I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 351 The story begins
Shuangxi felt very bored for a moment after seeing that he had said so much but the two brothers still didn't react much.

"If you can't talk to them, then talk to me."

The voice behind him made Shuangxi jump up. He turned around and saw Zhao Wei with a nervous look on his face.

"Sir, I, I...I was just joking."

Zhao Wei smiled and said, "Really? Which daughter do you think is more suitable for me? Can you help me find one?"

Shuangxi laughed dryly a few times and begged for mercy: "Master, I was just joking with them. Please forgive me this time. I will never dare to do it again. Yes, there will never be a future."

"You even dare to talk about me. I think you just lack discipline and have too much free time. Starting tomorrow, you will train with Li Wu and Sun Qian."

Zhao Wei snorted and turned to look at the two men. "Li Wu, Sun Qian, starting tomorrow, you will train Shuangxi according to the standards of our Bloody Army. Train him hard. I will check after a month. If he fails to meet the standards, you will be punished as well."

Sun Qian and Li Wu were much more straightforward and responded loudly.

"Yes, son."

Zhao Wei took the lead, followed by Sun Qian and Li Wu, and finally Shuangxi followed with a bitter face.

He had been with Zhao Wei since he was a child, and he felt from the bottom of his heart that Zhao Wei was a particularly good master, so sometimes he would be less cautious when speaking, especially after Zhao Wei left the palace for the border. But what he just said behind his back was indeed inappropriate. If it had been in the palace, he would probably have been punished with a stick by now. Shuangxi now realized how serious his problem was.

The mere thought of being trained by Sun Qian and Li Wu made him tremble with fear, because when he was in the palace, he had seen how Liu Sheng and other personal guards were trained, and with his small body, he would probably be exhausted to death after a set of training.

But no matter how reluctant he was, Zhao Wei's order had already been given, and he could only bear it silently.

So, early the next morning, when Shuangxi was still asleep, he was forcefully woken up by Li Wu and Sun Qian. Amidst a wailing, he was taken to a separate yard in the inn to start training.

Zhao Wei watched for the whole morning and saw that Shuangxi had fallen down due to exhaustion, so he had no choice but to take Li Wu and Sun Qian out after lunch.

There are many more people drinking tea in teahouses in the afternoon than in the morning.

When Zhao Wei brought the two of them to Zhao's Teahouse, there were already several tables of guests sitting in the teahouse.

"Mr. Zhao, you are here. Your seat is reserved for you. Please take a seat."

Although Zhao Pan'er was busy, when she saw Zhao Wei come in, she immediately came over to greet him enthusiastically.

It was obvious that she was a little confused as to why Shuangxi didn't come and was replaced by two other people, but she didn't ask any questions.

After seeing Zhao Wei and his party of three sitting down, he asked again, "Is it the same as yesterday?"

"What are you two drinking?" Zhao Wei asked Li Wu and Sun Qian.

It was not the first time for the two of them to come to the teahouse with Zhao Wei, but it was the first time they entered the door. They had always been outside before.

"We listen to you, Master."

Zhao Wei raised his head slightly and looked at Zhao Pan'er: "Then you can go ahead, Madam Shopkeeper."

Having been in Zhao's Tea House for such a long time, he has tried all the teas here and no longer requests a specific tea.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

Zhao Wei sat quietly near the river, while Li Wu and Sun Qian protected him in the middle, one on each side.

"It's just tea. We're not on a battlefield. Relax."

The two men had resolute expressions. Although Zhao Wei asked them to relax, they did not dare to slack off. They would unconsciously glance around the tea shop every once in a while.

Since he couldn't persuade him, Zhao Wei didn't say much. After the tea and fruit came, he drank and ate while reading a book seriously.

His behavior has become the norm, and regular customers who come to Zhao's Tea House basically know about this strange guest Zhao Wei.

Zhao Wei was immersed in the book, but Sun Qian and Li Wu remained alert, as if the people around them might do something bad to Zhao Wei at any time.

Suddenly, their eyes locked.

"Son."

"What's wrong?" Zhao Wei asked without raising his head.

"Brother Liu and Butler Zhao are here."

Zhao Wei hummed lightly and turned his head to look over, only to see Zhao Huai'en and Liu Sheng walking towards them.

"Have you found out?" Zhao Wei asked knowingly.

"The Night Banquet in Yang Zhiyuan's hand is a fake. It was copied by Madam Zhao from this teahouse. The original may be in Madam Zhao's hands." Zhao Huai'en said, pulling out a book from his arms and whispered, "Also, this is the evidence of Yang Zhiyuan's crimes during his tenure as the transport judge of Liangzhe Road."

"Sir, do you want to take action against them?" Liu Sheng asked directly.

Zhao Wei did not answer, but picked up the evidence handed over by Zhao Huai'en and began to look through it.

When he was halfway through reading, Zhao Huai'en suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Master, someone from the Imperial City Department is here. It's the 'living devil' Gu Qianfan that I met in Tokyo last time. Why is he here?"

Zhao Wei paused while flipping through the evidence, closed it, and turned to look over.

Sure enough, the person who came was Gu Qianfan. Perhaps because he was in Qiantang, a place far away from Tokyo, he did not hide anything at all.

"Don't worry about him. Just keep drinking your tea."

Zhao Wei smiled slightly. He knew that Gu Qianfan’s appearance in Zhao’s Tea Shop meant the beginning of the plot.

It's funny to say that the person who planned this was a bit naive to think that he could overthrow the party that her mother had gathered in the past two years with a picture of a night banquet.

How could his father not know whether his mother had lost her virginity?

What's even more ridiculous is that they actually said that he was not the emperor's biological son.

With this appearance, it would be strange if they were not biological children.

On the other side, Gu Qianfan followed Lao Jia, a subordinate of the Imperial City Bureau, into Zhao’s Teahouse. After finding a seat and sitting down, he began to look at the people and objects in the teahouse.

Old Jia lowered his voice a little and said, "Commander, do you think this place is not quiet enough? I heard that you like tea. This Zhao's Teahouse is the best in Qiantang. The tea is fragrant and the fruit is delicious. The shopkeeper is even more beautiful. Everything is complete."

Hearing this, Gu Qianfan couldn't help but look at Zhao Paner again.

Under the gaze of the guests, Zhao Pan'er performed her specialty, the tea art, which attracted the admiration of the crowd.

When Zhao Pan'er finished, Lao Jia shouted, "Madam, two lamps of green phoenix marrow."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

When Zhao Pan'er handed over the Green Phoenix Marrow, Gu Qianfan looked at it unscrupulously.

After Zhao Pan'er put down her tea and drank her fruit, and turned to leave, he chuckled and said, "Is this the stunning beauty you mentioned?"

Old Jia smiled like an auntie: "Ah."

Seeing Gu Qianfan's disdain, he added: "A country woman can certainly not be compared with the beautiful ladies in the capital."

Gu Qianfan smiled and said, "When you finish this case, I will transfer you back to Tokyo so that you can have a good rest." Lao Jia was overjoyed: "Really? Thank you very much."

The two people who were talking to themselves did not notice that Zhao Pan'er, who was serving tea to the guests, had a dark face. She gave them a fierce look and then walked towards Zhao Wei and the others.

Zhao Huai'en looked up at her and laughed softly, "This commander of the Imperial City Division has very high standards. He doesn't even like the beauty of the shopkeeper's wife."

Zhao Pan'er heard this and looked at Gu Qianfan again, but her eyes were not only angry, but also surprised. Finally, she lowered her voice and smiled, "Sir, you are too kind."

Zhao Wei took over the conversation: "Gu Qianfan is just pretending to be cool and deliberately trying to attract Madam Zhao's attention."

After these words were spoken, Zhao Huai'en and the others all laughed, except Zhao Pan'er who was a little confused.

"Pretending?"

"It's just to belittle you on purpose, to make yourself look superior."

Zhao Paner smiled: "According to what Mr. Zhao said, this word is quite appropriate, but I am indeed a country woman, and cannot compare to the beauties in the capital. That gentleman is not really pretentious."

"Then Madam Zhao is wrong. Even in Tokyo City, I have never seen a young lady as beautiful as Madam Zhao." Zhao Wei stared at Zhao Pan'er. A beauty like her was really hard to take your eyes off.

After all, Lu Shuren once said: Is it beautiful? I don't know. It's just that the flowers are in full bloom. If I don't appreciate them, it would seem that I don't understand romance.

That burning gaze made Zhao Pan'er blush slightly: "Mr. Zhao, you are joking. I will go and get busy."

Zhao Wei nodded without saying anything more. He focused his attention and listened to the conversation between Gu Qianfan and Lao Jia.

This time, Gu Qianfan came all the way from Tokyo to Qiantang to investigate the case of the Queen's loss of virginity. The first task was to find the Night Banquet Picture. However, they had already found Wei Ying, the magistrate of Renhe who had been betrayed, but the Night Banquet Picture was not with Wei Ying.

Finally, Wei Ying confessed that the Night Banquet Picture was in the hands of Yang Zhiyuan, the transport judge of Liangzhe Road. However, Yang Zhiyuan's rank was not low, so it was difficult for them to arrest him directly, and they could only look for him secretly.

Unfortunately, the people they sent out did not find it, and Lao Jia did not dare to ask for it directly, so he has not received the Night Banquet Map yet.

Gu Qianfan took a sip of tea and was about to speak when his expression suddenly froze and his eyes were fixed on the table by the river.

When Lao Jia saw that Gu Qianfan’s reaction was not right, he quickly shouted twice.

"Command, command."

Gu Qianfan raised his hand slightly and interrupted: "Don't make noise, I think I saw someone."

The five people on Zhao Wei's side also noticed Gu Qianfan. They all looked over at the same time. Zhao Wei even picked up the teacup, nodded slightly to Gu Qianfan not far away, and then took a sip of tea.

When Gu Qianfan saw the appearance of Zhao Wei and the others, he was immediately shocked, but he quickly reacted. He calmly picked up the teacup, toasted Zhao Wei, and then looked away.

"That person... is he also here for the Night Banquet? That's not right. A small Night Banquet is not enough to make him come out for such a big event."

Gu Qianfan had never seen Zhao Wei, but he had seen Zhao Wei's portrait, and he had also seen Zhao Huai'en, the chief steward of the Prince of Han's Mansion. Zhao Huai'en had a great reputation in Tokyo City, especially after His Royal Highness the Prince of Han won several battles on the border, Zhao Huai'en also became famous in the circle of powerful people in Tokyo. Naturally, he was also well-known to him. Even though he had only seen him a few times, he was deeply impressed and recognized him immediately after meeting him.

Now that Zhao Huai'en was here, and still so respectful, he knew without a doubt that the young man who had just raised the teacup and gestured to him was the famous King Han.

I have to say that the portrait fails to capture even one ten-thousandth of the elegance and grace of His Majesty the King of Han.

But what puzzled him was why Zhao Wei appeared in Qiantang. Although the incident of the Night Banquet Picture was a serious matter, he did not think that the matter of the Night Banquet Picture required the personal intervention of the King of Han.

"Commander, what did you say? Do you know that commander?"

Old Jia naturally noticed the interaction between Gu Qianfan and Zhao Wei, which made him very curious. After all, it was Gu Qianfan's first time in Qiantang, so how could he know someone there?
He looked back, his eyes fixed, "Commander, judging from the temperament of those people... they seem to have killed someone. Do you want your subordinates to investigate?"

Gu Qianfan glared at him and scolded him, "Are you looking for death? You go investigate him? He doesn't even take me, no, not to mention me, even our entire Imperial City Division seriously. You still want to provoke him?"

"hiss."

Old Jia took a deep breath. In his eyes, Gu Qianfan was already a very important figure. He certainly couldn't afford to offend someone who even Gu Qianfan couldn't afford to offend.

Gu Qianfan couldn't figure out Zhao Wei's purpose of coming to Qiantang, but what was certain was that something big would happen in Qiantang, no, perhaps in the entire Jiangnan region.

"Old Jia, there is no time to lose. We must get the Night Banquet Map from Yang Zhiyuan as soon as possible and report back. I'm afraid Jiangnan will not be peaceful anymore."

"Then we go and ask for it by force?"

"I……"

Gu Qianfan had just started when there was a sudden chaos and noise outside.

Then a group of bandits armed with sharp knives rushed into the teahouse, followed by a group of government officials.

Seeing that they had no way to escape, the bandits who were being chased by the yamen runners immediately raised their knives, pointed them at the customers in the teahouse, and put the knives on the necks of several customers.

Because Zhao Wei and his table were closer to the inside, no bandits approached them. However, Liu Sheng, Sun Qian and Li Wu stood up immediately and blocked Zhao Wei and Zhao Huai'en behind them. They kept their eyes fixed on the bandits and put their hands into their clothes, ready to draw their weapons at any time.

It was only because they did not have Zhao Wei's order that they did not take action immediately.

Gu Qianfan and the other man over there were also held hostage by sharp blades, but after receiving Gu Qianfan's signal, Old Jia did not act rashly.

The one who suffered the most was Zhao Pan'er. The moment before, she was serving tea to the guests, and at this moment she was held hostage by the bandits, with a knife against her neck. She was so frightened that her face turned pale and she dared not move.

With so many people being held hostage, the yamen runners who rushed in did not dare to move. Instead, they were threatened by the bandits to lay down their weapons and left the teahouse under the bandits' scolding. They were really obedient.

Zhao Wei couldn't help but shook his head as he watched, especially when he heard the bandits negotiating with the yamen runners and asking for the fastest horses, which gave him the illusion that he was witnessing a modern confrontation between police and bandits.

"Master, they should be salt merchants." Zhao Huai'en said in a low voice.

Zhao Wei was a little surprised: "You can tell this?"

"After all, I have been to Jiangnan many times, so I still have some good eyesight." Zhao Huai'en smiled complacently and asked, "Should we take action?"

"Let's take a look first."

At this moment, in order to save her own life, Zhao Pan'er tempted the bandits with money, and the bandits were foolish enough to follow her to get the money.

But after taking a few steps, I heard her shout.

"Sanniang, the copper basin."

The next moment, a copper basin flew out of the kitchen and hit one of the gangsters on the head.

With a clang, the man was smashed to the ground, which shocked Zhao Huai'en: "That's quite a lot of strength!"

Before he finished speaking, a fight had already begun in the teahouse. Zhao Pan'er also took action to attract the bandits, and the guests took the opportunity to flee. Only Zhao Wei and his table, as well as Gu Qianfan and Lao Jia, stayed, and they all looked at the chaotic teahouse with interest.

I have to say, Zhao Paner really has a unique charm when she moves her hands.

I wanted to appreciate it for a while longer, but I didn't expect that Zhao Pan'er ran to Zhao Wei and the others in a panic to avoid the attack of the bandits.

Zhao Wei dodged and reached out to grab Zhao Pan'er, pulling her towards him and holding her waist.

"Take action. Those who surrender will not be killed."

The three men who received the order attacked brazenly and kicked the bandit who attacked Zhao Pan'er away. Liu Sheng shouted angrily: "Put down your weapons. Those who surrender will not be killed."

(End of this chapter)