activa-t #153 - Chapter 153 Dinner in the Courtyard
#153 - Chapter 153 Dinner in the Courtyard
Li Yuan asked with a sneer.
“What is it, young master?”
The brocade-robed young master chuckled and said.
“It’s nothing much.”
“Your two wives and concubines are truly very beautiful, and I like them very much.”
“How about this, young master will offer five hundred taels of silver.”
“How about you let me have these two wives and concubines?”
“What do you think, brother….”
But before he could finish speaking, Li Yuan's fist had already arrived.
How could Li Yuan spare him for trying to hit on the Bai sisters?
With a miserable cry, the young master was sent flying horizontally by Li Yuan's punch.
He slid on the ground for a good three zhang.
Actually, Li Yuan had held back some strength in this punch.
If he had really unleashed his full power, this纨绔 would probably have been beaten to death with broken bones.
Even so, the brocade-robed young master was badly beaten, rolling on the ground and screaming for a long time before he could struggle to get up.
“How dare you, you actually dare to hit the young Marquis!”
“Where did you come from, you madman?!”
“Boy! You’ve gotten yourself into big trouble!”
Li Yuan asked the few people with a sneer.
“Young Marquis? I’ve never heard of him.”
“May I know, which Marquis is the young Marquis from?”
One person stepped forward and said loudly.
“Boy, listen carefully, the one you hit is the son of the Marquis of Beining.”
“The young Marquis Zhao Chengzhi, whom everyone in the capital knows!”
“Quickly apologize and kneel down to admit your mistake, otherwise the Marquis will be furious, and you won’t be able to bear it!”
Li Yuan looked at the people in front of him with a smile.
“What young Marquis, just a rascal.”
“Get out of my way.”
The few people were surprised to see that Li Yuan, a commoner, was not afraid even after they brought out the name of the young Marquis.
Li Yuan snorted coldly at the纨绔 in front of him and was about to leave with the Bai sisters.
At this moment, the brocade-robed young master, who had just been knocked to the ground by Li Yuan, staggered to his feet.
He pointed at Li Yuan and shouted.
“Boy, don’t run!”
“In our Great Liang, commoners who insult nobles can be beaten to death without consequence.”
“Boy! You’re dead!!”
Li Yuan saw that the brocade-robed young master was holding a jade牌 of a country伯.
Li Yuan’s expression was strange, just a country伯.
I thought you were really a Marquis, talking about the young Marquis all the time.
The brocade-robed young master saw Li Yuan thinking and dazed, thinking he was afraid, and called out even more arrogantly.
“You ignorant fool!”
“Do you know what the consequences are for offending me!?”
“Quickly kneel down to me!”
“Let me, the young Marquis, beat you up to vent my anger!”
In Great Liang, noble status has great privileges. Even if they commit crimes in the marketplace, the laws of Great Liang cannot control them.
Moreover, there is another rule that if commoners insult or disobey nobles, it is not illegal for the nobles to beat them to death.
Therefore, on weekdays, the people avoid nobles as if they were fierce beasts and tigers.
Li Yuan understood that this was a common occurrence in feudal times.
With a sigh, Li Yuan took a step forward.
The brocade-robed young master and the surrounding 纨绔 thought that Li Yuan was afraid and was going to give in.
Each of them had a smug look on their faces.
They thought to themselves, what’s the use of being able to fight?.
Knowing that we are nobles you can’t afford to offend, you still have to beg for mercy and admit defeat.
But then their eyes widened and they froze.
They saw Li Yuan reach out and take out a jade牌 from his arms.
Moreover, this jade牌 was a whole circle larger than the brocade-robed young master’s.
Li Yuan’s mouth curled up, his face was cold, and he said word by word.
“Isn’t it just a title, who doesn’t have one.”
“A country伯 dares to be arrogant in front of a county伯.”
“You’re right, in our Great Liang, it doesn’t matter if you disobey a higher-ranking noble and beat them to death.”
“Then let me ask you, does a small country伯 trying to forcibly buy the wives and concubines of a county伯.”
“Count as disobedience?”
“Then is it reasonable for me to beat you to death?”
As soon as Li Yuan’s county伯 waist牌 was revealed, the people on the opposite side were instantly silenced.
They looked at Li Yuan’s waist牌, and one person read softly.
“Qingyuan County伯?”
“This… who is this?”
“We haven’t heard of him in the capital.”
Everyone was wondering, suddenly, a green-robed young master seemed to remember something.
He quickly leaned over and whispered into the ear of the brocade-robed young master who was the leader.
When the so-called young Marquis heard this, his eyes widened instantly.
“Wh… what!”
“You said! This person… is… that killing god Li Yuan from today’s triumphant ceremony!?”
“Oh my god.”
The young Marquis turned his head and shouted at the few people who were still in a daze.
“Run, what are you waiting for?”
“He kills the Tiele people like killing chickens.”
“What are we?”
After speaking, the young Marquis turned around and ran away with a limp, and the others naturally did not dare to stay when the leader ran away.
Each of them fled in panic, and ran away cleanly in a puff of smoke.
Li Yuan was stunned by their escape.
He thought that he was going to stage a scene of punishing bullies in the street.
As a result, he had warmed up, but the other party was so unbearable.
He only revealed his identity as Qingyuan伯, and they ran away cleanly.
Li Yuan could only shake his head helplessly.
Then he put the matter behind him.
After such an incident.
By the time the three returned to the small courtyard in Ganjing Lane, it was already dark.
Returned the basket to the neighbor’s aunt.
The Bai sisters and Li Yuan were all hungry, so they quickly cooked.
Li Yuan rolled up his sleeves and was about to wash the pot and rice.
But Bai Jing stopped him.
“A gentleman keeps away from the kitchen, Li Lang, just sit down.”
“At home, there is no reason to let the husband cook.”
“If others know about this, they will laugh at our sisters for being lazy.”
Li Yuan smiled bitterly when he heard this.
It seems that the game of being an ordinary couple for a day has to continue.
However, Li Yuan calculated in his heart that, based on the level of the Bai sisters' tidying up the house during the day.
It is estimated that the two sisters' dinner will not be too smooth.
As a result, he was right.
Bai Yuxuan went to wash the rice and vegetables, while the female Marquis Bai Jing went to light the fire.
As a result, Bai Jing was choked out by the smoke in the stove after a while, coughing for a while.
Looking at the female Marquis whose face had been smeared into a big painted cat by the soot.
Li Yuan almost laughed out loud.
Li Yuan was sitting in the small courtyard.
Crossed his legs, leisurely drinking tea.
From time to time, there were loud shouts from the two women in the kitchen.
This dinner made the two sisters thrilling, with “surprises” one after another.
Even through the window, Li Yuan could see the two sisters' busyness.
It was not until Xu time in the evening, that is, 8:30 in the evening.
The dinner made by the Bai sisters was finally put on the table.
Li Yuan lit more candles, illuminating the main hall of the house brightly.
On the table, there was a large urn of millet rice, four dishes and a soup, and a pot of wine.
Looking at it, it was still decent.
The Bai sisters looked at Li Yuan expectantly, their faces full of expressions of hope to be praised.
Li Yuan first picked up a piece of colorful fried green vegetables.
Then he tasted a bite of the half-carbonized, unrepentant roasted fish.
He scooped a spoonful of millet pot from the urn.
Nodding while eating.
“Not bad, not bad, the two wives have put their heart into it.”
“This meal…”
“This meal… is really delicious for my husband.”
Looking at the Bai sisters with soot on their faces.
What else could Li Yuan say.
A Marquis is willing to cook for you personally, stir-fry vegetables and braise rice for you.
No matter what the taste of the dish is, Li Yuan only has gratitude in his heart.
“Come, two ladies, let’s eat together, eat together.”
The two women moved their chopsticks, only to find that their dishes were either lacking salt and vinegar.
Or the pot was burnt and the meat was raw, but fortunately Li Lang did not dislike it.
Li Yuan sighed in his heart, this was made by the female Marquis with all her heart for herself.
Who in the world has such good fortune.