said: "Isn't it his fault? The Liushui sign was established by your master himself, and the foundation is honesty. Now that honesty is gone, the collapse of the Liushui sign is expected.

Such a large amount of money is piled up in the treasury without any guarantee, and anyone can Where to get the money from.

Everyone says that this is the fault of Yong Wangxian. If there is no integrity, in my opinion, even if there is no Yong Wangxian, there will be some King of Shu, King of Wu, King of Zhao, and even you, the prince Hong, to poke this big hole.

Your master is not careful in his work, and it has caused all the merchants in the world to suffer. This is his fault.

I am a useless woman. I can't make up for this huge hole. I can only do my best to make up for it. That's it. When I think of your master causing so many people to have no food and clothing, I can't sleep at night and feel guilty.

As his disciple, you still have the face to say that this is not his fault.

Let me ask you, if it is not his fault, whose fault can it be? "

Li Hong knelt on the futon honestly and listened to Yu Xiurong's teachings, but his teeth were creaking. At this moment, he really wanted to crush Li Xian to death with his own hands.

Li Si walked in with a red lacquered wooden rice tray and placed it on a low table brought by Yun Jin.

Yu Xiurong sighed and said, "You haven't eaten yet. Eat first, then go do your thing."

Li Hong looked up at his sister who always liked to use her head as a display board for precious jewelry. Now, there was only a huge silk flower on her head, nothing else. It was just that the silk flower was too big, causing her head to look much bigger than usual.