Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 130: Have you been wronged?

Coming out of Gao’s house, walking out of the alley, and onto the long street.

Zhao Guanxiang walked towards a liquor stand across the street.

There were a few tables of customers drinking in groups of three or four at the wine stall, chatting and drinking, and it was quite lively.

Zhao Guanxiang randomly found a table and sat down without caring that the table was already occupied.

"Give me a bowl of noodles."

Zhao Guanxiang greeted the waiter and sat down to wait.

As soon as he sat down, the guests stopped talking and the entire wine stall fell silent.

When the waiter brought a bowl of noodles with meat sauce, Zhao Guanxiang picked up the chopsticks without hesitation and stirred the noodles with meat sauce, as if talking to himself: "Next time, let's replace them with some nearby guards. They are all new faces, so we don't have to worry about arousing suspicion."

The drinkers at the table stopped pretending and looked ashamed. They bowed and said, "Fourth Young Master, please forgive me. The news came in a hurry, and you went to the Gao family. Only my brothers and I can lead the elite troops from the West Quarter."

Zhao Guanxiang asked, "Who asked you to come? Third sister?"

The man did not dare to hide it and answered, "It is the benefactor."

Zhao Guanxiang didn't say anything else. He lowered his head, picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks, blew on it to heat it up, and then put it into his mouth.

Everyone just watched him eat noodles and didn't know how to ask him questions for a moment.

A bowl of noodles, quite a bit.

But Zhao Guanxiang ate quickly and finished it in just a few bites.

The leader of the Xiaowei who had just finished speaking asked, "How about... another bowl for you?"

Zhao Guanxiang shook his head: "No more eating."

He stood up and said to Xiao Wei: "Please make arrangements for me. I want to go see my godfather."

……

Not long after, Zhao Guanxiang arrived outside the princess's mansion.

He looked up at the towering walls of the princess's mansion, smiled helplessly, and said to himself: "In the end, I still have to ask my foster father for help."

Over the years, he had never asked Zhao Qi'an for help regarding matters concerning the Astronomical Observatory.

Because he felt that joining the Observatory was for his own ideals, not what his adoptive father expected him to do.

Naturally, he didn't have the face to ask Zhao Qi'an for help.

But think about it carefully... Why do other people walk on thin ice when they are officials, but only he is so willful and reckless? He always has no scruples and no taboos?
In addition to his temperament, the most important thing is that he has confidence in his heart.

This confidence comes from Zhao Qi'an!

As long as his adoptive father was there, Zhao Guanxiang felt that he would always have a way out.

That is why, when he was truly at a loss, the first person he thought of was Zhao Qi'an!

"I wonder if my godfather will think that I can't even do such a small thing..."

Zhao Guanxiang stood in front of the gate of the princess's mansion, hesitating for a long time, like a child who had done something wrong, and did not dare to enter the house.

He wanted to turn around and leave several times, but he thought of Zhang's sister-in-law and Zhang Lushuai's words before he left: "Come back and tell him what happened"...

He gritted his teeth and knocked on the door.

When the doorman opened the door for him and led him into the vestibule.

What he didn't expect was that his adoptive father was not in his yard tonight, but was in the courtyard in the front yard, standing at the door of the lobby.

When Zhao Guanxiang arrived, he was whispering something to the tall, strong, ugly maid who served him personally.

Zhao Guanxiang walked forward and was about to salute.

It was only at this time that Zhao Qi'an stopped talking to Chou Nu, looked at him, and asked in the same gentle tone as he remembered:

"Guan Xiang, did you get wronged outside?"

Just one sentence made Zhao Guanxiang's eyes red. ...

Zhao Qi'an didn't expect Zhao Guanxiang to come tonight.

He came to the front yard because Chou Nu had pulled out the flowers and plants in the front garden and planted vegetables instead.

When it comes to her, she still has a lot to say about it.

"This green onion looks great when it grows, and it's edible, it's the best of both worlds!"

This made Zhao Qian'an feel that he should take care of the ugly slave, otherwise one day, this ugly maid would dare to raise pigs in his bedroom.

But before he could finish his scolding, Zhao Guanxiang arrived.

Zhao Guanxiang calmed down, walked up to Zhao Qi'an, bowed and said, "Foster father, I have something I want to ask you for help."

Zhao Qi'an nodded, and then said to the ugly slave beside him: "You go down first."

The ugly servant had no interest in listening to the conversation between the father and son. His mind was still immersed in the depression after being scolded. He said "Oh" dejectedly, turned around and left.

After the ugly slave left, Zhao Qi'an looked at Zhao Guanxiang and asked, "Will you walk with me?"

"Yes."

……

The father and son were strolling around the yard casually.

The princess's mansion has a unique scenery, just like a forest garden, with rockery, streams, rare flowers and plants... everything you need.

Even within the imperial palace, most of the palaces could not compare to the grandeur of the princess's mansion.

All of this was thanks to Yu Zhen. I have to say that Her Royal Highness the Princess has good taste and is willing to spend money on her own mansion.

Even at night, the lampstands in the courtyard, supported by stone pillars and lit with oil lamps and covered with covers from the outside, created a unique scene.

Unfortunately, Zhao Guanxiang was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery tonight. He followed behind Zhao Qi'an and said, "The Gao family kidnapped the wife of Zhang Juzheng, the commander of my brigade, and wanted to use this to blackmail me. I would like to ask my adoptive father to help me find someone."

Zhao Qi'an looked at the pool of water in front of him and did not agree immediately. He asked, "Is the person kidnapped in Kyoto?"

Zhao Guanxiang replied: "No, the East Gate that Zhang Brigade General personally sent out must be outside the capital city."

"Jiang Liu'er's parents' home is near Longmen County in Jizhou. She went north along the 'Beiguan Road' outside the East City Gate. It was no more than three days since she left the Gao family in Jingdu City and sent me the first invitation. Jiang Liu'er took a donkey cart when she left, and she had a lot of stuff with her, so she couldn't walk very fast. That means it happened within 300 miles of the 'Beiguan Road' outside the East City Gate to the north."

At this point, he smiled bitterly and said, "If I send people from the prison to investigate, it's probably easier to alert the enemy than to find any clues. If Gao Linxiang of the Gao family is alerted and Jiang Liu'er moves to another place, it will be even harder to find her. That's why I want to ask my foster father for help."

All aspects have been taken into consideration.

Zhao Qi'an was a little surprised. He glanced at Zhao Guanxiang and said with a smile, "If this happened before, you would have rushed into the Gao family with a knife and forced them to tell you the whereabouts of Jiang Liu'er. Now you can calm down and think about it, and you know to ask me for help. It seems that you have grown a lot over the years."

Zhao Guanxiang smiled shyly: "After all, I have learned chess from Dean An for a few months..."

He was embarrassed to say that when he first heard the news, his thoughts were exactly the same as what Zhao Qi'an had expected.

But now is not the time to be complacent because of a few compliments.

Zhao Guanxiang asked: "Foster father, what about Jiang Liu'er..."

"Take my token and go to the temple to ask the twin priests 'Ting Tian' and 'Wen Di' to assist you. They both have innate magical powers and are good at searching. I think they will be able to help you."

Zhao Qi'an took a jade token from his waist and handed it to Zhao Guanxiang, saying, "As for the Xiaowei, how many troops do you want to mobilize? Go and talk to your third sister, and you two can discuss it among yourselves."

Zhao Guanxiang took the token, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his chest.

As long as his adoptive father was willing to help, he felt that the matter was settled.

He smiled, clasped his fists towards Zhao Qian'an and said, "Thank you, foster father!"

"Saving people is the most important thing! Godfather, I will come back to see you in two days."

After saying this, he bowed and said goodbye to Zhao Qian'an without even staying for a moment.

(End of this chapter)